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Hi all! I made a design for the chinese Celestial. Of all it is the one which most resembles the previous design. The blue spots make it very obvious it is Temeraire, but one can only paint one color for the spots.

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Breed Name: Celestial
National Loyalty: Mostly Chinese
Physical Characteristics: Black
Special Abilities: Divine Wind, they can hover in the air by beating their wings backward and forward
Known Members: Temeraire, Lung Tien Qian, Lung Tien Chuan, Lung Tien Lien, Lung Tien Ming, Lung Tien Zhi, Lung Tien Chu, Grandfather

Celestials are an extremely rare Chinese breed of dragon, exclusively able to employ the "Divine Wind." Only members of the Emperor's family are permitted to be companions to Celestials. At one time there were only eight Celestials in the world, listed above. Because all Celestials are so closely related, they do not mate with each other, but with Imperials, producing a Celestial egg (occasionally, the mating of two Imperials also results in a Celestial). Celestials are similar in appearance to Imperials. They are usually darkly colored (with the exception of Lung Tien Lien which is an albino) with blue markings. They have five talons on each foot and their wings have six spines, as opposed to most dragons' five. They are able to beat their wings forward and backward, which gives them the ability to hover in midair. When Celestials mature, they grow a ruff around their head and tendrils along their bottom jaw, distinguishing them from Imperials. By British standards, Celestials are somewhat overlong for their weight. While nearly as tall as Regal Coppers, Celestials weigh about half as much, which still puts them among heavy-weight dragons. Sir Edward Howe also noted that the way in which they carry their tail is very odd, not characteristic at all of the British dragons that Sir Edward was familiar with, as they carry their tail off the ground, lashing the air gently as they walk, whereas Regal Coppers such as Maximus drag their tails behind them. Another distinguishing feature of Celestials is that where most dragons lose their early facility with language acquisition and memorization after about their fifth or sixth week (according to Joulson), Celestials retain these facilities throughout their lives. The "Lung Tien" in all the names of Celestials means "Dragon Celestial".

Naomi Novik's Dragon Series

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Description
Hi all! I made a design for the chinese Celestial. Of all it is the one which most resembles the previous design. The blue spots make it very obvious it is Temeraire, but one can only paint one color for the spots.

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Breed Name: Celestial
National Loyalty: Mostly Chinese
Physical Characteristics: Black
Special Abilities: Divine Wind, they can hover in the air by beating their wings backward and forward
Known Members: Temeraire, Lung Tien Qian, Lung Tien Chuan, Lung Tien Lien, Lung Tien Ming, Lung Tien Zhi, Lung Tien Chu, Grandfather

Celestials are an extremely rare Chinese breed of dragon, exclusively able to employ the "Divine Wind." Only members of the Emperor's family are permitted to be companions to Celestials. At one time there were only eight Celestials in the world, listed above. Because all Celestials are so closely related, they do not mate with each other, but with Imperials, producing a Celestial egg (occasionally, the mating of two Imperials also results in a Celestial). Celestials are similar in appearance to Imperials. They are usually darkly colored (with the exception of Lung Tien Lien which is an albino) with blue markings. They have five talons on each foot and their wings have six spines, as opposed to most dragons' five. They are able to beat their wings forward and backward, which gives them the ability to hover in midair. When Celestials mature, they grow a ruff around their head and tendrils along their bottom jaw, distinguishing them from Imperials. By British standards, Celestials are somewhat overlong for their weight. While nearly as tall as Regal Coppers, Celestials weigh about half as much, which still puts them among heavy-weight dragons. Sir Edward Howe also noted that the way in which they carry their tail is very odd, not characteristic at all of the British dragons that Sir Edward was familiar with, as they carry their tail off the ground, lashing the air gently as they walk, whereas Regal Coppers such as Maximus drag their tails behind them. Another distinguishing feature of Celestials is that where most dragons lose their early facility with language acquisition and memorization after about their fifth or sixth week (according to Joulson), Celestials retain these facilities throughout their lives. The "Lung Tien" in all the names of Celestials means "Dragon Celestial".

Naomi Novik's Dragon Series

New Design Anglewing - [link]
New Design Cauchador Real - [link]
New Design Chanson-de-Guerre - [link]
New Design Chequered Nettle - [link]
New Design Defendeur Brave - [link]
New Design Emerald Glass - [link]
New Design Flamme-de-Gloire - [link]
New Design Flecha de Fuego - [link]
New Design Fleur-de-Nuit - [link]
New Design Grand Chevalier - [link]
New Design Grey Copper - [link]
New Design Greyling - [link]
New Design Honneur d'Or - [link]
New Design Jade - [link]
New Design Kazilik - [link]
New Design Longwing - [link]
New Design Malachite Reaper - [link]
New Design Parnassian - [link]
New Design Pascal Blue - [link]
New Design Plein-Vite - [link]
New Design Regal Copper - [link]
New Design Scarlet Flower - [link]
New Design Winchester - [link]
New Design Xenica - [link]
New Design Yellow Reaper - [link]