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Scholomance series

## Genre Information

Urban Fantasy
Magic School

Dark Fantasy

## About the Series

* **Genres:** Fiction, Horror, Magical School, Urban Fantasy, YA, Adult
* **Theme:** Can a witch built from the ground up for mass destruction escape her destiny?
* **Narrative style**: First Person, limited

## Series Description

From Book one:***NEW YORK TIMES* BESTSELLER • From the author of *Uprooted* and *Spinning Silver* comes the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.**

“The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.” Katherine Arden, author of Winternight Trilogy

**I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.**

Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone *else,* that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans.

I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.

At least, that’s what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing that’s crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn into the evil witch they assume I am. The school certainly does.

But the Scholomance isn’t getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone’s idea of the shining hero, but I’m going to make it out of this place alive, and I’m not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either.

Although I’m giving serious consideration to *just one*.

## Books in order

1. *A Deadly Education* (Sept. 2020)
2. *The Last Graduate* (Sept. 2021)
3. *The Golden Enclaves* (Sept. 2022)

## World Building

### Setting

A Magical School where there are no teachers or adults, the school is run by magic, but the students don't have an easy time of it. Maleficaria are everywhere, and they want nothing more than to eat each and every student in the school. To graduate you have to survive 4 years and make it out of the school on Graduation Day, past the worst horrors the school has to offer! Loosely based off of the scholomance legends.

### World

The first two books take place within the school, but El's memories show what appears to be a modern world where normal people, Mundanes, do not believe in magic.

### Protagonist

Galadriel Higgins aka El
16 years old and nearing the end of her Junior year at the Scholomance. She is the daughter of a renowned spirit healer who is a gentle and good soul. Because of the principles of Balance El is the to balance for her mother. Galadriel's influence is for mass destruction and is powerful enough to destroy just about anything.
EL has to fight every day to overcome her natural inclinations and to live up to what her mother believes she is capable of.
Jack Telly

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## Biography

Jack Telly was a convict sent to New South Wales for thievery. Back in Britain, he had been a carpenter but was unable to pay his debts and turned to crime. He was described as fragile and sad-looking.

Telly was chosen to accompany the British aviator's hoping to find a pass through the Blue Mountains. He was the first of the convicts to be snatched and eaten by a bunyip, though at first his fellows did not know what had happened to him. The superstitious among them thought he would haunt the party for leaving him behind.
Joao

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## Biography

He reigns Portugal and Brasil. He is corpulent and likes to present himself in a uniform with all decorations. He doesn't negotiate himself with the Tzwana, his nobles do this for him. He is very proud of the small number of very small almost feral dragons in his new Aerial Corps.

Notes:
Head of the people negotiating in Rio ...
*At last Hammond elbowed him and bowed, as from the fortification issued a party of men, with one corpulent man uniformed and beribboned in the front, and Hammond greeted him in his native tongue and then continued in French to say, “And I beg Your Royal Highness will forgive our delay in arriving, occasioned as it has been by difficulties beyond our control; and permit me to introduce to you Captain William Laurence of His Majesty’s Aerial Corps,” before he whispered urgently and unnecessarily to Laurence, “Pray make your bows, sir: this is the prince regent of Portugal.”* Novik, Naomi. Crucible of Gold: A Novel of Temeraire (pp. 292-293). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“We will certainly take back Rio, very shortly,” Prince João said, “when our forces are well-gathered: from Mexico we have already a dozen beasts, whom even now you can see at maneuvers—”* Novik, Naomi. Crucible of Gold: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 293). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Laurence bluntly laid it out their chances of success for the Prince regent, explaining about the Inca dragons on their western front that would attack them at any time as they were now allied with Napoleon and showed him the difference in size between the small dragons they imported from Mexico and the Heavy weights that they would have to fight against.

Laurence also informed him that they would not waste their British dragons on a lost cause.

Ultimately, they agreed to Laurence's plan that they allied with the Tswana and agree to their terms, foolishly thinking that they could double cross them in the end.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_VI\_of\_Portugal
Jones

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## Biography

from *Victory of Eagles*

He welcomes Laurence and his guerilla-troop at Wollaton House at night. Because he wears a musket, he thought that there would be an attack but he returns into the house because of Laurence's order. His servant positioning seems to be elevated because he can give orders to other servants.

