Anne McCaffrey's official rules

1. No using characters from any of her books.
2. No colors other than Gold, Bronze, Brown, Blue and Green. No more White ones.
3. No plots from any place in her books. Your character is allowed to have been born there, but their parents must now be living in another place.
4. No religion. Period
5. No super powers. (Other than HAD and the telepathic link with your _own_ dragon)
6. No cross overs, such as Darth Vader ect.
7. There are rules as to what colors can be ridden by people of certian sexes and sexual oriantations:
golds: hetrosexual women
bronzes: hetrosexual men
browns: heterosexual, bi men
blues: hetrosexual, bi, and homosexual men, homosexual and bi women
greens: bi and homosexual men, hetrosexual, bi, and lesbian women

If you break the rules, we will warn you once. If you break them again, you will be expelled from the club.

DCW's Basic Rules

1. No slamming, putting down, calling names of anyone at all. Those who disobey this rule as well as any other that Anne McCaffrey, or we create, will be dealt with quickly and harshly.
2. No using other's sonas without written permission.
3. No killing off of any persona character, but especially ranking personae, without express permission from the BoD. We will tell you how to dispose of them properly.
4. This rule is the most important of all and you will be expected to follow it word for word. Have Fun!
5. We currently give out Gold and Bronze flitters. However, they are earned.
6. This is a PG-13 club. If your 13 or younger, then sorry you cannot join.
7. For RPing mating flights, we have certain rules. You can choose who catches your green or gold, but for golds, you must email the BoD telling them who you have chosen to fly your gold. Also, please don't have two green flights at the same time.

Some Terms we use.
1. DCW = Dark Cove Weyr
2. OOC = Out Of Character. This will allways be shown as ((OOC)) if you have an "out of character" comment and/or question for the entire weyr.

Rank and Responsibilities:
We don�t have writing requirements, but we do have posting requirements. Its common sense, if you have a high ranking person make a lot of posts, if you don�t have a high ranking person, make a lot of posts. We like the posting. Feel free to e-mail the BoD if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

AVIAS
AVIAS was never found in our time line.

Timing
There will be no "Timing It". Timing it means going back in time. We won't do that.

Holds
There are four major holds in our territory, Dark Cove Hold (built at the same time as the Weyr, directly south of the Weyr), Point Hold (On the peninsula), River Inlet Hold (on the shore of what the ancient's called Hawiian River, now called Dark River ), and Timor Hold (in the wide plains of what was Macedonia stakehold). Many sea holds can be found along the coast, and there are numerous holds up against the mountains farther south.

Crafthalls
There are many crafthalls as well. The crafts on Pern in our timeline are as follows:
Harpercraft, Healercraft, Dragonhealercraft, Wood/Printer-Papercraft, Dolphincraft, Herbcraft, Theater/Dancecraft, Starcraft, Beastcraft, Beasthealercraft, Smithcraft, Minecraft, Tannercraft, Weaver/Tailorcraft, Winecraft, Tannercraft, Bakercraft, Fishercraft, Sailing/Shipcraft

Firelizards
In our weyr they are referred to as Flits, or Flitters. We will only allow 3 at a time and only one gold. If that many. All Gold Flits are given out as rewards. You can request any color on your persona sheet. Dark Cove Weyr is by the beach, so it is possible for your sona to find a clutch on the beach. Remember that greens cannot clutch large clutches and if they do, they rarely have browns and certainly no golds or bronzes.

HAD
HAD means "Hears All Dragons." We will accept these, however you must write why your persona deserves this special talent. If your HAD is female, that doesn't mean that they will automaticly impress a gold dragon. HAD males are quite rare.

Impression From The Stands
Because these stories get really old, we are going to limit them. Only if you can give us a good enough plot for the hatching, and a good enough reason why your sona should impress from the stands we may talk. Other than that, we might just ask someone if they want to impress from the stands.

Some Guidlines on Creating a Persona
1. Avoid the stereotype sona. We want your sona to be noticed right? So just make them have different personality quarks.
2. Do not make a super persona. That is where a sona is good at everything, is nice to everyone, and is basically perfect. Also try not to go too far in the other direction. Like making them be too mean or ugly.
3. Being an only child is rare. Having a twin is also VERY rare. Only on special circumstances will you be permitted to have a persona as an only child, since Pern has no way of birth control. Twins are even a bit more rare. So please avoid these.

Dragons and Their Riders
When a dragon talks to their rider it is shown in {{}} because not everyone can see italic's on their computers. When a rider talks to their dragon it will be shown in [[]]. Since not everyone can see italic's on their computers, then all stressed words such as "between" will be shown with underscores or backslashes. Example /between/ _between_.

On Candidates
Candidates are permitted to have Felines and Flitters in the Candidate Barracks. No Canines though. They are too large. Candidates are NOT permitted to have a relationship with another candidate, or Weyrling. Due to the stress that it will put on their dragon when and if they impress. The stress of having a lover, boyfriend or girlfriend would be too great. Throughout the first two years of life, dragonets require a strong bond with their rider. The first 6 months, are critical. Before the Clutch hatches you will be asked to fill out these questions and send them to the BoD. You have two choices:
A. You want us to pick out the color and name for your dragon
OR
B. You want to pick out the color and name for your dragon
Then Include:
1. Your name
2. Your Candidate's Name ((If male, then honorific please))
3. Dragon Color Preference 1, 2, and 3 in order
4. Dragon Name Preference 1, 2, and 3 or list that you want us to create one for you.
6. Do you want your Candidate to impress this clutch?
7. Sexual Preference ((Your Candidate))

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We were approved by the Dragonlady herself in 2000, and we follow her rules and that Pern and The Dragonriders of Pern are copyrighted to her.
All references to worlds and characters based on Anne McCaffrey's fiction are copyright (C)
Anne McCaffrey 1967, 2000, all rights reserved, and used by permission of the author.
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The original founders of Dark Cove Weyr include Cassie and Beth.