Age: 13 yrs
Homeworld: Modern Earth
Personality: generous, know-it-all, heartless, dependent
Background: Melina knows about Pern - through the books on Earth. Coming to Pern has been a very different, if not freeing, experience. At her age she was just starting to fear entering High School next year. Melina was homeless when she was found, but kept attending school hoping it would give her a better life than the one she had. She was too afraid to reach out to get help but the lie was weighing on her. Thankfully for her, two riders from Isla Weyr picked up on more than she let others see and offered her a new life.