Lord Jinai
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Character Profile
Name: | Lord Jinai |
Date of Birth: | Unknown (400 years old) |
Breed: | Sui Riu |
Captain: | None |
National Loyalty: | Japan |
Appearance: | Immense; heavy-finned head; silvery-grey, with short, stubby wings; pallid white eyes |
Special Abilities: | Water spitter |
Status: | Alive |
Biography
Lord Jinai is a Sui Riu dragon, first encountered by Temeraire and his formation off the coast of Japan. Described by Temeraire as "immense" and "seas-serpent-like", Lord Jinai attacks the English dragons before receiving a spit of acid in the eye from Lily, and retreating.
Later on, he meets William Laurence, where Laurence notes that the dragon had a "glitter of angry malice" in its eyes. Laurence also noted that Lord Jinai had a "gleam of intelligence" in his eyes, and followed conversation with a "keen, cold interest".
Kaneko Hiromasa calls Lord Jinai the "guardian of the West". The massive Sui Riu dragon also guards Nagasaki Harbor.