The Flock

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The Flock is a group of avian-human hybrids that are the main characters in the Maximum Ride series. The Flock consists of Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, The Gasman (Gazzy), and Angel, and they are also joined by Total, the flying, talking dog. Eventually Dylan is added to their ranks.

Original Members

Maximum Ride "Max"

Main article: Maximum "Max" Ride

Max is the titular character and narrator of the series. She has wings like a bald eagle, except they are 13 feet wide. She is 14 and turns 15 in FANG. She is the half-sister of Ella Martinez and Ari Batchelder and is the daughter of Jeb Batchelder and Dr. Valencia Martinez. She has brown eyes and her hair is described as sun-streaked blond or brown. She falls in love with Fang.

Maximum "Max" Ride

Fang

Fang

Main article: Fang (character)

Fang was also 14 years old (15 in FANG, ANGEL, and Nevermore), and is Max's second-in-command, as well as the person she trusts most after herself. Fang is additionally Max's best friend and soulmate.

Iggy

Iggy

Main article: Iggy

Iggy was 14 years old (15 in FANG) and blind, due to an experiment on him by the whitecoats (failed experiment to enhance his night vision). His real name is James Griffiths, and he is the only one besides Max to meet his biological mother and father. He is the best friend of Gazzy, and is like his brother. In Final Warning, the flock discovers that he can see the color white, and later they discover that he can feel color planes.

Nudge

Main article: Nudge

Nudge was 11 years old (12 in FANG) and LOVES to talk. She wanted to find her family and be a normal kid more than any of the other flock members. An attempt was made to find her family, but Erasers found them and tried to kill them before they could. She mentions wanting to cut off her wings as an attempt to be normal, but she never does. Her real name is Monique, as revealed in The Angel Experiment.

Nudge

The Gasman "Gazzy"

Main article: The Gasman (Gazzy)

The Gasman, also called Gazzy or Gaz, was 8 years old (9 in FANG) and Angel's biological brother. He has blond hair and blue eyes, like his sister. He loves explosives and has a knack for trouble like the rest of the flock. He is also like Iggy‘s little brother and his best friend.

The Gasman (Gazzy)

Angel

Main article: Angel (character)

Angel was 6 years old (7 in MAX) and Gazzy's biological sister. She can read minds and send thoughts, breathe underwater, talk to fish, change appearance, and see the future. Later in the series, she becomes more power-hungry.

Angel

Other Members

Total

Main article: Total

Total was a talking dog who eventually developed wings. Angel rescued him from the Institute for Higher Living in The Angel Experiment. He married Akila (an Alaskan Malamute) in FANG. He is described as a black, Scottie-like dog with small black wings.

Dylan

Main article: Dylan

Dylan was a member of the Flock from FANG to Maximum Ride Forever. He had obvious and strong feelings for Max, which caused him to war with Fang. He was designed to be Max's "perfect other half" (of course, destiny is funny that way). He has Caribbean-blue eyes and chocolate-colored wings. He was cloned from a human who had died in a car crash, then given wings. He can see incredibly far, even into space.

Ari Batchelder

Main article: Ari Batchelder

Ari was Max's seven-year-old half-brother, who was turned into an Eraser by the School. He was killed by Max in The Angel Experiment, but was brought back to life. He joined Max's mini-flock in Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, though it was only temporary, as he died at the end of the novel. Clones of Ari appeared once more in Nevermore.

Ari

Membership Changes and Other Flocks

The entire Flock (minus Angel), as shown in Maximum Ride: The Manga

The flock split or gained new members multiple times throughout the series.

In Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, the flock split into two smaller "mini-flocks" due to Max inviting Ari to join them and Fang not wanting to be in the same flock as him. One mini-flock was headed by Max, and its members were Total, Angel, Nudge, and Ari. The other mini-flock was headed by Fang and was composed of Iggy and Gazzy.

In FANG, Max and Fang were temporarily kicked out of the Flock, primarily by Angel, because they were too focused on their relationship with each other. At the same time, Dylan joined the Flock.

Later, Fang left and started his own "flock," Fang's Gang, made up of himself, Maya, Star, Kate, Holden Squibb, and Ratchet.

In The Angel Experiment, the Flock rescued a similar group of mutants from The Institute for Higher Living, and another winged bird-kid girl led them away on their own. This "second flock" is not mentioned in any of the books after this.