The Selenitas Legacy

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The Selenitas Legacy

Founding Weyrleader Sh’men of bronze Zygoaith :: Founding Weyrwoman Selenitas of gold Elliarth

History --
Turns 2672-3008

(I)2672-Elliarth(2) and Selenitas(16) found Selenitas Weyr
(II)2722 – Gold Xianth Impresses to Selena(30)
2724 – Selena(32) Senior Weyrwoman
(III)2732 – Gold Ryth Impresses to Seleran(18)
2744 – Seleran(30) Senior Weyrwoman
(IV)2747 – Gold Myateth Impresses to Sierra(12)
2762 – Sierra(27) Senior Weyrwoman
(V)2781 – Gold Dimaeth Impresses to Sylvarra(14)
(VI)2804 – Gold Kishreith Impresses to Sieveye(19)
2825 – Sylvarra(58) Senior Weyrwoman
2828 – Sieveye(43) Senior Weyrwoman
(VII)2843 – Gold Dryth Impresses to Simonyeva(22)
2844 – Simonyeva(23) Senior Weyrwoman
(VIII)2861 – Gold Igaleth Impresses to Sirayuan(13)
2876 – Sirayuan(28) Senior Weyrwoman
(IX)2890 – Gold Tygreth Impresses to Serava(17)
(X)2930 – Gold Yuith Impresses to Seirayan(14)
2931 – Seraya(58) Senior Weyrwoman
2952 – Seraiyan(36) Senior Weyrwoman
(XI)2968 – Gold Fath Impresses to Sera(16)
2971 - Sera (19) Senior Weyrwoman
2986 – Seresta born to Sera(30)
(XII)3006 – Selenitas line broken when Aslath Impresses to Shmee

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Selenitas Weyr
Written by Ember

Founding of Selenitas Weyr: 2672-3008

Selenitas Weyr was founded by Selenitas and Sh'men, a break-off goldrider and her Weyrleader from another southern weyr. The jungles around Selenitas river provided a challenge that the absent Thread no longer could. Fifty turns into the founding of Selenitas Weyr, Selenitas' gold Elliarth finally produced another gold. This gold Impressed to Selenitas' only daughter and so the Selenitas Line was born. The single gold of any generation continued to be born to Selenitas' descendants and under their power the weyr was respected and those beholden to it were wealthy. Selenitas remained well loved and was working towards settling the growing fued between Benden and Fort until Serava Impressed. She was pulling the strings behind every weyr and controlling the southern Holds by breeding and releasing felines into the jungle once more.

Corruption ruled Selenitas and the Holders grumbled about the Selenitas Line until the day it was broken. Gold Aslath Impressed not to Seresta but to Shmee. Seresta committed suicide and he promised Weyrleader, R'anatar of Bronze Wereth, went to Fort to join the war. Thread began to fall once again, Sera and Fath passed on, and Shmee came into power. The immature young woman was left to support Selenitas Weyr largely by herself. A new age for Selenitas Weyr had been ushered in and only time would tell what would happen.

The New Age and a Strange Arrival: 3009

Oh the things time did tell. Little did Selenitas know, the arrival of Goldrider Kaegan and Millieth from Benden would attract the attention of the northern weyrs and culminate in their unwilling participation in the war. Kaegan told tales of queens being drugged at Benden Weyr under the iron-fist command of C'leon of Bronze Morsrath. Selenitas Weyr was further shaken when Fath's final clutch hatched strangely deformed dragons. Absent from the Hatching Feast was Weyrwoman Shmee. She later returned from Benden Weyr shaken but with new resolve. This resolve came none too soon because C'leon crashed Aslath's maiden flight. In desperation to avoid Morsrath and Selenitas Weyr's subjugation to Benden Weyr, Aslath chose bronze Salenth and S'rei became Weyrleader. Aslath's clutch hatched safely and without any deformities.

The Shadow Games: 3010

The next turn brought about a series of dark events involving a lot of underhanded trickery. It first started with the poisoning of Shmee committed by a traitor who paid for his treachery with his life. Following that was the Weyrling Massacre agents from Benden carried out. As if that wasn't bad enough, Selenitas Weyr was privy to the formation of High Reaches Weyr following the escape of Fort's Junior Weyrwoman. She brought news of D'loro and Kamerai's deaths at the hand of C'leon and sought assistance. Selenitas refused so the junior weyrlings and candidates were kidnapped. Following that Selenitas Weyr was further destabilized when both of its leaders went missing - Shmee was kidnapped and S'rei took a wing to find her. Shmee turned up in Benden's custody when C'leon attempted to have both Weyrwomen killed. S'rei also returned but too late for Salenth to win Aslath's flight. Weyrleadership transferred to Ka'rys of Ciceroth and a new goldrider, Savitri of Gold Hepaticath, Impressed at the subsequent hatching.

The End of an Era: 3011

Compared to the turn before it, 3011 was quiet. T'rid's bronze Corinth caught Aslath and so the Weyrleadership changed once again. The turn did, however, mark the end of an era - that of Shmee as Senior Weyrwoman. The tithes were poisoned and many became ill or died. Shmee was among the casualties. Kaegan stepped up as the Senior Weyrwoman and Millieth was caught later that turn by K'roi's bronze Gareth.