*There were a couple of footmen outside gripping muskets, nervously. “It is all right, Jones,” Laurence said, when he came close enough to recognize their faces. “It is only me; is Lord Allendale at home?”* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 173). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Miryem Mandelstam

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Miryem is the book Spinning Silver's main character.

## Biography

### Early Years

Miryem is the daughter of Josef Mandelstam, from a small town, called either Pakel or Pavys. Her father apprenticed to a rich moneylender, Aron Moshel, in the nearest city, Vysnia, married his daughter, Rakhel, and moved back to his hometown to start his own moneylending business, but he never had much heart for asking for the money he loaned out to be paid back. So Miryem grew up in poverty, except when she and her mother visited her grandfather's house in Vysnia.

### Spinning Silver

When her mother gets sick, Miryem does what her father can't bear to and takes on the role of the village moneylender, asking for all the village's debts to be paid back. For more than a year, they grow increasingly comfortable, but on a trip through the woods on the way back from her grandfather's, she boasts about being able to turn silver to gold, and the Staryk Lord hears her and becomes too interested. He challenges her to see if she really can, and as a (non-optional) "reward" when she proves it thrice true, he takes her home to the Staryk lands and marries her.

Miryem is less than thrilled with her new life, so when a chance meeting with Irina raises a possibility of letting their respective unwanted husbands take care of each other, she jumps at the chance. But she must first fulfill an impossible task of changing three storerooms of silver to gold yet again for her husband, before she can draw him into the deadly trap.
Jenkins

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## Biography

Jenkins was a servant at Loch Laggan covert when Capt. William Laurence was stationed there for training shortly after Temeraire's hatching.

Ezekiah Martin told Capt. Laurence that Jenkins was usually not willing to oblige the various requests the officers would make of him.
Moncey

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## Biography

Moncey escaped from the Militia as soon as he was born as the candidate presented to him was unacceptable. Eventually he was enticed into a breeding ground for the company as he is gregarious. He often slips out of the Pen y Fan to find out information among the couriers as he looks like any other Winchester and is rarely noticed as an extra or as missing.

### 1808

from *Victory of Eagles*

Temeraire makes his acquaintance at Pen y Fan when he wants to know what is happening with Laurence. Moncey agrees to find out in exchange for one of the special cows that Temeraire receives prior to a mating.

Moncey and Perscitia explains to Temeraire the dragon politics of the breeding grounds, when Requiescat tries to take his cave from him. He also brings word that the French have invaded Britian and that the ship that Laurence is imprisoned on was sunk with all hands.

When Temeraire comes out of is initial shock at learning that Laurence is probably dead, he sends Moncey and the other Winchesters off to find out news about the French invasion.

Moncey along with the other courier weight dragons become the advance guard of the Dragon Militia and dart around spying on the French and brings intelligence of their movements back to Temeraire.

Eventually Moncey receives an epaulette, along with Minnow, as commanders of the couriers.
Scholomance Magic System

## Overview

In the Scholomance world, magic has a cost. It takes energy to use magic which must be raised somehow. Each persons strength lies in how much magical energy they have the capacity to hold. People can generate Mana by exercising or crocheting, or doing anything that requires focus and effort. The harder the task is, the more mana it generates.

Power can also be drawn from living things, and pulling that power is known as Malia. Many people 'cheat' and use small amounts of Malia, which has no repercussions on the caster. People who use large amounts of Malia, such as those who pull it from animals or people, are called Malificers.

Everyone has an affinity that makes some spells easier to learn and cast.

## Types of Magic

In the Scholomance world, magic has a cost. It takes energy to use magic which must be raised somehow. Each person’s strength lies in how much magical energy they have the capacity for.

There are two types of Magical energy, Mana and Malia

*Further information: Magic – Spells and Artifacts*
### Mana

The wizard’s capacity to hold Mana grows about every six months from around the age of 9-10 and continues to grow until they reach adulthood around age 18. During this period is when the Mals go after them to drain them of all of their Mana, which ends up in the young wizard’s death or disappearance.

