Line #159 Characters/DragonridersOfPernNinthPassCharacters


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3	[[folder: Ninth Pass Weyrleaders]]
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5	!! F'lar
6	Rider of bronze Mnementh, and eventually Weyrleader of Benden Weyr. He prepares Pern for the coming of Thread at the beginning of the Ninth Pass, and all through the series is almost obsessed with the idea of permanently defeating Thread. He is well-known as a fair and respected leader.
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9	* ActionDad: Flies in the bronze wing as Weyrleader; he is the father of F'lessan.
10	* AliensMadeThemDoIt: Caught up in the mating of their dragons, F'lar has extremely rough sex with Lessa, causing her to freeze up whenever he touches her afterwards. Worse, F'lar notes that while he's much gentler afterwards, their sex "might as well be rape" unless their dragons are involved...bringing up the implication that he's ''still'' having sex with her outside of their dragons even when he's aware that she's unwilling. This is later smoothed over and it appears they become consensual lovers.
11	* AngerBornOfWorry: Has this when Lessa times it to the Eighth Pass to bring forward the Oldtimers. He is terrified and grief-stricken, believing that Lessa has surely perished, and when she finally returns he seriously shakes her by the shoulders for scaring him so badly.
12	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He's intrigued by Lessa's beauty and determination, but initially can't trust her after seeing how manipulative she is. Eventually they thaw toward one another and become devoted friends and lovers.
13	* BattleCouple: Fights Thread alongside Lessa on their dragons.
14	* FireForgedFriends: Lessa and F'lar, after they band together to help defend Pern against Thread at the start of the Ninth Pass.
15	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Lessa to F'lar, a ''lot''. He also gets it from F'nor.
16	* GuileHero: A master manipulator in his own right, he employs his skills to organize the Holders and get them on board with the Weyr's plans when emergency arises.
17	* HappilyMarried: While never formally wed to Lessa, the two live as a married couple and share a very warm relationship.
18	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: F'lar is huge compared to Lessa.
19	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has shades of this in ''Dragonflight''. He gets better in later books, though.
20	* {{Pride}}: His main fault.
21	* ProperlyParanoid: He is the only bronze dragonrider in his Weyr to seriously believe in the old tales about Thread returning and prepares his wing to fight Thread once more.
22	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is the Weyrleader of Benden after Mnementh flies Ramoth. His dragonriders (and all of Pern) look up to him as a wise leader and trust him to do what is right for the planet.
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24	!! T'bor
25	Rider of bronze Orth, and one of the few active bronze riders at Benden Weyr at the start of ''Dragonflight''. After Orth flies Prideth, T'bor becomes the first Weyrleader of Southern Weyr. He later changes to Weyrleader of High Reaches after the Oldtimers' banishment to the Southern Continent.
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28	* AwfulWeddedLife: Not married per se, but as Weyrleader to Kylara the relationship is similar in many ways. It is not a happy experience for either of them.
29	* HotBlooded: Tends to speak and act rashly, which F'lar finds unhelpful when they're trying to reason with the Oldtimers.
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31	!! N'ton
32	Weyrleader of Fort after the Oldtimers' banishment to the Southern Continent.
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37	!! T'gellan
38	Weyrmate of Mirrim, and eventual Weyrleader of Monaco/Eastern Weyr.
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41	* HappilyMarried: To Mirrim.
42	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is the Weyrleader of Monaco in later books, and much-liked and respected.
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44	!! K'van
45	Rider of bronze Heth, first introduced as Keevan in the short story ''The Smallest Dragonboy''. Eventually becomes Weyrleader of Southern Weyr, once the exiled Oldtimers have either died out or grown to old to cause problems.
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51	[[folder: Ninth Pass Weyrwomen]]
52	!! Lessa
53	The youngest daughter of Lord Kale and Lady Adessa of Ruatha Hold, and the last surviving member of that bloodline. She accepts a challenge from bronze rider F'lar to become Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr, and impresses gold Ramoth.
