- "H'rath and his code are dead. There are new rules now. New codes."
- ―Lord Elgobad, The First Collier, page 145
Lord Elgobad was a male Snowy Owl, or Bubo scandiacus, who was the cousin of Lord Arrin and a warlord of his own force of hagsfiends. He was an excellent fighter but was also known to be a cheat.
History[]
Before the Books[]
In his youth, Elgobad lived on the same firth as Grank's family.
The First Collier[]
Lord Elgobad encounters Theo and attempt to inquire about where he is going. Joined by one of his cousin Arrin's knights, a Great Horned Owl, Elgobad and his ally break the H'rathian code and when they attack, Theo is forced to use his battle claws, killing the Horned in one swipe. Elgobad goes yeep at the sight of this, having never seen battle claws before, just barely managing to recover in order to fly away.
To Be a King[]
Lord Elgobad joins forces with his cousin Lord Arrin to lay siege to the Ice Palace. In battle, he is slain by Emerilla.