Weyrlings spends most of their time feeding, bathing, and oiling their new lifemates. Any spare time and energy is spent on chores around the Weyr.

Weyrlings are also taught the basics of first aid. They start their drill routines, marching in formation and following basic commands. They learn about firestone, how to size, break, and bag it and are quickly put to work doing that before every Fall. They also learn how to assemble and use a flamethrower.

Second month weyrlings begin to learn a few things about the Weyr that most people who aren't Weyrfolk don't, such as history, rank, and etiquette. Drills become increasingly tiring and difficult as their lifemates are not as dependent on their care every day, and the weyrlings have more time for other duties.

Drills now include firestone tossing. Those who have done very well during the past three months are given extra responsibilities as well as rewards from the Weyrlingmaster. They learn advanced first aid in the third month as well as basic self-defense and wrestling.

At last the dragonets are old enough to fly on their own. The Weyrlingmaster's dragon may then have "drills" with the dragonets in the air to practice take off and landing and to improve agility, strength and speed. Once they get that down, they can go and hunt from themselves on the Weyr grounds.

Weyrling drills continue in a more difficult fashion with the weyrlings arranged just like a wing would be when it is in the air. Lessons in air currents, cloud formations, and weather dynamics are taught for the next two months.

This month is spent learning how to make and maintain riding straps. The weyrlings can expect long boring lectures on how important daily maintenance is, as well as many sore fingers for those who can't properly sew yet. Due to the inevitable errors made, this particular part of training may become very tedious, but a good Weyrlingmaster can't let his precious charges into the air without being decently strapped in.

After learning how they can finally make their own riding straps. Dragonets are measured again and again, and all Weyrlings learn how to adjust the length of the straps on their still growing dragons. Once all straps pass the Weyrlingmaster's meticulous inspection, they can practice putting them on their dragons properly. Once that's down, the weyrlings are tested and the first flights are taken!

Note: After this point, all restrictions on the Weyrlings' personal relationships are lifted, though keep in mind that training is not over yet and demands on their time remain high.

The dragons are then trained to fly with their new riders; take off, landing, and getting accustomed to the air currents within and above the Weyr are all practiced extensively. Elevator duty is then assigned. Weyrlings are moved out of the barracks into new weyrs, with priority given to the most outstanding weyrlings in the class.

Drills are now aerial. Anyone who doesn't keep up risks injuring themselves and their dragons in collisions and other accidents. The Weyrlings practice flight in formation, changing formation, and tossing firestone from one dragon toanother.

By far the most dangerous times in the Weyrling training start here. Weyrlings can expect long scary lectures of young riders who, not paying attention before betweening, found themselves entombed in rock, buried alive in rubble, charred by a another dragon, or simply vanished completely. They learn about picturing a place in their mind and sending it to their dragons. They also learn about how to stay calm in the event that someone in the class dies.

Several straight flights outside the weyr are taken with the Weyrlingmaster to let the weyrlings become accustomed to the view above familiar places. Then, the weyrlings, one by one, are allowed to go between on their own to a destination that the Weyrlingmaster has chosen. Depending on what happens then, the Weyrlingmaster allows them to go between in smaller and then larger groups. Drills also involve going between and emerging from between in formation. The survivors get their next assignments as transporters for people wishing to get from the Weyr to far away places and vice versa.

Finally, the Weyrlings enter the last phase of their training: Chewing firestone and flaming. After the first practice flames with low grade firestone, the weyrlings start practicing flying in formation, flaming, and going between. By now, the Weyrleader and Weyrwoman will be observing them, as well as the Wingleaders and Wingseconds who will be receiving the new riders.

The weyrlings get their first taste of Threadfall. For one part of the class, they follow the wings into the fight; for the other part they ferry firestone to riders who need it. After they've joined all the flights, and, in most cases, received their first scorings, they get their temporary Wing assignments.

Since the Weyrlings are flying as riders now, no real official training goes on during their last month, though if they have trouble adjusting, they may be shuffled around or even sent back to the Weyrlingmaster to be "straightened out."