Game: Lyer
** Area:** Lyer Weyr
Position: Candidate
On-Site Profile: Kanis
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Consise/Basics
Name: Kanis
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Position: Candidate
Past Ranks: Weyrbrat, craftbrat, apprentice beastcrater
Gender: Female
Sexuality*: Pan
- Note that all sexualities are fluid or basically pansexual, due to ness's own sexual mindset. All characters are at base pansexual; they could go for anyone based on personality over gender. Some of them may lean, and have a gender preference. Some may be more bisexual. Bigenders, transgenders, and other genders may not be an issue on pern, so that aspect may not be an issue. Point: Personality over sexuality, which is why they will be listed as Pansexual with a potential lean.
Looks
Eye Color: Grey
Hair Color: Auburn
Height: 5'2"
Kanis is not a tall woman, only about 5'2". Nevertheless, she has a tone of quiet, patient severity to her face and her being, thanks to the way she holds herself. Her cheekbones are high, but otherwise her face is pointed. Her nose is slightly too long. Her eyes are a piercing grey, and her lips are thin. Her hair is auburn and to her shoulders, and she usually wears the bangs braided and wrapped around the crown of her head, to keep them out of her eyes. She's thin and spry, dragonrider blood through and through, and used to working hard. She enjoys longer, flowing clothes.
Kanis prefers to wears clothing which is practical. Sometimes she does enjoy dressing up and lookin' pretty, but only on gathers and other celebrations where the situation allows. In colors, she likes to wear silver, green, and grey. She has no scars or marks to speak of. The only jewelry she regularly wears is a pair of studs in her ears, to keep the earring holes in.
Personality
Quirks: Doesn't talk much, moralistic
Fears: Failure, humiliation
Kanis has many layers, and people must grow closer and closer to her to discover these layers for themselves. That most outer one, the one she projects and that most people see, is cool and severe. as people grow closer to her, they are surprised to see the more internal, sensitive sides to her. Her best function is a sentinel for those she loves, the quiet and protective guardian that keeps the cruel world at bay.
If there is anyone who can keep their head in a crisis, it is Kanis. Given the option, she'd rather not, but she's an incredibly steadfast being, with a level head and strong grounding. Her base instinct is survival, and her base outlook is to not expect anything, and thus not be disappointed. She has a deep internal strength that fuels a stubbornness and reliance that makes her plow strait through obstacles.
Kanis is more of a strategist then a fighter. She knows basic hunting and is proficient with a bow, usually has one of her large trained hunting dogs with her, and knows some base self-defense combat, but physical fighting is not her forte. Her real strength comes in her people skills, which are almost dog-like: she can read body language easily, having lived with dogs for so long, and she just possesses that intuitive knowledge of people. She's incredibly persuasive when she wants to be, playing to what motivations she knows people have, and she's not above intimidating people if she needs to. One of her favorite things to do in public situations is people-watch, and she tends to take in as much as she can in any new setting or situation, in hopes that she may use it later. This quiet observation often gives her the appearance of staring at people, and you can clearly see the fact that she's always thinking in her expression, always analyzing what's going on around her: this is what gives her part of that appearance of severity.
Incredibly brave, Kanis thrives in danger. Her stubbornness can be an issue here: it will keep her pursuing things she should've given up ages ago, or things that can only end badly. Not that she'll just go seeking danger for the hell of it: she's a careful person, a strategist, so she'll only go on this course if she's already started it, or someone's tripped that right combination of things that make her ignore her better mind, and give into emotions: she is human, that can happen. She won't back down from a physical fight, and certainly not from a mental one. Her courage is especially strong if it's in the face of something which poses a threat to her loved ones; she would be one hell of a threadfighter.
That is the primary motivation of anything Kanis does: loyalty. Like the hounds she raises, she's an incredibly loyal person, who sees the people she keeps close as more of a family then a friend group. She'll go to the ends of the world for them, and sees it as her duty to keep them safe. Right and wrong, social motivations— those things don't matter to her. Neither, for that matter, do what her people want to do necessarily, or what they think is right or wrong: she won't go on a revenge killing if one of her close friends really wants it, for instance. Keeping them safe from harm is, however, of utmost importance.
She warms as people grow close to her, too. Around strangers, in most of the world, she's cool and alert and watchful: a dignified guard dog. Her people, however, see a different side of her. She relaxes around them, which is the thing that makes the difference. She'll smile around her friends, and even joke around with them. It's people and good relationships that make her happy and content- platonic or otherwise. She is sweet, giving people things she think they'll like, and affectionate. she likes physical contact and conversations, and will be social with her friends- though not necessarily with other people. She is rarely loud or boisterous (except perhaps when drunk), and is always slightly subdued, but it's easy to tell what she feels for people- just look for how tense she is when she's talking or being around them.
