Sea Trader/Pirate Fehloax

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NAME: Fehloax [nickname: Fehl to some, or Oax[Like the sound of Ocean without the N] to those on the trading ship before Bright Wing]
RANK: First Mate/Second on the Bright Wing ship
AGE: 22
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Hetero
PETS: None atm



APPEARANCE:

Played by Orlando Bloom. Stands at 5' 11" - a tall and on the slender side, but more average for his height. He is mostly muscle from working constantly working on a boat, but he doesn't actively work out, unless it's practicing his dueling/disarming skills. 

His hair is warm dark inky brown - all a solid color for the most part. His eyes are a similar brown to his hair - but a shade lighter and warmer. His dark straight eyebrows can seem intimidating, but also make any expressions apparent when/if they move. He wears his facial hair shaved closer to his face in goatee fashion. He doesn't let his hair get too long past his shoulders, just enough to easily wrap up. away from his face when he works. 

He he as fluid movement about him when he walks - purposeful and almost unintentionally quiet. Even with working on a boat with all the physical labor, his strength is speed when it comes to comparing to others. 

He does like nice things, saving his marks and spending them to have nice clothes - but never over the top. Simple - but nice. He wears one ring on his left middle finger from one of the only men he's ever killed. It's rather intricate silver piece that he fiddles with when he's in deep thought, usually in bed. 

Personality Type: ISTJ-A, the Logistician

PERSONALITY FAULTS: Greedy/Possessive, Disconnected, Impressionable, Flirtatious/Noncommittal, Quiet, Sarcastic

It’s never enough. He wants continually and gives very little. If he feels any sort of connection with anything or anyone, he doesn’t like to share. He doesn’t really understand that love is limitless, having no good examples of it in his life. His mentality is that there is only so much in the world. He also doesn’t like to share what he thinks others don’t deserve – especially if they haven’t worked for it. He strongly believes that if you want anything in life, you have to work for it.

He’s emotionally disconnected from people, for the most part. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t enjoy having conversations or being around people – but he will try and direct the conversation to not focus on himself. He will avoid any sort of conversation where anyone delves into the soul – he’d rather stick to histories and light hearted conversation. Despite his flippant attitude toward other’s lives, he isn’t completely devoid or completely unsusceptible to emotional connections. He just hasn’t had any yet.

Because of his easygoing personality and listening ear, all it takes is a deceptive mind to guide the easygoing breeze in the direction that they want. He isn’t gullible or easily tricked – but like a boat off by just a degree, after down a course for miles, he can find himself off by miles from where he had originally been going.

He doesn’t seek women out, but if they come to him then his sarcastic/flirtatious side will emerge. He has no desire to actual form any sort of lasting emotional connection, and as long as the woman doesn’t expect anything of him as far as monogamy is concerned – physical intimacy seems like a casual thing to him. He’s never had an example of a healthy relationship, so he’s never had one himself.

The man listens before he speaks, but he is also generally quiet in general. It can be a strength, because stealth happens to be a strength of his. But it can make him invisible socially as well. His sarcasm is almost as quiet – jabbing and honest, if one is paying attention to the quiet words.

PERSONALITY STRENGTHS: Calm/Collected, Humble, Honorable/Honest, Relentless, Loyal, Optimistic, Adaptable

He doesn’t get flustered easily. He takes in situations as they come with a calm and collected manner and then acts accordingly. He adapts to change easily and goes with the flow. Especially in conversation – he can be irritatingly agreeable, even if he doesn’t agree with you (unless you catch the hidden sarcasm).

Humility in the manner of accepting corrections, not necessarily humble when it comes to riches or otherwise. He wants to do the best he can, so though he won’t accept ALL correction, but he is more to change.

He will take advantage when opportunities arise, but in something like battle – he will never go for the kill even when presented to him. He does not delight in bloodshed (as disconnected as he is, his optimism makes him feel like death is a waste). In battle he starts with disabling the opponent, giving them an opportunity to give up. Then progressively trying to show them that they’ll lose – until he finally will deliver a wound to disable them so he can move on.

It can work for or against him, but if there’s something he really wants – then he will go at lengths to get it. He is stubborn and relentless if he has his eye on something he wants.

