Description
Standing at a height of six feet, more or less a little, this man is neither terribly well-built nor is he terribly thin, although he does shade slightly towards the huskier range. His limbs are long yet well-formed, muscled without being bulky, and his legs are meant for big strides to get places in a hurry. His arms end in long-fingered, deft looking fingers and broad yet thin hands. He's quite proportioned, nothing particularly larger than anything else, and as a result looks to be sturdy rather than overbalanced. He has a head of black hair that he keeps long and tied off in a tail at the back of his neck, but otherwise falls into his features in strands. He has a broad brow that is masculine, hanging slightly at the ridge where dark eyebrows flash up and then down again. His eyes are a vibrant, wildcat green with a glint of mischief when he's pleased, but can darken nearly to emerald when he's upset, framed by short dark lashes. He has a pair of lips that seem a touch mismatched, the lower a bit fuller than the upper, set beneath a nose that could only be termed "aristocratic" by the polite. He seems more likely to smile than frown.
History
Born the middle children of FarmCrafters Xandiego and Kharmen, Xhaine was the first-born twin, coming to the world just a few minutes before his brother Khaine. It was surprising - twins weren't common, and Kharmen had to take especial care with her pregnancy to bring them to full term without incident. Smaller than their sister, Diekhara (three turns older than themselves) was, or their youngest brother, Kharzan (two turns after them) would be, the twins were nonetheless hale and hearty. As a matter of fact, they were so hale and hearty that Kharmen often wondered if perhaps the little duo of boys weren't actually fused with dragonet blood somehow, the way they flitted around together all the time. As they grew up in Nerat, at the FarmCraftHall, the boys obtained an education from the resident Harpers - and got into ferociously frequent trouble. Intelligent and quick to learn things, nonetheless, Xhaine was often the one that wanted to do the oddest and funniest things, pranking people, and Khaine encouraged him - and oftentimes pushed him towards riskier or more problematic behaviors. The two of them, inseparable as they were as children, were finally sat down after a particularly frustrating incident involving a watchwher, wherry, and half a fair of firelizards and told that they would be sent off to the Harpercraft Hall. They had to learn to behave, and both showed an aptitude for music and Harpers from an early age - and thus, they were sent off to be someone else's problem at the age of twelve, to apprentice to the Crafthall. Now at age 18, they have finally come near what they hope is the end of their apprenticeship, and have been assigned to Ista Weyr for the last Turn of their training. Soon to become journeymen, with luck, the twins are still engaged in their old fun-loving activities, though time has made Xhaine more mischievous and left his twin brother far more serious and prone to risk-taking. Xhaine may make funny faces to get laughs, but Khaine will send off a witty retort for amusement.
Xhaine was born color-blind, and though it's nothing big for him, for his twin, Khaine, it's a point of irritation - and protectiveness. Having discovered at an early age that it was extremely difficult for him to distinguish shades of green from shades of red or yellow, he tolerated many pranks pulled by his younger brother Khaine, though it was mostly the people around him who had to suffer through the clashing colors a clueless Xhaine ended up wearing. He pretends like he gets irritated with his brother, but his personality is more phlegmatic than anything, and he tolerates it all goodnaturedly. After all, he's as quick to laugh at himself as anyone else. As a contrast to Khaine using his harper wiles to reel in the ladies, Xhaine tends to inadvertantly use his fun-loving characteristics to achieve the same results. He just has fun with the world.
Family
| Name | Relation | Location | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharmen | Mother | FarmCraft Hall | |
| Xandiego | Father | FarmCraft Hall | |
| Diekhara | Sister | ||
| Khaine | Brother | Ista Weyr | Harper Apprentice |
| Kharzan | Brother |
Firelizards
Bronze Binns, Brown Mac, Blue Terpsichore, Green Melody
