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Name Pronounced: wess-ton
Character type: Candidate
Rank: Candidate
Political Alignment: Neutral
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Sexual Preference: Homosexual
Appearance: Weston is an extremely well groomed individual. His dark brown hair is cut short and always arranged perfectly, without a single hair out of order. You will rarely catch Weston in dirty clothes, and never with dirt on his skin. He is short for a boy, a little on the dainty side but not particularly feminine exept for his voice, which is very high pitched, having failed to change much during puberty. He doesn't grow much facial hair, and what does appear is meticulously shaved away. He walks as though he wants very badly to get somewhere, but something is holding him back. His hands often look unusually red and raw, and they are calloused in odd places. He never wears any jewelry, and his clothes, though well fitting, are quite plain. His features are not particularly striking, he has a very normal face. His eyebrows are a little thin, giving him an odd, vaguely feminine look, but the rest of his features counterbalance that tendency. Although he seems like he would be fairly easy to bully, he carries himself not as though he is afraid of others, but as though he is afraid of himself.
Personality: Most of Weston's personality can be explained by the existance of certain uncontrolable compulsions. Today he would be classified as suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but Weston has no word for it and no way to stop it. At times he has spent up to an hour repeatedly washing his hands until they bled, although that is a worst case scenerio. He obsesses over the homosexual thoughts that sometimes pop into his head, worrying and stressing about them, analyzing them to see if they really do arouse him. He ritually ends ever day by arranging his belongings just so, and often has to repeat tasks to make sure he does them just right. He is keenly aware of how abnormal these thoughts are and every second not spent fulfilling these compulsions is spent hiding them from others, something he has become rather adept at. He is his own worst enemy and he knows it. He is socially awkard as a result of his fear of being discovered. The only time he loosens up is when he's had something to drink, at which point he becomes very cynical, and often humorously self depricating. One gets the impression that if he could push past his defects he could be very witty. He has no time or space in his head for politics, he just does his best to remain unobtrusive.
Birth Place: Fort Weyr
Parents: Byrtah (drudge)/anonymous brownrider (flightlust pairing)
History: Weston lead a normal weyrbrat life. He was raised in the creche and spent his early years running around carelessly and admiring the huge dragons. His dearest ambition has always been to be a dragonrider. When he was little he wanted to ride Gold because they were the biggest and most beautiful. Later, when he learned better, he amended this to Bronze. But as time went on and it became clear that Weston was not exactly Bronzer material, he decided he didn't care what color he Impressed as long as he could became a dragonrider. Weston's defects manifested themselves when he hit puberty, at which time his personality changed drastically as all his energy shifted to conceal his shameful secret. This is the first time Weston has been brave enough to try to stand at a Hatching, and he has never wanted anything so badly in his entire life.
Weston is a candidate. His colour preference is Bronze, Brown, Blue, Green
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