Post by Sade on Jan 27, 2009 12:13:46 GMT -5
Both of the Ierne Island Weyrs are set in the Ninth Pass. In the seventh Turn of it, a collection of renegade dragonriders, quietly selected from among all of the northern Weyrs, arrived at Ierne Island of the Southern Continent. Tired of listening to their Weyrleaders, they ignored the orders to return and held the island. As no one really wanted to send dragon against dragon, the Weyrs reluctantly left them alone. However, none of them acknowledged the newly named Ierne Weyr. After all, they had no queens, and greens could not clutch. There was no way they could continue. However, they were not about to leave the rogue riders to their own devices. Gathering volunteers from the various Weyrs, unconsciously mirroring Ierne, they created Sentinal Weyr. This small forest Weyr would guard the small holds nearby from Thread, true, but the grubbed South gave them enough spare time to keep a steady watch on their northern neighbours.
It was only several months later that the bronzes leading Ierne Weyr made their move. Where the Oldtimers of canon Pern stole Ramoth's egg, Ierne Weyr struck three times. With Ista, Fort, and High Reaches nursing clutches bearing queen eggs, the simultaneous attacks all hit home. Now Ierne Island had a way to breed another generation. Sentinal Weyr was accused for not stopping the move, but had no real way of knowing. By the time the deed was traced, the three little golds had both hatched and Impressed. Tossanth, Leith, and Nizelth were bound to the illegal Weyr before anyone else had a chance to react, and the north was forced to settle to angry grumbling.
In the meantime, Sentinal Weyr had two queens. Igen and Telgar Weyrs had both donated one of their younger queens, either of which would make a good Weyrwoman. Azrith, formerly of Igen, was the younger of the two, but still Rose to mate before Kittith. With the bronzes of Wings donated by Fort and Telgar, she was caught by Retannth. Now, Retannth had been from Telgar and did not merely know Kittith: he had been, and technically still was, her weyrmate. Sufice to say that Kittith and her rider were furious that the bronze would go back on their promise of only Chasing Kittith. Azrith woke during the growing argument between gold and bronze and forced her way in. The two golds quickly passed squabbling, and Kittith ended it by resigning from the Weyr. She returned to Telgar Weyr the next day.
Now, Azrith might have been considered Weyrqueen material by her former Weyr, but, once she had it, she proved them wrong. Both rider and dragon were lazy, short-tempered, and rather greedy. She often overpowered the momentary command to blood only before her Flights, and nearly all were short and shallow. The clutches she had, which should have been large due to the current Pass, were small and she only laid two queens in her lifetime.
If she had had more daughters, maybe more than one would have survived. As it happened, both Sentinal and Ierne Weyrs had been built on a chain of underground air pockets. Over time, the rock containing them had weaked, and eventually collapsed. On the twenty-second Turn of the Ninth Pass, Azrith and her rider were caught in the destruction and died. Many of the bronzes had died as well, for the gold had been near Rising and they would not leave her alone. Retannth survived, but his tale did not have a happy ending either. Azrith's senior daughter also perished in the collapse. Perhaps the worst part of the entire incident was that it was mostly the larger dragons who were slain, for the choicest weyrs happened to lie right along the fault.
It was not only the two Weyrs that suffered. The holders nearby also took a great deal of damage, and they had not had the ability to fly clear as the dragonriders did. Demanding to be given a reason as to why the dragons had not been able to prevent the disaster, a local holder challenged Retannth's rider to a duel. Half-crazed by the deaths of his family, and not caring that the bronze rider had a broken arm, he slaughtered the Weyrleader. The new Weyrqueen was only two Turns old, and the best of the bronzes were dead.
Ierne did not lose as many golds as Sentinal. Of their senior three, only Tossanth suicided when her rider was crushed. Leith, second-hatched, had been Weyrqueen since her maiden Flight with Narnaith as her Weyrleader for most of that time. Nizelth, third of the original trio, had gone between several Turns before when her rider died in childbirth. Their daughters, more numerous than Azrith's, had varying fates. While none of them were taken by the collapse, they had lost quite a few throughout the Turns. Some, like Nizelth's rider, died in labour. A few fled the Weyr and took refuge in the north. There are even rumours that some of them died of unknown 'accidents'.
