High Reaches Weyr . PernMUSH: April 2006, Color Blurbs Search Cycle: Winter/Spring 2006 Color Blurbs Apr 2006

BRONZE

S'rist

Alright, riding bronze is an interesting position. Because of the dragon, there will be some expectations that you'll amount to something going forward. But in truth, you get out what you put into it. I've seen more bronzes given out and amount to zip than just about any other color. There is the one caveat that only a bronzerider can become weyrleader, but that's a very small slice of the dragon riding population. Something to think about in passing, but not make the end all be all of why you want to ride a bronze dragon. When it comes to a bronze in daily life, they require extra oil, their straps way ten pounds more than your average blue's, and if you ever want to participate in a lot of green flights, remember that they corner like jumbo jets. Which is, not very fast.

BROWN

R'sel

Brown! The perfect color! ;) No, really. You'll get tired of hearing it, but it's just like any other color when it comes to how many ways it can be played, with just the few exceptions. Smaller than most bronzes, they lack some in endurance, but larger than blues and greens, they can out last the smaller colors. The trade off is more flexibility than the bronzes and less than blue and green. In mechanics, we're the middle of the road color. We can catch greens and golds alike, though have a harder time than most bronzes with the latter. So we can have the opportunity to have a clutch, or do anything but be a Weyrleader. Stereotypes, you can take them or leave them. Anyone that's been around me much knows I toss more than a few of those out the window. ;) But I find it a fun color, just for that. You can have a lot of fun, being what they expect part of the time, and then having a few quirks that they didn't see coming.

BLUE
Spiriel	Every color has something that makes them coolest. How can more than one color be 'coolest?' Because each color has something that makes them great. Blue is great for a few reasons. The reason I like it is because their male so you can chase in flights as often as you like, without the added responsibility of choosing who is going to win. It's completely out of your control, so you can just focus on having fun. You can't win a gold flight but icly you're a lot more likely to win green flights than the bigger dragons. I like that they're small too, don't ask me why. It's cute. ;) The thing I liked the best was there weren't really any set stereotypes on blues from the books, so it was a roleplaying challenge I couldn't pass up. While you aren't stuck to stereotypes on the other colors either, it attracted me to the color because I had nothing to fall back on but my imagination. Did I mention blues are cute? :)
Melata	The best color is blue. Easier to wash than a brown or a bronze (or gold!), much less tempermental than a green, this rider is not at all biased when it comes to color. A rider to one of the "smaller" colors is limited only by their desire, nearly any position is within their grasp: Wingrider, Wingsecond, Wingleader, Weyrlingmaster and staff, Weyrsecond... Okay, Weyrwoman might be a bit difficult, but face it, a blue would look a bit silly out on the sands, curled around an egg. True, a blue may not have the stamina to fly an entire Fall, but with their greater 0-60 acceleration over the larger males, they do tend to get those greens!

GREEN

Amilin

As you likely know, greens are the smallest and most numerous of the dragon colors. And while they are also shortest on endurance, (not always lasting an entire Fall) they are the most agile, making the tightest turns both in Fall and flights. And S'din would likely sit on me, if in regards to the latter, I don't point out that greens _always_ win. ;) The nice thing with green flights is that you can have them more frequently than a gold does, and without then getting tied to the resulting clutch golds have to deal with. You also get to find your own style of proddy that can be as close to or as far from the stereo types as you like. Anything from throwing knives at snowmen or hitting on anything that moves, to simply hiding from the 'crowd' in the LiC during dinner. And when it comes to that, you don't even have to RP flights at all. It varies from person to person how much of flight RP they enjoy. It's also perfectly alright to RP the flight, say who caught and then leave it there. We all know what happens next ICly, but some people get the idea that you have to play it out and that scares them from greens. But no one will push you to RP more than you like of flights. As far as rank with in the weyr, it's conceivable to gain anything but WW if you don't like the 'easy' life of a wingrider. Of course, if you manage WL it's generally only in he 'acting' capacity between SR flights. ;) And as with any color, you can do as much as your willing behind the scenes too. The Weyr always needs people to set up and run events, desc eggs, greet new people and simply RP. And that can be done regardless of what you do or don't ride. :)