The Painted Lady (Madam Cynthia Cardui) is a mysterious old lady, who only adheres to rules and protocols when it suits her.

In Faerie Lord, he becomes Acting Emperor while Blue searches for Henry. In The Purple Emperor, he becomes the Purple Emperor, with Lord Hairstreak as regent, when his resurrected father signed a contract for Comma to take his place as the Purple Emperor. He has a mischievous nature and is often in trouble with his father.

Prince Comma is half-brother to Pyrgus and Blue.

He dies in Faerie Wars and is resurrected as a zombie in The Purple Emperor.

Apatura Iris is the Purple Emperor and the father of Holly, Pyrgus and Comma.

In The Purple Emperor, he meets Nymphalis, one of the Forest Faeries, whom he marries at the beginning of Faerie Lord. He is also being sought by the necromancer Brimstone who needs him as a human sacrifice. In Faerie Wars, he is in trouble for leaving home without the Purple Emperor's permission and for stealing Lord Hairstreak's phoenix. He has an uncanny knack of getting into trouble.

Prince Pyrgus Malvae is the animal-loving crown prince, heir to the Peacock Throne.

At the end of Faerie Lord, Blue accepts Henry's proposal to marry her. She later becomes Queen of Hael (Hell) as well after her pact with Beleth, the Demon Prince.

In The Purple Emperor, she is declared by her brother, Prince Pyrgus Malvae, Queen of Faerie and Purple Empress. She meets Henry when he walks on her bathing in the Purple Palace. She occasionally wears boy's clothes to disguise herself when she plays the role of detective to find information. She uses a psychotronic spider to go on mind trips anywhere she wants.

Princess Holly Blue has a curious nature.

Immediately after the pact, she kills Beleth. Due to the pact, Blue becomes Queen of Hael. In Ruler of the Realm, Beleth forces Blue to form a marriage pact with him so that he could rule the Faeries of the Light and Haelkind with Blue.

Beleth is the Prince of Darkness, ruler of the Realm of Hael.

On January 16, 2005, the first novel in the series, Faerie Wars reached number 4 on the New York Times best seller list for paperback children's books. In January 2007, Macmillan Publishers began republishing the series in the United States under its Tor Books imprint. As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.īloomsbury began releasing the series in the United States under its Bloomsbury USA imprint in April 2003.

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