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The primary function of the Weyrs was to house those who fought threadfall. Weyr complexes were a collection of smaller Weyrs, or caves, used for habitation and everyday activities by dragons, dragonriders and all the support staff and families needed to get the dragons and riders in the air. Individual Weyrs were the living spaces of dragons and their riders. On the Northern Continent, Weyrs were established in craters of extinct volcanoes.

The plural Weyrleaders typically referred to the female Weyrwoman as well as the male Weyrleader.

Northern Continent Weyrs[]

Sorted in order of foundation.


Fort Weyr

Fort Weyr[]

Fort Weyr, which was the first Weyr that was established, was located in the mountains of the Southwestern peninsula of the Northern Continent. It was built using high-tech sonic/plasma stonecutters to form perfectly smooth walls, which were absent in later Weyrs. Created when the population was forced to desert the Southern Continent during the Second Crossing, Fort Weyr housed the original eighteen dragonriders and their dragons. Founded by Sean Connell and his wife Sorka Hanrahan, Fort Weyr soon became too small to sustain all of Pern's dragons and was expanded into several large Weyrs, starting with Benden Weyr and High Reaches Weyr.


Benden Weyr

Benden Weyr[]

Benden Weyr was the second Weyr that was established on Pern. Named for one of the Pern colony founders, Admiral Paul Benden, Benden Weyr was first led by M'hall (Michael Connell), rider of bronze Brianth and son of the Fort Weyr Weyrleaders, and his weyrmate Torene, rider of gold Alaranth. The mission, along with the founding of 2 additional Weyrs (a number that by the end of the Pass grew to 4, making a total of 6 Weyrs), was to accommodate the growing number of dragons and their riders. Benden Weyr was located within a double volcanic crater on the east coast of Pern near the Northern Barrier Range.


High Reaches Weyr

High Reaches Weyr[]

High Reaches Weyr was the third Weyr built and the last during the First Pass. It was also the last to use the sonic/plasma stonecutters. High Reaches was the highest in elevation, located in the northwestern mountains of the Northern Continent. It was unique, being in a younger ancient caldera, with seven tall stone spires called the «seven spindles».


Igen Weyr

Igen Weyr[]

Igen Weyr was a desert Weyr located in the south central region of the Northern Continent. Igen Weyr protected Southern Telgar Hold, Upper Igen Hold and the most areas north of Keroon Hold. It is worth noting that even though both Major Holds Igen and Keroon were subject to Igen Weyr, they were defended against threadfall by neighboring Ista Weyr.


Ista Weyr

Ista Weyr[]

Ista Weyr was located on Ista Island (formerly known as Big Island), directly south of the central point of the Northern Continent, in a caldera that opened to a tropical bay. While physically the smallest of the Weyrs, Ista made up for it by locating dragons in Weyr caverns on the *outer face* of the caldera.


Telgar Weyr

Telgar Weyr[]

Telgar Weyr was the last of the Ancient Weyrs to be built. Settled during the First Interval, it was located in the central northern mountains of the Northern Continent. As it was initially a mining Hold, its caverns were originally cut by miners.

Great Isle Weyrs[]

«Great Isle» Weyrs was a term used to refer to the seven temporary Weyrs established on the Far Western Continent late in the Second Interval and early in the Third Pass.


Eastern Weyr

Eastern Weyr[]

Weyrleader:


Sky Weyr

Sky Weyr[]

Weyrleader:


Midriver Weyr

Midriver Weyr[]

Weyrleader: X'lerin and bronze Kivith.


Southriver Weyr

Southriver Weyr[]

Weyrleader: T'mar and bronze Zirenth.


Southern Weyr

Southern Weyr[]

Weyrleader: C'tov and bronze Sereth.


Western Weyr

Western Weyr[]

Acting Weyrleader: W'vin and brown Jorth, with assistance from T'mar.


Northern Weyr

Northern Weyr[]

Weyrleader: H'nez and bronze Ginirth

Southern Continent Weyrs[]


Southern Weyr

Southern Weyr[]

Southern Weyr was not founded until late in the Eighth Interval, when F'lar asked F'nor to go back in Time about ten Turns and start it just before the Ninth Pass. It was located on the far northern tip of the Southern Continent, on approximately the same longitude as Ista, Igen and Telgar Weyrs. Although parts of it were built on cliffs facing the ocean, most Weyrs were located inland, in non-traditional dwellings consisting of a sheltered sand wallow for the dragons and huts for the riders. It had no set capacity for dragons, as new huts and shelters could be built at any time. This Weyr was moved to an undisclosed location farther inland during the 31st Turn of the Ninth Pass. The Skies of Pern


Monaco Bay Weyr (Formerly Eastern Weyr)

Monaco Bay Weyr[]

Monaco Bay Weyr (originally known as «Eastern Weyr») was built in open areas of the northeastern coast of the Southern Continent as the need for dragons expanded in that portion of the Southern Continent. Like Southern Weyr, there were no caves, dragons slept in sheltered sand wallows and riders lived in huts near their dragons. Also like Southern, there was no set capacity, with room for expansion as needed.


Xanadu Weyr

Xanadu Weyr[]

Xanadu Weyr was the name given to a proposed settlement on the site of Xanadu Stake. In All the Weyrs of Pern, plans were made to establish a Ninth Weyr at this location, to cover the central areas of the Southern Continent. Breda was designated Senior Weyrwoman, along with her gold dragon Amaranth.

For reasons as yet unknown, Xanadu Weyr was never settled; The Dolphins of Pern depicts the Weyrleaders still looking for a suitable site in the Southern Continent and The Skies of Pern states that only eight Weyrs exist.

Weyrholds[]

After the disaster of the Long interval and years leading to the start of the Ninth Pass, the Weyrs, under the leadership of Benden Weyrleaders F'lar and Lessa, determined that the Weyrs would no longer be dependent on the Holds and Crafthalls during Intervals. The discovery of the unpopulated Southern Continent provided the Weyrs with an alternative. At the end of threadfall, the Weyrs would be mostly abandoned and riders and Weyrfolk would become self-sufficient in the bountiful lands in the Southern Continent. Dragonriders and their dragons would spread across much of the Southern Continent in small groups to be known as Weyrholds (a Hold where dragons live) where dragonriders would be able to support themselves through farming, trade or craft rather than relying on Hold and Craft generosity.

Seeking out good sites for WeyrHolds quickly became a popular pastime for dragonriders in their off-hours, though only two were officially established in the canon books.


Honshu Weyrhold

Honshu Weyrhold[]

Honshū Weyrhold was built by one of the original colonists and abandoned some 40 years later when the residents were evacuated in the short story Rescue Run. It was rediscovered during the Ninth Pass by F'lessan of Benden Weyr and was the first WeyrHold established. F'lessan and his weyrmate Tai used their off-duty hours to prepare their new home for AfterThread. It housed many Dragonriders from Monaco after the Fireball Flood disaster. It was the only Weyr that had its own observatory.


Malay River Weyrhold

Malay River Weyrhold[]

An un-named Weyrhold was established by retiring High Reaches Weyrleaders M'rand and Pilgra on the coast of Cathay Province. Since they noted their location had ancient ruins nearby, it is possible that their home was built on or near the ruins of Malay River Stake; the only coastal Stake in Cathay.


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