Mana is created by the wizard raising magical energy through their efforts. The method to raise the energy and how much they receive is determined by how much it costs the person to perform the task. For example, when a young wizard first arrives at the school, they general aren’t very fit so raising Mana is easy by doing push-ups or sit-ups. But by the time they’ve been in the school for a few years, doing daily exercises they have to perform a lot more push-ups or sit-ups to raise the same amount of Mana that they did initially.

### Malia

Malia is magical energy that is taken from others rather than generated. It can be absorbed from the enviorment by taking life energy from nearby living creatures or from plants. Small ammounts can be pulled from the air or long-dead things such as wooden furniture. Those who take large amounts of Malia from living beings are changed. They recieve psychic backlash from drawing that power, and their lives are shortened.

Once Maleficers start stealing the life force from humans, they start disintegrating from the inside out and in 10 or 15 years, they will collapse in on themselves. For most Maleficers to take the life force of another Wizard they need some kind of permission, this permission can be as simple as permission for a kiss.

For those that slowly take the life force from small animals on a carefully ration plan are changed as well, but they can stop and eventually the changes will reverse. This is a common strategy for some students at the Scholomance.

The School loves Maleficers and rarely causes them any harm.

#### Maleficers

* Yi Liu
* Jack Westing

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance) (p. 185). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Scholomance World

## Principle of Balance

Many wizards believe that the Scholomance World operates on the Principle of Balance, and that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites. Others, such as Orion, dismiss it as an unproven theory. El Higgins notes, as examples of this balance, that she, a proto-Dark Sorceress, was born to a mother with an extraordinary talent for healing and good luck, as well as that Orion Lake was born shortly after a group of twelve maleficers graduated by killing all others in their graduating class for malia.

## Mundanes

* Humans who are unable to hold mana.
* Magic doesn't work well around Mundanes because they do not believe in it, so for a wizard to be able to perform a spell in front of them, it takes more effort and more mana.
* Mals usually stay away from them, even when there is a taste wizard child there. If a mal is seen by a mundane human, the mundane will interpret what they are seeing as something they are use to seeing. This can allow the mundane to kill the mal in a way a wizard could not.

## Enclaves

Enclaves are built or formed naturally. They are made to be secure locations for wizards to live in. While they are supposedly safe, mals still can and will get into them and in some cases drive all of the wizards out. *See*: Enclaves (Overview) or Category:Enclaves for more information.
Inlacrimas

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## Biography

In Latin, his name could be construed from the phrase *in lacrimas* ("weeping"; literally, "in teardrops"), or as the verb *inlacrimas* ("you weep"; second-person singular of *inlacrimare* ("to weep, mourn, lament" etc.)).

### 1805

From *In His Majesty's Service.*

Mentioned by Martin to Laurence as the dragon that he last served on prior to their meeting and how he was promoted to Midwingman.

Inlacrimas was injured in a skirmish over the English Channel a month before Laurence and Temeraire arrive at Loch Laggan covert. He is scheduled to return to duty in another month.

### 1807

from *Empire of Ivory*

Mentione by Lenton to Laurence that Inlacrimas died of the dragon plague. His death was followed by those of Obversaria and Minacitus.
Joachim Murat

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## Biography

He is married to Caroline Murat, a sister of Napoleon. He has got thick curly hair and gleaming blue eyes. His body is strong, his face weather tanned. He is a real soldier, not one of these royal Marshals who don't fight. He likes wearing bright clothes and is arrogant but many soldiers of all nationalities honor him as a great and respectable general. He is the captain of Liberté, a Papillon Noir.

He attacks Erfurt with 5 dragons and 500 men what demoralizes the prussian soldiers very much. He is a dare-devil and impertinent. He frees the russian heavyweights in the breeding grounds and sends them to Kaluga to plunder. During this action he is captured by Temeraire and the chinese legions. He is send to Tobolsk prison.

Napoleon made him King of Naples but Murat is still fighting in the first row. He seems to never give up hope. He is courageous but sometimes light-minded, he is respectable and patriotic. The russian dragons evoke his pity too but he wouldn't have freed them if it wasn't for his advantage.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim\_Murat
Polnya

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## Overview

**Polnya** is a kingdom in the novel *Uprooted*. It has been on poor terms with its neighbor kingdom Rosya after a Rosyan prince abducted the Queen of Polnya twenty years earlier.

