RETIRED WEYRLINGMASTER M'LETON

Persona : M'leton
Writing Status : NPC/Free
Age : 52
Gender : Male
Rank : Brown Rider, Retired Weyrlingmaster
Residence : Thread's End Weyr
Birthplace : Southern Hold
Father's Name : Eleton
Father's Rank : Master Woodsmith
Mother's Name : Mayla
Mother's Rank : Weaver

Physical Description : Shorter than the average man, slightly taller than the average woman. Salt and pepper hair with receding hairline. Weathered, rough skin, dark brown eyes, bushy eyebrows, thin lips, strong chin.

Identifying marks... the tip of the first and second fingers of the right hand are missing due to thread. Scar across the right side of the face, across the eye (but not damaging the eye), also from thread. Bow-legged. M'leton, however is physically strong, quick and athletic due to having to defend himself as a child from the hold children who made fun of him for being short.

Emotional Description : Can sometimes be crotchety due to seeing too many weyrlings hurt and killed during his turns as weyrling master. However, is actually an old softie for the young weyrlings which is why he has remained the weyrling master for so many many years. He is tough but fair with the weyrlings and is completely devoted to his weyr and training its youth.

Life Story : M'leton was born Maleton at Southern Hold. He was a small lad like his sire and dam both and was teased for his lack of stature from the time he was old enough to join in the traditional lessons the old Hold Harper gave. After lessons he would often hide in the surrounding woods to escape his tormentors. Often, he did not make it to the forest in time and he soon learned how to defend himself. Since his father was a forester he saw his father very little. Since his mother was an excellent weaver.... her time was very tight as well. Maleton felt he had no-one to turn to. One day, however, when he was 14 turns of age, dragonmen from Southern Weyr came to his hold in Search. The hold boys laughed at him and told him he was so small that he would simply be looked over by the dragon men. Little did the other hold boys know... it was not really the dragon men who selected the candidates... it was their dragons. Maleton believed what the other boys told him so he made no effort to be seen by the dragon men. On the second day of the dragon men's visit, just before they were to leave, Maleton was sent to collect some cloth from his mother for one of the dragon men. Maleton was directed by the dragon man to carry the length of cloth out to the man's dragon since the dragon man was helping a prospective candidate carry his belongings. As Maleton, the Dragonrider, and the candidate approached, the blue dragon suddenly turned his head toward Maleton and snuffed at him. The blue's head was larger than Maleton so, consequently, Maleton was startled... but not scared. The dragonman looked at his dragon then to Maleton. He asked the dragon if he was sure....and the dragon gently pushed Maleton toward his foreleg. Shaking his head the dragonman told Maleton that, if he wanted, and if he had his parents' permission, he could be offered as a candidate at the hatching.

Of course Maleton went and impressed his brown dragon Felenth.

M'leton lost his fingertips and scored his face while a senior weyrling in training. During Threadfall he was assigned to deliver sacks of firestone to the fighting dragons. As he came out of between, a sudden updraught caught Felenth just as another dragon's wing-draft blew thread down on him. M'leton was in the act of tossing the firestone sack just as the thread scored him across the face, arm and hand. His weyrhide jacked protected his arm, and his goggles protected his eyes, but he lost the ends of two fingers and scared his face.

M'leton blamed himself... he knew he had not properly checked his surroundings as he came out of between... and vowed that he would do his best to never let that same mistake happen to another weyrling.

Dragon's Name: Felenth
Dragon's Colour: Brown
Dragon's Age:29
Sire and Dam: Transfer
Age of Rider at Impression:14

Emotional Description of Dragon: Steadfast, dependable, commanding and disciplined. By commanding, it means that the weyrlings and their dragons respect him. He is known by all the weyrmembers as a strong, caring dragon who is protective over his charges. He balances his weyrmate perfectly in that he does not allow his concern for his charges to rule common sense.

Physical Description of Dragon: Average sized brown... with slight greying of the muzzle and faint green tinges beneath the wings. He is a bit long in the tail and short-necked, but his chest muscles are broad and he is able to maintain long flight. On occasion his right wing-shoulder joint may hurt him where there is an old thread scar from his weyrling days. His head knobs are not very prominent and his neck ridges stop just a bit short of normal so he needs an extra length of riding straps to hold his rider aboard.

Last updated on 17-Dec-10.