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Elowyn Greenbriar

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* Holly Black wiki

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by PhantomRin

**Elowyn Greenbriar**, also known as **Princess Elowyn**, was a faerie and a princess of Elfhame. She was the daughter of her unnamed mother and second-born child to Eldred Greenbriar, great-granddaughter of Mab Greenbriar, sister to Balekin, Dain, Rhyia, Caelia and Cardan Greenbriar, aunt to Oak and sister-in-law to Jude Greenbriar née Duarte. Princess Elowyn led what was known as the Circle of Larks.

## Physical Description

Elowyn is described as having glittering gold skin and hair the deep green of ivy.

## Personality

Jude always thought of Elowyn as the kind sister, however she soon discovers that she is sorely mistaken.

## Biography

### Early Life

Elowyn was the second of Eldred's six children and led the Circle of Larks, formed by poets and musicians.

### The Coronation Ceremony

During Prince Dain's coronation ceremony, Prince Balekin made a move with the Grand General, Madoc, to seize the throne. As this happened, Prince Balekin thrust out his arm towards Princess Elowyn and his blade pierced her throat.

At first, the wound looked harmless, but after a moment, blood started pouring out. She staggered to her hands and knees and Taniot, the mother of Prince Dain, rushed to Princess Elowyn's aid in attempt to stem the blood with the skirts of her dress. However, despite her efforts, Princess Elowyn died.

Following her death Cardan told The Roach where to find Elowyn's jewelry so he could steal it.

### *How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories*

Cardan believes that Elowyn was the most likely of Eldred's children to succeed him to the throne.

## Relationships

### Balekin

Balekin and Elowyn are often at odds, due to the fact that they are both trying to be chosen by their father to become the next ruler of Elfhame.

The Roach states that Balekin might marry Elowyn, which has happened before among the Gentry. Although Elowyn would most likely stab Balekin before marrying him.

### Dain Greenbriar

Elowyn has a rocky relationship with Prince Dain, due to the fact both of them are trying to be chosen by their father to become the next ruler of Elfhame Dain often sends his spies to spy on Elowyn and gather information about her actions.

### Jude Duarte

When Jude was eleven, she was spotted hiding under the banquet table at one of the revels by a particularly bored member of the Gentry. He dragged her out by one foot, kicking and squirming. Then he compelled her to drink faerie wine and danced her around the hill. She felt dizzy and sick. Princess Elowyn found her at the end of the revel, puking and crying. Elowyn didn’t ask Jude a single thing about how she got that way, just handed her over to Oriana like she was a misplaced jacket.

## References

1. ↑ *The Cruel Prince*, Chapter 25
2. ↑ *How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories*, Chapter III
Snapdragon

SPOILER WARNING

**Snapdragon** is a faerie and a member of the Court of Shadows, the spy group that worked for Prince Dain, the spy group that worked for Prince Dain and now answers to the Queen.

## Physical Description

Snapdragon is a hob-faced owl. It has black eyes.

## Biography

Snapdragon was once a messenger for Prince Dain. After Dain's murder, it became a messenger for the Court of Shadows. It goes by Snapdragon, but Jude Duarte doesn't know if that's just a code name.

* The Wicked King

Snapdragon is frequently on the Roach's shoulders.

Snapdragon helps Jude and the Roach carry and abduct cargo of mortals who have been tunneling out new rooms in the Court of Shadows. How have been from their beds just after dusk, they will be returned just before dawn and are given a month’s wages for a single stolen night.
Rhyia Greenbriar

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**Rhyia Greenbriar**, also known as **Princess Rhyia** or the **Huntress**, was a faerie and a princess of Elfhame. She was the daughter of her unnamed mother and fourth-born child of Eldred Greenbriar, great-granddaughter of Mab Greenbriar, sister to Balekin, Elowyn, Caelia and Cardan Greenbriar, aunt to Oak and sister-in-law to Jude Greenbriar née Duarte.

## Physical Description

All of King Eldred’s children have an animal feature, however, Rhyia’s animal feature is unknown.

## Personality

Not much is known about Rhyia’s personality, except that she is close friends with Vivienne, as the two liked to gossip and spend time together on hunting trips. Rhyia is willing to kill herself rather than to help her brother Prince Balekin claim the throne. From this, one can infer that she is extremely brave and loyal, and has a strong moral compass. She is also a good fighter as seen in the Summer Tournament. Cardan says that Rhyia is his favorite of his siblings, even though he doesn't know her well.

## Biography

* The Cruel Prince
* The Lost Sisters
* How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

### The Coronation

The Summer Tournament is held on the edge of a cliff on Insweal. Jude wants Princess Rhyia to choose her to be one of her knights.

During Balekin's unsuccessful coup, Princess Rhyia is not willing to crown him High King. She brings a knife to her own throat, pressing the point just below her ear. Rhyia slices her own throat, killing herself, to prevent Balekin from using her to become High King.

Vivi invites Taryn to go riding with her and Rhyia. Rhyia asks Vivi about Heather and Vivi replies that she first noticed Heather with paint on her face. Rhyia realizes that Heather is a artists. When Taryn says to bring Heather to faerie and Vivi replies that she'll keep her for herself, Rhyia says that love is greedy.

