DSW Canon
Included Books:
We incorporate into our timeline all the books
through All theWeyrs
of Pern. This means that AIVAS was found,
the Red Star was shifted,
and Thread will only fall until the end of this
Pass. It also means
that the characters from Anne McCaffrey's Pern
are still alive, which
means we need to be careful with our interaction
with other Weyrs.
The books The Dolphins of
Pern, The Skies of
Pern, The Masterharper of Pern,
and Dragon Kin are
not in our Canon. Telekinesis is therefore not
present on our Pern, and
the events of those books did not happen, as our
club's history has
modified Pern starting immediately after the
events of ATWOP. Some of
the ideas from The Dolphins of Pern are
in use. We do have a
Dolphin Hall.
Modifications to Anne's Guidelines:
Despite the fact that Anne McCaffrey recently
opened her regulations so
that "anything goes," we have chosen to remain
within the frame of
traditional Pern Canon. Certain exceptions that
are generally accepted
throughout fandom are also in practice. These
include:
Dragonriders, Dragon Colors,
and Sexuality: Women
may ride any color except bronze. Female
brownriders are very
exceptional, however, and will be considered
ranking positions. Men may
ride any color except gold. Dragon color is not
necessarily linked to
human sexuality, but the riders will be forced
to deal with the results
of mating flights.
Women on Dragons:
Because at the time of ATWOP,
only Mirrim and maybe one or two unnamed women
were riding dragons, be
cautious making the mother of your new character
a greenrider. Female
greenriders are quite plentiful at Dawnsisters
Weyr, but that is not
the case in other parts of Pern. Dawnsisters is,
afterall, kind of an
"odd" Weyr. And while women on greens is
becoming slowly more accepted
elsewhere, it still isn't common. Women on blues
and browns is really
quite scandalous.
The FSP:
The presence of the FSP is obviously a departure
from traditional
canon. This is the defining aspect of our club,
and has been approved
by Anne from the beginning. More details on how
the Pernese and FSP
interact can be found on the FSP pages.
Additional items:
Characters:
Fan Fiction Clubs may
not use any of Anne McCaffrey's characters,
including humans, dragons,
or AIVAS. Offstage mention is permitted,
for example, you may
write the following sentence: "I saw Jaxom at
the Ruatha Gather and he
told me X, Y and Z," but you may not write "
Lord Jaxom! Hello, and how
is your family?" You may not recant a
conversation word for word.
Dragons: Dragon
names must end with -th. No new dragon colors.
Greens may not lay eggs, nor a
greenrider be raised to
the rank of Weyrwoman.
Dragons do not go rogue and
attack humans. Nor do they
survive after their rider's death unless it is a
gold with a clutch on
the Hatching Grounds.
Dragons cannot travel great
distances through space.
Aliens etc: The
crew of the Aberdeen may comprise of
certain alien
life-forms. Since the Aberdeen is a RP
environment in its own
right, this is acceptable. However, only
beings that can pass
unquestioned as humans are permitted on Pern's
surface. A
non-human will not impress a dragon.
Please
also see the Membership Rules
section for rules on how to participate.
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