Information for this index was gathered from many different sources.

INDEX OF THIS FILE:

Part 5: Title Information
 - 01
 - 02
- 03
 - 04
 - 05
 - 06
 - 07
 - 08
 - 09
 - 10
 - 11
 - 12
 - 13
 - 14
 - 15
 - 16
 - 17

PART 1 ‑ Real Time Order:

01 Dragonflight (also included in 'The Dragonriders of Pern' omnibus)  1969 
01a Weyr Search (short story later put in 'Dragonflight')
01b Dragonriders (short story later put in 'Dragonflight')
02 Dragonquest (also included in 'The Dragonriders of Pern' omnibus) 1971
03 Dragonsong (included in The 'Harper Hall of Pern' omnibus) 1976
04 Dragonsinger (included in The 'Harper Hall of Pern' omnibus) 1977
05 The White Dragon (also included in 'The Dragonriders of Pern' omnibus) 1978
 05a A Time When (short story later put in 'White Dragon')
06 Dragondrums (included in The 'Harper Hall of Pern' omnibus) 1979
07 Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
08 Nerilka's Story 198609 Dragonsdawn 1988
10 The Renegades of Pern 1989 
11 All the Weyrs of Pern 1991 
12 The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (short story anthology) 1993
13 The Dolphins of Pern 1994
14 Girl Who Heard Dragons (novella plus short story anthology) 1994
15 Dragonseye (aka Red Star Rising) 1997
16 Masterharper of Pern (prequel to Dragonflight) 1998
17 Dragonholder (by her son Todd McCaffrey) 1999
18 Skies of Pern (Sequel to Masterharper of Pern) 2001

[Short Stories]
97 ???? Runner of Pern (published in 'Legends')
98 ???? The Impression (published in The 'Dragonlover's Guide to Pern')
99 ???? The Smallest Dragonboy (published in 'Get Off the Unicorn')

PART 2 ‑ Chronological Order (Pern Time)

Dragonsdawn
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall(short story anthology)
Dragonseye
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Nerilka's Story
Masterharper of Pern  (prequel to Dragonflight)
Skies of Pern (Sequel to Masterharper of Pern)
[The Dragonriders of Pern]
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
[The Harper Hall of Pern]
Dragonsong
Dragonsinger
Dragondrums
The Renegades of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern
The Dolphins of Pern

[Short Stories]
The Smallest Dragonboy (published in 'Get Off the Unicorn')
Girl Who Heard Dragons (novella plus short story anthology)
Runner of Pern (published in 'Legends')
The Impression (published in The 'Dragonlover's Guide to Pern')
[not yet placed in timeline]
Dragonholder (by her son Todd McCaffrey)

PART 3 ‑ General Suggested Reading Order:

[The Dragonriders of Pern]
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
[The Harper Hall of Pern]
Dragonsong
Dragonsinger
Dragondrums
Moreta:Dragonlady of Pern
Nerilka's Story
Dragonsdawn
The Renegades of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern
The Chronicles of Pern:First Fall
The Dolphins of Pern
Dragonseye
The Masterharper of Pern
Skies of Pern

PART 4 ‑ Anne McCaffrey's recommended reading order:

[Note:  She recommends splitting The White Dragon into spot 5 for the first part of the book and one other place later.  I'm not willing to go that far.]

01 Dragon Flight
02 Dragonquest
03 Dragonsong
04 Dragonsinger
05 The White Dragon
06 Dragondrums
07 The Smallest Dragonboy (from Get off the Unicorn)
08 Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
09 Nerilka's Story
10 Dragons Dawn
11 The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
12 Dragon's Eye
13 The Girl Who Heard Dragons
14 Renegades of Pern
15 The Master Harper of Pern
16 Runner of Pern         
17 All the Weyrs of Pern
18 The Dolphins of Pern
  
She doesn't list the following two:

Dragonholder (by her son Todd McCaffrey)
Skies of Pern (Sequel to Masterharper of Pern)

