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|playedby=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_(band) Matt Berninger] | |playedby=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_(band) Matt Berninger] | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Tall and broad-shouldered, Rorkes is a big man, lanky-limbed but often slouching; strong features and a reddish-stubbled jaw put his age around thirty. With his touseled red-gold hair, blue eyes, and often melancholy smile, he affects a diffident demeanor matched in nothing-special clothes, button-downs and work boots all belying his harper's knot. More than his overall unassuming appearance, it's the voice that lives up to the knot's promise: a striking smooth baritone, obviously well-trained. | Tall and broad-shouldered, Rorkes is a big man, lanky-limbed but often slouching; strong features and a reddish-stubbled jaw put his age around thirty. With his touseled red-gold hair, blue eyes, and often melancholy smile, he affects a diffident demeanor matched in nothing-special clothes, button-downs and work boots all belying his harper's knot. More than his overall unassuming appearance, it's the voice that lives up to the knot's promise: a striking smooth baritone, obviously well-trained. | ||
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* His two closest friends are Kadavy, an artist at Harper Hall, and [[Gisele]], a dancer now posted to Tillek. Those two are known for their own tumultuous relationship, but rumors have always been whispered about how Rorkes fits into that--especially since his father-in-law had a lot to do with Gisele getting transferred out of the Reaches. | * His two closest friends are Kadavy, an artist at Harper Hall, and [[Gisele]], a dancer now posted to Tillek. Those two are known for their own tumultuous relationship, but rumors have always been whispered about how Rorkes fits into that--especially since his father-in-law had a lot to do with Gisele getting transferred out of the Reaches. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 27 January 2016
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| Rank | Journeyman |
| Location | High Reaches Weyr |
| Craft | Harper |
| Mother | unknown |
| Father | unknown |
| Siblings | unknown |
| Children | Amdis, daughterMairzy, daughter |
| Other Ties | Lena, wifeGisele, best friend |
| Played By | Matt Berninger |
Description
Tall and broad-shouldered, Rorkes is a big man, lanky-limbed but often slouching; strong features and a reddish-stubbled jaw put his age around thirty. With his touseled red-gold hair, blue eyes, and often melancholy smile, he affects a diffident demeanor matched in nothing-special clothes, button-downs and work boots all belying his harper's knot. More than his overall unassuming appearance, it's the voice that lives up to the knot's promise: a striking smooth baritone, obviously well-trained.
WYSK
- Born and raised at High Reaches Weyr until he apprenticed at 15, after two failed tries.
- Specializes in singing and guitar, and also frequently writes songs.
- Was promoted to journeyman at 25. Got married, got posted, and had a child all within the turn.
- Abruptly left his post at Nabol for the High Reaches, bringing his family with him.
- Has a wife and two young daughters. They seem happy enough, although there are always rumors...
History
A weyrbrat in the Reaches, Rorkes was fostered out as an infant and raised in the lower caverns. With the usual unassuming childhood, he wanted to be a harper from a young age, but unfortunately he wasn't quite up to par when he first came of age. Though he interviewed, he was so nervous he flubbed his playing, his voice kept cracking, and he was too embarrassed to show any of his songwriting efforts. Almost the same thing happened when Rorkes interviewed again a year and a half later: he was still too uncomfortable in front of people and with himself to receive a recommendation for training. But perseverance paid off, and the third time Rorkes interviewed, when he was fifteen, he was accepted into the Hall, with his headwoman's strong backing and his voice finally showing the promise of the rich baritone it would eventually settle into.
As one of the older apprentices, Rorkes always felt uncomfortable around most of his classmates; he was an awkward teenager and didn't grow into himself until well into his twenties. Though he had the voice for the Hall's big choral productions, he preferred smaller settings and crowds, more intimate playings of his own songs as he finally grew bold enough to show them off. Rorkes threw himself into those performances to avoid having to think about being watched so closely, and it paid off: he was a good student in both written and practical work, and walked the tables at twenty-five--and not a moment too soon. A casual relationship with the daughter of one of his stodgiest masters became something much more when she became pregnant. Between her father and his own guilt, Rorkes married her, assuring himself they could be happy together, they loved each other.
To get the newlyweds out of the claustrophobic Hall, Rorkes put in for a posting at Nabol, near his original home of High Reaches. Their daughter was born there, and for a time, the couple was quite happy. But after a while, it all started going downhill, even though they had another daughter a couple of turns later. And everything came out eventually, when Rorkes' wife discovered the affair he'd been having with another woman for nearly a turn. Rorkes apologized over and over until his wife finally forgave him, and to get away from the scene of the crime and those bad memories, he put in for another transfer of posting: this time moving his family to his birthplace, High Reaches Weyr.
Too bad history has a way of repeating itself.
Relationships
- Rorkes and his wife Lena tend to be either distant or overly conscientious of each other, and while Rorkes plainly dotes on his kids, he seems about as clueless on how to relate to the two girls as he is anything else.
- His two closest friends are Kadavy, an artist at Harper Hall, and Gisele, a dancer now posted to Tillek. Those two are known for their own tumultuous relationship, but rumors have always been whispered about how Rorkes fits into that--especially since his father-in-law had a lot to do with Gisele getting transferred out of the Reaches.
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Rorkes has been in a total of 3 total logs, 0 vignettes, and 0 game updates.
2011.06.17: Formal Training
Who: Emme, Kharven, Rorkes
When: Day 22, Month 13, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Emmeline asks to join the Harper Craft.
2010.02.17: Convicts! Candidates! Mayhem!
Who: G'brion, G'stav, Inviere, K'del, Rorkes, Saliqa, Silarra, Taikrin, Teris, Tiriana, W'chek, Warucori, Z'yi
When: Day 23, Month 13, Turn 21 (Interval 10)
What: After the clutching of Iovniath and Cadejoth's second clutch, the weyr turns out to celebrate.
2009.04.25: Throwing Up In the Past
Who: Devan, Rorkes, A'son, Rimara
When: Day 25, Month 7, Turn 19 (Interval 10)
What: Chance encounters at the lake! General chit chat that reveals A'son once threw up on Devan's shoes and where they both realize they've met Rorkes before. And everyone picks on the bronzerider, shocking. ;)
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