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2023/08/04 Hello loves! While I haven't been writing, I have been working on updating some issues that have been hanging around on the layout! The Character change box is now at the bottom of the page, beside the up/down arrows! Green and Gold dragon flight dates have been shifted to the bottom of the page, where the (useless!) discord widget was located. Where the dragon flights were in the header, is now replaced by a Monthly Event box! This will be updated at the start of each month, with a fun mini-event you can take part in, if you want to! Thistle!
2023/01/07 Welcome to the New Year! We are now ELEVEN years old! Thank you, all of you, for your love and writing! I am looking forward to spending another year with youall! In addition, a new Default colour scheme is in progress and will hopefully be available soon! All my love! ThistleProse
2022/07/29 Gold Malvayth and Bronze Xyxyth clutch is Hatching! Come and join the shenannigans 743.08.03 | NIGHT STALKERS HATCHING and bring the popcorn!
2022/05/11 Gold Malvayth has Flown, caught by Bronze Xyxyth of A'tay. Their Hatching will be PC, and take place in Telgar in August around the 20-22nd! Update your Candidate Applications and prepare for some fun!
2022/04/21 New default layout! I hope you enjoy it! If you find any bugs, please report them in the discord #bug-squishing channel!
05/JUL It’s Hatching time!! Come take part in the shenanigans here
30/JUN Gold Thallyath of Ista Weyr has laid a clutch! More information here
27/JUN A bluerider, and then a greenrider, are found dead. More information here
25/JUN The Touching is up! Take part here
30/MAY After the Touching, many Candidates found themselves preyed upon in the form of their food. More information here
18/MAY Another goldrider - Ameris of Benden - is attacked. More information here
05/MAY Multiple individuals are attacked whilest out of the Weyr! More information here
04/MAY Take a chance OOC and guess who you think the murderer is! You can win prizes! More information here
03/MAY Goldrider Cazan and her twin brother Cazelarias are attacked. More information here
24/APR Goldrider Ashara of Fort is murdered by two brownriders. More information here
12/APR Searchrider B’jin was attacked at Telgar Weyr, surffering a slash to his throat. While in Benden, bluerider B’dor is found dead in his weyr. More info here
05/APRMore attacks occurred today. More information here
03/APRMultiple individuals found their death this day; more information here and here
28/MAR Tragedy has struck again! Across all the Weyrs, multiple people - primarily dragonriders - have fallen ill after eating muffins. There have been multiple deaths, and others are in criticle condition. More information here
24/MAR Weyrwoman Ameris and her son, Rislan, poisoned! More information here
18/MAR Benden’s Weyrleader M’ris and his children have been poisoned! Resulting in sickness and death. More information here
18/MAROn 18.03.742 Bronzerider A’dris of Vyaniorth was found dead in his personal bathing pool. He appears to have drowned after drinking an excess of alcohol. Afterwards it was realized that Machiya of Gold Cameth from Telgar Weyr had disappeared. Having never arrived at her destination, it is suspected she had an accident between.
11/MAR Gold Racoth of Donmaline went between taking Bronze Beruth of T’rel with her shortly after she had been caught, due to T’rel strangling Donmaline. He did not survive. more info
25/FEB Congratulations and thank-you to Guest for taking on a moderator role! <3
14/FEB Stars Above PC Hatching Link
06/JAN :o new layout is a WiP. Please report bugs in Discord.
01/JAN Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!




Currently: Spring 03.745 al
Monthly Event
2024-February
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Welcome to the Month of Lovetm! This month's Monthly Event is all about Romance, whether it is asking someone out on a date, or getting sweaty between the sheets! Anything and everything counts, if it even looks sideways like it could be related to Valentine Day -- including lover's spats, or breaking up, Flights Wins (or Flight Losses!). Honestly, this month has a huge opportunity for interpertation, so go wild!