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56	* ActionGirl: And how. Despite living in a time when it is considered traditional for women to keep house and raise families rather than do what men can do, Lessa proves that she can run Benden Weyr and fly her dragon in a queens' wing against Thread.
57	* ActionMom: After giving birth to Felessan, Lessa becomes this, as she continues to fly in the queens' wing and fight Thread even though she is now a mother.
58	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With F'lar.
59	* BattleCouple: Fights Thread alongside F'lar on their dragons.
60	* BeenThereShapedHistory: She travels back in time on Ramoth to the end of the Eighth Pass, where she convinces the dragonriders of Fort, Ista, Igen, Telgar, and High Reaches to go forward in time with her to help fight Thread in the Ninth Pass.
61	* BestServedCold: Lessa carefully plots her revenge on Fax for ten years, starting from when she's only a child.
62	* BigDamnHeroes: Goes back in time to the end of the Eighth Pass to bring forward the Oldtimers.
63	* BrainyBrunette: Lessa is quite attractive once she washes away the grime and cleans herself up properly, and is also very intelligent.
64	* BrokenBird: After witnessing the murder of her family, being forced into hiding as a servant for her entire childhood, and subjected to constant abuse, Lessa is initially manipulative and mistrustful. Gradually she overcomes her traumatic past as she grows more confident.
65	* CharmPerson: It's hard to tell if Lessa's really just that good at manipulating others or if her latent psychic abilities plays a part in her success.
66	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her family was murdered by Fax ten years before the events of the first book, leaving Lessa alone and disguised as a servant in Ruatha Hold, waiting for the right time to reclaim her birthright.
67	* {{Determinator}}/PluckyGirl: Lessa never gives up on her quest to reclaim her birthright. It's amazing the lengths to which she goes to get what she wants.
68	* FireForgedFriends: Lessa and F'lar, after they band together to help defend Pern against Thread at the start of the Ninth Pass.
69	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Lessa notices F'lar's manliness when she is treating his wounds in Benden Weyr, just after their return from Ruatha in ''Dragonflight''.
70	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Lessa to F'lar.
71	* GuileHero: Lessa often uses her wits and her intelligence to fool her enemies.
72	* HappilyMarried: While not officially wed, F'lar and Lessa do live as if they fit into this trope.
73	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's already short, but compared to F'lar, Lessa is ''tiny'' due to childhood malnourishment.
74	* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: When F'lar discovers her ability to hear any dragon, this is her response to him complaining that she hadn't told him about that ability.
75	* ManipulativeBitch: Lessa could be said to be this, before she impresses Ramoth.
76	* TheNapoleon: In almost every scene we're told how short Lessa is. But bossy. Very very bossy.
77	* NearDeathExperience: Lessa almost dies of asphyxiation and hypothermia when she goes between times to the end of the Eighth Pass.
78	** Years later she almost dies giving birth to F'lessan, which leads to her and F'lar taking measures to make sure she does not become pregnant again.
79	* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Lessa witnesses her ten-year-old self hiding in the watchwyer's den on the night her family was murdered but can't interfere or help her.
80	* ParentalAbandonment: Lessa's entire family were murdered by Fax and his men ten years before the beginning of ''Dragonflight''.
81	* {{Pride}}: This is Lessa's major fault. In ''The White Dragon'' she almost allows dragons to fight dragons because she and Ramoth feel insulted at the stealing of a queen egg from Benden's hatching grounds.
82	* PsychicPowers: Lessa can hear all dragons, and can also psychically influence or control the minds of those around her.
83	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lessa is respected as a fair Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr, despite her temper.
84	* SheCleansUpNicely: F'lar first suspects Lessa of being more than she seems when he notices that under her ragged clothes and filthy hair, she's kept herself clean and is far too pretty for a mere kitchen drudge. When she finally gets a bath, her true beauty becomes clear.
85	* StartingANewLife: In ''Dragonflight,'' when she accepts F'lar's offer for her to become Weyrwoman of Benden.
