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Revision as of 20:42, 30 September 2008
Character Profile
| Name: | Demane |
| Date of Birth: | c. 1796 (3 years younger than Allen) |
| Service: | Aerial Corps |
| Rank: | Cadet |
| Nationality: | Xhosa |
| Billets: | Runner for Temeraire |
Biography
Demane is a young hunter the aviators of Lily's formation encounter on their search for a cure to the dragon plague. He agrees to help the aviators locate the large, foul-smelling mushroom beleived to be cure by training his dog to sniff them out. With Demane's help, the aviators eventually collect enough of the mushroom to send back to Britain.
During an attack on Capetown by another tribe, Demane is stabbed by one of the soldiers (believing him one of the attackers). Laurence brings him and his younger brother Sipho onto the HMS Allegiance and back to Britain. After promoting Emily Roland and Peter Dyer, Laurence names Sipho and Demane as Temeraire's runners.
After Laurence was convicted of treason, Berkley took Sipho and Demane under his wing. He managed to keep Sipho, who was not even nine, in his ground crew, but Demane was assigned to fly with Arkady. Berkley considered this to be a good assignment for him, as otherwise he tended to get into fights.
Arkady was too old to learn English, but Demane had picked up both English and Durzagh in addition to his native Xhosa. He would tell Arkady what the signal flags meant, and then he and Arkady together would decide whether or not they were going to obey, neither Arkady nor Demane having much use for unquestioned authority.
When Laurence - technically still under a death sentence - and Temeraire rejoined the Aerial Corps during Napoleon's occupation of Britain, Demane and Sipho returned to them.
Demane disliked the cold British winters and took care to keep his younger brother well bundled up.