Part 5: 

Dragonflight
Volume 1 of the Dragonriders of Pern
Ballantine Books, 1968
Thread, the deadly destructive alien spore, falls on Pern with the close passing of the Red Star, but no thread has fallen for 400 turns. F'lar searches for a strong‑willed female candidate for an upcoming impression and finds just the woman. Lessa is brought to Benden Weyr and impresses the gold dragon Ramoth. F'lar and Lessa set about rebuilding the weyr and restoring it to its proper hierarchy in the society. With the return of thread, the severe inadequacy of the fighting strength of one weyr forces Lessa to a desperate move. If she fails she will die, and Pern will be lost.

Dragonquest
Volume 2 of the Dragonriders of Pern
Del Rey, 1971
The ways of the oldtime dragonriders from Pern's past differ from the present. Their demands and takings from the craft and Lord Holders cause the Holder to resent the oldtimers. Open warfare is out of the question with threadfall a constant threat ‑ to eliminate the need for oldtimers, the Holders and Crafthalls must eliminate thread completely by destroying it at its source. Trying to answer the great question, F'nor and Canth go between ‑ to the Red Star!

Dragonsong
Volume 1 of the Harper Hall Trilogy
Atheneum and Bantham Books, 1976
Menolly has a talent for music matched by no one else in Halfcircle Seahold. Her parents do not approve of her musical interest but tolerated it while the Harper was alive. With the death of Harper Petiron her parents suppress her only real love ‑ music. Menolly flees the hold to the seacaves to live with her music and fire lizards. One day she is caught out in the open during threadfall, trying to outrun the leading edge. She is saved by a thread‑fighting dragon, and her rescue sets in motion events and meetings with people that will change her life and future

Dragonsinger
Volume 2 of the Harper Hall Trilogy
Atheneum and Bantham Books, 1977
Menolly arrives at the Harper Crafthall. Though at first afraid and apologetic, she quickly learns her way around and makes friends.

The White Dragon
Volume 3 of the Dragonriders of Pern
Del Rey, 1978
Jaxom and Ruth set out to discover Pern and themselves. Their growth to adulthood leads them into brave actions, and they prevent a war between dragons and their riders. Jaxom catches a major illness and while being cured finds the woman he wants as his companion. Knowing this, he takes the necessary steps to be confirmed as the Lord Holder of Ruatha. His life changes and so does Pern. Jaxom has made a startling discovery that will alter Pern's past and set it on a new path for the future.

Dragondrums
Volume 3 of the Harper Hall Trilogy
Antheneum and Bantam Books, 1979
Piemur's youthful soprano singing voice finally cracks. Singing was Piemur's main study at Harpercraft Hall. Depressed over his sudden loss, he knows full well it will take tme for his voice to settle, if he is ever able to sing again at all. But Masterharper Robinton has other uses for the wily, conniving youth, sending Piemur on political fact gathering missions for the Hall. Then Piemur steals a queen fire lizard egg, thus setting a Lord Holder against him. The information Piemur has gathered on the Lord Holder and his dealings with the banished Oldtimers must be saved. Piemur must also save himself and the unhatched fire lizard egg as well.

Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Del Rey, 1983
Moreta, Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, attends the first Gather of Alessan, The Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. Disaster strikes most of Pern in the form of a Plague. Both come down with the illness but recover to assist the other sick and dying. Because the sickness strikes both runner beast and humans, Master Healer Campian realizes that the infectious agent can be caught again by either party from the other. Moreta and several other dragonriders are called into service to travel across Pern to head off another outbreak ‑ if they fail the destruction of Pern is likely.

Nerilka's Story
Del Rey, 1986
Nerilka is left behind when her father, mother, and sisters attend the first gather of Lord Alessan of Ruatha. A plague strikes Ruatha and Nerilka's father breaks quarantine to come home. Word soon arrives of the deaths of her mother and sisters and Nerilka's father moves his mistress and her family in. Nerilka, not wishing to be subservient and degraded, and also ashamed of her father's actions, decides to leave her Hold, setting off on an adventure to a better life.

