Post by kitsuneko on Jun 10, 2011 20:33:14 GMT -5
Three turns ago, Alietran Weyr's Senior Weyrwoman, Eliska, passed away. No one was particularly surprised, as the woman was well into her seventies and had been growing sick for a long time. After the death of her and gold Sirith, however, the Weyr was left under the leadership of the young junior queen Eynalth and her rider, then-eighteen-turn-old Kolyka.
Eynalth had only risen once before, and her flight was handled poorly enough that she was caught by a lowly brown and clutched a pitifully small number of eggs, so the new leadership was not off to a good start. Almost immediately there was talk of transferring in an older, more experienced goldrider, but none of the other Weyrs had queens to spare. In Eynalth's next flight, she was caught by the old Weyrleader, L'cal, and laid a larger but still unremarkable clutch of eighteen eggs. Even before the flight, however, Kolyka has been growing progressively weaker and sicker, and no one was quite sure why. As they had feared, two weeks after the gold laid her clutch, Kolyka died from her illness, leaving a bereaved queen with a clutch that had no queen egg.
The eggs hatched, and nobody could stop Alietran's only queen from going between to join her rider once it was over. The Wingleaders appealed to the neighboring Weyrs of Southern and Ista for a goldrider, but it was still the middle of the Interval and the queens had not laid any spare golds. Alietran's only solutions were to either leave and merge with one of the older Weyrs, or find another solution. It was the Weyrleader, L'cal, who had the idea of using greens to provide clutches. There had always been rumors that greens who had never chewed firestone would clutch eggs, though not as many as a queen. Still, it was better than nothing, and he convinced the others to restrict three of the largest and most promising greens from Eynalth's last clutch from chewing firestone.
The first of those three greens to rise was Sitka's green Wapitith. Weyrleader L'cal attempted to ensure that a bronze would win the flight, hoping that Wapitith might lay a queen egg if a bronze caught her despite being a green. Sitka, however, disagreed, and instead allowed the green to be caught by a blue whose rider was a close friend of hers. Wapitith is definitely pregnant, though, and due to clutch very soon, so the searchriders have been sent out to gather candidates for what will hopefully be the beginning of a new age for Alietran Weyr--and none-too-soon, for Thread is due to return in no more than five turns.
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Alietran is a brand new Weyr that is looking for players! What we offer:
Wapitith's first clutch is soon to be laid, and the Weyr is looking for candidates. The Hatching is tentatively planned for the end of June.
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Eynalth had only risen once before, and her flight was handled poorly enough that she was caught by a lowly brown and clutched a pitifully small number of eggs, so the new leadership was not off to a good start. Almost immediately there was talk of transferring in an older, more experienced goldrider, but none of the other Weyrs had queens to spare. In Eynalth's next flight, she was caught by the old Weyrleader, L'cal, and laid a larger but still unremarkable clutch of eighteen eggs. Even before the flight, however, Kolyka has been growing progressively weaker and sicker, and no one was quite sure why. As they had feared, two weeks after the gold laid her clutch, Kolyka died from her illness, leaving a bereaved queen with a clutch that had no queen egg.
The eggs hatched, and nobody could stop Alietran's only queen from going between to join her rider once it was over. The Wingleaders appealed to the neighboring Weyrs of Southern and Ista for a goldrider, but it was still the middle of the Interval and the queens had not laid any spare golds. Alietran's only solutions were to either leave and merge with one of the older Weyrs, or find another solution. It was the Weyrleader, L'cal, who had the idea of using greens to provide clutches. There had always been rumors that greens who had never chewed firestone would clutch eggs, though not as many as a queen. Still, it was better than nothing, and he convinced the others to restrict three of the largest and most promising greens from Eynalth's last clutch from chewing firestone.
The first of those three greens to rise was Sitka's green Wapitith. Weyrleader L'cal attempted to ensure that a bronze would win the flight, hoping that Wapitith might lay a queen egg if a bronze caught her despite being a green. Sitka, however, disagreed, and instead allowed the green to be caught by a blue whose rider was a close friend of hers. Wapitith is definitely pregnant, though, and due to clutch very soon, so the searchriders have been sent out to gather candidates for what will hopefully be the beginning of a new age for Alietran Weyr--and none-too-soon, for Thread is due to return in no more than five turns.
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Alietran is a brand new Weyr that is looking for players! What we offer:
- Clutching greens! Including two slots open to applications for two greens who are adults and ready to clutch.
- A game that doesn't focus on gold and bronzeriders, and in fact doesn't even have a gold.
- New colors to be revealed over time, starting with Wapitith's clutch
- Smaller, more frequent clutches instead of large clutches once or twice a year.
- Open positions for people of all ranks, as well as bronze, brown, blue and greenriders.
- An upcoming plot about the mysterious death of the last Weyrwoman.
Wapitith's first clutch is soon to be laid, and the Weyr is looking for candidates. The Hatching is tentatively planned for the end of June.
alietranweyr.proboards.com/index.cgi