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G'dened was an Oldtimer from the Eighth Pass who came forward to the Ninth Pass with Ista Weyr. He eventually rose to become Weyrleader of Ista Weyr. His dragon was bronze Barnath.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
G'dened was born during the Eighth Pass as the son of D'ram. He impressed bronze Barnath at an unknown point in time. As he was one of the younger Oldtimers, he was more easily able to adapt to the changes brought by their leap in Time. G'dened served as a Wingsecond at Ista Weyr. G'dened's Baranth flew Cosira's Caylith, one of Ista Weyr's junior queens, producing a large clutch.
When D'ram's Weyrwoman Fanna began dying of a wasting illness, G'dened and Baranth began leading threadfall. D'ram decided he did not have the heart to continue as Weyrleader after Fanna's death and came to a hatching at Benden Weyr to tell everyone that he was stepping down as Weyrleader. D'ram told others of G'dened's leadership then announced that he was invoking Oldtimers' custom to Open the Weyr to any unattached bronzes that wished to fly Caylith, who was to be the next senior queen.
Becoming Weyrleader[]
Going into Caylith's mating flight, G'dened and Barnath were considered the favorites for the Weyrleadership, though all the Weyrs sent their best men. T'kul and B'zon, against all agreements and in spite of their banishment to the Southern Continent, flew in from Southern Weyr to join the flight. However, Barnath flew Caylith, G'dened became the Ista Weyrleader, and Salth, T'kul's bronze, being an elder dragon, died of overexertion, leaving his rider in a state of grief-madness that led to an attempt on F'lar's life. Since Benden Weyrleader, F'lar, was the stronger combatant, T'kul was killed. The sheer tension of the scene pushed Masterharper Robinton's old body too hard and the beloved harper suffered a heart attack. G'dened was said to be so involved with Caylith's rider, Cosira, that he was unaware of what had happened. Fortunately for all, several dragons prevented Robinton from sleeping by talking to him continuously and keeping him alive.
Reaction to the Fire Ball Flood, and the Felines Attacking[]
G'dened continued as Weyrleader of Ista for many years. As he aged, he became extremely conservative, to the point that some younger Weyrleaders wondered where he had gotten the courage to come forward in Time. However, despite many of his Oldtimer peers stepping down, G'dened refused to do the same.
During the time after the Fireball Flood, G'dened got tired of answering questions about the implications surrounding the event. He was somewhat skeptical of the plan for dragonriders to begin a Sky Watch but he was glad that there was something that could be done to protect Pern, though it was uncertain how G'dened would react to the discovery of draconic Telekinesis. His dragon Baranth was noted to have been in better color than he had been for years, which was quite impressive, as the colours of older beasts tend to fade.
Appearances[]
- Dragonflight (The People of Pern)
- Dragonquest (The People of Pern)
- The White Dragon
- All the Weyrs of Pern
- The Dolphins of Pern
- The Skies of Pern