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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Mortiferus (Latin for "deadly") was a [[Longwing]] formation leader.  As of early 1805, Mortiferus and Captain St. Germain were stationed with [[Excidium]] in the English Channel, but they were sent to Cadiz after the French [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Charles_Villeneuve Vice Admiral Villeneuve] and his fleet were penned up there by the British in August 1805.  At the [[Battle of Trafalgar]], Mortiferus and his formation supported the southern column of British ships.
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Mortiferus (Latin for 'deadly') was a [[Longwing]] formation leader.  As of early 1805, Mortiferus and Captain St. Germain were stationed with [[Excidium]] in the English Channel, but they were sent to Cadiz after the French [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Charles_Villeneuve Vice Admiral Villeneuve] and his fleet were penned up there by the British in August 1805.  At the [[Battle of Trafalgar]], Mortiferus and his formation supported the southern column of British ships.
  
 
Like [[Lily]] and [[Excidium]], Mortiferus caught the [[Dragon Plague]] that circulated among the British dragons after Trafalgar and had to be isolated, as Longwings unintentionally spit some acid each time they sneeze.
 
Like [[Lily]] and [[Excidium]], Mortiferus caught the [[Dragon Plague]] that circulated among the British dragons after Trafalgar and had to be isolated, as Longwings unintentionally spit some acid each time they sneeze.
  
Mortiferus had a yellower cast to his wing-tips that distinguished him from other Longwings.
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Mortiferus had a yellower cast to his wing-tips that distinguished him from other Longwings.  
 
 
His name is based on the Latin ''mortifer'', which literally means "bringer of death".
 
  
 
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