Dragonsdawn
Del Rey, 1988
Over 6,000 people of the Federated Sentient Planets spend fifteen years in deep sleep on a one‑way trip to establish a colony on Pern. The landing is succcessful and proceeds for several years until the first arrival of Thread. The threadfall is devastating. Scientists determine that this is not a short‑term problem. Realizing help cannot come from the FSP, the colonists discover they might be able to alter the genetic structure of Pern's fire‑lizards. The scientists make the necessary alterations and wait with little hope for the final result.

The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
Del Rey, 1993
Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first‑ever Dragonriders of Pern short‑story collection. Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernese ocean . . . Building a new life on a distant world, braving the dreaded Thread that falls like silver rain from the sky only to destroy every living thing it touches, flying heroically on the wondrous dragons: The Dragonriders of Pern!

Dragonseye
(aka Red Star Rising in the UK)
Del Rey, 1997
For two hundred years there had been peace on Pern ‑ but now the signs were ominous. Violent winter storms and erupting volcanoes heralded the coming of the second Pass of Thread, when the red planet would rain down its horrifying harvest and destroy every living organism on the face of Pern. No human or dragon or animal or plant was safe from he hideous death inflicted by Thread.
Weyrs and Holds tried to prepare, but they had serious problems. Over the generations much of the old technology had been lost. AIVAS, the giant information bank, was buried under tons of volcanic ash, and valuable and skilled men and women had succumbed to disease and old age, taking with them the knowledge of a great civilization.
They had to prepare as best they could, training the great flights of dragons and ensuring that the Lord Holders did their part by protecting their people in every possible way. Only Lord Chalkin, Holder of Bitra, refused to co‑operate. He did not believe in Threadfall. It was a plot of the Weyrs to gain ascendancy over the Holds. He would do nothing to protect Bitra or its people. The Lord Holders and Weyrleaders were of one accord. Chalkin must be impeached and removed from his lands if the planet was to be made safe.

Girl Who Heard Dragons
Tor Books, 1994
A collection of 15 short stories including the title story:
Aramina's family were 'holdless.' Driven out of their home after the massacre at Ruatha, they were forced to roam the land, seeking shelter and protection wherever they could. And now, after a period in the Igen caverns, they had to flee yet again ‑ for the evil holdless Lady Thella had discovered Aramina's unusual gift ‑ she could 'hear' dragons ‑ and Thella planned to exploit this gift for her own ends. At dead of night the little family began their flight through the forests and mountains of Pern ‑ pursued by Lady Thella. But this time the dragon were to play a part in Aramina's destiny.

The Renegades of Pern
Del Rey, 1989
Not everyone on Pern enjoyed the protection of a Hold. Some were excluded from holds for punishment. Others, like Jayge's trader clan, simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a Hold. Aramina's family had lost their hold unjustly. For all the holdless, life was a constant struggle for survival.
Then, from the ranks of the criminals arose a band of renegades led by Lady Thella. No one was safe from Thella's depradations and now her quarry was Aramina, reputed to have a telepathic link with dragons.

