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ArtistLessa was the Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr during the Ninth Pass, and the last survivor of the Ruathan bloodline during the depredations of Fax, the self-styled «Lord of Seven Holds Her dragon was gold Ramoth, the largest queen on Pern. Lessa was eleven when she went into hiding as a drudge at Ruatha. She left Ruatha for Benden Weyr ten Turns later, and is twenty-one at the hatching of her queen, Ramoth. Lessa spends the next three Turns waiting for Ramoth to mature, in the meantime under the dull Weyrleadership of R'gul. During Lessa's twenty-fourth Turn Ramoth mates with Mnementh, making F'lar both Weyrleader and Lessa's mate. It is shortly after these events, still in Lessa's twenty-fourth Turn, that the Thread begins to fall--for the first time in four-hundred Turns. Lessa tends to wear her waist-length «thick, fine dark hair» in a practical and efficient braid. Her face is described as "curiously beautiful"; it is narrow, with high, prominent cheekbones, arched brows, and delicate, feminine features. She has grey eyes. Lessa is petite in stature and, after a decade of malnutrition under Fax, she remains slight of figure, although womanly in form. Evidently, her hands belie her noble ancestry, as--despite callouses, dirt and broken nails--they are notably «small, delicately boned» and even graceful. Once able to discard her guise as a drudge, Lessa stands with her shoulders back, head high, and her chin up.
A striking fantasy scene featuring a powerful woman adorned in ornate jewelry and clothing, standing confidently with a majestic dragon looming behind her against a mountainous backdrop.