86	* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: After finally getting her hard-won revenge and reclaiming her birthright, Lessa realizes that she never really planned for anything beyond revenge and that she has no idea how to run a Hold.
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88	!! Kylara
89	A spoilt and haughty girl, found in the same Search that discovered Lessa. Is rider of gold Prideth, and Weyrwoman of Southern Weyr and later High Reaches.
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92	* AlphaBitch: In part because she's self-absorbed and uncontrollable, F'lar and Lessa send her to be Weyrwoman of the recently reestablished Southern Weyr, where she becomes even more impossible once she has authority.
93	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She is very attractive, but also spoilt, selfish and mean. The others in her Weyr can barely stand her.
94	* BondCreatures: Her gold dragon Prideth, and later an unnamed gold fire lizard.
95	* EmptyShell: [[spoiler: In ''Dragonquest'', when her dragon Prideth rises to mate at the same time as Wirenth, the two Queens end up fighting one another with Wirenth ultimately seizing Prideth and taking her Between, killing them both. Kylara, due to her connection with Prideth, has her mind broken by her partner's sudden demise.]]
96	* FateWorseThanDeath: The other dragonriders consider her final fate, [[spoiler:left effectively broken and trapped within her own mind by the death of her dragon, to be this.]]
97	* {{Jerkass}}: Seems to have no other ambition than beating Lessa for the role of AlphaBitch.
98	* SignificantName: Her gold dragon's name is ''Pride''th, a reflection of Kylara's arrogance.
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100	!! Brekke
101	Rider of gold Wirenth, and junior Weyrwoman under Kylara. She is Weyrmate to F'nor, and foster-mother to Mirrim.
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104	* BondCreatures: She Impresses bronze fire lizard Berd in ''Dragonquest''.
105	* HappilyMarried: To F'nor.
106	* HeroicBSOD: Has one after her dragon is killed. It takes Berd (her fire-lizard) to snap her out of it.
107	* NiceGirl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
108	* PsychicPowers: She can hear all dragons; this helps her survive after her dragon Wirenth is killed during a mating flight gone wrong.
109	* YouAreNotAlone: After the death of her dragon and the near-loss of her lover F'nor, Brekke is drawn back from the verge of despair by her fire-lizard, whose mental bond reminds her of this.
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113	[[folder: Ninth Pass Other Dragonriders]]
114	!! F'nor
115	Rider of brown Canth, and half-brother to F'lar. Is Wingleader after F'lar becomes Benden's Weyrleader. In ''Dragonquest'' he meets gold rider Brekke and falls in love with her, eventually becoming her weyrmate.
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118	* BodyHorror: Gets almost all of his skin horrifically burned after attempting a trip to [[DeathWorld the Red Star.]]
119	* BondCreatures: Aside from his dragon Canth, he Impresses gold fire lizard Grall in ''Dragonquest''.
120	* HappilyMarried: To Brekke.
121	* NiceGuy: He is much nicer than his half-brother, and is not afraid to show it.
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123	!! Mirrim
124	Brekke's foster-daughter and, much later, [[spoiler: rider of green Path and mate to bronze rider T'gellan.]] She has a very bossy, prickly personality and is hard to like.
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127	* ActionGirl: After impressing Path, she becomes the first female green rider in a very long time.
128	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is prickly and bad-tempered most of the time, but also has a nice side (though she seldom shows it). She cares deeply about her mate T'gellan and Monaco Weyr, and always has Pern's best interests at heart.
129	* ParentalSubstitute: Brekke is this to her.
130	* SurprisePregnancy: She is very shocked when the dolphins tell her that she is pregnant, because she believed she would never be able to have a baby after all of her and T'gellan's failed attempts.
131	* TookALevelInKindness: Notoriously prickly in other books, she is extremely pleasant and gentle with Menolly in the Harper Hall Trilogy and the two grow to like one another. She's also significantly less grumpy after impressing Path.
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133	!! F'lessan
134	Son of F'lar and Lessa, and rider of bronze Golanth. He eventually becomes mate to green rider Tai.
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137	* BodyHorror: Is brutally scarred after being mauled by wildcats in ''The Skies of Pern''.
