Physical Description: 6'0, still lanky with youth, mid-brown hair cut very short, light brown eyes, pointed almost pixie-ish features, wiry muscles from swimming but no bulk. Very lithe, great sense of physicality.

Personality: Horn-dog! Quite charming, a serial monogamist and dedicated skirt- chaser. The number of girlfriends he's had is pretty amazing, considering his age and the limited population of the colony. He's very active, and very cocky. Rather susceptible to peer pressure. He's the guy that, when someone mentions doing some dangerous and stupid and `cool' or `rad' activity, shouts "Yeah! Awesome!", rushes out and does it immediately with no thought for life or limb. He's gotten more than one scar this way. The only thing he instinctively shies from are heights, which he's scared of.

Background: Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Silas came to Pern at the age of 8 with his parents and two older brothers. Unlike his parents and brother Adam, whom he affectionately refers to as `the geeks', Silas was an active, rambunctious kid with no interest in such stationary pursuits as computers. The aptitude spectrum put him closer to his eldest brother Joshua, but a fear of heights kept him from following Josh's path to piloting. When the children of the colony got to explore their new home and collect specimens as part of their schooling, Silas discovered a love for the sea, and quickly learned to swim under Josh's tutelage. The jump from that to dolphineering was a short one, and he began his apprenticeship at age 16.

First Threadfall caught Silas working out at the oceanfront with a dolphineer at the time, and he had the horrific experience of watching from shore as the older man, out in the water investigating the unusual (pre-Threadfall) fish behaviour, fell under the leading edge of the organism and was injured so extensively he drowned, despite the efforts of the dolphins to save him. Silas himself sheltered under an overturned siliplas boat and escaped physical injury. Mentally, he suffered for a time from acute trauma, but with the resilience of youth he bounced back and is now working towards the end of his apprenticeship.

Family/Friends:
Mom: Janice, 51, author and data entry worker, New Landing
Dad: Graham, 56, computer technician, New Landing
Brother: Adam, 25, computer programmer, New Landing
Brother: Joshua, 27, sled pilot, New Landing

Dolphin: Skeet, 6, of the Oceanside Bay pod

Hobbies & Skills: Swimming and diving, scuba, social dancing, hunting

If your persona were a song, the title: I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)

Pets: Blue firelizard Scuba