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George Laurence

## Biography

George Laurence is William Laurence's older brother by six years, he stands to inherit Lord Allendale's title and lands.

By 1805, he is married to Elizabeth Laurence and they have three sons and a daughter, with another child on the way.

In 1807, George is present at the family estate in Nottinghamshire when the Aerial Corps retreated from London to Loch Laggan covert. Lord Allendale is gravely ill, and George had taken over many of his duties, though Lady Allendale still runs the household.
Galandoo

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## Biography

A member of the Larrakia tribe.

He lives in the chinese settlement in northern Australia. He has a curly, slightly grey beard but from his body he seems to be much younger. He is more wiry than bully and wears a spear. He wears a traditional loincloth. He isn't afraid of big dragons ands speaks a bit chinese.

*“Galandoo says there are two dragons here,” Temeraire said, turning his head around.* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 261). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*...by a native man: tall, with a curly beard gone a little to grey; he was otherwise built like a much younger man than his face would have had him, sinewy and muscled, with a spear held casually in hand; he wore a braided belt, from which was slung a loincloth, and nothing else. Two younger men, rather more wary, hung back a little way behind him.* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 260). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*Galandoo came forward out of the men, and beckoned to Tharunka to translate; and to Laurence he said simply, “It is time for you to go.”* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 328). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Clarita Acevedo-Cruz

## Biography

### Early Years

Clarita is from Argentina and was raised by her mother, an independent wizard who does occasional maintenance work for the Enclave in Salta.

### A Deadly Education

Clarita is the senior class Valedictorian. The New York Enclavers gave Clarita a guaranteed spot in their Enclave after Graduation in order to get her to join their alliance. Until the rankings were posted, no one knew she was going for Valedictorian, despite the avid competition between high ranking students. Most students assumed she was in maintenance track since she picked up extra maintenance shifts sometimes. Clarita deliberately wore dull clothing in plain colors as part of her strategy to fly under the radar.

Since the competition for Valedictorian is so steep, if she had only made the top ten, she would have looked better than some higher-ranking students due to the surprise of her coming out of nowhere. Clarita put a binder of every mark she received in all of her classes over the past three and a half years after the rankings were posted.

During her senior year Clarita came up with the plan to send Orion Lake into the Graduation Hall to fix the cleansing machinery. After El countered her suggestion by proposing she, Orion, and a team of the top seniors went down, Clarita agreed and joined the mission. She gave the members a powerful group shielding spell she created. After the mission, Clarita tried to get El and Orion to graduate with her and the New York students, believing they wouldn't make it somewhere safe before the cleansing walls of mortal fire scoured the school.

## Skills and Abilities

### Spells

* Group Shield Spell. A powerful spell Clarita wrote designed to be cast by multiple wizards.

### Languages

* English
* Spanish

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 8:50:30) Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 8:50:45). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
3. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 8:50:00). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
Crawler

## Description

Crawlers are created from materials such as paper and is turned into a mal with animating inscriptions. These inscriptions can be disguised to look like scribbles or math equations. Not all Crawlers turn into mals, but if they can't drain mana from approved sources, they'll start to go after unapproved sources such as their creators. Once they start pulling mana from unapproved sources they become full-fledged mals.

Crawlers attack their victims by attaching to a bare patch of skin and then sending magic fibers into the victim's body, which they then use to suck the life and mana out of their target.

## How to Kill

Crawlers are not difficult to kill, though they can be difficult to spot. They are small and can look like inanimate objects. Once spotted, they can be disintegrated with fire or killed by other means.

## Appearances

Magnus tries to set a crawler on El, but Orion saves her before it can attack. He disintegrates it with a fire-based combat spell. Instead of a mana-siphon spell which would have killed her, like a typical crawler, the New York kids attached a malia-siphon spell which would only kill a heavy-duty maleficer. Since El doesn't use malia and therefore wouldn't have any power for the Crawler to take, it likely would have switched to pulling mana, which would have killed El after all.

