This drove weyrleaders to seriously consider how they would live with dragons after the Ninth Pass when Thread was no longer a threat. In turn, the dragonriders were often resentful of what they deemed a lack of respect towards them. This was known to cause resentment among those doing the tithing, especially at times when Thread was not falling. The arrangement of donations to the weyrs was called "tithing". However, the great beasts required a good deal of maintenance and food, to the degree of requiring a large part of Pernese infrastructure - especially cattle farming - to be centered around their upkeep. Later genetic manipulation by Ping's granddaughter, Wind Blossom, also resulted in the watch-whers, which were ungainly, nocturnal creatures who bore a slight resemblance to dragons.Īs the primary line of defense against the Thread, dragons were a requirement for the survival and prosperity of humans and all other forms of land life on Pern. The dragons were named after their resemblance to Western dragons from the legends of old Earth. Geneticist Kitti Ping Yung designed the dragons by manipulating the genetic code of the indigenous fire lizards that had been acquired as pets by the colonists. In Dragonsdawn, the race was intentionally engineered to fight Thread after it first caught the human colonists on Pern unawares, with devastating results. 8.2.1 Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern (2001).
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