Updated October 14, 2002 by Kindre

Telgar Weyr's PC history began at the end of November of 1997, when it was officially decided to close Benden.  Most of the moving occurred between then and during the month of December which is why the detailed history begins with December of 1997. Some 'entries' are for a single month while others are spread across several - this was done dependent on the actual amount of changes/history that occurred. In Jan of 2002 I added the VR dates to the history - these were all pulled from the game's time conversion and should be extremely close if not exact :) Telgar's PC history started during Turn 20.

Originally compiled by Kindre with T O N S of help from Kassima, both by her vast knowledge and by upkeeping the Thunderbolt Wing pages.  Thanks also go to M'rgan for his Skyfire Wing pages.  Additionally, thanks to those who keep tidbits on their webpages and who let me pick their brains about promotions and happenings - this history would not be here without everyone mentioned above.  To be noted is that some of this information is still incomplete - if you remember/notice anything missing, please email me and I will update :)  Thank you!

January 2001 - March 2001 ~ Turn 34 to the start of Turn 35, 10th Pass

Selaye retires from her position of Head Steward, Qulan named to replace her some time afterwards. T'kar is named by Kassima to take the vacant Wingsecond position in Thunderbolt.

As decreed by Weyrleader A'lex, Former Weyrseconds T'saren and Ursa have been yanked from their wings and assigned to Inter-Weyr Liason positions. T'saren being assigned to the Southern Continent, and Ursa working with Benden. Their reported new jobs involve studying Thread fighting techniques and adapting new methodologies for Telgar's fighting styles. The Weyrleader himself has stepped down from his position of six years as Wingleader of Shadowflame in favor of Greenrider K'brin and his lifemate Reahoth, and has taken over the Starblaze Wingleadership from Ryialla. No one is really sure WHY yet, and the Weyrleader isn't very forthcoming with answers. Even more surprisingly, though, was the removal of J'lyn and Aurian from THIER wings to serve under him in Starblaze. And just to confuse things, Fiora (who transferred in from Fort) still retains her Starblaze Wingsecond's knot. Meli is moved from her position as Shadowflame Wingsecond back to Thunderbolt as a Wingrider. 

Thregga's gold Benneth (NPC) rises, caught by Leya's Tovith.  The resultant clutch is healthy and strong, Maylia continuing her position as Weyrlingmaster. 

April 2001 - June 2001 ~ Turn 35 and teh beginning of Turn 36, 10th Pass

Neliea steps down as Wingleader of Dawnslight, M'teh taking the helm and appointing K'ran as Wingsecond. Schmitt, blue Kazeth's rider of Igen Weyr, transfers into Telgar.  The reason behind the transfer is mostly a mystery, though some whispers of the word, "Duck" abound.  Following her is Macami, brown Tivuketh's rider and also of Igen, once her duties as Assistant Weyrlingmaster are completed at that Weyr.  Herath rises, much to most of the Weyr's surprise, and is caught by High Reaches Weyr's S'dar (who Impressed at Telgar) Chezroth.  A clutch of thirty-one eggs finds itself on Telgar's hatching sands. 

July 2001 ~ Middle of Turn 36, 10th Pass

A'lex and Nraith packed up their extra riding straps and went *between* to Sunrise Valley Cothold. They were headed there to visit Ximena and Alenon, A'lex's parents, at the vineyard they tend in the mountains southeast of Benden Hold. When a Flight of Dragons from Benden showed up overhead for Threadfall, Nraith and A'lex joined them in what turned out to be an unusually windy event. Whether it was an errant, random gust of wind or a miscalculation on rider and dragon's part no one is sure, but Nraith disappeared *between* sending out blinding sensations of pain to all those in the area. He re-appeared moments later, plummeting from the skies, one wingsail shredded by Thread and rider unconscious. Benden's quick thinking Weyrleader was able to pull off a daring save which kept both dragon and rider from plummeting to their deaths. Several hours later, when A'lex regained consciousness, Aurian and J'lyn were already at his Threadscored side. He put Aurian in sole command of Starblaze, and handed his Weyrleader's knot to J'lyn with the orders that he should retain it until Telgar once again had a Weyrleader who could fly. Then he yelled at them for dawdling and ordered them both back to work. Benden Weyr has dispatched a team of dragonhealers to tend to Nraith's wounds, but it will be quite some time before the Bronze will fly again, and even longer before he'll fly Fall, which he adamantly says he will do. According to the latest report, A'lex is faring relatively well under his mother's direct care, although all the Healers agree he'll probably heal much faster just to get away from her.  J'lyn becomes Acting Weyrleader as a result.

