Post by meah on Oct 2, 2008 22:58:15 GMT -5
Application:
Character Name: Xian
Age: 17
Gender: male
Preference: prefers females
Previous Position: farmer's son
Current Position: candidate by proxy
Appearance: black hair, black eyes, dark skin, 5'2”, scrawny
Personality: Before people notice anything else, they notice how he behaves around his twin. He's very obviously terrified of the other boy, and it shows in his total obedience. He jumps when Xiarl wants him to jump, and he lays down and wiggles his naked butt in the air when Xiarl wants him to. When he isn't being told specifically what to do, he's easily found wandering behind his brother, almost a shadow, with a ruminating look about him except for the one eye he keeps on his twin all the time.
Deep down, Xian's a rather noble guy, but most people never get to see the side of him that wonders if what his brother's doing is wrong. Xian's not stupid, and he knows that if Xiarl knew about his skepticism on their way of life, poor Xian would wish he were dead. When Xiarl's not around for whatever reason, Xian is likely to try and take care of Xiana rather than abusing her the way their brother does. He only does that when Xiarl isn't around, though. Unfortunately for both Xian and Xiana, that's a rather uncommon occurrence.
Poor Xian's kind of a pansy about certain things. He's a wimp when it comes to getting sick because all his life, he had a woman to take care of him when he needed. Although he's aware that women aren't meant to be treated like total garbage, nobody's yet taught him that women aren't meant to take care of men. If Xiarl weren't breathing down his neck all the time, he would treat his sister quite well, but he would still expect her to cook and clean for him.
If he wasn't completely terrified of Xiarl, he would defend Xiana to the death, that's how protective of her he is. Too bad for him, Xiarl would whoop his butt if he even tried to stop the beatings. It ends up looking like a possessive affection as if only they can hurt her. Despite that, he's very close to her. Closer emotionally than he ever was to his twin.
History:
Mother—
Father—
Siblings—
Arla and Ximon met at a gather when she was twelve and he was twenty. As soon as he was able, Ximon wed Arla, and they commenced the baby making. Because she was so young and so small, she had several miscarriages before two, small dark baby boys were born.
The couple named them Xiarl and Xian, and the two brothers quickly became a part of the family in a way their fallen comrades, who never made it past the fetal stage and never made it into the conversation, would ever be.
Ximon held a heavy hand over their little familial unit. When he wanted something, he got it. AT the beginning, he simply wanted Arla on demand. That would change as time passed.
When the twins were no more than toddlers, another child was born into the family, a little girl. They named her Xiana, and everyone loved her. She and Xian clicked quite well—his gentle nature was comforting to the baby born into a household where women were dirt.
Their mother, too, was thrilled to have a baby girl, but she was also worried that Ximon would demand the same things of their daughter that he did of herself. She trusted him not to, though, because she loved him.
Meanwhile, the twins were establishing a social order between them. It was immediately obvious that Xian took more after their mother and Xiarl after their father. Xiarl quickly took control of Xian, and the child grew up in terror of his sibling.
After a few turns of growing and schooling, if you could call it that, for the children, Ximon began to spend his evenings with a screaming Xiana, who refused to ell Xian what went on. He was too young to put the pieces together yet, that Ximon did that when their mother was busy, and to their mother when she was not.
Arla never knew about these infringements on the girl's virtue because soon after that began, she died. She had been pregnant with yet another child, and this one was expected to live. A few days before she was due to give birth, it became apparent that this was not the case, because she spontaneously aborted and bled out. The family buried their mother in silence, and she was never directly discussed again.
Ximon was never quite the same after that. He never hit the boys, but he was never nice to them. He began to abuse Xiana even more than he had been before, for lack of Arla to abuse, and it disturbed Xian. Still, the boy did nothing to stop the travesty because of his fear of his brother, who wasn't bothered by it.
When they were fourteen turns, Ximon died suddenly, leaving their farm and all its glory to the twins. Luckily for them, they were in no more debt than the usual tithe required annually, which was to be expected. The managed as well as they could, under the circumstances, and kept the farm in good, working condition.
Their parents had been dead for around three turns when a rider wandered up to their little corner of Pern and took a liking to their little sister. He ended up deciding to take her back with him to the weyr, and Xiarl managed to talk him into taking the boys back with him.
Position in Family: second of three, by a few minutes
Pets: none
Alignment: whatever Xiarl is, probably
RP History: bleh
Familiarity with Pern: I think i've answered this recently
How you found out about our site: felinaaaa
Candidates Only Section:
Desired Dragon Colour: brown or blue
Reason for this Preference: he's not gay, but he's not got a strong personality either
Syllable Numbers for Name: 2-3
Preferred Starting Letters for Name: X, A, I
For Dragonriders and Candidates to Fill Out:
Preferred Dragon Ability: concentration, rescue/search, creativity