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As [[Temeraire]] and his crew prepare to return to Britain, [[Laurence]] receives a message from [[Admiral Lenton]] instructing him to travel to Istanbul to retrieve three dragon eggs that have been purchased by the British [[Aerial Corps]]. As a fire breaks out on board the Allegiance before they can set sail, it is instead decided to travel on foot. Because the proposed route is a largely unknown one, [[Tharkay]], the man who delivered the message, is recruited to guide them on their way. | As [[Temeraire]] and his crew prepare to return to Britain, [[Laurence]] receives a message from [[Admiral Lenton]] instructing him to travel to Istanbul to retrieve three dragon eggs that have been purchased by the British [[Aerial Corps]]. As a fire breaks out on board the Allegiance before they can set sail, it is instead decided to travel on foot. Because the proposed route is a largely unknown one, [[Tharkay]], the man who delivered the message, is recruited to guide them on their way. | ||
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Finally reaching Istanbul, Arkady and the other ferals, hungry from their journey, raid the Turkish hunting grounds. When the Turkish dragons retaliate, they flee, leaving Temeraire and his crew to take the blame. [[Hasan Mustafa Pasha]], a vezir to the Sultan, arrives and frees them from any fear of punishment, but informs them that they cannot give them the promised eggs because the payment for them has not arrived. | Finally reaching Istanbul, Arkady and the other ferals, hungry from their journey, raid the Turkish hunting grounds. When the Turkish dragons retaliate, they flee, leaving Temeraire and his crew to take the blame. [[Hasan Mustafa Pasha]], a vezir to the Sultan, arrives and frees them from any fear of punishment, but informs them that they cannot give them the promised eggs because the payment for them has not arrived. | ||
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Temeraire and his crew are housed in the fourth courtyard of [[Topkapi Palace]], while they await a meeting with the [[Selim III|Sultan]]. Temeraire briefly causes a ruckus amongst the Turkish guards by telling their dragons of conditions in China, and Laurence is forced to admit to him that it is unlikely that conditions will improve immediately for dragons, and that he will most likely need to wait until the end of the war against France. | Temeraire and his crew are housed in the fourth courtyard of [[Topkapi Palace]], while they await a meeting with the [[Selim III|Sultan]]. Temeraire briefly causes a ruckus amongst the Turkish guards by telling their dragons of conditions in China, and Laurence is forced to admit to him that it is unlikely that conditions will improve immediately for dragons, and that he will most likely need to wait until the end of the war against France. | ||
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With no other way to claim the eggs, and now knowing the Sultan to be secretly antagonistic to Britain, Laurence plans a secret assault to capture the promised eggs, and flee across the border. The initial part of the plan is successful, and the eggs are captured, but the alarm is raised during their escape, and in their hurry to flee, one of Temeraire’s crew, clutching one of the eggs, plummets to his death off Temeraire’s back. | With no other way to claim the eggs, and now knowing the Sultan to be secretly antagonistic to Britain, Laurence plans a secret assault to capture the promised eggs, and flee across the border. The initial part of the plan is successful, and the eggs are captured, but the alarm is raised during their escape, and in their hurry to flee, one of Temeraire’s crew, clutching one of the eggs, plummets to his death off Temeraire’s back. | ||
| − | They are forced to continue onwards to Austria, where they successfully evade the Turkish dragons and seek respite at an Austrian military camp. The next day, they continue on to Saxony, where they find the Prussian army preparing for battle with the French army. Laurence is informed by the colonel that they have been expecting reinforcements from the Aerial Corps, but they have inexplicably not arrived. | + | They are forced to continue onwards to Austria, where they successfully evade the Turkish dragons and seek respite at an Austrian military camp. The next day, they continue on to Saxony, where they find the Prussian army preparing for battle with the French army. Laurence is informed by the colonel that they have been expecting reinforcements from the Aerial Corps, but they have inexplicably not arrived. Laurence offers his and Temeraire’s temporary service as partial compensation, and Tharkay leaves to return to his own travels. |
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| − | + | The Prussian forces are confident that they will succeed in the upcoming battle, but they are overly dependent on outdated battle strategies coined by Frederick the Great, and are quick to dismiss the danger of Lung Tien Lien, who has been sighted aiding Napoleon Bonaparte. The French and Prussian forces meet at the Saale River, with the Prussians being forced to retreat to Jena. | |
Laurence and several Prussian officers scout out the surrounding area, and witness a conversation between Lung Tien Lien and Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as the unique sight of the [[Armée de l’Air]] carrying the French army to Jena; a reworking of a Chinese method of transport, courtesy of Lung Tien Lien’s influence. A second battle is fought at Jena, with the French emerging victorious. The Prussian army retreats, and Temeraire and his crew flee to Apolda, where they are recruited in aiding the Prussian Royal Family flee the rapidly approaching French forces. The last hope of a Prussian victory is lost when it is learnt that the Russian forces, set to join the battle against Napoleon Bonaparte, have been defeated at Warsaw. | Laurence and several Prussian officers scout out the surrounding area, and witness a conversation between Lung Tien Lien and Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as the unique sight of the [[Armée de l’Air]] carrying the French army to Jena; a reworking of a Chinese method of transport, courtesy of Lung Tien Lien’s influence. A second battle is fought at Jena, with the French emerging victorious. The Prussian army retreats, and Temeraire and his crew flee to Apolda, where they are recruited in aiding the Prussian Royal Family flee the rapidly approaching French forces. The last hope of a Prussian victory is lost when it is learnt that the Russian forces, set to join the battle against Napoleon Bonaparte, have been defeated at Warsaw. | ||
