The Outcast (edit title/settings)

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• Coryn: An outcast. Son of Kludd and Nyra, discarded himself from the Pure Ones.
• Hamish: Coryn's friend. Dire wolf of the McDuncan clan; a gnaw wolf of the Sacred Watch
• Otulissa: A Spotted owl from the Great Ga'Hoole tree.
• Soren: Coryn's uncle. Lives at the great tree.
• Duncan MacDuncan: Leader of the MacDuncan Clan. Gives sanctuary to Coryn when he visits the beyond.
• Kalo: Friend of Coryn. Burrowing Owl who lives in the Barrens
• Glaux: Owl god
• Gwyndor: A Rouge Smith from the Beyond. He is an old friend of Coryn.
• Grank: The First Collier. Lived many years ago, and raised the ancient King Hoole.
• Phillip: Coryn's best friend. Killed by Nyra
• Zan: Eagle; tounge ripped out in battle against St. Aggies; muted
• Pelli: Soren's mate. A Barn owl.
• Hortense: A spotted owl who preformed great deeds at St. Aggies. Also known as Mist
• Hoole: An ancient owl who rose each night to perform noble deeds.
• Harry: Kalo's father
• Strix Struma: An old spotted owl that died during the Siege. Has not finished her business on Earth.
• Streak: An eagle that gives sanctuary to Coryn when he is in Ambala.
• Doc Finebeak: The best tracker in the Owl world. A snowy owl that lives in Beyond the Beyond.
• Simon: An old fish owl that died by Kludd's talons.
• Fengo: The first gnaw wolf. Since then every leader of the Sacred Watch has been called Fengo.
• Gyllbane: A cream-colored wolf of the MacHeath Clan.
• Uglamore: A barn owl, former sublieutenant of the Pure Ones. Deserted the Pure Ones.

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• “You have free will, my dear. The only thing you must do is choose: either to go there or not to go there.”

  Mist

• “I would come back as a wolf, born with four strong legs.”

  Hamish

• “You who were born into evil found good. You who were raised in tyranny sought equality. You who were schooled in brutality learned only mercy. You who were taught the dishonorable discovered honor. You who were nurtured on the poison of the most ignoble owls in the world are most noble. You are my nephew, and my King.”

  Soren

• “Well, murder first, then shopping.”

  Nyra (thinking)

• “So bring him back with flames of gold Bring him back with burning fire For he reads what flames have told and his will is Hoole's desire.He shall not cease his endless flight He shall fly on through days and nights Though an outcast in despair He has a gizzard that is so fair. He shall return at summer's end With a coal in his beak A shadow king no more Tempered wise and brave for war.”

  The Prophecy

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• “You who were born into evil found good. You who were raised in tyranny sought equality. You who were schooled in brutality learned only mercy. You who were taught the dishonorable discovered honor. You who were nurtured on the poison of the most ignoble owls in the world are most noble. You are my nephew and my king.”

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• Where there are legends, there can be hope. Where there are 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.”

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• there was no “just” about it. Used like this, “just” was a terrible little word that snuffed out truth and possibility.

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• And to think, Glaux is not even the spirit of their kind. How good of them to wish me well in the name of a spirit that is not theirs.

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• And all the owls of the great tree that night believed, as well. They believed that there were many kinds of truths, those of science that could be proven through the brain, and those of legends that could come true in the hearts and gizzards of all owls if they only believed.

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• “It is through legends that our gizzards grow bold and our hearts strong. Legends separate the civilized from the uncivilized. A great thing is happening this evening. A prophecy is coming true. There is a young owl about to retrieve the Ember of Hoole.”

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• Am I not so much more than feathers and bones, talons and wings? But what? An answer began to come to him: I am of the same blood as my parents but not of the same gizzard, brain, or heart. The egg that held me came from the body of my mother, but I am not my mother’s son, nor my father’s. I am more. I know that with all my heart and with all my gizzard. I reject all that they were. I have no parents. I have no home. I am what I am but I shall never call myself Nyroc again. I have no name.

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• Damn the MacHeaths for their jealousies, their mutilation of young pups, and their alliances with devil owls.

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• And in that instant the two snakes reversed themselves. There was a brief tangle of green ribbon in the sky and then out of the darkness in the most beautiful script imaginable blazed the name: CORYN

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• I am of the same blood as my parents but not of the same gizzard, brain, or heart. The egg that held me came from the body of my mother, but I am not my mother’s son, nor my father’s. I am more. I know that with all my heart and with all my gizzard. I reject all that they were. I have no parents. I have no home. I am what I am but I shall never call myself Nyroc again. I have no name.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Silverveil: The most beautiful forest in the Owl Universe. Phillip was born here.
• Shadow Forest: A dark forest of closely packed fir trees.
• Ambala: A forest in the Southern Kingdoms.
• Spirit Woods: A wood of ghostly white trees. This is where scrooms can manifest themselves on Earth. Hagsfiends cannot enter here.
• Beyond the Beyond: A desolate territory where dire wolves stalk the Earth and where fire rains from the sky. Many see it as a lawless place devoid of civilized creatures.
• Sea of Hoolemere: A large sea that connects the Southern and Northern Kingdoms. Only owls of Ga'Hoole can fly over it because of it's turbulent winds.
• Island of Hoole: The Island in the middle of the Sea of Hoolemere that houses the great Tree of Ga'Hoole. This is where the Guardians of Ga'Hoole live.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Yoicks: Means crazy or stupid.
• Wilf: When an owl's feathers go limp, and makes the owl look smaller than they are. Is a sign of distress of nervousness.
• Scroom: The ghost of an owl.
• Hagsfiend: An evil owl that has returned to Earth. Cannot enter Spirit Woods.
• Hagsmire: The owl hell.
• Glaumora: The owl Heaven.
• Yarp: When an owl expels a pellet from their bodies. This pellet contains the bones, fur, and claws of their prey, which the owl cannot digest.
• Ryb: The word the Guardians of Ga'Hoole use for teacher.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Hatchling, and followed by The First Collier.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kathryn Lasky (Author)

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