Catherine Harcourt

Character Profile

Name:	Catherine Harcourt
Date of Birth:
Service:	Aerial Corps
Rank:	Captain
Nationality:	British
Billets:	Loch Laggan covert, captain to Lily

Biography

Harcourt was a tall, young girl with long, red hair which she usually wore in a braid. She was one of the few females in the Aerial Corps, owing to the fact that Longwings prefer women-handlers.

Initially, she was too young and inexperienced to be leader of Lily's formation even though her dragon was in the lead. Sometime in between the Battle of Dover and Temeraire leaving for China, she earned that honor. She proved to be an experienced flier; she and Lily wer one of the few teams that remain in the air throughout the Battle of Dover.

Harcourt believed that there is nothing special about what she did as an aviator, as it was no more than the men did, which was a shockingly progressive attitude for her time. Though she was conscious of the impropriety of her being an aviator. Jeremy Rankin, in particular, constantly reminded her of this. When she had occassion to meet people outside of the Corps, she hide her gender in a long hooded coat.

The one major girlish mistake she made is falling for Jean-Paul Choiseul, who attempts to kidnap her a Lily.

Harcourt was 20 years old when she stayed aboard the HMS Allegiance.