Some Bird Laguz Q&A

I'm posting this because the ravens and the herons have given me canon-confirmation headaches every time I've had to write the little bastards, and I've found myself having to look up the same stuff over and over, so I might as well keep all the info in one place to save me some trouble.

(Yes I'm whining even though I've only done a couple bird laguz fics. Shush.)

Feel free to correct me or comment on my random speculations and whatnot; my knowledge of this stuff is far from encyclopedic, and having all the info and thoughts and such in one place would help me out.

( Where all have the herons lived and who have been their caretakers? )

( When did the Blood Pact plague strike Kilvas? )

( Who survived the Serenes Massacre? )

( How the hell did that united bird kingdom thing work out? )

( Are there non-sentient forms of the animals the laguz transform into? )

( Random extra gripe )

( Footnotes )