Arolos Weyr - M'nor (Manor)

M'nor (Manor)

User: Kouga

Name Pronounced: ma nor (man or)
Character type: Dragonrider
Rank: Wingthird
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Sexual Preference: Bisexual

Current Location: Arolos Weyr

Appearance: M'nor is about 5’7” tall and he weighs about 130 pounds. His body is very lean, from years of hard work and the famine, but his muscles are still well defined. He has light brown hair that falls in soft waves to his chin. His eyes are also of a light brown color that matches that of his hair, but they also contain flecks of a lime green color. His skin is tanned in color, with a light splattering of freckles across his nose. He has the look of someone who worked in the sun alot in his younger years, though the famine has given him a slimmer look causing a slightly 'under weight' appearance to him which is more pronounced then it is in most of the other riders.

His distinguishing marks would have to be his ‘scar collection’ and the Tattoo he acquired at the midsummer Gather a couple turns back. He has a few small ones across his body from a small thread wound and from Terinth’s crash landing. In addition to those though he also has the marks that the Fort riders that had transferred to Ista before his stay there: a narrow scar that runs down the left side of his face blinding him out of his left eye; his nose is a bit rough looking and looks to have been broken several times; then there are the multitude of scars that cover the rest of his body and literally make every second inch of skin a scar. His tattoo is of Cree, it sits in the middle of his chest-due to Terinth’s urgings as he had planed to put it on his back-and is about the size of his hand. The firelizard in the tattoo is: a dark green in color coming close to matching Cree’s base color; her wings are spread slightly just enough to be seen; her tail is turned up to where the tip touches the leading edge of her right wing; she looks like a sitting canine with her foreclaws settled between her hind; and her head is turned to the left a bit enough to let a lightly colored blue eye show.

His typical dress in long and lose pants as well as a vest, both made of cloth. This is accompanied by a cloth belt that holds a sheath for his belt knife, which was acquired after the attack upon his person and Cree. The look is topped off with boots that stop at his ankles. All of his clothes are usually in shades of a lime, hunter, or forest green as it is his favorite color.

Personality: When M'nor left Arolos, he was a brooding and silent man. Once a happy man his demeanor was shattered when his lifemate suffered a wing scoring during threadfall. It was not the scoring it’s self that got him though, it was their day long trek back to the Weyr and the lack of anyone coming after them. Feeling bitter and angry over it, he took the ultimate step and applied for a transfer from Arolos thinking that this would solve his feelings.

The green rider might have been able to return to his normal happy self if not for this brash move, but that is not possible not. During his time at Ista some riders whom were originally from Fort attacked him, Terinth, and even Cree. Since then none of the three have been the same due to the mental damage hey suffered. M’nor himself has become cold and distant, taking abuse from where ever it comes and never having his own opinion on things.

The only things on the whole of Pern that can stir anything more from this shell that was once M’nor are his dragon and firelizard. he loves both deeply as he always has, and it is only them who knows the pain he has and still does suffer.

M'nor has been violently forced to grow up. This once fun loving guy, now only lives for his dragon and flit. Who knows what would happen to him if she got hurt once more.

History: Daughter: Aceor, 26 (8.02.02.01), Rider to green Qavozith
Son: Mahior, 21 (8.07.05.19), info unknown
Son: Nordet, 17 (8.11.10.01), Ista Weyr

Manor was born in a fishing hold, one of the more northern ones on the southern continent. Not one for the fishing boats, he still loved the sea and tried quite hard. On a sunny day, just after a storm, Manor and a few of his holdmates went out gathering driftwood, the group of boys stumbled upon a just hatching green clutch. Manor himself impressing a green who has been with him ever since.

His father noting that Manor wasn't suited for their family’s profession had him fostered out to a man in Ista Hold. Quite by accident Manor was on his way up to the Weyr to help deliver the tithe when an Ista Rider searched him.

Standing on the sands, M'nor impressed Terinth fourteen, and transferred to Arolos Weyr not long out of weyrlinghood, though staying mainly in the background.

During one of their first threadfalls at Arolos, M'nor wasn't quick enough to react barely avoiding one clump of thread, he and his dragon were struck by another. The damage wasn't substantial but it damaged M'nor mentally. To avoid possible harm to her rider Terinth went *between* and came out only a short distance from Arolos. The two crash-landed rather roughly, Terinth's fall being broken by the trees they landed upon.

They slowly trekked back to the Weyr, Terinth's all too real pain broadcasted very loudly to M'nor. By the time they made it back, over a day had passed and M'nor would never forget that no one came to look for him.

