Background Information

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Stats

Name
Vashenajas
(pron. vaash-e nuh jaas) -- this name is rarely, if ever, given.
Nickname
Vash -- this name is usually given
Elided Name
Ve'jas
(pron. vee jaas)
Age
26
Gender
Male (bisexual)
Craft
Bard; former weyrling master and wing second
Duties
"Corruption of the young mind," as Vash would say. He is an engaging storyteller, sings with a seductive voice, and makes his own instruments, all of which play beautifully. The kids want to listen. A good strategist and advisor, both jobs that if not taken advantage of, his superiors often regret it. This is a fact Daemion will no doubt come to realize in short order.
Home
Born and bred P*nese, Vash's homeland has lost all of its former luster for him. Currently, he, Q'xia, and the others reside in a realm of the "oldworld" dragons -- those that pre-date the P*nese dragon, which make it a hobby raze the countryside and steal the people's riches. Especially gold.

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Physical Description

Hair
Straight, very shiny, blue-black hair falls in one length to midway down his back. He prefers to wear his hair back in one queue (braid) clasped with a gold clip, which he wraps around his head under his helmet when riding or flying. Periodically he chops it all off at the shoulder to even out the thickness of his hair, and in such cases his hair is merely pulled back in a pony-tail at the base of his neck.
Eyes
Narrowly shaped; golden in color which varies in intensity depending on the light quality, his mood, and his overall health, from anywhere between pale wine-yellow to a deep gold, nearly orange hue.
Physique
Stands at about 6' with a medium build. His hands are not very large, his fingers long and nimble, able to manipulate small/intricate objects; he plays all manner of lutes with relative ease. His shoulders are square and strong.
Appearance
The shape of his face is narrow but with a strong jawline, his cheekbones high, features rounded. His skin is, was, and always will be rather dark. Prolonged exposure to the sun only enhances this feature. But typically during cloudy months his skin lightens to a creamy-coffee color, and in the sunny months darkens to more of a mocha-brown. He has one narrow threadscore which falls across his left cheek and the upper bridge of his nose. This and any other scars on his skin are a brownish-pink in color.
Dress
Ve'jas wears dark colors, usually black, midnight blue, and deep purple, but especially dark green, which was once considered an 'unlucky' color. Despite their dark hue, he prefers light, comfortable fabrics, and when he wears leather (belts, riding gloves, pants) they are always black. The belt buckle and a single pair of thick hooped earrings match his hair fastener in design and metal. A wicked, slightly curved, long-bladed knife in his belt, one small pocket knife in each of his boots, and several throwing-knives hidden here and there.

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Personality

Additude
Vash views the world with a dark, wry sense of humor. Often his lips are twisted into a little smirk, brows creased slightly. Ve'jas is also prone to dark moods (anger, mild depression), his stony face enough to deter just about anybody besides his few closest friends. He tends to see different aspects of a situation than other people, which can be like a double-edged sword. Rather than make a situation worse, Ve'jas is not one to shoot his mouth off, lest he make several enemies all at once. After all, almost no one sees it his way, which is perfectly fine, for he would rather watch from the shadows as key elements in a decision make total fools of themselves. For those who can see the value of his perspective, he is more than willing to share, though even those people sometimes find that he is not only wrong, but seeming even more odd for his off-kilter ideas than they had thought...
Hobbies
When he is off-duty, he has a lute case strapped to his back. Whenever he has a chance to settle down, invariably in his room he has about four different varieties at any given time, from ukelele size to six- and twelve-string guitars. When he is done restoring or building an instrument, if he has not grown too attached to it, he sells it for some extra cash.

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Family

There is rare occasion for Vash to speak of his family, even to his friends. He was raised by a band of nomadic bards, though because of his feeling of being the outsider, he learned young to be aloof around others. They taught him how to make any manner of lute, and to tune his own voice to match each one. Always, he was keen to learn new tricks and to increase his pool of knowledge. He has one brother he knows of back home, a paternal twin and rider of a bronze dragon.
Pet

Unhatched! A very outgoing and social dragonfly (also known as a firelizard), beloved of all the males of a species in any given place, including humans. And with females, he is the opposite, going so far as to attack them, should Vash relinquish his "tether" (a mental as opposed to a physical restraint) for so much as a few moments. No one, including himself, can figure out why, for the flitter changes tune if the female in question goes into heat. Then he's an awful flirt. Before obtaining Scram, Vash's opinion of the little creatures was not high to begin with, and he has found Scram's chipper outlook and indeed his very presence annoying ever since he Impressed him... (Vash would like to note that he tried to give the egg back, but Scram would have no other.)
[ Scram ]

Vash's copper flit, Scram;
egg from the evil flit clutch at Cathair Fionabhainn.

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