What Dragon From "Dragonriders of Pern" Would You Impress?
What Dragon From "Dragonriders of Pern" Would You Impress?
Would you ride a giant bronze, the loyal blue, or a just a common green?
Would you ride a giant bronze, the loyal blue, or a just a common green?
Firstly, what gender would you want your dragon?
Next, what gender are you?
What are you strongest at?
You have been nominated to impress an egg and are in the Hatching Grounds. What egg catches your eye?
Would you die for the other riders?
Do you think you would have the endurance to keep up with a gold dragon during the mating flight? Be honest.
Green
Green
Congrats, you would ride a Green dragon!
Green dragons are the smallest normal color (30-40 feet long), and make up about half of all dragons on Pern (50%). They are female, but unlike the queens, they are infertile and can produce flame. They are extremely valuable in Threadfall because of their agility, but they lack the stamina to last an entire Fall and generally fly in two or three shifts.
Blue
Blue
Congrats, you would ride a Blue dragon!
Blue dragons are the smallest males (35-45 feet long) and make up about a third (30%) of all dragons on Pern. They are nearly as agile as greens, but unlike the greens, they often have enough stamina to last for an entire Threadfall. They mate only with greens, as they are simply too small to keep up with a massive queen over a long mating flight. There are few prominent blue dragons or blueriders in the books. Some assume the position of teaching the new riders after their Impression.
Brown
Brown
Congrats, you would ride a Brown dragon!
Brown dragons are the next largest color (50-60 feet long). About 15% of all dragons are brown. They may occasionally mate with queens, although this is rare, and becomes even more rare as the dragons increase in size; by Ramoth's time in the Ninth Pass it is unheard-of.
Bronze
Bronze
Congrats, you would ride a Bronze dragon!
Bronze dragons are the largest males (55-65 feet long), although they are significantly smaller than the queens. Bronzes only comprise of about 5% of all dragons. They are almost always the ones to mate with queens, as the smaller colors generally lack the stamina to chase and catch the gold dragons when they rise to mate. Due to the 5-1 bronze/gold ratio and the infrequency of gold mating flights, they often mate with greens (the losers of a gold flight almost always seek a green for their needs), but their size often puts them at a disadvantage in chasing the agile, smaller females. The senior bronze of a Weyr is determined through which bronze wins the mating flight of the senior gold.