The Chinese sent the 2nd egg as a gift to an Emperor on the other side of the world from them, to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as a way to prevent the dragon being used to contend the Chinese throne. The dragon hatched from an egg delivered by Qian was destined to be the companion of the Crown Prince of China, so when twin eggs were delivered it became awkward because only an Emperor and his heir can be a Celestial Dragon's companion. Temeraire's egg was from Lung Tien Qian and the Imperial Lung Qin Gao and was the older twin of Lung Tien Chuan. Subsequently, the HMS Reliant, captained by William Laurence at the time, captured the Amitie three weeks from Madeira with a full wind. He was originally meant to be Napoleon Bonaparte's dragon, but the ship that brought him out of China, the Amitie, ran into a string of bad luck. Temeraire, a Celestial dragon known as Lung Tien Xiang in China, is one of the main characters of Temeraire (series). Temeraire had been hatched in the year five
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