Jaques, High Reaches Weyr Dragonrider
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| Rank | Dragonrider |
| Home | High Reaches Weyr |
| Dragon | Watcher In the Wood Brown Greshaith |
| Played-By | Daniel Bruhl |
| Mother | Esdel |
| Father | Cason, exile leader |
| Siblings | three older sisters Ramsay (-3), brother (dec.) |
| Children | None |
| Other Ties | Evie (-2), wife? |
| Livejournal | famesque |
| Status | private |
Prologue
Lewdon doesn't really remember Before.
He remembers back when there were colors. Back when there was music and parties and people to wait on him hand and foot. He doesn't remember thinking that was unusual, or different, because he doesn't remember people who weren't like him. Commoners weren't exactly a part of the daily life of a six-year-old, after all. He remembers some terrifying blue Thing stealing him away from his friends and his home but mostly all his toys, and dumping him here on this Faranth-forsaken rock. The Thing haunts his nightmares for turns afterward, rising up out of seas that boil around it, devouring the camp and everything they've tried to create there: the pale imitations of Life as it was.
Lewdon grows up and Lewdon gets married, but things--they don't really get better. Someday when his parents are old and dead, he finds himself in charge of the little island, and the despair of it all makes him want to throw himself into the sea to meet the dragons. He's a superstitious sort, and he encourages the islanders to thank the sea. He's never quite sure what's real, what's not. Are the dragons there watching, in the sea, overhead, waiting to destroy his home again?
Lewdon isn't sure anymore. He remembers softness, and warmth. He remembers his mother telling him they'll have their revenge. The Blood always do. He remembers that, but all he knows is the Island.
Description
It's something in his mouth, wide with cupid's-bow lips always faintly quirked, that makes any expression of Jaques into a smirk, as though he knows some secret something: a look matched in intelligent, dark eyes. He's handsome enough but not particularly remarkable otherwise: his nose is straight, his skin tanned and jaw stubbled, wavy brown hair kept short and swept to the side.
He's of thoroughly average height and a compact build, not plagued by the gawky lankness that afflicts many his age. It gives Jaques something of a sartorial edge, or as much of one as the exiles can muster. Though his clothes are still old and stillhand-me-downs, they're somewhat better quality than most of what the exiles have, and he wears them well.
Background
Jaques is the son of the exiles' leader Cason, with three older sisters and one younger brother. This makes him Tomaeran's first cousin, and of course related to pretty much all the other Bloods on the island thanks to that whole inbred thing they're starting to have going on. This also means that he was the obvious choice for heir, not that you'd know it. By all accounts, he's a quiet, withdrawn sort who leaves the day-to-day runnings of things to his father and his younger brother, who's more than eager to prove himself the superior of the two boys.
When he was seventeen, Jaques was married off to a girl a couple of turns younger than he was. While he and Evie are not closely related, they were close friends growing up, especially once her parents were killed in the Pass and Jaques' parents half-adopted her. That relationship, plus their young ages, has made the marriage more just awkward than unhappy, as both try to live up to what they're expected but fail in ways they don't even really understand. They're more strangers than friends these days.
Jaques mostly seems embarrassed by the prestige his bloodline gains him. He works hard but never too hard. He learns his lessons well, but never too well. He's friendly but... well, you get the drift. He's thoroughly mediocre in pretty much all respects, and some figure if he had his way his whole lineage would just be forgotten. It earns him the condemnation of a certain breed of Blood, who think he's slumming it and disgracing his ancestors--and the ire of a certain breed of commoner, who thinks he's slumming it and making a mockery of their genuine effort.
Thanks to their rescue by the Weyr, it looks like Jaques might finally get wish of being just another man, nothing remarkable at all. Things were tough initially, as Evie miscarried the baby she had been carrying and Jaques' younger brother Ramsay died in the plague that afflicted the islanders on the mainland. But things got better, eventually, and at the urging of his father Cason, Jaques and Evie both agreed to stand for Iovniath and Cadejoth's clutch.
Of them, Jaques walked away with a new life as a rider and a new dragon in Watcher in the Wood Brown Greshaith; but not, it seems, a new name.
