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The Hawk Lord
Seyhrain Socialis. Planar animal lord [she/her] N
Realm: Beastlands / Krigala / The Hawk’s Nest
One of the friendliest Animal Lords to the outsiders, the Hawk Lord is the patron of the sharp-eyed hawks of the Beastlands. Making her nest in the mountains of Krigala but rarely visiting there, the Hawk Lord, like many other of the Bird Lords, is often seen flying through the skies of the Beastlands. Hawk is one of the most social of the seyhrain (thus her species name), although she is the least likely to be found where she was last. She prefers the bright skies of Krigala, but she often pays visits to other Animal Lords throughout the plane. She’s even been known to visit small settlements of mortals to learn more of their ways; in short, she is extremely curious as to the Nature of Everything and how each fits into the Way of the Beastlands.
Hawk’s followers scour every inch of the skies of the Beastlands, learning all the chant that they can as it relates to the goings-on of the plane. The Hawk Lord likes to stay lanned to all that occurs. However, unlike the Owl Lord, the Hawk Lord only cares about the information for its own sake; she is driven by curiosity more intense than the Cat Lord’s to know all that transpires. Often, her spies will follow humans for days, merely curious about them and their ways. Cutters using a speak with animals or its equivalent on the hawks of the Hawk Lord makes her birds ecstatic with joy because they love to speak directly with mortals, if only for a little time.
However, despite all her curiosity and friendliness, her hawks are still hawks. They mostly hunt the wards of the Mouse or Rabbit Lords for food, and mostly make their nests surrounding her main aviary in the mountains of Krigala, high away from the jackals and lions that would devour them given half a chance.
Unlike other Bird Lords (for example the Swan Lord), Hawk maintains generally good relations with all of the seyrhain. Her curiosity is more important than any silent feud against the animals and seyhrain of the ground. Other Bird Lords might resent her for her supposed lack of loyalty to her type, but the Hawk Lord really doesn’t care about them. She’s the most lighthearted of the Animal Lords, and she gets along well with the avorals from Elysium that often fly into the Beastlands out of sheer curiosity. She is also a close ally of Aerdrie Faenya, the elven power of the sky.
Canonical Source: Planescape Monstrous Compendium [2e] p12-15. AD&D 2e stats for the hawk lord can be found here.
Source: Dave King aka Heregul, Jon Winter-Holt. Canonwatch: The Hawk Lord is one of the four animal lords detailed in Planescape MC1.