1. You MAY NOT use Anne McCaffery's characters. You cannot be related to them in any way, have met them, or be named after them. In our timeline, none of them exist, have existed, or ever will exist.

2. There will be only Gold, Bronze, Brown, Blue and Green dragons. NO other colours. Ruth was one in a million, and we're going to keep it that way. That goes for firelizards too.

3. There is no religion on Pern. Which means no characters saying 'Oh my God' or anything thing like that. There's Pernese oaths, such as 'Shells!', 'Shards!' etc. Don't thank God, thank Faranth.

4. There is no magic, sorcery, arcane healing, card tricks, etc. no curses either. Also, there is no ESP, telekinesis, teleportation without use of dragon, or any of the like. We DO NOT allow Star Trek, cyborgs, aliens, witches, or anything else from anywhere but Pern, either. Just humans, dragons, firelizards, and animals.

5. You cannot write stories about or involving Benden Weyr, Ruatha Hold, or Fort's Harper Hall. Your character can be born there, but you may never write about their past, or what they did there, and we'd prefer that they weren't born there at all. It'd just make things easier for us all.

6. No HAD Speaking Gold Riders. Moreta, Lessa, Sorka, Torene and Brekke, etc. They are considered Anne's territory and will not be copied.

Colours are Impressed as follows:
Gold: Heterosexual women only.
Bronze: Heterosexual males only.
Browns: Mostly heterosexual men.
Blues: Bisexual and lesbian women, bisexual men and heterosexual men.
Greens: Gay and bisexual men, bisexual and heterosexual women.
Note: Bitkim Weyr allows the occasional heterosexual man on green and heterosexual woman on blue.

And of course, Bitkim has her own rules. They are as follows:

1) You may not use anyone else's character without asking. You may not kill, hurt or do anything else to someone elses character without asking.

2) All major plot lines must be cleared with the BOD.

3)There will only be 3 HAD's (hearing all dragons) at any given time in the weyr. If you would like a HAD, you must write up a detailed sheet, and explain why you feel you deserve this position. One is already taken, leaving two available.

4) No mature queens are being accepted at this time. In order to attain goldirder position, you must be active in the weyr, and prove that you can handle this position. Maximum gold capacity will fluxuate depending on weyr membership.

5) There will be a limit of three gold firelizards at any given time in the weyr plus one per hold and one per hall; you must explain why your persona has this gold firelizard. You may not have a gold and a bronze firelizard belonging to the same persona. A player may have no more than two bronze firelizards and they must belong to different personas. Candidates and Apprentices are unlikely to have fire-lizards, except as gifts. Priority goes to Masters, Lord Holders, Holders, dragonriders, and some Journeymen and women.

6) Timing has been discovered, but the knowledge is limited to queens and
bronzes only.

7) Speech will be presented as such:

{{Dragon to human/Dragon to dragon}} [[Human to dragon]] ~firelizard images/feelings~

8) No super-sonas or Mary Sues, please. What fun is a perfect persona who knows everything and gets along with everyone? Let alone how realistic such a persona would be. Crafters have to work long and hard to reach the rank of Master, they're unlikely to do so before the age of 30. Not all journeymen are going to be in a hurry to gife up their craft in order to become Candidates, in effect starting all over at the bottom on the chance that they might Impress.

9) Most important - Have Fun! :)