WeyrWoman Shiyara

Rider of Golden Kyrath

Weyrwoman Shiyara, Rider of Golden Kyrath, volunteered for the mission to establish SilverSmoke Weyr while living in Ista Weyr with her mother and father. She joined soon-to-be Weyrwoman Vilei, Rider of Golden Blue Pleqith, on the expedition. Her father met her mother, Signy of Tillek, while on Search. She lived with them both in Ista for several years. At the age of 19 she was selected to Stand on the Sands of the Hatching Ground. Her story of that day:

Shiyara was atop a great bronze dragon, behind his rider, smelling the reek of fresh firestone and feeling the soft hide. She gave her leg a pinch, which hurt very much and ruled out the possibility she was having a wondrous dream. She was on her way to the Hatching. True, she hadn't been selected for the queen egg; but any dragon was fine, as long as she had a dragon of her very, very own. And perhaps, it would be great to whoosh down among the silver menace, charring it to ash, watching the defeated enemy scatter on the fresh breeze?

A thump and the shiver of landing raced through her body as she slid off, garbed in her fluttering white robe. The bronze dipped his great head to hers, then wheeled and took off to make room for the steady stream of Candidates arriving a-dragonback. The hot Sands barely made her wince; she was too excited to let trivial things bother her. She cringed as the knot of Candidates she was in moved past the great golden egg. Slowly they fanned out around the pile of mottled shells.

Only then was she conscious of the low, excited thrum echoing through the cavern. At its peak, it stopped, and gasps were heard with the sharp crack of a shell. Dragonets spilled out of their prisons. Only one! Only one, just one, was all she needed! A little green fluttered her new wings nearby. "Come to me, oh please, come come come come?"

Something hit her hard in the small of the back, knocking her down onto the scalding Sand. All movement ceased, even the awkward leaps and adoring sighs of Candidates and dragonets.

A little gold dragon was cocking her head at Shiyara's distressed thoughts. Kyrath clambered onto Shiyara's stomach and settled herself there, to gaze at the girl with loving rainbow eyes.

A thought echoed through Shiyara's head. {{If Shiara won't come to me, then Kyrath will come to her.}}

Kyrath and Shiyara stayed together for 4 years, before traveling to found SilverSmoke.

As it turned out, Kyrath wouldn't have made a suitable companion to any of the GoldRider Candidates. The placid dragon had a good sense of agility that helped her execute twists that looked impossible. She was always a companion. Her motto was "Work didn't get done by complaining about it".

Kyrath and Shiyara worked extremely well together, drilling in amazing feats of flying. After Kyrath's body ended its growth, her wings continued to lengthen and broaden. Her sense of coordination was finely tuned, and soon she was skydancing better than any green, and the new commander of the Queen's wing often performed at Gathers, taking no marks from anyone. She was taught singing, bow and arrow, skydancing and acrobatics by her father, bronzerider S'ral. After fighting Thread for three turns, the pair began to be overcome with the monotony. When SilverSmoke was to be founded, Kyrath and Shiyara, along with their new acquaintance Vilei, Rider of Golden Blue Pleqith, they went along as the Queenriders for the new Weyr, and ended up as WeyrWoman.

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