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[[Image:Celeritas|thumb|350px|Loch Laggan's training master]] | [[Image:Celeritas|thumb|350px|Loch Laggan's training master]] | ||
[[Image:Majestys dragon gatefold 72dpi.jpg|thumb|400px|Celeritas overseeing training at Loch Laggan. (c) Anke Eissmann]] | [[Image:Majestys dragon gatefold 72dpi.jpg|thumb|400px|Celeritas overseeing training at Loch Laggan. (c) Anke Eissmann]] | ||
| − | {{Dragons|name=Celeritas|dob=Before 1700|species= | + | {{Dragons|name=Celeritas|dob=Before 1700|species=[[Malachite Reaper]]|captain= at least one previous captain (deceased) from the [[Rankin family]](?)|nation=Britain|appearance=Golden colored with pale green Reaper markings; orange tipped wings; green eyes|abilities=|status=Breeding}} |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 25 August 2010
Character Profile
| Name: | Celeritas |
| Date of Birth: | Before 1700 |
| Breed: | Malachite Reaper |
| Captain: | at least one previous captain (deceased) from the Rankin family(?) |
| National Loyalty: | Britain |
| Appearance: | Golden colored with pale green Reaper markings; orange tipped wings; green eyes |
| Special Abilities: | |
| Status: | Breeding |
Biography
Celeritas (Latin for "speed") was a very aged dragon whose first captain had been the grandfather of Jeremy Rankin. Since the Rankin family had a tradition of sending third sons to the Aerial Corps, it is assumed that this grandfather was another Rankin.
This first captain's son also served with Celeritas; it is not unambiguously clear whether he became Celeritas' second captain, but this connection is suggested by the expectation that Jeremy Rankin would also serve with Celeritas, and by the consequences thereafter: Celeritas rejected him, but did not fully state his objections to the boy's character because of the fond memory of his first captain; Jeremy Rankin was reassigned to a new dragonet; and within a few decades afterward, Celeritas had no captain at all.
In any case, it is highly unlikely that Celeritas' second captain was Jeremy Rankin's father, the Earl of Kensington, rather than one of the Earl's brothers or brothers-in-law.
By 1805, Celeritas had no captain and was acting in his own right as the trainer at the Loch Laggan covert. He was known to have trained Lily's formation, particularly Lily, Maximus and Temeraire who all hatched in the year 1905. The fact that he was the training master for the Aerial Corps was kept secret because it might have caused a scandal were it to became publicly known.
The Dragon Plague aged him considerably, though he was still present at Loch Lagann when Temeraire and William Laurence stole the cure from that covert. Temeraire told his old master what they were about before flying away, and it does not appear that Celeritas raised the alarm. When Temeraire returned to Loch Laggan during the time of Napoleon's invasion, he was told Celeritas had retired from his post and went to the breeding grounds in Ireland, for reasons unknown.
Celeritas was a scholar of aerial tactics. He claimed "two hundred years" of experience. It is certain that he knew one of the works by Sir Edward Howe. However, it is unclear whether Celeritas read it himself or it was read to him.
He wore a golden ring studded with a jade stone around his neck, presumably a gift from one of his captains. He was described as yellow with green Reaper markings, though following the Dragon Plague he was said to have turned more of a "bronze" shade and the green markings dulled.
