Falkor is sent to
Atreyu at his
moment of need, he couldn't have had better timing. Just as Atreyu is about to be consumed by the
Gmork, Falkor cascades down from the sky and grabs him up in his
dog-like snout.
He likes
children, not for breakfast, but
genuinely. He likes to be scratched behind the ears, in further accordance with his all-around dogness. He is
glisteningly white and seems to be somehow covered with scales, fur and feathers at the same time. He chuckles, winks, smiles knowingly and can
fly. He has also been known to swim underwater with aparently
no breathing problems. He flies Atreyu all the way to the 'boundaries of Fantasia', despite the Gmork's assertion that
Fantasia has no boundaries.
Even
Bastian gets to soar on the back of Falkor, when the
Empress grants him this first wish. Together, they
scare the shit out of those bullies.