RP Logs
Jaques has been in a total of 21 total logs, 1 vignettes, and 3 game updates.
2011.12.11: Weyrling Graduation (Iovniath x Cadejoth 3)
Who: E'gin, Emme, Evali, Iolene, Jaques, Kh'ry, Quinlys, Rhaelyn, Riorde, Sa'zl
When: Day 22, Month 6, Turn 27 (Interval 10)
What: The weyrlings from Iovniath and Cadejoth's third clutch graduate.
2011.06.05: Lessons
Who: K'del, Jaques, Rhaelyn, Kh'ry, Emmeline
When: Day 14, Month 12, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: K'del visits the exiles, and tries to answer some questions.
2011.09.01: Leadership Material
Who: Jaques, Meara
When: Day 25, Month 8, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Jaques doesn't want in on the leadership program. That's okay: Meara doesn't want him, anyway.
2011.08.26: Belonging
Who: Jaques, Quinlys
When: Day 8, Month 8, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Jaques and Quinlys talk about names, exiles and Impression.
2011.08.14: For Leading You On
Who: Jaques, Iolene
When: Day 28, Month 6, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Jaques apologizes. Iolene calls him out on his lie and discovers the truth of the boys' night out fight. Ysavaeth dreams in Iolene's memories and tonight, with the recollection of the hatching, she reaches out to dam and sire until Iolene hurts her.
2011.08.12: The Party Afterwards
Who: Einrhi, Jaques, Nathalia, Sullivan, Ali, Iolene
When: Day 22, Month 6, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Famished now, Iolene goes to find food and instead finds humiliation and spends her entire first night as a dragonrider crying into her pillow.
2011.07.24: Too Much Loss
Who: Evali, Jaques, K'del
When: Day 18, Month 4, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: K'del gets to know Evali, and accepts Jaques and Evie as Candidates for Iovniath and Cadejoth's clutch.
2011.07.20: Awkward Meetings
Who: Jaques, Madilla
When: Day 9, Month 4, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Madilla meets Jaques. They're kind of awkward with each other.
2011.07.10: A Night With The Boys
Who: Devaki, Jaques, Tomaeran
When: Day 7, Month 3, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Boys Night Out turns... unfun.
2011.06.27: Dragonriders Don't Marry
Who: Jaques, Iolene
When: Day 24, Month 1, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Iolene traipses up the cliff to try and catch a little bit of nostalgia. Jaques joins. She tries to make him smile. He seems eternally mopey.
2011.06.25: Easier
Who: Cason, Jaques
When: Day 12, Month 1, Turn 26 (Interval 10)
What: Cason and Jaques escape their wives for a time.
2011.06.13: Just When You Thought It Was Over
Who: Jaques
When: Day 8, Month 13, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: Jaques' brother dies.
2011.06.07: How Should We Know
Who: Jaques, Iolene
When: Day 20, Month 12, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: In the midst of her own grief, Iolene tries to comfort Jaques. She misses smiling.
2011.06.08: The Nothing Between The Worlds
Who: Iolene, Jaques
When: Day 20, Month 12, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: Iolene and Jaques try and deal.
2011.06.07: Two For The Death Count
Who: Jaques
When: Day 17, Month 12, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: No one told them about Between.
2011.06.05: You'd Look Good Fat
Who: Iolene, Jaques, Tomaeran
When: Day 14, Month 12, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: Tom, Jaques and Iolene discuss recent events.
2011.06.04: Talk of Marriage
Who: Devaki, Jaques, Phedre
When: Day 10, Month 12, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: Devaki and Jaques talk about marriage, both potential and actual. And they agree that Iolene's scary, not that this is a surprise.
2011.06.01: Evie is Pregnant
Who: Jaques
When: Day 28, Month 11, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: Evie is pregnant.
2011.06.01: What's The Trouble, Brother?
Who: Jaques, Kh'ry
When: Day 27, Month 11, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: At least Jaques isn't an asshole to Khorde.
2011.05.31: Another Evening
Who: Emme, Evali, Jaques, Kh'ry
When: Day 24, Month 11, Turn 25 (Interval 10)
What: The food might not be good, but at least it's there. Awkward teenage conversation over dinner.
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