138	* NearDeathExperience: Is almost mauled to death by wildcats on the Southern Continent in ''Skies of Pern''.
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140	!! Tai
141	Rider of green Zaranth and mate to F'lessan.
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144	* RapeAsDrama: She had some ''very bad'' experiences during her dragon's mating flights.
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148	[[folder: Ninth Pass Weyrfolk]]
149	!! Manora
150	The Headwoman of Benden Weyr.
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156	[[folder: Ninth Pass Holders]]
157	!! Jaxom
158	Son of the hated conqueror Fax and Lady Gemma of Crom, and rider of white Ruth. He is Lord of Ruatha Hold.
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161	* ABoyAndHisX: As a sickly, frail child himself, Jaxom finds himself drawn to an undersized, unhatched "dud" dragon egg, breaks it open, and Impresses the white dragon Ruth. As two runty underdogs, the two bond and flourish with one another.
162	* AbuseMistake: Corana didn't struggle when Jaxom grabbed her [[note]]while he was influenced by a dragon's mating signal[[/note]], but she didn't explicitly consent either. After the fact, it's clarified that she matched his "violent lust", but that doesn't make him feel much better.
163	-->'''Ruth:''' She enjoyed it very much
164	* AManIsAlwaysEager: He feels insecure because his dragon is asexual, even though practically everyone tells him it doesn't matter. Fortunately (?), he soon has bigger problems to think about.
165	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Jaxom's mother died giving birth to him; his father was Fax, the 'Lord of Seven Holds' who was killed by F'lar of Benden in a duel on the same day of Jaxom's birth.
166	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Jaxom meets his future wife Sharra when she's sent to Cove Hold to help nurse him through a near-fatal attack of fire-head fever.
167	* IJustWantToBeNormal: As a Lord Holder and a dragonrider, Jaxom won't ever be ''normal'', and he knows it. But his unique circumstances -- heir to Ruatha Hold ''and'' rider to the white dragon Ruth -- leave him badly isolated from others his own age, and at times he'd much rather have friends than be a Lord-in-training.
168	* LeeroyJenkins: He's so desperate to prove himself that he fights Thread at the first opportunity he's given, even though he has a debilitating cold at the time. And then he teleports through ''between'', worsening the cold, which is actually a vicious disease that almost kills him. Oops.
169	* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: While he's at Benden Weyr in response to the theft of a queen egg, he sees something in the shadows of the Hatching Cavern -- [[spoiler:a future version of himself, returning the rescued queen egg after traveling ''between'' times]]. He starts to run that way, then practically passes out from a sudden, unexplained wave of weakness. This is typical of dragonriders who get too close to time-traveling versions of themselves.
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171	!! Sharra
172	Jaxom's wife and Toric's sister. A talented healer who likes to assist Master Oldive in his work.
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175	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Sharra falls in love with Jaxom while treating him for sun-head fever on the Southern Continent.
176	* TheMedic: Sharra is skilled in healing, and often helps Master Oldive in the Healer Hall in that regard.
177	* ParentalMarriageVeto: Toric tries this on Sharra when it is revealed that she and Jaxom plan to be married. Luckily, Jaxom makes it clear in a very satisfying and dramatic fashion that he and Sharra will not be parted, and that as a dragonrider he will come for her anywhere on Pern.
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179	!! Toric
180	A Lord Holder who leads a holding on the Southern Continent. He is very ambitious and ruthless, and will do anything to further his land and influence. He is brother to Sharra.
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183	* {{Jerkass}}: Especially in later books, where he'll go out of his way to belittle and/or inconvenience the protagonists out of spite.
184	* ParentalMarriageVeto: Toric tries this on Sharra when it is revealed that she and Jaxom plan to be married. Luckily, Jaxom makes it clear in a very satisfying and dramatic fashion that he and Sharra will not be parted, and that as a dragonrider he will come for her anywhere on Pern.
