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Captain William Laurence Main (human) character and primary narrator. Initially skipper of the HMS Reliant, where Riley was his Second Lieutenant, he became captain of dragon Temeraire nearly by accident. However, he and Temeraire quickly became inseperable.

• A Father to His Men
• The Fettered
• Fish out of Water: At the beginning of the series, he had no idea how to function in the Air Corps. Later, he is excruciatingly uncomfortable as the Emperor's adopted son.
• The Hero
• Honor Before Reason
• Ho Yay: Calls Granby and Tharkay by their first names. This is quite unusual for the time period.
• My Country, Right or Wrong: unless they're about to start a campaign of biological terrorism
• Officer and a Gentleman
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
• 10-Minute Retirement: Crucible Of Gold opens with Laurence being called back into service.
• The Unfavorite: To his father, for joining the military, and the military, for giving France a vaccine.

Tenzing Tharkay Half white and half asian, Tharkay is an exceptional guide and translator. Due to the era's views, however, he cannot follow his father into English politics.

• Deadpan Snarker
• Stealth Hi/Bye
• Tragic Mulatto: Unfortunately, in this time, there isn't much he can do about it.
• The Unfettered: The one upshot to not being accepted into western society.

Rankin A more conventionally raised captain - meaning he treats dragons like idiotic beasts and sneers at anyone who seeks civil rights for anyone.

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The sheep's clothing is entirely off by Tongues of Serpents however.
• Jerkass

John Granby Initially serving directly under his friend Laurence, Granby became Captain of Iskierka, a fire-breathing Kazilik, in Black Powder War.

• Bling of War: At Iskierka's insistance and to his mortification
• Butt Monkey: Poor Granby!
• Handicapped Badass: Has lost an arm by the end of Crucible of Gold; is no less awesome.
• The Lancer
• Straight Gay: Comes out to Laurence in Crucible of Gold when Iskierka arranges for a marriage with the Inca Empress. Laurence, to his credit, never really makes a big deal out of it.
• The Woobie: He gets beaten up so much, you really feel bad for the guy.

Tom Riley Naval captain of the HMS Reliant, Riley inhereted his ship from Laurence.

• Heroic Sacrifice: He dies trying to save the Allegiance from sinking in Crucible of Gold. Depending on your feelings, this may be an Alas, Poor Scrappy moment.
• Officer and a Gentleman
• Shotgun Wedding: At his own insistance, to Harcourt

Berkey

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As gruff as he is, he really does care about Maximus

Catherine Harcourt

• Action Mom
• Her Heart Will Go On
• The Lad-ette

Jane Roland

• Action Mom
• Hero of Another Story
• Hot Mom
• Lady of War
• The Lad-ette

Emily Roland

• Tomboy
• Plucky Middie
• She Is All Grown Up: Or rather, she's getting there fast—and causing Laurence a lot of headaches.

Demane

• Jumped Into The Cockpit: How he got Kulingile
• Puppy Love: He and Emily may or may not have a thing going on.

Sipho

Dragons

Temeraire Also known as Ling Tien Xiang, second son of Lung Tien Quain, Temeraire was given by the Chinese to the French and then captured in the egg by the English, with whom he serves alongside Captain Laurence. The reason the Chinese would give so valuable a dragon to the French makes up the crux of the second book.

• Adult Child: As of the third book, he has reached his full growth, but is only 18 months old and has an appropriately simplistic worldview.
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Cunning Linguist: One of the advantages of being a Celestial.
  • Omniglot
• Genius Bruiser
• The Hero
  • Lightning Bruiser
• Like Brother and Sister: With Iskierka, even though she keeps trying to get an egg from him. He does get really ticked off at Iskierka striking up a friendship with another male dragon in Crucible of Gold, leading Laurence and Granby to speculate.
• Make Me Wanna Shout: The divine wind.
• Undying Loyalty: like most dragons, he is deeply protective of his crew (especially Laurence), which provides an effective source of comedy relief.
• Warrior Poet

Lien

• Big Bad
• Evil Albino
• Evil Counterpart: to Temeraire.
• Make Me Wanna Shout
• Wicked Cultured
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Maximus

• The Big Guy

Lily

• The Chick

Perscitia

• The Smart Guy / Gadgeteer Genius

Levitas

• Died in Your Arms Tonight: Well, emotionally, in Rankin's
• The Woobie

Iskierka

• Bling of War
• Bratty Half-Pint
• Hot Blooded
• The Lancer
• Playing with Fire
• Stalker with a Crush / Stalker with a Test Tube: Wants an egg by Temeraire that would have both her flames and his Divine Wind

Caesar

• Jerkass
• Spoiled Brat

Kulingile

• Big Eater
• The Big Guy
• Gentle Giant
  • Beware the Nice Ones
• Magikarp Power

Synergenesis Saga

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The Tale Of Five