Name: C'lyx
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Senior Blue-Weyrling

Appearance: Calyx has a strong, but slightly gawky, figure and is of medium build. He is tall, around 6"1 now, and has large hands and feet. In other words, a natural-born swimmer. Spending most of his time outside, his skin is tanned and his light brown hair slightly sun-bleached with highlights of blonde. He has a couple dark freckles, here and there on his face and arms. His eyes are a light, bright blue, like shallow water in the sea. He keeps his hair longer than most, only cutting it every now and then when he can be bothered to. When it gets in his way, he just pulls it back into a lazy ponytail. Being a fairly active person, Cal is pretty fit. He has a fair bit of muscle on him, and not much fat. He has three long, parallel scars running across his chest and up to his neck from where he was mauled as a Candidate.

Personality: Active at best, hyperactive at worst, C'lyx has never been one to sit still. If the choice is ever left up to him, he'll be out and about, always moving. C'lyx is a practical and positive young man; he rarely complains and nothing ever seems to get him down. When he makes up his mind to do something, he never gives up until it is done. He has tendency to come up with innovative, although often ambitious, ideas for solving problems, with the occasional side-effect that he misses the most obvious answer. But he looks at adversity as opportunity for change. He was raised to believe that men aren't supposed to whine, so though he doesn't force this idea on others, he still tries to tough it out and keeps his negativity to himself. This makes him seem like a cheerful person, but it also makes it hard for him to ask for help when he needs it. He is instantly friendly with others (bar a few exceptions) and usually happy to shoulder other people's burdens, even if he does not know them well. He's a bit of a worrier too, so he'll naturally want to look out for the people around him.

C'lyx is liquid in his leadership skills. He's easy-going, so if someone else takes charge, he is happy to follow, but if people are floundering, he'll feel the need to try rallying them together to get things moving. He can't stand doing nothing, but as long as he's doing something to help out, he doesn't need to be in charge. But if he disagrees with someone, he'll be honest about it, regardless of rank. He doesn't like talk for the sake of talking, though, so he usually holds back unless he has something useful to add. The one exception is with Tartuth or his close friends, whom he is happy to chat with about anything.

History: The only child to a journeyman fisher and his wife, Calyx lived in Ista Hold and spent most of his childhood by the water. He often went out on fishing trips on his father's boat, swimming and fishing and getting his sea-legs just like any other kid from those parts. He was more than content to follow in his father's footsteps and become a fisher, but fate had other plans and he was instead Searched into Ista weyr. He did not impress his first time and before he got a chance to Stand again, the plague struck. Ista was hit hard; within the week, nearly half of the newly impressed dragons had died, the rest immediately quarantined. Though they did their best to keep the candidates safe, Calyx did eventually get sick. Although he recovered, he suffered slight deterioration of his lung capacity. It wasn't enough to stop him from running or Standing, but he found he couldn't swim like he used to (and probably wouldn't be able to uphold his Ista record for longest time holding your breath underwater.) When he emerged from quarantine, however, he found his skill at swimming wasn't the only thing he lost. Both his mother and his father were killed by the plague.

Since the plague had killed off so many, and Holds weren't exactly open to Searchs, the remaining candidates were shuffled around from weyr to weyr as they were needed. Calyx was sent to Telgar Weyr when they were in dire need of more Candidates. Unfortunately, not only did he not impress, but in the chaos, he was attacked and seriously injured by a desperate and confused dragon. He stayed in the infirmary for a long while, but when he was given the choice between returning home to Ista or staying in the hopes to impress again, Calyx chose to stay and returned to his life as a Candidate.

When Calyx stood again, he impressed to his fiery blue, Tartuth. He mostly enjoys weyrling lessons, though it's sometimes hard for him to keep his patience. But they're outside and mostly action-oriented, so they're right up his alley. Aside from lessons, C'lyx likes to invent 'games' to play with Tartuth to help him practice, and he thinks he might want to be a weyrling master himself one day (though Tartuth does not approve!)

Pet(s): Gale and Chase*, brown firelizards from different clutches, both trained in fishing. Gale is the elder by two years. After the plague, Gale became flightless and Chase sterile. Since his impression, the two firelizards have been more distant, often not appearing for months at a time.
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*Disclaimer: Not my line-art- thanks very much for its use though! ^_^

Dragon: Tartuth
Age: Approaching 1 year
Color: Blue
Appearance: Tartuth is a deep, medium blue, not to light or too dark. He has a crown of lighter-colored blue around his head, but besides that his color is fairly uniform. His legs and limbs increase in size as they go outwards, giving him a puppy-doggish look when young, but a powerful stance once he grows into them.
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Other: Currently in Weyrling lessons

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