Dragons/Habitats

#### Coverts

Coverts are military grounds where the Aeril Corps dragons and the humans live, train and work together. The dragons do not have any kind of shelter in most of them, some may have caves. Where possible, the Dragons may make a forest clearing for themselves. Some locations have stone courtyards that they can lay on, especially Loch Laggan where the stones are heated by underground hot springs.

Coverts do have military headquarters, lodging and mess areas, as well as blacksmiths and leatherworking areas for the ground crews to use to make repairs and of course medical centers, though the Dragon Doctors make house calls.

* Dover covert
* Edinburgh covert
* Falmouth Covert
* Loch Laggan Covert
* London covert
* Middlesbrough Covert
* Portsmouth Covert
* Weymouth covert

Breeding Grounds

* Pen Y Fan Breeding Grounds
* Breeding Grounds in Ireland, Halifax & Gibraltar

### France

#### Coverts

* Dijon Covert
* Dunkirk Covert

### China

In China, dragon coverts do not exist in the Western sense, as dragons are treated as citizens and fully integrated into the human population. Instead, large buildings called "Pavilions" exist for dragons to live in. These may be privately owned by a single dragon, shared amongst many, or constructed by the government for communal use.

## Pavilions

### Asia

#### China

Dragons in China live in Pavilions located in each city. While these pavilions are located away from the general human populace, this appears to be more for the dragons' convenience than an accommodation to any human wishes. The Pavilions themselves are constructed of light materials, and are often heated from below by means of piped hot water. The Pavilions can be either for a single resident, in the case of the more exulted dragons, or are shared by a number of individuals. In most cities there are Pavilions set aside for travelling dragons, comparable in function to a human inn or hotel, so that a dragon can always expect a comfortable night's rest where ever they may be.

### Europe

Until 1806 Dragon Pavilions were unknown in Europe. At this time two events almost simultaneously introduced the concept to Britain and France. The arrival of Lung Tien Lien at the court of Napoleon meant that France instigated a large number of Chinese customs specifically to please Lien. In Britain, the return of Temeraire from China brought over the same ideas. However in Britain, the financing of such building was the responsibility of the individual, not the state.

The first British Pavilion was built of stone rather than the lighter materials used in China, as an accommodation to the British climate. The Pavilion was paid for by William Laurence at the behest of Temeraire and used to house several sick British dragons, to demonstrate the concept of Pavilions and attempt to alleviate some of the symptoms of the Dragon Plague.

The first personal Pavilion was paid by John Granby for Iskierka and financed by the taking of French prize ships, a practice developed by Iskierka to provide funds for the project.

Following the Battle of Shoeburyness, the unharnessed dragons who had been led by Temeraire began to build their own pavilions using materials purchased by the sale of golden eagle standards they had captured from French regiments. This led to some grumbling from the harnessed dragons stationed at the Dover covert, so the human officers took up a collection to raise funds to build them pavilions as well.

## Feral Dragons

Feral dragons can be most often found in the various Mountain ranges as that is where they have been pushed back to from humans cultivating their previous territories.