FTW:History/26T-27T
History/26T-27T
Turn 26
On day 6 of month 1, a new junior weyrwoman joined Fort. Gold Kyourith was Hatched at Fort twenty turns ago, though she and her rider had been transferred to Southern as soon as they were grown. Opinion was that Fort couldn't possibly afford to owe Southern anything else, especially not anything that could make up for an adult queen. With Elaruth still ill of health and Isyath not mature, Brin's Kyourith was, for a time, Fort's only healthy, mature queen.
Month two briefly returned Elaruth to the skies and brought Hattie's son Hasander into the world. It also saw the near disaster a game between gold Isyath and brown Selaroqoth became, when slipping about on the ice of the lake resulted in serious muscle strain and chill for the brown when said ice cracked beneath him.
Midday of day 7, month 3, Obsidian rider Bea was found unconscious on the ichor-stained sands of the lake shore, her brown Oroth having gone Between for all time for reasons unknown. The now dragonless rider chose to live without her lifemate, though her behaviour was said by many to be unsettling.
Month 6 saw the start of weyrling dragons receiving mysterious communications from unknown dragons who refused to give their names or locations. Tsaheyluth and Sedark were among the worst affected, driven to near hysteria and a supposed breakdown by one communication. Another weyrling, green Lelanth, was so scared by one voice that she refused to leave her weyr. Other weyrlings these voices contacted included Ivwynoth, Chalmecath and Isyath.
Early in month 11, less than two turns after her previous flight, Elaruth unsteadily took to the skies in her fourth flight and was caught by bronze Bijedth, making Hematite rider N'muir Weyrleader. Shortly after he found himself with the knot, he began shadowing the wings and imposed a ban on alcohol for Hematite.
Day 10 of month 12, Fort was sent into lockdown by Elaruth. No dragons (including the Weyrleader's bronze) were permitted to leave Fort unless allowed to do so by herself, Isyath or Kyourith. Not long after the order went out, a very ill green Nyvenirth and her rider, Isaphe, were escorted back to Fort by dragons that included gold Isyath and her rider, Ali. Following this, twelve riders, including the Weyrleader, were grounded for the foreseeable future.
Close to the end of the turn, Elaruth clutched ten eggs, with none appearing to be a potential gold.
Turn 27
The new turn brought solitary confinement for eleven riders, though not the Weyrleader himself, assumed to be involved in whatever earned the others their sentence. A selection of riders from other wings were suddenly given 'high priority' duties that they were not permitted to speak about.
With month 1 of the turn almost over, nine of Elaruth's eggs hatched, though one remained unhatched and had to be taken Between by the Weyrleader and Bijedth. During the hatching feast, the elderly Lord Visrain of Boll, a man some way into his nineties, suffered a heart attack and died with his son and grandson at his side. Visrain's heir, his eldest son, Jivrain, was and is known not to favour Fort and put doubts of his continuing to tithe into the minds of many, considering his father dropped dead in the Weyr.
Fashion Week tested ties with the Weaver Hall at Southern Boll, as well as logging duties for riders, under an effort by N'muir to strengthen the Weyr's ties with the Woodcraft, make personal gain or get better prices on lumber, depending on who recounted the reasons for such an endeavour.
Early in month 4, the Weyr's dragons keened for the loss of green Nyvenirth, who had continued to suffer ill-health after her rider, Isaphe, seemed to no longer care for her at all. Isaphe didn't have to suffer long without her dragon, for she was soon murdered not far from the Infirmary, a knife with a 'B' carved into the handle left in her chest. It soon became apparent that the dragonless Bea was missing from the Weyr. Only days later, greenrider Yamilet was attacked near Boll and seriously injured by Bea. Her green, Ivwynoth, was also injured in her desperate attempts to reach her rider.
Late in month 25, after extensive searching, Fort was forced to admit to its Holds that there was a murderess loose somewhere in the Fort region. It was assumed that Lord Jivrain of Boll would have something to say about the matter; that his actions would speak louder than words, Fort's tithe prospects growing ever smaller. Bea was apprehended and brought back to Fort by Storeskeeper Avaryk (who was rumoured to be posing as a guard of Boll Hold) and brownrider E'dre. Rumour had it that Avaryk was later forcibly removed from the Hold and instructed never to return under threat of imprisonment.
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