In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: She is Melissa’s best friend
Related to: spoiler if known
Quotables: “Hey bird brain you lose your eyes or what?”
Mr. Owl
Full Name: Mr. Howell Jones aka Mr. Owl
Species: Human Owl
Location: Country Town
Description: Once a member of Queen Maryanne’s Royal Guard, Mr. Howell Jones was transformed into an owl for being to ‘smart’ for his own good (according to Mary) and now lives in a sequioa tree in Country Town with the Worker Loonies. He is short, feathered and wears spectacles with Hawaiian shirts.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 5. The War of the Queens 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Spoiler if known
Quotables: “I oughtta eat whoever fell into my speakers!”
Neria
Full Name: Neria of the Royal Guard
Species: Royal Guard Merloonie
Location: Merworld/Coral Castle
Description: Neria is a Royal Guard of the King. These Merloonie fish have sparkling scales with long frilly fins similar to a beta fish. They have black almond shaped eyes and their faces don’t display a typical nose. There is a small lump where the nostrils should be. Their mouths, small and pouty and their arms strong.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: They beg Tahmi to help them.
Related to: Nerio (brother)
Nerio
Full Name: Nerio of the Royal Guard
Species: Royal Guard Merloonie
Location: Merworld/Coral Castle
Description: Neria is a Royal Guard of the King. These Merloonie fish have sparkling scales with long frilly fins similar to a beta fish. They have black almond shaped eyes and their faces don’t display a typical nose. There is a small lump where the nostrils should be. Their mouths, small and pouty and their arms strong.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: Begs Tahmi to help them.
Related to: Neria (sister)
Ot’tai
Full Name: Ot’tai
Species: Black Ones; scorpion
Location: Black Ones Cave
Description: Ot’tai is a gigantic black scorpion with black eyes (unlike everyone else in the black ones’ clan who have green eyes) and becomes Andy’s closest friend in Gadaie.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 5. The War of the Queens
Important to the story because: He helps Tahmi whenever he possibly can.
Related to: no one of relevance
Peg Vitali
Full Name: Peg “Peggy” Vitali
Species: Human
Location: Earth
Description: Peg has long hair and freckled skin. She’s very outspoken and sarcastic with Tahmi whom she feels is a bad influence on her son, Andy. She’s a stay at home mom and best friends with Donna; Tahmi’s adoptive mother.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 8. Teri’s Request
Important to the story because: She is Andy’s mom.
Related to: David (husband) Andy (son)
Quan
Full Name: Quan the Advisor
Species: Advisor Merloonie
Location: Merworld
Description: Quan advises the King and is a human-like Merloonie. His hair, face and chest are white and his tail goes from green to orange. His eyes are purple.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: He advises the King
Related to: none
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Quella the Sparkler
Full Name: Quella
Species: Sparkler
Location: Sparkler’s Caves
Description: Quella is similar to a gigantic butterfly only her wings explode letting loose sparklers or fireworks into the sky. She hates the pain in her wings due to the explosions, she hates that her children are mutated muddlers and wants revenge.
Habitat: Quella lives in the Sparkler’s Caves. These can only be reached through the Air Caves or by someone who can fly to the tops of the mountains where the caves are located.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Lorcan and the other muddlers (children)
Ren
Full Name: Ren the Advisor Merloonie
Species: Advisor Merloonie
Location: Merworld
Description: Ren has green braids, a squid-like torso and a blue speckled tail. Her eyes are pink like the water.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: She is Merworld’s King’s Advisor.
