History Characters / GuardiansOfGaHoole

* TheDragon: To Metal Beak/[[spoiler:Kludd]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's still a jerk [[spoiler:and eventually goes on to become Metal Beak]], Kludd is much less monstrous in the movie than he was in the books.

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Died before ''The Rescue'', as their scrooms (ghosts) appear in Soren's dreams). It's implied they were murdered by Kludd.]]

* MeaningfulName: His name comes from one of the ranks in the Ku Klux Klan. [[spoiler:He ends up joining the Pure Ones, a barn-owl supremacy group, and becoming their new leader.]]

* AdaptedOut: Was replaced by Nyra in the film, which combines the Pure Ones and St. Aegolius into a single faction.

* StarterVillain: For the series as a whole.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: She has a scar across her face, [[spoiler:inflicted by Otulissa after she killed Strix Struma.]]

* LadyOfBlackMagic: [[spoiler:Gains ''actual'' dark magic near the end of the series]].

* TheSpeechless: Zan can no longer speak due to her tongue being ripped out.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Soren's last known act in the series is in book 4 of ''Wolves of the Beyond'', when he sent the owl Tully to find out how the dire wolves were doing and to find Gwynneth. Later, at the end of book 5, his scroom (or ghost) is seen by Gwynneth as she and her friends leave the Beyond by way of the Crystal Plain, and she bows to him; exactly how he died has yet to be revealed.]]

[[folder: Soren]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: When he is weeks old, he's [[spoiler: deliberately pushed out of his nest by his older brother,]] snatched by St. Aggie's patrols, nearly {{Brainwashed}} in a horrifying {{Cult}}, and never sees his parents again.

* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler: After Coryn's death in book 15, he becomes King of the Ga'Hoole Tree.]]

* GutFeeling: Soren's intuition (or "gizzuition" -- they're owls) is particularly notable, to the point where Ezylryb comments on it and encourages Soren to strengthen it. The first meaningful interaction that Ezylryb has with Soren is to give him a book on it. Eventually [[spoiler: after Ezylryb dies, Soren ends up teaching a class on gizzuition]].

* ImmuneToMindControl: Soren is the one who comes up with the idea to [[spoiler: recite the Legends of Ga'Hoole]] to resist moon scalding. It works.

* LikeASonToMe: To Ezylryb. [[spoiler: Before the expedition to the Northern Kingdoms, Ezylryb gives Soren his old battle claws and tells him, "Every owl will know that you are my ward. You are under my protection as a son might be."]] Soren comes to view Ezylryb as a ParentalSubstitute.

* OrphansOrdeal: Soren has fond memories of his parents, but he does not find them after escaping from St. Aggies. [[spoiler: Later, he meets their ghosts, and learns that they were murdered by Metal Beak [[SelfMadeOrphan (Kludd).]] ]]

* TheStoryteller: He plays this role within the Band, having a particular interest in the Legends of Ga'Hoole even before he knew the Guardians were real. His ability to recite the Legends from memory [[spoiler: saves him and Gylfie from being brainwashed.]]
* TheStrategist: To a lesser extent than Gylfie, but [[spoiler: it's his idea to dig a tunnel to get out of the Great Tree during the Siege, and use a pincer movement to take down the Pure Ones. Without his ingenious plan, the Tree would likely have been lost.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Soren's last known act in the series is in book 4 of ''Wolves of the Beyond'', when he sent the owl Tully to find out how the dire wolves were doing and to find Gwynneth. Later, at the end of book 5, his scroom (or ghost) is seen by Gwynneth as she and her friends leave the Beyond by way of the Crystal Plain, and she bows to him; exactly how he died has yet to be revealed.]]

* ThankYourPrey: When he sees Ginger [[spoiler: (a Pure Ones spy)]] torturing a mouse while it's dying, he quickly [[MercyKill gives the mouse a death blow]] and eats it to make sure it didn't suffer. He really chews Ginger out for this, and he calls out Eglantine for encouraging her behavior.

[[folder: Gylfie]]

* ImmuneToMindControl: She's able to resist moon scalding with help from Soren [[spoiler: and his storytelling]].

[[folder: Twilight]]

* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: In the final battle with Kludd, he allows Kludd to be distracted by battling Soren and then hops on the first opening he has to kill him.]]

