Bronzerider D'clay - Played by: Venssea

Name: D'clay
Age: 46
Sex/Preference: heterosexual male
Rank/Title/Position: bronzerider
Main Location: KW

Physical Description: D'clay has short, silvering blonde hair, stands at a lanky 6'2 and has grey-blue eyes. His skin is weathered from Turns of riding and he has just enough muscle to be fleshed out. There is a fading Threadscar on his right shoulder from when he was younger.

Emotional Description: D'clay is a paternal man, with a great love for youngsters. He enjoys helping with the weyrling lessons whenever he can. He is usually seen with a smile and has not much of a temper, but is firm and coolheaded. He knows how to get people to listen to him when its needed. He is loyal and reliable, courteous to women and an all-around gentleman.

Brief History: D'clay is the second son of bronzerider Cl'ton and goldrider Darlen. He grew up at Fort Weyr, fostered like his older brother Dalton. Darclay and Dalton were inseparable as youths but never much of troublemakers. Both were apprenticed as dragonhealers at the age of twelve but Dalton's apprenticeship was cut short when he Impressed Colth.

Darclay always dreamed of riding a dragon and as soon as he was able, stood at every Hatching he could. He continued his studies as dragonhealer in the meanwhile, rising to senior apprentice. In his seventeenth Turn however, he joined his brother in ranks of weyrlinghood by Impressing Nikoleth. D'clay and Nikoleth were apt students, displaying diplomacy and leadership early on. There was no doubt that the pair would one day lead a wing, possibly the Weyr.

But D'clay didn't have his eyes on leadership. His sights, instead, were set on love and starting a family. Hardly any of the Fort female riders shared his dream but by luck, D'clay met Oderra, a journeywoman weaver at the Weyr. They were weyrmated and sure enough, Oderra soon discovered she was pregnant. Dayclod was born in D'clay's twenty-fifth Turn. Unfortunately, Oderra died in childbirth and D'clay, unable to raise his son because of his duties, had to foster Dayclod to another.

Somewhere around D'clay's thirtieth birthday, he received news that both his father and his brother had died while rescuing holders from a fire. Devastated, D'clay sought to escape from his grief, in the arms of another weaver named Trahana. His second son Tarclay was born the next Turn. But the Weyr held too much grief for D'clay and he decided to transfer to Kalarak, taking young Dayclod with him. Tarclay followed soon afterwards when his mother succumbed to illness and died.

Kalarak seemed to be a better place for D'clay, who now desired to spend as much time with his sons as possible. He refused any leadership positions, stepping in only as wingthird once until a replacement was found. Dayclod seemed suited to follow in his father's footsteps and Impress, but by the boy's twentieth Turn, he still a Candidate. Tarclay, however, expressed minor interest in Impressing and turned to tailoring, which D'clay support faithfully.

A family ruggedly made, D'clay decided that his energies were better put to use helping the youngsters of the Weyr, especially when Kalarak was crippled by the loss of its queens. Abilities/Strengths/Weaknesses: very patient, firm

NPC's: deceased father Cl'ton/bronze Tobiath, mother Darlen/gold Wirianth, deceased brother D'ton/bronze Colth, deceased weyrmate Oderra, son Dayclod, deceased weyrmate Trahana, son Tarclay


Dragonriders/Weyrlings
Dragon name: Nikoleth
Dragon color: bronze
Age: 29
Fighting Wing: Cloudchasers
Adult Size: medium-large

Description: Nikoleth is a light bronze color with olive undertones to his hide. He bears a Threadscore on his right wing but has an otherwise perfect form. He mirrors his rider in build, slim with enough muscle to him to not be too skinny.

Personality: Nikoleth is, not surprisingly, an exact copy of his rider. He is courteous to all, no matter what rank, firm, and fatherly. Nikoleth and D'clay would make excellent Weyrlingmasters if they ever accepted. But instead, the bronze likes to help out here and there. He's not much of a skirt-chaser and will only join a flight if D'clay allows.

Strengths/Weaknesses: quick at maneuvers


Craft: dragonhealer
Rank: senior apprentice