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The Sui-Riu live in water, and can also breathe underwater. They grow the largest when they live in the ocean, but can exist in smaller bodies of water. At first glance, large Sui-Rius can resemble immense [[sea-serpents]] in appearance. | The Sui-Riu live in water, and can also breathe underwater. They grow the largest when they live in the ocean, but can exist in smaller bodies of water. At first glance, large Sui-Rius can resemble immense [[sea-serpents]] in appearance. | ||
− | A Sui-Riu can live for several hundred years. [[Lord Jinai]], the "Guardian of the West", was claimed by [[Kaneko Hiromasa]] to be at least four hundred years old. [[Lady Kiyomizu]] was also most likely several hundred years old. | + | A Sui-Riu can live for several hundred years. [[Lord Jinai]], the "Guardian of the West", was claimed by [[[Kaneko Hiromasa]] to be at least four hundred years old. [[Lady Kiyomizu]] was also most likely several hundred years old. |
Particularly, when [[Temeraire]] and the crew of the ''[[HMS Potentate]]'' shipwrecked on the coast of Japan, the Celestial successfully identified a Sui-Riu dragon. However, after recognizing it as a Sui-Riu from Sir Edward Howe's work on Oriental breeds, Temeraire realized that it was "immense...truly immense", and noted that [[Lily]], a [[Longwing]], was "not a third his size". | Particularly, when [[Temeraire]] and the crew of the ''[[HMS Potentate]]'' shipwrecked on the coast of Japan, the Celestial successfully identified a Sui-Riu dragon. However, after recognizing it as a Sui-Riu from Sir Edward Howe's work on Oriental breeds, Temeraire realized that it was "immense...truly immense", and noted that [[Lily]], a [[Longwing]], was "not a third his size". |