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Frequently. Twilight means well, but he is so blunt that he often ends up emotionally wounding people, like telling Soren to "buck up" when he learns his parents are gone. On a related note, when Soren confirms his parents are dead and Eglantine mourns them, Twilight harshly states, [[BrutalHonesty "Dead is dead."]] Two books later, Eglantine is still so haunted by these words, [[spoiler: she's drawn right into Nyra's trap.]]

* MeaningfulName: Not only for his colouring, but also because he hatched at dusk, and has the ability to see during the moments between day and night. [[spoiler: His given name comes from Latin and means "hollow, empty," or by extension, "vain." Twilight isn't what one would call empty, but he certainly is vain.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His given name is [[spoiler: Cassius, revealed by the scroom of his mother.]] He decides not to start going by this, believing that "Twilight" better defines his identity (see MeaningfulName above).
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the final battle, [[spoiler: he kills Kludd quickly and without any fuss as soon as he gets the chance, both to end the battle and to spare Soren from having to kill his own brother. Soren comments on the fact that he didn't use one of his usual taunting rhymes, and Twilight tells him that Kludd didn't deserve one.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were completely absent for his entire life, leaving him to mostly raise himself. [[spoiler: His mother turns out to be Skye, a renowned poet, but she's already dead by the time the story begins. His father was killed by the Pure Ones.]]

[[folder: Digger]]

[[folder: Mrs. Plithiver]]

[[folder: Eglantine]]

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Eglantine's goodness is probably her most defining character trait. She's ''genuinely'' pure, as in pure-hearted, [[spoiler: unlike Nyra. Nyra's attempts to turn her to the Pure Ones' side fail utterly.]]

* OrphansOrdeal: Eglantine really struggles to deal with the death of her parents, and Twilight's insensitivity doesn't help. [[spoiler: Nyra exploits Eglantine's grief and denial to manipulate her.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: Through a mixture of this and Nyra's plot in ''The Shattering'', [[spoiler: she becomes convinced that Soren was wrong about their parents being dead. She eventually manages to break herself out of it.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Towards the end of ''The Shattering''. [[spoiler: She breaks herself out of brainwashing and captures Nyra's unhatched egg in an attempt to use it as a hostage against the Pure Ones; the egg doesn't end up making it back with her, but she is commended for her actions nonetheless. Afterwards, she joins the Chaw of Chaws on a mission and stands up to a ''polar bear'' (and her older brother). She later becomes part of the Search-and-Rescue chaw.]]

* BigBrotherBully: Kludd starts this way in the first chapter, saying mean things to Soren and generally being a piece of work. [[spoiler: Then he tries to [[CainAndAbel murder Soren]].]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: Metal Beak is so terrifying that even Bubo is shaken when Soren asks about him.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts as just a jealous older brother. [[spoiler: Becomes the leader of the Pure Ones, and even after his death, owls don't forget him easily.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: In ''The Rescue,'' [[spoiler: the menacing Metal Beak is revealed to be Soren's older brother.]]

* MeaningfulName: His name comes from one of the ranks in the Ku Klux Klan. [[spoiler: He ends up joining the Pure Ones, a barn-owl supremacy group, and becoming their new leader.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: It's implied that he murdered his parents. [[spoiler: The scrooms (ghosts) of his parents show up to warn Soren about him.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Thanks to his FantasticRacism, he wasn't happy that Simon, a Brown Fish Owl, nursed him back to health after getting his mask melted by Soren. After he makes a full recovery, he [[spoiler: kills the poor owl that tried to help him out of compassion]].

* AgonyOfTheFeet: One of his talons was broken [[spoiler: in the final battle with Bylyric, leader of the League of Ice Talons. Unable to take the pain after a while, he bit it off himself;]] Soren and Gylfie are initially horrified at the sight of it, which he scolds them for.

* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: With his mate, Lil, according to Octavia.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Since the [[spoiler: Battle of the Ice Talons,]] he has been missing a talon on his left foot. This doesn't seem to have significantly impaired him, though.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: His mate, Lillium, dies in the final battle with Bylyric, leader of the League of Ice Talons. Lyze is so devastated that he retires from war, taking up residence with the Glauxian Brothers and eventually having his love of learning restored by Octavia, after which he's eventually persuaded to become a teacher at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree under an alias.]]

