ROOK BARKWATER

'Rook Barkwater' is a fictional character in the children's book series ''The Edge Chronicles''. He is the great-grandson of Cloud Wolf, grandson of Twig Verginix and the great nephew of Tem Barkwater. He appears in ''The Last of the Sky Pirates'', '' Vox'', and ''Freeglader''. In The Last of the Sky Pirates he is a brave young under-librarian in the sewers of Old Undertown, when he is selected to make the perilous journey to the Free Glades to become a Librarian Knight. He is helpful, kind and thoughtful, and even when he loses his skycraft, he doesn't give up. Magda Burlix appears to be his love interest, although she has feelings for his best friend, Xanth as well.
Rook Barkwater, who featured in The last of the Sky Pirates, as a disobedient thirteen year old boy, has black hair and 'startling blue eyes'. By Freeglader he has matured and leads the exodus from Undertown. He also appears in The Lost Barkscrolls as the commander of the third roost, a post of great importance, and leads the enitre Freeglader force into battle.