## Notes

Chapter 8 of A Deadly Education is titled Crawler.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance) (Time 5:53:30). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 5:54:30). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
3. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. (The Scholomance) (Time 7:03:00). Random House Publishing Group. Audiobook Edition.
Battersea

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## Biography

Battersea was a midshipman aboard the HMS Reliant when she captured the Amitie and the egg that was to hatch Temeraire. As one of the Reliant's officers, he participated in the drawing of lots to determine which officer would attempt to harness the egg. Battersea was the only officer who was eager to try, thinking that it would be "famous" to ride a dragon. When he wrote down his name for the lots, he tore off a larger piece of paper than was really needed, perhaps in hopes of improving his chances of being chosen. However, the choice instead fell on his fellow midshipman, Carver.
Glidius

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## Biography

Glidius is a young Winchester that was temporarily assigned to Exedium's formation for the Battle of the Nile. He flew above them and zipped off at Jane's bidding to check out anything that needed to be checked on or to take messages to the ships at Jane's direction.

When sails were spotted Glidius and his captain were sent and discovered the French Fleet.

### 1798

from *Dawn of Battle*

When sails were spotted Glidius and his captain were sent and discovered the French Fleet.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Golden Age and Other Stories . Subterranean Press. Kindle Edition.
Chinese Embassy

In late 1805, a **Chinese Embassy** arrived in Britain to demand the return of the Celestial dragon Lung Tien Xiang (known to the British as Temeraire). They had come to Britain on four ships confiscated from the East India Company, a choice which one embassy member explained to a British naval officer as "they were the largest of your ships in Canton at the time."

The Embassy spent several months in England attempting to persuade Temeraire to leave behind his captain, William Laurence, and return to China, something that he refused to do. In the end, Temeraire was convinced to travel to China on the condition that Laurence and his crew were to accompany him. The Chinese Embassy then journeyed with them on the HMS Allegiance back to China.

Following this, the Embassy may have disbanded, as their services were no longer required. No more contact was made with Temeraire or his crew, save by Prince Yongxing and the two envoys, the latter of whom were on good terms with the aviators.

## Members of the Embassy

* Prince Yongxing - Brother to the Jiaqing Emperor.
* Liu Bao - Envoy.
* Sun Kai - Envoy.
* About fifteen soldiers (two of whom perished in the Valerie engagement]]).
* Three physicians; one for Prince Yongxing, one for the envoys and the last for the remainder of the embassy.
* Assistants to the three physicians.
* An English/Chinese translator.
* Two cooks with assistants.
* About twelve body servants, including Feng Li and Huang.
* About twelve other men, including a poet. Two known Chinese passengers; Ye Bing and Li Honglin, may have been part of this group.

## Travel plans

The Embassy's original destination and departure date are unknown. The "East Indiamen" of that time typically took about one year to sail from China to Britain, which would have begun their outbound journey in late 1804.

However, at that date, Temeraire's egg was still unhatched and in French possession aboard the *Amitie*.
This suggests that the Embassy initially left with the intention of checking on Temeraire's welfare in France, before heading for England after hearing the details of the Battle of Dover. This does not explain why the Embassy targeted British ships for confiscation, unless all foreign-owned ships were being viewed on a roughly equal basis and the East Indiaman were Canton's largest ships of any non-Chinese nationality.
Dragons/Equipment

## European

### Dragon Rigging

In the British Aerial Corps, and possibly in other parts of Europe, combat dragons are fitted with several types of harnesses, including a light duty harness, travelling harness, and heavy combat harness. The harnesses consists of thick leather straps held together with large metal rings. On the belly of the dragon, the harness consists of a net (referred to, unsurprisingly, as the 'belly-netting') in which bombs, gunpowder, and some of the crew are kept. A depiction of a Yellow Reaper's rigging appears in the back of the US edition of His Majesty's Dragon.

