WeyrWoman Vilei
Rider of Golden Blue Pleqith
Vilei, Rider of Golden Blue Pleqith and Co-Weyrwoman of SilverSmoke Weyr, was born at Fort Weyr a few short years before
the 15th Pass began. Her mother Leiali met C'liar, her father, at a Gather at Fort
Weyr. They were married for 5 years before producing Vilei, who remained an only
child. C'liar taught her the ways of dragons, for he himself was a Brown Rider. She
was also taught to hunt with knives and arrows, and learned to use a sword as well.
She was taught to ride Runners at an early age, and spent most of her youth
a-Runnerback.
At the age of 14, she was named a candidate for a green or blue dragon in Jiryiath's
clutch. After the first egg began to
crack, Vilei practically shouted to the Hatching Grounds for the dragons to come to
her. There were five more...then three more...then one more...he was near...but the
blue walked straight past her, hobbling towards a smaller boy behind her. Defeated,
she trudged off the Sands, her head hanging. The Hatching was over for her; there
was no chance whatsoever of her Impressing a Gold. As she stepped off the
platform, a loud crrrrrackkk told her the Gold egg had split straight down the
middle. She would congratulate the lucky one later. Perhaps she could even stroke
the smooth, soft golden hide before her father carried her and her mother back to his
weyr on great brown Yeith.
As she stepped across the threshold to the stone caverns beyond, where her
mother was waiting anxiously with the women preparing the feast, she pointedly ignored the gasps of wonder and a few shrieks coming from the Sands; the Hatching was already becoming a distant memory; a dull ache. Suddenly an imperious
voice demanded, {{Stop moping and get me FOOD!!!}} She whirled, startled and
scared, expecting her father's brown, Yeith, even though he had never been unkind to
her. Instead she saw a small gold form stumbling across the burning Sands, tripping
over its wingtips...no, it couldn't be a gold. Not for her...{{Of COURSE I'm for you,
you wherry! Do you see any other dragonets around?}}
Thus Gold Pleqith Impressed Vilei.
Pleqith and Vilei were trained carefully together, as
Thread was sure to Fall from the skies very soon and there were few Golds to be
found at the time. Pleqith was trained to be nimbler than a green; this was made
easier by her being slightly smaller, slenderer, and more sinewy than most Gold
dragons. Vilei was trained along with her lifemate, and learned to use the
HNO3/agenothree flamethrowers with deadly accuracy and efficiency.
When Pleqith matured, she decided she did not like being gold-colored, and begged her rider to dye her blue. Vilei agreed, and Pleqith was dyed blue and remained that way.
Five Turns Later, the volcanoes that announced the approaching presence of the
Red Star had melted the Snowy Wastes to the north before finally burning
themselves out, never to launch magma again. Farmers flocked to the rich earth like
starving dragons to a herd of fat plowbeasts. The Weyrleaders decided a new Weyr
would have to be established to protect the Holds that had appeared all over the
former tundras. This Weyr was to be called SilverSmoke, and the Council
announced that volunteers were needed for the expedition north, to establish this new
Weyr.
Vilei and Shiyara were the only two Goldriders who volunteered, despite there now
being many more Goldriders than were truly needed. They negotiated a
Co-Weyrwomanship with the Council, and have been Co-Weyrwomen since then.
Having two Weyrwomen has benefitted the Holds and Weyr greatly so far, and will
likely continue to do so, especially as the forged a fast friendship from their first
meeting, despite their age difference.
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