Name/Nicknames: Gaeriel "Gael" Jara
Gender: male
Rank/Position: Law Enforcement
Age: 29
Birthplace: Spain

Physical Description: Snobbish aristocrat is the first word that comes to mind when people see Gaeriel. Though overall handsome, without thinking he looks at people like manure stained boots, with the exception of Aelis. He has very pale skin that borderline albinism. Surprisingly, he doesn't burn, but he doesn't tan either, his almost blindingly pale skin is constant. His hair is jet-black and usually slicked back with a few wisps hither and thither (it's usually quite messy around his bangs). His eyes are a lignite color and shaped suspiciously like a puffin's. With the exception of his round head shape, his features are sharp and tend to make him look unfriendly and sometimes domineering. He naturally has a look of haughtiness to his face, that only Aelis seems not offended or intimidated by. His appearance is always tidy, though it's usually unconsciously so (of course, his appearance is the only tidy thing about him). He smirks a lot, which annoys his niece. As for his body, being that he has a rather useless post as unofficial police officer, he tends to keep it in shape, just in case the occasion should arise, which it hasn't and seems like it will never.

Personality: At first, Gaeriel comes off as a megalomaniac when talking, and stand-offish when not. He's extremely ambitious and tends to come off as cocky (and his snooty appearance doesn't seem to help much). However, once people actually get to know him and get on his good side (though many don't want to); he's a very caring person and is especially protective of his niece, Aelis. With what few friends he does have, he's very loyal and would take a bullet/thread clump/etc. for that person. There's not a whole lot that can rile him up as he normally is a very cool and collected person.

Background: Gaeriel came to Pern with his older sister and her family when he was eighteen. He has expected to live with his favorite sister and her family in relative peace, away from the hell hole he believed Terra had become. However, upon arrival, he found that Reuven, his brother in law, had a very different expectation of what life was to be. He wanted to start a farm, whereas Gaeriel wanted to stay within the "city," where he felt most comfortable. They separated soon after landing, as Gaeriel wanted to stay and train as an officer, but Sabine went with her husband to start a farm, taking their five year old daughter with them.

Gaeriel had a very quiet life up until Thread Fall. There wasn't as much crime as he expected, except for the minor mishap or disturbance, which usually turned out to be kids. Gaeriel dated a bit, but never really settled down, nor had the desire to. He liked his freedom and didn't mind becoming a bachelor for the rest of his life. Nor did he desire having children any time soon.

When Thread hit, he wasn't as affected by it as most people. At least not immediately. He had no one with him at New Landing, since the rest of his family was at Kahrain. He assumed they were safe and didn't try contacting them immediately, instead helping people out around New Landing, trying to reestablish some sort of order, hoping one day to have a post of authority among the inhabitants of New Landing.

Then, almost a month after the first Thread fall, a 13-year-old girl showed up on, quite literally, his doorstep. It was his niece, the little girl he hadn't seen in almost eight years. Being that both her parents were killed, he felt an obligation to Sabine to take the child in and raise her. Not to mention, it looked good on his record, but they were definitely a secondary reason.

At first it took some getting used to, as she did everything in her power to make Gaeriel's life miserable. She was a weird, polar depressive girl (or that's what he thought) and dressed like her clothes were thrown on her with a pitch fork. She thought he was stuffy and way too uptight about EVERYTHING and ran off whenever she had the chance. She desperately wanted to return home and take her chances at Kahrain, but fear of Thread kept glued her to New Landing. Finally, after finding their firelizards, they had something in common and began to lighten up towards one another. Gael he came to think of her as a daughter.

Family/Friends:
Niece, Aelis Singer/16/Botany Student/ New Landing
Sister, Sabine Singer/dead/Kahrain Hold
Brother-in-law, Reuven Singer/dead/Kahrain Hold

Hobbies & Skills: Keeping up with appearances and subtly climbing up the social ladder.

Theme Song: I can do anything you can do better- by I don't know who

Pets: Blue fire lizard Sig and Green Fire Lizard Jira. Sig and Jira are like two halves of a whole idiot. Separated, they're lost, but togetherÉ they're still lost. Sig has a tendency to run into walls and windows, while Jira can't tell her tail from her nose. However, they are very affectionate and comforting when Gaeriel needs it, but otherwise act almost like the dumbest things on Pern. Jira tends to flirt relentlessly with Aelis' Maple, but is often thwarted by Sig's jealousy of Maple's overall intelligence. He's also jealous of Maple's flirtation with Jira, as Sig considers Jira "his girl." Or at least that's what Aelis and Gaeriel pick up. Gaeriel found the two while looking for Aelis on one of her pouting tantrums. Sig ran into his gut and Jira nearly had her head crushed by Gael's foot. Amazed by them and rumors he had heard (people with firelizards were generally more looked up too, or so he thought) he began to "impress" them, which wasn't that hard as they were both pretty stupid.