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started in early spring of 258 [RSR/1:45] and ended in 308. As far as the Northern Continent was concerned the first two Falls of the Second Pass were in the Fort Weyr's patrol area (first Fall started over the sea east of Fort Hold and came ashore at the mouth of the river, passing diagonally across the peninsula and out into the sea in the west and second Fall over the southern tip of Southern Boll, possibly missing land altogether and if not than just for a short time passing over land, then swinging and hitting the western tip of the High Reaches, proceeding out to sea, also being over land a short time), the second two in High Reaches (the third Fall started on the south coast of the Tillek peninsula, east of the site of the Hold, and proceed out to sea, again being over land just a short time; the fourth started over the seas in the east and proceed over Benden and Bitra Holds, ending almost at Igen Weyr. This Fall would normally flown jointly by Benden and Igen Weyrs) and the third two in Benden's (the fifth fall started at the northern end of the Nerat peninsula and proceeded across it, over the east coast of Keroon and the east tip of Igen, ending just offshore from Igen. This would normally be a joint Fall too, flown by Benden over Nerat, Igen over the northern part of Keroon and by Ista over the southern part of Keroon). All Falls occurred in the first two weeks of the Pass, about three days apart. The second Fall in Fort territory and the first one in High Reaches happened on the same day (three days after the first Fall) and were different flows of the same Fall. There would be Falls on the Southern Continent a week earlier. The fourth and fifth Falls were considered to be the most dangerous for unseasoned wings. At a meeting of Weyrleaders (prior to the gather at Fort in 257) it was decided that, since for all the Weyrs it would be their first experience with Threadfall, every Weyr would supply a double-wing at the initial engagement, giving each Weyr first-hand experience. Weyrleader B'nurrin of Igen was of the opinion that a first-hand experience like that could better be experienced by all Weyrs simultaneously, fighting the first falls that took place over the Southern Continent. He was backed by K'vin of Telgar but they were overruled by the others [RSR/1:45-47]. The first Fall on the Northern Continent, over the Fort area, was the seventh Fall in total, so the first six Falls of this Pass took place over the Southern Continent. Fall number 4 took pace over the old Landing site, Fall number five would start offshore of the mouth of the Paradise River [RSR/16:383]. All the Weyrleades and their Weyrwomen, except for S'nan and Sarrai of Fort, and many other dragonriders went to look at Fall number 4 over Landing, just a day to prior to the first Fall on the Northern Continent (a day earlier K'vin commented to Zulaya that Threadfall was two days away). They all had a lot of trouble with their dragons who got upset when their riders took them to where Thread was falling while having no means (firestone) to fight it [RSR/16:397-403]. It was decided that during the first live Fall over the Northern Continent a rotation of wings (every two hours) from the different Weyrs would be implemented so that most of the riders could experience Threadfighting, which was a new phenomenon for all of them. Fort Weyrleader S'nan felt deprived (the first Fall was over Fort territory) since the freezing weather was likely to do Fort Weyr out of its  chance to be the first Weyr to meet Thread this Fall [RSR/17:404]. The first Fall Thread came down as black dust, sifted in with snow or sleet. The first partially live Fall was fall number 10 (in this number the Falls on the Southern Continent are counted too), over Benden, the third Fall over the Northern Continent. The weather by now was sufficiently warmer that a good deal of the Fall could be considered live and dangerous [RSR/17:405]. The tenth Fall would start across the high mountains, still deep within winter snows, where Thread would fall harmlessly and would then commence across Benden to its northern-most edge, over pasture lands, forests and small farming holds and eventually over Bitra Hold [RSR/17:406, 411]. During the first live Fall of 258 Thread fell in a steady stream, no tangles, no bare spots. it was exactly as Weyrleader Sean Connell had reported Fall #325 to be, in his records of Turn 11 [RSR/17:409, 413]. It was a fall without any injuries (except for some char burns) and with only four burrows [RSR/17:414]. It was calculated that during the Second Pass there would be about 5814 Falls (although it is possible that this was a joke by B'nurrin. Incidentally, the number given in the US edition (Dragonseye) is 6649, not 5814.  A weird difference! [RSR/17:415].