RW: Rider Z'volm of Green Crucith (24)

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OOC Note: Roleplay with him at your own risk.
He is a sadist, as is his dragon.
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Z’volm

Nickname: N/A
Age: 24 Turns (22; February 1988)
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual

Personality: Immoral, Sinful, Distrusting, Loner, Selfish, Single-minded

Appearance: Z'volm is a tall dragonrider, reaching six feet and two inches in height. This makes him stand out, even if he doesn't like it. Z'volm's hair is short and wavy, and generally in good condition. His black-haired head easily stands over many of the residents at Rocky, as well as his past weyr of Ista. His skin is fair, though shows signs of some tan, as he has spent much time outside. He is not a push-over, because, like his dragon, he has built up his muscle mass. At this point, Z'volm is a lean and mean machine. He has fair amount of strength from being a rider, and he doesn't plan on losing it anytime soon.

Though he has slight facial hair growing, he prefers to shave it off. Z'volm's eyes are blue-green in color, leaning towards gray. His clothes primarily are earthly colors such as browns and dark greens. While he's a typical Pernese rider in that he wears a tunic, pants, and boots, since transferring to Rocky, Z'volm has taken an interest in the styles on Earth. By far, he enjoys vests the most (as seen in the center picture above) and usually wears one around the weyr.
Picture: X

History: Z'volm was born to trader parents, and because of this, he didn't spend much time inside a weyr, but instead out on the land of Pern. His parents traveled often with a caravan, selling their goods at holds, halls, and weyrs when they made stops at one. Both of his parents are weavers, though his mother also makes jewelry. As a child, Zavvolm was never a "normal" child. He didn't like to play with the other children in the caravan, and he was known to torture insects and small animals. His parents raised him in a strict way, never letting him out of their sight, so that he wouldn't grow up a sadistic man.

This worked for a while, and Zavvolm made a few friends, though it was hard since they traveled for most of the turn. The only true friends the young Zavvolm could have would be those in the caravan, if any remained. It wasn't uncommon for children to be left at holds or weyrs with relatives or friends, because they were a hassle to take with on the travels. Thus, Zavvolm grew up a loner. He had a pet canine, bought for him out of pity, and because he was told not to torture animals, Zavvolm cared for the puppy, becoming good friends with it. However, the canine grew quickly, and it became hard to care for on the road, so Zavvolm's parents sold it to another family while stopped at a hold.

Zavvolm's time for a Search came when he was twelve turns old. While the caravan was resting for a couple of days at a hold near Ista, two dragons visited on Search. The younger of the two, a blue, passed over each of the hold's children and went straight for Zavvolm instead. Thinking that the life of a rider would be perfect for their growing boy, Zavvolm's parents didn't object to their son becoming a candidate for a hatching at Ista Weyr. Zavvolm wasn't as excited as a boy should be, but the idea of being a dragonrider wasn't one he was going to pass up. Plus, if he didn't Impress, he could just return to his parent and the caravan.

His time as a candidate lasted for four years. In that time, Zavvolm saw many of his peers Impress and graduate. He stayed behind because no dragon chose him as its rider. Zavvolm was going to leave, giving up on the opportunity to be a rider, but the candidate master at Ista convinced him to stay for another hatching. Lo and behold, a large green hatched, and she snapped at the blue that had hung back to take his time. He was in her way, and she didn't tolerate that. Z'volm, he is being slow and in my way. May I have permission to bite him? the voice in his head asked. Recalling his childhood, Z'volm had no objection, and the green promptly nipped the blue on the tail.

As the weyrling pair progressed through their lessons, Crucith, the green dragon that chose him, showed her more violent sides. She didn't hold back when it came to putting others in their place, an action that usually involved inflicting pain on the violating dragonet. This sadism grew as Crucith grew, and she was denied the chance to chew firestone during the lessons, out of fear that she would burn another dragon. Z'volm reverted back to his roots, become more and more immoral and sadistic in his actions. He didn't try to correct Crucith when she did something wrong.

The pair was finally transferred out of Ista Weyr after the event now known as "the Incident" to both Z'volm and Crucith. This incident involved forcing a dragon into a clump of thread during threadfall. Normally Crucith was able to pull this off without a hitch, but this time, she was caught. Upon learning about this, the weyrleader and weyrwoman put in a request to send Crucith and Z'volm to Rocky Weyr, because the lack of thread on Earth would hopefully keep the rider pair from hurting more riders.

Firelizard Name: Nightmare
Firelizard Color: Blue (#3e95a8)

Crucith

Age: 8 Turns (6; September 2004)
Color: Green (0da305)
Defect/Injury: Extreme Sadism

Personality: Violent, Unpredictable, Moody, Easily angered, Territorial, Rough

Appearance: Crucith is on the larger end of the green spectrum. Her size rivals that of a small blue, and because of her size, she also has well-developed muscles that have built up due to rough Flights over the turns. Despite her young age, she'd covered in scars and threadscores. Threadscores are due to lack of paying attention to thread while forcing other dragons into thread clumps. Her scars are from her various mating Flights, where Crucith is known to get very territorial, aggressive, and rough when it comes to her males. Her pale head and legs weren't present at her hatchig, but instead those parts paled over time. By the time she she had her first Flight, her head and legs were already pale.