JOURNEYMAN HEALER ETAN

Persona : Etan
Writing Status : NPC/Free
Gender : Male
Age : 25
Rank/Craft : Journeyman Healer
Residence : Ierne Island Weyr

Physical Description : It's usually rather easy to spot the Healer. He's tall, usually about half a head about the crowd, but has the typically slumped posture that comes with the height. His blonde hair is a little on the shaggy side, and he doesn't bother to shave a great deal, lending to a general sloppy appearance that has earned him more than one meeting with Master Healer Alysian. His smile rarely comes out, but when it does, it brings with it a sparkle in his blue eyes. Being big and imposing, he is usually called when it comes to shoving dislocated shoulders and hips back into their sockets, transporting heavy stretchers, or removing unwanted subjects from the Infirmary. Still, he sees himself as the awkward lad he was when puberty hit, and a sense of surprise still hits when he looks in the mirror and sees the beginning of worry and frown lines.

Personality : He's rather shy, always has been though he tries to hide it with jokes and a willingness to join in the gossip that's as part of any Infirmary as the ill. Often, he finds himself as the target of that gossip. He will swear it's from the bad luck that seems to dog his footsteps -- biting far too frequently for his liking. Easily down on himself, Etan can grow quite and withdrawn.

Lucky for him, Healers are typically a warm, social group, and he's rarely left alone to head down that mental path. Usually pretty levelheaded, he tries to avoid Ierne Island Weyr's Master Healer Alysian as much as possible. She's increased his stress and anxiety noticeably, but at the same time, his troubles with her has made him one of a group that's more than willing to bemoan their situation together. At last feeling like part of something, things seem to be improving for him -- at least when everything's averaged out.

Life Story : Born on the eleventh turn of the Present Pass, Etan had a very typical childhood for a Holder. His parents were stationed at the Main Hold of Telgar as Beastcrafters and weren't too surprised when he didn't choose to follow in their footsteps. He'd always been following the Hold's Healers about when they would allow him to and, when that wasn't possible, he'd see if the beastcrafters that tended ill animals would agree.

Still, life being as it was, he was 14 turns before he could official apprentice to the craft. Far from the quickest of the apprentices, Etan still managed to impress his teachers with his dedication and determination. He was very proud when he walked the tables on his twenty-second turn and put on the knots of a Journeyman Healer for the first time. He stayed at the Hall, working hard and learning all he could, and two turns later, when the new Weyr was established, he was one of the first to volunteer to go and help. It seemed the right decision for the first few sevendays... and then Master Alysian arrived, and now he's not so sure.

Deep in his heart, Etan had always entertained dreamy hopes of Impressing ever since he came to Ierne. He was more than happy to Impress a firelizard and told himself he was quite content with the little brown, especially since he was quickly growing too old for dragon Impression. Just two months after his 26th birthing day, however, Etan was -- much to his delight -- finally picked out as a candidate for a late chance at becoming a dragonrider.

Pet's Name : Fitch
Pet's Type : Brown
Pet's Colour : Firelizard

Pet's Description : Etan and Fitch share a very special thing -- they have the same birthingday of the eighth day of the first month. The affectionate, curious firelizard will probably turn out to be one of the bright spots in Etan's life, and he's more than grateful to Journeywoman Healer Tameeria who brought him the egg that day.

Last updated on 29-Feb-04