## Inhabitants

### Characters

Capital city Kralia:

* King of Polnya
* Prince Marek
* Prince
* Queen Hanna
* Solya, "The Falcon"
* Alosha, "The Sword"
* Father Ballo
Lung Shao Chu

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### Appearance

a great golden-colored mane, which framed his broad flat jaws and the curving horns which bent away from his forehead, and vermilion scales

## Book Appearances

### Books

* *Blood of Tyrants*
* *League of Dragons*

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## Biography

Lung Shao Chu is a well respected Chinese dragon general who appeares in books 8 and 9. he was a veteran of the white lotus rebellions of 1796-1804.

He's also the minister of the breeding office, having served as overseer of the Imperial breeding programme.

### 1811-1812

from *Blood of Tyrants*

General Chu was the commanding general of the Chinese forces sent by the Emperor to end a rebellion. A quite experienced warrior and strategist, he adviced Temeraire and William Laurence, and after discovering that some of his own soldiers and dragons were allied with the rebels, he fought against them, siding with the Celestial and his English captain.

He and his dragons later joined Temeraire in Russia, opposing Napoleon. In one of the attacks, General Chu was injured, so Colonel Lung Zhao Lien took his place as the senior commander of the three *jalan*.
Mikhail Kutuzov

Kutuzov is the Field Marshall for the Russian Army

After Barclay de Tolly has been removed from office, Kutuzov takes the first command. He is fighting in a defensive way and doesn't like to fight much more than his predecessor. He is small and fat, wears a sash, decorations and epaulets. He has got white hair, a large face and a high forehead. His nose and chin are tuberous and his cheeks are bloated. One eye is milky, if caused by a disease or an injury is unknown. He wears brilliant white trousers and waistcoats that are too tight for his shape. After he has accepted that the commander of the chinese legions is a dragon, he soon becomes sympathetic. He knows about Laurence's reputation but tries to keep it secret as long as possible. He had the idea that Grig could spy on Laurence and Temeraire. Kutuzov pretends his not-fighting as tactics and is successful with it.

### 1812 - 1813

from *League of Dragons*

General Kutuzov dies in Dresden, Germany

## Real World

### Biography

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I.

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Huang Li

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## Biography

from *Blood of Tyrants*

He is responsible for Temeraire's and Iskierka's egg and it's care and protection. He orders to draw pictures of the egg and reports all changes to the both parent-dragons. He is very kind and obliging.

 *He (Temeraire) had a final reminding word with Huang Li, the minister who would oversee the egg’s protection and nurturing; that gentleman took it very kindly, and assured Temeraire that everything would go well.* Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 295). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Jacob Chukwah

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## Biography

from *Tongues of Serpents*

Jacob Chukwah is an American trader from New York who is present at Larrakia to purchase goods. He is of Native American heritage, and said his brother has a dragon similar to Kulingile (a very young Kulingile and much smaller then Iskierka at that time).

He planned to take the goods he bought to "Californiay" and ask the Chumash to fly it across the Rockies, rather than sail the dangerous Cape Horn route.

American aerial shipping using dragons.

**Notes for use to expand this article:**

*“I hadn’t heard you had your own Aerial Corps, yet,” Granby said. “He is signed on with the militia, and they go in when they are called up, of course,” Chukwah said, “but no, they are on the run from New York to the Ojibwe: dry goods out, mostly, and furs in.”* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 280). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*Chukwah leaned over the table and said, “Davey, you can tell that fellow, if you like, the Iroquois hatched thirty-two in New York alone this last year, so if these African fellows come to us looking for a fight, they can have one; and so can anyone else who likes, I expect.* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 283). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“I’ve surprised you, I guess,” he said with some perhaps pardonable complacency, looking at Granby, who had nearly choked upon the prawn which he was eating; all the other aviators at the table had brought their heads up from the profound attraction of their plates and cups. “Yes, the chiefs have come around to proper cattle farming, and it is working pretty well. I am thinking of jumping ship for it myself: they have more dragons than men to work them these days. A steady man, who doesn’t get the jitters or lose his head aloft, can have a beast of his own in three years.”* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 283). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“My brother says it is the course of the future,” Chukwah continued. “What does it matter if you can’t ship more than a ton, when you can get it from Boston to Charlotte in a week, hail, sleet, or storm? I am taking this load straight to Californiay, myself, to see if the Chumash riders will carry it over the Rockies for a share: and if they will, no bother with the Horn for us.”* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (pp. 283-284). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*Mr. Chukwah came into the pavilion, in search of Jia Zhen. “I am sorry to run out before dinner, more for myself than for you, to tell the truth,” he said, “but I had better: a frigate has just heaved up over the horizon, and she isn’t flying any colors, but I think I know British handling when I see it; and I don’t care to have half my best men pressed...* Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 302). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Josiah Erasmus

