J'trel was a dragonrider at Ista Weyr late in the the Second Interval. His dragon was blue Talith.
Biography[]
J'trel often snuck to the Southern Continent to get fresh fruit. He and K'nad, rider of green Narith, were weyrmates for over twenty Turns.
At one point, J'trel and the rest of Wingleader J'lantir's wing went missing for a week, never explaining where they had gone or what they had done. In actual fact, the wing had been approached by a future version of J'lantir, who ordered them to collect fruit from the Southern Continent and bring it to his time. He would not tell them why, since it was in their future. They discovered later that the fruit was used to provide food for the Holds while they tried to recover from the flu pandemic.
J'trel and D'vin of High Reaches Weyr accompanied miner Cristov to the Southern Continent to find the Ancients' safer firestone.
J'trel told his brother, Lord Holder of Lemos Hold, about meeting Lorana. After seeing the splint that she had made for her fire-lizard Grenn when his wing had been injured, Jtrel suggested that Lorana could give lessons to Ista Weyr's Healer. Before he and Talith went between forever, J'trel helped Lorana with the loss of her father, then set her on her travels around Pern, via Wind Rider. After he gave Lorana a beaded harness for her fire lizards, she deciphered the patterns in the beadwork to read "Animal Healer-in-Training".
Impression[]
In Dragonsblood, J'trel told Lorana, "I wanted to go back to when my mother was still alive, because I wanted her to see that I'd impressed. But I couldn't do it because I couldn't see her and the place clearly enough in my mind to give Talith the image." Talith told Lorana, "It is like trying to fly through rock."
Appearances[]
- Dragon's Kin (mention)
- Dragon's Fire
- Dragon Harper
- Dragonsblood
- Dragonheart (mention)
- Dragon's Time (mention)