* LikeASonToMe: Ezylryb feels this way about Soren, and [[spoiler: gives him his old battle claws to give him extra protection and respect in the Northern Kingdoms.]]
* LivingLegend: Ezylryb is [[spoiler: Lyze of Kiel, a warrior from the Northern Kingdoms who fought in the War of the Ice Claws.]]
* MartialPacifist: Ezylryb hates war [[spoiler:, having lived through a particularly nasty one. After he lost his mate (and one talon),]] he swore off violence forever, becoming a scholar. However, this has nothing to hinder his badassery, and he's still a quite capable warrior if [[TheSiege worst comes to worst.]]

* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He was a soldier in the Kielian League known as Lyze Of Kiel. After he lost his mate in the war, he hung up his battle claws and became a teacher at the Great Tree, under an alias.]]

* SdrawkcabAlias: [[spoiler: '''Lyze''' of Kiel -> '''Ezyl'''ryb.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler: He is a veteran of the War of the Ice Claws. His mate Lil died in battle, and he was so stunned with grief that he nearly ''plummeted into the sea.'' It isn't clear if Ezylryb suffers PTSD, but it's likely, since that one traumatic event was enough to cause him to give up war ''forever'' despite it being the focus of his entire life. He dedicated himself to scholarly pursuits and eventually became a teacher.]]

* WarIsHell: A firm believer in this, [[spoiler: thanks to his experiences in the War of the Ice Claws.]]
* WarriorPoet: He can write poems in his old age, and he can still fight. [[spoiler: He chronicled his experiences in the War of the Ice Claws in a series of epics.]]
* YouAreNotReady: Tells his brother Ifghar that he cannot have battle claws [[spoiler: if he's willing to surrender to the Ice Talons king, Bylyric.]]

[[folder: Strix Struma]]

[[folder: Bubo]]

[[folder: Madame Plonk]]

* AffectionateNickname: Her father and sister called her [[spoiler: Brunie.]] Her eventual mate [[spoiler: Doc Finebeak]] calls her "Plonkie."

* FamousAncestor: Being a Plonk Singer, she is descended from [[spoiler: The Snow Rose]], and has many other illustrious Plonk Singers of the Great Tree in her family line.
* GenerationXerox: Every time the Plonk singer of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree dies, a new singer from the Plonk family is chosen to take their place. Madame [[spoiler: Brunwella]] Plonk is the latest one.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She is always referred to as Madame Plonk, this being the convention of her position (a male Singer of the Great Tree would be addressed as "Sir Plonk"). Most owls don't even know her first name [[spoiler: except her sister, who tells the Band her name is Brunwella.]]
* SiblingYinYang: She's very different from her sister, [[spoiler: Thora, The Rogue Smith of Silverveil. Brunwella is beautiful, elegant, and highly respected. Thora is coarse, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]], and less beautiful, having been affected by grayscale.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to [[spoiler: her sister Thora's Tomboy]].
* YoungestChildWins: She ended up the Singer of the Great Tree instead of her sister. [[spoiler: Not that Thora cares.]]

[[folder: Dewlap]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, she seems like just a boring old ryb who cares a lot for the Tree, but isn't otherwise bad. In ''The Siege,'' that changes. Otulissa hates her so much that she drops a PrecisionFStrike on her, ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness twice]]''. And that's ''before'' [[spoiler: she betrays the Great Tree.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: At first seems like a background character, but eventually ends up [[spoiler: selling out the Great Tree when the Pure Ones launch their attack.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When [[spoiler:Strix Struma]] is murdered in the siege [[spoiler: that was essentially her fault]], Dewlap falls into such a severe stupor that she has to be committed to what is implied to be the owl equivalent to a psychiatric ward.
* TheQuisling: More out of fear than selfishness--in "The Siege", [[spoiler: she finally cracks and sells out the Great tree to the Pure Ones, putting the Tree's safety over that of its residents]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She repeatedly states that she had no idea that [[spoiler: her betrayal would lead to a full on siege.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Betrayed the residents of the Great Tree just for the sake of ensuring that the Tree itself would be safe.]]

[[folder: Otulissa]]

* LadyOfWar: She eventually becomes one, [[spoiler: after losing Strix Struma.]]

* ProperLady: Initially subverted. In ''The Journey'' she's clearly ''trying'' to be this. She always draws attention to her aristocratic heritage (that she may or may not be exaggerating), and hopes to be in her idol [[LadyOfWar Strix Struma]]'s refined Navigation chaw. [[spoiler: She ends up in Ezylryb's coarse colliering/weather interpretation chaw, which she describes as "vulgar" and "appalling." Eventually, though, she accepts the chaw and comes to respect Ezylryb (after he pointed her to a book about weather by one of her ancestors).]] Once she gains some maturity, she becomes a true Lady.

