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Mostly situated along the northern side of the Weyrbowl, the riders weyrs are large and relatively open. As of yet only the lower levels have hot running water, but there isn't really a need for more weyrs as of yet so there are no plans to make more.

The first structure one would come to when approaching by the ground entrance is the stables, just before the entrance to the Weyrbowl. The individual stalls are large and spacious, if roughly made. The pastures are by the feeding grounds, green space being at a premium.

Just outside the Weyr proper, the feeding grounds are the only green space between the Weyr and the Hold, covering approximately 3 acres or relatively flat land, considering it's in the middle of a mountain range.

A network of tunnels burrowing deep into the southern side of the caldera make up the lower caverns. The largest of these is the kitchen complex, halfway up the sides of the cliff, with the barracks and sleeping quarters nearby.

Sub-board: Kitchens

Deep down in the rock, heated by the same system as the hatching sands, the hot springs are beneath the barracks. Used for bathing and recreation, they are a popular place for friends to meet up.

Bunks line either side of this wide cavern, interspaced with sizeable depressions for the growing dragonets. There are separate caverns for boys and girls, with a largish common room leading directly to the Weyrbowl.

Smaller than the Weyrling barracks, but similar in structure, the candidate barracks are the closest part of the caverns to the hatching cavern, giving the candidates quick and easy access when the hatching time comes.

Next to the hatching cavern, the infirmary sports a large entrance - big enough for even the largest gold to fit through. Inside is equally impressive, with many bunks and depressions for the infirm weyrfold, dragons and riders alike, each depression with its own bunk beside it for the pairs to sleep together. Stocks are a little low at the moment, unfortunately, and the healers welcome any wiling to go on collection explorations around the continent.

Set almost equidistant between Weyr and Hold, the Dolphineer Hall is situated in a large cave in the cliffs bordering the sea. The cave entrance is wide and low, but is accessible by sea in all but the lowest tides. The aboveground entrance is rather harder to find, and is basically a hole in the ground below a tree, with a few stables and other buildings scattered about it.

A vast mountain range, or ranges really, arranged either side of the Rift Sea splitting the two halves of the Western Continent. High, rocky and cold, these mountains experience the worst of the violent weather that sweeps the west often, especially the norther parts. Skyline Weyr is situated in the southernmost part of the western range.

This vast desert covers the majority of the eastern half of the Western Continent, merging into the ice sheets of the north. This land is never exactly hot, even the southern reaches only receive temperate temperatures, and is flat save for the dunes at the interior.

The north of the continent is heavily forested; thick pine and spruce forest backs the mountain range to the far north, fading into the great hardwoods further south, eventually spilling out onto the Plains. Despite being one of the most beautiful parts of the continent, it is among one of the least explored.

Occupying the southern half of the continent, it is this great plain that Horizon Hold backs onto. From the forests of the north to the coast of the south east and west, there are undulating hills covered in rich grass, criss crossed by rivers. It is here that life is most abundant in the west, as the land is fertile and the temperatures warm. A few small cotholds have sprung up here recently.