~Bio: Dhaimyn Reovike

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~Bio: Dhaimyn Reovike; Soldier
Topic Started: Jan 17 2009, 02:08 PM (121 Views)
Dhaimyn Reovike	Jan 17 2009, 02:08 PM Post #1
Soldier Posts: 18 Group: Soldier Member #319 Joined: January 16, 2009	Name: Dhaimyn Reovike Age: 17 Nationality: Seanchan (Approved by Mother) Height: 5’8 Weight: 138 pounds Hair color/length: Black hair that reaches his shoulders Eye color: Pale green Personality: Most of all, Dhai is bitter. He is cynical to a point, and doesn’t trust others until they are proven to be reliable. However, Dhai is fiercely protective of those he calls friends, and will do whatever he can for them, though he expects them to return such favors. He can be a difficult person to be around, as he is skeptical of almost everything and has a thirst to know why things work the way they do. He is driven, and will do anything to better himself or simply gain a higher position in society. Dhai has a strong survival instinct, which was the only thing that kept him from doing something drastic when he learned he could channel. He is a reckless person, who will rush into danger without a thought. While Dhai is intelligent, and fairly good at politics and manipulation, he is the sort who would rather live in the present than look towards the future. He does give some forethought, but only enough to survive. Dhai is not an analytical sort, as he tends to simply give in to his emotions. He does, however, respect authority, and is generally a responsible person. Dhai is no stranger to hard work, and does not give in easily to pressure. One Power Scores: Current strength: 23 Base strength: 23 Age when started to channel: 17 Current Age: 17 Flow Affinity Water: 2 Air: 3 Earth: 6 Fire: 9 Spirit: 8 Talents: Spinning Earthfire, Fire Elementalism History: Dhaimyn was born to the position of so’jhin, upper servants of the Blood. Both of his parents were so’jhin as well, so Dhai was mainly raised by a lesser servant with a group of other children. Dhai was a very sociable child, and enjoyed spending most of his time with children his age. His life was an easy one; Dhai played and he learned. When his parents did spend time with him, they mainly used the time to time in teaching him the skills he would need as an adult. Dhai loved the lessons, because they allowed him to spend time with his parents. He quickly learned the hand signals used by the blood to communicate with the so’jhin, and was passed to more common lessons as soon as he was older. By the time he was seven, Dhai was well versed in the labor who would do on some master’s behalf when he was older, and beginning to learn the more political points of the job he would someday take up. He learned to read and write, and was even tutored in mathematics. At that point in his life, any idea of play and fun was gone from his mind, but Dhai was not unhappy. He considered himself very lucky to be born to the position of so’jhin, and though he would have liked to spend more time with his parents, Dhai lacked nothing. However, tragedy struck for Dhai when he was only eight. His master, a man of the nobility named Jhidin, found out that Dhai’s parents were selling information about him to other members of the nobility, with the intent of raising their own positions. Dhai knew nothing of his parent’s disloyalty, but that did not stop Jhidin’s punishment- they were all made into da’covale. As one last piece of retribution, Jhidin gave Dhai and his parents to different people, thus separation Dhai from his family. Dhai ended up in the household of a member of the Blood named Kalish. Kalish was an eccentric man, well known for his collection of exotic slaves and animals. Dhai was sent to work for Hul, the cat handler. The change from so’jhin to da’covale was a shock to Dhai- instead of the fairly spacious rooms he had shared with his parents, he slept in an almost closet like room. His clothes were different, much simpler, and the food was plain fare compared to what he once had. These things, more than anything else, proved to him that things had changed. He was miserable as it was, and the fact that had no wish to learn to take care of strange, predatory animals didn’t help. The fact that he had yet to adjust and was mourning the loss of his parents did not matter to Hul, however. He was a gruff man, and eventually grew into something of a father figure for Dhai. However, at the beginning, Hul was anything but kind to Dhai. He viewed the eight year old as pathetic, sniveling because of his loss of position and family. Dhai’s tragedy meant nothing to Hul, who was nothing if not practical. He forced Dhai to work, so Dhai had no choice but to learn how to take care of the strange assortment of animals. His first response to his new job was outright fear. Kalish owned all sorts of cats, from jaguars to cheetahs. Dhai felt like prey standing before their cages, and both the cats and Hul noticed immediately. Needless to say, Hul had no patience for Dhai’s fright. Still, he was not a cruel man, and started Dhai’s work easy. His first job was to toss meat into the cages, and even though the sight of the cats devouring their meals was terrifying, Dhai learned to be at ease with his work. He had no choice, and he knew he would have to adapt if he ever wished to raise his position in society. Even when he was not being forced to spend time around animals that he was sure were out to eat him, Dhai’s life was anything but peaceful. The other young da’covale working for Kalish as animal keepers wanted nothing to do with him. It most likely was due to the fact that he had been so’jhin before falling to the rank of da’covale, but Dhai took his isolation personally. With a distinct lack of anything else to do, Dhai simply threw himself into learning his new craft. By the time Dhai turned ten, he was comfortable among the cats. Hul taught him to be confident and assert himself as something of an alpha, and Hul warmed to him as he began to take his new life and job seriously. Dhai, still struggling with the absence of his parents, looked up to Hul and did his best to make the man proud of him. He worked harder at caring for the cats, and even started watching Hul as he trained the animals. Hul approved of his new interest, and started teaching him how to train and exercise the animals. Dhai was not actually very good at putting the animals through their paces, and often muddled up the signals, but he put in all of the time he could to learn it. After a year, he was able