A long-held dream comes true for Lessa and her dragon!
In the world of Pern, intelligent firebreathing dragons fly through the skies and protect humans from the deadly parasite known as Thread. A rider and his or her dragon share a telepathic bond, formed by Impression at the dragon’s hatching. The loss of a dragon is almost always considered a suicide by the rider and causes a deep emotional wound which takes a lifetime to heal.
Green dragons were the smallest of the normal colors and made up about half of all dragons on Pern (50%). They were male, able to chew firestone and therefore produce flame, and were very agile but lacked the stamina of redriders to last an entire Threadfall. They were able to use their snouts to breathe, which also helped with their agility. They were most often Impressed to women, as they lacked the physical strength to keep up with a queen over a long mating flight.
Brown dragons were the largest of the normal colors (6-12 feet long) and were female. They were able to reproduce sexually with other dragons of their own color as well as with red and blue, but rarely did. They were also the only dragons to have a mix of colors within a single breed.
McCaffrey has stated that only men Impress gold and only women impress bronze; PBEM games often ignore this restriction while MU*s tend to be more strict about gender/color/sexual orientation matches. In addition, she has stated that only heterosexual men are able to mate with male green dragons, while homosexual men may impress female gold or brown dragons but not male green or blue.
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