Windrider

**Windrider** is a female white-backed vulture living in Bravelands. She is the leader of her flock.

## Personality

Windrider is a wise Vulture, and was Great Mother's closest ally, she also seems to be very attentive because she can spot carcasses from a far, she deeply cares for her fellow vultures. in the final confrontation between the Great Herd and Stingers forces, she and her flock bravely attacked Stinger. However it should be noted that Windrider does not like Lions because of how arrogant they are and that they do not follow the Great Parent. However, she does make exceptions with lions such as Fearless. in the end she is a Vulture that holds up tradition, and she will do anything to protect the Great Parent. When Thorn succeeds Sun as the Great-Parent, Windrider advises him and assisted him in any way she could.

## History

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*
### *Broken Pride*

Windrider's first appearance was is the prologue of Broken Pride. She was shown skimming the skies, soaring high above the Savannah. A member of her flock, Blackwing, comments that her eyes 'May forever be sharp', once she spots the corpse of a gazelle. She leads her flock down to the ground, telling her flock to 'test the flesh' for eating. Her flock tests the meat, thanking the Great Spirit for the death of the gazelle. Once Windrider confirms safe feasting on the dead grass eater, the flock rejoices and picks the rotting gazelle bare. Windrider launches into the sky, followed by her flock. She then catches a current of air, surveying the land below her. The wise vulture then spots lions dozing under acacia trees. Blackwing then remarks that lions 'won't hunt for now', to which, she agrees, and the vultures carry onward.

Windrider then thinks about lions, displaying her opinion, saying them to be 'unsullied and copious'. She clams to deeply loathe their arrogance, saying that they didn't respect the Great Mother and ignored her wisdom. She then notices two lion cubs although unnamed at the moment, later confirmed to be Fearless and his sister, Valor, romping and play-fighting with each other. Fearless then meets her gaze and opens his jaws and roars at the wise vulture soaring above him, which causes the vulture to then be knocked off course.

Blackwing then notices Windrider's trembling wing and asks her if anything is wrong. Windrider then realizes the rest of her flock did not feel the impact of Fearless's roar. She then curtly reassures Blackwing that is was nothing. She then thinks about the small lion's roar and then realizes it was a vision. Still pondering what she had seen, she veers east, leading her flock farther into Bravelands.

### *Code of Honor*

*In the Prologue of Code Of Honor, Windrider summons a A Great Flock, similar to the Great Gathering, Windrider announces that the Great Spirit is angry at the Bravelands for the murder of Great Mother ,as a great storm settles in. In the epilogue of Code of Honor, Windrider is seen with her flock, she takes a bite out of the carcass and announces to Babble that the Great Spirit has returned to the Bravelands, (Actually a False Parent)*

### The Venom Spreads

Following Thorn’s death, Windrider is seen riding with her flock. There the vultures explain how some of the carcasses they’ve ingested tastes wrong. Windrider reassures her flock that even though Thorn is no longer alive, The Great-Spirit is already looking for it’s next host.

## Family

“Mate:”
“Children:”
“Grandchildren:”
“Great-Granddaughter:”

## Trivia

* Windrider is the first animal introduced in the Bravelands series, appearing in the prologue of the first book.
* She was named for the wind she rides on.
* Her personality is very similar to Opeli from the Dragon Prince, they both will do anything to uphold the law.