[[folder: Ruby]]

[[folder: Martin]]

[[folder: Nyroc/Coryn]]
Son of Nyra and [[spoiler: Kludd]].

* AntiAntiChrist: Born to be the new leader of the Pure Ones. Instead becomes [[spoiler: king of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.]]
* TheGoodKing:[[spoiler: He becomes the first True King of Ga'Hoole since Hoole himself.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: He was born to the leaders of the Pure Ones, and becomes [[spoiler: King of Ga'Hoole]]

* MadDictatorsHandsomeSon: Nyroc is the son of Nyra and the late High Tyto [[spoiler: Kludd]], but lacks his parents' inherent evil natures and quickly [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] once he sees how horrifying Nyra really is.
* ModestRoyalty: [[spoiler: Inspired by King Hoole, Coryn refuses to wear a crown.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: This is his entire plot arc.]]
* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler: Like Hoole before him, he has Firesight.]]

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Like his mother, he was born on a lunar eclipse, which is why he is named Nyroc. [[spoiler: Unlike her, the enchantment cast upon him is good, and makes him King of Ga'Hoole.]]

[[folder: Skench]]

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: In ''The Burning'', she appears to side with the Guardians of Ga'Hoole after the Pure Ones take St. Aegolius. Then during the FinalBattle, [[spoiler: she turns on the Guardians]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Soren in ''The Burning''.]]

[[folder: Spoorn]]

[[folder: Auntie Finny]]

[[folder: Jatt and Jutt]]

[[folder: Nyra]]

* TheDragon: To Metal Beak/[[spoiler: Kludd]]
* DragonAscendant: Becomes leader of the Pure Ones after [[spoiler: Metal Beak's death]]

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: In the finale, Soren and Coryn have one last showdown with Nyra, backed up by the Striga in the heart of a volcano for the Ember of Hoole.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: She has a scar across her face, [[spoiler: inflicted by Otulissa after she killed Strix Struma.]]

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: She is one of the leaders of the Pure Ones, [[spoiler: taking over after Kludd dies]], and completely believes that Barn Owls (and their relatives) are superior to other owl species. She dreams of a universal dictatorship ruled by Barn Owls.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Subverted; she certainly tries, but it's actually the Striga who delivers the fatal wound.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Transforms at long last into a Hagsfiend in the finale to hunt down Soren and Coryn, using black magic.]]

* TermsOfEndangerment: [[spoiler: Her continued use of the word "darling" is what tips Eglantine off that Nyra isn't really her mother.]]

* UnholyMatrimony: With [[spoiler: Kludd]]. It seems she genuinely loves him.

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: His real name is never given. [[spoiler: ...at least, in the film. At the end of ''The Rescue,'' he's revealed to be [[CainAndAbel Soren's brother, Kludd.]] ]]

[[folder: Uglamore]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: He left the Pure Ones because he no longer believes in their ideology, and because he cares for Coryn.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Nyroc/Coryn begins to open his eyes and make him question the ideology of the Pure Ones. He ends up betraying them to protect Coryn.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He jumps in front of a rabid wolf in an attempt to stop Nyra, and the wolf kills him.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: He dies in the jaws of a rabid wolf, and Coryn and the wolves agree he goes to glaumora (heaven).]]

[[folder: Hortense[[spoiler:/Mist]]]]

[[folder: Streak and Zan]]

[[folder: Octavia]]

* EyeScream: Unlike most nest-maid snakes, [[spoiler: she wasn't born blind. Her eyes were plucked out in battle.]]
* OldRetainer: She's this for Ezylryb, [[spoiler: having followed him out of the war and to the Great Tree after he gave up war.]]
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: She fought in the Kielian League on Lyze's back, and has since peacefully retired alongside him to the Great Tree.]]
* [[TunnelKing Tunnel Queen]]: She is a [[spoiler: Kielian Snake, which means she is very muscular and capable of digging holes in ice. She uses her skills to help the Band and some other Burrowing Owls create an escape tunnel out of the Great Tree during the Siege.]]

