Fellis Juice

The Juice of the Fellis Tree is a tranquilizer. Since sleep is an effective self-healing adaptation our bodies have, it is the best we can do with threadscores skin and other ailments.

How I need a dose of that right now!

Watch-whers, the Dragons' Kin

Watch-whers are creatures taken from the same genetic material used to make the Dragons of Pern. They are not dragons but related to them. One describes a watch-wher are ugly, misshapen and thick scales.

They were created by Kitti Ping's daughter, Wind Blossom. Though, the people of Pern do not know it yet, the watch-wher have their specific tasks. They were the "balance" according to the Eridani calculation that Wind Blossom did. Dragons worked at day and watch-whers worked at night.

Watch-wher Skills

These creatures are nocturnal. They are able to see in the dark through thermal imaging. One can say they are smarter than a fire-lizard but not as strong a telepath as a dragon. They can however, communicate via telepathy to the dragons. A watch-wher can understand human speech and mind but one must understand the clicks and roars of a watch-wher.

• A Watch-wher can fly. Resk was able to fly and go between flight. Kisk was able to go between underground.

Tasks

Their original purpose was to fight thread in the night where dragons sleep and have poor night vision. They can also guide people through tunnels. In the 3rd pass, Watch-whers were turned into tunnel guides for mining activities. They sniff bad air and loose rocks. They are also hold night watch.

• Lessa (9th Pass) was strongly bonded to the Ruathan Watch-Wher who protected her. Mnementh was able to talk to it.

Bonds and Impression

Watch-wher bonds are different from fire-lizards and dragons. They are more independent and less picky. A watch-wher dam can choose to give her eggs and then the person must feed the wher. When the wher is old enough, one must perform the blood bond. It is simple giving the watch-wher a taste of the handler's blood. This strengthens their link to each other.

Unlike dragons, once a handler dies, the wher can be given a new handler. They change their name to the next person who bloods them.

Watch-wher Names

Watch-wher has a different and unique naming system. For Fire-lizards, one can name them anything you want like Poll, Bob, Beauty, etc. Dragons have their own names the moment they hatch. They tell the rider the moment of impression. The last letters of the name ends in th. Example: Ramoth, Canth, Ruth. Reasons behind this is because they have forked tongues thus their lisped speech.

Watch-whers can tell you their names but they take the name from their handlers and add sk in the end. Example; Kindan's green watch-wher's name is Kisk. Kindan gave her to Nuella and her name changed to Nuellsk.

If a hold owns the watch-wher, the name of the wher is taken from the name of the hold plus sk in the end. Example; the Lemos watch-wher's name is Lemosk.

Oliver

Why did we name him Oliver? Well, this blue fire-lizard is an orphan thus his earthly name suits just fine. Plus he has this habbit of asking for food and nicking it a lot (and gets caught!)
If you know the play (musical) he says "Please sir, I want so more."
Evertime I look at him, he seems to be saying that in my mind.
For heaven's sake, you little blue, talk to your Aki! I have enough to feed without you!

Horses

I never knew there was so much work to be done with Horses. Then again, there's so much work to be done with Fire-lizards and dragons.

They all have to be oiled, excercised and fed.

Little Blue Oliver has been trailing me for some days now. He pops in and out of between even in my room. Alonzo knows when my private time is so he keeps out. This blue however has an insatiable appetite and has a habbit of following me when its lunch and dinner.

This morning, he was caught stealing food in the kitchen. He munched up a loaf of bread but won't finish it. He wants salty food and not too tough a meat.

Time home

I'm staying at Harpers Hall just until after the gather at Fort Hold. I'm heading back home again. I know it seems I'm like an aimless traveller but I need to explore the land. Being stuck in one place is not my cup of tea. Hopefully, I can also join the gather at Ruatha after Fort.

I would like to see Ruth.

Time to come home

Goodbye South...

My long vacation and frolicking under the tropics it at an end. It is getting too hot and I'm having a heat stroke. Kind of a dregonrider to convey me to Harpers Hall. I'll never forget her. All I had to exchange for my taxi ride is a song.

Alonzo and oliver are glad to tag along. Alonzo was getting to hotheaded. Maybe because of oliver. (Aki's little blue)

Little oliver tags along when its feeding time. When he had his fill, he will disappear to the between and sleep on Aki's lap while she sits on her bum the whole day using her computer.

Well, back to work.

Oh Alonzo...

I forgive you for giving me this pathetic little blue to give to Aki. She loves it.

Although I should say it is quite useless because he doesn"t even know how to fetch things. He hates being groomed and hates to be cuddled.

But he loves to tag along.

Alonzo and I get ready to move again. We will be visitng Cove hold this week and maybe Paradise River next week. From there, it's back home to the North Continent. I shall be missing South. It is like a dream home. But this heat is really killing me. Perhaps in four month's time I am ready to come back.

A Blue!

The time has come for the little egg to hatch and so I hurried to Landing in Aki's little house/pad. Well, she was excited. Then, the egg rocked and started to break. We had our bowl of meat readied.

Suddenly, a head came out and it was BLUE!!!

Blue? I told Lonzo to get me a bronze or gold!!! What? Why blue? It doesn't even look like him. It might not have been his son either! Man, Lonzo! You could have given me a wherry egg and I just took it you silly creep!

Man, now he's staying in the roof. Come down here, Alonzo!

Ah well, at least Aki is happy no matter what color she gets. As long at she has a little fire-lizard following her around.

Man, a blue!