H'kon
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Description
The early onset of grey has been most successful in the man's short beard; his more youthful browns still manage to claim the bulk of short-cut hair, except just above a forehead wont to show furrows. Green eyes are softened by the beginnings of crows' feet at their corners, but still stand out against pale skin and a simple, straight nose. His are the callused and scarred hands of a worker, though the marks of punctures, scrapes and cuts are only well visible on the rare occasions when they're held still. He stands shorter than most men, with toned, if not overly broad, shoulders held back in a strict, though not strictly proud, posture.
WYSK
H'kon is from Tillek originally. He doesn't talk about it much unless wheedled, but he doesn't make an effort to keep it secret either.
He was searched at the last minute for Iovniath and Cadejoth's clutch, and impressed to brown Arekoth a few days after his own turnday on Day 18, Month 11, Turn 19.
Arekoth has a bum leg from an accident in weyrlinghood, caused by Arekoth's impatience and H'kon's lack of control. It's not something H'kon is proud of, but he'll speak plainly to it if it comes up.
H'kon has been around the Weyr for a while, but always in the back ground. He's helped with things like repairs to the bowl after meteors, searching for Tillek's heir, and the like, but never in any sort of leadership role. He's a hard worker, but not much of a talker.
History
Halikon was the second-born of fisherman Haeron and his wife Kallia. He has an older brother, Kairek, three years his senior, and a younger sister (decidedly 'simple' from birth), Naelli, five years his junior. Kairek, every bit the rakish, outgoing, charming son that first-born sons aren't necessarily conceived of being, went to join the Harpers when he was sixteen. Halikon never had such ambition - or perhaps, more rightly, never thought such ambition appropriate. His quasi-hero-worship devotion to his father and his intense love and sense of duty toward his younger sister set his life plan, from a young age, to staying at the hold to help his father and the other fishermen, and care for his sister.
Despite some tension at home with his mother (whom he suspected of an affair, which he saw as black and white, never mind Haeron's emotional distance - a good deal of which Halikon himself inherited), and continued lack of sympathy for and from his brother (whom he thought to have abandoned the family), it was a content enough life for him. Toward the end of his eighteenth turn, he started to consider starting his own family in the hold (not that there was any girl who'd caught his eye, but that it seemed the right thing to do), staying near his parents and sister.
These considerations never properly developed into stated intention; Halikon was searched by a late-coming rider (and went along on an old sense of duty that had been instilled by his conservative father from an early age), along with some of the other young men and women of the hold. He was at the Weyr not even a full night and day before he impressed to brown Arekoth.
Their life since impression has been unremarkable for any great deeds (unless Arekoth's frequent transgressions in early weyrlinghood, including a flight-and-landing attempt that tweaked his front left leg for life, count). What, if anything, may have been noticed is H'kon's tenacity in doing things by the book, his devotion to duty, and Arekoth's fierce loyalty to his Weyr.
A failed attempt at befriending a brownrider from Monaco has brought H'kon and Arekoth a bit more into the spotlight, so far as Weyr affairs go. It's left H'kon feeling dissatisfied and uncertain; he's anxious to get back to the safer, less noticeable corners of a basic wingrider's duties. (Arekoth, of course, has been enjoying the attention from others, and his own roller coaster of emotions, immensely.)
Relationships
- Azaylia is a sweet, naive girl. H'kon doesn't know if she is or ever will be the sort of goldrider he would want to see as senior, but she is well-intentioned and he trusts her. For the best, really; Arekoth likes to pester Hraedhyth on and off, and it would be a losing battle to try get him to stop.
- Brieli is the goldrider to go to when things need to be done. H'kon counts her as reliable and capable.
- H'kon liked I'kris, and then he murdered the weyrwoman for no reason, blamed H'kon, and went home and died. To say H'kon is conflicted in his thoughts about the boy is to downplay it a little.
- K'del has been his weyrleader for so long, H'kon had followed him almost instinctively, even if not always agreeing with the man's assessment of things. He's greatly disappointed by what he sees to be the favouring of the personal over the greater good in K'del's actions (or inactions) since Iolene's death.
- H'kon has known Leova pretty much since coming to the Weyr. It could be the Tillek in her accent, or that she was one of his weyrlingmasters, but he tends more toward trusting her than not. Which is not to say he understands her motivations, questions, or comments all that well.
Soundtrack
Foo Fighters - My Hero
There goes my hero,
Watch him as he goes.
There goes my hero,
He's ordinary.
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
Tremble for yourself, my man,
You know that you have seen this all before
Tremble, little lion man,
You'll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face,
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck.
Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Are you some kind of medicine man?
Cut the demons out of my head.
You cant kill somethings thats already dead,
so leave my soul alone.
The Tragically Hip - Springtime in Vienna
Men here of the secret
They pass in upholstered silence
They only exist in crisis
They only exist in silence.
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