Her reaction to Piemur being injured and then disappearing was close to that of a sibling and, while her brother Alemi believed the situation in their hold was so bad for Menolly that it was best not to try to look, she was willing to do anything to find Piemur. She was not happy to lose the chance to question the situation when Piemur ended the discussion, and she had no trouble disciplining an apprentice when she saw bullying. She later held her own against other Journeymen, especially when she suspected that Piemur was being abused in the drum heights. She was also very talented at handling and training fire-lizards.Īs Menolly spent more time as a Harper she became more confident.

She had a great ear for music and was exceptionally talented at writing and playing songs. Menolly was not very proud of herself as a girl and was often shy, probably a result of being neglected and abused by her parents. She had long and thick dark hair. Menolly's fire lizard Beauty frequently hid in her hair, with her tail wrapped around Menolly's neck like a necklace. Menolly was very tall with long and lanky legs. Menolly inadvertantly impressed another fire lizard, bronze Poll, when she was handing the unhatched egg to Lord Holder Groghe of Fort Hold. Later, she married Sebell and became a Masterharper, helping with the movement to banish Thread from Pern forever. She wrote many popular songs, such as the ' Fire Lizard Song' and ' Brekke's Song' - songs that helped transmit news and current events throughout Pern. Not everyone approved of a girl becoming a harper and she was victim of envy among the female students especially because of her fire lizards, but she proved her talent and abilities and became a Journeyman.

After the Hatching feast, she was finally identified by Masterharper Robinton as the apprentice Petiron had mentioned in messages to Harper Hall and was allowed to fulfill her dream of becoming a harper.Īt Harper Hall, Menolly made friends with Camo, Piemur, Audiva, Silvina, and Sebell. Menolly was rescued from Threadfall by brown dragonrider T'gran and brought to Benden Weyr. Menolly ran away from home and found refuge in a cave, where she unintentionally Impressed nine fire lizards: gold Beauty, bronzes Rocky and Diver, browns Mimic, Lazybones and Brownie, blue Uncle, and greens Auntie One and Auntie Two. Her parents, Yanus and Mavi, grudgingly allowed her to continue teaching the local children music after Petiron died, as their community had no other harper. They forbade her to sing after the replacement harper came, and to become a harper in her own right, as they believed it was not right for girls to do such things. Menolly grew up in Half-Circle Sea Hold, where she helped the Hold harper, Petiron ( Robinton's father), write songs and dreamed of becoming a harper.

Dragonsinger by anne mccaffrey