to give basic commands; Dhai could signal the more obedient animals to sit, walk, and even roll over. When Hul realized that Dhai was serious in his interest in the profession of a cat handler, Dhai learned about something he could hardly comprehend. Hul introduced him to another da’covale, a young girl named Yashri. As it turned out, Kalish dealt in a bit more than exotic animals, and Yashri was living proof. Kalish had brought himself the services of a damane who had previously been an Aes Sedai. Using this damane, Kalish bonded people to animals with a variation of the Warder bond as novelty pieces. Yashri was one such person, bonded to some strange beast that she called a hyena. Dhai was both horrified and fascinated by Yashri’s descriptions of the bond, because even while it was a captivating idea, the idea of having such animalistic emotions in his head was disturbing. Yashri seemed to have genuine affection for the animal she was bonded to, but it was obvious that some of the hyena’s emotions and mannerisms were affecting her own behavior. Dhai was disturbed, and frankly couldn’t understand the point of such a thing. Even when Hul explained that the bonded da’covale were used to impress guests, as the bond heightened their control over the animal, Dhai didn’t like the idea. The fact that the bonded animals could be taught to attempt tricks and feats that a normal animal would balk at and likely all out refuse didn’t convince him that Kalish wasn’t crazy for coming up with such a thing. When Hul informed him that he would be helping some of the newly bonded da’covale learn to control their animals, Dhai wasn’t pleased, but he knew better than to say no. He wasn’t all that knowledgeable in the business of training animals, but he certainly knew more than the confused da’covale he spent most of his days with. Hul sent him the children, because he believed it would be easier for them to take instruction from someone their own age. Dhai didn’t think it helped much- he wouldn’t be comforted by a younger instructor if he was a seven year old girl bonded to a bear cub. Mostly he taught them to be comfortable with their animals, because half of them were scared out of their minds. The animals themselves were already half trained, and each human and animal pair had lessons with different handlers to finish training them. In a perverse way, Dhai could understand why Kalish had such frightening animals bonded to young children; it would certainly be impressive to see a young girl fully in control of a bear. Still, he hated the work, and wished he could go back to assisting Hul in taking care of the cats. But Hul seemed to be pleased with the results of Dhai’s instruction, so even when he pleaded to be given back his original duties, Hul didn’t budge. The whole thing was not entirely without benefits, though; it gave Dhai some experience, and when he did get spare time to train with the cats, he found he was much better than he had been. It also gave him time with other people his age, and Dhai soon found himself becoming fast friends with most of the children he taught. After a year, all of his students were improving, too, even the young girl with the bear. Apparently Dhai wasn’t the only one who noticed, because Hul called them all to his rooms and explained that they were to be the entertainment for Kalish’s next party. It was a harrowing experience, even for Dhai. He was called out briefly to run through a few tricks with some of the older and more experienced cats, but he was far more nervous watching the performances of his students. The crowd loved it, even though almost everyone made a few mistakes, and Dhai could finally see why Kalish had such an atrocious idea in the first place. Many of the higher ranking Blood were at the party, and even Dhai could tell that the whole soirée was more for machinations than anything else. It was near the end of the party when Dhai finally realized what was happening. Some of the guests weren’t even members of the Blood, but he had passed them off as foreigners or merchants wealthy enough to rub elbows with the elite. But he noticed that something was off when he saw Kalish engaged in some sort of discussion with a large group of merchants. Even if he did deign to invite them to his party, Dhai couldn’t imagine why Kalish would spend time with such low ranking people when there were influential members of the blood milling about. Unless... Unless he was selling the children that Dhai had just begun to think of as friends. The next day, Hul confirmed Dhai’s suspicions. Kalish had sold all his students to merchants and other members of the Blood, likely as curiosity pieces. Dhai never saw any of them again. He was devastated, but there was nothing he could do. Hul helped him through his grief, and eventually life went back to normal. He continued to train with Hul and the cats, and helped teach bonded children until they were good enough to be sold. Dhai never let himself pursue friendship with any of them again. Life continued on in that vein for some time, until he was fifteen, when a cheetah cub was purchased by Kalish and left in the care of Hul. Hul saw the cub as an opportunity for Dhai, who soon found himself helping Hul train the animal. It was then that Dhai learned that Hul had every intention of teaching Dhai every element of his job, so that he might someday succeed the other man as the cat handler. Dhai was honored, and took the training very seriously. He made his fair share of mistakes, but Hul always stopped him and took over before things became too dire. Dhai was very glad of his new post as the cheetah’s trainer, mainly because it excused him from his duty of training bonded children. The whole process still unnerved him. A year later, the cheetah was fully trained. Kalish had him bonded to another of Hul’s apprentices, and Dhai was ridiculously glad that he was not the one to be condemned to such a fate. He suspected that Hul had a hand in the matter, because of Hul’s interest in making him the next cat handler, but he didn’t have much time to ponder the question. It was then that the fact Kalish was in financial trouble became apparent, because Dhai spent day and night with the cheetah and the boy that had been bonded to the animal, training them to work with each other. Only two months after the cheetah had been bonded, the boy and the cheetah were sold. By this time Dhai was sixteen, and both he and Hul worried about what Kalish’s financial decline might mean to the both of them. The direction