Wingrider

[Lark]

Dragonrider

As a fully fledged rider, the newly-graduated weyrlings are assigned to groups called wings. This changes where they sleep in the Weyr, since certain wings sleep on certain floors. A rider works daily with their wing so that they know every drill by heart and can fight thread effectively. They also work on the skills they learned as weyrlings, like betweening, to make sure that everything is perfect. Drills can last up to 5 hours at times, though breaks are taken every now and again.

In a wing, there are three riders who outrank the others. The Wingleader rides a King dragon; the wingsecond, either a younger King or a sub-king. The wingthird rides either a younger sub-king or a male fighter. Occasionally, female fighters are known to become wingthirds, but it is rare due to these dragons being more scatterbrained than male dragons.

There isn't much to say here, since it is all routine work. Occasionally smaller groups go out to search candidates for new clutches, and there is always the chance of wings changing with every change of a Weyrleader. Because of this, riders tend to know one another on some sort of level, even if it's only by face.