"Larger by several hands than the first ones who fought Thread, which will make it all that much easier for us this time round."

It is unclear if they continue to fight Thread by the 9th pass.

Dragons did so many things that didn't have to do with fighting Thread.

Or there won't be any dragon- riders left to fight Thread.

But making it takes time away from the essential task of fighting Thread and keeping us alive.

Maybe he's battle-weary from fighting Thread for so many years.

We are back here in time to fight Thread.

He was trying to teach all the eager youngsters how to fight Thread.

Or there won't be any dragonriders left to fight Thread.

That way we'll know exactly how to get back to any of the major stakes when we need to fight Thread over them.