On the 21st day of the 9th month of the 36th turn, the dragons of Telgar rose over the Weyr itself to take on the dreaded Thread. The winds were gusty and the Fall was heavy but it was also thankfully short (only 2 hours ICly). The dragons were successful in keeping the Thread from the grounds of their beloved Weyr but this success came at a price. There were many minor injuries, a few serious ones, and the death of one pair. C'harl and his lifemate, bronze Reginalth, had been members of Skyfire since before anyone could remember. The veteran pair (C'harl in his seventies and Reginalth in his mid-fifties) were respected by everyone though of late their Threadfighting skills had been called into question. While returning to the formation after having helped Sielth and Aisling, Reginalth's wing crumpled and the pair went into *between*, never to return. After the Fall and after giving C'harl's mate, Nelly, the terrible news, M'rgan resigned as Wingleader of Skyfire. Luck was once again more important than skill and this time the luck wasn't with them.  Macami is named as the new Wingleader for Skyfire.

Herath and Chezroth's clutch breaks shell on the 1st day of the 10th month of the 36th turn, perhaps signaling happier times at the Weyr again.  Among those who Impress that day are J'an and Bronze Eneryth, Lenka and Brown Robinth, Roma and Green Desdemath, Kiharu and Green Taericeth, F'lone and Brown Hroth, Zaidra and Brown Ymedath, Tarien and Gold Mirrath, and Savanna and Brown Iagoth.   Weyrlingmaster Maylia names I'sai on bronze Taralyth, Alessandra on green Kiyoth, Jazmin on brown Chaeth, Laidan on blue Yehlth, and Ainsley on green Inzarath to assist her. Corwin and Shawnah, Candidates who did not find their lifemates that day, go on to become Head Steward and Headwoman, respectively. [OOC Note: NC crashed a week and a day after the Hatching.  They couldn't get ahold of the machine so they had to load up their last backup - which, of course, was from the Sunday morning of the Hatching. We had to Reimpress everyone to their dragons OOCly.  We all knew that things went too smooth that night ;) ]

Nyne and green Psylth transfer in and make Telgar their new home. J'ven and bronze Londoth, formerly of of Igen Weyr, transfer to Telgar from High Reaches.

August - October 2001 ~ End of Turn 36 through the middle of Turn 37, 10th Pass

Tieren and brown Seiranth transfer in from Igen Weyr.  Tarlo's Cariath rises in her maiden flight, caught by G'non's bronze Wydreth of High Reaches Weyr.  Saskia's Rinath takes to the skies not long after, her captor Aisheth, P'ter's bronze of Igen Weyr. The resultant (NPC) dragons from both clutches are all strong and healthy.  Weyrlingmaster Maylia is kept busy with all the groups, the Weyrlings of Herath and Chezroth's clutch graduating to full riders just in time, it would seem. A Gather is held at the Weyr the night of the ceremony, quite successful despite the heavy rains that threatened to damped spirits.

A'lex and Nraith return from Benden Weyr despite not seeming to be fully recovered.

Ceria had expressed a wish to spend more time with her son Icerain, and Macami, in need of an additional Wingsecond to work alongside with her and I'sai chose Talisha, Imanath's rider as Ceria's replacement. K'ryn and blue Tavorth, familiar faces to most, transfer in from Fort Weyr. In other Wing news, T'vor steps down as one of Dawnslight's three Wingseconds. Wingleader M'teh does not place anyone new into the position.

November - December 2001 ~ End of Turn 37 to the middle of Turn 38, 10th Pass

With the recent rounds of sleet and snow at Telgar, and with it being spring and the weyr expecting the spring tithes soon, Head Steward Corwin went out to double-check the mountain passes to make sure the trains could get through. Yeah, he read the reports from the sweepriders that all the passes look fine, but Corwin's reply was they may appear to be fine from the air, but when you have men, beasts, and wagons tromping through snow and ice it could be completely different...So, Telgar's steward left on what he was saying was a 3-4 day trip, max. Problem was, he was gone a full sevenday.

On a hunch, Weyrlingmaster Maylia took some of the older clutch of weyrlings out on a sweep-riding practice, scouting over the common Tithe routes. It turned out to be more than they expected, comming closer to what one might expect flying with Fort's Search and Rescue. The first clue was a riderless runner, barely visible in the trees. Then one of the young dragons, a brown with good long-sight, caught sight of Corwin - good thing he was wearing something with bright colours, instead of just greys and browns. A ways off the path, and hidden mostly, it's not surprising that the regular sweepriders might've missed him. Corwin was returned to the Weyr. He was exhausted and hungry (all taken care of), suffering from exposure, and some broken bones.

Headwoman Shawnah takes an absence.   Nikki, originally of Telgar Hold and quite familiar with the Weyr, takes the position in her truancy.

Macami, brown Tivuketh's rider, steps down from her position of Wingleader for Skyfire, Zaidra and brown Ymedath nominated to lead the Wing in her place.

January - February 2002 ~ End of Turn 38 to the middle of turn 39

Tarlo's Cariath takes to the skies in her second flight. The queen is caught by Telgar's Spineth, riden by Ursa who had served in a number of positions over the turns, including Weyrsecond.  Soon enough a clutch of twenty seven eggs finds its way to the Sands.

After a late-night bargaining spree between Wingleader and Weyrlingmaster - I'sai and Taralyth coasted off to Ista to give P'tod a hand with their upcoming weyrlings as one of two guest-AWLM pairs. The two are only on loan, a shortened loan if Maylia has her way, and it's said they have a mission to find out more about Ista's formations and current teaching styles.

