The heron

In the ninth episode, in the Frog Prince story, Brennan describes a beautiful figure with white feathers and a long beak emerging from the wood line NA E9·01:16:08. It is a tall, long-legged, stork-like bird that takes a stately couple of steps into the shallows of the water's edge NA E9·01:16:08. When Gerard says hello, Brennan says the heron does not seem to respond to spoken words and is just a heron NA E9·01:16:33.

In the ninth episode the heron steps over to the frog Fred, grabs him, crushes his spine and eats him, and Brennan says neither the heron nor Fred experiences any emotion or sense of self as it happens NA E9·01:16:49 NA E9·01:17:04. When it then looks around toward Gerard, an arrow pierces its side and a royal hunter grabs it and snaps its neck, saying there is supper NA E9·01:17:56 NA E9·01:18:09.

In the eighteenth episode, checking the fish traps at an icy lake, Gerard sees a white shape flying overhead and a heron landing along the beach NA E18·00:34:11. When Rapunzel's reflection speaks to him, Gerard says he is hiding from the bird NA E18·00:37:07 NA E18·00:37:20. Brennan says the heron whips its head around and starts to walk over, and the Baba Yaga says the bird is getting very close NA E18·00:40:49 NA E18·00:44:23. After Gerard gives up his name and humanity, he becomes enormous, the frightened heron flaps away, and Gerard snatches it into his mouth, with the sound of bones crunching NA E18·00:44:53 NA E18·00:45:48.