Post by Badlands Weyr on Jul 7, 2013 8:26:18 GMT -5
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The attempts to eradicate thread have proven successful, and the dragonriders of the past have gone down in the histories as forever ridding Pern of it's mightiest foe. However, they're also the reason for something much worse. While the planet had been saved from Thread, the change made t the red star's orbit has drastically affected the world in a terrifying way. Pern sunk into an ice age, of sorts, and all of that can be beautifully blamed on those brave women and men who destroyed Thread.
The world is cold. Dragons had shrunk to adapt to the change over the turns, the behemoths of the old days are no more. Colors sprang up eventually, new colors that were far more adaptable to this barren, freezing planet. Technology is scarce, the information provided by AIVAS lost throughout the turns as Holds, Halls and Weyrs had to close their doors, abandon their buildings and band together in Weyrholds. A clever disease wrecked through the dragonriders, and those that were sent out into the cold didn't always get the satisfaction of dying right away.
Outside of the Weyrholds are the Outlanders, bands of once disease ridden individuals who managed to survive and thrive out in the harsh landscape of Pern. The Outlanders are a dangerous threat, they're unpredictable and move surprisingly fluid amongst themselves. They strike periodically at the Weyrholds for supplies, raiding whatever they can.
A scant turn ago, Badlands was arguably the most well-off Weyrhold that still existed on Pern. The Outlanders' wrath unfolded quickly. After two botched attempt to savage hatching and stealing weyrlings, they have changed tactics. Prisoners taken by the wings have indicated they have a Queen, though the proof did not come until a small clutch was found, and stolen. Retaliation was quick and deadly; right before snowfall, the crops and harvests have been burned! How will Badlands fight off the Outlanders and survive the winter?
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Badlands Weyrhold is a Semi-Canon Dragonriders of Pern Roleplay! We're centered in an AU setting Post-AIVAS. Impression is not sexuality based; our plots are open ended and decided by player interaction. There has just been a massive political upheaval in the wake of an Outlander attack! After the crops were burned and ruined, the Weyrsecond called the council to dispose of the Weyrleader and appoint a temporary leader until the next leadership Flight. The Guarded has ceded from the Weyrhold and declared itself its own entity. The War of the Damned is now underway - there are Outlanders in the Weyrhold!! What could the Weyrleadership possibly be thinking?!
The War of the Damned is now well underway. Our newly arrived Senior Weyrwoman has inherited a royal mess. There is a massive food shortage, the Guard functions as a separate entity and, oh yes, her Queen is Rising! Who will become Weyrleader? How will she handle the Outlander's request for a parlay? Politics are in tangles, and with a clutch on the horizon, we need more candidates! Expect a hatching in August!