[[folder: The Rogue Smith of Silverveil/[[spoiler: Thora Plonk]] ]]

* BeautifulSingingVoice: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: It's not nearly as good as Madame Plonk's, but because Thora is still a Plonk herself, it's still leagues better than most owls'.]]
* BlackSheep: Almost ''literally,'' since she was afflicted with grayscale as an owlet that made her feathers dark and blotchy. She also had no interest in [[spoiler: pursuing the Plonk legacy of being singers, instead preferring to make battle claws.]]

* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler: Like all other Plonks, she is descended from the Snow Rose, and has many previous Ga'Hoole singers in her family. [[BlackSheep Not that she cares]].]]
* IAmNotPretty: She doesn't consider herself beautiful, mostly because of her color having been ruined by a disease, but Gylfie sees through to her [[spoiler: beautiful Plonk features.]]
* MurderByCremation: [[spoiler: Nyra pushes her into her own forge.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's always called "The Rogue Smith of Silverveil," and is exceedingly private. When asked her real name by the Band, she responds, "That's for me to know, and me alone." [[spoiler: Her real name is Thora Plonk.]]
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: [[spoiler: Thora doesn't resent Brunwella for being more famous and respected than she is; she's equally talented in her own field, and she keeps her relationship with Madame Plonk a secret. However, she felt overshadowed by Brunwella throughout their whole childhood, and acts deliberately indifferent about her sister's success.]]

* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler: She's incredibly different from her sister Brunwella, being rough-around-the-edges, rude, and solitary, with a less beautiful plumage and a less beautiful singing voice. Brunwella is beautiful, flamboyant, and known throughout the owl kingdoms for her voice.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to [[spoiler: her sister Brunwella's Girly Girl.]]
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler: Her stepmother Rodmilla vastly favored Brunwella over her. Rodmilla's attempt to train Thora as the next Plonk singer at the Great Tree was just an attempt to get rid of her.]]

[[folder: Cleve of Firthmore]]

* ActualPacifist: He became a gizzard resister (conscientious objector) as a result of the trauma he suffered in his childhood. He particularly hates battle claws. Otulissa thinks he is completely crazy for being a pacifist, even considering it "shameful" and an insult to his heritage when they first meet. He holds fast to his ideals, but eventually [[spoiler: realizes that fighting against evil is the right thing to do, becoming a TechnicalPacifist.]]

* BreathWeapon: [[spoiler: He ends up learning to kill with only his breath from Tengshu, which he believes is acceptable to use in extreme circumstances because it kills quickly and painlessly.]]
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: He may be the one referred to in a prophecy about "The Prince Who Is Promised." Cleve thinks the prophecy is nonsense, but Otulissa thinks he fulfilled it in the end.]]
* TheMedic: He came to the Glauxian Brothers' Retreat to study medicine, instead of getting a military education at home. [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Burning,'' he comes to transport the wounded after the battle in the canyons, helping Gylfie get back alive.]]

* WarriorPrince: Subverted. Cleve was raised to be this, but became an ActualPacifist [[spoiler: after losing his brother. Later double subverted -- he learns SupernaturalMartialArts and becomes a warrior after all, albeit in [[TechnicalPacifist a way he considers more moral]].]]
* YoungestChildWins: [[spoiler: The prophecy about the "Prince Who Is Promised" concerned the "big" brother, which was presumably Cleve's older brother, Clay. However, Clay died tragically. Otulissa assumes that the prophecy may have referred to the ''[[ExactWords larger]]'' of the two brothers, rather than the elder one.]]

[[folder: Orlando/The Striga]]

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler: Injuring, then proposing a truce with, and later insulting ''Nyra?'' Yeah, that probably wouldn't have ended well for the Striga even if Soren and Coryn hadn't gotten to him and Nyra first.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Tries to run after his superior's demise. It costs him.]]

** DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: Attempts this after Nyra's death by lava by trying to escape, and while he does tear off Coryn's wing when followed, Soren beheads him immediately after, thus subverting this.]]

* EvilGenius: [[spoiler: Has shades of this for the Pure Ones.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: In the penultimate story.]]
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: In the penultimate book.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Cuts off Coryn's wing, causing his death from blood loss.]]

* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: How he feels about most of the Pure Ones. He even has the audacity to act smart and trustworthy to '''Nyra''' (yes, '''NYRA''') and in the meantime, call her "stupid" in his head and ponder over how she became a great leader when she never used proper strategy. Despite this, Nyra is clearly the superior of the two thanks to being a LadyOfBlackMagic and having control over the entire army, so he has no choice but to follow her.]]