The Crew travels from place to place upon the back of the dragon by means of a series of carabiner hooks and rings: the crew member would unclip the hook (attached to their belt) from the ring, move foreword (or backwards, sideways, etc...), and re-clip the carabiner the carabiner when they have reached their location. If moving a relatively long distance across the dragon, you would unclip and re-clip several times. While this method is rather slow and tedious, you remain attached to the dragon's harness most all of the time, which is extremely important should the dragon perform a maneuver such as a roll. Such a maneuver would result in many of the crew falling off the back of the dragon if they were not held on by their carabiners.

Harness fitting and rigging is the responsibility of the dragon's ground crew, with the main responsibility falling upon the harness-tender.

### Signal Strap

a strap that runs from near the captain down to the belly rigging. It is colored in alternating sections of black and white, and used by the captain to ask if those in the belly rigging are secured into their places. A captain will tug it forward a section, and upon those in the belly rigging being secured, it will be pulled forward a section by someone below.

### Training Equipment

Flight Table
*It was a sort of vast diorama set upon a table, with a latticework on top; Laurence did not have a set of the proper scale figures of dragons to hang from it, but he substituted whittled and colored bits of wood, and by tying these with bits of thread from the lattice, they were able to display three-dimensional positions for each other’s consideration.*

## China

### Civilian Dragons

* rigging for moving a large number of people

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 221). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Collins

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## Biography

from *His Majesty's Service*
Collins was a new midwingman when he was chosen for Temeraire's crew. Laurence described him as having a good eye, but overeager. He, along with Dunne, was reprimanded by Laurence for discussing whores within Temeraire's hearing.

Collins was the first member of the crew killed during the Battle of Dover. He was shot by the crew of a Pecheur-Raye while attempting to drop bombs on one of the transports.

**Notes to use to expand the article:**

*..and took a moment to have a private and forceful word with Collins and Dunne about their indiscretion. He did not mean to go on like a blue-light captain, preaching chastity and temperance all day; still, he did not think it prudish if he preferred his youngsters to have a respectable example before them in the older officers.* Novik, Naomi. In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War) (p. 213). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Bertram Woolvey

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## Biography

Bertram Woolvey was a gentleman who was an acquaintance of William Laurence. Unlike Laurence, Woolvey was his father's heir and never forced to pursue an occupation. He spent most of his time hunting and gambling, but was not known to be cruel or a coward. He was present at Wollaton Hall when Laurence first arrived with Temeraire. The next morning, he accompanied Miss Montagu when she wished to meet Temeraire.

Shortly after the Battle of Dover, Woolvey was engaged to Edith Galman, who had previously been in an understanding with Laurence himself. The two married thereafter and had a son, James, who became sick with the measles and prevented them from escaping their home in London when the French invaded.

Woolvey happened upon Laurence and Tharkay when they entered the city to rescue John Granby. Granby was being held in Kensington Palace, and Woolvey offered to take them in his carriage, since his presence (as a gentleman) would be less conspicuous. Tharkay also theorized that Woolvey was trying to prove he was just as brave as his wife's former suitor. The threesome managed to subdue the guard and free Granby, but Woolvey was shot in the chest just before they escaped to Iskierka's back. Laurence took the wedding ring off his finger and later sent it to Edith, with the news that he had died a hero.
Aaron

### A Deadly Education

Aaron is one of the students inducted at the end of *A Deadly Education*. He delivers a note to El from her mother, Gwen Higgins

### The Last Graduate

When El asks what her mother gave Aaron's parents in exchange for carrying the note, he explains that she didn't give them anything. She talked to his parents in private, and then his mother squeezed out a bit of his toothpaste so he could carry the note. El then gives him a piece of the note which contains a spell for refreshing the soul and restoring the spirit.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. The Last Graduate (The Scholomance) (p. ). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. The Last Graduate (The Scholomance) (p. 5). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Bucentaure

Bucentaure at Trafalgar

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Bucentaure was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Latouche Tréville, who died on board on 18 August 1804.