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## Biography

Josiah Erasmus was a member of the Lunda people who had been taken from Africa at six years old. He bore scars on his face and elsewhere from being whipped. He was brought to Jamaica, where he was eventually freed and became a preacher. A friend of William Wilberforce, he aided Wilberforce in speaking out against slavery and hoped to one day to return to Africa as a missionary.

Erasmus was among guests who attended the party thrown in William Laurence's honor to help combat the slave trade and raise money for the dragons sick with the Dragon Plague. When Mr. Bathurst, a Member of Parliament from Bristol, argued in favour of the slave trade, Erasmus gently rebutted his arguments. This led to Wilberforce introducing Erasmus to Laurence and Temeraire. Temeraire's own experience of being required to wear storm chains during his voyage to China made him sympathetic to Erasmus' history.

Wilberforce's introduction allowed Erasmus to ask Laurence if he, his wife Hannah and their two daughters might travel aboard the HMS Allegiance as Laurence's guests in order to reach Cape Town and take over an abandoned mission there. Laurence agreed, at the cost of creating friction between himself and Captain Tom Riley, whose family owned plantations in the West Indies worked by slaves. Erasmus might have been one of these slaves himself.

After establishing his mission in Cape Town, Erasmus agreed to act as a translator for Captain Laurence in his efforts to secure a supply of an African fungus believed to cure the Dragon Plague. Erasmus hoped that in doing so he might be able to make progress in spreading the gospel among the Xhosa people. Unfortunately, his participation in the fungus-gathering efforts led to his death. A group of Tswana dragons and men captured a British party which had unknowingly trespassed on a cavern of mushrooms being cultivated by the Tswana. The Lunda were rivals of the Tswana, and although Hannah herself was Tswana, Erasmus was killed immediately when he identified himself as Lunda. His captors may have been under the impression that Erasmus had taken Hannah captive.
Jonas Green

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## Biography

from *Tongue of Serpants*

Jonas Green was a convict sent to New South Wales. He was described as a large, sturdy man. Of the convicts selected to clear a path through the Blue Mountains with the aviators of the Aerial Corps, he was the only one not known to drink alcohol, and needed no bribe of rum to board a dragon.

Green had terrible luck during the dragons' journey. He was bitten by a venomous creature (either a snake or a spider) and nearly died. Later he disappeared and was assumed to be eaten by a bunyip, the second of three convicts to meet their end that way.
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Sea-serpents

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## Overview

Sea Serpents are not true dragons, but related draconic creatures. They are called “Kiao, a sea-dragon" by the Chinese. They do not make use of language or display signs of sentience, but are highly food-motivated and can be trained. They have been seen playing in the wake of ships, much like dolphins. They seize prey by wrapping themselves around and strangling.

### Physical Characteristics

Sea Serpents have vivid orange eyes with a second transparent eyelid (such that they can blink sideways) and a rounded snout. They have ridges of webbing along their head and spine. Their scales are thick, with blue and silver colors that fade to blue and purple iridescence along the length of the body. They have four short legs with talons, and very long, very slender bodies.

One serpent in the Eastern Indian Ocean near the southern coast of Africa was measured at 250 feet in length and 25 feet in diameter, but Atlantic serpents reach no more than 12 feet.

## 1806

from *Throne of Jade*

In the Indian Ocean, East of the Island New Amsterdam, a Sea Serpent attacked the Allegiance and did significant damage to the ship as well as eating several sailors. After it was killed, it was measured and reported to be 250 feet long and 25 feet in diameter. It was able to wrap itself completely around the dragon transport.