[[folder: Tengshu]]

* TheMentor: To [[spoiler: Cleve, who learns his unique martial arts technique.]]

[[folder: Hoole]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: [[spoiler:It's stated that he took the position of leader of the Pure Ones from his predecessor in combat]].

--> '''Twilight:''' (when asked where he's from) Here, there, everywhere. You name it, I've been there.

* WarriorPoet: He can write poems in his old age, and he can still fight.

* CainAndAbel: With Kludd[[spoiler:/Metal Beak]]. Eventually [[spoiler: subverted, as he isn't the one to kill Kludd; Twilight is.]]

[[folder:Kludd[[spoiler:/Metal Beak]]]]
Soren's older brother [[spoiler:and the eventual main villain]] for the first few books.

* CainAndAbel: Cain to Soren's Abel. [[spoiler: Subverted when Twilight is ultimately the one to kill him.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, she seems like just a boring old ryb who cares a lot for the Tree, but isn't otherwise bad. In ''The Seige,'' that changes. Otulissa hates her so much that she drops a PrecisionFStrike on her, ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness twice]]''. And that's ''before'' [[spoiler: she betrays the Great Tree.]]

* AdaptedOut: Was replaced by Nyra in the film.

* DarthVaderClone: Raspy voice, menacing mask, disfigured face, and an EvilOverlord. [[spoiler:And given that the name is eventually taken up by TheHero's brother, both in the book at the end of the movie, he fits this to a tee.]]

* DistingushingMark: She has a little speckle next to her eye, which is a small but significant plot point as this is how the owls who discovered her manage to recognize her.

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Died before ''The Rescue''. It's implied they were murdered by Kludd.]]

* FamousAncestor: Being a Plonk Singer, she is descended from [[spoiler: The Snow Rose]], and has many other illustrious Plonk Singers of the Great Tree in her family line.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, she seems like just a boring old ryb who cares a lot for the Tree, but isn't otherwise bad. In ''The Seige,'' that changes. Otulissa hates her so much that she drops a PrecisionFStrike on her, ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness twice]]''. And that's ''before'' [[spoiler: she betrays the Great Tree.]]

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:A villainous example]].

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Soren's last known act in the series is in book 4 of ''Wolves of the Beyond'', when he sent the owl Tully to find out how the dire wolves were doing and to find Gwynneth. Later, at the end of book 5, his scroom (or ghost) is seen by Gwynneth as she and her friends leave the Beyond by way of the Crystal Plain, and she bows to him; exactly how he died has yet to be revealed.]]

!Guardians of Ga'Hoole

[[folder:Boron and Barran]]
A pair of Snowy Owls, and King and Queen of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree respectively.

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: He left the Pure Ones because he no longer believes in their ideology, and because he cares for Coryn.]]

* BeautyMark: A variant--she has a little speckle next to her eye, which is a small but significant plot point as this is how the owls who discovered her manage to recognize her.

[[folder:Ezylryb]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: Once she becomes more open to others' ways of thinking (even if she doesn't agree with them), she becomes one of Soren's trusted friends and member of the Band.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: That one time she ''cusses out the Band'' when they get stuck in the [[LotusEaterMachine Mirror Lakes]].

* UngratefulBastard: Thanks to his FantasticRacism, he wasn't happy that Simon, a Fishing Owl, nursed him back to health after getting his mask melted by Soren. After he makes a full recovery, he [[spoiler: kills the poor owl that tried to help him out of compassion]].

* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were completely absent for his entire life, leaving him to mostly raise himself. [[spoiler: His mother turns out to be Skye, a renowned poet, but she's already dead by the time the story begins. His father is never mentioned.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Grimble helps Soren and Gylfie escape in the movie, Jatt and Jutt disappear completely.

* LightningBruiser: Despite being huge for an owl, he's much more agile than he looks

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the final battle, [[spoiler: he kills Kludd quickly and without any fuss once he gets the chance. Soren comments on the fact that he didn't use one of his usual taunting rhymes, and Twilight tells him that Kludd didn't deserve one.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were completely absent for his entire life. [[spoiler: His mother turns out to be Skye, a renowned poet, but she's already dead by the time the story begins. His father is never mentioned.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: When he was young, a nest of eagles and a den of foxes were kind enough to allow him to stay with them.

* {{Seer}}: Like Grank (and later Coryn), he has Firesight.