Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Dragonriders of Pern books, Dragonriders of Pern locations, Dragonflight, Thread, Weyr, Characters in Dragonriders of Pern, Dragons, Holds of Pern, Dragonsblood, All the Weyrs of Pern, Crafthalls of Pern, PernMUSH, A Gift of Dragons, Whers, Nerilka's Story, Dragonsong, The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, Between, Impression, Dragonquest, Benden Weyr, Dragonsdawn, The White Dragon, Dragon's Kin, The Dolphins of Pern, Dragonsinger, Dragonseye, Dragondrums, List of Pern books, The Skies of Pern, Dragon Harper, Harper Hall, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, Oldtimers, The Masterharper of Pern, Renegades of Pern, Ruatha Hold, Fort Weyr, Dragon's Fire, Fort Hold, The Atlas of Pern, The Harper Hall Trilogy. Excerpt: Characters in the Dragonriders of Pern series of fantasy novels by Anne McCaffrey. An advanced computer called AIVAS (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System). AIVAS was found by Jaxom and Piemur while they wer excevating the city called Landing, the original settlement of the ancestors (the original colonists from Dragonsdawn), that had been buried in Ash because of a volcano. AIVAS has remained undisturbed since the events of Dragonsdawn some 2500 years earlier and, in addition to holding a huge volume of stored information long since lost to the Pernese society, claims to be able to eliminate the threat of Thread forever. AIVAS reintroduced many technological advancements to the society. Some people feeling AIVAS was a threat to their way of life called it an abomination and tried to destroy it but was unsuccessful. F'lar was the weyrleader of Benden Weyr and the rider of bronze Mnementh. F'lar was born Fallarnon, 32 turns before the beginning of the Ninth Pass of the Red Star. His father, F'lon, and his grandfather, S'loner, were both Weyrleaders in their own time. His mother was Larna, who died just after g...