Kalraya

Kalraya is the High Priestess of Gyr. Elderly but beautiful, Kalraya is half-gyr and half-Pergrín. She is the half-sister of the High Priestess Nghiri of Elemere, having the same father as Nghiri. She became acclimated with the Goddess when she was very young, finding that she was able to probe the Stream before her first Turning. The previous High Priest, Mindr, took her as his apprentice when she prophesized the death of the king, Taul. Having an unusually deep connection with the Goddess, Kalraya found the burden of renewing the kingdom's Contract with the Goddess to be an easy task, but after Boras entered Gyr, she lost contact with the Goddess, finding that the Stream was too clouded to read. Unable to renew the Contract with the Goddess, the lands began to die and wither, and the Council, led by Deucan and influenced by Boras, ousted her as the High Priestess, naming Boras the new High Priest. She fled east to Liue, where she secretly began to gather supporters to her side in an attempt to remove Boras and his influence from Gyr. Her forces eventually merged with that of Laat's, Scald's and Agyr's, and the four armies attacked the kingdom of Gyr, removing Boras's supporters, killing Deucan and placing Laat on the throne. With Boras gone and peace restored to the six kingdoms, Kalraya was once again the High Priestess. She renewed the Contract with the Goddess, and the coming spring brought new life to the kingdom. Kalraya took on an apprentice at the end of the first novel, but the young gyrkin was unnamed until the second novel, when it was revealed that his name was Arrem.

Personality
Kalraya is a quiet, confident but humble gyrfalcon with a deep, personal connection to the Goddess. Despite being ousted by the Council for failing to renew the Contract, Kalraya kept her heart pure and refused to allow herself to become clouded with hate.