Laat

Laat is a white gyrfalcon and the second White King of the kingdom of Gyr. He was the son of Tarn and Tarith, and descendant of the first White King, Ján. Laat's father was murdered by Deucan when the silver gryfalcon wished to take Tarith as his own mate, and as a result Deucan raised Laat as if he were his own hatchling. As the king, Deucan had ousted the Goddess and the legends surrounding her from the kingdom, but Laat began to probe the Stream very early in life. As a young gyrkin, Laat found that he could see the face of a strange but beautiful falcon in the reflection of water. When he told Deucan about his visions, his father, fearful that the Goddess was trying to contact Laat, forbid that Laat go near water or look into the water's surface. Eventually, Laat was forbidden to leave the tower, and the Goddess visited Laat in his dreams, filling his heart with a longing to leave the prison he had been cast into. On the night of the half-moon, two years after his birth, Laat receives a prophecy from the Goddess, telling him that he must leave Gyr immediately, and that his life was in danger. Heeding the Goddess's words, Laat attempted to escape from the tower, only to be accosted by Boras and Torus. Both gyrfalcons tried to stop him from leaving. Torus's talons wounded Laat's left leg, but the white gryfalcon escaped, traveling northeast.

Laat traveled for three days, eventually landing in the kingdom of Corvid, in the province of Corvid Xol. He witnessed three ravens tormenting a tiny kingfisher named Willowing, and came to the little bird's rescue, only to find that the three ravens believed him to be the reincarnation of the raven god Korvax due to his white feathers. Laat was taken to Corvid Camanth and presented to the self-proclaimed raven king, General Habeus Ironskin. Knowing that Laat was not Korvax, Ironskin attempted to kill the white gyrfalcon, but Laat fought back, impressing the massive raven. After telling the raven king his story, Ironskin allowed Laat to roost in his corvids' nesting grounds, telling him that he would play an interesting part in the future's events.

During his first night in Corvid Camanth, another gyrfalcon comes to find Laat. This gyrfalcon, Liel, was banished from the kingdom of Gyr after he defended Laat when Deucan claimed that his adoptive son had betrayed Gyr by probing the Stream, something Deucan, influenced by Boras, had worked hard to demonize.

Book One: The Falling
Laat was only an egg when his father, Tarn, was murdered by Deucan due to the false king's jealousy over Tarn's mate, Tarith. Unknowing that Deucan killed her mate, Tarith accepted Deucan's offer to raise the chick as if it were his own. The egg hatches on the night of the half-moon, and Tarith names the chick "Laat",  meaning "light in the darkness". The chick was found to be pure white, and Boras praised Deucan for his finding, claiming that the chick would become a great leader and a symbol of the kingdom of Gyr.

Book Two: The Exile
Accompanied by his kingfisher companion, Willowing, and Liel, a cadet of the Guard, Laat flees the kingdom of Gyr and makes his way into corvid territory, resting in the province of Corvid Camanth. It is there that he