Cardan comes across Rhyia in a parlor during a state dinner finding that she is reading a book. When Carden approaches her, she asks if he has read many human books. Carden replies that humans are disgusting, which seems to amuse Rhyia. She tells Cardan that Vivienne gave her the book and she finds it to be nonsense, but amusing. Giving him the book, he finds that it is called *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass*. Rhyia then tells him it read it. Cardan is shocked and wonders "what he'd done that was worthy of being commemorated with a present." Rhyia replies that she thinks he could use a little nonsense.

## Relationships

### Friends and Allies

* Vivienne

Rhyia and Vivienne were said to have been very close. Vivienne considered Rhyia her only true friend in Faerie. They often went on hunting trips together.

## References

1. ↑ *How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories*: page 76
Rovina Cai

**Rovina Cai**  was the illustrator for How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, with each chapter being paired with lavish and luminous full-colour art by Cai.

## About

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Rovina Cai is a freelance illustrator who works across a variety of genres. Her poetic imagery has served as book covers, posters, and interior art for novels and picture books. Always up for a challenge, she enjoys collaborating on interesting projects no matter the application.

Evoking a sense of place and atmosphere is a hallmark of Rovina’s work. She delights in creating intriguing images that make the viewer linger and hungry to know more. Rovina has visited and lived in a number of countries throughout her life, and these experiences inform her work. She believes one of the most valuable things an illustrator can offer is their unique and personal perspective. Indeed, her distinctive style has been meticulously crafted to reflect this.

Rovina is a graduate of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her work has been recognised by organisations like the Society of Illustrators, Spectrum Fantastic Art, and the Children’s Book Council of Australia.

In her spare time, Rovina likes to sketch in museums and daydream about the many cats she will adopt one day. She currently works out of a cozy studio in an old convent building in Melbourne, Australia.

Some of Rovina Cai's work includes:
Gancanagh

**Gancanagh** also known as **love-talker** and **honey-mouths** is a faerie who is able to quicken so much desire in mortals that they can die from it. Faeries do not find this passion lethal, but are not immune to it.

## Description

It is said Liriope was a gancanagh and that's how she charmed both Eldred Greenbriar and Dain Greenbriar into her bed. Locke, her oldest son is said to have inherited her powers and used them to make both Jude Duarte and her twin Taryn Duarte his lovers, and to have stolen Cardan Greenbriar's former betrothed Nicasia from him. Oak, Liriope's youngest son, is also said to have inherited her powers but claims not to use them.

## Known Gancanagh

* Liriope
* Locke
* Oak
Circle of Grackles

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The **Circle of Grackles** is a group of the Court that is lead by Prince Balekin.

## Purpose

The Circle of Grackles enjoy merriment and scorn anything getting in the way of it. They drink themselves sick and numb themselves with poisonous and delightful powders. They are committed to decadence, and their debauchery is legendary. It is well known that the courtiers who attend the revels in Hollow Hall are indolent pleasure seekers. However, when speaking to people outside their circle they always seem sober and composed. They are the wildest of the three circles. They love debauchery. The Circle of Grackles is one of the largest and most influential circles at Court.

They also wanted Balekin to become the next High King due to their closeness to him.
Pixie

**Pixies** are immortal beings that live in the Faerie realm and the Human realm, who possess magical abilities as well as longevity.

## Abilities

Pixies have the the ability of flight via their wings. They, like all the other fae, do not possess the ability to lie.

## Physical Description

Pixies have wings that grow out of their back. They can have abnormal skin colors, such as green or white. They can have abnormal eye colors as well. Many have long noses and tattered wings similar to a moth's.

## Notable Pixes

* Kaye Fierch
* Fand
Faerie Fruit

Faerie Fruit by Osfolio

**Everapple**, also known as **Faerie Fruit**, is described as a squishy, reddish-gold fruit. Its flesh is red and dense, with a cloying smell. It is said to make humans "ridiculously" suggestible, allowing anyone to make them do anything.

## Description

It tastes sweet and rotten at the same time. It contains honeyed juice that tastes of sunlight and pure heady, stupid joy. It muddles the mind and makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste. It makes humans plaint, suggestible, and ridiculous. It puts you out of even your own control.

## History

While they were in school, Valerian forced Jude Duarte to eat some. He shoves her onto the ground and began choking her with the fruit. He watched her with an expression of mild curiosity. Even while she is choking to death, the fruit is making her feel joyful. She begins to stop fighting back because she doesn't want to hurt him while feeling so happy. Once she'd eaten it, the Folk were able to persuade her into doing things she normally didn't do. The only way to stop this is by eating salt.

After the trauma of what happened, Jude begins taking faerie fruit, and other common poisons in small doses (wraithberry leaves, deathsweet blossoms and drops of blusher mushroom liquid), to build up her immunity to them.

When Jude pretends to be Taryn at Locke's estate, she is shocked and disturbed to find that Taryn has been regularly eating faerie fruit since marrying Locke.
Fand

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* Holly Black wiki

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**Fand** is a pixie and was the first member of Judeʻs personal guard as the High Queen and competed on Jude's team during The Summer Tournament.

## Physical Description

Her skin is the blue of flower petals, which is even more blazingly cerulean under the bright sky.

## Personality

Fand is dedicated, hard-working, and friendly. When Jude needed a personal guard, Fand was the first to voluenteer and is very loyal to Jude.