His loyalty isn’t easily attained, since he doesn’t like connections. He does value strength and power and attracted to such, either in people or position. Once his loyalty is attained he doesn’t waver. He doesn’t have enough ambition to be in any ultimate position; just enough to seek for things that make him feel comfortable and powerful.

He has a positive attitude, an optimism that gets him back up again and again. He doesn’t take no or failure as an answer. He also adapts well to situations, if something doesn’t work, he’ll go at it from different sides – problem solving until he gets it right.

FAMILY: [unknown to Fehl]
Mother: Hijani of Green Yaelith
Father: Tr’ohn of Blue Jewlath
Siblings: Possible half siblings from father’s side, possible half siblings from mother’s side, if she found a man to settle down with when she moved to Fort Weyr.

HISTORY:

His mother, Hijani, was a green rider at Ista Weyr. She named him after her grandparents on her mother’s side; she had been close to them before they had passed away. She thought she had wanted to be a mother, even when the father seemed disinterested – but after she was done breastfeeding and spent less time in the Creche, the more she felt like she wasn’t made to be a parent. When the boy was two, she transferred to Fort Weyr, deciding to start over, and if she was going to be a parent – to do it proper like she’d seen her parents do in her farming hold.

And so he grew up not knowing who his parents were – only that his mother had been a green rider. The few who knew had been asked to not tell him, it was better that way, she thought. He grew up assuming he hadn’t been wanted, and while he had had a period of curiosity, talking casually with greenriders when he crossed paths, he decided that he no longer cared. He hasn’t known anything different – though often watching familial connections he has wondered what it would be like to have a family.

Without even knowing his mother’s background, when he got older enough he started to apprentice with the beastcrafters in the Weyr. He enjoyed learning and being around the herd animals, especially the runners. He had less interest in riders, since he knew his parents had been riders.

In his younger teens he went on a trip to the coast on runner beasts – with special runners that were going to be sold for trade. It was this trip that he discovered his love with the beach and ocean. After a lengthy conversation, the trading company that had been involved in the runner trade offered him a position with them as an apprentice. He was 15 when when he started working on boats, but even with the late start he took to it like a fish to water. It seemed that no matter what he was doing, he could easily adapt to whatever changes got thrown in his direction. A few people he worked with would tease him that he was like the ocean breeze, and started to call him Oax (like Ocean). Even still, he had always held people at arms length, so to speak, avoiding connections. It made transitions easier – when people left or passed away, he didn’t have to feel so deeply.

Three turns later he found himself with more responsibilities and enjoying the simple life of working on what is now known as the Bright Wing. The next two turns after that continued on rather eventless until the summer when Treyjen’s crew attacked their vessel. When the pirates attacked the ship – he started by fighting back, but his dueling skills were limited, and stopped when he realized it was futile. Watching people he had worked with die around him had made him realize just how right he had been about making connections with people. When offered the opportunity to continue aboard the ship – but under different working circumstances – he took it, glad that he could come out of the situation alive and still work on the boat. While he never had made connections with people, there were exceptions – such as animals or boats. It felt like home and was glad he could stay with it.

Working under Nalyra challenged (and still does) the way he feels about people. He saw the way she led and the way people followed and was fascinated by her strange tactics. He had enough experience on the ship that he became one of the main people who helped the transition to the new crew. In less than six months Nalyra finally picked her second – him. Whether it was his influence with the crew that chose to switch sides like he had, some sort of pressure from Treyjen, or any other traits that stuck out to her, he was happy to take the spot.

CANDIDATE SECTION
PREFERRED RIDER ABBREVIATION: Fo’x
COLOR PREFERENCE: Not green? ((also not ready for him to impress – just a possibility for future plottage, because babeths))
MUTATION?: Not opposed to this ever

IN THE EVENT OF YOUR SUDDEN, UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCE FROM THE SITE AT ANY POINT IN TIME, WHAT DO YOU WISH TO BECOME OF THIS CHARACTER AND ANY CREATURES THEY MAY IMPRESS?
b. Turn them into an NPC who may be killed off or used for plot purposes but who will not be played by someone else.