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Wing Rider/Vet Helan on
Green Yleth
Given that he was never meant to ride a dragon, Loth has done admirably well. Since he and Helan had to bring their son H'lis back in time, where they all bonded from the same clutch, he has taken his place in dragon riding society pretty well.
That's appropriate, since he's a Blackstone. A weaver by trade -- working only in textures and different cloths rather than colors since he is in fact color blind -- he takes his dragon on trade routes and is now experiencing how great it is not to have to fight for a living.
H'lis is not his only son. Because of the way that Blackstones throw themselves through space and time, his dragon has participated in several flights -- winning some of them. N'eon is his other son with Helan, while with gold rider Tigela he has sired T'ie and V'hn. Arregon is his full blooded brother, Engell, L'mris and others are his half-siblings. Some of these have been separated through time, and appear in odd places among the genes of the Blackstone line. Don't be confused.
With the calm of Alskyr allowing the pair of humans their guild work, they are both quite happy to relax and possibly add more children to the world -- they are both still young enough to enjoy it.
Keeth is a dramatic if small brown who loves the attention that his rider gives him. In fact, he loves everyone else's attention too. It's possibly why he tries flying golds -- hey, he's done it before! He could do it again...
HELAN
A quiet sensible woman whose animal husbandry skills are well known around the Protectorate. She is fond of goats and other small hoofstock and is really enjoying getting to know the Alskyran animals.
She is the mother of H'lis and N'eon, and is quite proud of both of them.
When she and her husband bonded, she was taken quite by surprise. She had never known the feeling of having a dragon mind in her own. While her husband shares a bit of empathic energy with her on occasion, Helan is still alone psionically speaking.
Her dragon Yleth is small and quite over-neat, enjoying a little too much of their time off from flights in baths or demanding to be cleaned up. She is aggressive in the air, a match for her partner Keeth easily, but she always tires out before he does. It's why, when she goes up in a mating flight, she demands the males be sent far away first -- giving her a bit of time to glide about while they race one another to her side. A practical dragon!
