Nghiri

Nghiri is the High Priestess of Elémere and the adoptive mother of Nerea. Nghiri is an elderly pergrín falcon who, in service of the Goddess, dyed her feathers bright green. Because Elémere has no king or queen, Nghiri is the sole ruler of the kingdom, and as such is extremely mistrustful of any falcon who seems to be a threat to her leadership. Despite being the High Priestess, Nghiri had no ability to probe the Stream—exceptionally cunning, she could predict events without using the Goddess's prophecies and, for many years, managed to maintain her position using this alone. Nghiri adopted Nerea as her own when she found the white gyrfalcon's egg abandoned in a nest near the Lake of Ages in Elémere, and when she found that Nerea could probe the Stream, began to use her as a way to maintain her leadership as the High Priestess.