Siege of Selenitas: 3012

3012 proved to be one of the darkest turns of Selenitas Weyr's history. Benden launched an all out attack on the weyr that came to be known as the Selenitas Siege. At the time many out Selenitas' outbuildings had been made of wood and were burned. The infirmary exploded, set aflame to smoke out the Junior Weyrwoman and those that protected her. Benden also attacked the weyrlings and lost their Weyrsecond to the group protecting them when C'leon was killed by Kaegan with some assistance from Arga of Gold Baith. With the deaths of its leaders, Benden's attack failed and Baith ordered her dragons home. Still reeling from the attack from Benden, Fort showed up demanding the appearance of the Weyrleaders to determine the whereabouts of Bronzerider J'lorin and his wings. A Benden transfer revealed that the Fort bronzerider had actually taken Benden Weyr the night of the Siege, invited in by Baith herself. The turn left them on a light note as Hepaticath rose to mate.

Losses and Almost Losses: 3013

The high note was not to last for someone attempted to steal Hepaticath's eggs once they were clutched. Through the combined effort of dragons, riders, and candidates the eggs were kept safe. The mysterious would-be thiefs were correct in their assumption that a queen egg was among the clutch and gold Jingth Impressed safely to Meira. Their happiness did not last long though because people were disappearing at random, never to be seen or heard from again. These disappearances were brought to greater attention when T'rid was killed during a Gather. The mystery surrounding the deaths was nearly palpable, and people began wondering if it was the same odd group that had attempted the egg theft. All that took a backseat when the epidemic struck. It took many victims, such as Weyrleader K'roi, and weakened many others. K'roi was replaced by S'rei as Salenth once again caught the Senior Queen. Under his Weyrleadership an alliance with Benden Weyr was formed. With the alliance came fighters from Benden Weyr to assist Selenitas Weyr. J'lorin also illuminated just who had been behind the attempted egg theft - High Reaches Weyr.

The High Reaches Problem: 3014

The next turn started with a Hatching, a nice change all considered, until Selenitas River was poisoned with fellis - a direct attack on dragonriders via their bonded lifemates. The turn devolved from there with High Reaches Weyr's destruction by Fort Weyr and Selenitas taking in the remaining refugees. Fort Weyr arrived, demanding that Selenitas hand over the remaining riders, and when they refused the main hall was destroyed, the defenseless were terrorized and the infirmary attacked in order to kill the injured High Reaches riders. Selenitas Weyr rebuffed the attacking Fortians and reorganized themselves in order to better protect themselves in the future.

Wasteland Takeover: 3015

As part of their alliance with Benden Weyr, Selenitas took in a group of prisoners after they recovered from Fort's attack. For a while those prisoners seemed harmless and the only thing of interest was the dicovery of an old gemstone mine. Little did Selenitas Weyr know that those prisoners were part of something far bigger, a rogue Weyr known as Wasteland Weyr. The rogue weyr was made up of Benden Weyr rejects under Ja'kin's Weyrleadership. Bent on reclaiming their old weyr for themselves, Wasteland took over Selenitas Weyr.

This marked the birth of Burimyu Weyr when the Legatus Wing with Meira escaped, bringing with them the Senior Weyrlings and a handful of others. The majority of Selenitas Weyr was unable to escape before Wasteland Weyr secured the Weyr, such as the Junior Weyrlings and the Wherhandlers. Wasteland properly showed its dominance over Selenitas Weyr after Bronze Demotaeth caught Millieth. Wasteland riders culled most of the mutated dragons from Millieth's resulting clutch, resulting in unprecedented tension between the two factions.

The Exiles Strike Back: 3016

Wasteland continued to subjugate Selenitas Weyr, attempting to merge together in order to take down J'lorin. When their tithes were stolen the Weyr responded by increasing their patrols. Hyphen Hold Gather made their vigilance pay off - Wasteland discovered Burimyu riders at the Gather and managed to kill some of them before they escaped. Wastelanders were not satisfied with this though. Ja'kin had not delivered on any of his promises and so he stepped down and H'nes of Bronze Quarth took over. For the rest of that turn things at Selentias were relatively quiet, if still tense between the natives and the captors.

Destruction of Selenitas: 3017

Selenitas Weyr had settled into the routine by 3017 fairly well. Natives of Selentias Weyr even participated in a battle against former comrades - admittedly, largely against their wishes - when they caught Burimyu riders in the act of stealing tithes. Any triumphs for Selenitas Weyr were short lived though. An earthquake destroyed the Weyr resulting in their Weyrleader's death. With the infirmary hit as well during the earthquake there was little support once the Wherhandlers helped dig the trapped inhabitants of the Weyr out.

With Millieth ready to clutch any day and no Hatching Sands for her to lay in, it was with relieved suspicion that Selenitas Weyr accepted the arrival of a group of Burimyu riders. They offered assistance to the vulnerable and broken Weyr and so Selenitas Weyr - former Wasteland riders and all - merged with Burimyu Weyr to become New Selenitas Weyr.