## Biography

### The Summer Tournament

At The Summer Tournament, which was held on the edge of a cliff on Insweal, Fand wore armor in varying shades of blue, from oceanic to berry, with her green sash cutting across the breastplate. This made her stand out no matter how she fared, which is a calculated risk. When she did well and stuck out to the audience as a talented warrior. Valerian knocked Fand to the dirt at some point during the tournament. She competed on the same team as Jude Duarte

### High Queen Jude's Personal Guard

Fand had become a knight in the High Court, as she had always dreamed of. She was appreciative that High Queen Jude has remembered Fand from The Summer Tournament and eventually, upon offer, became the first member and leader of High Queen Jude's personal guard.
Insweal

**Insweal**, also known as the Isle of Woe, is located east of Insmoor and is one of the islands that make up Elfhame.

## Description

Insweal is a forbidding island, large stretches of its landscape are bare of greenery. There are just black rocks and tide pools.

The island is populated with only a few fir trees, silvery stags, and the occasional treefolk. It's possible to cross between Insmire and Insweal entire on foot if you don't mind leaping stone to stone, walking through the Milkwood, and probably getting at least somewhat wet.

The Summer Tournament is held on the edge of a cliff on Insweal. The Tower of Forgetting is aslo located on the northernmost part of the island.
Brambleweft

**Brambleweft** is a faerie and a dressmaker who is suspected to have worked for Prince Dain.

## Physical Description

Brambleweft has feet that are turned backward, giving her an odd gait. Her eyes are like those of a goat, brown with a horizontal line of black just at the center. She has long fingers.

## Biography

### Preparing for the Coronation Ceremony

Brambleweft made Jude, Taryn, Oriana and Oak's outfits for Prince Dain's coronation. Brambleweft added pockets for weapons in Jude's gown, so it is assumed that she worked for Prince Dain.
Elfhame

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**Elfhame** is the main setting of *The Folk of the Air* series

## History

Mab Greenbriar was the first High Queen of Elfhame. She had commissioned a blacksmith named Grimsen to create the crown of Elfhame for her and her descendants.

Queen Mab’s crown was magically and wondrously wrought so that it passes only from one blood relation to another in an unbroken line. With the crown passes the oaths of all those sworn to it, although her subjects gather at each new coronation to renew their fealty. The authority still rests in the crown.

This makes it difficult to take the throne of Elfhame by force. A condition of the crown was that there must be two royal children when a coronation takes place, one to crown and one to be crowned. Only when there are less than two descendants of Mab's line will the crown be broken.

## Description

Elfhame is made up of four islands. Insmire, Insear and Insweal create an outer circle with Insmoor in the middle. All three islands are connected by half-submerged rocky paths and stones large enough that it's possible to leap your way from one to the next. Insmire contains the Palace of Elfhame, Madoc's Stronghold and Hollow Hall. Insmire is where most of the inhabitants of Elfhame live. Originally, Elfhame was made up of only three islands (Insmire, Insweal and Insmoor) until King Cardan created the fourth island, Insear.

## Notable Locations

* Palace of Elfhame
* Crooked Forest
* Madoc's Stronghold
* More...

## Trivia

* Elfhame and its High Court were first referenced in Holly Black's 2002 novel *Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale*.

## Appearances

* *The Lament of Lutie-loo*
* *The Cruel Prince*
* *The Lost Sisters*
* *The Wicked King*
* *The Queen of Nothing*
* *How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories*
A Visit to the Impossible Lands

***A Visit to the Impossible Lands*** is a short story found in the Barnes & Noble Edition of *The Cruel Prince*. The story focuses on the relationship between Roiben and Kaye Fierch.

## Triva

* Kaye and Roiben are characters from Holly Black’s other book series *Modern Faerie Tales*.
* This short story can only be found in the back of *The Cruel Prince* in Barnes & Noble Editions.
Tiernan

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**Tiernan** is Prince Oak's personal guard and a spy from the Court of Shadows. He accompanies Oak on his quest to the Ice Needle Citadel.

## Physical Description

Tiernan is a few years older than Oak's seventeen. He has short blackberry hair and brown eyes. One of his pointed ears has a single silver hoop piercing. He has broad shoulders. A thin dusting of stubble darkens his jaw.

## Personality

Tiernan is generally grumpy and not very talkative. He can cast glamours of misdirection.

## Biography

### Early Life

Tiernan was once an officer in Madoc's army. Tiernan and Hyacinthe were once lovers. Tiernan "captured" Hyacinthe outside the Citadel and Oak placed Grimsen's bridle on him.

### *The Stolen Heir*

Oak, Wren, Tiernan, and Hyacinthe embark on a quest to the Court of Teeth.

## Trivia

* Tiernan loves instant ramen, despite the salt messing up his magic for a while. He finds it addictive.
Wraithberry

Wraithberry by Osfolio

**Wraithberry** is a poison that makes your blood race until your heart stops.

## History

Jude used the leaf of a wraithberry to build up her immunity.

Balekin used wraithberry in *The Wicked King* to poison his brother, Cardan. This made Cardan seem to be drunk and unable to comprehend what someone was saying to him. However, Jude was able to get Cardan the antidote.
Liriope's Acorn

This **acorn** belonged to Liriope and represents a pivotal moment in Liriope's life when she dispatched it after discovering Prince Dain Greenbriar's deadly intentions.

