Persona Profile: M'kall
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NPC Weyr (NPC)
River Bluff Weyr
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Writer: Heather (ONPC)
Name: M'kall
Pronunciation: Muh-cawl
Age: 65
Birthday: m13 d8
Rank: Wingrider, Cobalt Wing
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Craft: Healer
Craft Rank: Junior Journeyman
Physical Description of Persona:
M'kall has a head full of slate grey hair that is still as thick and lustrous as ever. It's streaked with some lighter strands that frame his face to give him a dapper appearance. He is an even 6'0" with a body still physically fit from his many active Turns as a dragonrider. His jawline is strong, his smile ready, his blue eyes bright.
Emotional Description of Persona:
M'kall has seen many things over the Turns of his life. He's seen the peaceful, slow life of dragonriders pre-Thread, he's seen the chaos of Thread's return, and now he's lived to see the strength of dragonriders as they daily fight the silvery menace. This has given M'kall a very balanced perspective of life. He's a well-grounded man with a propensity for laughter. He's always been a romantic and that continues to this day.
History of Persona:
M'kall, born Myrekalle, was raised at River Bluff Weyrhold. He remembers his childhood as being idyllic. Without the fear and threat of Thread, life in the Weyr was peaceful and slow. Before Impressing, M'kall was apprenticed to the healers. He managed to reach Journeyman rank before finally finding Sanderveth when he was twenty Turns old. Being a young bronzerider in an age with no Thread was thrilling. Sanderveth's wings could take him anywhere and M'kall took full advantage of that whenever he could.
He began his family when he was twenty-five with a seamstress at River Bluff. Like the romantic he was, M'kall could not see that he and Quillera were not meant to be, and since he felt a great deal of loyalty and stick-to-it-ness, he continued on in the relationship far after it had run its course. Together, he and Quillera had three children.
Next came a greenrider, Rordi. She was more like his best friend than anything, but they had a happy life together, and into it, they brought two children.
In what felt like the blink of an eye, they were ten Turns away from the start of a new Pass, and M'kall was promoted to Wingleader. Being a Wingleader suited M'kall. It gave him the purpose that he craved, and he was very good at it.
The next major love of his life was a goldrider, only, he could never actually work up the courage to tell her how he felt. There always seemed to be someone else in her orbit. His Sanderveth did manage to catch her gold once, though, before she became Senior Weyrwoman Tsaera. After that, she was busy running a Weyr, and he was busy as a Wingleader preparing for the imminent arrival of Thread.
Thread's return took many things from M'kall. It took Rordi, his firstborn son, and his father. While the experience would have jaded many, it created within M'kall an even stronger drive to be the best Wingleader River Bluff could have. There were many times when he wished strongly for Sanderveth to win Tsaera's gold and make him Weyrleader. He felt certain, many times, that he would have been the stronger choice, but it just wasn't meant to be.
The day Tsaera retired from River Bluff is still a day that cuts through M'kall's heart. Even though they'd lived in the same Weyr for decades, he'd allowed life to delay him from ever pursuing her the way he wanted to.
Then River Bluff fell and they all moved to Dragonsfall. The move to Dragonsfall was the first time in his life that M'kall felt adrift. Lost. And just when he finally felt he was getting his footing back, a familiar gold and her rider showed up at Dragonsfall Weyr....
Family and Friends
Quillera, 57, Seamstress (Ex-Weyrmate)
M'liern, 0, Brownrider (Deceased) (Son by Quillera)
Qyrelle, 37, Greenrider (Daughter by Quillera)
Q'lleran, 36, Bluerider (Son by Quillera)
Myordi, 27, Greenrider (Daughter by Rordi)
Ryrekalle, 19, Candidate (Son by Rordi)
Dragon's Name: Sanderveth
Dragon's Age: 45
Dragon's Colour: Bronze
Description of Dragon:
Sanderveth is a medium-to-small bronze, especially compared to the recent bronzes born for the Pass. He is a rich, dark sandy bronze. He carries many scars on his hide from the return of Thread. More grounded than his rider, Sanderveth has never doubted his abilities, and he certainly hasn't slowed down, even though age has begun to thicken his neck and the first trace of gray has appeared.
Approved: November 12th 2024
Last updated: November 8th 2024