Masterharper of Pern
Del Rey,1998
In a time when no Thread has fallen for centuries ‑ when, indeed, many are beginning to dare hope that Thread will never fall again ‑ a boy is born to Harper Hall. His name is Robinton, and he is destined to be one of the most famous and beloved leaders Pern has ever known.
The son of Petiron, renowned composer, and Merelan, one of Pern's most gifted singers, Robinton is a prodigy from birth. As a child, he is already composing music that the apprentice and journeyman harpers play with delight. And he also discovers another gift: he has the ability to speak with the dragons, who tend to reach out telepathically only to their riders.
But not everyone appreciates his talents. His own father, driven by jealousy, spurns the boy. And far to the north, in the High Reaches, trouble is brewing in the form of a despotic holder, Fax, who hates harpers in general ‑ and Robinton in particular.
It is a perilous time for harpers. They sing of Thread, yet more and more people are beginning to doubt the return of that deadly scourge. They teach reading, writing, and history, yet Fax is determined to keep his growing area of influence free of the learning that might sow unrest. And they extol the dragonriders whom many view increasingly as a drain on the resources of the Holds. Now harpers are being turned away from holds; and, worse yet, they are being derided, attacked, even beaten.
It is in this climate of unrest that Robinton will come into his own. For despite the tragedies that beset his own life, he continues to believe in music and in the dragons, and he is determined to save his beloved Pern from itself . . . so that the dragonriders can be ready to fly against the dreaded Thread when at last it returns!

All the Weyrs of Pern
Del Rey, 1991
When AIVAS ‑ the Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System ‑ was first discovered at Landing, the entire planet of Pern was awed at the knowledge it divulged. All the history of the peole of Pern was there. Dragonholders, Lord Holders and Craftmasters crowded into the tiny inner room to learn the secrets of their beginnings. And AIVAS had other gifts to offer ‑ stored information of old crafts that had been forgotten, or medicine, music and technology.

The Dolphins of Pern
Ballantine Books, 1994
When Masterfisher Alemi took young Readis out to catch redfins for the evening feast, neither of them realized it heralded a new chapter in the history of Pern. For when a sudden black squall blew up, their mast splintered and broke and their boat capsized. It was the shipfish who saved them, swooping up from the deep, holding them firm above the water, guiding them back to land, and above all speaking to them. Alemi, called to the all‑encompassing power of AIVAS, learned that the shipfish were dolphins ‑ brought to Pern with the early colonists to help and guide man through the oceans of the new planet. Now all the old Dolphin lore had to be rediscovered . . .

Skies of Pern
Del Rey, 2001
It is a time of hope and regret, of endings and beginnings. The Red Star, that celestial curse whose eccentric orbit was responsible for Thread, has been shifted to a harmless orbit, and the current Threadfall will be the last. Technological marvels are changing the face of life on Pern. And the dragonriders, led by F'lessan, son of F'lar and Lessa and rider of bronze Golanth, and Tai, rider of green Zaranth, must forge a new place for themselves in a world that may no longer need them.
But change is not easy for everyone. There are those who will stop at nothing‑not even violence‑to keep Pern and its people pure. And now a brand‑new danger looms from the skies....and threatens a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.

Part 6:Dragondex

Weyrs in order of founding
Fort Weyr
Benden Weyr
High Reaches Weyr
Igen Weyr
Ista Weyr
Telgar Weyr
Southern Weyr

The major holds as bound to the weyrs
Fort Weyr
Fort Hold (oldest hold)Lord Holder Groghe
Ruatha Hold (next oldest)Lord Holder Jaxom, Lord Warder Lytol
Southern Boll HoldLord Holder Sangel
Benden Weyr
Benden HoldLords Holder Raid and Toronas
Bitra HoldLords Holder Sifer and Sigomal
Lemas HoldLord Holder Asgenar
High Reaches Weyr
High Reaches HoldLord Holder Bargen
Nabol HoldLords Holder Fax, Meron, Deckter
Tillek HoldLord Holder Oterel
Igen Weyr
Keroon HoldLord Holder Corman
Parts of Upper Igen
Southern Telgar Hold
Ista Weyr
Ista HoldLord Holder Warbret
Igen HoldLord Holder Laudey
Nerat HoldLords Holder Vincet and Begamon
Telgar Weyr
Telgar HoldLord Holder Larad
Crom HoldLord Holder Nessel
Southern Weyr
Southern HoldHolder Toric