## Battles

### Battle of Trafalgar

At the Battle of Trafalgar, on 21 October 1805, she was commanded by Captain Jean-Jacques Magendie. Admiral Nelson's HMS Victory, leading the weather column of the British fleet, broke the French line just astern of Bucentaure and just ahead of Redoutable. Victory raked her less-protected stern and the vessel lost 197 men and 85 were wounded (including Captain Magendie); the surgeon on board was Dr. Textoris, the squadron's Chief Medical Officer. Admiral Villeneuve was lucky to survive, but this effectively put Bucentaure out of most of the fight. After three hours of fighting, she surrendered to Captain James Atcherly of the Marines from HMS Conqueror.

#### Aftermath

In the following days, Bucentaure's crew rose up against the prize crew and recaptured the ship. However, she was wrecked in the gale-force storm of 23 October 1805.

For more information, visit wikipedia:French ship Bucentaure

## References

1. ↑ wikipedia:French ship Bucentaure
2. ↑ wikipedia:French ship Bucentaure
Bayan

## Biography

Lord Bayan is the leader of the conservative splinter party in China, which Yongxing once headed. He is an ardent supporter of Yongxing and his anti-Western ideas.

### 1811-1812

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He engineered the assassination of Lung Tien Chuan and the subsequent kidnapping of Prince Mianning and Laurence.

His executive arm is the Crimson Dragons of his Guard and General Fela. Becaue of Bayan's wealth and influence he cannot be directly punished, but instead he is isolated by the emperor after his plan with the rebels failed.
Amitie

A 36-gun French frigate. In early 1805, it was captured by the HMS Reliant, captained at the time by William Laurence.

Prior to her capture, the *Amitie* had a run of bad luck, including fever among the crew, a leaking water tank which necessitated rationing, and a significant storm. The *Amitie'*s captain ordered her logs thrown overboard prior to her capture. Based upon markings on the water kegs, Laurence believed her last port might have been Rio.

Laurence's two-eighths share of the prize money from the *Amitie* was almost 14,000 pounds, which included a substantial bounty for Temeraire's egg.

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Flecha-del-Fuego

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## Overview

There was at least one Flecha-del-Fuego present at the Battle of Trafalgar that set fire to Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory, before Laetificat scared him away.

Conflagratia was the dragon credited with helping Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588. Her name stems from the Latin verb 'to burn', which might suggest a fire breather like a Flecha-del-Fuego, stolen from the Spanish either as an egg or by the capture of her captain.

It is also possible that the Flecha-del-Fuego is related to the Kazilik breed, especially due to the previous clashes between the Moors, the Muslim world, Northern Africa, and Spain. With the success of Iskierka producing an egg for Temeraire, the latter of whom belongs to a mostly infertile breed, it is also possible that the Flecha-del-Fuego may have developed from previous Kazilik [or Kazilik ancestor] crosses with native Spanish and Iberian dragons.

### 1812 - 1813

from *League of Dragons*

Wellington explained that, with Jane Roland and him gone from Spain, after just a week he feared they would find villages destroyed and the Flechas threatening to burn down Madrid.

## Origin of the Name

"Flecha-del-Fuego" means "fire arrow" in Spanish.

## Dragons

Dragons that are mentioned in the books that are of this breed.

* Conflagratia

## Gallery

Flecha-del-Fuego, by shyangellFlecha-del-Fuego, by MooirFlecha-del-Fuego, by Drummergirl375

## References

1. ↑ Iskierka told Temeraire that they were smaller than her.
George Dyhern

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## Biography

Plain-spoken and even-tempered, Captain Dyhern was captain of Eroica, a heavyweight Prussian dragon. They first met William Laurence and Temeraire in September 1806 near Dresden, where the Prussian army was encamped.

Dyhern was somewhat skeptical of the habits Temeraire had learned in China, such as having his food cooked, and raised the issue with Laurence, suggesting it was better to maintain discipline and order rather than indulging his dragon's whims.

