Our story begins at the beginning of the 10th Pass. Approximately 600 turns since AVIAS successfully knocked the Red Star off of it's orbit. As Riders began to accept that they'll never be needed to fight Thread again, a massive effort at expansion was made. Many riders took to exploring Southern and settling what would be known as Weyrholds where dragons would be raised by their riders and put to work at various crafts.
The weyrholds of Southern were planned to be self sufficient with little to no need for tithing though their internal structure remains relatively unchanged from the weyrs they originated from. Instead, barter and trade became routine. The Expansion moved swiftly and within a generation, much of Southern had been explored and settled. As free land dwindled, people began to look at the long forgotten Western Continent and it's potential.
The Western Continent has been isolated from the rest of Pern for the majority of recorded history. Little was known about the continent until the major weyr's of Pern; Benden, Fort, Telgar, as well as Southern and Monaco Bay banded together to send exploration crews. Preliminary reports were disappointing as they described a barren desert, ringed by active volcanoes.
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Pacific Northwest-esq landscape and ecosystem. Lots of temperate rainforest & marshlands.
!!!Map Needs Updating!!! Relative idea remains the same, eastern mountain ranges changing & Marshland being reduced/replaced by more temperate forests among other more minor adjustments
- Grey/white is mountains. The central point will be the large volcano. Believed to be dormant by most - no eruptions or smoke since settlement.
- Peach is sandy beaches. More common along the northern shore but the nicest is along the southern. The shores around Dorras are a mixture of pebble and sandy beaches, the forest runs right to the shores.
- Light Green is temperate forests, solid earth though with a mixture of tropical and temperate flora and moist atmosphere.
- Dark green is marshy swampy area, wet ground usually with a foot or so of standing/slow flowing water. Land around weyrhold will be built up out of the marsh to allow for dragon population
Serrrat is located along one of the largest warm beaches in the marshy land between it and the only hotsprings on the western half of the continent.
Eastern half is uncharted. It consists of less hospitable land (large desert in the middle and active volcanoes)
Pacific Northwest-esq landscape and ecosystem. Lots of temperate rainforest & marshlands.
!!!Map Needs Updating!!! Relative idea remains the same, eastern mountain ranges changing & Marshland being reduced/replaced by more temperate forests among other more minor adjustments
- Grey/white is mountains. The central point will be the large volcano. Believed to be dormant by most - no eruptions or smoke since settlement.
- Peach is sandy beaches. More common along the northern shore but the nicest is along the southern. The shores around Dorras are a mixture of pebble and sandy beaches, the forest runs right to the shores.
- Light Green is temperate forests, solid earth though with a mixture of tropical and temperate flora and moist atmosphere.
- Dark green is marshy swampy area, wet ground usually with a foot or so of standing/slow flowing water. Land around weyrhold will be built up out of the marsh to allow for dragon population
Serrrat is located along one of the largest warm beaches in the marshy land between it and the only hotsprings on the western half of the continent.
Eastern half is uncharted. It consists of less hospitable land (large desert in the middle and active volcanoes)
