Solsten, formally known as Colonel Solsten Ketupa Zeylonensis, was a male Brown Fish Owl, or Bubo zeylonensis. Like all his kind, Solsten's loyalty lay with the Kielian League during the War of the Ice Claws and he served as an instructor of flight formation for the Military Academy. His current status is unknown, but given the timeline, Solsten was presumably dead either from old age or after falling in battle by the beginning of Soren's reign.
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The Rise of a Legend[]
During a formation drill held by Solsten over the training field, the Colonel pointed out the unit of owls training for membership within the Frost Beaks, explaining as he led his cadets in a flat pass over the field that the requirements of a Frost Beak demanded skills only gained through a high level of practice. In response, one of Solsten's students, Lyze, inquired at Solsten's permission the number of ice splinters held by a launcher. Calling the question and excellent one to ask, Solsten told the Whiskered Screech that the number what customarily two, forcing a constantly reload from quartermasters. Though he divulged that Orf was currently in the process of constructing a launcher capable of holding a greater number of splinters, Solsten also reminded the traimees of the need for the splinter and the Frost Beak (a unit consisting primarily of Pygmy Owls, Elf Owls and Northern Saw-whets) to be perfectly balanced in weight.