Following Liriope's poisoning with the Blusher Mushroom orchestrated by The Ghost under Prince Dain's command, Oriana managed to recover one of the acorns, albeit only moments too late. It was during this critical juncture that she extracted baby Oak, severing him from Liriope's womb and raising him as her own son, naming him after the "golden oak," synonymous with the acorn.
Human

**Humans** are the prime inhabitants of the Mortal Realm, they are mortal creatures. Humans can be found in the Faerie Realm as well; however meager.

## Abilities

Humans are weaker in comparison to fey. Humans are susceptible to compulsion from the fey, meaning most humans residing in the Faerie Realm have been kidnapped and taken against their will. Humans are then compelled and become mindless servants in Faerie households. However, unlike fey, they have the ability to lie. Humans also are able to have children easier then fey.

## Physical Description

Humans have round ears and have softer bone structure than the fey. They can't see very well in darkness.

## Notable Humans

* Jude Duarte
* Taryn Duarte
* Justin Duarte †
* Eva Duarte †
* Heather
* Sophie †
* Val Moren
* Rebecca
* Dario
* Gwen
Courts

**Faerie** **Courts** are like smaller kingdoms within their respective kingdoms, like Elfhame or the Undersea. However, some courts are independent.

## Description

All Courts pledge fealty to their ruler and that ruler pledges fealty to the High Court. Most of the solitary fey have made vows of obedience to Elfhame.

## Known Courts

* Courts in Elfhame
	+ High Court
	+ Court of Moths
	+ Court of Teeth
	+ Court of Termites
	+ Court of Bone
* The Undersea
Locke's Father

**Locke's father** is a faerie. He is the father to Locke and a former consort to Liriope.

## Personality

Locke's father was said to be too wild for the Court. He liked the deep, feral woods far better than Liriope's intrigues, so he left for the Wild.

## Biography

### Early Life

When his son, Locke, was young, Locke's father left to go live in the Wild.
Val Moren

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Art by Phantomrin

**Val Moren** is the Court Poet for the High Court and former Seneschal for the High King Eldred.

## Physical Description

He is stooped and spindly with a narrow face. His long hair is full of sticks. There is a scald crow perched on one shoulder. He leans heavily on a staff of smooth wood that has begun to bud at the very top. He looks like a young man despite being much older, because he has never left Elfhame. Although there are no age lines on his face, you can see it in his eyes.

## Personality

He is strange, speaks in vague riddles, and is widely considered insane. Val Moren cared for Eldred deeply and keeps his promises to Eldred as if he was sworn under an oath himself, even after Eldred was killed.

While his is mortal like Jude and Taryn, he has never made common cause of their mortality. He never tried to help them, never tried to reach out to them to make them feel less alone.

## Biography

### Early Life

He is rumored to have been lured away from the mortal lands, where his father owned a mill, to Eldred’s bed in his youth. He's been in the Court since long before the time Jude and her sisters came.

Val Moren says that when he met Eldred for the first time Eldred rode up on a milk-white steed, and all the imaginings of his life were as dust and ashes.

* The Cruel Prince
* The Wicked King
* How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Val Moren leads the ceremony to crown the new High King, before the ceremony is interrupted by Balekin’s coup. Val ends up kneeling on his hands and knees, on the dais while everyone is being killed around him.

Since Eldred's murder, Val Moren has found himself at the center of the Circle of Larks. Jude sees him in the palace toasting an eel in the flames of a massive fireplace. Faerie artists and musicians sit around him. He's singing softly to himself. He asks Jude why he hasn't come to him for advice yet. Jude asks if he has any. Val Moren replies that he will give her the finest advice anyone's ever given her, but she will not heed it. He tells her that his advice to her is to learn to juggle better than he did. This makes Jude furious and she walks away.

When Carden is expected to attend state dinners, and other functions at Court, Val Moren is seen glaring at him with hatred. Val Moren still blames Cardan for killing his human lover, even though it was actually Dain who killed him.
The Shards of El

When the first being cracked, six pieces fell on a nearby star, changing its power. Being pieces of everlasting power, they arose and awakened into the six gods of the Uwan Pantheon, the "Shards of El".

## Negyr, The Prime (more)

The most powerful and misterious of the five shards. As the God of Time and Order, he oversees the well-being of Uwa and balances the power of his siblings.

## Kothnid, the Kind (more)

He is the god of light and nature and he rules over the day. Caring for the well-being of all life on Uwa he represents all that shines and that is righteous.

## Nuthens, the Gloom (more)

The goddess of darkness and patron of all magic users, she rules over the night. It's said that she likes to watch over all Uwa using the stars as her eyes.

## Vorvadoss, the Scorned (more)

As the god of death and decay he oversees all that ends, guiding souls to the afterlife and then helping them to reincarnate.

## Ulthir, the Shy (more)

The god of spirit and mind, he oversees the spiritual and elemental energy of Uwa. He's the patron of all the shamans and spiritual leaders. He's the creator of the the four elemental lords of Uwa.

## Zufar, the Lost (more)

The lost shard of El, the God of Realization, Zufar was the Shard who sacrificed a big part of himself to complete the turning of Uwa into a planet, becoming a small fragment of his former self. The majority of his body is now the planet of Uwa, where his siblings and their creations now live. After this act he disappeared from his siblings.
Nightfell

Jude holding Nightfell by Gabriella Bujdoso

**Nightfell** is Jude Duarte's sword.

## Description

It is described as a perfectly balanced sword with diamonds and sapphire embedded in its hilt. The guard and pommel are unadorned and elegantly shaped. The blade is etched along the fuller with a barely visible pattern of vines. It's said to bring the wielder luck.

