Welcome to Alternate Benden, a sister site to Dragonriders of Pern: Legacy.  We are a 14th Pass, semi-canon Adoption-Weyr Fansite based on the works of Anne McCaffrey. Our story thus far is based on imagining what Pern might look like after a one-two punch of industrial innovation, and a checkered past of socioeconomic unrest that shook the old world down to the foundations. Loosely inspired by the Victorian Era and the Roaring Twenties, our modern 14th Pass Pern is finally on the upswing with the mining of asteroids over the last hundred turns for the resources Pern herself lacks. The population is swelling, and congregating, in major Holds—turning Fort Hold into a booming metropolis of intrigue and investment.

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Adding complication to the mix is the strange happenings off the coast of Benden Weyr.  There, a strange anomaly known locally as 'the Waypoint' has created a rip in space/time, allowing our modern Pern to be accessed by residents of dozens of worlds.  Thanks to the quick thinking of the Valor Wingleader, Kera of Blue Helionth, these intergalactic refugees have found safe harbor on Pern adjacent to Coast Hold - for a price.  Secrecy is paramount, with any non-Pernese sworn to a magic-bound vow to keep the truth of their origins and magical nature to themselves.  

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Naturally, there are mishaps.