Female Dragonriders | ||||||
Women dragonriders across Pern | ||||||
GeneralDue largely to the misogynistic nature of the Pernese, female riders on chromatic dragons are incredibly rare, and frowned upon by the majority of the Pernese - even other women. As such, being a female on chromatic is not for the faint hearted.Because of this Pern-wide bias against women being on green and blue dragons, they are never Searched from Holds, Halls or outskirts for Impression to green or blue; indeed, women from outside the Weyr have such a strong running statistic to Impress gold, that they are freely Searched for that honour. Meanwhile, what women do make it onto the sands to Impress for green or blue are all Weyrbrats; believed to be of hardier stuff than their softer counterparts from outside the Weyr, most of those who Impress green or blue have been raised in the Weyr, or, in the case of Katila, raised in the Southern continent where hardiness was a requirement for survivial. How many may I have?A player may START with no more than:1 goldrider 2 female greenriders*
*Allowing that there are available femnale greenriders for adoption. Additionally, Please note, a Players are strongly discouraged to kill off a gold or female chromatic rider with the intention of applying with a new one; should a Player choose to kill or drop an aforementioned female rider, they will need to wait no less than 6 months before applying with a new one. This is especially important as there is a Pern-wide limit of 25 female riders, and a maximum of 10 female blueriders.
GoldridersRiding gold is considered the highest of honours, even by the Hold- and Hallfolk who would otherwise consider dragonriders a bane on their existance; the rank is considered in line with marrying a Lord Holder, and becoming Lady of a large and rich heritage. The fact that goldriders have been reduced to little more than arm candy by their misogynistic dragonrider brethren is of little coincidence to the Hold and Hallfolk, and may actually bring many fathers no small amount of relief as they would hate for their daughter to be that woman to step outside of her expected roles.That is not to say goldriders have no responsibility attached to their rank. They have quite the pile, really. Responsible for care of their dragon comes with the highest priority, but they are also required to keep charge of their younger goldriding compaions and further their education; a goldrider should also always be available for the gold Candidates to seek an audience with. Chromatic RidersCurrent Female Riders
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