From: jkiley@andy.bgsu.edu (James H. Kiley)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern,rec.games.mud.tiny,rec.games.mud.announce
Subject: Current Events on SouConMUSH
Summary: There's more than one Pern-themed-MUSH, come take a look.
Date: 25 Jul 92 06:42:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Jul26.023635.575
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Originator: scott@glia
Folloup-To: poster


	Things are happening on the bottom half of Pern.... 
	By way of explanation, SouConMUSH is a themed MUSH running under 
MUSH 2.0 at soucon.cygnus.com 4201.  We're set on Pern's southern continent,
just before the Tenth Pass of the Red Start, so we occur in the same time
frame as PernMUSH.
	So, what's going on that this fool poster's getting so excited about?
	Well, the biggest news is that Maylith, Southern Weyr's senior gold
dragon, is about to rise for her third mating flight.  But there's more to it
than that.  Maylith will be moving from Southern Weyr to the soon-to-be-opened
Eastern Weyr for her clutching, and she will be senior queen at Eastern, with
Eastern's Weyrleader to be decided by the aforementioned flight.
	Eastern is the last of the Weyrs to be built in Anne McCaffrey's Pern
books, and its territory was that of Cove Hold and the southern Harper Hall,
but with the building that's going on on SouCon the territory will be 
expanding to cover some newer holds (more on that in a minute).  Eastern
is the only Weyr not described in the Atlas of Pern, or really anywhere else,
which still figures in the Pern books, and once it opens to the public, all
are welcome to come look around as they wish.
	Now, obviously, a queens's mating flight also carries with it a
clutching and eventual hatching, and that means that we need candidates for
Impression.  Searchriders are out and scouring the continent for potential
candidates, and new players are at no disadvantage.
	Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.  The flight will take place Saturday night,
August 8th, at 8:30pm PDT (11:30pm EDT), and spectators to the event are more
than welcome, even if only as visitors from another part of Pern.
	Now, before all this occurs, there's another event, perhaps one of
a bit more interest to non-weyrfolk, and that is that the Harpercraft will
be having a concert Saturday night, August 1st at 9pm EDT.  This event will
feature nearly all of Southern's Harpercraft and may have a few other events
in store...
	Building.  SouCon is expanding geographically.  Holders are wanted
to build Holds on the sites of some of the ancient Holdings in the Southern
Continent--contact the Lord Holders' Conclave, headed by Lords Brion of 
Southern and Bretten of Cove, for more information.
	All of Southern's Holds, major and minor, are always looking for
talented folk to fill positions within the hold, even as simple a position
as cotholder, once again, contact a Holder or Lord Holder for more info.
	All twelve of the major crafts of Pern are represented on the 
continent, from Harper to Smith, and are constantly on the lookout for 
new apprentices.  Crafts on SouCon are still rather small, though well
fleshed-out, nearly all having active Halls yet having room for quick
advancement through the ranks (*especially the Tannercraft plug plug*) for
those with the dedication.
	Well, that about covers it.  A date for the official opening of 
Eastern Weyr will be decided not long after the mating flight to 
determine Weyrleadership, and that date will be publically announced.
SouConMUSH is running on a very stable site, once again running TinyMUSH
2.0 at soucon.cygnus.com 4201.  Drop by, you'll find we're one of the 
friendliest games around.  And feel free to bug the hell out of me if any
of the information I post here is fishy, if you are new and need help, or
if you just want somebody to hassle. :)

Jim Kiley, Astronomer Wannabe
Mastertanner Mertonn @ SouConMUSH
jkiley@andy.bgsu.edu