Feeling up to the challenge of rebuilding a Weyr or two mid-Threadfall? We have plenty of firelizards to start with, a goldrider contest, open spaces for bronzeriders, an upcoming leadership flight, and much more!
What are you waiting fore?
It was only several months later that the bronzes leading Ierne Weyr made their move. Where the Oldtimers of canon Pern stole Ramoth's egg, Ierne Weyr struck three times. With Ista, Fort, and High Reaches nursing clutches bearing queen eggs, the simultaneous attacks all hit home. Now Ierne Island had a way to breed another generation. Sentinal Weyr was accused for not stopping the move, but had no real way of knowing. By the time the deed was traced, the three little golds had both hatched and Impressed. Tossanth, Leith, and Nizelth were bound to the illegal Weyr before anyone else had a chance to react, and the north was forced to settle to angry grumbling.
In the meantime, Sentinal Weyr had two queens. Igen and Telgar Weyrs had both donated one of their younger queens, either of which would make a good Weyrwoman. Azrith, formerly of Igen, was the younger of the two, but still Rose to mate before Kittith. With the bronzes of Wings donated by Fort and Telgar, she was caught by Retannth. Now, Retannth had been from Telgar and did not merely know Kittith: he had been, and technically still was, her weyrmate. Sufice to say that Kittith and her rider were furious that the bronze would go back on their promise of only Chasing Kittith. Azrith woke during the growing argument between gold and bronze and forced her way in. The two golds quickly passed squabbling, and Kittith ended it by resigning from the Weyr. She returned to Telgar Weyr the next day.
Now, Azrith might have been considered Weyrqueen material by her former Weyr, but, once she had it, she proved them wrong. Both rider and dragon were lazy, short-tempered, and rather greedy. She often overpowered the momentary command to blood only before her Flights, and nearly all were short and shallow. The clutches she had, which should have been large due to the current Pass, were small and she only laid two queens in her lifetime.
If she had had more daughters, maybe more than one would have survived. As it happened, both Sentinal and Ierne Weyrs had been built on a chain of underground air pockets. Over time, the rock containing them had weaked, and eventually collapsed. On the twenty-second Turn of the Ninth Pass, Azrith and her rider were caught in the destruction and died. Many of the bronzes had died as well, for the gold had been near Rising and they would not leave her alone. Retannth survived, but his tale did not have a happy ending either. Azrith's senior daughter also perished in the collapse. Perhaps the worst part of the entire incident was that it was mostly the larger dragons who were slain, for the choicest weyrs happened to lie right along the fault.
It was not only the two Weyrs that suffered. The holders nearby also took a great deal of damage, and they had not had the ability to fly clear as the dragonriders did. Demanding to be given a reason as to why the dragons had not been able to prevent the disaster, a local holder challenged Retannth's rider to a duel. Half-crazed by the deaths of his family, and not caring that the bronze rider had a broken arm, he slaughtered the Weyrleader. The new Weyrqueen was only two Turns old, and the best of the bronzes were dead.
Ierne did not lose as many golds as Sentinal. Of their senior three, only Tossanth suicided when her rider was crushed. Leith, second-hatched, had been Weyrqueen since her maiden Flight with Narnaith as her Weyrleader for most of that time. Nizelth, third of the original trio, had gone between several Turns before when her rider died in childbirth. Their daughters, more numerous than Azrith's, had varying fates. While none of them were taken by the collapse, they had lost quite a few throughout the Turns. Some, like Nizelth's rider, died in labour. A few fled the Weyr and took refuge in the north. There are even rumours that some of them died of unknown 'accidents'.
Feeling up to the challenge of rebuilding a Weyr or two mid-Threadfall? We have plenty of firelizards to start with, a goldrider contest, open spaces for bronzeriders, an upcoming leadership flight, and much more!
What are you waiting fore?