Weyrling Training Guide

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Weyrling Training Schedule
Months 1&2

• Feeding and Care of young Dragonets.
(bathing will be supervised for 1st month
• The dragon-rider bond, how to deal with Telepathy
• First Aid for Humans and Dragons
• Introduction to Wing structure and Wing duties.
• Sorted into Wings based on personality and background (the Weyrlingmaster may change around who is in what wing till the end of training)

Months 3&4
• Making the first set of Weyrling rank cords
• Basic Geography
• Basic Weather Patterns
• Weyr Ettiquette and behavior
• Gold riders – Weyr Management lessons
• Basic Ground drills

Months 5&6
• Physical training for both rider and dragon
• Ground drills continue
• Basic astronomy
• Basic Wing formations
• Bronze riders and those that show leadership
skills will be taken aside for added training
• Chores

Months 7& 8
• Dragon Healing and Anatomy
• Firestone- the basics & Beginner drills
• Care and Use of Flamethrowers (Golds only)
• landscape recognition
• Basics of Between
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 9& 10
• Flight harness care, use, and construction
• Advanced Ground drills
• Preflight Training
• Advanced weather patterns
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 11&12
• Advanced Terrain Recognition
• Ground Drills Cont.
• Basics of Thread Charts
• First Flights
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 13&14
• Chewing Firestone & Flaming
• Learning to fight (or spar as some might call it)
• Applied Wing formations
• Ground drills cont...
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 15&16
• First Trips Between
• Applied Wing formations
• Flight formation patterns
• Ground drill concepts transferred to aerial medium.
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 17&18
• Sex Ed. & Mating Flights
• Fighting drills and training
• Transport Duties Assigned
• Aerial Drills
• Advanced Thread Fall patterns
• Physical training cont..
• Chores

Months 19&20
• Terrain recognition drills combined with jumps between
• Aerial drills cont...
• Physical training cont..
• Transport Duties Cont...
• Mock wing Drills
• Chores

Months 21 & 22
• Shadowing different riders (ex.Sweeprider)
• Mock wing Drills
• Physical training cont..
• Transport Duties Cont...
• Chores

Months 23& 24
• Interviews with the Weyrleaders & Wingleaders
• Final testing
• Graduation
• New Rank Badges and Cords
• Shoulder Tapping by Wingleaders
• New Weyr Assignments
• Gold riders move up to Jr. Weyrwomen
• Sparring cont...
• Physical training
• Chores

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Cosmic Weyrling Timeline

Dates = Age
June 16th- Hatching to Jun 30th ( 1 month of age)
July 1st - July 15th = 2 months
July 16 - July 31st = 3 months
Aug 1st - Aug 15th = 4 months
Aug 16th - Aug 30th = 5 months
Sept 1st - Sept 15th = 6 months
Sept 16th - Sept 30th = 7 months
Oct 1st - Oct 15th = 8 months
Oct 16th - Oct 31st = 9 months
Nov 1st - Nov 15th = 10 months
Nov 16th - Nov 30th = 11 months
Dec 1st - Dec 15th = 12 months (1 Turn YAY) **Learn to fly
Dec 16th - Dec 31st = 13 months
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Jan 1st - Jan 15th = 14 months
Jan 16th - Jan 31st = 15 months
Feb 1st - Feb 15th = 16 months
Feb 16th - Feb 28th = 17 months
Mar 1st -Mar 15th = 18 months ** greens, blues and small browns are considered sexually mature
Mar 16th - Mar 31st = 19 months
Apr 1st - Apr 15th = 20 months
Apr 16th - Apr 30th = 21 months
May 1st - May 15th = 22 months
May 16th - May 31st = 23 months
Jun 1st - Jun 15th = 24 months ** Large browns, Bronzes and some Golds sexually mature
*Graduation*

Fierce Fire Weyrling Timeline

Dates = Age
(2012)April 16th(ish)- Hatching to April 30th ( 1 month of age)
May 1st - May 15th = 2 months
May 16 - May 31st = 3 months
June 1st - June 15th = 4 months
June 16th - June 30th = 5 months
July 1st - July 15th = 6 months
July 16th - July 30th = 7 months
Aug 1st - Aug 15th = 8 months
Aug 16th - Aug 31st = 9 months
Sept 1st - Sept 15th = 10 months
Sept 16th - Sept 30th = 11 months
Oct 1st - Oct 15th = 12 months (1 Turn YAY) **Learn to fly
Oct 16th - Oct 31st = 13 months
Nov 1st - Nov 15th = 14 months
Nov 16th - Nov 30th = 15 months
Dec 1st - Dec 15th = 16 months
Dec 16th - Dec 31st = 17 months
-- 2013--
Jan 1st -Jan 15th = 18 months ** greens, blues and small browns are considered sexually mature
Jan 16th - Jan 31st = 19 months
Feb 1st - Feb 15th = 20 months
Feb 16th - Feb 28th = 21 months
Mar 1st - Mar 15th = 22 months
Mar 16th - Mar 31st = 23 months
April 1st - April 15th = 24 months ** Large browns, Bronzes and some Golds sexually mature
*Graduation*

Enlightened Sky Weyrling Timeline
Jun 1st- Jun 15th = 1 month
Jun 16th- Jun 30th = 2 months
Jul 1st - Jul 15th= 3 months
Jul 16th - Jul 31st= 4 months
Aug 1st - Aug 15th = 5 months
Aug 16th - Aug 30th = 6 months
Sept 1st - Sept 15th = 7 months
Sept 16th - Sept 30th = 8 months
Oct 1st - Oct 15th = 9 months
Oct 16th - Oct 31st = 10 months
Nov 1st - Nov 15th = 11 months
Nov 16th - Nov 30th = 12 months (1 Turn YAY) **Learn to fly
Dec 1st - Dec 15th = 13 months
Dec 16th - Dec 31st = 14 months
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Jan 1st - Jan 15th = 15 months
Jan 16th - Jan 31st = 16 months
Feb 1st - Feb 15th = 17 months
Feb 16th - Feb 28th = 18 months ** greens, blues and small browns are considered sexually mature
Mar 1st -Mar 15th = 19 months
Mar 16th - Mar 31st = 20 months
Apr 1st - Apr 15th = 21 months
Apr 16th - Apr 30th = 22 months
May 1st - May 15th = 23 months
May 16th - May 31st = 24 months ** Large browns, Bronzes and some Golds sexually mature
*Graduation*