Craft Masters and Master Craftsmen
Crafter - Rank / craft - Location
Andemon - Masterfarmer - Nerat Hold
Arnor  - Craftmaster, scrivenor - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Baldor  - Weyrharper - Ista Weyr
Belesdan  - Mastertanner - Igen Hold
Bendarek  - Craftmaster, woodsmith - Lemos Hold
Benelek  - Journeyman, machinesmith - Smith Hall
Briaret  - Masterherder - Keroon Hold
Brudegan  - Journeyman Harper - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Chad - Harper - Telgar Weyr
Domick -  Craftmaster, composer - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Elgin - Harper - Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Facenden -  Craftmaster, smith - Smithcraft Hall,
Fandarel  - Mastersmith - Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold
Idarolan - MasterfisherTillek Hold
Jerint - Craftmaster, instruments - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Ligand - Journeyman tanner - Fort Hold
Menolly - Journeyman Harper - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Morshall  - Craftmaster, theory - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Nicat - Masterminer - Crom Hold
Oharan - Weyrharper - Benden Weyr
Oldive - Masterhealer - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Pailm - Journeyman baker - Smithhall
Petiron - Harper - Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Piemur - Apprentice/journeyman - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Robinton -  Masterharper - Fort Hold
Sebell  - Journeyman/Masterharper - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Sharra  - Journeyman healer - Southern Hold
Shonegar -  Craftmaster, voice - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Sograny - Masterherder - Keroon Hold
Tagetarl - Journeyman Harper - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Talmor - Journeyman Harper - Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Terry - Craftmaster, smith - Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold
Timareen - Craftmaster, weaver - Telgar Hold
Wansor  - Craftmaster, glassmith - Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold
Yanis - Craftmaster - Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Zurg - Masterweaver - Southern Boll Hold

Common Terms
Agenothree:a common chemical on Pern, HNO3.
Between:  an area of nothingness and sensory deprivation between here and there.
Black rock:  analogous to coal.
Day Sisters:  a trio of stars visible from Pern.
Dawn Sisters: an alternate name for Day Sisters.
Deadglow:  a numbskull, stupid.  Derived from glow.
Fellis:  a flowering tree.
Fellis juice:  a juice made from the fruit of the fellis tree; a soporific.
Fire‑stone:  phosphine‑bearing mineral which dragons chew to produce flame.
Glow:  a light‑source which can be carried in a hand‑basket.
High Reaches:  mountains on the northern continent of Pern.
Hold:  a place where the common people live; originally they were cut into the mountains and hillsides.
Impression:  the joining of minds of a dragon and his rider‑to‑be at the moment of the dragon's hatching.
Interval:  the period of time between passes, generally
Klah:  a hot stimulating drink made of tree bark and tasting faintly of cinnamon.
Looks to:  is Impressed by.
Long Interval:  a period of time, generally twice the length of an interval, in which no Thread falls and Dragonmen decrease in number.  The last Long Interval is thought to herald the end of Threads.
Month:  four sevendays
Numbweed:  a medicinal cream which, when smeared on wounds, kills all feeling; used as an anesthetic.
Oldtimer:  a member of one of the five Weyrs which Lessa brought forward four hundred Turns in time.  Used as a derogative term to refer to one who has moved to Southern Weyr.
Pass:  a period of time during which the Red Star is close enough to drop Thread on Pern.
Pern:  third of the star Rukbat's five planets.  It has two natural satellites.
Red Star (sic):  Pern's stepsister planet.  It has an erratic orbit.
Rukbat:  a yellow star in the Sagittarian Sector, Rukbat has five planets and two asteroid belts.
Sevenday:  the equivalent of a week on Pern.
Thread:  (mycorrhizoid) spores from the Red Star, which descend on Pern and burrow into it, devouring all organic material they encounter.
Turn:  a Pernese year.
Watch‑wher:  a nocturnal reptile distantly related to Dragonkind.
Weyr:  a home of dragons and their riders.
weyr:  a dragon's den.
Weyrsinger:  the Harper for the Dragonriders, usually himself a dragonrider.
Wherries:  a type of fowl roughly resembling the domestic Turkey of Earth, but about the size of an Ostrich.
Withies:  water plants resembling the reeds of Earth.