of things seemed obvious, because every da’covale that had any sort of experience with and of Kalish’s animals soon found themselves bonded and sold a few months later. They knew Hul would be spared from such a fate, but Dhai’s own future was hardly secure. It was only a month later that Kalish got his hands on three young tiger cubs, and Dhai found himself meeting the damane that would bond him to one of the cubs. When they first found out about Dhai’s new situation, Hul tried to plead his case with one of Kalish’s so’jhin, but Hul failed to gain an audience with Kalish. Only two days later, there was a little ball of emotions that weren’t his own in the back of Dhai’s mind. It was horrible. The young tiger’s fear, hunger, and rage took over his own mind, and Dhai felt as if he was slowly going crazy. He refused to even see the tiger, hoping that the distance would somehow mute the emotions forcing their way into his mind. Hul eventually took him aside, and taught him a trick. Even when the other man explained that it worked for only a few of the bonded da’covale, Dhai was willing to try anything. He followed Hul’s instructions, and imagined wrapping the ball of emotions away in swath of cloth. It sounded ridiculous to Dhai, but it worked. Hul and Dhai then spent most of their time with the animal, trying to get as much training in as they could before Dhai was sold. It was a bittersweet time for them, because they got to spend more time with each other than usual, but the fact that Dhai would soon be departing hung over their heads. Truthfully, Dhai wished he could hate the tiger cub for taking his life away from him, but she was so sweet to him, almost as if she viewed him as her mother. Hul said it was the work of the bond, but whatever it was, the cub learned faster than any other cat that they had worked with. Only a month later, Dhai and the cub were sold. He said his goodbyes to Hul, and soon found himself locked away in the back of a merchant’s wagon with the cub. The merchant, a man named Hasrin, seemed well versed in the whole expedition. The cub, who Hul had named Zere the day before Dhai had left, had care arranged that rivaled what Dhai had provided back at Kalish’s house. The man was not particularly kind, and Dhai had no wish to spend time with him, so he found himself training Zere on the road. Eventually, they reached their final destination: a traveling troupe. The troupe manager spent a ridiculous amount of coin for Dhai and Zere after seeing the tricks the two of them could perform. Hasrin assured the troupe manager, a woman named Delaine, that the tiger cub would quickly learn more due to Dhai’s experience. After the sell, Hasrin departed and Dhai found himself in a camp of diverse people he knew nothing about. Most of them avoided him, and Dhai understood why; even though he hadn’t noticed the change, because he adored Zere, he had become animalistic. He saw almost every approach by another person as a threat, and reacted accordingly. Dhai was strong from his work with the cats, and it was understandable that someone would be unwilling to talk to a boy that dropped into a crouch and hissed. Dhai had never seen any of the other bonded children react the way he found himself unable to stop. He could only chalk it up to one thing- even though he knew all the theories behind stopping the animal from taking over your mind, had preached them and taught them, there was no one to help and encourage him. He dedicated all his spare time to learning to control himself, and even though in only a few months he had mostly mastered himself, no one would speak to him. The damage had been done, and Dhai was treated like an animal himself; he was left food next to Zere’s cage, and only Delaine spoke to him to relay when he would be performing. Life continued like this, with Dhai spending all of his time training Zere, for several more months. The troupe was in a town in Andor when a strange man approached the troupe manager after their show. Dhai loitered near them out of curiosity, and was hardly surprised to hear the man ask Delaine about him. Most people noticed something odd about him and the way he easily controlled Zere; the tiger didn’t have any sort of collar or leash, and Delaine always ordered him to wander around with Zere before a show to arouse people’s curiosity. Delaine always explained the bond to people who asked, because a Seanchan boy bonded to a tiger as Asha’man and Aes Sedai bonded to Warders was such a novelty. Dhai never liked the way she always compared Zere and him to channelers, but there was nothing he could do about it. The man was not impressed by the idea once Delaine had explained it to him, and looked more disapproving than anything else. He revealed himself as an Asha’man, much to Dhai’s disgust and dismay, and demanded to meet him. Delaine knew better than to ignore the wishes of such a powerful man, and called Dhai over. Dhai reacted in the worst way he possibly could. He shifted into complete terror, and Zere, who had not yet been locked back in her cage, responded to his shift of emotions. She leapt from her place at Dhai’s side, and attacked the Asha’man. Zere was only a year old at the time, but it was still an impressive sight, at least until the Asha’man somehow restrained Zere, leaving her hanging in the air. He did the same to Dhai, who was out of his mind in fear. But there was no way to struggled, and the Asha’man was left to do whatever he wished. Much to Delaine’s horror, Dhai was tested for the ability to wield saidin. When the Asha’man told him he could channel, he would have killed himself if the man hadn’t kept him restrained. As it was, he could only watch as the man arranged for Zere and him to leave the troupe and travel to the Black Tower. Over the length of the trip, where the Asha’man, Duveal, watched him so closely that Dhai found no chance to either escape or kill himself. Dhai could hardly comprehend the idea that he could channel, and only the fact that Duveal set him down and explained in detail what would happen to Zere if Dhai was dead kept him from attempting something drastic. Dhai wasn’t even sure if he could kill himself at all, because the one thing emotion of Zere’s that Dhai had been completely unable to suppress was the will to survive. It was in this way that Duveal left both Zere and Dhai in the Master of Soldiers office to be enrolled in the Black Tower. Edited by Dhaimyn Reovike, Jan 18 2009, 08:52 PM.
	Dhaimyn Reovike Spinning Earthfire, Fire Elementalism Bonded to Zere