M'nor moved to Ista before Laranna and Brenath's clutch hatched, there he dealt with much whispering and glances but M'nor truly didn't care. He was away from the place that hurt him. Terinth never truly liked the Ista Weyr Riders, there were a few that bothered her. Perhaps if she had listened then M'nor wouldn't have gotten hurt.

A few of the riders at Ista had transferred from Fort, and were well on their way to making sure that they were invaluable to their new Weyr. Normally they'd just torment some random greenrider but when M'nor showed up, they turned their attention on him. Being a greenrider and from Arolos doesn't seem to sit too well with Fort Riders. After one of their dragons won one of Terinth's flights, they lashed out violently.

Their attack against M'nor stuck him inside the infirmary for nearly three quarters of a turn. Terinth survived by some unknown luck, but she was never quite the same.

All of M'nor's physical wounds healed, but it seemed he didn't care anymore. Every time they went out for threadfall, his maneuvers were more and more risky. At times, his wingmates questioned his will to live and his sanity.

Distrustful of the other dragonriders, Terinth made the decision to move back to Arolos. It was easy to convince the leaders to let them go back, and M'nor raised no objection to it.

Things have been going well for M’nor now that he is once more back at Arolos. With Terinth’s convincing he even participated in a simulated hatching where he met Mana. It is thanks to her that he has started on his way to caring again. It is taking work, but he is getting there. When Mana impressed and one of her clutchmates went between he was there to do what he could for her and it was not long after that that he realized he liked her. Not /like/ liked her but more like one likes a friend, or a sister, or even in his case a daughter.

He even ended up taking her to the Turns End gather when he realized she still wasn’t herself as it approached. It was a fun day in truth and he had lots of fun really.

He has been back to Ista one time since he left again this time and that was the day of the hatching, the one where his true daughter Aceor impressed her green mate Qavozith. He hasn’t been back since and he isn’t the happiest to be forced back now with the evacuation of Ista. He is happy to see his daughter though, he has missed her greatly since their brief meeting when she impressed.

15.10.05 – during Foreth’s flight his plan is just to go back to Terinth and his other greens, but a girl who’s name he later found out to be Brindelle ends up running into him and despite his original plan to just go back to his mates he ends up spending the flight with her. It is only after a bit of rest that he finds out not only is she from a hold, but she was until the flight a virgin. Not to mention that he knows she really couldn’t be too much older then his Aceor. The guilt of it all is only slightly eased when healer Vashi assures him that she isn’t too injured especially considering. After that day he sets his mate Cree the task of watching over her to make sure she is ok.

15.10.09 – it’s been four days since that flight and really the guilt is eating him up.

15.10.12 – With Foreth’s second rising once more he finds himself with Brindelle, but this time by his own choice. Not to slake the lust though this time it is because he was seeing how she was doing.

17.03.01 – Looking for homes for Kadee’s eggs Jayden’s gold Delilath ends up making him one o the ones she stops asking if he wants an egg.

17.03.04 – The egg he got from Jayden hatches into a blue thing that is dubbed ‘Snack’ by Bad Icky much to M’nor’s chagrin. He now has not one but /two/ oddly named pets.

17.03.13 -- He turns 30

18.03.13 -- He turns 31

19.03.13 -- He turns 32

20.03.13 - He is 33 Today

21.03.13 - He turns 34 today

22.03.13 - He turns 35 today

23.02.13 - He turns 36 Today

23.07.06 - BadIcky's Clutch Hatches today:
1 Brown (Kiloka), 3 Greens (A'temu, Kinara, & Zasaiya) & 2 Duds (Mitexi & Athesta/WherCraft)
It is only later that he finds out that the egg he gave to Kinara was meant for Kiloka and that not only did both eggs hatch before either could be rehomed, but they both impressed to the boy.

24.02.13 - He turns 37 Today

25.02.13 - He turns 38 Today

26.02.13 - He turns 39 Today

27.02.13 - He turns 40 Today

28.02.13 - He turns 41 Today

Information about M'nor (Manor)'s pets

Pet Name: Cree

Pet Type: Green Firelizard

Appearance: Rather large for a green firelizard, Cree easily equals the size of most of her larger color mates falling on the high end for most of them. Her hide seems to have a base of a dark hunter green that has: sea green and grass green swirled though it in just enough places and just the right amounts to be noticeable. The only flaws her hide holds are a few tiny scars across her body from where she tried to protect her pet from the 'bad men'.

Personality: Unusually calm for a green, Cree can often be found on M'nor's shoulder, or in the kitchens seeing what she can beg from unsuspecting people. She is slightly distrustful of anything that resembles the 'bad men' who hurt her pet, and will often hiss at them to make them leave or even flick *between* if that doesn’t work to avoid being around these people.

