Candidates

Candidates are individuals that stand for Impression when dragon eggs hatch.

Search

Search is when a dragon determines if an individual has the potential to be a Candidate to Impress to a dragonet. Candidates who live at the Weyr may be allowed to stand by asking the Weyrwoman for Candidate status. Non-weyrbred Candidates need to be Searched by a Searchrider. Writers are encouraged to post about this process, but it is not required. Searchriders give suitable Candidates a token that is then presented to the Headwoman when the new Candidate is brought to the Weyr to live.

Ages

A candidate must be at least twelve and no more than twenty-one. Candidates ages 16-20 are given preference for Impression. In the case of a gold egg on the Sands, all candidates who want to be considered for it must be at least fifteen turns old.

Living Quarters

Most candidates live in the candidate barracks, separated on either side of the huge building, with only a curtain for privacy between the genders. The exceptions to this would be candidates who are journeyman crafters upon Search or who have families/weyrmates by the time they are Searched. See each Weyr's Location Guide for the exact setup for barracks and journeyman candidates.

If your candidate is a Journeyman, in a committed relationship, or has other family obligations, please petition the Weyrlingmaster for their permission. They may be refused if there are Eggs on the Sands as that is a critical time in candidate training, but it is up to the individual Weyrlingmaster