Guardians of Ga'Hoole 08 - The Outcast

through the brain, and those of legends that could come true in the hearts and gizzards of all owls if they only believed.
    “I am here,” Coryn said in the great hollow that evening, “because there are owls who still believe in legends and the truths that can be found in legends, the truths of courage and loyalty, of goodness and mercy. My uncle repeated the legends many years ago when he was a captive in St. Aggie’s. It saved him and my aunt Gylfie, if I may call you that.” He turned to the little Elf Owl, and she nodded happily. “It saved them from moon blinking. It saved them from the destruction of the moon-blaze chamber. Where there are legends, there can be hope. Where thereare legends, there can be dreams of knightly owls, from a kingdom called Ga’Hoole, who will rise each night into the blackness and perform noble deeds. Owls who speak no words but true ones. Owls whose only purpose is to right all wrongs, to make strong the weak, mend the broken, vanquish the proud, and make powerless those who abuse the frail. With hearts sublime, they take flight…And I, dear Guardians, am an owl who was broken and powerless and weak, an outcast. Glaux bless you for your belief in legends.”

OWLS
and others from the
GUARDIANS of GA’HOOLE SERIES
    The Band
    SOREN: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, from the Forest Kingdom of Tyto; escaped from St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls; a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    GYLFIE: Elf Owl, Micranthene whitneyi, from the desert kingdom of Kuneer; escaped from St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls; Soren’s best friend; a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    TWILIGHT: Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa, free flier; orphaned within hours of hatching; a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    DIGGER: Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularius, from the desert kingdom of Kuneer; a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    The Leaders of the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    BORON: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, the King of Hoole
    BARAN: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, the Queen of Hoole
    EZYLRYB: Whiskered Screech Owl, Otus trichopsis, the wise weather-interpretation and colliering ryb (teacher) at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree; Soren’s mentor (also known as LYZE OF KIEL)
    STRIX STRUMA: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, the dignified navigation ryb at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree; killed in battle against the Pure Ones
    SYLVANA: Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularius, a young ryb at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    Others at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    OTULISSA: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, a student of prestigious lineage at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree; ryb of Ga’Hoolology
    MARTIN: Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in Ezylryb’s chaw with Soren
    RUBY: Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, in Ezylryb’s chaw with Soren
    EGLANTINE: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Soren’s younger sister
    MADAME PLONK: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, the elegant singer of the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    MRS. PLITHIVER: blind snake, formerly the nest-maid for Soren’s family; now a member of the harp guild at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    OCTAVIA: Kielian snake, nest-maid for Madame Plonk and Ezylryb (also known as BRIGID)
    The Pure Ones
    KLUDD: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Soren’s older brother; slain leader of the Pure Ones (also known as METAL BEAK and HIGH TYTO)
    NYRA: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Kludd’s mate; leader of the Pure Ones after Kludd’s death
    NYROC: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, son born to Nyra and Kludd after Kludd’s death; in training to become High Tyto, leader of the Pure Ones: renamed CORYN after deserting
    DUSTYTUFT: Greater Sooty Owl, Tyto tenebricosa, low-caste owl in the Pure Ones; friend of Nyroc since his hatching (also known as PHILLIP)
    WORTMORE: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, a Pure One lieutenant
    UGLAMORE: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, a Pure One sublieutenant under Nyra; deserts Pure Ones
    STRYKER: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, a Pure One commander under Nyra
    Other Characters
    THE ROGUE SMITH OF SILVERVEIL: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, a blacksmith not attached to any owl kingdom
    GWYNDOR: Masked Owl, Tyto novaehollandiae, a rogue smith summoned by the Pure Ones for the Marking Ceremony over Kludd’s bones
    HAMISH: dire wolf of the MacDuncan clan; a gnaw wolf of the Sacred Watch; friend to CORYN
    DUNCAN MACDUNCAN: leader of the MacDuncan clan of dire wolves in Beyond the Beyond
    DUNLEAVY MACHEATH: leader of the MacHeath clan of dire wolves in Beyond the Beyond
    GYLLBANE: member of the MacHeath clan of the dire wolves; her pup was maimed by