Pernese oaths

By the Egg
By the shards of my dragon's egg
By the first Egg
By the Egg of Faranth
Shells
Through Fall, Fog, and Fire
Scorch it
Shards

The People of Pern

Abuna:Kitchen head at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Alemi: Third of Seaholder's six sons, at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Andemon:Masterfarmer, Nerat Hold
Arnor:  Craftmaster scrivenor, at Harpercraft Hold
Balder:  Harper, at Ista Weyr
B'dor:  at Ista Weyr
Bedella:Oldtimer Weyrwoman, at Telgar Weyr, dragon queen Solth
Belesdan:Mastertanner, Igen Hold
Bendarek:Craftmaster Woodsmith, at Lemos Hold
Benelek:Journeyman machinesmith, Smithhall
Benis:one of Lord Holder Groghe's 17 sons, at Fort Hold
B'fol:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon green Gereth
B'irto:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Cabenth
B'naj:rider, at Fort Weyr; dragon green Beth
Brand:steward at Ruatha Hold; blue fire‑lizard
B'rant:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon brown Fanth
B'refli:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon brown Joruth
Brekke:Weyrwoman, at Southern Weyr; dragon queen Wirenth; fire‑lizard bronze Berd
Briala:student at Harper Hall
Briaret:Masterherder (replaces Sograny), Keroon Hold
Brudegen:Journeyman of chorus, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Camo:a half‑wit at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Celina:queenrider, at Benden Weyr; dragon queen Lamanth
C'gan:Weyrsinger at Benden Weyr, dragon blue Tegath
Corana:sister of Fidello (holder at Plateau), Ruatha Hold
Cosira:rider, at Ista Weyr; dragon queen Caylith
Deelan:milkmother to Jaxom, at Ruatha Hold
Dorse:milkbrother to Jaxom, at Ruatha Hold
D'nek:rider, at Fort Weyr; dragon bronze Zagenth
D'nol:rider of dragon bronze Valenth, at Benden Weyr
Domick:Craftmaster composer, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
D'ram:Oldtimer Weyrleader, at Ista Weyr; dragon bronze Tiroth
Dunca:cot‑holder, girl's cottage, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
D'wer:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon blue Trebeth
Elgion:the new Harper at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Fandarel:Mastersmith, Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold
Fanna:Oldtimer Weyrwoman, at Ista Weyr; dragon queen Miranth
Fax:Lord of Seven Holds, father of Jaxom
Felena:second to the Headwoman Manora, at Benden Weyr
Fidello:holder, at Plateau in Ruatha Hold
Finder:Harper, at Ruatha Hold
F'lar:Weyrleader at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Mnementh
F'lessan:rider, at Benden Weyr, son of F'lar and Lessa; dragon bronze Golanth
F'lon:Weyrleader, at Benden Weyr, father of F'nor and F'lar
F'nor:wingsecond at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Canth, fire‑lizard gold Grall
F'rad:rider at Benden Weyr; dragon green Telorth 
Gandidan:a child at Benden Weyr
Gemma, Lady:First Lady of Fax (Lord of the Seven Holds) and mother of Jaxom
G'dened:Weyrleader‑to‑be, at Ista Weyr, son of Old‑timer Weyrleader D'ram, dragon bronze Baranth
G'nag:at Southern Weyr, dragon blue Nelanth
G'narish:Oldtimer Weyrleader at Igen Weyr; dragon bronze Gyamath
G'sel:rider, at Southern Weyr; bronze fire‑lizard, dragon green Roth
Groghe:Lord Holder at Fort Hold; fire‑lizard queen Merga
H'ages:Wingsecond at Telgar Weyr; dragon bronze Kerth
Horon:son of Lord Groghe; Fort Hold
Idarolan:Masterfisher, Tillek Hold
Jaxom:Lord Holder (underage) at Ruatha Hold dragon white Ruth
Jerint:Craftmaster for instruments, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Jora:Weyrwoman preceding Lessa, at Benden Weyr; dragon queen Nemorth
