Maximum (Max) Ride is the main protagonist and the narrator of the Maximum Ride series. She is one of the most ancient of the avian-human hybrids created by the School, and she is also the leader of the Flock. Her biological mother and father is Valencia Martinez and Jeb Batchelder and Ari is her half-brother. Her love interest is either Fang or Dylan, and it is unclear at this point of who she will be portrayed by in the upcoming film.