One night, someone snuck into the Weyrwoman's weyr and killed both her and the Weyrleader. The queen dragon and her mate betweened in sorrow, and the Weyr was in great distress. The WeyrWoman second, Soraya, tried to pull everyone together and return life to normal. Her attempts were crushed when an earthquake demolished the entire Weyr.
The survivors migrated to Kaerlan Island, one of the southernmost islands of the Eastern Ring Islands. On this small island is a long ridge that becomes beautifully shadowed at sunset. It is the most noticeable feature on the island, and where the group of dragonriders chose to make their new home. They dubbed it ShadowRidge Weyr for the landmark.
Soraya, former WeyrWoman, is upset by the lack of persons within the Weyr. Riders, cavernworkers, and crafters alike are all needed desperately. Furthermore, a clutch of eggs was just laid by the queen, gold Omegath, creating the need for candidates as well. The candidates came, Impressed but not all was happy. Soraya was forced to transfer, leaving the young eight teen year old Risana on her own. Her queen Silgalth rose and was caught by a brown, but this was not boding well.
They entered a long dry spell from thread and the Weyr went errily quiet. Not transfers came in and no transfers came out. Turns went by, nothing was heard off. In a desperate attempt to reach the weyrwoman, riders came to Shadow Ridge only to find the once proud weyr in ruin. The cold and gloomy ridges were black and morbid and only one living thing was found in the Weyr. They found Risana, half-starved and lying against her queen who was dead, practically a rotten corspe on the hatching sands surrounded by sixteen rotting eggs. Risana was given enough fellis to be put out of her misery. The weyr was abandoned, forgotten and faded into the older memory of Pern No one knows what happens. No answers were collected and the WeyrLeadership was outraged.
But time passed on and no one ever thought about reviving the dead where until the Sixth Pass. Desperate after a illness had ravaged part of the north, the WeyrLeaders decided to creat more Weyrs in the south and one of the ones rebuild was Shadow Ridge Weyr. Joining in the effort to revive the dead weyr, Aasulia Weyr joined and became its sister Weyr.
Determined to bring the once proud Weyr back, twenty eggs, including two queen eggs were sent to Shadow Ridge Weyr to boost the population. Riders of all colors come to fill the gaps and crafters, weyrlings and candidates are also being sent. Rumor has it that a partically retired queen, heavy with her last clutch, will reign as WeyrWoman until the new queens are mature enough to led.
A Werywoman was finally scent from Ista a sevenday before the Hatching. WeyrWoman Isador and her queen Ysarruth watched over the eggs until the day of the hatching and a glorious day it was. To everyones hope the two queen eggs Hatched, blessing Shadow Ridge with gold Hynth, queen to Chybai and Ikuth, queen to Elasaya.
However, not all was well. Isadora died not a two sevenday after the hatching, leaving the young gold weyrlings without a mentor to guide them. Now Shadow Ridge struggles to find peace amidst all the chaos that had erupted since the Hatching.
