The long awaited 9th Pass has finally come. Unlike the Weyrs from the North, the dragons of Arapas were never called by the Weyrwoman Lessa to return 400 turns later to fight the return of Thread. Instead they changed with the times, secluded in the West, ignored or forgotten by the remaining Weyr who was busy trying to merely survive. Knowledge of Arapas in the North never was. Those dragons who left, thinking it the haven of Between, were thought dead. No one questioned there last flights into the airless void. And such Arapas is an enigma, unknown to all but those in the West.

But times are changing. A greenrider, her mind panic-filled and unclear, directed her dragon Between. The pair stumbled upon the forgotten Weyr and its unusual dragons, unable to believe their eyes. But that is not all. Arapas dragons, having ventured South to gather fruit, also stumbled across other inhabitants of the Continent. The had traveled east and came across a small cothold beholden to Southern. Along with fruit and tawny feline pelts, the riders brought this news back with them to the Weyr. It seems the Northern Weyrs were not the only ones to forget...

And now with news of another Weyr in the South, Arapas is sending scouts out, to find if there are more deeper in the Continent. Unknown to them, rumors are spreading North, telling of an unknown Weyr recently found, where those riders lost Between are said to go. Stories tell of mutants and unspeakable acts from a Weyr forgotten by time. Some say it is paradise, a place where anyone and everyone is free to visit or heal. But whatever these rumors say, nothing can change the fact that Arapas will not remain forgotten for long.