185	* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Dragondrums'' (chronogically his first appearance of note), Toric is portrayed as a friendly and helpful ally. By ''The White Dragon'', however, he's become an entitled, obstructionist JerkAss. He stays this way to various degrees in the next couple of books... and then in ''The Skies of Pern'' he becomes almost cartoonishly antagonistic. He punches F'nor in the face for having the temerity to warn him about an imminent tsunami, and goes so far as to [[spoiler:meet with the Abominator terrorists and even helps smuggle their leader into Landing]], for no clear motiviation besides pure dickishness.
186	* WildCard: Seems to go back and forth between grudging ally and scheming antagonist. For the most part he's an over-ambitious control freak who, for various reasons, dislikes most of the series' protagonists and enjoys inconveniencing them, but doesn't really cross the line into actual villainy; he can even be occasionally helpful. In the later books, however, he becomes more and more obsessive and secretive, and his agenda more overtly sinister.
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188	!! Jayge
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191	* HappilyMarried: To Aramina.
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193	!! Aramina
194	A girl who can hear all dragons. She is targeted by renegades and flees Benden Weyr to avoid the voices of the dragons which are driving her mad as she can't shut them out. She eventually falls in love with Jayge and settles on the Southern Continent with him.
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197	* HappilyMarried: To Jayge.
198	* PowerIncontinence: She can't shut out the dragons' voices.
199	* PsychicPowers: She can hear all dragons, but can't shut out their voices at all.
200	* RefusalOfTheCall: She refuses to become a dragonrider because of the aforementioned psychic power weakness.
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204	[[folder: Ninth Pass Harper Hall Characters]]
205	!! Robinton
206	The Masterharper of Pern during the Ninth Pass.
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209	* AbusiveParents: Though his mother Merelan is kind and motherly and clearly a good parent, his father is anything but. Petiron seems to resent Robinton's gifts and while he is growing up tries to teach and discipline him in ways which hinder his talents and make him unhappy.
210	* BondCreatures: He Impresses bronze fire lizard Zair in ''Dragonsinger''. [[spoiler:Zair dies with his master when Robinton passes away from old age and failing health near the end of ''All the Weyrs of Pern''.]]
211	* ChildhoodFriends: With F'lon, F'lar and F'nor's father.
212	* DrowningMySorrows: Robinton becomes an alcoholic of a sort after Kasia's death, drinking wine a lot to off-set the pain and grief which comes at remembering her loss.
213	* EccentricMentor: He is mentor to Sebell, Menolly and in a way Piemur, and is known for his many eccentricities.
214	* FirstGirlWins: Kasia is the first girl Robinton meets and falls in love with. It is stated outright that he will always love her. It is the reason Silvina doesn't accept Robinton's offer of marriage after he discovers that she is pregnant with his child.
215	* GoodIsNotSoft: Robinton is a good man, one filled with kindness and love for outcasts and his own people. Do not mistake that for weakness. While not raising a hand to personally harm an evil man, Robinton was more than willing to allow the pain of his cancer torture the man until [[spoiler:Lord Meron finally names a successor. And then tricks Meron into naming the one decent and good person of his potential heirs by making him seem the most disliked of the options by forgetting him once or twice when listing them]].
216	* GuileHero: As a man with nothing but skill in music, Robinton typically uses his wit in crafting plots and spy maneuvers in gathering information on enemies to himself and F'lar. See GoodIsNotSoft for his handling of that situation.
217	* HappilyMarried: Briefly, to Kasia, before she died of fever.
218	* MissedTheCall: In ''The Masterharper of Pern'' Robinton is noted to have the ability to speak to (and hear) dragons, leading to his mother actually hoping that he would be Searched by a Weyr in order to get him out of their troubled home. Unfortunately no queens were laying when Robinton was of the optimal age to Impress a dragon. Years later, he gets something of a second chance when he Impresses the fire lizard Zair.
219	* NeverGetsDrunk: According to some of the supplementary material, has the fourth highest capacity for alcohol on the ''planet'' (After Mastersmith Fandarel, and the Mastervinters of the Tillek and Benden wineries).
