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Benden Weyr

Larth was a brown dragon at Benden Weyr late in the Eighth Interval. His rider was L'tol, who became 'Lytol' after Larth's death in a flaming accident.

Inconsistencies[]

In The Masterharper of Pern, Larth is always referred to as a brown dragon. And in Dragonflight, Larth is listed as a brown dragon in The People of Pern. However, Larth is referred to as a green dragon in 'PART I Weyr Search', when F'lar described Larth's death to F'nor. First, F'lar refers to Larth as a 'green dragon', then says, "...the green dragon, his left wing crisped, his body scorched..."

According to The Masterharper of Pern, "S'lel's Tuenth came out of between flaming and caught Larth all along his side. There were enough of us in the air to cushion Larth back to earth, screaming his head off. Larth was too badly burned. He went between right there on the ground." However, according to Dragonflight, "An ill-timed swerve during the Spring Games had brought L'tol and his beast into the full blast of a phosphine emission from S'lel's bronze Tuenth. L'tol had been thrown from his beast's neck as the dragon tried to evade the blast. Another wingmate had swooped to catch the rider, but the green dragon, his left wing crisped, his body scorched, had died of shock and phosphine poisoning." In both books, Larth was said to have died during the Spring Games, but The Masterharper of Pern specifies that Larth died during firestone practice.

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