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| − | {{Dragons|name=Excidium|dob=c. 1725|species=[[Longwing]]|captain=[[Jane Roland]]|nation=Britain|appearance=Blue with black/white/orange wing tips|abilities=[[Acid spitter]]|status=Active}} | + | {{Dragons|name=Excidium|dob=Excidium is over 100 years old|species=[[Longwing]]|captain=[[Jane Roland]]|nation=Britain|appearance=Blue with black/white/orange wing tips|abilities=[[Acid Spitter]]|status=Active}} |
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| | == Biography == | | == Biography == |
| − | Excidium (Latin for 'destruction') is a Longwing with 80 years of experience. His sire was [[Gentius]]. | + | According to Naomi Novik, Excidium has had several captains. Jane says that captains breed themselves as much as dragons are bred, so the dragon will have a captain that "shares their pain." Excidium's next captain is to be Roland's daughte, [[Emily Roland]] who is currently a member of [[Temeraire]]'s crew. |
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| − | Excidium's current captain, Jane Roland, is probably at least his third. As she explained to [[Will Laurence|Laurence]], captains breed themselves as much as dragons are bred with the intent their children become the dragon's captain upon their deaths, and the dragon will have a captain that "shares their pain."
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| − | [[Emily Roland]], who served as a member of [[Temeraire]]'s crew, was to be Excidium's captain after Jane's death. It's not unlikely that Emily's maternal grandmother was Excidium's captain before Jane. | |
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| − | Excidium participated in the [[Battle of the Nile]] and [[Battle of Trafalgar]]. He became the flag-dragon of the Channel Division when Jane was promoted to Admiral of the [[Dover covert]], following [[Obversaria]]'s death in the [[Dragon Plague]] in 1806 and Admiral [[Lenton]]'s reassignment to the quieter [[Edinburgh covert]].
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| − | Excidium and Jane were in Britain at the time of Napoleon's invasion in December 1807 and led the [[Aerial Corps]] against the French troops. When Temeraire negotiated ranks and epaulettes for both the unharnessed and harnessed dragons, Excidium received a pair of epaulettes, marking him as holding the rank of Commander.
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