Lord Degranik of Jask

[Zen]

FC: Michael B. Jordan

NAME: Degranik
RANK: Lord Holder of Jask Hold
AGE: 27 Turns (2734)
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
WHER: Brown Degrask

APPEARANCE: With dark hair, dark eyes, and dark skin, and a height of an even 6 feet, tall, dark, and handsome would not be a stretch in describing the Lord of Jask. His hair is kept relatively short and he sports a neat beard and mustache. He generally doesn’t dress like a typical Lord Holder, being active in the mining work of his Hold, and prefers more casual clothing unless he is meeting with high ranking people.

PERSONALITY FAULTS:
Flirtatious - More of a fault now that he’s married, and something he has to actively work on. Though he would never do more than flirt at this point in his life, as he is faithful to his wife, he sometimes can’t help falling back into old habits.
Blunt - Though he does possess some amount of tact, he prefers to speak plainly and has a habit of offending more uptight personalities.
Unrefined - As a Lord Holder, his mannerisms don’t always exactly fit and he doesn’t particularly fit in with most of his peers, not that it bothers him terribly unless it harms Jask in some way. He does his best in political situations, but still sometimes falls short.

PERSONALITY STRENGTHS:
Easygoing - Degranik is a hard man to rile or offend and has an easy smile and a ready laugh. He can be frustratingly calm, and others’ opinions of him mean very little.
Friendly - Degranik has a casual sort of charm and an open demeanor, welcoming and informal, that draws people in and makes him rather easy to get along with, if you don’t mind his blunt manner, at least.
Hardworking - He is eager to jump in and help with the mining work of his Hold, determined to be involved rather than to simply oversee. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty with menial tasks if that’s what’s needed.

FAMILY:
Degravon - Father (deceased)
Nikkara - Mother
Relaena - Wife

HISTORY: Degranik's father died when he was only 7 turns while working in the mines in a rather tragic cave-in, which also killed the man's wher and several other miners. He was thus forbidden from minework by his mother, but spent most of his time at the side of his father's steward, who took up the duties of Holder until he came of age, and learned plenty of mining secondhand from the man. At 16 he took his first venture into the mines, old enough that he no longer felt bound by his mother's word and determined to be just as hands on in the running of the Hold as his father had been. His insistence on this strained his relationship with his mother and only worsened when at 18 he bonded his own wher, a brown, as the woman had always feared the beasts. In his father's memory, he swore to see Jask raised in the eyes of Pern, and is a newly raised Lord, with a new Lady wife.