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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Sutton was the most senior of the captains in [[Lily]]'s [[formation]]. He was a veteran of four wars. His dragon, [[Messoria]], was not the largest, but together they were formidable because of their experience. Sutton was initially given command of Lily's formation over [[Catherine Harcourt]], because she was just out of training.  
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Sutton was the most senior of the captains in [[Lily]]'s [[formation]]. He was initially given command of the formation over [[Catherine Harcourt]] when she was just out of training. In the summer of 1807, he was described as ten years older senior to [[William Laurence]], who was then in his early 30s.
  
Laurence described him as given to "pessimism and colorful language."
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Given to "pessimism and colorful language", Sutton was a veteran of four wars with thirty years of experience. His [[Yellow Reaper]], [[Messoria]], was not the largest of dragons, but together they were formidable because of their experience.  
  
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.
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It is unknown whether Sutton was Messoria's first captain, due to [[Messoria#Age Discrepancy|narrative inconsistency about her age]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:58, 30 November 2010

Character Profile[edit]

Name: Sutton
Date of Birth: c. 1764
Service: Aerial Corps
Rank: Captain
Nationality: British
Billets: Loch Laggan covert, captain to Messoria


Biography[edit]

Sutton was the most senior of the captains in Lily's formation. He was initially given command of the formation over Catherine Harcourt when she was just out of training. In the summer of 1807, he was described as ten years older senior to William Laurence, who was then in his early 30s.

Given to "pessimism and colorful language", Sutton was a veteran of four wars with thirty years of experience. His Yellow Reaper, Messoria, was not the largest of dragons, but together they were formidable because of their experience.

It is unknown whether Sutton was Messoria's first captain, due to narrative inconsistency about her age.