A closet romantic, she does dream of a relationship eventually, and will be very affectionate and loving to the person she chooses, so long as it's mutual. Loyalty is important to her, outside of flightsex. Eventually, she dreams of having some variety of children, but knows it's unlikely with her chosen career. Duty comes first— though it's important to note that she puts duty to her beloved right beside duty to the weyr/world.
Incredibly emotional and sensitive, the outter layers of her personality are as much for her protection as other people's: she's wary about exposing herself emotionally, and will warm slowly. She is, however, always empathetic and emotionally aware (if distant), which is part of the reason she finds success in manipulation. Even if she is cool, she will probably be gentle: she'll soften hard truths when explaining them, especially to friends, but even to strangers. She nurtures and does her best to heal, and will try to protect those weaker then her. She's a slight idealist, though not for the world stage: yes, it could be better, but if she improves the world, it's only a side-effect of her trying to do things for her people.
By no means is she perfect. Her protectiveness is easily turned to possessiveness, and she can get jealous and spiteful. She'll be excessively wary and unfriendly to those who she thinks threaten the people in her inner circle, even if they are actually no threat. She does have a temper, and while it's somewhat hard to trip, if you do manage to rankle her, she will rarely forgive you and respond with verbal or physical violence. She holds grudges, and does not forgive easily. She can and will be cruel to those she dislikes, even for petty reasons. In the end, she is a lot like the hounds she raised/raises.
History
Kanis is the child of a beastcrafter and a bluerider. The beastcrafter, her mother, was stationed for her traveling portion of journeywomanhood at the weyr, and as such experienced the lustful affections of the dragonriders who did not win flights: something she enjoyed. She became pregnant at the end of her stay, and was still pregnant when she went back to the beastcrafthall. She gave birth there, and Kanis spent the first few turns of her life there. When Kanis was only 1, her mother married a tanner, who was as happy to raise Kanis as he was to expand the family. Kanis grew close to him, though her blood-father expressed interest in her as well: he wished her, when she was old enough, to spend some time fostered in the weyr.
She spent the first 6 years of her life in the crafthall, and her stepfather raised her as her own. Kanis showed signs of being a tomboy, and he was more then happy to let her play with her mother's dogs, and to teach her the basics of hunting, to teach her how to ride.. etc. At 6, she began to spend months at a time fostered to the weyr, where she also became no stranger to hard-work. More often then not, her jobs were in the kennels, thanks to her experience around dogs: it came naturally.
This was how she spent most of her formative years. A few months at the weyr, a few months at the beasthall. At the weyr, she would work hard and learn of the dragons, with whom she was fascinated. At the hall, she would learn the basics of beastcraft, and also learn hunting. She maintained [and maintains] contact with all sections of her family, happily.
She chose apprenticeship late, unsure of whether or not she wanted to pursue a life at the weyr or the hall. The hall eventually called to her stronger, and she went into the beastcraft like her mother- though she still went on hunting trips with her stepfather, which eventually led to her speciality: dog training and breeding.
Her blood-father was slightly disappointed with this choice: his dragon insisted Kanis would make a good rider, and he badly wanted her to attempt to Impress. He'd bring the subject up at every hatching, but Kanis always refused him. Not one to give up, he eventually wore her down: she chose to stand at a hatching at the age of 17, motivated partially with some boredom in the beastcraft: she loved it, she loved the canines, but it was just.. not exciting enough. She couldn't see herself doing solely that for the rest of her life.
She has been at Lyer, standing as a candidate, for two turns now. She was at Lyer when thread fell, destroying the electrical grids around her hold of origins. Both of her mother and her step-father were caught outside in the first fall in their area, having not been warned in time of it's approach- thread had been gone on pern for too long for them to know the schedule it would be falling. Kanis now has nowhere to go outside the walls of Lyer. For months, she was wrapped in heavy grief, but Lyer was a welcome form of support- at least she still had somewhere to call home.
Family
| Name | Relation | Location | Position | Dragon | PC/NPC/Adoptable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | x | x | x | x | x |
Dragon/Wher
Firelizards
Pets
Dog
M Fawn and white Canine
Friendly, Affectionate, Strong, Fearless, Brave, Obedient, Loyal, rather stinky.
Home
Active threads
- Things of an uncertain nature (Dining hall / Ranae)
Past Threads
- Records Duty is now more frustrating (REcords room / kanis, lystor, open)
OOC/Reference
An:
Es: wdg lfmg, dgnggns
Theme:
Started as: beastcrafter; candidate
Starting Age: 19
