Before Trelis Weyr

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The following are taken and adapted from the original Trelis Weyr site. At the end there is a summary for those of you who are wanting just a quick recap of what has happened.

[atrb=width,100%,true][atrb=cellPadding,4,true][atrb=colspan,5] The Beginning
The Long Story-	After the Last Fall, the Weyrs ushered in an era of peace. In response to not needing the dragons and whers as much as in previous turns, their numbers declined. Eventually, there were only a few handfuls of the colors left. Holds stopped tithing as much as before as well, and in consequence disagreements ensued. However, the relative peace stayed. At least until the Red Star was knocked back into orbit by a meteorite shower. Many of the holdfolk died in the turns that followed because there weren't enough dragons to protect everyone. In response to this, the five remaining Weyrs of Benden, Ista, Fort, Southern and High Reaches came together and formulated a plan. They'd each send ten dragons back in time, fifty turns before the New Fall started. This would later become known as The Great Fall Back. Two Queens, Urinth and Zetrith were sent with the dragons in the hopes that they'd be able to raise more numbers. Four whers from each Weyr were also sent. Now back in time, the fifty-two dragons and twenty whers had to search out a place to live. The group had brought plenty of weyrfolk as well to start out, but the question was where would they all go? The answer came in the form of a search wing finding a fairly large island between the North and South Continents. Forming a Weyr in the mountains that arched across the landmass, the two Gold Riders named it Trelis Weyr after the nearby river. Soon, Sollace Hold was also created and populated with the people that were brought over. Though the going was rough at first, the Weyr and Hold soon had its first clutch on the sands. A good sized one of about 23 eggs, with a gold egg as well. This wasn't the only good news though, not only had more firelizard clutches been found on the warm shores, but a new species of avian was also discovered. Bird-like and incredibly beautiful, the firelizard sized creatures were named Huntyres, and they too could bond with their owners. Within the passing decades, more and more dragons and whers were hatched, and more children were born to the Hold and Weyr. When it got to the same date that the New Fall would start, a portion of the dragons and whers set out forward again in time, and appeared in front of the congregation of five Weyrs. Here were the numbers they needed and more! Trelis Weyr saved Pern that day, and as a result, the Weyr stayed open officially as its own place. So many people flocked to the island in the coming turns, that soon another Hold had to be made. This was named Apolla Hold. Things were well, though people still were injured or even died because of the thread fall, the Weyrs and Holds survived. Once again threadfall ended and peace blanketed Pern. The continued clutching of dragons and Queens however told the pernese that thread would return again at the end of the interval.
The Short Story-	Post-AIVAS, Pern's dragon population is dwindling because there is little need for them. A meteor shower collides with the Red Star bringing it back into orbit, and Threadfall started again. This became known as the New Fall. The left over Weyrs sent a couple of Queens and Weyrlings back in time to create more dragons on an Island between the two continents. It was later made an official Weyr named Trelis.