J'ralt:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon queen Palanth
Kayla:drudge, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
K'der:rider, at Ista Weyr; dragon blue Warth
Kenelas:a woman of the lower caverns, at Benden Weyr
Kern:eldest son of Lord Nessel (the Lord Holder of Crom)
Kirnety:a boy, at Telgar Hold; Impresses dragon bronze Fidirth
K'nebel:Weyrlingmaster, at Fort Weyr; dragon bronze Firth
K'net: rider at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Pianth
K'van: rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Heth
Kylara:a sister of Lord Holder Larad and a Weyrwoman at Southern Weyr who moved to High Reaches Weyr when Oldtimers were banished; dragon queen Prideth
Lessa:Weyrwoman at Benden Weyr; dragon queen Ramoth
Lidith:Queen dragon before Nemorth, rider unknown
Ligand:Journeyman tanner at Fort Hold
L'tol:rider, at Benden Weyr and, as Lytol, Warder of Ruatha Hold; dragon brown Larth (dies)
L'trel:father of Mirrim, at Southern Weyr; dragon blue Falgrenth 
Lytol:Lord Warder for the underage Lord Holder Jaxom at Ruatha Hold; dragon brown Larth (dies)
Manora:headwoman at Benden Weyr
Mardra:Oldtimer Weyrwoman at Fort Weyr, banished to Southern Weyr; dragon queen Loranth
Margatta:senior Weyrwoman at Fort Weyr; dragon queen Ludeth
Mavi:Seaholder's (Yanis) Lady at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Menolly:Journeyman at Harpercraft Hold, Fort Hold, fire‑lizards (10): gold: Beauty; bronzes:  Rocky, Diver, Poll; Browns:  Lazybones, Mimic, Brownie, greens:  Auntie One and Auntie Two; blue:  Uncle
Menolly:youngest child (daughter) of Seaholder (Yanis) of Half Circle Sea Hold
Merelan:mother of Robinton (Masterharper of Harpercraft Hold)
Merika:Oldtimer Weyrwoman, at High Reaches Weyr; exiled to Southern Weyr; dragon queen
Mirrim:greenrider, fosterling of Brekke at Benden Weyr; dragon green Path fire‑lizards:  green:  Reppa, Lok; brown:  Tolly
Moreta:ancient Weyrwoman at Benden Weyr; dragon queen Orlith
Morshall:Craftmaster for theory, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
M'rek:wingsecond, at Telgar Weyr; dragon bronze Zigith
M'tok:rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Litorth
Nadira:Weyrwoman, at Igen Weyr
Nanira:see Varena
Nicat:Masterminer, Crom Hold
N'ton:wingleader at Benden Weyr on dragon bronze Lioth; then Weyrleader at Fort Weyr (after T'ron), fire‑lizard brown Tris
Oharan:  Journeyman Harper at Benden Weyr
Oldive:  Masterhealer, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Old Uncle:  great grandfather of Menolly, at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Palim:  Journeyman baker at Fort Hold
Petiron:  the old Harper at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Piemur:  Apprentice/Journeyman, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold; fire‑lizard queen Farli;  runner‑beast Stupid
Pilgra:  Weyrwoman, at High Reaches Weyr; dragon queen Selgrith
P'llomar:  rider at Benden Weyr:  dragon green Ladrarth
Pona:  granddaughter to Lord Holder Sangel, Southern Boll Hold
P'ratan:  rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon green Poranth
Prilla:  youngest Weyrwoman, at Fort Weyr; dragon queen Selianth
Rannelly:  nurse and servant of Kylara
R'gul:  Weyrleader before F'lar, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Hath
R'mart:  Oldtimer Weyrleader, at Telgar Weyr; dragon bronze Branth
R'mel:  rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon Sorenth
R'nor:  rider at Benden Weyr; dragon brown Virianth
Robinton:  Masterharper at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold; fire‑lizard bronze Zair
Sanra:  supervisor of children at Benden Weyr
