Lung Tien Xian

Character Profile

Name:	Lung Tien Xian
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Breed:	Celestial
Captain:	Unknown,
National Loyalty:	China
Appearance:	Unknown
Special Abilities:	Divine Wind
Status:	deseased

Biography

In Throne of Jade, Lung Tien Qian said that she and Lung Tien Chu were "hatched of Xian". Her exact quote, addressed to Temeraire, is "(Lien) is your older cousin. She was sired by Chu, who was hatched of Xian, as was I." In other words, Qian and Chu are siblings or or at least half-siblings with Xian as their shared parent.

Identity

Lung Tien Xian is the mother of Lung Tien Chu and Lung Tien Qian and obviously daughter of Lung Tien Fai, the "Grandfather". Chu is her younger child. His egg didn't harden properly, it hardened too early what hurt Xian but it was still too fragile to get layed. Xian asked the doctors to have an operation but they refused, what meant dead to mother and child. It would have been possible to stabilize the shell with some sort of clay until the dragonet hatches. So Xian clawed herself to bring the egg out but then died due to an infection. Nobody likes to speak of this event, especially not when Chu or Qian are listening. Every female Celestial is scared to have the same problems during the pregnancy as Xian