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Fort Weyr Telgar Weyr Sky Weyr

Xhinna was a female rider bonded to blue Tazith, making her the first known female blue rider.

Biography[]

At Fort Weyr, Xhinna was a social outcast for preferring girls over boys.

Though not known to anyone else at the time, Xhinna had sneaked into the Hatching where Fiona impressed Talenth, hoping to impress the queen herself. Fiona found her in her weyr and confronted Xhinna. Xhinna told Fiona that nobody liked her and that the Headwoman of Fort Weyr Melanwy wanted to send her away. Fiona invited Xhinna to come back to the weyr and help oil Talenth after hearing this.

Xhinna usually helped take care of the children of the weyr. Fiona had Xhinna keep an eye on the ill Kalsenth while Tannaz rested.

As Fiona and Xhinna checked on the sickly dragons and their riders, L'rian stated that Xhinna could impress a green or a blue dragon. As Xhinna helped Fiona feed Talenth, Fiona snapped at Xhinna who was talking about mating flights. T'mar came over and sent Xhinna to help Ellor; later Fiona apologized to Xhinna for her earlier behavior.

One night, Fiona and Xhinna woke to find Tajen entering the Hatching Grounds. They followed him, and Tajen revealed he came to form an answer for people who asked him what to do if their dragon died; he and Salith had already agreed that he wouldn't suicide to provide a positive example for the weyrlings.

When Fiona returned to the present after spending time in the past, she told Xhinna that she won't be her lover, but that they could still be friends. Xhinna accompanied Fiona to Telgar Weyr when several Fort riders transferred there. A while afterwards, along with Seban and her new friend Taria, they comforted Fiona after she learned that Talenth had the Dragon Plague.

Xhinna and Taria were among those that were chosen to stand as candidates for Talenth's clutch, with the two of them being at odds with each other worrying if the other would impress a gold and leave the other behind. After an egg failed to hatch on its own, Talenth panicked and used her teeth to break open the shell before Fiona called Xhinna over to help. Ultimately Xhinna impressed the hatchling, a blue named Tazith, despite her protests that women didn't impress blues.

Weyrlingmaster Kindan put her in charge of the weyrlings at Telgar Weyr. 

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