Related to: none
Rolls
Full Name: Rolls
Species: Black One
Location: The Black One’s Caves
Description: Rolls if a gigantic rollie pollie with glowing green eyes. He accompanies Tahmi in book one and proves to be a loyal friend.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: Tahmi’s Loyal Friend
Related to: no one of relevance
Sable
Sable with Jerry
Full Name: Sable
Species: Human Warpig
Location: Warpig Forest/Hammer Mount
Description: Sable is a female horned back warpig. She lives with the ‘real’ warpigs of warpig forest and fights the ‘voice’ right along with them. She’s angry and vengeful. Becuase of her actions, the human warpigs (those who were humans in Queen Mary’s army and then transformed into warpig mutants) have kicked her out of the Outcast Mountains. She is never allowed to return.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Spoiler if known
Sandra Ann
Full Name: Sandra Ann
Species: Human
Location: Muddy Palace Realm
Description: She is a human girl who wants to be a warrior and resents her younger sister.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 5. The War of the Queens 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Spoiler if known
Sandy
Sandy the War Horse
Full Name: Sandy
Species: Human War Horse
Location: Farmhouse Circle
Description: Sandy was once a human warrior in Queen Mary’s Resistance Army. Mary transformed her into a white, flying Arabian horse with gray eyes. She is a bit haughty (just as she was when she was human) but because of the goo, Sandy doesn’t remember who she was or what her secret is…
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens
Important to the story because: spoiler if known
Related to: Spoiler if known
Shasa
Shasa
Full Name: Shasa the octaloon
Species: Aqualoon; octaloon
Location: Flooded Flowers/Aqualakes; lakes
Description: Shasa is basically an older looking version of Amberlyn. She has long brown hair and eyes with seaweed clothing. Her waist has six tentacles that resemble a skirt and her arms are tenticles as well. She has two feet which are webbed and is angry and guarded with outsiders.
Habitat: Initially born and raised in the flooded flowers since her habitat was destroyed.
But, when the aqualakes come back she lives there and eats the candy flavored seaweed along with her daughter Amberlyn.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: She is Amberlyn’s mother.
Related to: Amberlyn (daughter)
Stahme
King Stahme
Full Name: King Stahme, the “King of all Kings”
Species: Gadaenite
Location: Gadaie
Description: He is mentioned in book one as the “King of all Kings”. He has eyes like diamonds and hair that’s white. He’s handsome and wears lots of furs.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens
Important to the story because: spoiler if known
Related to: Mary (mother) Emihe and Maryanne (daughters) Chrysmys, Melissa, Diane, Teri and Tahmi (granddaughters)
Tahmi
Tahmi
Full Name: Princess Tahmelia Andrews/Tahmelia “Tahmi” Russo
Species: 1/2 human 1/2 Gadaenite
Location: Earth/Gadaie
Description: Tahmi has long blonde hair with blue eyes that resemble the ocean. She is the youngest princess and heir to the throne.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens 6. The Return of the King 8. Teri’s Request 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: She is the only one who can save Gadaie from Mary’s destruction.
Related to: Donna & Charles (adopted parents) Maryanne (mother) Teri, Diane & Melissa (sisters) Chrysmys (half sister) Mary (great-grandmother) Stahme (grandfather) Emihe (aunt) Dad (father)
Teri Andrews
Teri
Full Name: Princess Teri Andrews
Species: 1/2 human 1/2 Gadaenite
Location: Silver Palace
Description: Teri is the older raven twin princess. She has long jet black hair, eyes and olive skin. She’s the nice twin who struggles to stay that way as she transitions.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens 6. The Return of the King 8. Teri’s Request 9. There’s Always a Beginning (mentioned)
Important to the story because: She is Tahmi’s sister and the two are very close.
Related to: Maryanne (mother) Diane (twin) Melissa & Tahmi (sisters) Chrysmys (half sister) Stahme (grandfather) Mary (grandmother) Emihe (aunt)
Trusty
Trusty
Full Name: Trusty
Species: Human Horse
Location: Farmhouse Circle
Description: Trusty was once a human but now he’s been transformed into a brown horse by Mary. She uses him as a laborer for the war horses. He’s very kind and fatherly to Tahmi and the others. He isn’t a war horse but has more heart than all of them put together.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: He helps Tahmi and Andy and is a loyal friend. Spoiler if anymore is known.
Related to: Spoiler if known
Quotables: “I am not a horse, boy.”
Wiley
Full Name: Wiley of the Royal Guard
Species: Royal Guard Merloonie
Location: Merworld
Description: He is red and has fins similar to a beta fish. He’s an underwater warrior.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: He guards the entrance to Merworld.
Related to: none
Yue the Hammerloon
Yue
Full Name: Yue
Species: Hammerloon
Location: Flooded Flowers/Hammer Mount
Description: Yue is a hammerloon. Her skin is thick and full of gills. She resembles a shark with dorsil fins and has a household hammer on top of her head. Yue doesn’t have any arms but her torso is human-like.
