...this is news to me. I may love you just for this. Yes, there is the wikia issues, but I have just learned that the Dragon is (supposedly) going to come back at the end, during the "big apocalyptic trilogy." Which means he comes back.

Thank you, Jim Butcher. You are even more awesome, if that's possible.

...I haven't actually read much Pern, and it's been a while since I've read what I did, so I didn't make the connection.