2023-December
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Ahh, the fresh snow, the crisp air, the naked trees... welcome to Winter! Or, just the Colder Months for those in the more Northern Weyrs, while Ista is just... not as hot. But it is time to enjoy the end of the Turn, so folks should get together, spend some time gossiping, and drinking Hot Chocolate (alcohol and marshmallows opional)... does Pern even have marshmallows????? (they do now!)



2023-November
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Feel like bitching? Wanna take part in a brawl? Or bet on someone? Take part in Brawls and Bitching this month! Boo-yeah!



2023-October
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Thistle flunked this month; You can still post until the end of November as a result <3
Experience, tell or hide from a Spooky Story!



2023-September
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The flu is running rampant, colds are clogging noses, and someone might have lost a limb?



2023-August
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Partake this month by going fishing... or anything that occurs while fishing, or dealing with fish!



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  • World of Pern is a community forum for humans over the age of eighteen (18) years. It is a Role Play Game (‘RPG’) based on the fictional works of Anne McCaffrey and used here with Permission of the author, as indicated in our site footer.
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  • All character accounts are created by the Player, through their User CP 'Add New Character'.
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  • In the event the Character is Archived, the email will be substituted for a dud (charactername@second-pass.net)
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  • All attachment to your Player Account will be removed, however, and the character will be placed up for Adoption or in the NPC section, depending on your wishes as set out in their Profile.
    • Female Blueriders are exempt, wherein they will either be killed off or have their dragon Impression ret-conned if Impressed for less than three (3) months.
This is because your personal information is not – and should not – be included in any IN CHARACTER post made by the Character Account. Additionally, deleting the account and/or posts of an Approved Character will severely affect the quality of the site. If you do not agree with this, please refrain from signing on and joining the community.

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Information Collected: Upon signing up to World of Pern, you supply the site with your online Username, your email address which is required to receive your activation code and to reset your password, and your IP address. You will also be asked to supply your Discord Name, and your preferred pronouns upon editing your Account Profile. You are welcome to put ‘Withheld’ if you do not wish to share this information. Any other information on the Account Profile is optional and provided at your own discretion.

Information Used: Your information is used for the following reasons;
  • When it is needed to provide access to the site, such as signing up, updating your account, or contacting you regarding your account.
  • To comply with legal obligations, such as providing your information to police or other governing or legal bodies, by court order or out of concern for your safety.
  • Additionally, we collect Cookies when you access the site, such as, but not limited to ‘Session Cookies’ which we use to operate our Service, and Preference Cookies, to remember your preferences and various settings.
Information Shared: The administration team, found here has access to your supplied information. This information is used on site only and will not be given to anyone else, excluding law enforcement or appropriate governing or legal bodies, when required by law or in concern for your safety.

Withdrawing Consent: You are within your right to request that your personal data be removed at any time. Please note that doing so will result in your account being permanently deleted. In order to remove your account and attached information, please reach out to ThistleProse on site, or ThistleProse#0459 on Discord.

Character Account Withdrawal Exempt: Please note that by agreeing to sign up to World of Pern, you are agreeing that your Character account/s will NOT be deleted, and their posts will NOT be removed. They will remain on the site, regardless of your staying or leaving. However, the following changes can and will be made, as required:
  • Character names (Human, dragon, firelizard, additional pets, etc) can be changed at your request.
  • Characters will use their name @ second-pass as an email address. They are not using YOUR email.
  • Your Played By name will be removed from the Character Account
  • The Character will be moved to NPC or Adoptable Account, depending on the individual forms on their profile. This option can be changed at any time.
  • Weyrling Dragonriders are exempt, if they Impressed within 3 months of the request to Withdraw Consent. In this case, they will have their WEYRLING DRAGON removed (‘Ret Conned’), unless they are Adoptable or a female bonded to blue.
    • Adult female Dragonriders are exempt, wherein they will be KILLED to free up the slot for another Player if they are not Adoptable, or are female bonded to blue.
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Last reviewed and/or updated: 18 April 2022

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