Post by Honour on Aug 28, 2010 0:41:58 GMT -5
Nysus Weyr
[/color][/center]Almost 2000 Turns have passed since AIVAS first helped the people of Pern rid the planet from the plague that was Thread. By knocking the Red Star off its erratic orbit, he ensured that it would no longer get close enough to Pern to throw off its deadly cargo, and Pern flourished. Without the need to stay in stony areas, the Holds quickly spread, sprawling out over the countryside. The Crafthalls did well too; as more and more people became interested in getting an education, the number of children applying for apprenticeship rocketed. Only the riders suffered, for without Thread the dragons had no purpose, and the population began to shrink. Eventually there came a time when there was just one Weyr left, and when their queen laid her last clutch, the eggs were taken, tinkered with a little, and then cryogenically frozen.
No one could have predicted the return of Thread, but it happened. In the depths of space a meteorite crashed into the Red Star, and the force of the impact was enough to knock it back into its original orbit. The first Pass was disastrous; crops withered, livestock died, and many people were also injured. The dragons were revived as quickly as possible, but when the young queen took her maiden flight, she produced some dragons that had never been seen before. Perhaps, some reasoned, this was an accidental by-product of the genetic tinkering the gold had received before being frozen. Regardless, it took some time before there were enough dragons to make a difference.
In the Interval that followed the dragon population began rising rapidly. It was helped by the discovery that some females, if not fed firestone, would clutch and produce offspring of their own. Now Pern is fast approaching its second Pass AA (After AIVAS), and there are just enough Weyrs and dragons to go round.
The largest and best established of those Weyrs is Nysus, though it would still only be called medium-sized by traditional standards. It’s recently lost a weyrwoman and so a new one has ascended to take her place, and things are still a little shaken up, but all is well. The queen should be rising soon, so there may also be a new weyrleader before long, as well as a clutch on the Sands.
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- Nysus is a semi-canon Weyr; we have new colours, but otherwise everything is pretty strict.
- We are a literate RP; 300-400 words per post is advised.
- We are not a Weyr focused solely on hatchings.
- We give members the opportunity to shape what happens IC; you can make a difference to the plot.
- Whers are an important part of our site.
- We currently have numerous high positions open, including weyrleader.