Tayan falcon

The Tayan falcon was a species of predatory bird with sparkling amber feathers found in the mountains of the planet Kinyen. Tayan falcon imagery was used in Kinyen's Doellinist religion, and the birds themselves were revered as avatars of the religion's primary deity, Doellin. They shared a name with Taya, another of Doellin's avatars. The falcons were trained by herders to fend off pests, and the falcons' methods of doing so influenced the socialist Tayan League, the political party that led the planet.

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