BronzeRider G'rel

Personal Information
Name: Ash Hood
Email Address: Drow_Chyld@yahoo.com
Age: 19
AIM/Yahoo/Kitchen Table ID: Drow Chyld
Number of Pern books read: 5

Character Information
Name: G'rel
Gender: Male
Rank: WingLeader
Location: Shadow Ridge Weyr
Age: 45
Birthplace: Telgar Weyr

Physical Info
Phsical Description: G'rel is a handsome, elder man in his prime. A stock build, 6'3 and around 260lbs, he is a prime example of a bronze rider. His dark brown hair is salted with a few grey hairs and despite the slight wrinkles around his eyes, his forest green eyes are as bright as ever. Hs eyebrows are thick, black and bold on his forehead. His face is darkly tanned, with light facial hair that makes him look rugged. Hands, legs and feet are crisscrossed in light scars from training as well as boyhood mischief. A wicked theadscar is lashed across his back. His thick legs and calves make him a very strong rider and his muscules are well developed after so many turns.

Clothing/Weapons: G'rel is very much the traditionalist in his dressing. Always in his riding gear, he sticks the the dull browns of wher high. Occasionally he wears a black or drab olive-green, but nothing bright. He wears thick, brown boots that come to the claf and thick brown riding gloves. He carries a wicked belt knife on his hip and another in his boot.

Personality: G'rel is very much the leader and everyone is very surprised why he doesnt go for WeyrLeader. G'rel however is more comfertable being the right hand man and thats why he gets along very well with K'doko. G'rel is responsible, well-educated and very much has the Weyrs best interests at heart. He wants to see Shadow Ridge thrive more than anything, one of the many reasons he transfered there with his cousin, E'ret. As a man, outside of this bronze rider role, G'sel is a pleasent, if sometimes gruff and old-fashioned man. He holds his bronze Draenuth very close to his heart, no doubt if any thing were to happen to the bronze, the rider would go out of his mind.

History: Getenrel was born at Telgar Weyr, a weyrbrat of the junior weyrwoman of Telgar and her brown rider lover. Getenrel was fostered along with his slightly older brother Retaren. The boys grew up without their parents, but never the less wanting to be just like them. A few turns later, their cousin Elesret joined them as a Weyrbrat and the three boys spent as much time at Telgar being mischivous and getting into to all the trouble little boys do at that young age.

Getenrel was Search at the age of fourteen and Retaran at fifteen; both eagerly aceepted the chance to be dragon riders. Both wanted to have bronzes and become wingleaders one day, but fate surprised them. As the eggs shook and began to crack open, the brothers stood transqixed by the spectacle. Their father, BrownRider G'ran, watched from the stands with his lover, Rellian by his side. The young gold rider was so proud that both of her sons managed to be Search, even if she hadnt ben able to be with them while they grew up.

The first egg cracked, shook and then shattered. A large bronze tumbled out and the boys held their breath. He was a lovely creature, dark and regal looking. He sneezed once and walked over to the two boys. Looking up to Getenrel, the bronze dragonet crooned lovingly.

{{ I am Draenuth, G'rel}} he said, butting his head against the young man's legs. G'rel burst into happy tears and his brother congratulated him with a vicious hug. G'rel led his bronze Draenuth off the sands, hurrying over to show him off to his mother and father. G'ran was overjoyed that his younger son had Impressed and had Impressed a bronze at that. Another happy note was a large blue stumbled over to Retaran and looked up to him in loveing adoration.

R'ran was now bonded to the blue Janamth and G'rel to the bronze Draenuth. R'ran was not jealous of his younger brother, for he loved his blue as much as any boy loves his dragon, no matter the color. They went to Weyrling Training together, graduating at the ages of seventeen and eighteen. Around this time, twelve turn old Elesret had been Searched and was off to stand at the current clutch at Telgar. The boy was sucessdul, Impressing the fine brown dragon Kezmuth. E'ret was seventeen when twenty-two turn G'rel was transfered to Ista Weyr. During this time, G'rel was transfered to Ista Weyr, the old weyrleader of Ista died, sending his fine bronze between a month prior to the young queen of the weyr rising. A young G'rel and several other bronzeriders circled around as gold queen Nanmeth rose to the skies. To everyones surprise, it was Draenuth who flew her, making G'rel the new WeyrLeader of Ista.

Draenuth flew Nanmeth for the next three turns, making G'rel WeyrLeader and Casda WeyrWoman. Of course, the four time Nanmeth rose, she was caught by a different bronze, removing G'rel from the WeyrLeader spot. G'rel was content to be the WingSecond on the WeyrLeader's wing, although many weyrfolk of Ista perfered that Draenuth be flying Nanmeth. After all, Nameth had produced two queen eggs by Draenuth and the bronze Gath sired no queen eggs on her. G'rel didnt stay at Ista long, soon moving over to High Reaches at the age of thirty.

High Reaches was cold and harsh, G'rel finding that the competition for weyrleader status vicious amoung the bronzes. They did not like G'rel, not did they apperciate the interest the Queen Habyth took in his bronze Draenuth. Things were even more unsettling when Habyth rose to mate and Draenuth caught her, with would have rightfully made G'rel Weyrleader of HighReaches had he not been attacked by the former WeyrLeader, J'kat. J'kat ambushed G'rel coming out of the WeyrWoman's weyr and burried a knife in his ribcage. Though missing any vital organs, G'rel was too wounded to accept WeyrLeader status, especially with ThreadFall so near. So at the age of fourty-five, he was sent to Shadow Ridge Weyr, to heal as well to live.

Fourty-turn old E'ret and his brown Kezmuth tracked the bronzerider there and are soon to be reunited with him.

Dragon Info
Name: Draenuth
Color: Bronze
Age: 31 turns
Physical Description: Draenuth may be older, but his strong body is still in its prime. Large and strong, Draenuth is the color of molten bronze, heavy on the gold and brown, with ripples of emerald green throughout his hide. He has thread scoring, white lines criss crossing his wings, tail and neck, but never the less a handsome dragon; a true bronze of Pern.

Personality: Draenuth is stotic, quiet and always the aloof bronze. He is talkative, rarely participates in green flights and holds a serious respect for golds where ever he flies. During Thread Fall he is savage, flaming hard and steady at the silver threat. Draenuth is old-fashioned, liked G'rel and doesnt totally feel comfertable following a brown who is WeyrLeader.
Where Impressed: Telgar Weyr