Weyr Harper
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- Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 05:41:27 +0000
Thread has come back to Pern.
In the ninth pass, AIVAS helped dragonriders move the Red Star out of orbit, so the parasite known as Thread would no longer fall. Late in the tenth pass, Harpers and Dragonriders became under appreciated. Dragonriders no longer had a purpose. Harpers sang of things to which people could no longer relate. Dragons are little more than a memory of what once was; a Pern with Thread. Pernese all over the planet are starting to believe that dragons had become obsolete.
All was well on Pern. Thread no longer was a hazard. Homes and holds have left the tradition of being made of stone, and people had begun building with wood. It hadn't rained Thread in over nine hundred turns.
Many believed it was gone for good.
They were wrong.
The Red Star had been knocked out of orbit, but like planets tend to do, it slowly realigned itself. It went on unnoticed by many of the Pernese, due to its inactive behavior. Thread will return, but the Passes and Intervals are erratic. Pern will suddenly require the aid of dragonriders once more--but after being scorned for turns, will the dragonriders assist?
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