Greta was a young colonist who grew up on Pern before and during the First Pass.
Biography[]
Greta trained as a midwife, after being apprenticed to Basil Tomlinson, the Pern obstetrician.
When Sorka Hanrahan was due to deliver her first baby, her dragon Faranth instinctively knew that Sorka would prefer that Greta help with the delivery, not Basil. But, instead of calling for Greta herself, Faranth sent a fair of fire lizards to fetch her.
Appearance, Personality and Traits[]
Greta had been a gangly girl who had turned into a rangy woman with hair and skin the same coffee color and a dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose. Her eyes, very brown in her kindly face, missed few details.
Note[]
Early on, it was thought that Greta's surname was Tomlinson and that she was either Basil Tomlinson's wife or daughter. In actual fact, Greta's name is found in only two places, and in only the US and UK versions of Dragonsdawn - when Sabra Stein-Ongola saw Basil and Greta arriving at Betty Musgrave-Blake’s house as the First Fall was approaching and when Greta assisted Sorka Hanrahan with the birth of her first child. Greta was never named as Greta Tomlinson, and while she was talking to Sorka, Greta always referred to Basil as only "Basil".