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{{Dragons|name=Lung Tien Xian|dob=Unknown|species=[[Celestial]]|captain=Unknown,|nation=China|appearance=Unknown|abilities=[[Divine Wind]]|status=deseased}}
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{{Dragons|name=Lung Tien Xian|dob=Unknown|species=[[Celestial]]|captain=Unknown (Presumably Deceased)|nation=China|appearance=See Article|abilities=[[Divine Wind]]|status=Active}}
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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In [[Throne of Jade]], [[Lung Tien Qian]] said that she and [[Lung Tien Chu]] were "hatched of '''Xian'''". Her exact quote, addressed to Temeraire, is "([[Lien]]) is your older cousin. She was sired by Chu, who was hatched of Xian, as was I." In other words, Qian and Chu are siblings or or at least half-siblings with Xian as their shared parent.
 
  
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== Identity ==
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Lung Tien Xian was the oldest [[Celestial]] dragon alive in China. Born as a result of a mating between two [[Imperial|Imperials]] (a pairing that can occasionally result in the birth of a Celestial), all of the currently living Celestial dragons ("...some four or five generations") are of his line.
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Lung Tien Xian is the mother of [[Lung Tien Chu]] and [[Lung Tien Qian]] and obviously daughter of [[Lung Tien Fai]], the "Grandfather". Chu is her younger child. His egg didn't harden properly, it hardened too early what hurt Xian but it was still too fragile to get layed. Xian asked the doctors to have an operation but they refused, what meant dead to mother and child. It would have been possible to stabilize the shell with some sort of clay until the dragonet hatches. So Xian clawed herself to bring the egg out but then died due to an infection. Nobody likes to speak of this event, especially not when Chu or Qian are listening. Every female Celestial is scared to have the same problems during the pregnancy as Xian
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He is also known as "Grandfather" by the other [[Celestial]]s and [[Imperial]]s. Presumably some two hundred years old, his black scales have a acquired a reddish tint due to the scales going translucent, and his eyes are milky blue; the pupil nearly hidden by the cataracts. He is accompanied by a guard of four [[Imperial]]s, who take care of him.
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== "Grandfather" or Xian? ==
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In [[Throne of Jade]], [[Lung Tien Qian]] remarks that she and [[Lung Tien Chu]] were "hatched of Xian". "Grandfather" is presumed to be "Xian", because that is the only name not mentioned when Qian counts off her family. However, it is later said that "Grandfather" is the Celestial who started the family, which now covers some four or five generations. This means that "Grandfather" cannot be their father, as there is no way for any of the remaining family members to be of this fourth generation without being in line for the throne before [[Lung Tien Chuan]].
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If he is Xian, then Qian's words "hatched of Xian" are poetic, and she means that she is of Xian's line. Of course, Xian could be the name of a female Celestial who has since died, but the fact that "Grandfather" has survived this long would suggest otherwise.
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With this in mind, Ming and Zhi must be the sons of Xian, and Qian the daughter of one of them (possibly Ming, as she names him first). Chu could be her brother, but he could also be the son of Zhi, except that his daughter, Lung Tien Lien, is mentioned as being [[Temeraire]]'s "elder cousin".
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This means the Celestial family tree must look like this;
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Two [[Imperial|Imperials]]
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'''Grandfather''' ([[Lung Tien Xian]]) (M)
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+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
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[[Lung Tien Ming]]? (M)        [[Lung Tien Zhi]]? (M)
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[[Lung Tien Qian]] (F)                                  [[Lung Tien Chu]] (M)
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|                                                        |
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+------------------------+                                |
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[[Lung Tien Chuan]] (M) [[Lung Tien Xiang]] ([[Temeraire]]) (M)  [[Lung Tien Lien]] (F)
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To understand how this works, one must consider the matter of succession. Since the Celestials are only permitted to be companion to the Emperors, then the entire family (save for [[Lung Tien Lien]], [[Lung Tien Chuan]] and [[Temeraire]]) must have been been companions to previous Emperors.
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Presumably, this means that when the time came for the Emperor to choose his successor, he asked a Celestial to mate with an Imperial and produce an heir. As a consistent line of descendants doesn't exist, this must mean the heirs do not need to be offspring of the Emperor's Celestial, resulting in an interesting family tree.
  
 
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