Kylara

Kylara is a character in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. She is the headstrong Weyrwoman of the Southern Weyr, later moving to High Reaches Weyr when the Southern Continent is given to the rebellious Oldtimers who refuse to acknowledge Benden as their sovereign. Kylara is known for flaunting sexual and political customs, such as openly taking a lover from among the Lord Holders (Lord Meron of Nabol) rather than maintaining the polite fiction that her Weyrleader, T'bor, is her lover. She also finds much of the domestic work of the Weyrwoman's office distasteful, preferring to leave day-to-day management of the Weyr to the junior gold riders, including Brekke and Vanira (also called Varena).

When Brekke's gold Wirenth rises to mate, Kylara is engaged in an intimate liaison with Meron at Nabol. Wirenth overflies Kylara's gold Prideth, triggering the latter dragon's own mating frenzy, and the two dragons battle to the death. Both women survive, but Kylara is left in a childlike state and Brekke suffers deep depression.

Kylara is the full-blood sister of Lord Larad of Telgar Hold, the daughter of Lord Tarathel, and the half-sister of Lady Holder Thella and Lady Famira of Lemos Hold.