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Lakeside Weyr

Weyrling Training 4

Fourteenth Month -Turn and 1 month

Weyrlings are now allowed to join the Weyrlingmaster, (and other experienced riders), on visits to the Holds that are within straight flight distance from the Weyr. All such trips must be cleared by the Weyrlingmaster.
No trips between are allowed! This has not been taught yet, and attempting to do so would - in all likelihood - prove fatal!
- Aerial Drills continue.
- Begin training in the chewing of firestone! (This takes one very long day as the Weyrlingmaster trains each pair individually.)
The dragonet is started out on a soft rock, (not firestone), so that the weyrling can get used to the horrendous amount of noise the process takes, and the dragonet can learn to "think" of his other stomach and to not bite his tongue.
A quick lesson on how to regurgitate the "digested" stone is also passed on by the Weyrlingmaster's dragon. (Many weyrfolk will find excuses to be elsewhere on this and subsequent days, as the noise and later stench can be a bit much.)
When the Weyrlingmaster feels that a pair is ready for the next step, he hands the weyrling a small bag of low-grade firestone. The Weyrlingmaster reminds the weyrling to stand upwind and to the side, as the moment of flaming is somewhat unpredictable at first.
The dragonet will only be able to produce a small flame from the low-grade ore, but he will be able to flame. Once all the dragonets have produced a small controlled flame, (not just the accidental belch), the Weyrlingmaster will hand each pair the real thing: High-grade firestone.
Practice targets are set up along one wall of the Training Ground, and the next sevenday will be spent learning how to aim, and how much firestone is needed for each individual dragonet.
- Goldriders practice with flame-thrower while sitting the queen. (This allows the dragonet to get used to the smell and proximity of flame, and allows the rider to practice aiming near her dragonet.)
The gold dragonet is prompted by her rider to encourage her clutchmates during firestone practice, as the support of a gold is as boost to the ego of any dragon, and is very good for morale.

Fifteenth Month - Turn and 2 months

This month is the most dangerous in the training, and is eagerly anticipated and dreaded by weyrling and Weyrlingmaster alike.
- Learn to go between! (This segment of training is handled by the Weyrlingmaster only... and only with one weyrling at a time.)
Each pair takes off with the Weyrlingmaster, whose dragon feeds a visual image directly to the dragonet for the first couple of trips. (The weyrling is more like a passenger on these first trips.)
Once the weyrling and dragonet are "used to" between, the weyrling will be allowed to direct his dragonet between to one of the locations that has been so carefully drilled into the weyrling's head over the past two months of Aerial Recognition.
After the pair has gone between to the chosen location, "shadowed" by the Weyrlingmaster, they are then instructed to return to the Weyr. The Weyrlingmaster then orders them to land and takes up the next pair. By the end of the sevenday, all weyrlings of the clutch will have gone between!
- Practice going between and learning to take visuals from other dragons. (Unsupervised visits to halls and holds are allowed, with the Weyrlingmaster's permission. Any trips out of the Weyr's area of protection must be accompanied by an older rider.)
- Aerial Drills, going between, and Aerial Recognition continue. (By the end of this month, all weyrlings will be practiced at flaming from their dragon while in the air.)

Sixteenth Month - Turn and 3 months

The weyrlings will be taken on trips all over the immediate area, to acquaint them with the Holds and Halls with which they'll need to be familiar.
By the end of the month, weyrlings should be confident with recognition of all the Holds in their Weyr's area of protection, as well as all major locations they might need to travel to at a moment's notice.
- Aerial Drills combined with going between. (At this point, collisions become a real danger, as the pairs learn to travel between in groups.)
- Weyrlings are assigned to messenger service, and will often be sent to locations to pick up packages and passengers. (This continues their training in recognition of major locations as well as increases their confidence in their own skills. Many a Weyrlingmaster ages over this month.)

Seventeenth Month - Turn and 4 months

The dragonets are nearing their adult size.
- Aerial Drills culminate in Threadfall Games! (All members of the weyrling clutch participate, even the goldrider.)

Eighteenth Month - Turn and 5 months
Dragonets have reached their full size. Were are within a Pass, so the weyrlings would begin flying firestone sacks to fighting wings, learning the intricacies of Threadfall, and - eventually - facing and flaming Thread on their own.

Nineteenth Month - Turn and 6 months

Final month of weyrling training. Wingleaders will begin attending training sessions to view perspective wing members. At this point any weyrling that the Weyrlingmaster feels in unprepared to move into the fighting wings will be retained. No weyrling is ever graduated just because his dragon is old enough. If a weyrling has not satisfactorily completed his/her training... he/she will remain a weyrling until he/she has.

Graduation Day - Final day of the Nineteenth Month

- Weyrlings tapped into the Fighting Wings.
- The goldrider is assigned to the Queen's Wing.
Yep you guessed it. Weyrlings are now full riders. There will be a formal gather celebration and party. Weyrling pairs will be tapped for wings and are now no longer the Weyrlingmaster's responsibility.

Questions?

If you have any questions please email WeyrlingMaster C'ven, played by Sandra. If she can not answer your question it will be passed on to the BoD. So your WILL be answered.

~*~Note: Female Dragons will not begin to rise until they reach a full two turns (26 months of age.) If you wish to have an "Early Riser" this is permitted but must be approved by the BoD. And no dragon will rise before 21 months of age. ~*~

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