Sun Kai mentions that they are seen in the China Sea, but are much smaller.

Temeraire is despondent that he wasn't able to make her understand that she mustn't attack the ships and humans. Laurence was convinced that the sea serpent lacked sentience and the ability to communicate and reason, but Temeraire wasn't swayed by his arguments

## 1809

from *Tongues of Serpents*

The Chinese have been training sea serpents to transport stuff. However, they don't allow the creatures to start travelling with actual goods until they have learned the route and completed it back and forth without getting distracted or abandoning. Two schools of sea serpents were already trained to travel between Guangzhou and Australia. These creatures also proved to be an useful offensive resource, and when the British attacked a Chinese port, the serpents attacked their ships, not very coordinately, but savagely nonetheless.

While the serpents were effective, Jia Zhen admitted the difficulty of managing them, as well as the expense of their feeding; he also explained that if their peregrinations were to be altered, their training would founder.

## 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. 507). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Throne of Jade (Chapter Ten).
Li-Lung

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## Overview

As the middle name of a Chinese dragon indicates its breed, it can be assumed that "Li", as mentioned in the name "Lung Li Po", indicates a different breed of dragon.

Since "Li" used here translates as "Plum Tree", this could mean that this breed is the same as an as-yet-unnamed small purple dragon breed known to inhabit China.

## Dragons

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

* Lung Li Po

## Gallery

**Note:** This breed hasn't been described in the series, so all pictures are conceptional art only and may not reflect the true image.

Li-Lung, by Drummergirl375
Liberté

## 1808

from *Victory of Eagles*

A French dragon who accompanies Marshal Murat to parley with the English in Scotland after the French invasion of Britain. He speaks English and while the delegates are meeting, he tells the British dragons about how much better they are treated by Napoleon.

### 1811-1812

from *Blood of Tyrants*

Liberté and Murat are captured by Temeraire at a Russian breeding grounds, setting the starving and abused dragons free. In the end Murat and Liberté are separately imprisoned.
Laetificat

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## Biography

A formation leader, Laetificat is known for her calm temperament, being easy-going even for a Regal Copper. Her date of birth is not known, but she was old enough to have fought alongside Gentius in the American colonies in 1776. Maximus is one of her hatchlings.

In Latin, her name means "she brings joy", as the third person singular of the verb *laetifico, laetificare* ("to make joyful").

### 1805

From *In His Majesty's Service.*

As she and her captain, Portland, are stationed at Gibraltar, they and their crew are sent to Madeira in early 1805 in response to the dispatch from naval Admiral Croft that a rare dragon egg has been captured from a French ship and has hatched at sea. Thus, Laetificat was the second dragon, after Volatilus, that Temeraire met.

It was Laetificat who shows Temeraire how to roar properly, throwing out his chest. (Up until that point, his roar had sounded a bit tentative.) She told him to practice every time he ate to improve his lung capacity. This did not reassure the cattle which were on the menu, but it may have helped Temeraire later on when he developed the ability to use the Divine Wind.

Laetificat also shows Temeraire, by example, how to lift his captain up and put him aboard. Before then, Laurence had been clambering up Temeraire's harness. Once Temeraire saw Laetificat put Portland aboard, however, he immediately follows suit, to Laurence's private amusement.

Laetificat participats in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805, along with the Longwings Excidium and Mortiferus.

### 1807

From *Empire of Ivory*

By early 1807, however, Laetificat is ill with the Dragon Plague and not expected to last the summer if a cure is not found. Because of Laetificat's illness, Portland refuses to leave Gibraltar to replace Lenton as admiral at the Dover covert and commander-in-chief of the Channel Division. This post was given to Jane Roland instead.
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## Biography

### 1805

from *His Majesty's Dragon*

Maximus hatched from one of Laetificat's eggs. He is very young and still growing when Temeraire first meets him. They become wing mates in Lily's formation and train together. Maximus, Lily and Temeraire become close friends all being about the same age and learning how to fight in formation together.

After Temeraire starts going to the lake to clean up after eating, both Lily and Maximus decided to join him. But when it came time to get into the water Maximus hesitated on the shore until Berkley finally tells him to stop being a coward and to get in. Once Maximus gets all of the way in and joins Temeraire they started to play with a lot of splashing, much to Lily's disgust. After that first trip Maximus often goes to the lake with Temeraire so they can play around.

