The Falcon Brothers (鷹の兄弟, Taka no Kyōdai) consist of Falkner, Gawain and Altair Tori. Each are Shinigami attached to the 8th Division in the Gotei 13, under Captain Erika Fujibayashi, where they serve as high-ranking members of the Hayaiōtōtai. Before that they served alongside Erika and Kensei Muguruma during the Ryū Order's early years as a Bounty Hunting Agency spanning the Human World. During the Engelhaft Gewitter assault on Soul Society Falkner died, leaving only Gawain and Altair.