Talisha steps down from her position of Wingsecond under Zaidra, Lenka named to take up the role for Skyfire Wing.

In the wee hours of turn 39, month 2, day 26, Daelyth surprises many in the Weyr by taking to the skies at such an unheavenly hour. Among the chasers were A'lex's bronze Nraith, J'ven's bronze Londoth, and K'ran's bronze Indrath from Telgar, and the lone 'Reachian, Mh'al's bronze Sidonth. Nraith was the only one of the three to drop out early--it's no secret that he's still recovering from the injuries that had A'lex step down in the first place. Finally, the deluge of snow slowed to a few flakes, and after a fast, furious flight, the startled Daelyth found herself caught by Mh'al's Sidonth, making Mh'al the latest 'Reachian to win the Weyrleader's knot away from home (M'llon having just a month before taking the Weyrleader knot at Ista Weyr).

March 2002 - June 2002 ~ Middle of turn 39 to turn 40, 10th Pass

Cariath and Spineth's clutch Hatches! Among the Impressees that day are Mirielle and green Peth, M'silne and blue Phoukath, Teryla and green Dariyath, Riane and green Yrinth, N'laren and green Susurrath and Yashira and brown Decarath. Maylia leads the Weyrlingmaster team in a position she has held for almost a fifteen turns now. Assisting her with this class are Ursa with brown Spineth, Flannery with green Tyrrath, Kichevio with green Saulith and I'sai with bronze Taralyth.

New to the Watchrider rotation are K'ran, Kindre, M'dei, Tarien and Tieren.

In a rather unexpected turn of events, Aurian threw her Weyrsecond knot in and kicked herself back to being a wingrider. As one of her duties, she had often been forced to meet with the Lord Holder of Telgar; its pretty much well known that she considered the man a lout and imbecile. However when he compared her appearance (as a compliment it seems) to a runners mighty haunches, that final line was crossed. She socked him in the jaw and stole off back to the Weyr. What resulted in the ensuing milieu was that as soon as she landed, she threw her knot at some defenseless LCG told the girl to give it to the Weyrleader as she won't be needing it anymore and immediately signed herself up for pre-dawn sweeps over the wastes. Later on after the event, the former Weyrsecond could be heard drunkenly singing about being free. 

In the aftermath of green Yrinth's flight, when the living cavern had descended into drunkenness (on the part of some, anyway), the Weyrwoman and sole Weyrsecond made a visit to the festivities, seeking a particular person. Nimiriel handed off a new knot to K'ran, Dawnslight's Wingsecond, while J'lyn offered a welcome and a congratulations. Both beat a rather hasty retreat shortly thereafter, but not before bidding the newly tapped Weyrsecond to be sure to be on time for early drills the following morning.

July 2002 - Sep 2002 ~ Turn 40 - End of Turn 41, 10th Pass

Maylia, her turns of duty serving as Telgar's Weyrlingmaster finally having a toll, requests to be returned to the Fighting Wings. After extensive interviewing, Ursa and brown Spineth, who had previously served Telgar in a variety of positions over the turns including Weyrsecond as Assistant Weyrlingmaster, are named to lead and train the future Weyrling Wing.

Tarien's Mirrath finally made up her mind and rose into Telgar's skies on the evening of day 25, month 4, of Turn 41. Among others, she was chased by F'lone's Hroth, J'ven's Londoth, K'ran's Indrath, Kandri's Chaedanth, and Sria's Sruth, but in the end, it was K'ran's bronze Indrath who won the day. Within a few sevenday, 29 eggs sit warming on Telgar's sands awaiting their new lifemates.

Almost an exact month after Mirrath's flight, Daelyth, Senior Weyrwoman Nimiriel's queen, takes to the skies on Day 21, Month 5, Turn 41. Surprisingly, however, she is not caught by Mh'al's Sidonth. N'var's Palineth catches instead, making the Igen pair Telgar's new Weyrleaders. N'var had previously spent time at Telgar for Daelyth's first flight at Telgar at the end of Turn 27.

Oct 2002 ~ Beginning of Turn 42, 10th Pass

Zaidra, needing to take a brief hiatus from Skyfire, puts I'sai in the position of Acting Wingleader and F'lone as Acting Wingsecond for a time.

At nearly sixty-four turns of age, J'lyn decides to step down as Weyrsecond of Telgar.

Mirrath and Indrath's clutch hatches! Among the many weyrling pairs made are: Bianca and green Liraneth, Cheni and green Irenyath, M'rten (Marten) and green Mariloth, Shawnah and green Alyonth, Alonna and blue Silyath, Elauren and blue Braerith, R'var (Rivaar) and blue Firianth, A'ran (Makran) and brown Orvieth, R'yk (Ryklin) and brown Yariath and Saeliena and brown Ciryath. Ursa's selects I'sai and Bronze Taralyth, P'tod and Brown Semeth and Yashira and Brown Decarath to serve as her first Assistant Weyrlingmasters.

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Updated October 14, 2002 by Kindre

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