Hawk Press

Hawk's photo as it appears on the cast page

Alexei "Hawk" Press is one of the main protagonists of White Noise.

## History

Hawk grew up in Violetta with his mother, father, and brother Emry Press. At some point in his early childhood, his mother left and his father disappeared, leaving him in Emry's sole care. He did not do well in school, as he is severely dyslexic. He was expelled under the premise that the school could not accommodate him, but it is likely he was actually expelled because he was a monster.

Hawk died on May 3, 2005 in an anti-monster attack. He got better by morning with foggy memories of his sister Liya being taken by the Royal Order. He spent about a month searching for her and planning to fly to Enodia to find her.

## Personality

Hawks personalty can best be described as grumpy, but with a soft, kind centre once you get to know him. A life time of being picked on by the community that he grew up in has left him with some trust issues as well.

## Appearance

Hawk has dark skin that contrasts his very white hair, which is black at the roots. He has faint freckles on his nose. He is probably of earth Russian and earth Indian ethnicity.

He has giant wings and tail feathers, the feather pattern modeled after the wings of *Buteo nitidus,* the gray hawk.

## Abilities

Hawk has a variety of abilities due to his mixed species. He has large wings with a roughly 14 foot wingspan able to carry his weight through the air. Hawk can also shapeshift, though he does not have much control over this ability. Only feathers, scaley skin, and keratin on the upper half of his body seem to be able to appear, always unintentionally. He is also able to understand birds

Hawk can "see death" in the form of a barn owl. How realistic it is varies, and it always accompanies death or near death experiences. This might be related to the fact that Hawk can see *and be seen* by ghosts. To him, ghosts are nearly indistinguishable from living humans. He can also exorcise them.

To Hawk's eyes, active power lines glow, and knows his orientation in regards to magnetic north at all times.

On a more mundane note, Hawk is fluent in sign language.  He is also skilled in foraging and fishing, due to living off the land after the hurricane. This helped him and Teige on their way north.

## Trivia

* It is a fan theory that Hawk is half reifa. this has not been confirmed or denied by the author.
* Hawk knows how to drive, but can't fit in most cars now. He also never learned to ride a bike.
* The first book Hawk learned to read was Ardh's version of Stellaluna, but he has no recollection of it now.
* The sickest Hawk ever got was after eating some bad meat, but that never put him off eating road kill.
* His monster genes come from his dad's side of the family.
* Hawk would probably love podcasts.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Order Incident Report http://white-noise-comic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/IN-05-03-2005.pdf
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Page 5-28
3. ↑ http://tape-hiss.tumblr.com/post/180032248322/so-hawk-asked-about-his-friends-and-sister
4. ↑ https://thephooka.tumblr.com/post/153500540645/what-are-hawks-wings-made-for-as-in-are-they
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124131340591423490
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124131804154195973
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124115411484565504
8. ↑ http://www.white-noise-comic.com/comic/3-20
9. ↑ https://thephooka.tumblr.com/post/610886174123393024/can-you-tell-us-which-side-of-his-family-hawk-gets
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/thephooka/status/1124323837246492672