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Lily was in full health by the [[Battle of Dover]]. She fought well during this engagement, even at one point hitting a French dragon full in the face with her spray. At the end, she is one of only two dragons (the other being [[Obversaria]]) who are well enough to protect Temeraire while he employs the [[Divine wind]] against the enemy. | Lily was in full health by the [[Battle of Dover]]. She fought well during this engagement, even at one point hitting a French dragon full in the face with her spray. At the end, she is one of only two dragons (the other being [[Obversaria]]) who are well enough to protect Temeraire while he employs the [[Divine wind]] against the enemy. | ||
| − | Like Maximus, Lily became friends with Temeraire after he joined her formation. The three of them, being the youngest of the formation, had a particular bond. They would often go to the lake to bathe together. Temeraire was particularly sad to leave Lily and Maximus | + | Like Maximus, Lily became friends with Temeraire after he joined her formation. The three of them, being the youngest of the formation, had a particular bond. They would often go to the lake to bathe together. Temeraire was particularly sad to leave Lily and Maximus when he traveled to China. He last saw Lily when she was playing aerial tag with Maximus. |
| − | + | By the time Temeraire returned from China, all of the British dragons had contracted the [[Dragon Plague]]. Lily and the other Longwings were being kept in quarantine in a sandpit, since they involuntarily sprayed acid every time they coughed or sneezed. In Temeraire's attempt to capture the French courier [[Sauvignon]] without harming her - since she was a much smaller dragon - he accidentally crash-landed in the Longwings' sandpit, exposing both himself and Sauvignon to the plague. | |
| − | Laurence spent the evenings on the ship reading to Temeraire from his books. The other dragons became interested | + | It was only when Temeraire failed to contract the plague that the British realized that there might be a cure. Speculating that it was something that Temeraire had encountered during his stay in [[Cape Town]], Jane Roland sent Lily's formation to Africa aboard the [[HMS Allegiance]] to find it. The trip was difficult for Lily, who had to keep her head resting half-buried in a tub of sand to avoid spitting acid on the ship whenever she coughed or sneezed. At one point, her tub of sand fell off the ship and she was forced to stick her head over the side to avoid injuring anyone. |
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| + | Laurence spent the evenings on the ship reading to Temeraire from his books, including books on mathematics. The other dragons became interested in this topic, but questioned Euclid's postulate concerning parallel lines and began to develop their own non-Euclidean geometry. Since each dragon wanted their own physical copy of the resulting discussions, Laurence recruited the other aviators to help him take notes and copy them out. Harcourt was able to bribe Lily to eat more and keep her strength up by promising her a bound copy of the notes, although Lily was inclined to hold out for a bound copy with golden hinges, like the book Laurence read from. | ||
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| + | The Allegiance arrived in Cape Town, and experiments by [[Keynes]] and [[Dorset]] revealed that a certain type of African mushroom would cure the plague. Lily and the other dragons were dosed and nursed back to health. | ||
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| + | After [[Catherine Harcourt|Harcourt]], [[Chenery]], [[Laurence]] and their crews were captured and taken to [[Mosi-oa-Tunya]] during a mushroom gathering expedition, Lily, Dulcia and Temeraire flew in search of them and found them. Temeraire first attempted to rescue the humans by himself. After he was captured, Lily and Dulcia rescued both him and the humans. Lily used her acid to cut hand- and footholds in a sheer cliff so that the humans could climb down from the cave in which they were imprisoned. | ||
She fought during Napoleon’s invasion taking part in skirmish above Folkestone, cutting off French supply lines and serving in the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]]. | She fought during Napoleon’s invasion taking part in skirmish above Folkestone, cutting off French supply lines and serving in the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 21 September 2008
Character Profile
| Name: | Lily |
| Date of Birth: | Late 1804 or Early 1805 |
| Breed: | Longwing |
| Captain: | Catherine Harcourt |
| National Loyalty: | Britain |
| Appearance: | Blue with black/white bordering on orange wing tips; orange-yellow eyes |
| Special Abilities: | Acid spitter |
| Status: | Active |
Biography
Lily hatched five years early. Harcourt barely had time to reach her before she broke the shell, thus she had no time to think of a name and "Lily" was the first thing that popped into her head.
She appeared savage because of the bones by her mouth, used for spraying acid. She was actually a very proper dragon. She liked being clean and she did not curl up with other dragons (the way some smaller ones will want to sleep ontop of larger ones) because it was "beneath her dignity".
Lily was very accurate with her spray; she could destroy targets from 400 feet above.
When moving between coverts, Lily and her formation were attacked by French dragons. Lily was very badly injured by a dragon believed to be Triumphalis and only survived by the combined efforts of the rest of the formation, especially Temeraire. They were finally rescued by Excidium's formation.
Afterward, Lily was not well enough to fly for some time. Around this period, Jean-Paul Choiseul attempted to kidnap her and Harcourt. This attempt was foiled by William Laurence.
Lily was in full health by the Battle of Dover. She fought well during this engagement, even at one point hitting a French dragon full in the face with her spray. At the end, she is one of only two dragons (the other being Obversaria) who are well enough to protect Temeraire while he employs the Divine wind against the enemy.
Like Maximus, Lily became friends with Temeraire after he joined her formation. The three of them, being the youngest of the formation, had a particular bond. They would often go to the lake to bathe together. Temeraire was particularly sad to leave Lily and Maximus when he traveled to China. He last saw Lily when she was playing aerial tag with Maximus.
By the time Temeraire returned from China, all of the British dragons had contracted the Dragon Plague. Lily and the other Longwings were being kept in quarantine in a sandpit, since they involuntarily sprayed acid every time they coughed or sneezed. In Temeraire's attempt to capture the French courier Sauvignon without harming her - since she was a much smaller dragon - he accidentally crash-landed in the Longwings' sandpit, exposing both himself and Sauvignon to the plague.
It was only when Temeraire failed to contract the plague that the British realized that there might be a cure. Speculating that it was something that Temeraire had encountered during his stay in Cape Town, Jane Roland sent Lily's formation to Africa aboard the HMS Allegiance to find it. The trip was difficult for Lily, who had to keep her head resting half-buried in a tub of sand to avoid spitting acid on the ship whenever she coughed or sneezed. At one point, her tub of sand fell off the ship and she was forced to stick her head over the side to avoid injuring anyone.
Laurence spent the evenings on the ship reading to Temeraire from his books, including books on mathematics. The other dragons became interested in this topic, but questioned Euclid's postulate concerning parallel lines and began to develop their own non-Euclidean geometry. Since each dragon wanted their own physical copy of the resulting discussions, Laurence recruited the other aviators to help him take notes and copy them out. Harcourt was able to bribe Lily to eat more and keep her strength up by promising her a bound copy of the notes, although Lily was inclined to hold out for a bound copy with golden hinges, like the book Laurence read from.
The Allegiance arrived in Cape Town, and experiments by Keynes and Dorset revealed that a certain type of African mushroom would cure the plague. Lily and the other dragons were dosed and nursed back to health.
After Harcourt, Chenery, Laurence and their crews were captured and taken to Mosi-oa-Tunya during a mushroom gathering expedition, Lily, Dulcia and Temeraire flew in search of them and found them. Temeraire first attempted to rescue the humans by himself. After he was captured, Lily and Dulcia rescued both him and the humans. Lily used her acid to cut hand- and footholds in a sheer cliff so that the humans could climb down from the cave in which they were imprisoned.
She fought during Napoleon’s invasion taking part in skirmish above Folkestone, cutting off French supply lines and serving in the Battle of Shoeburyness.