## History

Nightfell was gifted to Jude by Madoc. Nightfell was crafted by Jude's father, Justin Duarte, for Madoc while he lived in the Faerie realm.

As a sword is Jude's weapon of choice, she rarely parts from it. When she does, it is in the unfortunate incident of seven assassins attacking her in the dead of night.

After Cardan exiled Jude to the mortal world, she took Nightfell with her. When she went back to Faerie she didn't bring the sword with her but Taryn Duarte brought it back when she rescued her sister at Madoc's camp.

As Queen, Jude sometimes carried the sword around in a new, glamorous sheath.

## Known owners

* Madoc (formerly)
* Jude Duarte (currently)

## Gallery

Images of Jude with Nightfell

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## References

1. ↑ The Wicked King
2. ↑ The Queen of Nothing
Caelia Greenbriar

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* Holly Black wiki

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**Caelia Greenbriar**, also known as **Princess Caelia**, was a faerie and a princess of Elfhame. She was the daughter of her unnamed mother and second youngest child of Eldred Greenbriar, great-granddaughter of Mab Greenbriar, sister to Balekin, Elowyn, Rhyia and Cardan Greenbriar, aunt to Oak and sister-in-law to Jude Greenbriar née Duarte.

## Physical Description

Caelia has corn silk hair like her father’s and of course, pointed ears. All of King Eldred's children have an animal feature, however, Caelia‘s animal feature is unknown.

## Personality

Not much is known about her personality, but she seemed to have hated bloodshed and cared for her family. She was the only one to give in for the sake of her relatives and try to crown Balekin.

## Biography

### Early Life

Caelia was the fifth of Eldred's six children. Like her other sisters, Princess Caelia didn't care for her youngest brother, Prince Cardan. She was never willing to risk her father's wrath by standing up for him.

### The Coronation Ceremony

After slaughtering her father, brother and sister, Prince Balekin turned to Princess Caelia and Princess Rhyia and demanded that one of them crown him High King. Caelia dropped the knife she was holding and stepped forward, offering to crown him in order to stop the bloodshed. She was dressed in a stomacher of gold and a skirt of blue, a circlet of berries in her loose hair.

Princess Caelia was about to crown Prince Balekin when the Ghost shot a bolt from the rafters that struck Caelia in the chest. Her eyes went wide and her hands fluttered over her heart as though the wound was immodest and she needed to cover it. Then her eyes rolled back and she fell down to the ground without a sigh, dead.

### How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

After Cardan and Nicasia meet, in which Cardan insults Nicasia and Nicasia finds it funny, Caelia tries to come and distract Nicasia from Cardan. Cardan tells Caelia to go away, that the sea princess finds her wearisome.
Blusher Mushroom

Blusher Mushroom by Osfolio

**Blusher Mushroom** is a type of poison found in Faerieland.

## Description

It is a pale fungus that blooms with beads of a red liquid that looks uncomfortably like blood.

## Usage

In small doses it causes paralysis, while in large doses it causes death, even for the Folk. It is said that when one takes the poison, it makes their body stop working until they die. They aren't dangerous if you don't drink the red liquid.

## History

When Prince Dain found out Liriope was pregnant, he plot her murder. He ordered The Ghost to poison her with blusher mushroom, provided by Queen Orlagh, and she eventually died because of it.

Jude used the tiniest bead of juice from the blusher mushroom to build up her immunity to the poison. She learns that an antidote can be made with the honey of black-horned bees.

While blusher mushrooms are rare, they do grow wild on the island of Insmire. Jude was able to pick them in the Milkwood.

Oak tells Suren that he when he was cut from his mother's womb when she died, he has blusher mushroom in his veins. This gives him a higher tolerance for the poison and makes him believe that he is poison.
Mandrake Market

From The Wicked King

**The Mandrake Market** is located on the tip of Insmoor.

## Description

It's exactly the sort of place that Oriana warned Taryn and Jude from visiting. It's full of Folk eager to make bargains. It's open only in the misty mornings, when most of Elfhame is asleep. There are many different stalls selling everything one can imagine.

## History

Jude has been to the Mandrake Market twice before, accompanying Madoc. She visits a third time by herself to find a dress and a mask for the masquerade ball hosted for Lord Roiben by Locke as Master of Revels. While there she passes trays of oysters smoking on a bed of kelp, spun-sugar animals, little acorn cups filled with wine, enormous sculptures of horn, a stall where a bent-backed woman takes a bush and draws charms on the soles of shoes, and many other types of stalls.

While at the Market, Jude also sees Mother Marrow who offers who soup and bargains with her for a dress.
Circle of Falcons

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The **Circle of Falcons** was a group of the Court that was lead by Prince Dain.

## Purpose

The Circle of Falcons was made up of knights, warriors, and strategists, all lead by Prince Dain. They had very high up members of the army in their ranks, including the High King’s General. They talked about honor, but what they really cared about was power. Jude Duarte wanted to be a member of this circle, but was stopped by Madoc.

They wanted Dain to become the next High King due to their closeness to him.

## Notable Members

* Prince Dain †
* Madoc (Formerly)
Insmoor

**Insmoor**, also known as the **Isle of Stone**, is the smallest island of the three islands that make up Elfhame.

## History

In *The Cruel Prince* a herd of stags is swimming toward Insmoor, seeking the best grazing.

