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Benden WeyrSouthern Weyr

Canth was a brown dragon at Benden Weyr and Southern Weyr late in the Eighth Interval and early in the Ninth Pass. He was considered to be the largest brown in Pernese history. His rider was F'nor, the paternal half-brother of Benden Weyrleader, F'lar.

Biography[]

Impression[]

Canth hatched from one of Nemorth's clutches during the Eighth Interval, the same clutch as Mnementh. Mnementh impressed Falarnon, who became F'lar. Canth, who was one of the last hatchlings, impressed Famanoran, who became F'nor. Both Canth and F'nor originally resided at Benden Weyr, where F'nor eventually became Wingsecond to F'lar.

The Southern Venture[]

After the discovery that dragons could go between times, Canth took F'nor to the Southern Continent, along with Lessa and Ramoth, to determine whether or not the continent was habitable. After discovering that the Southern Continent was lush and fertile, Canth accompanied a group of weyrlings and their hatchling dragons ten turns back in time in the hope of producing more mature dragons to fight Thread. Though the dragons did mature, and another clutch was laid, the group was forced to return due to the strain on the riders, which was determined to be the result of timing it.

Recovering at Southern Weyr[]

Over the years, Canth developed a reputation for Searching candidates who would be good riders, especially queen candidates. After F'nor was injured by an Oldtimer, F'nor and Canth traveled to Southern Weyr to allow F'nor to recover. While there, Canth became the first in several hundred Turns to discover fire lizards. After he alerted F'nor, who impressed a gold hatchling, Canth confirmed that fire lizards were related to dragons.

F'nor eventually became aware that Brekke, the junior weyrwoman at Southern, had feelings for him. She believed, however, that a relationship wasn't possible, due to the tradition that only bronzes flew queens. After Canth remarked that he was larger and more powerful than most of the dragons at Southern, F'nor proclaimed that brown Canth would fly Brekke's Wirenth. When Wirenth rose to mate, after Brekke had relocated to High Reaches Weyr, however, Kylara's negligence had her queen Prideth rise as well. The two queens engaged in lethal combat, and both queens went between forever.

The Red Star[]

After F'nor wondered if it was possible to do so, and while debate on the topic was ongoing, F'nor and Canth attempted to journey to the Red Star, after Canth remarked that the coordinates F'nor gave were after observing the Red Star through a telescope were clear. When they came out of between, fierce, scouring winds and storms kept Canth from flying properly, then finally broke his wings. The windstorms also scoured all the hide off his skin, except for where F'nor was sitting. They instinctively teleported back to Pern, and were falling and almost unconscious when Brekke's mental call of DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! pulled them back. A living ramp of dragons from all the Weyrs caught the falling F'nor and Canth and eased them down to the sands of Benden Weyr. Even though Canth made a full recovery, his quickly regrowing hide, his large size meant that most of the weyr had to assist with oiling him.

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