http://naominovik.com/w/index.php?title=Arkady&feed=atom&action=history Arkady - Revision history 2024-03-28T19:04:01Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.27.1 http://naominovik.com/w/index.php?title=Arkady&diff=7773&oldid=prev Konaharei at 12:14, 20 August 2013 2013-08-20T12:14:32Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:14, 20 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l22" >Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Napoleon was expelled from Britain at the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]] in March 1808, the [[HMS Allegiance]] was sent to Australia, partly as a prison ship (carrying Temeraire and Laurence as well as other convicts) but also to convey three dragon eggs.&#160; One of these eggs had been sired by Arkady on his lieutenant, [[Wringe]].&#160; He was quite honoured to see the egg go to wide-open and unclaimed territory, but made Temeraire promise to look after it and ensure that only someone very rich would be allowed to become captain. The egg eventually hatched out [[Caesar]], who met Arkady's expectations but disappointed Temeraire's by choosing [[Jeremy Rankin]] as his captain.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Napoleon was expelled from Britain at the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]] in March 1808, the [[HMS Allegiance]] was sent to Australia, partly as a prison ship (carrying Temeraire and Laurence as well as other convicts) but also to convey three dragon eggs.&#160; One of these eggs had been sired by Arkady on his lieutenant, [[Wringe]].&#160; He was quite honoured to see the egg go to wide-open and unclaimed territory, but made Temeraire promise to look after it and ensure that only someone very rich would be allowed to become captain. The egg eventually hatched out [[Caesar]], who met Arkady's expectations but disappointed Temeraire's by choosing [[Jeremy Rankin]] as his captain.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===China, 1812 ===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1812, Arkady accompanied Tharkay in a hasty mission to deliver news of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s planned invasion of Russia to Laurence and Temeraire.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bypassing Guangzhou, however, Arkady and Tharkay were captured by dragon forces loyal to [[Lord Bayan]], [[General Fela]], and the Chinese conservatives. Seeking to dethrone [[Prince Mianning]], the Chinese conservative forces tortured Arkady for a month, chaining him in an excruciatingly painful way so that the feral would not escape. Furthermore, they planned on framing Arkady for transporting opium illegally into China.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Later rescued by [[Temeraire]] and the British covert, Arkady was freed. After his rescue, Arkady inquired of Temeraire the fate of he and Wringe's egg. Temeraire informed Arkady of the hatching of [[Casesar]], and [[Jeremy Rankin]] becoming Caesar's captain. Arkady, expressing relief and thanks to a disgruntled Temeraire, the feral mentioned proudly to Temeraire that he had mated with [[Wringe]] a second time. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is yet unknown if Wringe produced a second egg, [[Caesar]]'s sibling, by Arkady.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Due to his grievous injuries, it is likely that he stayed in China to recover. 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Arkady had apparently become leader due to his cleverness and force of personality, since he was not the largest or strongest of the group.&#160; </del>He was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </del>an excellent story-teller, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employing a style that was half story-telling, half interpretive dance.&#160; For example, he entertained </del>his troop and Temeraire one evening with a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">long tale that was sort of a </del>draconic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">soap opera, all </del>about treasure and mating. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> The </del>performance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even </del>included audience participation, with the other dragons (including Temeraire) chiming in with their own contributions and arguing about what ought to happen next.&#160; (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It </del>may <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be that dragons </del>particularly enjoy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this sort of exercise in shared </del>creativity, since similar group involvement was evident during the geometry discussions <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that occurred about </del>the [[HMS Allegiance]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while she was on her way </del>to [[Cape Town]] in May <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>June of 1807.)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; 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The </del>Turkish dragons and their <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">officers who were guarding the cattle took exception </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this, resulting in a dispute between Laurence and </del>the chief guard, [[Ertegun]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.&#160; The </del>ferals <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">took advantage of the confusion to grab </del>all the cattle they could carry and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">head </del>back to the Pamirs. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&#160; </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">===Turkey and Europe, 1806===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Impressed with Temeraire's own stories of his travels, Arkady declared that he would lead his troop to accompany Temeraire to Istanbul and meet the Sultan. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Only </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">boldest of his dragons accompanied him</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and some abandoned </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">journey partway through. As soon as they reached Istanbul, </ins>Arkady and his ferals <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attacked </ins>a herd of cattle<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, provoking the inattentive </ins>Turkish <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">guard </ins>dragons and their <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">captains. As Laurence attempted </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">placate </ins>the chief guard <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">captain</ins>, [[Ertegun]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the </ins>ferals <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grabbed </ins>all the cattle they could carry and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">headed </ins>back to the Pamirs.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Temeraire, Laurence </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their crew reached </del>[[Prussia]] and were pressed into service <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there, their </del>guide [[Tharkay]] left them to journey back to the Pamirs.