In *The Wicked King* Jude Duarte went to Mandrake Market in search of a dress and a mask for the mascarade hosted in honor of Lord Roiben.
Clone Trooper

**Clone Troopers**are highly trained soldiers of the Galactic Republic.

## Overview

Clone Troopers were identical, genetically modified clones who are armed with DC-15A Blaster Rifles and Thermal Detonators or Concussion Grenades. They wear Phase I battle armor and helmets with T-shaped visors. The Clone Troopers used color to distinguish clone officers from each other and the rest of the rank-and-file stock: commanders were marked by yellow stripes, olive green for sergeants, red for captains and blue for lieutenants.
AAT

The **Armored Assault Tank (AAT)**are the main battle tanks of the Separatist Alliance.

## Overview

The AAT are formidable vehicles with heavy-thick frontal armor that allowed it to plow through walls and had heavy weaponry including a heavy laser cannon, two repeating blaster cannons, two light blaster cannons and six chain-fed energized shell projectile launchers. They are for anti-infantry and anti-vehicle use and its crew consisted of a pilot, two gunners and can carry six passengers on the hand grips on the outside of the tank. The gunners operated both secondary blasters and the pilot controlled the main turret. The AAT could be destroyed with EMP Grenades or explosives and were also vulnerable to lightsabers and other vehicles.
Grima Mog

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by nightcourt4evr

**Grima Mog** is a redcap and the former general for the Court of Teeth and the current Grand General of Elfhame.

## Physical appearance

There is a green tint to her skin and her bottom teeth are overlarge, and all of her teeth are sharp. She keeps her sword in a cane while in the human realm.

## Personality

As a redcap, Grima Mog craves violence, blood, and murder. In fact, redcaps get a little twitchy when there's none to be had for stretches of time. She dips her cap in the blood of her enemies after slaying them. She is known for being fearsome. Jude recalls Madoc reading to her at bedtime from the memoirs of her battle strategies. She enjoys scaring others. She also enjoys a good challenge like most redcaps.

## Biography

### Early Life

Grima Mog used to be the general for the Court of Teeth, but was dismissed and left to live in the Mortal Realm.

### Meeting Jude Duarte

When Jude Duarte was hired to get Grima Mog to stop eating other Folk in the human world, Grima Mog recognized Jude as Madoc's human foster daughter. Jude threatened to burn Grima Mog's cap if she didn't vow to stop killing humans and faeries while she resided in the mortal world, to which Grima Mog countered with a duel. Jude agreed to those terms and later won the duel.

### Becoming General of the High Court

When Jude was being rescued from Madoc's camp by her sisters, Vivienne and Taryn Duarte, Grima Mog came to assist along with the Roach and High King Cardan. After Cardan became a serpent, Grima Mog was later made Grand General to the High Court.
Court of Moths

**The** **Court of Moths** is the southmost Unseelie court. It is ruled by Queen Annet.

## Description

The Court of Moths is a savage place, risky even for a prince of Elfhame. While vassals of the High Court, they're known to be as violent as vultures. It's south and east, toward the sea, and is the southernmost Court on the coast. It is located underground.

## History

The Queen of the Court of Moths attended Prince Dain's coronation in the High Court at the Palace of Elfhame. However, they were the first to leave after Prince Balekin made an attempt to take the blood crown by force and slaughtered nearly all his family.

## Known Members

* Queen Annet
* The Thistlewitch
* Dvort
* Habetrot
* Lupine
Justin Duarte

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**Justin Duarte** was a human who lived in Faerieland for some time before returning to the mortal realm. He was the father to Taryn and Jude Duarte, step-father to Vivienne, and husband to Eva Duarte.

## Physical Description

It was said that he looked just like his daughters, Taryn and Jude Duarte. It can be assumed he had brown hair and eyes.

## Personality

He was an interesting person, according to Madoc. He loved his daughters, Vivi, Taryn, and Jude. He was not a violent man or a fighter. Jude describes him as someone who wouldn't hurt anyone. Justin was a strong person and was able to escape Faerieland with Eva and Vivi to the mortal realm and remain hidden from Madoc for ten years.

## Biography

He loved swords ever since he was young. Instead of going to college after he came of age, he had an apprenticeship with a master sword-smith. From there, he got himself introduced to an assistant curator in a museum. He was able to see ancient swords up close and hone his craft. He heard about the kinds of blades that could be wrought only by the fey, so he began looking for them. Later, his skills became honed enough that he was eventually allowed into the Faerie Realm.

In the Faerie Realm he searched out Grimsen, who he had forged a knife for and wanted to know what he thought of it. Grimsen told him that if he practiced for fifty years he might make the greatest blade ever made by a mortal man. He then told him that if he practiced for a hundred years, he might craft one of the finest blades made by anyone. None of it satisfied Justin. Grimsen then offered him a bargain, saying that he would give him one of his secrets, so that Justin could learn the practice of a hundred years in a single day. But only if he would part with something he didn’t want to lose. It is unclear if Justin took the bargain or not.

He became involved with Eva, Madoc’s wife, and together they faked her death and escaped to the mortal world, where Eva gave birth to Vivienne, Taryn, and Jude. Ten years later, Madoc got news of Justin's bragging that he could "forge faerie blades" and came to their doorstep. Madoc killed him with a sword to the stomach.

He forged the sword Nightfell, which was gifted to Jude by Madoc.

