Aviator
Members of the British Aerial Corps.
Prospective aviators were trained from the age of seven with the Corps, with the eventual goal of becoming captain to a dragon. Aviators became captains only if, given the opportunity, a dragonet allowed him or her to place the dragon in a harness. Once done, duty tied aviator and dragon together forever. As a result, aviators lived an odd existence outside the traditional bounds of society, although youth of good families were often given to the corps for training at age 7.
Because of their long training and dedication, aviators did not welcome the prospect of anyone outside the Corps attempting to harness a dragon, as William Laurence did in 1805.
Both men and women were aviators; some dragon species, such as Longwings, only allowed women to harness them.
