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Average height, average build, average brown hair; Ch'vaz has generic enough looks, the kind that find him blending in rather than standing out. %r%rThe third of four children born to a pair of High Reaches Weyr residents, Charlavaz was the only son, and thoroughly doted upon as a result. Both because of the attentions of his parents and his own, innate talents, he was the kind of boy many people assumed would do ''something'' interesting. He was, after all, naturally good at a lot of things, friendly and pleasant with other people, and if he lost his temper and had tantrums as a child... well. He'd grow out of that, surely. %r%rHe ''could'' have stood for Rielsath and Malsaeth's clutch in turn 17, but chose not to; instead, he joined the Woodcraft and travelled to Lemos to make beautiful furniture and useful household objects. It should have been a straight path from there: promotion at a relatively young age, a family, success. Instead, Charlie found himself struggling, feeling out of place and unhappy despite enjoying the work. %r%rAt twenty - still a ways off walking the tables by his own estimation - he was given something of a reprieve... if one could call it that. His mother was diagnosed with a wasting disease, and Charlie returned home to be with her, putting his apprenticeship aside (with the permission of his masters) for as long as it took. She died the following turn, but Charlie elected to stay on just a little longer-- and in the end, a lot longer. Although he ''had'' intended to go back eventually, when Iovniath rose for the third time, and the exiles started being picked up as candidates, he found himself pressured to take his turn on the sands. High Reaches dragons, after all, needed to be protected from exile riders. %r%rAgreeing to Stand was a good decision, in the end. He Impressed the second bronze of the clutch, Hiyanoth - a mustardy-bronze creature with a very definite mind of his own. They were chosen as the first weyrling wingleader, joined the silver thread program, and seemed set for a solid career; no doubt they would rise through the ranks. %r%rFor whatever reason, however, they didn't. Instead, Ch'vaz and Hiyanoth spent the next decade and more mostly blending in. They were good, solid wingriders for Equinox, but were passed over for wingsecond twice. Nor has Hiyanoth caught a queen, though if this causes either consternation, they're not quick to show it. %r%rIn his personal life, Ch'vaz has had a handful of relationships over the turns, including one, with a Telgar greenrider, that lasted a full five turns, ending during the plague of turn twenty-nine (but not due to death).