====== Main Entry: kestrel ======

Pronunciation: [KES-truhl]

Word origin: //Ultimately derived from the French word 'crecelle', meaning 'rattle' and referring to its cry.//

Definition: //Any of numerous small birds of the genus Falco -- falcons -- all of which hover whilst hunting.//

====== Contestant #21528 ======

Introduced: //Season Two, Year One//

Name: //Kestrel//

Alias(es): //Kes//, //Staniel//, //Kay Arbuthnot-Jenkins//

Gender: //NB//

Age: //unknown//

Height: //5'7"//

Eyes: //grey-blue//

Hair: //brown//

Previous clan membership: [[qqq|Quack Quack Quack]]; [[germ|General Engineering Racketeering n' Musical Guild]]
\\ ----Note: //contestant was listed as a member of the 'Sanctum of Dirt' for little over three months, but no application forms were ever filed.//

Current clan membership: [[germ|General Engineering Racketeering n' Musical Guild]] //(officer)//

Known residence(s): [[real_estate_listing#the_aerie|The Aerie]], //(8,21)//; [[real_estate_listing#the_germ_bingo_hall_dunbernarding_wing|The Bingo Hall]], //(13,12)//

----Note: //contestant is sometimes accompanied by a small creature nicknamed 'Kagero', similar in appearance to the mythical western dragon. Its presence during the detonation of an Improbability Bomb triggered the creation of a new type of fauna now living at the explosion site. The jungle creatures commonly referred to as 'Tiny Dragons', first sighted some years later, are believed to be unrelated.//

----Note: //contestant is known to have some control over Improbability in keeping with other Jokers, including instinctive use of teleportation and 'air'.//

----Note: //contestant has displayed a reluctance to comply with some Network procedures. Any necessary contact should be made through the Watcher or the contestant's former 'Project Formspring' handler.//