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Description

Raven black hair and eyes nearly as dark stand out against D'kan'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.

D'kan'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

• D'kan started as Kaeden, 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)

• D'kan impressed to Empires And Excess Brown Kazavoth of High Reaches Weyr. (D1 M4 T31 I10)

History

Kaeden spent all his life around High Reaches Hold, right up until he left for the Weyr. He is an only child of a fairly nondescript set of parents. 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.

When the divided leadership issues began to develop up at the Weyr, Kaeden's boss asked him to go... check it out, to put it nicely -- spy, less so. Itching for a change of pace (not to mention something to do that felt important), Kaeden went, arriving just in time for the Turnover party at the end of Turn 30. His cover story was that he'd come along with a shipment to see to its safety personally, then he just happened to stay for the party. Afterward, he was dragging his feet about finding a way back to the Hold when Azaylia asked him to stand. Well, he couldn't say no to that, now could he?

Just under three months later, Kazavoth found him near the end of the hatching. The rest of the story is still developing.

Relationships

• Aishani: She's been good to me. Good for me. That means more than a sharding name. Is she good for the Weyr? No one's dead yet. So far so good.

• Alida: Fellow weyrling. We tend to traverse different paths, but I keep hearing there's more to her than her tough fa?ade.

• Azaylia: Azaylia, on the other hand, seems almost desperate to be good for the Weyr. Gotta admire that. Is she leader material? Maybe someday. I don't know about today.

• C'wlin: He's adjusting better than I thought he would, though for someone who pictured himself as Masterharper someday, he's in charge of nothing when it comes to Athimeroth. Hadn't thought he was the type to bend over like that.

• E'sren: Fellow weyrling. I really don't know him well beyond drills and exercises. Seems to be applying himself to all those extra classes. Keener.

• 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. I'm kind of glad she's not tailing Devaki's troupe anymore.

• J'tor (NPC): Fellow brownriding weyrling, whom I tapped to be Sabella's backup wingsecond that one month. Why? Dunno. Kaz and I both like Adrovanth, and J'tor's just a kid, so he was a safe choice. It was a weird decision to have to make so early into things.

• K'zin: Fellow weyrling. I know more about him from other people than from K'zin himself, as we've tended toward different circles since candidacy.

• N'gan: Fellow weyrling. I kind of feel for him. At least most of us got some crash courses in candidacy. His world changed overnight. So far so good, or so it seems. Will he go back to Tillek when all this is done?

• N'hax: I'm pleased this guy impressed. It's nice having someone around who's a little more mature. If I ever ran into some serious trouble, I think I could go to him and have a real discussion about it, which is a nice feeling.

• N'ky: He started out so well, then crashed, big time. Been trying to help, but it feels like he doesn't want it. Doesn't want anything, except to hide away with Cailluneth.

• Sabella: Fellow weyrling. Was supposed to play the part of wingsecond in our fifth month but broke her arm just seconds off the ground in her first flight. Seems capable enough, otherwise. The weyrlingmasters apparently thought so.

• Telavi: Fellow weyrling. Beyond that, I don't have much to go on, but I hear good things, and the weyrlingmasters saw something good in her.

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Soundtrack

D'kan

• 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.)

D'kan and Kazavoth

• 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

• Barenaked Ladies - Falling for the First Time

Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost

Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost

What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?

What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind

It feels just like I'm falling for the first time

• Classified - Inner Ninja

I read the rules before I broke 'em

I broke the chains before they choked me out

Now I pay close attention

Really learn the code

I learned to read the map before I hit the road

• Barenaked Ladies - Call and Answer

If you call, I will answer

and if you fall, I'll pick you up

and if you court this disaster

I'll point you home

Miscellaneous

From What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be?

I Am A: Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (3rd Level)

Alignment: Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment when it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.

Race: Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.

Class: Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.

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