Dyhern and Eroica instructed Temeraire and Laurence in Prussian formation-flying. They were reluctant to accept Temeraire's observations that the rigid Prussian formations, originally created by Frederick the Great (who had died two decades previously), created defensive weaknesses. After the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Saalfeld on October 10, Dyhern had the grace to admit that he had been wrong. With Dyhern's encouragement and even with some enthusiasm, the Prussian dragons and crews began practicing Temeraire's modifications, somewhat simplified by Laurence and Granby to make them more accessible to the less agile Western dragon breeds.

Alas, there was insufficient time to put the new formations into use at the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt on October 14. Eroica was boarded, and although Dyhern shot two French soldiers and killed another with a sabre-thrust, he was taken prisoner. Eroica surrendered when he saw the French hold a sword blade at his captain's throat. Laurence saw four other of the Prussian heavy-weights captured as well. By the end of the day, out of 14, none remained.

In December 1807, shortly after Napoleon's invasion of Britain, Laurence happened to meet a cousin of Dyhern's in the mess tent at British headquarters. He and another Prussian officer, Von Pfeil - whom Laurence recognized from the Siege of Danzig - had chosen exile and service in Britain in preference to accepting Napoleon's offer of parole. At the time, Laurence had been convicted of treason and condemned to death. Dyhern's cousin and Von Pfeil were among the few officers present who willingly greeted him.

Dyhern himself was imprisoned by the French, and Eroica was taken to the breeding grounds. Though Dyhern was able to escape his captivity, he was not able to locate Eroica after much searching. Instead, he ended up in exile in Russia, where he again met William Laurence and Temeraire. As their numbers had been depleted, and skilled aviators were in short supply, Laurence invited Dyhern to join Temeraire's crew, which he quickly accepted.
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Devereux

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## Biography

He is one of the owners of the Devereux,Pickman&Wampanoag Company and it is not sure if he is a human or a dragon, but human is more probably because dragons don't care for the number and succession of their children. Devereux is old and has at least three sons, his third son took over the Company. He is very rich and has a good reputation mainly because of hard and loyal work in trading around the Pacific Sea. After John Wampanoag had proved that he is a good trader, the old Devereux gave him money for his own ships and company. Devereux Jr. is at the moment in India.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_C.\_Devereux (Devereux Jr.)
* Dvereux Sr. was named William
Adair Galloway

Been in the Navy since he was about 16 years old.

Captain of the HMS Dapple

He is about Laurence's age but has 4 years less seniority than Laurence. He allows some parts of his crew and officers to help captur the two French transporters and serve as prize crews to get the ships to Africa.

Laurence applies to him for officers to lead the price crew of the two French Transports that they want to capture, at first he is skeptical because he hadn't heard about Laurence's pardon, but once Laurence explained to him about it and what was going on with the transports and the need to get some of the dragons back to Africa he provides enough officers to capture and sail the ships.

40 men for the Polonaise and the Maréchal French transports Prize Crew:
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## Biography

Bennigsen is a general of the Russian army. He commands an action against Murat.

**Blood of Tyrants**
*“Overreached!” Another general, Bennigsen, was already roaring at him, before he had finished. “You would let him walk through the gates of Moscow without giving battle, without challenge—”*

*“Before we are subjected to more of these counsels of—let us say retreat, instead of surrender,” Bennigsen said to him, with acid bite, “perhaps we might first ascertain if the retreat can be accomplished. If Bonaparte were to overwhelm the rear-guard—”*

*General Barclay had at last resigned his command entirely, in indignation at the disrespect he had met from both Kutuzov and Bennigsen, and those two men were at logger-heads themselves.*

*Bennigsen and his staff were in an ill-suppressed condition of delight, Kutuzov more phlegmatic; he had appointed Bennigsen and Colonel Toll to the command of the operation. Their target would be Murat himself and his corps, encamped not far from Tarutino*

## See also

* wikipedia:Levin August, Count von Bennigsen

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 387-388). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 395). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 405). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Gerry Stuart

## Siege of Danzig

Captain Gerry of the Vanguard is the first to receive the escaping Prussian Troops aboard Temeraire.

