IC Candidate Rules
1. All Candidates will attend their Chore groups and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner unless excused for medical reasons.
2. Candidates will attend all Harper lessons and complete assignments on time.
3. Candidates will not go onto the Hatching Grounds without permission.
4. Candidates will not leave the Weyr without permission - the CandidateMaster must know where you are at all times in preparation for Hatching.
5. Candidates are not allowed onto the Weyrling Training grounds or Weyrling Barracks without supervision, except in the assigned dinner periods.
6. Nobody allowed in the barracks who isn't a Candidate or approved by a CandidateMaster.
7. All Female candidates will refrain from indulging in intercourse for eight sevendays (2 months) before a Hatching is anticipated and they will undergo a medical examination to ensure they are not pregnant.
8. Additionally, there will be no sex in the Candidate Barracks at all- ever.And no gay sex, period.
9. Candidates are expected to act with the dignity required of Dragonriders and conduct themselves accordingly.
10. No getting lazy, fat, or otherwise unfit. This includes drunkenness or drug-use and addicts will be dealt with harshly.
11. Candidates will address riders according to rank unless given permission to use a more familiar form of address, and riders will always be shown respect.
12. Candidates will be in the Barracks before lights out or face punishment detail unless they have informed the CandidateMaster and have obtained permission to be elsewhere. There is no getting out of bed after lights out (unless in the case of an emergency -- and it had better be a REAL emergency; better to wet your cot than risk a CandidateMaster's wrath).
13. Candidates are responsible for the tidiness and cleanliness of their bed area. Excessive mess will result in punishment detail.So keep the barracks clean.
14. Candidates will not enter the CandidateMaster’s office if it is unoccupied without express permission.
15. Candidates are required to alert the healers any time they feel sick, lest they jeopardise their Impression status.
16. No long hair on boys (girls can get away with shoulder-length, at least until they Impress).
17. No getting married (even engagements are frowned upon -- you're in a WEYR, so you'd better get used to forgetting your holdbred notions of happy families).
18. No breaking bones, maiming, disabling, or killing other Candidates in fights.
19. Any and all issues having to do with riders should be brought to the CandidateMasters immediately. Candidates are not to try and handle it themselves.
20. Personal valuables may only be retrieved from the Barracks Locked Cupboard by fetching the CandidateMaster or a CandidateMaster’s Assistant. Other valuables are the responsibility of the owner.
And most importantly:
21. Each and every Candidate should report any suspected Resistance activity to the CandidateMasters IMMEDIATELY.
NOTE: Breaking these rules does not mean being kicked out of Candidacy. The CandidateMasters are much more likely to let you stay, and then make your life a living hell until you quit yourself. This way they doesn't have to deal with Candidates begging to be let back in, or angry parents, or other annoying scenes that waste their time. But don't think this means you get off easy -- we mean it when we say they'll make your life hell.
2. Candidates will attend all Harper lessons and complete assignments on time.
3. Candidates will not go onto the Hatching Grounds without permission.
4. Candidates will not leave the Weyr without permission - the CandidateMaster must know where you are at all times in preparation for Hatching.
5. Candidates are not allowed onto the Weyrling Training grounds or Weyrling Barracks without supervision, except in the assigned dinner periods.
6. Nobody allowed in the barracks who isn't a Candidate or approved by a CandidateMaster.
7. All Female candidates will refrain from indulging in intercourse for eight sevendays (2 months) before a Hatching is anticipated and they will undergo a medical examination to ensure they are not pregnant.
8. Additionally, there will be no sex in the Candidate Barracks at all- ever.And no gay sex, period.
9. Candidates are expected to act with the dignity required of Dragonriders and conduct themselves accordingly.
10. No getting lazy, fat, or otherwise unfit. This includes drunkenness or drug-use and addicts will be dealt with harshly.
11. Candidates will address riders according to rank unless given permission to use a more familiar form of address, and riders will always be shown respect.
12. Candidates will be in the Barracks before lights out or face punishment detail unless they have informed the CandidateMaster and have obtained permission to be elsewhere. There is no getting out of bed after lights out (unless in the case of an emergency -- and it had better be a REAL emergency; better to wet your cot than risk a CandidateMaster's wrath).
13. Candidates are responsible for the tidiness and cleanliness of their bed area. Excessive mess will result in punishment detail.So keep the barracks clean.
14. Candidates will not enter the CandidateMaster’s office if it is unoccupied without express permission.
15. Candidates are required to alert the healers any time they feel sick, lest they jeopardise their Impression status.
16. No long hair on boys (girls can get away with shoulder-length, at least until they Impress).
17. No getting married (even engagements are frowned upon -- you're in a WEYR, so you'd better get used to forgetting your holdbred notions of happy families).
18. No breaking bones, maiming, disabling, or killing other Candidates in fights.
19. Any and all issues having to do with riders should be brought to the CandidateMasters immediately. Candidates are not to try and handle it themselves.
20. Personal valuables may only be retrieved from the Barracks Locked Cupboard by fetching the CandidateMaster or a CandidateMaster’s Assistant. Other valuables are the responsibility of the owner.
And most importantly:
21. Each and every Candidate should report any suspected Resistance activity to the CandidateMasters IMMEDIATELY.
NOTE: Breaking these rules does not mean being kicked out of Candidacy. The CandidateMasters are much more likely to let you stay, and then make your life a living hell until you quit yourself. This way they doesn't have to deal with Candidates begging to be let back in, or angry parents, or other annoying scenes that waste their time. But don't think this means you get off easy -- we mean it when we say they'll make your life hell.