Achilles

Achilles is a character in Sunwing. He is a Graywing bat who is well-known by most northern bats for his bravery and strength during the last rebellion against the owls. He is the general of his colony.

Appearance
Achilles is an old Graywing bat. Despite his old age, he is strong and graceful in flight.

Personality
Achilles is a wise, somewhat paternal figure. He has a calm, friendly demeanor and excels at strategizing and reasoning. Though he is generally easygoing, he is also cautious and wary of potential danger.

Sunwing
After escaping from the human enclosure, Marina, Frieda, and Ariel encounter Achilles and a large group of various other bats flying in the night sky. As they approach, Frieda and Achilles greet each other warmly. Achilles tells the group that the Silverwing Hibernaculum had been seized by the owls and that the bats resting within were taken prisoner. He explains that the group he is traveling with is assembled of survivors from other roosts attacked by the owls. He comforts Frieda and convinces her not to return to Hibernaculum and risk her life. He informs her about his plan to travel south to Bridge City and unite with other groups of displaced bats, inviting the Silverwings to travel with his convoy. They join together and begin flying south.

Achilles' group grows progressively larger as they encounter more bats chased from their roosts by the owls. After a long journey, the group finally reaches Bridge City. Achilles and Frieda are summoned to an audience with Halo, the chief elder of the Bridge City Freetail colony. They, along with Marina and Ariel, attend a war council with Halo and the other Bridge City elders to discuss the burgeoning war against the owls. When a Freetail guard alerts Halo that rats in the company of Romulus have arrived, Achilles suspects it to be a trap and asks Halo if she plans to talk to them. After Marina interjects and explains her relationship to Romulus, Halo and Marina go to see the rats, with several Freetail soldiers guarding in the event it is a trap.

Etymology
Achilles, also spelled Achilleus, is a legendary hero in Greek mythology and the protagonist of Homer's Iliad.

Trivia

 * Achilles is the only Graywing in the series referred to by name.