He alerts the other ships in the blockade to prepare to take the rest of the escapees.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Black Powder War: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 352). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
HMS Dominion

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## Overview

The ***HMS Dominion*** is a British dragon transporter. It carries dragons from Halifax to Britain and back. It is used as rest stops for the courier dragons.

### 1811

from *Blood of Tyrants*

When Laurence tries to remember why he is in Japan he supposes that his ship accompanied the *Dominion*.
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## Biography

He shall concentrate his army with the one of General Tormassov in the south.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel\_Chichagov
Akhal-Teke

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## Overview

One of three Turkish eggs sold to the British in 1806 was an Akhal-Teke. It survived the transit in the shell back to Britain and was presumably quarantined in Ireland to prevent it contracting the Dragon Plague, following its hatching it will be expected to serve in the Aerial Corps.

Akhal-Teke eggs are roughly the size of a man's chest. They are cream-colored with red and orange markings.

## Origin Of Name

The name means "Celestial horse" or "Pure Teke" depending on translation. The name is pronounced ahalˈtеkje in the Turkmen language. It is also the name of a horse breed originating in Turkmenistan. It recieved the name "Akhal-Teke" when Russia conquered Turkmenistan in 1881 and named the horse breed after the Teke tribe that lived near the Akhal oasis. The horse-breed Akhal-Teke is known for its speed, endurance and adaptation to its desert climate. It is also known for having a metallic sheen to its coat. It could be that the dragon breed shares these abilities.

Since the Akhal-Teke dragon breed clearly predates this naming, and appears to be an dragon of Turkey, it must have been named by a member of the Ottoman Empire some time prior to this. Alternatively, Turkey could have acquired enough dragons of these species from the tribes of Turkestan or nearby Persia to maintain the breed in Turkey over the years.

## Dragons

Dragons of this breed that are mentioned in the series.
Devastatio

## Biography

Devastatio is just as pompous as his Captain, Miller, strutting and puffing himself up in self-importance.

## 1808

from *Victory of Eagles*

Devastatio is a courier that Laurence and Hollin on Elsie encounter during the French invasion of Britian, while they are looking for the dragons from Pen Y Fan Breeding Grounds.

Devastatio and his captain, Miller, were sent out with a Colonels commission to the Militia leader that had had "raised the countryside" and beaten the French at Wembley and at Harlesden

Miller raises a to do over Hollin being gone for 4 days while they were looking for Temeraire, which causes Laurence to give up the search. As they were winging away with Devastatio in the lead, a French Petit Chevalier attacked and brought him down with some injuries'.

Because of Elsie's speed and nimbleness she was able to elude him until they were rescued by Requiescat who brings them to Temeraire. Which is when Devastatio and Miller finally deliver their message, though with some hesitation due to the Militia leader being a dragon rather then human.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 105). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 106). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Fitch

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## Biography

He was explorer and wanted to cross Asia over the land passage. He, his companion Newberry and three dragons got lost in a five day long snow storm in the mountains. His expedition wasn't as succesfull as Marco Polo's.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph\_Fitch
George Staunton

## Biography

He is the main character for the diplomatic relations with China. He speaks Chinese fluently. At age 12 he and his father accompanied Macartney to China aboard the *Lion* in 1791/92.

## 1806

* How does he help Laurence?
	+ Introduced Thackery, etc
	+ provided maps

* What else does he do?

## George Staunton

### Facts

Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet was an English traveler and Orientalist.

* **Born**: May 26, 1781, Salisbury, United Kingdom
* **Died**: August 10, 1859, London, United Kingdom
* **Parents**: Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet
* **Education**: Trinity College
* **Awards**: Fellow of the Royal Society
* **Grandparents**: Margaret Leonard, George Staunton

### Biography

In 1792, at the age of 12, he accompanied his father, who had been appointed secretary to Lord Macartney's mission to China, to the Far East (1792–1794). Prior to the trip the young George Staunton had begun to learn Chinese alongside Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet and for the duration was therefore given the role of Page to Lord Macartney.

