Post by akusma on Jun 9, 2010 10:35:07 GMT -5
As of late, dragons have been vanishing between, either leaving their riders Dragonless or taking them with. The trend grew quickly to epidemic proportions. People started to leave the Weyrs as the population dwindled, but at the same time, holds were being abandoned. The many Holdless formed caravans to survive, and traded with the remaining holds.
The dragons are all gone now. The last gold vanished with only sixteen eggs on the Sands as her legacy. There is hope in these eggs though, that one day the dragons will return and grow strong. Some people did not want to leave this hope to chance, however. With the aid if Kitty Ping’s diary, the eggs were enhanced. Few know the details, but most believe that dragons will not be the same.
A large caravan of Holdless looking for a place to live came to the Weyr less than a sevenday ago, looking for a place to live and thinking to find it among the remaining Weyrfolk. They arrived at Benden only to find the Weyr abandoned, with the clutch still on the sands. The only Dragonless of the group had said the eggs seemed barely a sevenday till their hatching date, and the new Weyrfolk still didn't know if they wanted them to hatch. In the meantime, there was also a fire lizard clutch with some oddities that were pegged as inbreeding of some sort.
The occupants of the eggs, it seemed, did not care about what the Holders thought. They hatched anyway, and with mixed results and a mixed reception. Not one, but two queens hatched, both of them healthy, and Impressed successfully. Among them were also a couple of bronzes and a handful of browns. There was also a silvery dragonet, larger than the bronzes and maybe even the queens, two deep purple dragonets, one with multiple personalities, and three brown dragonets that turned out to be… female. And more ominous yet, why did two of the eggs not hatch at all?
Weyrling lessons came and went - but not without their own tragedies. The Weyrling Master did not rub them the right way, not at all, and things brewed outside the comforts of their barracks. Holds began to whisper...People began to talk, to wonder, to fear. It's not even been that long since they broke. Wine Medinth was killed, her rider's mind shattered. Her rider's father the reason, even if the trial could not prove it. Now, with the new colours graduated - real dragonriders - and new Weyrleadership, what will happen?
Current events at New Pern:
Current events at New Pern:
-Gold Silirith's clutch of 26 eggs sit on the hatching sand with few candidates to Impress to...When will the Holds allow Searches?
-The Hold has announced that they will be opening their doors for a gather soon! But what are their real intentions?
-Caramel Cling's clutch is hatch! Get down there to Impress a flit for yourself.