Wick's Associate is a female Burrowing Owl, or Speotyto cunciculria. She was a foot soldier of the Ice Talon League stationed among a contingent of Bylyric's army situated on the southmost peninsula of the Ice Talons during the late years of the War of the Ice Claws. It is implied from her words regarding owlets that she was at one point a mother of at least two and if so, it is a reasonable assumption that her family, like her, were fighters among the Orphan Maker's forces.
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The Rise of a Legend[]
When Octavia infiltrates the Ice Talons to determine Bylyric's current location, she is directed to a female Burrowing Owl who is digging out a small ice hollow furious. Octavia asks if she's getting ready to lay eggs, the Burrowing Owl snaps with incredulity, telling Octavia her time of motherhood is over and that the schneddenfyrr is for her and her alone as they're running out of room within the ice tunnels, but instantly realizes she's said too much and immediately backpedals hastily, claiming she prefers an open hollow, and that the ice is easy to dig, returning to carving out the ice with her legs as she did so. Octavia assists in make the hollow larger and eats the ice worms, which Wick's Associate responds to with delight and gratitude, scanning the rising cliffs of ice as she commented that all of the area could use such a cleaning, swiveling her head as she did so between turning back with narrowed eyes, seemingly having realized she had let her guard down, so asks what Octavia is doing here. Octavia replies that she was sent by Wick and is going to serve in low mess by catching fish. Though exulted at the prospect of eating capelin, the Burrowing Owl quickly quenched the feeling that was deemed an unnecessary weakness among the legions of the Monster of the Ice Massif, and, squaring her shoulders in a no-nonsense manner, curtly orders Octavia to follow her as she guides her to the low mess.
It is unknown if she survived the Battle of the Ice Talons or was killed in action.