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Ferdinand

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## Biography

After the French Revolution he gave refuge to Jean-Paul Choiseul and Praecursoris.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand\_III\_of\_Tuscany
Bernadotte

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## Biography

Bernadotte is a French marshall and obviously worse for his enemies than marshall Soults. He does heavy damage to Tauentzien's army when they beat a hasty retreat from Hof.

**Black Powder War**
*General Tauentzein, retreating from Hof in the face of the French advance, had backed out of Marshal Soult’s arms and straight into Marshal Bernadotte’s, from frying-pan to fire, and had lost four hundred men before at last escaping.*

## See also

* wikipedia:Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte

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## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War) (p. 840). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Dikeledi

## Biography

She believes that she is the reincarnation of a priestess of great renown and holds a great position among the Tswani despite her size.

## 1810

from *Crucible of Gold*

Dikeledi is one of the Tswana dragons that joins Kefentse in the attempt to retrieve their people from Rio.
She still had not found any of the people from her village so does not support attacking and putting any of the missing people at risk.

## 1812-1813

from *League of Dragons*

Dikeledi was seen in France with Prince Moshueshue.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Crucible of Gold: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 290). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Franks

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## Biography

from *Throne of Jade*

He is stammered and therefore sometimes appeared rude because he was reluctant to speak. He served on an East Indiaman as a boy. He speaks a bit chinese and is young and eager. But he is not prepared to rule a ship like the *Allegiance* when all older Lieutnants fall ill because of Malaria.
Dragon Character Article Outline

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* ''[[His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire Book 1)|His Majesty's Dragon]]''
* ''[[Throne of Jade (Temeraire Book 2)|Throne of Jade]]''
* ''[[Black Powder War (Temeraire Book 3)|Black Powder War]]''
* ''[[Empire of Ivory (Temeraire Book 4)|Empire of Ivory]]''
* ''[[Victory of Eagles (Temeraire Book 5)|Victory of Eagles]]''
* ''[[Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire Book 6)|Tongues of Serpents]]''
* ''[[Crucible of Gold (Temeraire Book 7)|Crucible of Gold]]''
* ''[[Blood of Tyrants (Temeraire Book 8)|Blood of Tyrants]]''
* ''[[League of Dragons (Temeraire Book 9)|League of Dragons]]'' }}
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Grey Widowmaker

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## Overview

This breed of dragon was once very common in Britain but is now rare. They are small and poorly tempered; aggressive by nature. They are almost extinct, but a few wild Widowmakers can be found in Scotland, and others in the breeding grounds.

Sir Edward Howe has noted that the Widowmaker appears to be related to the French Pecheur-Couronne and Pecheur-Raye breeds:

The coloration of Widowmakers was considered ideal for concealment in the sky. For this reason they were crossed with the more friendly Winchester breed and produced the Greyling.

## Dragons

Dragons that are mentioned in the books that are of this breed.

## Gallery

Grey Widowmaker, by MooirGrey Widowmaker, by Drummergirl375

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 349). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Cape Town

* Government House
* Table Mount

* Captown 1760
* Map w/Castle of Good Hope

## History

Cape Town was originally developed as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. The city grew slowly during this period, as it was hard to find adequate labour. This labour shortage prompted the city to import slaves from Indonesia and Madagascar. Many of these became ancestors of the first Cape Coloured communities.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands was repeatedly occupied by France, and Great Britain moved to take control of Dutch colonies. Britain captured Cape Town in 1795, but the Cape was returned to the Netherlands by treaty in 1803. Cape Town was captured by the British in early 1806, from the Dutch.

## Summary

From *Empire of Ivory*

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It was the first settlement to be overrun by Mokhachane's armies in their drive to remove Europeans from Africa and to rescue all of their missing people.
Grande Armée

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## Grande Armée

Grande Armée 1805

This article is about the Real World *Grande Armée* as there is not much explanation or description in the Temeraire series. Overall the book series seems to follow along the real world facts, except of course with the addition of Dragons. Any section or references pertaining to the *Grande Armée's* Dragons is of course fictional.