&#160; As Tharkay spoke the draconic language [[Durzagh]] - the ferals themselves did not speak any human languages and were too old to learn - he was able to talk Arkady into bringing twenty dragons to Europe to help &quot;rescue&quot; [[Temeraire]], promising him that the British would give each feral a cow per day in return.&#160; Arkady and his band arrived just in time to help <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Temeraire </del>evacuate the Prussian troops from [[Siege of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Danzig|</del>Danzig]], which <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was under siege by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">French and likely to fall any day</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Arkady was nervous about allowing the humans to put </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">carrying harness on him - being </del>feral, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he </del>had never <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worn a harness </del>before <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- </del>but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quickly hid his nervousness when </del>Temeraire made a point of nonchalantly adjusting his own harness, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then proceeded to </del>show off his new accoutrement for his troop.&#160; &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">leaving Turkey </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reaching </ins>[[Prussia]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Temeraire </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his crew </ins>were pressed into service<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Their </ins>guide [[Tharkay]] left them to journey back to the Pamirs.&#160; As Tharkay spoke the draconic language [[Durzagh]] - the ferals themselves did not speak any human languages and were too old to learn - he was able to talk Arkady into bringing twenty dragons to Europe to help &quot;rescue&quot; [[Temeraire]], promising him that the British would give each feral a cow per day in return.&#160; Arkady and his band arrived just in time to help evacuate the Prussian troops from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>[[Siege of Danzig]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with all of the dragons donning impromptu carrying harnesses based on the mass transit dragons </ins>which the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">British aviators had seen in China</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As </ins>a feral, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arkady </ins>had never <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">been harnessed </ins>before<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>but Temeraire made a point of nonchalantly adjusting his own harness, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">encouraging Arkady to allow a makeshift carrying harness to be placed on him </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even </ins>show off his new accoutrement for his troop.&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Britain, 1806+ ===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; 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Besides Temeraire and [[Iskierka]], who had been hatched in Prussia and returned to Britain with them, the ferals were the only healthy dragons in Britain.&#160; Admiral [[Jane Roland|Roland]] was therefore quite happy to negotiate with them over the promised cows, suggesting only that sheep or goats might be substituted from time to time - at a suitable rate of exchange, of course - in order to provide variety.&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Despite their lack of discipline and formal training, the ferals were assigned to patrol the Channel, at first under Temeraire's supervision and later on their own.&#160; When they achieved their first solitary victory - turning back a [[Poux-de-Ciel|Pou-de-Ciel]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who was trying </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">get a look at </del>the quarantine grounds to assess how many British dragons were ill - Roland presented Arkady with a brass chain and a large dinner plate inscribed with his name <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for a medal</del>.&#160; For once - and for only a moment - Arkady was speechless with amazement.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Despite their lack of discipline and formal training, the ferals were assigned to patrol the Channel, at first under Temeraire's supervision and later on their own.&#160; When they achieved their first solitary victory - turning back a [[Poux-de-Ciel|Pou-de-Ciel]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attempting </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reconnoiter </ins>the quarantine grounds to assess how many British dragons were ill - Roland presented Arkady with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a &quot;medal&quot; (</ins>a brass chain and a large dinner plate inscribed with his name<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>.&#160; For once - and for only a moment - Arkady was speechless with amazement.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; 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With Iskierka shooting flames, the ships would quickly surrender and allow themselves to be herded back to Britain by the ferals.&#160; However, Arkady retained his status as leader of the feral band.&#160; He regarded Iskierka as a &quot;force of nature&quot; rather than as a rival leader.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Temeraire and Laurence were sent to [[Cape Town]] with the rest of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Lily<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'s formation to find a cure for plague.&#160; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In their absence</ins>, Iskierka and the ferals developed a strategy for capturing French ships as prizes.&#160; The ferals would fly out at night looking for suitable ships and convey the news to Iskierka, who the next day would pretend to her captain, [[John Granby]], that she was only going in such-and-such direction on a whim.&#160; With Iskierka shooting flames, the ships would quickly surrender and allow themselves to be herded back to Britain by the ferals.&#160; However, Arkady retained his status as leader of the feral band.&#160; He regarded Iskierka as a &quot;force of nature&quot; rather than as a rival leader.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; 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He would tell Arkady what the signal flags meant, and then he and Arkady together would decide whether or not they were going to obey, neither Arkady nor Demane having much use for unquestioned authority.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Napoleon was expelled from Britain at the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]] in March 1808, the [[HMS Allegiance]] was sent to Australia, partly as a prison ship (carrying Temeraire and Laurence as well as other convicts) but also to convey three dragon eggs.&#160; One of these eggs had been sired by Arkady on his lieutenant, [[Wringe]].&#160; He was quite honoured to see the egg go to wide-open and unclaimed territory, but made Temeraire promise to look after it and ensure that only someone very rich would be allowed to become captain.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Napoleon was expelled from Britain at the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]] in March 1808, the [[HMS Allegiance]] was sent to Australia, partly as a prison ship (carrying Temeraire and Laurence as well as other convicts) but also to convey three dragon eggs.