Lung Tien Ning

by Kalia24

## Biography

Ning is the daughter of Temeraire and Iskierka, a Celestial and Kazilik cross. The egg was formed in *Crucible of Gold* and birthed at the beginning of *Blood of Tyrants* when their ship had got caught up on some rocks after a storm, a storm that had swept Laurence overboard and Temeraire couldn't leave to find him, because of the egg.

When Laurence and Temeraire exposes the plot of the Chinese conservatives that had murdered Prince Mianning's Celestial companion, Temeraire's twin, they arrange to leave their egg with Prince Mianning's to be raised as his new companion.

After her birth, she names herself *Lung Tien Ning*, which *Ning* means *tranquility*.

### 1813

from *League of Dragons*

When Lung Tien Lien learns at Napolean's court about the mongrel egg, she arranges a devious plot that includes stealing the egg away from Prince Mianning and guarantees that Temeraire and Ishierka are goaded into coming after it.

The egg arrives safely at Napolean's palace *Château de Fontainebleau*, but Temeraire and Ishierka are lured into a trap and captured, along with their companion's Laurence and Granby as well as Tharkay. They are separated and imprisoned, but Napoleon sends for them and they too arrive at *Palace of Fontainebleau* where they are treated as honored guests.

After sometime Temeraire and Ishierka realizes that they will not be able to rescue both their egg and their captains so after much agonizing thought, decided that their duty is first to secure the egg away from Napoleon.

There is already a huge todo going on in the grounds that they didn't know what caused it but thought it would be a good distraction, so after sunset while everything was still out of routine in the Dragon area, Ishierka sets their pavilion on fire and Temeraire steals the egg back. While Temeraire is carrying the egg, he realizes it is moving on it's on and begining to hatch, so they quickly set down near a lake while still on the palace grounds.

The little dragonette is well formed and shows her intelligence immediately, much to the befuddlement of Temeraire. He realizes that she could have been born anytime in the past two weeks ...

Since neither of her parents seem to be able to make up their minds on how to rescue their captains, Ning, flies up to the Palace roof and uses her new ability. First she emits a shrill, piercing sound, then she *"..blasted out a stream of white flame.."* causing the palace roof to catch fire. The flame is *"...quite thin, but it ran away from her with tremendous speed, rippling strangely, and a moment later a shockingly loud thunderclap noise followed it..."*

Laurence, Granby and Tharkay are rescued and along with the three dragons escape. Temeraire carries the dragonette on his back and Ishierka carries the three men in her claws, they finally make it across the channel and eventually to Dover.

On several occasions Ning shows her intelligence and scheming abilities. Eventually, when everything is arranged to return to the continent to continue the fight against Napoleon, Ning decides to go along with them. Even thought Ning has been growing at an explosive rate, the same as her sire had, she doesn't have the stamina and muscle development to fly that distance and they are going to travel at speed. So she arranges for Requiescat, the Regal Copper to join the fight and to transport her.

Once Napoleon is defeated and even though his son is placed on the throne, Ning decides that he is too young to be useful so goes back to China with their troops and delegations to become the new Emperor, Mianning's companion.

### Family Tree

**Note:** The information in this family tree is taken mostly from *Golden Age and Other Stories:Succession* by Naomi Novik and some from *Throne of Jade*.

## References

1. ↑ Novik, Naomi. League of Dragons (Temeraire) (p. 193). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Novik, Naomi. League of Dragons (Temeraire) (p. 180). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Novik, Naomi. League of Dragons (Temeraire) (p. 182). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.