Afterwards, F'lar talks with T'bor, the Southern Weyrleader, stating he thought T'ron was attempting to goad him into attacking him. T'ron calls the meeting to a close, but D'ram - after learning of the extent of F'nor's injury - tells T'ron to speak to T'reb to prevent a repeat of the incident. D'ram, the Ista Weyrleader, later takes over the meeting and states that T'reb was justified in his attempt to take the knife, as the tithes to the Weyrs do not reflect the increased productivity of Pern that came about as the result of the Second Long Interval allowing for expansion - and thus Terry caused the problem by not gifting him the knife. T'ron, the Fort Weyrleader, defends T'reb, pointing out that greens can occasionally go into heat without warning - ignoring Terry's testimony, instead trying to place the blame on him.
F'nor intervenes, only to be attacked by T'reb, who slashes his shoulder with he belt knife, causing him to pass out.įollowing this, F'lar requests the Weyrleaders assemble to deal with this matter, and travels to Fort Weyr - the eldest of the Weyrs, and thus the senior - for a meeting which begins after T'kul of High Reaches Weyr - already known for missing meetings - and R'mart of Telgar Weyr fail to arrive. F'nor is asked to take them to Mastersmith Fandarel, and ends up travelling to the Mastersmithhall, where he witnesses two dragonriders from Fort Weyr - one of whom, T'reb, is being affected by his green dragon, nearly ready to mate - attempting to claim a knife from Master Smith Terry as a tithe, despite it being a wedding gift for Lord Larad. In the Kitchen Caverns, F'nor talks with Lessa, Manora and Brekke - a junior weyrwoman at Southern Weyr, who F'nor found on Search several Turns back - who have discovered several pots being used to prepare numbweed have cracked linings that have resulted in discolouration of the salve. As is gradually revealed throughout the story, the main problem is that the « Oldtimers» of the five Weyrs have not adjusted to the differences between the Ninth Pass and their own time.Īt Benden Weyr, F'nor returns from Southern Boll - where many treated him with hostility until he identified himself as being from Benden Weyr instead of Fort Weyr - having travelled there on Search for Candidates for Ramoth's upcoming clutch. While doing this - and overhearing drums announce Thread falling prematurely over Tillek - Robinton muses about the tensions that have been mounting against the inhabitants of the five Weyrs brought forwards in time from the Eighth Interval by Lessa.
Taking place nearly seven Turns after the events of Dragonflight, the story opens with Masterharper Robinton preparing a ballad for the upcoming wedding of Lord Asgenar of Lemos Hold to Lady Famira, a half-sister of Lord Larad of Telgar Hold.
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