HRWClutch:35/NPCs

HRW Clutch 35/NPCs

A bronze, a brown, a nimble blue and a green, all sharp-edged and superior (Blue Knioth and Ghena, bronze Lythronath and A'rist, green Quinzeth and Klohi)

It's even as the candidates begin to arrive on the sands that the quartet of black eggs lead the charge, shells breaking away to reveal one bronze, one brown, one blue and one green, all sharp-edged and superior. It's the blue that leads the way after that, rather more nimble than his siblings - but all of them find partners in short order amid the milling white-robed candidates.

Green and local girl / Blue Sveianth and K'del's niece, Miravea

There's a yell of great pleasure from a local girl as she's claimed by the green that hatches from the Quiet Egg; meanwhile, the blue from within the Rusty Spoon Egg takes his time, sweeping back and forth across the sands before finally choosing his girl. That the tall, lanky, curly-haired girl is one of the Acting Weyrleader's nieces does not go unnoticed, but she seems delighted enough with her Sveianth.

Powdery blue and male Nabolese refugee

After many failed efforts to hatch that leave Black Blade Egg looking like a loss, a sudden talon-slice of hard shell from within sends shards of egg and one frail, powdery blue scattering onto heated Sands. Silently staggering to his feet, it takes the weakling many fruitless tries until he finally collapses before the right one: a dark-skinned young man from Nabol's refugees who scoops the dragonet up and carries him off the sands.

Deep cobalt blue and Nabolese sibling 1 / Green and Nabolese sibling 2

The frenzied rocking of The Egg sends it careening into the as-yet-still-unmoving Cut Through The Wind Egg. That is enough to finally set that second egg into motion; it rolls over itself, shuddering, and then promptly shatters - revealing the deep cobalt blue within. Moments later, it's joined on the sands by a green from The Egg, the two hunting together until they finally find partners in a pair of Nabolese siblings.

Brown and L'sen

Flaking pieces fall away from the Everyday Poison, innocuous in their way, at least until they're followed by a single brown-hued talon - and then, finally, a whole hatchling. The young brown shakes away the remains of his egg and then lunges into action. He takes his time, but finally, finally he finds himself young Leysen, who beams at the brown, and then up at his father in the Galleries: big L'sen grins at no longer so little L'sen, thumbs up sent and returned. Moments later, there's another brown upon the sand, hatched out of the Opportunity Rocks Egg.

Nabol refugee Makita and Sharp-boned green Kharyth / sharp-eyed bronze

Almost at the same time, the Secret Silver and Pensive Serpent eggs implode, depositing a sharp-boned green and an equally sharp-eyed bronze onto the sands. The two depart in opposite directions, the bronze first inspecting his sire and only then hunting himself down a candidate. It doesn't take too long before both are happily paired: triumph!