Author: ueoai

Chap. 90  Guardians of the steppe The “team”, as they’d come to call themselves, had resumed their expedition of the steppe. Now fully aware of how quickly a tornado could come up, they paid close attention to the meterological hallmarks of the storm cells that could spawn them. Today, was not one of those days.…

Chap. 89  The horsetrader Siskin flew to him as he approached, outrageously happy to see him. K’ndar offered him a shoulder, then began scratching his head. The blue rolled his eyes, purring in happiness. He missed you. He was a very good boy, he didn’t try to leave. He stayed right here with me, even…

Chap.88 Showdown at the horse auction There was a very large crowd of people around the main auction ring. Many of them were ranchers and farmers, but there were others as well, hold dwellers, craftsmen, traders. Lizard had told him he’d be selling a black bay horse and would be in disguise. In one of…

Chap. 87  The Saddle Man He was on his way to the horse pens. Putza, Terylin’s green fire lizard, followed him until Terylin was assured that he was no longer being followed. He weaved his way through the throngs of Gather goers when he spied several saddles and dragon harnesses spread out in the shade…

Chap. 86 The Hunters and the Hunted Siskin warbled a welcome. K’ndar looked up from his breakfast (he was eating in his weyr, this morning,) to see Lizard’s bronze fire lizard appear. By now, K’ndar had learned to always keep a little bit of food for the fire lizards. He offered some to the bronze,…

Chap. 85  Tree Huggers Surveying the steppe was put on hold for the time being. It was harvest season, and everyone who could do work was out in the fields and forests, harvesting crops, hay, fruit and grains, to put away for the coming winter season. K’ndar was grateful for the fact that Raventh was…

Chap. 84 An Evil Wind The day was oppressively hot and muggy, without a breath of wind. They’d been surveying long enough that everyone knew what to do without a lot of discussion. This was grind work, now, as the steppe was completely featureless at this spot. K’ndar wasn’t finding much, but, he reflected, B’rost,…

Chap. 83  The telltale bones The expedition on the steppe was continuing. They had penetrated deep into the heart of the steppe. It seemed to go on forever. They knew there had to be sources of water, but only the wildlife knew where it was. While they worked, something kept niggling in D’mitran’s mind. They’d…

Chap. 82  Further exploration Now that they’d created a reliable baseline for at least part of the steppe, D’mitran, D’nis and K’ndar decided to continue its survey and exploration. This time, B’rost came with them. In the time since the end of Thread, he’d been devouring anything he could read regarding geology.  This added to…

Chap. 81 Hatching and the blue light Mirth’s eggs were hatching. Somehow, the weyr’s Searchers had managed to bring in enough  candidates. Now it was just a question of, would everyone Impress? There had been a few occasions when a Candidate hadn’t been chosen, leaving the teen sad and disappointed. The dragons were humming encouragement…