Sapphira Calren	Jan 17 2009, 02:25 PM Post #2
High Queen & Chancellor Posts: 3,160 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 23, 2004	I had forgotten talking to Ildeus about that! The whole bonding animals thing still makes me shiver...what would that do to a person. But obviously you've thought it out, and I love the character progression you've shown so far. I can't wait to read the rest!
	Unweaving, Healing, Warding


Dhaimyn Reovike	Jan 17 2009, 02:50 PM Post #3
Soldier Posts: 18 Group: Soldier Member #319 Joined: January 16, 2009	Finished!
	Dhaimyn Reovike Spinning Earthfire, Fire Elementalism Bonded to Zere


Sapphira Calren	Jan 17 2009, 03:04 PM Post #4
High Queen & Chancellor Posts: 3,160 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 23, 2004	I like it, I can't wait to see how your character plays out! Approved.
	Unweaving, Healing, Warding


Dhaimyn Reovike	Jan 17 2009, 03:05 PM Post #5
Soldier Posts: 18 Group: Soldier Member #319 Joined: January 16, 2009	Thanks so much, Mother!
	Dhaimyn Reovike Spinning Earthfire, Fire Elementalism Bonded to Zere


Reor Rahidram	Jan 18 2009, 10:49 AM Post #6
M'hael Posts: 261 Group: Admin Member #309 Joined: November 9, 2008	That's probably the most original idea for a biography yet. Approved!
	Talents: Travelling, Spinning Earthfire, Inverting Weaves Artwork by M.Luisa Giliberti.


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