Soren (Guardians of Ga'Hoole)

Soren is one of the lead characters from the New York Times best-selling Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Soren lived peacefully in a fir tree in the Forest Kingdom of Tyto. He lived with his father, Noctus, his mother, Marella, his older brother, Kludd, his newly hatched sister, Eglantine, and Mrs. Plithiver, the blind family nest-maid snake.

One day, Kludd shoved Soren from the nest while their parents were out hunting. Soren did not know that Kludd had pushed him, but he later found out that his brother did this so he could join a tyrant union of Barn owls known as the Pure Ones, and one of their tasks was to sacrifice a family member. Soren was soon snatched by a patrolling member of St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls (St. Aggie's) and taken to the canyonlands.

At St. Aggie's, Soren meets a small Elf owl named Gylfie. She had been snatched also, from The Desert Kingdom of Kuneer At the academy, they resisted moon blinking - a form of brainwashing practiced by St. Aggie's to take control of the owlets - and managed to trick the General into thinking they were moonblinked. The pair also resisted moon scalding, a more severe form of moon blinking, by telling the legends of Ga'Hoole, the most noble owls of the land. Grimble, a Boreal owl, secretly taught them how to fly in the entrance outside the academy library. The newly fledged owlets both escaped unharmed, but Grimble perished at the talons of Skench when she found him aiding them escape.

The pair decided they wanted to try to find their families. On the way, they met a huge Great Grey owl named Twilight. He was orphaned shortly after he hatched, and he says he had to teach himself everything he knows in what he calls the "Orphan School of Tough Learning". He chose to join them on their journey. In Gylfie's home, the Desert of Kuneer, the owls meet Digger, a unique Burrowing Owl who is also an orphan. His brother and parents were killed by St. Aggie's patrolsl, and another brother of his was captured by St. Aggies patrols. Once he joins up with them, Jatt and Jutt, two members of St. Aggie's appear and a battle ensues. The new band manages to defeat them both, with the aid of two eagles, Streak and Zan.

Once Twilight and Digger joined the group, they decided to refer to themselves as "the Band". While flying with the Band, Soren and Gylfie flew home and discovered their families missing. They decided to pursue newfound dreams of flying to the legendary Great Ga'Hoole Tree. After the long journey to the Great Tree, Soren was accepted into the Colliering and Weather-interpretation chaws. He proved to be an excellent coal collecter, and impressed Ezylryb, the weather interpretation ryb, Elvan, the colliering ryb, and Bubo, the blacksmith, with his superb skills.

Soren also played a key part in both the rescue of Ezylryb from the Devil's triangle, and the siege of the Great Ga'hoole tree. He is also a member of the Bonk Brigade, or Flame Sqaudron, fighting with burning branches. Soren is also a member and usually the leader of the famous Chaw of Chaws, a group that included the members of the Band along with Ruby, Martin, Otulissa, and Eglantine. After rescuing his sister Eglantine from the Great Downing, Ezylryb deemed Soren his ward. He was also given Ezylryb's old battle claws, which would be essential to go to the Northern Kingdoms. There, he was also trained in the arts of the ice weapons by Moss, and other members of the Frost Beaks division.

Soren is also the uncle of Coryn, the king of the Great Ga'hoole tree, and he is the brother-in-law of Nyra, leader of the pure ones.

On his deathbed, Ezylryb instructed Soren to read the legends of Ga'Hoole with Coryn and the Band. These three books were hidden in a secret chamber in Ezylryb's hollow.

Soren is now the ryb of the Colliering and weather-interpretation chaws. He also has a mate named Pellimore, (Pelli), who together have three female chicks. Their names are Sebastiana (Basha), Blythe (named for a beautiful part of Silverveil named Blythewood), and Bell. They are also called the three B's. Pelli is the ryb of the search and rescue chaw. Soren is the uncle of Coryn (new king of the great tree).