Iskierka

Iskierka is a Kazilik, a Turkish breed of dragon. During "Black Powder War," Captain William Laurence and Temeraire are sent to the Ottoman Empire to transport three Turkish dragon eggs back to Britain. Throughout the book, Laurence is prevented from acquring the eggs, and takes matter into his own hands when an acqaintance of Tharkay's provides a golden coin with the stamp of the King upon it. The three eggs are stolen from the harem's steam room where they are kept warm, and one of them is smashed during the escape from Istanbul. Temeraire nurses the two remaining eggs during his time fighting alongside the Prussian Aerial Corps. Once they desert the army, Temeraire is resting inside an abandoned fort when Iskierka hatches. Laurence puts John Granby, then his first lietenant, to the task, and Iskierka chooses her own name. She grows into a willful, stubborn dragon who ignores the orders she's given and does what she pleases, including following Temeraire to Australia.

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