Sebell:  Journeyman/Masterharper, Robinton's second, Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold; fire‑lizard queen Kimi
Sella:  Menolly's next‑oldest sister, at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
S'goral:  rider, at Southern Weyr; dragon green Betunth
Sharra:  Journeyman healer, at Southern Hold; fire‑lizards:  bronze:  Meer and brown:  Talla
Shonagar:  Craftmaster for voice, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Silon:  a child at Benden Weyr
Silvina:  headwoman at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
S'lan:  rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Binth
S'lel:  rider, at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Tuenth
Sograny:  Masterherder, Keroon Hold
Soreel:  wife of the First Holder at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Tagetarl:  Journeyman at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
Talina:  Weyrwoman at Benden Weyr; queenrider
Talmor:  Journeyman teacher, at Harpercraft Hall, Fort Hold
T'bor:  Weyrleader at Southern Weyr, later moves to High Reaches when the Oldtimers are exiled; dragon bronze Orth
Tegger:  holder at Ruatha
Tela, Lady:  one of Fax's ladies
Terry:  Craftmaster smith, Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold
T'gran:  dragonrider at Benden Weyr; dragon brown Branth
T'gellan:  wingleader at Benden Weyr; dragon bronze Monarth
T'gor:  rider at Benden Weyr; dragon blue Relth
T'kul:  Oldtimer at High Reaches Weyr, exiled to Southern Weyr; dragon bronze Salth
T'ledon:  watchdragon rider at Fort Hold; dragon blue Serith
Tordril:  fosterling at Ruatha Hold, prospective Lord Holder at Igen
Torene:  ancient Weyrwoman at Benden Weyr
Toric:  Lord Holder of Southern Hold
T'ran:  rider, at Igen Weyr; dragon bronze Redreth
T'reb:  rider, at Fort Weyr; dragon green Beth
T'ron:  Oldtimer Weyrleader at Fort Weyr; banished to Southern Weyr; dragon bronze Fidranth; also called T'ton
T'sel:  dragonrider at Benden Weyr; dragon green Trenth, fire‑lizard bronze Rill
Vanira:  see Varena
Varena (also called Vanira):  rider, at Southern Weyr; dragon queen Ralenth
Viderian:  fosterling (Seaholder's son) at Fort Hold
Wansor:  Craftmaster glassmith, Smithcraft Hall, Telgar Hold; also called Starsmith
Yanis:  Craftmaster and Seaholder at Half‑Circle Sea Hold
Zurg:  Masterweaver, Southern Boll Hold

About the author
Born on April 1, Anne McCaffrey has tried to live up to such an auspicious natal day.  Her first novel was created in Latin class and might have brought her instant fame, as well as an A, had she attempted to write in the language.  Much chastened, she turned to the stage and became a character actress, appearing in the first successful summer music circus at Lambertsville, New Jersey.  She studied voice for nine years and, during that time, became intensely interested in the stage direction of opera and operetta, ending this phase of her life with the stage direction of the American premiere of Carl Orff's Ludus De Nato Infante Mirificus, in which she also played a witch.
By the time the three children of her marriage were comfortably at school most of the day, she had already achieved enough success with short stories to devote full time to writing.
Between her frequent appearances in the United States and in England as a lecturer and guest of honor at SF conventions, Ms. McCaffrey lives at Dragonhold, in the hills of Wicklow County, Ireland, with two of her children, her gray horse Mr. Ed, four cats and a dog.  Of herself, Ms. McCaffrey says, "I have green eyes, silver hair, and freckles; the rest changes without notice."

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