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| − | Messoria was a more experienced dragon who was assigned to [[Lily]]'s [[formation]] along with [[Dulcia]], [[Nitidus]] and [[Immortalis]] to balance out the inexperienced [[Lily]], [[Temeraire]] and [[Maximus]]. She shared cigars with Sutton, her captain, and once commented to Temeraire - who was quite young at the time - that the breeding grounds were "all much alike, and not very interesting, except for the breeding part." Although as a Yellow Reaper Messoria was only a middleweight, she and Sutton were wily fighters. However, like Immortalis, the other Yellow Reaper of the formation, Messoria displayed an instinctive tendency to drop when another dragon dived on her from above. | + | Messoria was a more experienced dragon who was assigned to [[Lily]]'s [[formation]] along with [[Dulcia]], [[Nitidus]] and [[Immortalis]] to balance out the inexperienced [[Lily]], [[Temeraire]] and [[Maximus]]. Temeraire admired her many battle scars. She shared cigars with Sutton, her captain, and once commented to Temeraire - who was quite young at the time - that the breeding grounds were "all much alike, and not very interesting, except for the breeding part." Although as a Yellow Reaper Messoria was only a middleweight, she and Sutton were wily fighters. However, like Immortalis, the other Yellow Reaper of the formation, Messoria displayed an instinctive tendency to drop when another dragon dived on her from above. |
It seems probable that Sutton was not Messoria's first captain. In the summer of 1807, when Messoria was forty, [[William Laurence|Laurence]] described Sutton as being senior to himself by ten years. Laurence was in his early 30's at the time, which would make Sutton only a few years older than Messoria. While the [[Aerial Corps]] routinely assigns boys of 14 as captains of courier dragons, it would be extremely unusual for them to make a young child a captain, especially of a middleweight. | It seems probable that Sutton was not Messoria's first captain. In the summer of 1807, when Messoria was forty, [[William Laurence|Laurence]] described Sutton as being senior to himself by ten years. Laurence was in his early 30's at the time, which would make Sutton only a few years older than Messoria. While the [[Aerial Corps]] routinely assigns boys of 14 as captains of courier dragons, it would be extremely unusual for them to make a young child a captain, especially of a middleweight. | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 19 October 2008
Character Profile
| Name: | Messoria |
| Date of Birth: | c. 1767 |
| Breed: | Yellow Reaper |
| Captain: | Sutton |
| National Loyalty: | Britain |
| Appearance: | Golden middleweight |
| Special Abilities: | |
| Status: | Active |
Biography
Messoria was a more experienced dragon who was assigned to Lily's formation along with Dulcia, Nitidus and Immortalis to balance out the inexperienced Lily, Temeraire and Maximus. Temeraire admired her many battle scars. She shared cigars with Sutton, her captain, and once commented to Temeraire - who was quite young at the time - that the breeding grounds were "all much alike, and not very interesting, except for the breeding part." Although as a Yellow Reaper Messoria was only a middleweight, she and Sutton were wily fighters. However, like Immortalis, the other Yellow Reaper of the formation, Messoria displayed an instinctive tendency to drop when another dragon dived on her from above.
It seems probable that Sutton was not Messoria's first captain. In the summer of 1807, when Messoria was forty, Laurence described Sutton as being senior to himself by ten years. Laurence was in his early 30's at the time, which would make Sutton only a few years older than Messoria. While the Aerial Corps routinely assigns boys of 14 as captains of courier dragons, it would be extremely unusual for them to make a young child a captain, especially of a middleweight.
Like many of the British dragons, Messoria contracted the Dragon Plague in 1806. Along with the rest of Lily's formation, she was sent to Cape Town aboard the HMS Allegiance to find a cure. William Laurence, spending an evening reading to Temeraire from a book on mathematics, was surprised when Messoria found the topic of "great circles" so boringly obvious that she told Laurence to skip the proof. Laurence himself had found great circles difficult to understand when he was studying for his naval exams. He quickly learned that all the dragons had a natural understanding of geometry, although they argued with Euclid's postulate on parallel lines and started developing their own non-Euclidean geometry instead.
Messoria fought with the rest of Lily's formation at the Battle of Shoeburyness in 1808. One of her wings was burnt by the fire-breather Accendare.