Habitat: Hammer Mount is cold and the tops of the mountains have snow and ice covering them. Hammerloons are the only living ‘cold’ loons left.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Jace (husband)
Ziv
Ziv the Star
Full Name: Ziv the star
Species: Star
Location: Luster Low
Description: Ziv’s hair is a mess and goes everywhere. His interior wings are silver and he loves to sing war songs. He’s young; possibly Eliora’s age and is loyal to Tahmi.
Habitat: Ziv and the other stars live underground in caves named Luster Low. Food is farmed by the young stars who are unable to light the world yet. The food then floats to the top of the cave where it can be reached by a floating staircase and anti-gravity. These caves run throughout the Muddy Palace Realm. The ground around the waterfall and pool of water is spongie and filled with miniature flowers that the adult stars flutter onto and sleep in.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: He loves to assist Tahmi no matter how afraid he is or how mean she becomes with him.
Related to: no one of relevance
Quotables: “Sing? I have a lovely voice!”
Zupo the Good War Pig
Zupo
Full Name: Zupo the good warpig
Species: human warpig
Location: No Where Zone; Muddy Forest
Description: Zupo is a chubby warpig (horned back with a pig face and body) with poor eye sight. He wears spectacles and is highly intelligent. He’s been forced into isolation by his peers.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End (mentioned) 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: no one of relevance
The Smaller Worlds
Land of the Monsters
Land of the Monsters
This is where the evil Queen Mary is trapped. When she ruled, anything ugly or monstrous was sent to this small island. This is also where she originates from…
Characters & Species
Those who reside in the Land of the Monsters (book one only):
Queen Mary (Father’s biological daughter whom he experiments on prior to her becoming a queen)
Lilly (Queen Mary’s mother and also one of Father’s favorite to test his experiments on)
Alex (a young boy, about ten, who is experimented on most by Father)
Father (an evil scientist who adopts children so that he can experiment on them)
The Monsters (Father’s original experiments gone awry)
The Map & Legend
Environment:
1. The Perfume Factory: This is where the story begins. The perfume factory is really Father’s science lab where he experiments on young Mary, Alex, Lily and others.
2. The Cave of Monsters: Most of Father’s initial creations live here because they are too hideous for the others to look at.
3. The Forest: This is a forest where the rabid dogs reside.
4. Gold Bridge: Connects to Merworld
The Land of Goo
Land of Goo
This is a land that was once a lush garden with fruit trees, crops, meadows and streams. But, twelve years ago, the land was covered in an orange goo substance that has the ability to drown a person and blocks all things except certain fruits from growing. The goo also emits a scent making the inhabitants forget their past. In order to remember you must submerse yourself into the goo. This is also the only land that connects all three major lands of Gadaie.
Environment
The goo tastes like orange jello.
There’s gigantic strawberries and bananas deep inside.
The goo makes you forget
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Map & Legend
1. The New Garden: A mysterious garden arrives after a battle…
2. The Orange Goo: This goo covers virtually all the land here.
3. The Graveyard: In a large hole, there are hundreds of bones belonging to those whom Queen Mary was able to kill before being trapped in The Land of the Monsters.
4. The Wood and Rope Bridge: This is an old, ancient wood plank bridge held together by rotting rope. The bridge leads you out of the Goo and into Candy Loo Land—the last nearly untouched world.
5. The Red Brick Bridge: A cobblestone path and a red brick barrier on each side, the Red Brick Bridge serves as an entrance to the middle world, No Where Zone.
6. The Golden Bridge: The Golden Bridge has an iron railing, gold block pathway and a Weeping Willow Tree in its center. This bridge is the entrance to the Muddy Palace Realm.
THE MISTLANDS
This is an underground world that is not visible from above. The only way to gain access to the Mistlands is through the aircaves. Most inhabitants believe that once you enter the Mistlands you are forever trapped.
The world is enclosed by rocks. No one really knows how someone gets trapped here normally. It is like an enormous cave that has water coming from unexplainable places.
The only way you can see the Mistlands without being trapped is through the aircaves.
Earth
The Environment
Earth has grown into a greener planet with a high dependence on technology. People live in communities that reflect the 1950′s but with a futuristic lifestyle dependent on computer programs and robotic creations.
The People
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