&#160; One of these eggs had been sired by Arkady on his lieutenant, [[Wringe]].&#160; He was quite honoured to see the egg go to wide-open and unclaimed territory, but made Temeraire promise to look after it and ensure that only someone very rich would be allowed to become captain. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The egg eventually hatched out [[Caesar]], who met Arkady's expectations but disappointed Temeraire's by choosing [[Jeremy Rankin]] as his captain.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; 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[[Temeraire]], promising him that the British would give each feral a cow per day in return.&#160; Arkady and his band arrived just in time to help Temeraire evacuate the Prussian troops from [[Siege of Danzig|Danzig]], which was under siege by the French and likely to fall any day.&#160; Arkady was nervous about allowing the humans to put a carrying harness on him - being feral, he had never worn a harness before - but quickly hid his nervousness when Temeraire made a point of nonchalantly adjusting his own harness, and then proceeded to show off his new accoutrement for his troop.&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; 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While they were gone, Iskierka and the ferals developed a strategy for capturing French ships as prizes.&#160; The ferals would fly out at night looking for suitable ships and convey the news to Iskierka, who the next day would pretend to her captain, [[John Granby]], that she was only going in such-and-such direction on a whim.&#160; With Iskierka shooting flames, the ships would quickly surrender and allow themselves to be herded back to Britain by the ferals.&#160; However, Arkady retained his status as leader of the feral band.&#160; He regarded Iskierka as a &quot;force of nature&quot; rather than as a rival leader</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; 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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Arkady was the leader of the [[feral]] dragon tribe [[Temeraire]], [[William Laurence|Laurence]] and their crew encountered in the Pamir Mountains between China and Persia, while they were on their way to Turkey. Arkady had apparently become leader due to his cleverness and force of personality, since he was not the largest or strongest of the group.&#160; He was also an excellent story-teller, employing a style that was half story-telling, half interpretive dance.&#160; For example<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, while still in the Pamirs</del>, he entertained his troop and Temeraire one evening with a long tale that was sort of a draconic soap opera, all about treasure and mating.&#160; The performance even included audience participation, with the other dragons (including Temeraire) chiming in with their own contributions and arguing about what ought to happen next.&#160; (It may be that dragons particularly enjoy this sort of exercise in shared creativity, since similar group involvement was evident during the geometry discussions that occurred about the [[HMS Allegiance]] while she was on her way to [[Cape Town]] in May and June of 1807.)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Arkady was the leader of the [[feral]] dragon tribe [[Temeraire]], [[William Laurence|Laurence]] and their crew encountered in the Pamir Mountains between China and Persia, while they were on their way to Turkey. Arkady had apparently become leader due to his cleverness and force of personality, since he was not the largest or strongest of the group.&#160; He was also an excellent story-teller, employing a style that was half story-telling, half interpretive dance.&#160; For example, he entertained his troop and Temeraire one evening with a long tale that was sort of a draconic soap opera, all about treasure and mating.&#160; The performance even included audience participation, with the other dragons (including Temeraire) chiming in with their own contributions and arguing about what ought to happen next.&#160; (It may be that dragons particularly enjoy this sort of exercise in shared creativity, since similar group involvement was evident during the geometry discussions that occurred about the [[HMS Allegiance]] while she was on her way to [[Cape Town]] in May and June of 1807.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; 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The Turkish dragons and their officers who were guarding the cattle took exception to this, resulting in a dispute between Laurence and the chief guard, [[Ertegun]].&#160; The ferals took advantage of the confusion to grab all the cattle they could carry and head back to the Pamirs.&#160; &#160; </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arkady was a showoff </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">enjoyed telling flamboyant stories</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Later </del>he <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">consented </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be ridden by </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tharkay</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">leading </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tribe </del>to help <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;rescue&quot; </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Temeraire</del>]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rescue</del>, he <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">agreed to bring </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tribe into the service </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Britain</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with promises of regular feeding</del>. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; 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Arkady later personally negotiated with Admiral [[Jane Roland]] for this deal to be extended and to allow variation in the provided animals for the feral tribe to remain in Britain and aid in it's defense throughout 1807. At this time the feral along with the [[Kazilik]] [[Iskierka]], and the [[Celestial]] [[Temeraire]] were the only Dragons in Britain that had not contracted the [[Dragon Plague]]. &#160;</div></td></tr> </table> Rose http://naominovik.com/w/index.php?title=Arkady&diff=4257&oldid=prev Ťĕmĕŗãįŗê at 04:22, 12 June 2008 2008-06-12T04:22:26Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:22, 12 June 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4" >Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Biography ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Biography ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Arkady was the leader of the [[feral]] dragon tribe [[Temeraire]]'s crew encountered in the Pamir mountains while traveling to Turkey. 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Later he consented to be ridden by [[Tharkay]], leading his tribe to help &quot;rescue&quot; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Temeraire<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. After the rescue, he agreed to bring his tribe into the service of Britain, with promises of regular feeding. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Arkady's tribe were induced to fight for Britain by an offer of one cow each per day made by [[Tharkay]] to tempt them to aid the British during late 1806. 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