Still burdened by the padding of a well-fed childhood, he balances on the cusp of adolescent and teenager; stocky and barrel-chested on his upper,
his legs are just beginning to lengthen, space stretching shins and feet out of proportion to the increasingly husky strength of his arms and
nail-bitten hands. His slight double-chin rounds into a somewhat comedic, if ultimately unremarkable, face: eyes that are nearly black, save for the
mahogany edges of the outer iris, an overly flared nose that warns of precipitous length upon adulthood, and lips of a darker, chapped rose.
Perpetually dangling over unarched eyebrows, his shaggy, untrimmed mop of sun-streaked brown hair is unadorned and largely untended.
With as little care applied to his outfit as is spent on his hair, his clothing is simple: forest-green, hand-me-down shorts that extend past his knees
with a belt to cinche up the waistline he has yet to grow into, and a baggy, off-white shirt that may once have been crisp and clean, but is now dingy
from too-few washings and far too many wearings. His feet are clad in a faded black -- charcoal grey, at this point -- pair of simplistic, low-cut boots,
his socks peeking just past the top edge. A bronze firelizard is perched on his shoulder.
White of no dificulty twists around his shoulder. Oh yes, he's a Candidate.
He is a teenager of about 16.
Name: Nimooshin
Title: Herder Apprentice (IW Candidate)
IC Age: 16 Turns and 8 days
Gender: Male
URL: http://nimooshin.livejournal.com/
Nimooshin's life history, as short and uneventful as it is, can be summarised fairly swiftly.
He's the second child of his mother, Bahra; he has a half-sister, Laulerren, who was one of the "wild oats" grown by his mother in her wilder days.
Four years after Laulerren was born, Bahra met Nerwyld, the fourth and youngest son of a well-to-do, but small, Keroonite holder. A year later,
Nimooshin was born, and thus began his unexciting entrance into the world.
His childhood was ideal; Nerwyld was somewhat of a woodworker, and made a small profit off of his wares, while Bahra's status as an
ex-Weaver Apprentice lent her enough skill to suppliment their income and allow the small family to survive, particularly with the good graces
(and occasional monetary donations) of Nerwyld's father and mother. Nimoo and his sister rarely went without, were raised with a decent set
of manners and values, and though they had the standard pinching-and-kicking fights with each other, by the time Laulerren took it into her
head to be a stablehand at Keroon Hold, they had formed a tight and comfortable sense of kinship with each other.
After Laulerren left for Keroon, 10-year-old Nimooshin did his best to imitate his older sister; he hung around his hold's stable, pestering the
Stablemaster, Shazwyn, for tasks to do until she finally got the hint and began to show him the less-strenuous aspects of keeping a runner happy
and a stable clean. By 12, he was somewhat of a "Junior Stableboy", and though still short for his age, his chubby little-boy frame was starting to
become more muscle than pudge.
At 13, he decided that he was old enough to leave home and start his career. His mother and father humoured him as far as the Herder Hall, where
he applied and was accepted as a Herder Student.
Since becoming a student, Nimooshin really hasn't done much. He's somewhat studious, and attends most of his classes, and spends a lot of time
taking care of Kicebel, his runner. His ambition waxes and wanes; some days, he's stacking up the books to dig through so he can be promoted as
quickly as possible, while other days, he's the one in the back of the class, doodling exaggerated cartoons of Kicebel and his small fair of firelizards.
He lives for the letters he receives from his sister, and unconsciously spends a lot of time trying to emulate her.