Physical Description

Older man with an eyepatch and a hawkish nose. Thinning gray hair frames the deep lines in his lightly tanned, weathered skin. His jowls hang like a wildebeest.¹

Role in the Empyrean Series

Iron Flame

Major Ferris appears during the Assembly meeting, where Xaden, Brennan, and the assembly members discuss serious concerns about the safety and security of their secret location, Aretia. “Hawk Nose” explains that he believes that sending the cadets back to Basgiath War College is the only option. He is worried that search patrols will discover Aretia, and they don’t have enough riders to fight them.He also advocates imprisonment and interrogation of Violet, as he thinks she is too dangerous.²

“Hawk Nose” objects to Xaden bringing Basgiath cadets to Aretia.³ After being ordered to provide education to the cadets , he takes over physics and teaches other cadets this subject.⁴

Onyx Storm

Following the Second Aretia Accord, Ulices and Kylynn command the riders stationed in Aretia, under Xaden as reigning noble.⁵

Ulices was in Lewellen durring the Battle of Aretia.⁶

Quotes

“Secure?” Hawk Nose snaps. “You bring a hundred riders and two hundred dragons here and have the nerve to say that word?” His eyes narrow on me. “You may as well have handed Melgren a map of our location. Or was that what she was truly after?”⁷

1. Iron Flame, ch. 1  ↩︎
2. Iron Flame, ch. 1 ↩︎
3. Iron Flame, ch. 37 ↩︎
4. Iron Flame, ch. 38 ↩︎
5. Onyx Storm, ch. 14 ↩︎
6. Onyx Storm, ch. 51 ↩︎
7. Iron Flame, ch. 37 ↩︎