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Description

Raven black hair and eyes nearly as dark stand out against Kaeden's medium skin tones. He normally keeps his thick hair cut close, but when it gets a little long, it starts to take on a full and messy look. His high cheekbones lend to the almond shape of his eyes and can occasionally give his cheeks a slightly gaunt look. His slightly pointed chin and wide mouth give his face a mildly inverted triangle shape. A narrow and slightly upturned nose combine with small ears to give the young man a slightly impish cast, especially when he smiles.

Kaeden's height seems to have settled just shy of six feet. He might have started out lanky, but he's started to fill out in recent turns, aided in development and toning by good old-fashioned manual labor, also evidenced in the thick callouses on his hands. His shoulders have started to take on a broad, rounded look, but the rest of his frame has remained long and lean.

WYSK

• Kaeden is a dock worker from High Reaches Hold.

• He came to the Weyr sometime shortly before Turnover, Turn 30, ostensibly to ensure some precious cargo made it safely from the Hold to the Weyr.

• He was asked by Azaylia to Stand for the combined clutches of Hraedhyth and Iesaryth. (D7 M1 T31 I10)

History

Kaeden has spent all his life around High Reaches Hold. He's the only son of... no one important, really. His mother works in the laundry, his father is just a general handyman/worker. Not quite drudge levels, but not all that far above, either. As Kaeden got older, he started to develop into a fairly outgoing kid. He had no issues talking to perfect strangers, but more than that, he had a knack for getting perfect strangers to talk to him. He also found that his parents' work was beyond dull, so he started reaching out for something more interesting.

When Kaeden was a young teen, he started working on the Hold's docks. At first, he simply helped load and unload the ships and wagons as needed, but as he became more familiar with the work, he started helping out in some of the administrative tasks, too, like coordinating schedules, working with trader caravans, and organizing work crews. By the time he'd reached his later teens, he wasn't exactly second-in-command of the docks, but he was definitely becoming someone the dockmaster started to look to when something needed to be not just done, but done correctly and quickly.

Relationships

• Alida: Anti-social one minute, getting into it with her fists the next. I'm never sure what to make of her, or if I should even try. She doesn't seem to want anyone to try, and that's disturbing on some level. At the same time, I don't know her history, so I'm trying to keep an open mind.

• Azaylia: Sweet woman, but I get the feeling she might be a little overwhelmed by her current lot in life, not to mention the political situation. I wish she'd either step down and let Brieli take over, or give Brieli a reason to step down instead. Don't know her well enough to figure which would be better.

• Brieli: Capable and ambitious, she seems to want the job far more than Azaylia, and she seems to have started to make that happen. There's a darkness in Brieli's undercurrents, but I'm not sure if that would make her want to succeed, or lead her to failure. Pretty high stakes. I just wish they'd figure out something.

• Ceawlin: Hard to read in some ways, and yet he's an open book if you know how to look. He's passionate about his Craft. Almost too passionate. It makes me question his motives for wearing the white knot instead of the Harper blue.

• Hana: I grew up with Hana back at High Reaches Hold. We learned to dance together as kids, then went our separate ways when it came time to start working for our keep. If there's a toss dance, and she's there, I'm in. It's been really nice to have a familiar face around sometimes drastically unfamiliar environments.

• K'del: At first, he seemed all right, but this stuff with a pendant and... man. You just can't jump to conclusions that severe while going on so little. Even if the other guy's guilty, you don't have to be a Harper to know you need more than that. I'm disappointed, but torn. Could have been handled better, and he's supposed to be a leader.

• Leova: I've only had a little contact with this rider, but she seems easy to be around. Her dragon, not so much. If things don't work out once the eggs hatch, I just might come talk to her about training, which has been on my mind more and more lately.

• Nicky: I am continually amazed at how sheltered this kid is. I know there are some pretty tiny cotholds out there and stuff, and maybe he came from one of those, but even then... is it some form of denial? I can't figure out if he's abnormally modest or just cracked. Despite all that, he's pretty easy to be around, and he's managed to show some backbone from time to time. There's hope.

• Taikrin: I've had very little contact with her, but Brieli's spoken up for her. I guess that's something, right? People are all up in arms over her being female. Big deal. A lot of people are female.

• Wakizian: One of the easiest of the candidates to be around, he helps keep things from getting too serious. I like his sense of humor.

• Xhaeon: Another easy guy to get along with. It's hard to remember he's a candidate sometimes, because he just acts like a normal guy. Hard to be a candidate and normal at the same time.

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Soundtrack

• The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun,

And I say, it's all right

• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

(All of it. Especially while drinking.)

• Pete's Dragon - It's Not Easy

It's not easy to share somebody's dream

It gets easy when you work as a team

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