On rare occasions, creatures are magically granted a special trait upon birth, under special circumstances.
List of Special Powers[]
Lunar Eclipse/Nyrolian Owls[]
One of these special circumstances is to be born under an eclipse, which grants unprecedented power for good or evil. One of the benefits of this is that eclipses can be predicted, as Nyra showed when she tried to create an extremely powerful breed of hagsfiend. She, Hoole, and Coryn are some famous examples of owls born under the full moon of an eclipse. Hoole and Coryn had, as a result of this, an extraordinarily large amount of Ga', though in the case of Hoole, it may have been because of his mother.
Web Reading[]
Web-readers are rabbits that have a special crescent-shaped patch of white fur on their forehead. They can peer into spider webs and see small fragments of either the past, present, or future. However, the meaning of those fragments is not always clear, as the web-reader's interpretation of the name "Fengo" shows in The Hatchling. If a web-reader reveals his or her true name, they lose their ability, and there can only ever be one web-reader at a time.
Firesight[]
Being an incredibly rare gift, firesight enables an owl to see the past, present and/or future in the gizzard of a fire. Owls known to have this gift are Grank, Hoole, Coryn and possibly Orf, the blacksmith of Dark Fowl Island.
Starsight[]
Owls born with this ability are able to see bits of the future through dreams. It is described as looking through holes in the piece of cloth. Soren and Hortense are the only owls known to have this gift.
Changelings[]
This is a result of nachtmagen. This is a special ability only ever observed once in the hagsfiend Lutta. The subject in question has the ability to shapeshift into different species of birds, and possibly other animals, but that is not confirmed.