Sandskimmer

Name/Alias: Sandskimmer [tag will be "skim"] (nofrodelius) [character originally created by Dia]
Age: 27
Experience: 10+ years RPing on forums, but new to Oakleaf Holt.
How You Found Us?: The Elfquest Facebook Page.
Member Title: Crafter/Scout
In the event of unexplained inactivity, should we kill off or adopt out your character?: Adopt out.




Full Name: Sandskimmer (but often just called Skimmer or ‘Skim’)
Soul Name: Jhal
Tribe: Wavedancers
Age: Young Adult, 213
Gender: Male

Personality:
+Playful and mischievous at times, he loves to make others laugh
+Competitive (in the spirit of fun)
+Curious, inquisitive and adventurous (usually with overly-positive expectations)
+Naturally curious he constantly tries out new things, often with mixed results
+/-Optimistic (sometimes to a fault)
+Perceptive about other's feelings
+/-Supportive and concerned about others' well-being above his own
+/-Maintains and odd balance between being a physical/sensory person and having his head in the clouds
+/-Can have trouble being committed or dedicated to a task (gets distracted by new/more interesting things), but always delivers good work when he is
focused
+/-While he loves to be around others, he is more comfortable in small groups
-Though not reserved, he can occasionally be a little shy
-Sometimes worries that he comes across as annoying to others, or is not useful to his fellow podmates (he sometimes feels his magic serves no beneficial purpose to the pod aside from entertainment)

Skills (other than Sending):
Rock-shaping: (poor-to-good) [Shaping solid stone takes quite a bit of time and effort, though shaping sand (smaller particles of stone) is significantly easier.]
Fishing: Good/Very Good (both with net and spear-fishing)
Hunting: Good
Tracking: Very Good
Weapons:
-Net (Average/Good)
-Spear/Javelin/Trident (Excellent)
-Daggers (Average)
Gathering: Average/Good
Crafting/Carving: Amateur, but getting better (currently for fun, but is considering making jewelry seriously)
Traveling/Navigation: Average/Good
Cooking: Poor (but likes to experiment)
Dancing: Average
Singing: Poor/Average
Drumming: Average/Good

Likes/Dislikes:
+Excitement and adventure! "The Great Unknown"! (Just not the deep dive down!)
+Treasure-hunting
+Shaped elves/tails!
+Playing with or teaching pips.
+Seeing others happy or delighted (and being a part of making them so).
+Surfing and launching himself as far onto the beach as possible (for some reason this never gets old).
+Singing, dancing, and drumming.
+Playing with/teasing animals: Sting-Gliders, Shell-Backs, etc. (though he wouldn't hurt the animals or press them too much)
+Creating sand sculptures and carving shells/stone.
+/-Landers, but they’re also fascinating.
+/-He enjoys going off alone to explore, which is something he needs every once in while, but he prefers the company of others.
-Routine or boring tasks/chores.
- Cold and dark places; a sunbaby, he doesn't enjoy being in caves unless there's more than one entrance/window.
- When people nitpick about things he does/did/made.

Phobias:
Deep Diving: he gets claustrophobic in the oppressive blackness and is afraid of what might be lurking out in the dark. The one time he went down that far, he panicked. Since then, he prefers to stay closer to shore, where he can see the ocean floor. Unless absolutely necessary to go down: count him out.

Family:
Father: Cloudcaller
Mother: Wildcurrent [deceased]
Grandmother: Hightide
Siblings: N/A
Lovemate: N/A (Open)
Lifemate: N/A (Open)
Cubs: N/A

History:
Sandskimmer was always a playful and active pip, wavebent on discovery and adventure, and always looking for the rarest treasures. He would often wander off on 'treasure-hunts' (much to his parents' alarm). During one of those hunts he was attacked by a baby longtooth, though that did nothing to deter him from his adventures. He lost some of his exuberance as he got older, but his attraction to the unknown has only translated into a love for scouting and crafting.

When he was younger, he loved to make sand sculptures; this was how he found his rock-shaping powers.

He has a penchant for mischief, but is not really a prankster or joker. Instead, he likes to bring his podmembers presents or things they need or want. He is generally sensitive to others' feelings and will try to console or cheer up those that need it. Though generally cheerful, he's not really boisterous or loud. He has a perpetual grin, and a rich laugh.

Sandskimmer often wished he had been born with the power to shape-change. He often daydreams about the colors and shapes he would have, should he ever have the chance to change. Not jealous in nature, he tends to be a bit obsessed/infatuated with any elf that has one.

After his pod found and cared for the wounded Oahni, Sandskimmer proposed to help him find his way back to reunite with his own pod and lost family and friends. When Oahni returned to the Broken Mountain pod for personal healing, Sandskimmer stayed behind in the new pod, always seeking new adventure.

Often seen wearing: [see image below]

Hair:
A pale rose/sand color, darker at the roots. He wears his hair in three tight braids on the right side of his head, close to the bone in a downward-curving pattern. The ends are decorated with crafted abalone pieces. The rest of his hair comes forward in a loose mohawk. Short at the base, longer near the top, his bangs tend to come down over his face. The left side is cut shorter, to match the braids on the right side of his head. He has darker eyebrows and multi-coloured eyelashes (a mix of brow and hair colors).

Eyes:
A warm pink with gold around the center.

Body:
He is about 5'2", with a slender, toned frame.

Other:
He has a warm skintone - considerably tanned. He has very pale markings on his left shoulder from a baby longtooth attack when he was younger (these are only noticeable when you look very closely at his skin).

Picture: [image copyright goes to Dia, Sandskimmer's original creator]





Any other information: Ambidextrous (but favors his left hand when crafting).

I always allow my character to be "moved" when needed (no permission needed beforehand).