Second Pet Name: Bad Icky

Pet Type: Green Wher

Appearance: She isn’t a very large thing yet, but that is rather typical of a pure Callamere after all to be smaller then her wild counters. She is the only one of the group not plagued by past worries of Ista, or scars. She is only a whelp just now, but her hide is a rather interesting colouring actually like something one might find in a swamp it’s some odd blending of green and brown, ok so maybe it’s more nasty or disgusting then interesting just don’t tell her that. Hatched: 8.15.07.21

Personality: As could be expected from a whelp and a green she is an emotional little thing. She doesn’t care who you are or what you want her policy is to attack first and ask questions later. She has already tried more then once to make a snack of Cree, but the much older green has easily throttled all her attempts. She loves her human dearly, but that doesn’t mean she will listen to him at all times. A bit of force behind anything though and she snaps to it. She likes to romp around and have fun and amazingly enough she has no problems playing with Terinth or if she isn’t trying to make a snack of the ‘Lizard, Cree. Other firelizards she has come across though have all been up for grabs for a snack and of other dragons she hasn’t found a one yet she will be near. She doesn’t mind the other whers too much, but if they get to close to her human or Cree she will snap at them, her ‘Nor’ is hers and the ‘Ree’ is only allowed to be /her/ snack.

Third Pet Name: Snack

Pet Type: Blue Firelizard

Appearance: In truth Bad Icky wasn’t far off in naming him ‘Snack’ as she did. His hide is an odd sort of silver like blue that makes him resemble one of the silver fish from the lake. He isn’t too large yet, but he is growing and fast he will probably be at least average if not large once he is full grown but with his mother and father being a Callamere gold and bronze that’s truly to be expected. The poor boy already has himself his first ‘battle wound’ it’s on the very edge of his right wing there is a place in between his second and third fingers that is sort of ragged looking where Bad Icky managed to catch him. He learned well from that though and it good to avoid the green when he is awake. Hatched: 08.17.03.04

Personality: A blue though and though this boy is as ‘lazy’ as can be and just as harper like too. He loves to cuddle with Cree and offer her and any other greens or golds he finds pretty ‘words’ and offers of as many shinnies and fish he can find for them. At least when he is awake. He is still young as yet so he spends most of his time sleeping which doesn’t help his ‘lazy’ appearance. Even when he is awake though he would much prefer to sprawl over his pet’s shoulders then to do something like /move/ the only exception is to shift enough to give Cree the room she need’s on M’nor’s left shoulder to watch his bad side for him.

Information about M'nor (Manor)'s dragon

Dragon Name: Terinth

Colour: Green

Age: 27

Wing (Weyrling Group): Skystrikers

Appearance: She is on the larger side, but still has that 'tiny green' look about her. Her hide, once bright almost neon green in color has dimmed some to more of a lime green from the effects of the famine. Her over all proportions are all good with nothing really appearing to large or small for her, and from a distance she even appears to have a rather lithe look to her.

As one gets closer they will notice that very little mars the hide of this green, but what does are definitely noticeable things. The tip of her tail is missing, from a poorly done maneuver against thread; as well as a rather small and thin scar on one of her wings from another incident with the potentially deadly menace. These however are not the most noticeable of her marred look. No, the most noticeable things that mar this green’s looks are the slightly drawn look she holds and the wild look her eyes seem to have gained after the attack on her rider, that has just never gone away. Hatched: 08.01.05.xx

Personality: Terinth is a rather fun loving dragon, and while her fun spirit is not quite what it was before her rider was attacked she can still often be found sporting with younger dragons or M’nor in the water. She can sometimes get a little testy as most green’s do but that’s only before she rises and is usually no more then a slight temper. She dislikes the whole stuffy dragon approach, and proves that by being a slightly immature dragon that just never seems to have gotten over being a Weyrling.

Terinth disliked the whole idea of leaving Arolos, and was against it from the start but since Hers wanted to go, she left to make him happy. When he was attacked at Ista, by all rights she should have gone between, but her love for M'nor kept her there by his side as a constant support for him. After the attack she became slightly distrustful of other dragon’s mines and refuses to name any other then her own rider and the Little One, that hers named Cree. She will even go so far as to not name most fully grown dragons, though she seems to have no problems with Hatchlings and Weyrlings. While she herself dose not remember their pain nor the exact reason for her actions she does know she has good reason, but M’nor will not let her have anymore then that about the incident from his memory.

Weyr of Origin: Ista

Abilites and weaknesses: Terinth has speed, agility and power; that would make her a good addition to any wing. Unfortunately, she has a slight problem with betweening, being anywhere from a millimeter to a meter off when she comes back from the fridge blackness. Though in her favor more often then not it is only a few millimeters so this is hardly noticeable, but on the occasion that she is off by those meters it can cause problems for her and others.

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