Soren

Soren is the main protagonist and narrator of the Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole film.

Soren is based on the character of the same name from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole book series by Kathryn Lasky.

History
Soren is born in Tyto Forest to Barn Owls Noctus and Marella with an older brother named Kludd and a younger sister named Eglantine. Mrs. Plithiver later collects Kludd's and Soren's pellets, something that disturbs both brothers into their adulthood. As a child he accidentally falls out of the nest, causing his parents to retrieve him.

Growing up, his father tells his children stories of the Guardians of the Great Tree and the legendary figure, Lyze of Kiel, whom Soren later sees as a heroic figure.

Abilities

 * Flight:
 * Combat: Soren has limited combat skills, but he was tought how to fight by Strix Struma during their chaw lessons. While he wasn't able to overpower Surtr during their battle with each other, Soren was able to kill the former with a burning branch.

Notes:

 * † denotes the deceased
 * Dotted lines denotes marriage or relationship
 * Solid lines denote parent-child blood line.

Etymology

 * The name "Soren" is a name of Danish and Norwegian origin, meaning "stern"
 * Soren's name is also a play on of the word "sore on."

Character Notes

 * According to Kludd, Soren fell out of the tree when he was still a hatchling.
 * Mrs. Plithiver kept Soren's and Kludd's first pellets in their old tree, which both disgusts and embarrassed Soren and his brother.
 * Soren's age is the owl equivalent of a teenager in human years.
 * However, his age his hardly known.
 * While Eglantine and Kludd look like their mother, Soren inherited all of his father's traits.

Difference from the book

 * In the beginning of the film, Soren is a teenager  while being a mere hatchling of three weeks when he is snatched by the St. Aegolius owl patrol in the book. (The Journey)
 * Soren was forced to  fall out of the tree by his brother Kludd rather than both Soren and Kludd both falling out of their hollow  after Kludd accidentally pushes his brother and causes them to fall off the tree.  (The Journey)
 * Soren learns of Ezylryb's identity and past via his snake maid and best friend, Octavia when Soren and Gylfie are looking in his hollow rather than Ezylryb himself.  (The Journey)