Guardians of Ga'Hoole 04 - The Siege

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; training to be a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    TWILIGHT: Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa, free flier, orphaned within hours of hatching; training to be a Guardian at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    DIGGER: Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularius, from the desert kingdom of Kuneer; lost in desert after attack in which his brother was killed by owls from St. Aegolius; training to be 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
    BARRAN: 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
    DEWLAP: Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularius, the Ga’Hoolology ryb at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    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
    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
    PRIMROSE: Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium californicum, Eglantine’s best friend
    MADAME PLONK: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, the elegant singer of the Great Ga’Hoole Tree
    BUBO: Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, the blacksmith 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
    The Pure Ones
    KLUDD: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Soren’s older brother; leader of the Pure Ones (also known as Metal Beak and High Tyto)
    NYRA: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Kludd’s mate
    WORTMORE: Barn Owl, Tyto alba, a Pure Guard lieutenant
    Leaders of St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
    SKENCH: Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, the Ablah General of St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
    SPOORN: Western Screech Owl, Otus kennicottii, first lieutenant to Skench
    AUNT FINNY: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, pit guardian at St. Aegolius
    UNK: Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, pit guardian at St. Aegolius
    Others at the St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
    GRIMBLE: Boreal Owl, Aegolius funerus, captured as an adult by St. Aegolius patrols and held as a hostage with the promise that his family would be spared; killed whenSoren and Gylfie escaped from St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
    HORTENSE: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, performed heroic acts at St. Aegolius (also known as Mist)
    Other Characters
    SIMON: Brown Fish Owl, Ketupa (Bubo) zeylonensis, a pilgrim owl of the Glauxian Brothers of the Northern Kingdoms
    THE ROGUE SMITH OF SILVERVEIL: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, a blacksmith not attached to any kingdom in the owl world
    STREAK: Bald eagle, free flier
    ZAN: Bald eagle and mate of Streak; mute
    SLYNELLA: Flying snake whose venom is lifesaving when administered correctly

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THE G UARDIANS OF G A ’H OOLE Book Five
The Shattering

    W ake up, Eglantine! Wake up!” Primrose, Eglantine’s hollowmate, was vigorously shaking her. “You’re just having a bad dream.”
    “Oh, for Glaux’s sake, let her sleep,” said Ginger, the newest hollowmate. Ginger was a Barn Owl who had actually been part of the attacking forces during the terrible siege of the previous winter. She had been wounded, but during her recovery she had decided that she’d had enough of the Pure Ones, and much preferred life in the Great Ga’Hoole Tree. She had not yet, of course, been approved for training as a Guardian. That would require some time. Nonetheless, Eglantine had taken her under her wing, so to speak, and become a kind of big sister to Ginger during her recovery. They had grown quite close in the process. But Primrose was still Eglantine’s best friend in the tree.
    “Let her sleep?” Primrose swiveled her head toward the reddish Barn Owl. “Let her continue to have this awful dream?”
    Ginger