Soren is a male Barn Owl, or Tyto alba, the main protagonist of the first six Guardians of Ga'Hoole books (as well as the film adaptation based from the books) and the deuteragonist of the second half, as well as the leader of the band, the Colliering and Weather Interpretation Chaws, the creator of the chaw of chaws and the current King of the the pure ones . He was the second son and middle child of the late owls Noctus and Marella, the mate of Pellimore and the father of Blythe, Bell, and Sebastiana (also nicknamed "Bash") and son Tyran, and the brother of Kludd (later known as Metal Beak) and Eglantine and the uncle of Coryn (who takes Soren's place as protagonist in the second half of the series).