MASTER HARPER RAMILKEN

Persona : Ramilken
Writing Status : NPC/Free
Age : 37
Gender : Male
Rank/Craft : Master Harper
Craft Specialty : Arbitration
Residence : Thread's End Hold

Physical Description : Ramilken is a tall man, tall and lanky. He has very dark brown hair with a touch of red that comes to the fore when he has been in the sun for a while. He wears his hair very short. He is dark complexioned, therefore tans well. He has what can only be termed a "full" mouth which smiles a lot and a mouthful of even white teeth. His nose is long and straight.

All in all, he is quite good looking. He has one anomaly, which some find rather disconcerting. He has one green eye and one bluey grey eye and is rather shy about this; for this reason he finds it difficult to gaze directly into another's eyes unless he knows them.

His favourite colour is blue, and by preference he won't wear anything else.

Personality : Ramilken is a very clever man, as he was a very clever boy. He can find it difficult sometimes to relate to others who are perhaps not so quick on the uptake as he is.

He is, however, aware of this problem and has been working diligently to become more patient for many turns. Now all one might see of this tendency might be a slight narrowing of the eyes or a tightening of the lips as he reminds himself to be patient.

He is perfectly suited to a master harper position. His organisational skills are second to none, and he gained very high marks in all his craft requirements. Although not a born teacher, he can teach well, but the most important facet of his personality is that he knows when to delegate -- to find someone else better suited than he to perform a specific act or job.

He can be short tempered and enjoys a tipple of wine now and then. He always, however, apologises if he has let his temper get the better of him.

He is a brilliant composer and when in the middle of a composition he is wont to get very angry if interrupted. This has its drawbacks in a master harper position, but his other assets outweigh this problem.

His journeymen and apprentices have a deep seated loyalty to him, but he finds it difficult to show them that he cares about them, too.

Life Story : Ramilken was born, as he is wont to say if anyone asks him how old he is, during the first turn of the present pass. He will reply, "I am as old as OUR thread."

He was born in the heights around High Reaches in the north, born of a liaison between a journeyman harper and a rather pretty little kitchen drudge that his father encountered.

Ramilken never knew his father. His mother reared him and her Lord Holder sponsored him to Harper Hall when he reached his twelfth birthday. (It can be surmised from this that Ramilken's mother moved on from the journeyman harper's bed to that of her Lord Holder).

He enjoyed his time at the Harper Hall in the north, showing aptitude for gitar to begin with and then later composing pieces for an number of instruments.

When he walked the tables at eighteen and started his journeyman turns he continued to get better and better at composing but showed increasing abilities in a little publicised aspect of harpering -- that of arbitration. During his journeys throughout the Holds he gained quite a name for the fair decisions he made on the disputes he came across. Some Holders started to ask that Ramilken come to their Hold at the time of the court to aid them with difficult decisions.

After some turns doing this Ramilken met and married Jaisana, a daughter of a minor Holder near Tillek. They married when Ramilken was twenty-six turns old and to date have four children, two sons and two daughters. Although young they are all showing signs of being gifted musically.

Ramilken returned to Harper Hall in the north to work for his mastery. Having attained this exalted status he became more and more in demand as an arbitrator. He began to get more and more disgruntled with this, wanting a Hold to be assigned to as Master, where he could use far more of his talents. There were no openings in the north, but when Thread's End Hold's Mastership became vacant he applied and to his joy, was appointed.

The family therefore came south and Ramilken settled down to a permanent hold posting. He abounds with ideas, but underneath it all there is a wish to do his very best for this hold that offered him this chance.

Sometimes though, his arbitration skills are still put to use. He is often sought out to solve disputes which he does to the best of his ability, however trivial.

Pet Name: Cumere
Pet Species: Canine
Pet Description: Cumere is a small tri-coloured canine with a small cheeky face and twitching ears. He is mainly white, but his head is a mixture of black and brown. He is quite small but thinks he is much bigger (and braver) than he actually is. Quick and intelligent, he is a great guard dog but is good with the children.

Last updated on 24-Dec-03.