T'ron

"You're positive beyond doubt that it was T'ron and Fidranth?"

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

By the time he had finished grooming the runner from nose to dock, T'ron and the Miner had not yet reappeared.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

He doubted T'ron would stoop to searching a lowly apprentice, but the stones made a suspicious bulge.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

T'ron intercepted the gesture and held the small object up to the sun.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

"T'ron and Fidranth with two blue dragons came to relieve the Miner of his sapphires!"

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

"Of course, if I'd had a fire lizard of my own, you wouldn't have had to worry about me and the stones, and perhaps something could have been done about T'ron."

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

Before their exile south, the Oldtimers from Port Weyr had made few appearances, but Piemur recognized Fidranth by the long sear scar on his rump and T'ron by the arrogant swagger as he strode up to the minecot.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

Piemur calculated that some two hundred and forty-eight Oldtimers and their women had gone to the Southern Continent, including the two dissatisfied Weyrleaders, T'ron of Port and T'kul of the High Reaches.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

With a very stiff bow, the Miner stepped aside as T'ron, slapping his flying gloves against his thigh, strode disdainfully into the cothold.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

The contrast between this present Fort Weyrleader and his disgruntled predecessor, T'ron, was more vividly apparent as N'ton smilingly greeted the harpers 'apprentice.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979