220	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is the Masterharper of Pern, and well-liked and respected as a fair leader.
221	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives a blistering one in the first book to the holders who have refused to believe the Thread has returned.
222	%%* ScareDare
223	* TheSpymaster: Has a network of spies set up all over Pern which he controls as the Masterharper.
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225	!! Menolly
226	A self-effacing sea-holder's daughter who happens to be a musical prodigy. Discovered by Petiron, Menolly eventually makes her way to the Harper Hall where she is trained by Masterharper Robinton to be a Master Harper.
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229	* AbusiveParents: Her parents treat her ''horribly''.
230	* AgonyOfTheFeet: Caught outside during Threadfall while Holdless, Menolly tries to beat the leading edge of the Thread back to her cave and ends up running first the soles off her boots then ''the skin off the soles of her feet'' before she is rescued in the nick of time. She can barely walk for the entirety of the next book, and years later she comments that her feet are still sensitive.
231	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Menolly is the Hall's only female apprentice. Unwilling to put her in the apprentice dorm, the Harpers instead have her room with the snobby female students, who are there for general music education, not to become official Harpers. The other apprentices reject Menolly because she's a girl and the other girls reject her because she's not one of them. (Eventually she makes inroads with the apprentices, but the girls never really warm to her.)
232	* AndTheRest: Menolly's fire-lizards. We mostly see her queen Beauty and the two bronzes, Rocky and Diver; the others get very short shrift: her third brown fire-lizard has so few distinguishing characteristics that she just names him "Brownie", and her two greens are so similar that she names them "Auntie One" and "Auntie Two."
233	* BondCreatures: She Impressed ''nine'' fire lizards (gold Beauty, bronzes Rocky and Diver, browns Lazybones, Mimic and Brownie, blue Uncle, and greens Auntie One and Auntie Two) by sheer chance in ''Dragonsong'', and a tenth (Poll, her third bronze) by the time of ''The White Dragon''.
234	* BrokenBird: Menolly's parents have driven into her mind that she's inferior because she's a girl and behave as if they're ashamed of her. Gradually she's come to believe that there must be something "wrong" with her.
235	* ChildProdigy: She's a teen rather than a child, but she's incredibly talented when it comes to composing and performing music; for example, she's able to near-perfectly play one of Domick's torturously complicated compositions after one brief read-through of the score.
236	* ChillyReception: When she first joins the Harpers, the girls she intially stays with (except one) and their matron treat her coldly.
237	* ChoreCharacterExploration: We learn a lot about Menolly in ''Dragonsong'' by observing her day-to-day life in different circumstances.
238	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Raised in one of the most strict and repressive Holds on Pern, neglected and shamed by her family, forbidden to practice the music she loves, beaten by her father for playing music or singing, and--perhaps most horribly--betrayed by her mother [[spoiler: who deliberately allows a hand injury to heal incorrectly in hopes of crippling Menolly to the point where she can no longer play an instrument]].
239	* EarWorm: Incredibly, this is a plot point. While Harper Hall has plenty of musicians who can compose in the classical style, Menolly's gift is her ability to craft memorable, catchy tunes. Essentially, she's Pern's first pop musician. Robinton recognizes the value of simple songs that can be sung by everyone and is determined to find her, and eventually he's able to identify her by tricking her into playing one of her distinctive songs.
240	* EnsignNewbie: Graduates from being an apprentice to being a journeyman in a single week. Somewhat justified, as Menolly was unwittingly doing apprentice work under her old master Petiron for several years, so that by the time she reaches Harper Hall, the Masters quickly realize that while her talents still can use some refinement, she's got all the basics down pat. (Plus at around fifteen, Menolly's much older than the typical new apprentice, who started at age ten.)
