Post by Natala on Sept 8, 2007 10:26:13 GMT -5
Two Weyrs, two girls, one queen
Shimari's Disaster - 30 turns ago
High Reaches' queen had died, leaving no heir. Kahrain's Senior Queen was old, and had just laid a queen. A deal was made - whoever's candidate Impressed the queen could have her. Kahrain had a powerful HAD. High Reaches searched high and low - and they found Shimari. She was weak compared to Kahrain's HAD, and they sought to change that using genetic engineering - on a teenager.
It worked, and all too well. Shimari's Disaster started the second Shimari stepped onto the Sands and decided to hate them all. Stones, called from the depths of space, would forever alter the creatures standing there. Their children would have mutants. And as the golden queen hatched, Shimari struck the queen with a mutating stone, casting the queen and her Chosen into decades of despair as their hatchling hatched out the wrong colors - and were killed because of it. For nearly thirty turns less than half of golden Aleranth's clutches survived.
And then two mutated eggs were stolen by High Reaches. And out hatched the Emerald Queen and the Aquamarine who would Fly her.
Shimari's Disaster - 30 turns ago
High Reaches' queen had died, leaving no heir. Kahrain's Senior Queen was old, and had just laid a queen. A deal was made - whoever's candidate Impressed the queen could have her. Kahrain had a powerful HAD. High Reaches searched high and low - and they found Shimari. She was weak compared to Kahrain's HAD, and they sought to change that using genetic engineering - on a teenager.
It worked, and all too well. Shimari's Disaster started the second Shimari stepped onto the Sands and decided to hate them all. Stones, called from the depths of space, would forever alter the creatures standing there. Their children would have mutants. And as the golden queen hatched, Shimari struck the queen with a mutating stone, casting the queen and her Chosen into decades of despair as their hatchling hatched out the wrong colors - and were killed because of it. For nearly thirty turns less than half of golden Aleranth's clutches survived.
And then two mutated eggs were stolen by High Reaches. And out hatched the Emerald Queen and the Aquamarine who would Fly her.
Distant Future - Now
Two Weyrs, two queens - one Star
Both the Emerald and Aleranth hatched out healthy clutches – and both with new mutant colors. But days before Aleranth's clutch hatched, two of the smaller eggs were stolen – and all signs point to High Reaches. As the two Weyrs squabble and fight, one wherhandler is saying the craziest things. "The new Star in the sky," he says, "has Thread on it. We need to be prepared." He's crazy – but he's right. And the mystery of the two eggs is unsolved, because High Reaches seems to know nothing of them. And if they didn't do it, then where are the new hatchlings? Who would want to take dragons out of their Weyr?
It matters not to Kahrain, who blames the other Weyr and crosses the forbidden line. They attack High Reaches, starting a war of dragon against dragon.
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Besides a clutch on the sands, various positions are open including two queen riders and Kahrain's Weyrleadership.
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