## References

1. ↑ "She and Taryn have some Latinx ancestry in their background, yes, through their dad's family." Holly Black on Reddit
High Court

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The **High Court** rules over all of Elfhame and its minor courts. It is currently ruled by King Cardan and Queen Jude.

## History

When Queen Mab Greenbriar founded Elfhame, she became the first ruler in the High Court and oversaw all of Elfhame. The current rulers are King Cardan and Queen Jude. The ruler of the High Court is magically connected to the land in a special bond. Previously, the ruler of the High Court wore the Blood Crown, a tradition broken by King Cardan.

## Allies

* The Court of Shadows
* The Court of Termites
* The Undersea

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The Undersea and the land have been allies for a long time, though those ties broke after the Undersea captured King Cardan's seneschal, Jude Duarte, and sided with Balekin Greenbriar and Madoc in their quest to take the blood crown by force. After those events, the High Court and the Undersea remain with tension.

## Enemies

* Madoc
* Balekin Greenbriar
* The Undersea
* The Court of Teeth

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Prince Balekin as King Eldred's firstborn thought about himself as the rightful heir of the crown,

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## Known Rulers

* Mab Greenbriar *(Formerly)*
	+ Mab was the first ruler of Elfhame and the High Court.
* Eldred Greenbriar *(Formerly)*
* Cardan Greenbriar *(Current)*
* Jude Greenbriar née Duarte *(Current)*

## Known Members

* Cardan Greenbriar
	+ The High King
* Jude Greenbriar née Duarte
	+ The High Queen and former Seneschal for King Cardan.
* Lady Asha
	+ Mother to King Cardan.
* Taryn Duarte
	+ Twin sister to Queen Jude.
* Madoc
	+ The former Grand General of the High Court.
* Grima Mog
	+ The Grand General of the High Court.
* Locke
	+ The Master of Revels.
* Fand
	+ The first member and leader of Queen Jude's personal guard.
* Fala
	+ The Court Jester.
* Val Moren
	+ The Court Poet and former Seneschal for King Eldred.
* Baphen
	+ The Court Prophet.
* Yorn
	+ A former Grand General.

## Trivia

* Cardan and Jude Greenbriar are the first known co-rulers of the High Court.

## Appearances

* *The Cruel Prince* (first appearance)
* *The Wicked King*
* *The Queen of Nothing*
Eva Duarte

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**Eva Duarte** was a human who lived in Faerieland for some time before returning to the mortal realm. She was the mother to Vivienne, Taryn and Jude Duarte, former wife of Madoc and wife of Justin Duarte.

## Physical Description

She most likely has a strong resemblance to Jude and Taryn. This is due to the fact when Jude looks in to The Lake of Masks, she thinks she sees herself. However Jude realizes she is looking at a young version of her mother. Lady Asha told Jude that she resembled her mother very strongly.

## Personality

According to Madoc, Eva was clever and had a way of making everyone around her feel as though every impossible thing was possible. She was daring and never seemed cowed, not by any of the magic, not by anything.

Lady Asha tells Jude that Eva had a great appreciation for Asha's wickedness.

She was very strong. She was able to escape from Madoc and Faerieland by burning down her house with the bones of a woman and baby inside.

She loved her family very much and tried to fight against Madoc when he came to reclaim her.

## Biography

### Early Life

When Madoc brought Eva Duarte to Faerieland, she drank and danced weeks away at a time and was the center of every revel. However, she began to find it tedious to have to do without everything from the mortal realm and grew homesick. Eva and Lady Asha began to sneak out to the human realm, where Eva would bring back little things that she missed, such as bars of waxy chocolate, perfume and pantyhose.

### Leaving Faerieland

While Eva was pregnant with her and Madoc's child, Vivienne, she was given a prophecy by a hag that said Eva's child was destined to be a greater weapon than Justin Duarte could ever forge. Eva assumed that this child was the one she was currently pregnant with and so decided to leave Faerie.

While still pregnant with Vivienne and with the help of Justin Duarte, Eva and/or Justin killed a woman and infant to fake Eva's death and pose as her burned body while they escaped to the mortal realm.

There, she married Justin and together they had twin girls, Taryn and Jude Duarte. Seven years after their birth, Justin and Eva were tracked down by Madoc and killed.

## Relationships

### Madoc

Eva and Madoc used to be in love. However, Eva no longer wanted to be with him and no longer wanted to live in Faerieland. Madoc continued to view her as his in a proprietary way. Thus, he comes after her and Vivienne ten years after she escaped. When he ends up killing her as she tried to flee, he seems genuinely upset that he killed her.
Locke's Estate

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**Locke’s Estate** is located on Insmire in Elfhame. Locke lives there alone. His mother, Liriope, lived there before her death, with Locke's father. He left Locke and the estate to go live in the Wild.

Locke's estate is more modest than Madoc's Stronghold and less fortified. Tall spires covered in shingles of mossy bark rise between the trees. The spiraling vines of ivy and honeysuckle that twine up the sides turn the whole thing green and leafy. There is also a hedge maze in the back.

There are a pair of grand doors in the front and small door on the side that leads directly to the kitchens. There are spiraling stairs that connect the first and second floors. There are no doors and no landings, just stone and steps. There is a small door, half the height of a person. On the other side of the door is a balcony at the very top of the tallest tower.