241	* ExperiencedProtagonist: In most areas except social. By the beginning of ''Dragonsong'' Menolly already possesses the joyrneyman level harpering skills, is a competent sea holder, can handle massive culinary projects (at least if they involve fish), has well-developed holdless survival skills, and can handle herself in a fight surprisingly well, all of which is justified by fifteen years of rather harsh and demanding sea-holder life combined with strict Petiron's mentorship. Her only problem is a complete lack of any faith in herself.
242	* HappilyMarried: To Sebell.
243	* HugeSchoolgirl: Menolly is a noticeably tall and lanky teen who later develops a TinyGuyHugeGirl friendship with the shorter-than-average Piemur.
244	* HotForTeacher: Menolly later develops feelings for Robinton; though the two of them acknowledge their attraction, they choose not to pursue a relationship, as Menolly is already with Sebell and Robinton doesn't want to come between them.
245	* InformedAbility: Sort of unavoidable, since a reader has to take the word of the other characters in regards to how catchy her tunes actually are.
246	* InsistsOnPaying: We don't know whether she changed this attitude since her apprentice times or not.
247	* LikeADuckTakesToWater: Adapts to Harper Hall life in a sevenday. Would probably do equally well in Benden Weyr.
248	* MamaBear: Even before she's an actual mom, Menolly tends to come in with fists flying to protect anyone smaller or weaker than she is.
249	* NotLikeOtherGirls: As the only female Harper apprentice, often gets compared to non-apprentice female students.
250	* OneoftheBoys: After arriving to the Harper Hall, gets respected and accepted by boy apprentices almost instantly (in less than three days).
251	* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Benis experiences the weight of Menolly's punch not because she defends herself, but because he kicks Piemur
252	* SamusIsAGirl: Subverted. ''We'' know Menolly's a girl from the start, but part of the reason Harper Hall never connects the Sea Holder's missing daughter with Petiron's disappeared apprentice is because Petiron neglected to mention that his apprentice was female, leading the Harpers to search for a missing ''male'' musician. (There's even some overlap with LadyLooksLikeADude: Menolly is tall and lanky, trims her hair short, and wears trousers, which causes the new Half-Circle Harper to mistake her for a boy and suspect she might be the missing musician...[[DramaticIrony only to dismiss his suspicions when he learns she's really a girl.]])
253	* SheCleansUpNicely: After getting new set of clothing and haircut in Benden, becomes barely recogniseable and rather good-looking.
254	* ShrinkingViolet: When she finally arrives at Harper Hall, Menolly has spent so many years being scolded for being herself that she apologizes for ''everything'' and continues to downplay her talents until the Masterharper himself tells her to cut it out, pointing out that he wouldn't have worked so hard to find her if she ''wasn't'' a big deal and that whenever she undervalues herself, she's also undervaluing his ability to recognize great talent.
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256	!! Piemur
257	A cheeky boy who Menolly befriends in the Harper Hall.
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260	* BondCreatures: Piemur envies Menolly's nine fire-lizards in ''Dragonsinger,'' and finally manages to Impress his own gold fire-lizard Farli in ''Dragondrums''.
261	* ChillyReception: After his voice changes, he's sent to the Drum Heights temporarily to learn another trade while his voice settles. The other established apprentices there don't appreciate him.
262	* GrowingUpSucks: His voice changing at puberty abruptly yanked him out of his comfortable place as a boy soprano.
263	* GuileHero: Being much smaller than the other boys, Piemur's learned to use his wits to get and stay ahead, a talent that serves him well in the Masterharper's secret spywork.
264	* HappilyMarried: He eventually hooks up with Mastersmith Fandarel's granddaughter Jancis, and they're very happy together.
265	* IGotBigger: Is surprised to see Menolly is no longer towering over him in ''Dragondrums''. Gets at least partially retconned later.
266	* InopportuneVoiceCracking: Piemur has a beautiful boy soprano voice and is the star of the choir until puberty hits.
267	* MouthyKid: Piemur makes up for his small stature by being a big talker who can convince people of anything.
268
269	!! Master Domick
270	The [=MasterComposer=] in the Harper Hall.
271
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273	* ComplexityAddiction: His compositions are the musical equivalents of Rube Goldberg machines.
