The Snow Rose was a Snowy Owl, or Bubo scandiacus, who was a famous gadfeather renowned for her singing abilities. The Snow Rose joined Siv when she was in exile and eventually accompanied Hoole to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The line of Plonk singers at the Great Tree are related to her.
Biography[]
The Coming of Hoole[]
The Snow Rose was a gadfeather renowned for her gift of song. Queen Siv met her while impersonating a gadfeather and listening to her beautiful singing. Later the Snow Rose decided to accompany Queen Siv wherever she was going, and Siv, wanting to keep her identity secret, gave her the name Elka. Then they went to an island in the Bitter Sea where the Glauxian Brothers had begun to set up a retreat and where Siv's son Hoole was raised by Grank.
The Snow Rose held many concerts there, and sometimes Siv flew away to visit Hoole during her concerts. One night the Snow Rose, already suspicious of Siv's absences for some time, decided to follow her. That very night, Siv and her son was attacked by Pleek and Ygryk, and Snow Rose, along with Grank and Theo, defended them from their attackers. After sucessfully fighting off the evil pair, Grank decided to leave the island for the Beyond the Beyond with Hoole and the others, and asked the Snow Rose to join them, but she refused, although grateful for the offer.
Long after that the Snow Rose, having learned that her friend Elka was in truth Queen Siv, participated in the battle in the Beyond to help Siv. After the battle and the defeat of the enemies, she was wounded, but not seriously. Eventually, the Snow Rose followed Hoole, his friends and the H'rath's old troops gathered by Siv to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, which at that time still had no name, since it was given this name by the Hoole's troops in his honor.
To Be a King[]
The Snow Rose decided to stay temporarily at the Great Tree with Hoole. During the nights, she sang for the owls at day breaks. Hoole decided she will play a unique role in soothing the minds of owls from magic and mages.
In order to gain information, Hoole, Phineas, and the Snow Rose went to the Southern Kingdoms to find out more about Emerilla and recruit slipgizzles. In order not to draw any attention to Hoole, the Snow Rose disguised him as a gadfeather, and if asked to sing, Hoole was just to hum along or claim to have a sore throat. Their first stop was at a grog tree, where they found out that a mad young owl took over the Ice Palace. The Snow Rose had to sing with Hoole and Phineas just following along. They managed to get out of the tree as the last note was sung.
The trio then went further to find rogue smiths and hireclaws. They encountered one named Rupert and a hagsfiend which Hoole killed.
After the restoration of the Ice Palace, the Snow Rose stayed at the Great Tree and continued to sing for the owls there. By the time Hoole was dying of old age, her great-granddaughter sang for the Great Tree. The Snow Rose's next descendants would be known as the Plonks.