13.Aug.13, 12:54 AM
"Snow can be, especially in the mountain passes. There are holds that end up being inaccessible till the spring thaws. In moderate amounts it is quite fun. You can pack it up into a ball and throw it, the boys have fun throwing it at each other and girls. Not that the girls appreciate it. It is cold and when it melts, it's quite wet." Arddra remembered having fun as a child playing in snow but she also hated it when it was really cold. The weather in the south was more to her liking.
"All the greenery was scourged from around the holds and other habitats as a defensive measure when Thread was falling. Thread can't eat rock or metal, so if there was no greenery around where you lived and all the animals and people safely indoors, Thread just fell and died on the ground. Assuming the Dragonriders let any escape their formations." Arddra knew the Harper's teaching songs and ballads about dragonriders searing Thread in the skies but it had been generations since Thread fell. But Fort still followed the defensive measures. "There are still farms and some forests but they are away from the bulk of the holds. I believe ground crews would check for burrows after Threadfall."
"I have to admit during the first days I was in the south it was a shock to see so much green. I am used to it now and I think I would find home rather barren and plain." Arddra watched as Quenym put the pie into the hot oven. She walked over to check the temperature the oven was showing then nodded. It was at the right temperature and the fire wouldn't need to be stoked to keep it. Too hot and the pie will burn before it was ready. Too cool and it would take forever to cook and probably not taste as good.
"Day to day life up north wasn't much different as it is here for young people. Or most of us really. We have chores, regular work to do. No dragons though...they were all gone when I was very young, but I never saw them till I came here. It took me awhile to get used to dragons. I do want to Impress."
"All the greenery was scourged from around the holds and other habitats as a defensive measure when Thread was falling. Thread can't eat rock or metal, so if there was no greenery around where you lived and all the animals and people safely indoors, Thread just fell and died on the ground. Assuming the Dragonriders let any escape their formations." Arddra knew the Harper's teaching songs and ballads about dragonriders searing Thread in the skies but it had been generations since Thread fell. But Fort still followed the defensive measures. "There are still farms and some forests but they are away from the bulk of the holds. I believe ground crews would check for burrows after Threadfall."
"I have to admit during the first days I was in the south it was a shock to see so much green. I am used to it now and I think I would find home rather barren and plain." Arddra watched as Quenym put the pie into the hot oven. She walked over to check the temperature the oven was showing then nodded. It was at the right temperature and the fire wouldn't need to be stoked to keep it. Too hot and the pie will burn before it was ready. Too cool and it would take forever to cook and probably not taste as good.
"Day to day life up north wasn't much different as it is here for young people. Or most of us really. We have chores, regular work to do. No dragons though...they were all gone when I was very young, but I never saw them till I came here. It took me awhile to get used to dragons. I do want to Impress."