In July 1805, while moving from the Loch Laggan covert to the Dover covert, Lily and her formation are attacked by French dragons.

### 1805 - 1806

From *Throne of Jade*

Along with Lily's entire formation, they help to rescue the HMS Allegiance during the Valerie engagement. After they leave the transport he will not see his friend, Temeraire for over a year.

### 1813

from *League of Dragons*

Along with the rest of Lily's formation he is off fighting and winning the war in Portugal and Spain.

## Crew and Formation

Died:
name - Action/Event/Book
Shao-Lung (Scarlet Flower)

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## Overview

They are crimson red, with gold-tinted talons and a yellow crest running down their spines from a many-horned head.

### 1811

from *Blood of Tyrants*

The Scarlet Flowers are used as part of the security of the Chinese royal family. After an attack against Prince Mianning a team of these dragons took him and Laurence away, bringing them to the estate of Lord Bayan (a conservative that didn't like the prince's partiality towards England). When Temeraire arrived looking for Laurence the Shao-lung team attacked him, but when the Celestial killed one with his divine wind, the rest cowered in horror and dismay.

Given their fighting skills they were also used in militar campaigns, being very maneuverable in the air, faster than a Yellow Reaper and formidable foes in general for Temeraire and his allies, when more of the Shao-lung turned out to be allied with traitors.

## Dragons

Dragons of this breed that are mentioned in the series.

* Lung Shao Chu
* Lung Shao Ri

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Throne of Jade: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 305). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 359). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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## Dragons

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

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### Appearance

Heavyweight, deep intense violet scales with a feathered scales ruffled wide about his neck and shoulders

## Biography

He is the Governor of Chirisuyo in the Inca Empire. His office is in Talcahuano.

### 1810

from *Crucible of Gold*

Temeraire and company apply to Hualpa Uturuncy to see what they should do about returning Taruce to his family. When they present their story to the Governor, he is concerned about their theft of Taruce, not the original theft of him from his family.

To resolve the theft issue, they have a trial by combat and Iskierka insisted that she will fight, since it is her mistake that has caused the problem.

After the dragon fight between Iskierka and Manca Copacati he allows the group to take Taruca to his original home.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Crucible of Gold: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 154). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Mokhachane I (h)

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Son: Moshoeshoe

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### Early Years

A minor chieftain in the Sotho-Tswana region, near the Xhosa territory.

### 1807

from *Empire of Ivory*

Mokhachane (human) dies before the start of the book and Mokhachane I (dragon) rules over the Tswana Kingdom along with Prince Moshoeshoe.

## Mokhachane

### Facts

a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage- a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan.
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## Overview

These are very common Blue Dragons found in China, being as different between them as humans are with each other. The ones that decide to pursue an academic career and become wise enough are honored with an Imperial mating.

There are variations of Shen-Lung based on breeding programs, some have been breed with great endurance for very long flights, but not all are as capable. According to Zhao Wei, several of the Chinese breeds had the most exceptional Shen-lungs as ancestors.

## Dragons

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

* Lung Shen Li
* Lung Shen Gai
* Lung Shen Chi
* Lung Shen Lao
* Lung Shen Shi

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Throne of Jade: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 282). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Crucible of Gold: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 4). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 353). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 340). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 375). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
6. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 298). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Harrison

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## Biography

He never appears but the people like to quote him. Jane Roland says to Laurence that he would, facing his execution, behave like Harrison and quotes the matching sentences.

*I suppose you would go to it like Harrison, ‘as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.’ Well, I should not be damned cheerful, and neither should anyone else who loved you, and some of them can knock down half of London Town if they should choose.”*

Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 183). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

## See also

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas\_Harrison\_%28soldier%29
Ingersleben

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## Biography

He protectet Stettin but when Napoleon's army came he surrendered without any fight. He has no good reputation any longer in the prussian army.
John Wampanoag

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## Biography

John is the main character in the short story *Planting Season* from *Golden Age and Other Stories*.