## Overview

The *Grande Armée* replaced the French Revolutionary Army as the army of the First French Empire under Emperor Napoleon I from 1805 to 1815. It's original purpose was for a naval invasion of the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars, but the Austrian Empire and Russian Empire's declarations of war led to the Grande Armée being deployed to fight them.

By 1813, Napoleon could count on more than a million soldiers in his Grande Armée, which was made up of not only French units, but also foreign ones too, including Polish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish regiments.

## Dragons

Code Napoléon Draconique
Where Napoleon divides up Europe and the America's by dragon territory.
Creates a plan for mutural aid among Dragons if their territories are encroached upon.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. League of Dragons (Temeraire) (p. 175). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

### External Sources

* wikipedia:Grande Armée
* Napoleon.org
Crispin

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## Biography

Traditionally at St. Crispin's Day largescale poems are performed. Especially Laurence pays attention to his junior officers to learn those poems.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin\_and\_Crispinian
Garnett

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## Biography

from *Throne of Jade*

During the dinner with the Chinese he gives a push to Tripp for the boy doesn't make a wrong remark that aggravates the strained situation.
Foxe

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## Biography

General Wellesley jokes if Laurence and Temeraire want to be part of **Book of Martyrs** because of their comportment after the dragon plague.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Foxe
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Gavins

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## Biography

from *Victory of Eagles*

Gavins lives next to Hyde Park and greats Bertram Woolvey when he brings Laurence and Tharkay to the park. He advices the men to not go to the Hyde Park because dragons are sleeping there. ~~He is well educated and isn't impressed by strange ideas of some gentlemen. He shall care for the horses and the carriage.~~

..Holland House was dark, and the horses stamped uneasily, warm breath steaming in the air, while a footman came rubbing sleep from his eyes to hold their heads. “Yes, I know the family are away,” Woolvey was saying, already climbing out as another opened the door for him. “Be so good as to stable my horses and bring Gavins out, I want a word with him.”

*He gave airy excuses, for his presence in the city, and for his visit: the baby ill and squalling, the wife impatient, “and I thought to myself what I needed was a walk in the fresh air, and to have a look at the stars—too many lights in Mayfair—sure Lord Holland would not mind—”*

*It was a bizarre proposal, at midnight, with an army in the streets and two men in rough clothing behind him, but Gavins only bowed: familiar with the odd starts of gentlemen in their cups, and too well-trained to show it, if he were puzzled. “I must advise you, sir, not to go too close to the east end of the park, if you should walk beyond the gardens,” he said. “I am afraid we have several dragons sleeping there.”*
Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 221). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Durzagh (language)

Durzagh is the dragon language spoken in the Pamirs and the Karakoram, as for example by Arkady and his band. Temeraire first hears about it and starts learning it from Tharkay, who understand and speak it well enough to be understood, although there are sounds in Durzagh that humans can not make. The voices of dragons mimic human voices more easily than the reverse.

Temeraire was pleased to learn that dragons have their own language, as he expected that this would make it all the more obvious to the British government that they are intelligent. However, Tharkay warned him, somewhat sarcastically, that the British were more likely to think dragons to be unintelligent "for speaking a tongue other than English."

When feral dragons from the Pamirs began to be drafted into the British British Aerial Corps, it is necessary for some of the younger officers who have some skill with languages to learn Durzagh, the native tongue of these dragons. Only Celestials and perhaps Imperials retain the ability to learn new languages for more than a few weeks after hatching, so the ferals could not be taught English.

Durzagh is related to languages spoken by dragons in other parts of the world. While carrying the King and Queen of Prussia to Posen, in what is now Poland, Temeraire meets a band of feral dragons who speak a language that sounded "a little bit like Durzagh in places, but... was too different to make out, at least when they speak so quickly."

Later on, Temeraire discovers that the language of the dragons in southern Africa also has "many bits which are like Durzagh." This similarity helpes him to communicate with these dragons when he, Lily and Dulcia are trying to locate their captains and crews, who have been taken captive by Kefentse and brought to Mosi-oa-Tunya.