#strix struma

I assume you already know Twilight so let’s just focus on his relationship with authority.

Twilight, for the most part, definitely seemed to have a problem with authority, as shown with Soren, Dewlap, and the Great Tree in general. He’s fine to go along till something either doesn’t go his way, or gets boring. Of course he grows out of this later, but what’s really interesting is that he doesn’t seem to be like that with Barran, at last not after he formally met her. Now this may be because they don’t get any page time together, it probably wasn’t intended, but I’m willing to read into this as much as I can because Twilight can’t be the only one without a mentor figure considering how much he’s grown.

And there’s actually a moment here that may have been Barran's decision.

‘Twilight’s orphan school of tough learning had apparently taught him a lot because he had been placed in many advanced classes.’ - Book 2

Now this may not actually be a special case. There may have been millions of owlets with Twilight’s exact past. But Twilight never went to hagsmire and back like Soren and Gylfie, he was never really scarred. Nor was he picked up by the guardians of at a young age. He was orphaned. Simple as that. Twilight had so much time to learn and hone his skills that you cannot tell me that Barran, ryb of Search-and Rescue, didn’t see this kid and wasn’t immediately impressed enough that he pulled him aside for the advanced class and eventually her own chaw.

In fact there's a piece here lemme just-

‘Of course, Twilight came up to him first and Soren could barely squeeze in a word. “I did a fantastic power dive tonight. A tight spiral and I was down on the ground before you could flick a blink. Soren, I think Barran was really impressed. So you think there’s a chance that she might recommend me for search-and-rescue chaw?”

“But Twilight, if you were in the advanced navigation class with Barran why were you practicing search-and-rescue moves?”

“Because Barran also teaches search-and-rescue. She is the one who taps for the search-and-rescue chaw.”’

Twilight was so excited to tell Soren what he accomplished in Barran’s class, and Barran was genuinely impressed when watching him. I’m sure they aren’t supposed to show emotion when tapping for claws, or maybe that just because we’ve only seen it happen with Ezylryb. And Strix Struma I guess. Barran doesn’t seem to be one to impress easily after overseeing thousands of owls over the years for as long as Strix Struma has (cause I am SURE they came to ga'hoole at the same time). Admit it or not all rybs have favorites, and Twilight was Barran’s.