Long ago before the first migration, the animals initiated the Great Battle to establish the balance of nature and the territory limits of every species. The birds and beasts banished all bats into the darkness for not choosing sides. As Shade mistakenly breaks the law, he sets out to reason with the animals.
Bats
Shade: (Bill Switzer) A young heroic Silverwing bat who befriends Marina and uses echo projection Zephyr taught.
Marina: (Sharon Alexander) A young Brightwing bat living alone on the island and befriends Shade. The humans gave the silver band to Marina and the colony banished her. In the series, Shade and Marina remain friends.
Goth: (Michael Dobson) A villainous cannibal bat from South America who was brought to the city for laboratory studies. After escaping from there, he tricks Shade into leading him to the colony. However, Shade and Marina foil Goth's plan.
Frieda: (Pam Hyatt) The banded chief elder and main leader of the Silverwing colony who later reasons with Brutus and the animals.
Bathsheba: (Shirley Millner) A selfish member of the Silverwing elders who dislikes Frieda and Shade. At the end of the series, Bathsheba abandons the colony.
Zephyr: (Richard Newman) A wise and blind albino bat living in the cathedral spire, serving as "traffic controller" and wishing the colony to be safe. He teaches Shade and Marina with star navigation for extensive knowledge, herbal remedies and echo projection.
Scirocco: (Ian James Corlett) The charismatic shapeshifting leader of the colony of banded bats dwelling in the mountain's cabin, where they confront Goth and Throbb.
Penelope: (Randall Carpenter) Marina's best friend and one of the banded bats, whom Shade rescues them.
Hector: (Lee Tockar) Chinook's father and one of the Silverwing elders who reunites with the colony at Hibernaculum. He tells Shade that Cassiel is alive.
Others
Brutus: (Richard Newman) The main leader of the owls who destroyed Tree Haven. He later declines the war and forgives the group of bats.
Orestes: (Richard Ian Cox) Brutus' son who brings nature in peace and fears to study about spiders. After saving Shade and Marina, he saves Brutus from Goth and Throbb.
Atlas: (Michael Dobson) Brutus' assistant and the supporting leader of the owls.
Ursa: (Candus Churchill) The Kermode bear who later serves as the leader of the beasts and protects the animals from wolves.
Luger: (Lee Tockar) The evil leader of the wolves who recruits Goth and Throbb into betraying all animals.
Remus: (Richard Ian Cox) The selfish king of the rats and Romulus' brother.
Romulus: (Lee Tockar) Remus' brother who trusts Shade and Marina, banishes Remus and becomes the new king of the rats.
Differences from the novel
In the novel, Orestes is King Boreal's son, but changes into Brutus' for the series.
Throbb is killed by a thunderstorm in the novel, but survives in the series.
Episodes
Note: The episodes were also released in miniseries format as three television films, including episodes 1-5 were released as A Glimpse of the Sun, episodes 6-9 as Towers of Fire and episodes 10-13 as Redemption.
