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| Torene Ostrovsky | |
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| Vital statistics | |
| Gender | Female |
| Rank | Weyrwoman |
| Dragon | gold Alaranth |
| Era | First Pass First Interval |
| Affiliation | Karachi Camp Telgar Hold Fort Weyr Benden Weyr |
| Spouse | M'hall Weyrmate |
| Parent(s) | Volodya Ostrovsky Sonja Ostrovsky |
| Siblings | Several |
| First appearance | The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall |
Torene Ostrovsky was born six years after Landing to parents Volodya Ostrovsky and Sonja Ostrovsky.
Biography
Torene had a loving childhood with her geologist parents, especially her mother[1] who was a great storyteller.
Impression and leading up to the Second Weyr
Eventually, she impresses a queen of Faranth's clutch. She was congratulated by Paul Benden, who was escorted by one of his sons and M'hall. The hatchling, Alaranth, grows well and eventually becomes the largest Queen Dragon on Pern, practically double the size of her dam, Faranth.
Because Fort Weyr was housing over 2,000 dragons, the younger riders were in very cramped quarters, and Torene in particular sleeps right next to her queen; although she tells Sorka, then senior Weyrwoman, that she would like to have more space. Torene declines to find more space in the Weyrs of other bronze riders, treating all of them equaly.
After her impassioned appeal to Sorka for a new Weyr to be started in a crater found on the East Coast is overheard by Weyrleader Sean, Torene is heartened to learn that maybe such plans are in the offing, and gladly produces some geological survey plans of the area that her parents supplied her with.[2]
Shortly thereafter, Sean announces that four Weyrs will be formed, and while people are to draw lots on where they will be assigned, it becomes apparent that this public display of fair choice is Sean's way of making sure that Torene, whose Alaranth will definitely be the next queen to rise, will be Weyrwoman at the Weyr on the East coast. Although Sean isn't a big fan of Torene's forthright nature, he believes her ability to hear all dragons, like Sorka, is an advantage.
Benden Weyr
Shortly after the creation of Benden Weyr, Alaranth rises to mate and is caught, almost instantly, by bronze Brianth. Although Torene did not know this, Brianth's rider, M'hall, had been smitten with her ever since he saw her impress Alaranth, and only stayed away from her because Sean had warned him away from the queenriders of Fort, so as to prevent one dragon siring too many clutches.
In Dragonflight, F'lar praises Lessa by comparing her to Torene, one of our greatest Weyrwomen. It is however to be noted that F'lar says Torene came from Ruatha, whereas in The Second Weyr, her parents are geologists settled near Telgar Hold.
Appearance and personality
Torene is described as being unconsciously beautiful as well as kind-hearted and artless. She had short black hair, long eyelashes and she could hear all dragons.