This story is set at an earlier time when John first goes into trade and is the story about how that happened and of his tribe.
In the American custom a dragon would have a single rider and not a crew, if they so choose, but only men are allowed to be riders, it is also the story of the woman that John would have selected to be his companion if it would have been allowed.

The story names his tribe as the Wampanoag who were part of the Iroquois Nation.

### 1811-1812

from *Blood of Tyrants*

John Wampanoag with a "Dutch" ship that is in the Japanese harbor, when the Potentate is there and Temeraire notices him. Temeraire assumes at first that he is wearing a harness, but it looks unlike any he had ever seen before. As Ttemeraire and the other dragons watch John Wampanoag they become intrigued by his actions so he is invited over to take tea with them.

He is from Salem, Massachusetts, an American dragon of the Devereaux, Pickman and Wampanoag trading company. He owns and guards the ship USS Lacewing, and invests in other trading ventures.

John tells the other dragons about how he became a partner in the trading company and gives them some ideas for ways to make money themselves.

When Wampanoag returns the next day with a present for the other dragons, Temeraire explains to him why they are sitting in the harbor. Temeraire asks John if he can discover any word concerning Laurence.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 90). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Valérie

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## Deviations from History

It doesn't appear that there was ever a French Naval ship, the Valérie
Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire Book 6)

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## Description

Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australia—and into a hornet’s nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Bligh—aka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty. And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operation—leading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon.

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Jing Chao

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## Biography

During his voyage to China and his stay there, Temeraire grew very fond of the Chinese style of cooking. In order to be able to provide him with Chinese dishes, Laurence employed two cooks, Gong Su and Jing Chao, to return from Macao with him and Temeraire to Britain.

Jing Chao was not popular among Temeraire's crew because he was quarrelsome and berated them in Chinese when they did not treat his supplies with what he considered appropriate care. When the party arrived at the Jiayu Gate, Gong Su almost turned back because the omen he received there told him he would never return to China. Jing Chao's omen was more favourable in that it indicated that he would be returning to China someday.

Jing Chao's omen apparently came true shortly after the party left the Jiayu Gate and began to cross the desert. One evening, both Jing and the camel he had been riding were discovered to be missing. Temeraire and Laurence searched for him, but never found him.
Incan Empire

## History

In the Temeraire series, it is called Pusantinsuyo by it’s native people and dragons. It is ruled by Sapa Inca Anahuarque who is the widow of the previous, Sapa Inca and daughter of his predecessor. The capital is Cusco. Except for the Sapa Inca, the dragons are the rulers and a dragon serves as the governor of each providence.

Located on the West Coast of South America including the Mountainous regions.

Early 16th century the empire was invaded by the Spaniards, eventually they were over thrown and the Incan Empire returned. Due to diseases, some brought to the new World by Europeans, the human population has been reduced a great deal. But there is a recurring plague that continues to take whole villages

The dragons hoard people, taking especial good care of them, but if a human wonders off alone they are at risk of being kidnapped by another dragon. A dragon’s hoard is called an ‘’Ayllu’’ and the dragon is referred to as the ‘’Curaca’’.

The dragons asserted themselves to take care of the people to help prevent as many as possible from dying, though they have not been able to eradicated the diseases from the land they do ensure that the survivors are well taken care of and the areas hit by plague are avoided.

The dragons don’t just govern though, they lend their strength in insuring the survival and care of the humans.

Due to the massive lost of human life, the Incan Military is all Dragons, usually all young dragons that have not yet established their own “Ayllu” and who many never have a chance to establish one.

Because of the huge dragon military, Napoleon tries to win the Incan Empire as his ally, but the only way that he can get complete control of their Army is to marry Anahuarque.

### Ayllu

An *Ayllu* is the community of people led by the *Curaca*, which is usually a dragon. The Curaca is always looking for ways of expanding their Ayllu, so often encourage the women to have many babies, but kidnapping of isolated humans is also the norm.

A dragon may also try and lure humans from one ayllu to another by offering them great wealth or mates. The humans are not forced to breed with another, but the women are brained washed into considering it a great “Honor” to help to increase the population of the Ayllu.

## Real World

In the real world the Incan Empire did not survive the conquest of the Europeans. The diseases brought to the New World by the Europeans that killed a great many of the native populations was very real.