626
edits
Zayar Feraoun: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Adding Personal History
(Expanding Family) |
(Adding Personal History) |
||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
* '''Hair Color''': Brown | * '''Hair Color''': Brown | ||
* '''Eye Color''': blue | * '''Eye Color''': blue | ||
* '''Facial Features''': | * '''Facial Features''': Most would say he has a 'boyish' quality, and he clearly does not look 30. | ||
* '''Skin Tone''': Pale | * '''Skin Tone''': Pale | ||
* '''Build''': Lean | * '''Build''': Lean | ||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
<h2 style="margin:0; background:#0F4D92; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Family</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0F4D92; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Family</h2> | ||
*'''Mezwar Feraoun''': Zayar's father, Mezwar is a very firm traditionalist who holds his identity as a Berber very close. He insisted on only speaking Kabyle at home and this contributed to a lack of communication (at least good communication) between him and his wife. His culture is very important to him and the thought of raising his son in a multicultural environment was out of the question to him. | *'''Mezwar Feraoun''': Zayar's father, Mezwar is a very firm traditionalist who holds his identity as a Berber very close. He insisted on only speaking Kabyle at home and this contributed to a lack of communication (at least good communication) between him and his wife. His culture is very important to him and the thought of raising his son in a multicultural environment was out of the question to him. Zayar have rarely spoken since he left to join Starfleet and while the conversations are not tense or acrimonious, they are hardly substantial. | ||
*'''Jherain Nevarin''': [[image:Jherain Nevarin.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | *'''Jherain Nevarin''': [[image:Jherain Nevarin.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
Centuries old and a lifelong traveler, Jherain has floated from place to place for many years and is very much a free spirit, and not the typical wise El-Aurian one might otherwise encounter. Zayar observed that she experienced more than she actually listened and never sought to actually understand, which no doubt contributed to the deterioration of the relationship between herself and Mezwar. After years of fighting caused by deep cultural differences, Jherain left New Numidia and Zayar went to live with his paternal grandparents, before entering Starfleet two years later. Since then, Jherain and Zayar have seen each other only sparingly and by late 2391, they had not seen each other in person in over a year. | Centuries old and a lifelong traveler, Jherain has floated from place to place for many years and is very much a free spirit, and not the typical wise El-Aurian one might otherwise encounter. Zayar observed that she experienced more than she actually listened and never sought to actually understand, which no doubt contributed to the deterioration of the relationship between herself and Mezwar. After years of fighting caused by deep cultural differences, Jherain left New Numidia and Zayar went to live with his paternal grandparents, before entering Starfleet two years later. Since then, Jherain and Zayar have seen each other only sparingly and by late 2391, they had not seen each other in person in over a year. | ||
| Line 120: | Line 120: | ||
<h2 style="margin:0; background:#0F4D92; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Personal History</h2> | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0F4D92; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Personal History</h2> | ||
Born on the Human colony world of New Numidia, Zayar is the son of the Kabyle Berber, Mezwar Feraoun and the El-Aurian Jherain Nevarin. New Numidia was a colony established in the early 24th century to act as a new homeland for the Berber peoples of various tribes. Zayar was born in Bejaia the capital of the New Algeria territory, which acted as the homeland for the Kabyle and Chouia tribes. Growing up in a traditional and culturally minded, but still modern environment, Zayar spoke only the various dialects of Berber spoken in the city and did not learn Federation Standard until his secondary schooling. His mother's command of the language was good enough, but in comparison to everyone else around them, Jherain spoke both poorly and fluently, increasing her own sense of isolation from the community and her husband, who was immune to her plight. The deep cultural divides between his parents eventually tore them apart after many attempted reconciliations. At age 16, his mother left the colony and Zayar was sent to live with his paternal grandparents, finishing his schooling and later joining Starfleet after being recruited as one of the few viable potential cadets from the wild and largely untamed Avalon Sector. While this could be interpreted as a sort of affirmative action, neither Zayar, nor his instructors ever doubted his potential or readiness for the Academy. | |||
While not precisely a model Cadet, Zayar was a model student and on academics alone, he graduated near the top of his class at the Academy. Much of his knowledge in fields such as the sciences could be considered rudimentary, but this knowledge was largely unimportant for someone seemingly destined for the life of a Starfleet scholar, or diplomat. Zayar later pursued graduate studies at the University of Oran in his grandfather's homeland of Algeria, gaining a PhD in cultural anthropology four years later. After gaining his doctorate, Zayar did some post-graduate study at the Vulcan Science Academy. His year on Vulcan is one of the most mysterious times of Zayar's life and to the best of anyone's knowledge, he has never spoken of it. Many theories abound, but the simplest (and perhaps most likely) explanation is that he does not consider that year to have been particularly eventful. | |||
After completing his education, Zayar was assigned to Starfleet Command and assigned as a special representative to the Avalon Sector, tasked with observing and recording the various cultures of the region, from tribal to spaceworthy. Zayar fulfilled this role for 3 years, taking meticulous notes all the while, which are now housed in his multi-volume journals. When Starfleet decided to finally get serious about their interests in the Avalon Sector, Zayar was assigned to the new flagship of the region, the [[USS Constitution-B]], newly recommissioned for Deep Space under the command of [[Faranster, Shelther| Commander Shelther Faranster]]. Being the only expert on the region and one of the only natives, Zayar's assignment was seen as a natural one, though apparently no thought was given to his readiness for such a task or his willingness to fulfill the role. | |||
{{Constitution-crew}} | {{Constitution-crew}} | ||