F'nor
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Famanoran or F'nor is a fictional character in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
F'nor was the son of Benden Weyr's former Weyrleader, F'lon and its current Headwoman Manora. He was also the half-brother of the current weyrleader, F'lar. He was a wingsecond and Rider of brown Canth.
F'nor made a heroic, but unwise attempt to visit the Red Star. He took Canth there by means of visual directions obtained through a telescope. His intent was to discover if they could destroy Thread at its source. When they arrived, they witnessed great seething masses of thread, and were almost burned alive by the searing heat. They were called back by Brekke, a weyrwoman who had lost her Queen, and loved F'nor. Brekke used the fire-lizards to call to Canth, and they returned via between. As they fell from the sky, other dragons supported them and gently lowered them to the ground. Any human who had Impressed a dragon or fire lizard experienced the shock of Brekke's cry, "Don't leave me alone!"
F'nor and Brekke lived together for many years and had a son named F'rek (Oddly, he was named this as a baby, whereas a dragonrider's name is usually not shortened until he Impresses).
