Okay!  In the hopes of getting this moving, since we have 7 people who yesterday stated their interest, I've taken intiative and put up a discussion thread so we can hash out what time period, what Weyr, what pertinent details to include on our characters and dragons, etc.  Hopefully, we can get this off the ground. :)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Time Periods</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>First/Second Pass</strong>- Taking the setting of<em>Dragonsdawn</em>and<em>Dragonseye</em>and running concurrently or subsequently to the events of those books, being amongst the first dragonriders to fly Thread and develop the Star Stones.<br/><br/><strong>Third Pass</strong>- Based around the books written by Todd MacAffery, which I have not read in full.<br/><br/><strong>Sixth Pass</strong>- Based around<em>Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern</em>, using the setting and characters developed within that novel as NPCs.<br/><br/><strong>Ninth Pass - Pre-Aivas</strong>- Exactly as it says, the period of time beginning with the original trilogy (<em>Dragonflight, Dragonquest </em>and<em>The White Dragon</em>) continuing through the Harper Hall books and up through the majority of<em>Renegades of Pern</em>.  Early in the series, Benden Weyr is the only one, until Lessa's flight through time near the end of the first book.<br/><br/><strong>Ninth Pass - Post-Aivas</strong>- The end of<em>Renegades of Pern</em>through to<em>Skies of Pern</em>, which will encompass the events of these books.  History being set aright, technology becoming more commonplace, quality of life increasing, et cetera.<br/><br/><strong>Other</strong><br/><em>Past Passes</em>- With the exception of short stories and anecdotes within the main canon itself, the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Passes are relatively unknown.  If interest dictates, we could easily take one of these as our own, with a mind to when the Weyrs were founded.<br/><br/><em>Future</em>- Canonically, Thread will no longer fall on Pern, due to the events of the Ninth Pass within the books.  However, there's no reason we need to adhere to this, if we want to play a Tenth Pass, or perhaps taking a page out of<em>Skies of Pern</em>.  While there are indeed books in development for a "New Era Pern", there's nothing out about them yet, so we're not bound by any particulars. :)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Weyrs</strong></span><br/><br/>This is largely dependant on what time period we choose to play in, since in the early Ninth Pass, most of the Weyrs are empty, and only an undermanned Benden Weyr exists until Southern Weyr is founded and Lessa jumps back in time to bring the Weyrs forward to where they're needed.  We could either choose to play the single Weyr that has the most screen-time (Benden), or go with another that's only somewhat developed (Fort, Igen, Ista, High Reaches, Southern and Telgar).<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Characters</strong></span><br/><br/>A very rough character sheet I'm presenting as an option:<br/><br/>Name:<br/>Hold or Weyr Affiliation: (both pre-Search and post-Impression)<br/>Age:<br/>Description:<br/>Dragon Name/Color:<br/>Brief History:<br/>Skills: (leadership, healing, teaching, etc)