DRAGONDEX
THE WEYRS IN ORDER OF
FOUNDING
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Fort Weyr Benden Weyr High Reaches Weyr Igen Weyr |
Ista Weyr Telgar Weyr Southern Weyr |
THE MAJOR HOLDS AS BOUND TO
THE WEYRS
Fort Weyr
Fort Hold (oldest hold), Lord Holder Groghe
Ruatha Hold (next oldest), Lord Holder Jaxom, Lord Warder Lytol
Southern Boll Hold, Lord Holder Sangel
Benden Weyr
Benden Hold, Lords Holder Raid and Toronas
Bitra Hold, Lords Holder Sifer and Sigomal
Lemas Hold, Lord Holder Asgenar
High Reaches Weyr
High Reaches Hold, Lord Holder Bargen
Nabol Hold, Lords Holder Fax, Meron, Deckter
Tillek Hold, Lord Holder Oterel
Igen Weyr
Keroon Hold, Lord Holder Gorman
Parts of Upper Igen
Southern Telgar Hold
Ista Weyr
Ista Hold, Lord Holder Warbret
Igen Hold, Lord Holder Laudey
Nerat Hold, Lords Holder Vincet and Begamon
Telgar Weyr
Telgar Hold, Lord Holder Larad
Crom Hold, Lord Holder Nessel
Southern Weyr
Southern Hold, Holder Toric
THE PRINCIPAL LORDS
(AND THEIR HOLDS)
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Asgenar (Lemos) Banger (Igen Plains) Bargen (High Reaches) Begamon (Nerat, 2) Corman (Keroon) Deckter (Nabol, 3) Fax (Nabol, 1) Groghe (Fort) Jaxom (Ruatha) Larad (Telgar) Laudey (Igen) Lytol (Ruatha Warder) |
Meron (Nabol, 2) Nessel (Crom) Oterel (Tillek) Raid (Benden) Sangel (Boll) Sifer (Bitra, 1) Sigomal (Bitra, 2) Toric (Southern) Toronas (Benden, 2) Vincet (Nerat, 1) Warbret (1st) |
CRAFTMASTERS AND
MASTERCRAFTSMEN
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Crafter |
Rank/craft |
Location |
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Andemon Arnor Baldor Belesdan Bendarek Benelek Briaret Brudegan Chad Domick Elgin Facenden Fandarel Idarolan Jerint Ligand Menolly Morshall Nicat Oharan Oldive Palim Petiron Piemur Robinton Sebell Sharra Shonegar Sograny Tagetarl Talmor Terry Timareen Wansor Yanis Zurg |
Masterfarmer Craftmaster, scrivenor Weyrharper Mastertanner Craftmaster, woodsmith Journeyman machinesmith Masterherder Journeyman harper Harper Craftmaster, composer Harper Craftmaster, smith Mastersmith Masterfisher Craftmaster, instruments Journeyman tanner Journeyman harper Craftmaster, theory Masterminer Weyrharper Masterhealer Journeyman baker Harper Apprentice/journeyman Masterharper Journeyman/Masterharper Journeyman healer Craftmaster, voice Masterherder Journeyman harper Journeyman harper Craftmaster, smith Craftmaster, weaver Craftmaster, glassmith Craftmaster Masterweaver |
Nerat Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Ista Weyr Igen Hold Lemos Hold Smith Hall Keroon Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Telgar Weyr Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Half-Circle Sea Hold
Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold Tillek Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Fort Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Crom Hold Benden Weyr Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Smithhall Half-Circle Sea Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Fort Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Southern Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Keroon Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold Telgar Hold Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold Half-Circle Sea Hold Southern Boll Hold |
OWNERS OF FIRE-LIZARDS
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Owner |
Lizard(s) |
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Asgenar Baner Bargen Brand Brekke Corman Deelan Famira F'nor Groghe G'sel Kylara Larad Menolly
Meron Mirrim Nessel Nicat N'ton Oterel Piemur Robinton Sangel Sebell Sharra Sifer Toric Vincet |
brown Rial — — blue bronze Berd — green green gold Grall queen Merga bronze gold green queen Beauty; bronzes Rocky, Diver, Poll; browns Lazybones, Mimic, Brownie; greens Auntie One, Auntie Two; blue Uncle bronze greens Reppa, Lok; brown Tolly — — brown Tris — queen Farli bronze Zair — queen Kimi bronze Meer, brown Talla — queen; two bronzes — |
SOME TERMS OF INTEREST
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Agenothree: |
a common chemical on Pern, HNO3. |
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Between: |
an area of nothingness and sensory deprivation between here and there. |
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Black rock: |
analogous to coal. |
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Day Sisters: |
a trio of stars visible from Pern. |
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Dawn Sisters: |
an alternate name for Day Sisters. |
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Deadglow: |
a numbskull, stupid. Derived from glow. |
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Fellis: |
a flowering tree. |
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Fellis juice: |
a juice made from the fruit of the fellis tree; a soporific. |
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Fire-stone: |
phosphine-bearing mineral which dragons chew to produce flame. |
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Glow: |
a light-source which can be carried in a hand-basket. |
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High Reaches: |
mountains on the northern continent of Pern (see map). |
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Hold: |
a place where the common people live; originally they were cut into the mountains and hillsides. |
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Impression: |
the joining of minds of a dragon and his rider-to-be at the moment of the dragon's hatching. |
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Interval: |
the period of time between passes, generally 200 Turns. |
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Klah: |
a hot stimulating drink made of tree bark and tasting faintly of cinnamon. |
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Looks to: |
is Impressed by. |
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Long Interval: |
a period of time, generally twice the length of an interval, in which no Thread falls and Dragonmen decrease in number. The last Long Interval is thought to herald the end of Threads. |
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Month: |
four sevendays. |
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Numbweed: |
a medicinal cream which, when smeared on wounds, kills all feeling; used as an anesthetic. |
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Oldtimer: |
a member of one of the five Weyrs which Lessa brought forward four hundred Turns in time. Used as a derogative term to refer to one who has moved to Southern Weyr. |
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Pass: |
a period of time during which the Red Star is close enough to drop Thread on Pern. |
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Pern: |
third of the star Rukbat's five planets. It has two natural satellites. |
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Red Star (sic): |
Pern's stepsister planet. It has an erratic orbit. |
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Rukbat: |
a yellow star in the Sagittarian Sector, Rukbat has five planets and two asteroid belts. |
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Sevenday: |
the equivalent of a week on Pern. |
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Thread: |
(mycorrhizoid) spores from the Red Star, which descend on Pern and burrow into it, devouring all organic material they encounter. |
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Turn: |
a Pernese year. |
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Watch-wher: |
a nocturnal reptile distantly related to dragonkind. |
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Weyr: |
a home of dragons and their riders. |
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weyr: |
a dragon's den. |
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Weyrsinger: |
the Harper for the dragonriders, usually himself a dragonrider. |
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Wherries: |
a type of fowl roughly resembling the domestic turkey of Earth, but about the size of an ostrich. |
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Withies: |
water plants resembling the reeds of Earth. |
PERNESE OATHS
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By the Egg |
By the shards of my dragon’s egg |
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By the first Egg |
By the Egg of Faranth |
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Scorch it |
Shells |
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Shards |
Through Fall, Fog, and Fire |
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