## History

* The Cruel Prince

Locke takes Jude to his estate after she stabs Valerian when he tries to kill her. Later, Taryn moves into the estate with Locke, as he was her future husband.
General Grievous

**General Grievous**is a Separatist Alliance villain and is the cyborg Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Army.

## Appearances

### Star Wars: War Across Space

General Grievous is a playable character in the Separatist campaign as well as a boss on the Republic side and can be an ally on the Separatist side. In multiplayer, Grievous is a Separatist villain and is slow but powerful and is armed with two lightsabers and can deflect blaster bolts. He is extremely difficult to fight up-close, but is slow enough to be fired upon from long-range and although he cannot use the Force, his lightsabers make up for it due to his deadly attacks, which are even deadlier when in close range.

* **Rage:**General Grievous brings out two more arms with two more lightsabers which increases damage and attack speed as well as increasing Grievous' efficiency in blocking and deflecting.
Nore

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**Nore**, also known as **Lady Nore**, is a faerie and a lady in the Court of Teeth. She is the wife of Lord Jarel and the mother to Suren.

## Physical Description

Lady Nore is a tall, elegant being with skin the gray of stone. She is identical in looks to her husband. She has long pale hair. She wears a crown of jagged obsidian and elegant and fancy clothes. Lady Nore is beautiful, but has a cruel mouth.

## Personality

Lady Nore is cruel. She views humans as nothing more than filthy animals. She takes delight in hurting others. Lady Nore views Suren as hers to hurt and punish, but never anyone else's. She punished Suren ferociously for any imagined slight.

## History

### *The Queen of Nothing*

Lady Nore and Lord Jarel formed an alliance with Madoc to take the crown of Elfhame and tried to bargain with Queen Jude of the High Court over a bridle. Her and Lord Jarel, made their daughter Suren Queen of the Court of Teeth, but kept her under complete control until Queen Suren was released by Queen Jude. Jude suspects that Lady Nore used to be Queen of the Court of Teeth, but gave her position to her daughter to avoid swearing loyalty to the High Court.

### *The Stolen Heir*

Suren recalls when Lord Jarel and Lady Nore arrived in her human adoptive parents' house. Suren was nine years old. Lord Jarel revealed Suren's true face and name to her, and then enchanted her human family's love away to bring Suren back to the Court of Teeth. It was Lord Jarel who placed the bridle on her.

Since the Battle of the Serpent, Lady Nore has reestablished the Court of Teeth. She has a motley crew of vassals. She has stolen Queen Mab's bones, which she uses to create creatures from twigs, woods, and dead human body parts.

Lady Nore is killed by Suren when she fully comes into her magic.
Eldred Greenbriar

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by PhantomRin

**Eldred Greenbriar**, also known as **High King Eldred** or **King Eldred**, was a faerie and the former High King of Elfhame. He was the grandson of Mab Greenbriar as well as the father to Balekin, Elowyn, Dain, Rhyia, Caelia and Cardan Greenbriar, grandfather to Oak and father-in-law to Jude Greenbriar née Duarte.

## Physical Description

Eldred had hair like spun-gold. He had knobby hands with multiple rings on them. His eyes were bronze and alert, like an owl. His face was deeply lined.

## Personality

Very little is known of his personality, although he would rather have had the entire Greenbriar line and his consort, Taniot, dead than crown Prince Balekin High King of Elfhame.

## Biography

### The Coronation Ceremony

After many years of ruling Elfhame, High King Eldred decided to abdicate his throne due to the fact that he had lost his taste for bloodshed and was seekng the Land of Promise. He allowed those under his banners to rebel in small and large ways, even as other Courts refused to submit to the High Court.

During the ceremony to crown Prince Dain as the new High King, Eldred's eldest son, Balekin Greenbriar, staged a coup for the throne with the support of the Grand General, Madoc. When Eldred refused to change his choice in successor, Prince Balekin killed his sister, Princess Elowyn, out of spite while Madoc killed Prince Dain. Despite being powerless to stop his son, as he had given his magic away when he abdicated and having been betrayed by General Madoc, the former High King refused to crown Prince Balekin, stating that Balekin would never rule Elfhame.

He was then held down by traitorous knights and stabbed by Prince Balekin, bleeding red moths that rushed out of him until his body no longer remained. The moths flew in the air for a moment before dying and falling to the ground.

### The Queen of Nothing

King Eldred only appears in "Queen of Nothing in the prologue, in which Baphen is reading Cardan's star chart. Once the prophecy is read, King Eldred leaves Lady Asha to raise Cardan as she wants, not wanting any part with the boy. King Eldred never called upon Lady Asha or visited her. When Prince Dain claimed Cardan killed a mortal for which Prince Dain himself has killed, King Eldred sent Lady Asha to Tower of Forgetting for Cardan's punishment-seeming a bit relieved in doing so.

### Cardan Greenbriar

Cardan is Eldred's sixth-born and youngest child. Eldred did not care much for his children and found Cardan useless. Eldred allowed Prince Dain to remove Cardan from the Palace of Elfhame.

### Balekin Greenbriar

Balekin is Eldred's firstborn. Eldred despised Balekin and never accepted his becoming High King. Even as he died at his son's hands, he laughed and vowed that Balekin would never reign over Faerie.

### Asha

Asha was his lover and had his child, though was never made his official consort.

## Trivia

* Eldred’s symbol was cream colored with a tree that is half white flowers and half thorns, with roots dangling beneath it and a crown atop.