Fort Weyr

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Fort Weyr is the first of eight (by the end of the 9th pass) Weyrs on the Planet on Pern in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. Fort Weyr was the first Weyr established. It is located in the mountains of the Southwestern peninsula of the Northern Continent. It was built primarily using high tech sonic/plasma stone cutters to form perfectly smooth walls 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-Connell, the weyr became too small to sustain all of Pern's dragons and was expanded into several large Weyr's including Benden Weyr and High Reaches Weyr.

[edit] Weyrleaders

The first Fort Weyrleaders encountered in the series are T'ron (called T'ton in Dragonflight) and his Weyrwoman Mardra. After T'ron loses a knife fight to F'lar, he resigns his position to T'kul. After the Oldtimers moved south, N'ton became Weyrleader when his bronze dragon Lioth flew the new Weyrwoman Margatta's queen Ludeth. Another famous pairing, Sh'gall and Moreta, were the Weyrleaders of Fort Weyr at the time of the great plague.

[edit] Trivia

Fort Weyr is capable of holding 500 dragons, along with their riders and support staff.

Young apprentices at the Harper Hall would be sent to the abandoned crater as a dare during the eighth interval.