[ghost8772]

thats my point though, of the weyr leaders that Anne wrote about, ONLY Moreta and Kylara are depicted as weyrwomen who had no time for the Weyrleader except for mating flights, and found enjoyment or whatever with other people. hence my naming the similarity. F'lar's parallel of Moreta to Lessa was from the Ballad and from Weyr legend that she could communicate with any dragon. In Moreta the novel though Moreta only spoke to Leri's queen. some of the changes were explained.... the ballad when written was decided to have Moreta dying on Orlith's back instead of Leri's queen (whom I can't remember the name). the circumstances or Moreta "having nothing to do with the weyrleader" outside of mating flights, but looking for love elsewhere, people dying left right center, the heroine dying, others dying, the continuation through nerilka of Alessan wanting to suicide also, this book was SO unlike Anne's other works, all gloom and doom.