Moreta: Dragon Lady of Pern

1984

Moreta is the Weyr Lady of Fort Weyr - the pre-eminent weyr of Pern in these early years of the colony.

Many years had passed since the founding and they had been kind to the colonists, by and large. The population had boomed until all the available living accommodation had been filled to capacity even as Thread swept over Pern. However, the final years of the current Pass were in sight and there was a definite air of celebration in the air at the Ruatha Spring Gather.

But as the gather comes to an exhausted finish, a mysterious illness sweeps through the gathered crowds and their creatures.

The Hold is put into quarantine, but not soon enough as people infected with this strange disease, but not feeling ill enough (yet!) to stay within the bounds of Ruatha, pass it's boundaries before the quarantine could be enforced. Even dragonriders were seen to breach the quarantine restrictions.

And so the plague swept through Weyr, Hold and Crafthall. Already dangerously overcrowded, the population fell ill in droves, and died in major Holds and unregarded cot hold.

Casualties were particularly heavy amongst the Healers bringing as much relief as their arts could supply. Even the all-powerful dragonriders proved they were not immune to the ravages of the plague and the bowls of the weyrs were filled with the cries of bereft dragons as their riders succumbed to illness and death.

As Moreta and those dragonriders who were fit nursed those who were sick, they also had to juggle Threadfall schedules in order to keep the old enemy at bay. But how can they manage all their tasks in the available time?

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