http://www.naominovik.com/w/index.php?title=William_Laurence&action=history&feed=atom William Laurence - Revision history 2024-03-28T17:21:40Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.27.1 http://www.naominovik.com/w/index.php?title=William_Laurence&diff=7943&oldid=prev Konaharei at 10:02, 22 August 2013 2013-08-22T10:02:51Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:02, 22 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Laurence.jpg|thumb|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">400px</del>|A sketch of Will Laurence. 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After bringing the cure to England, Laurence learned that the Admiralty intended to send an infected dragon to France, to kill their dragons. Laurence's honor and love of dragon-kind would not allow for this, so he and Temeraire brought the mushroom to France, where they were hailed as heroes by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] himself. 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