Halla lived late in the Second Interval and early in the Third Pass.
Biography[]
Halla was born to Shunned parents. Jamal, her older brother, died from a leg infection.
Halla helped Harper Moran take care of the orphaned, homeless children that Moran found during his search for the Shunned. When Moran left her alone with 8 small children, she decided to use the money he left to feed them at Crom Hold. After she was confronted by a guard, they were all taken to Lord Holder Fenner. When she explained her situation to Lord Fenner, he told her that the children would become fosterlings of the Hold. He then asked her to try to make contact with any Shunned who wished to settle down.
After Halla met the mute Harper Pellar (Master Zist's adopted son), they eventually began traveling together. One day, they came upon Cristov, who had been trapped in a landslide. Cristov explained to them that he was trying to find a place to mine the «new» firestone - that doesn't explode when it comes into contact with water. After finding the right site, they founded Fire Hold. Pellar became Holder and Halla became Lady Holder; and, it was decided to offer the Shunned a chance to work at the hold. Halla said, "If they don’t work, they can leave. We feed their children, but if the adults don’t work, they don’t eat and they don’t stay."
Halla and Pellar had a daughter Jepara, who became a dragonrider at Eastern Weyr.
Personality and traits[]
Halla was very quiet, a good tracker and hunter. She was dark-haired, dark-eyed and tanned easily, giving the impression that she may have had either trader's blood or Southern Boll blood.
Sereth told C'tov, "Pellar says that Halla is his voice, that he is her song, and only together can they make music."
Appearances[]
- Dragon's Fire
- Dragon Harper (mention)
- Dragon's Time (mention)
- Sky Dragons (mention)