Liel

Liel was a brown-feathered gyrfalcon from the kingdom of Gyr, one of Laat's closest friends and supporters, and the Companion as foretold in the Te'pi. He accompanied Laat after the white gyrfalcon was banished from the kingdom for probing the Stream, and followed him throughout his journey through the six kingdoms. Liel volunteered himself to infiltrate the usurper king Deucan's fold in order to siphon information about the silver falcon's military strategy to the Sentinels. Liel was discovered to be a spy and was murdered by Torus, who left his body on the eastern shore of Gyr as a warning to Laat and his followers. Laat grieved heavily for Liel, considering the young falcon one of his closest friends. Later, when Laat rescues the abandoned egg of Torus and Leferna, he names the half-gyr half-pergrín falcon Liel in honor of his fallen comrade.