GREEN RIDER M'KEIROS

Persona : M'keiros
Writing Status : NPC/Free
Age : 21
Gender : Male
Rank/Craft : Green Rider
Residence : Thread's End Weyr

Physical Description : M'keiros is long and lean, standing almost seven feet tall when he's not slouching. His brown hair falls to his chin, and is chopped short in front to hang just above his grey-blue eyes. Not traditionally handsome, M'keiros gets by on a more than healthy share of charm.

Personality : M'keiros has long since reconciled himself to being a giant. He is the tallest of his four siblings despite being the youngest, and while their teasing was enough to provoke the younger boy into physical rebuttal, being tall had advantages. He learned other ways of revenge, and picked up from a visiting harper the secrets of how to compel others through charm. M'keiros could charm the breeches off a bronzerider, it's said, but M'keiros denies any such skill. Of course, he would... Far from shallow, M'keiros is conscious of the example he sets, and the greenrider has learned to minimize his impact on the people around him unless it suits him to make himself known. Because of his own brothers' reticence to associate with him now, M'keiros is very careful to avoid the traditional greenrider stereotypes unless he's got an audience for whom a spot-on parody will be amusing. He shows no temper to speak of, but can carry a grudge. Revenge is generally as simple as placing something out of his target's reach.

Life Story : Born Mekeirikos, the last of five children to a Holder in the Nerat area, the boy who would one day Impress a green dragon had a fairly normal childhood. His height set him apart from his siblings, but as he grew older, it also attracted him more than his fair share of companions, men and women alike. Mekeirikos was careful to hide his adolescent experimentation but could not hide the result of one night's venture. His six-turn old son still resides with his parents and the young woman who bore him that son lives comfortably with them, treated in all respects as if she were Mekeirikos' betrothed. Content to see their son do his duty to the child, Mekeirikos' parents did not insist upon his marriage--to his relief, as his experimentation had led him to the conclusion that women, while fine companions, were not going to suit him as sexual partners.

Thus they lived for several turns, until Mekeirikos was Searched on his son's fifth birthingday. The boy, Kosican, was ecstatic. His mother Canselsa was not. Nevertheless, they followed him to the Weyr to await the Hatching. Canselsa found life at the weyr did not suit her. Her discomfiture turned to horror when she watched green Beklaith choose the man she'd hoped to finally marry. M'keiros' first night with Beklaith was mixed, as Canselsa told him he must choose between the green and his family. Unable to do so, M'keiros entreated his parents to intervene. Now, he sees his son on carefully supervised, scheduled visits, during which Canselsa watches constantly to make sure that his son will not turn out the failure that he is. M'keiros and Kosican have a good relationship despite that, and he has promised his son that a place at the Weyr will be found for him as soon as M'keiros completes his weyrling training.

Dragon's Name : Beklaith
Dragon's Colour : Green
Dragon's Age : 2 (TEW36-2)
Sire and Dam : Bendeth/Tarmath
Age of Rider at Impression : 19

Dragon's Description : Like her rider, Beklaith promises to be large, long and lanky. She is a nice dark green, like jungle leaves in the shade, and very conscious of the figure she cuts. Unlike M'keiros, she's not exactly comfortable with her size yet.

Dragon's Personality : Beklaith is still learning the niceties of interpersonal relationships. She flirts horribly and is fairly heavy-handed about it; more than once M'keiros has had to charm his way out of the assignations she arranges for him. Still, she cares deeply for her rider and her rider's hatchling, and has been more than willing on Kosican's occasional visits to the weyr to spend time with the child. She puts a lot of attention into her weyrling training and occasionally scolds her clutchmates for the antics of their chosen riders.

Pet Name: Xerk
Pet Species: Feline
Pet Description: Xerk wandered into the weyrling barracks one night and took up residence on Beklaith's muzzle. Entranced, she insisted that they "keep it." While Xerk's a fairly independent little thing, he is young and he does spend a majority of his time with M'keiros and Beklaith when they're available. M'keiros always knows when Xerk's been waiting for them, as the spectacularly orange and grey feline has plenty of fur in both spectrums to leave on clothing, books, and bedding.

Last updated on 5-Oct-03.