274	* DeadpanSnarker: Always snarking, all the time.
275	%%* TheCynic
276	* HatesEveryoneEqually: Including himself, as Sebell notes to Menolly at one point.
277
278	!! Master Shonagar
279	The [=MasterSinger=] in the Harper Hall.
280
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282	* BrilliantButLazy: Physically, at least; he never leaves his classroom and spends most of his time sleeping.
283	* FascinatingEyebrow: Useful when experimenting with fire lizards!
284	* LargeHam: Extremely expressive and loud.
285	* HeavySleeper: When tired, instantly falls asleep. Can be roused only by food or flat singing.
286	* TrrrillingRrrs: Incorrrporrates those.
287
288	!! Master Morshal
289	A Master Harper / Craftmaster in Musical Theory and Composition in the Harper Hall.
290
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292	* BerserkButton: Try disagreeing with Marshal while being an apprentice. A new apprentice. A new apprentice who's also a girl.
293	* HeManWomanHater: Feels it's a waste of time to teach girls because it wouldn't do them any good. Robinton mentions that his dislike of females is a running joke in the Harper Hall and tells Menolly not to take it personally.
294
295	!! Silvina
296	The Headwoman in the Harper Hall.
297
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299	* TheHeart: Silvina is generally warm and kind to everyone, even the lowest members of the Weyr.
300	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Robinton acknowledges Silvina as the only person who really knows what's she's doing around here.
301
302	!! Camo
303	Robinton's son by Silvina.
304
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306	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Camo is completely unaware that he's a huge, muscled hulk of a man. When he's upset, he comes in flailing at both friend and foe.
307	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Menolly's fire lizards, who are reluctant to befriend anyone except Menolly, flock to Camo without hesitation. Or at least when he's carrying a large bowl of meat scraps for them to eat.
308	* GentleGiant: Camo is huge, but mostly harmless.
309	* HulkSpeak: "Camo feed pretties?"
310	* KindheartedSimpleton: Camo is slow-witted (having suffered brain damage from a lack of oxygen at birth), but overall a gentle, helpful soul.
311
312	!! Sebell
313	Robinton's assistant Harper, and Robinton's eventual successor as Masterharper of Pern.
314
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316	* BondCreatures: He Impresses gold fire lizard Kimi in ''Dragonsinger''.
317	* GuileHero: Though not as much as Robinton, Sebell often uses his wits to outsmart or trick his enemies.
318	* HappilyMarried: To Menolly.
319	* TheSpymaster: As Masterharper of Pern he has control of a vast network of spies.
320
321	!!Dunca
322	Elderly obese cotholder at Fort Hold, who provides living to paying female students attached to Harper Hall.
323
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325	* InsufferableImbecile: Makes a fool of herself on several occasions. It's often commented that [[FatIdiot she's also fat.]]
326	* {{Hypocrite}}: Preaches her cot to be a place of friendliness and a place where ranks do not matter. Meanwhile, she also intentionally tries to damage a child's reputation and creates a snake nest of rank-obsessed girls.
327	* TheResenter: Hates Menolly [[HateAtFirstSight from day one]] because of her fire lizards and overall "otherness", and probably because Menolly was Petiron's apprentice, when he reportedly ran away to end out his career and life at Half-Circle to get away from Dunca's attentions.
328
329	[[/folder]]
330
331	[[folder: Ninth Pass Healers]]
332	!! Master Oldive
333	The Masterhealer of Pern.
334
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336	* GoodIsNotSoft: He is a man who will treat patients without much comment on their actions or politics. That said, in ''Dragondrums'' when [[spoiler:Robinton planned to use Meron's cancer's pains to torture the man into naming a successor, Oldive steps out of the room to "treat others," ignoring Meron's cries of pain until he named someone. The moment a name is called, he returns back in the room]].
337	* TheMedic: Is renowned as a dedicated healer. He is always searching for ways to improve his craft.
338
339	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / DragonridersOfPernNinthPassCharacters