Praecursoris

Praecursoris is a Chanson-de-Guerre dragon, middleweight class, who was the companion of French aviator: Captain Jean-Paul Choiseul.

Biography
Praecursoris was hatched to Captain Choiseul and the two of them served in the French Aerial Corps for nearly fourteen years, until Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew and executed the French Bourbon Kings and Choiseul, as a royalist, was forced to flee.

The two of them were given asylum by the Austrians but were forced to flee once more when Napoleon started his offensive on them as some of Choiseul's remaining friends in France informed him that Napoleon was to make the handing over of them part of any surrender agreement with Austria. The pair of them fled to Britain, where they joined Lily's formation at the Loch Laggan training covert, where Praecursoris made the acquaintance of Temeraire and the other dragons of the formation. During his time at Loch Laggan Praecursoris was noticed talking with Nitidus, a Blue Pascal, whose egg was traded from French to the British in a time of peace, and who could speak French.

Praecursoris and Choiseul joined the formation, and even engaged in combat with a trio of French dragons led by Triumphalis, a Grand Chevalier on their way to Dover.

Ultimately it was in pursuit of safe haven for Praecursoris that Choiseul betrayed the British, attempting to kidnap Captain Harcourt and Lily and force them to fight for France in exchange for Napoleon granting the pair of them amnesty. Choiseul's plan was; however, foiled by Captain Laurence, and he was captured, used as a bond of good behavior against Praecursoris.

Due to his treason Choiseul was executed, an event that left Praecursoris deeply traumatized, though Choiseul had managed to convince him to accept the safety of the British Newfoundland breeding grounds, an offer extended by Admiral Lenton. Praecursoris boarded the ship to Newfoundland the day after the execution of his captain.

Later, though the aviators of Dover covert expressed sympathy for Praecursoris's plight, Temeraire and the other dragons asserted that he was just as culpable as his captain, and couldn't understand why he hadn't also been executed.