Full Name: Princess Chrysmys Gelgaie
Species: Gadaenite
Location: Muddy Palace/Silver Palace/Gadaie
Description: Chrysmys is the eldest princess and has emerald eyes with golden strands amonst her light brown hair. She loves to wear green and her little sister Tahmi.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End (mentioned) 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 proves that not all Gadaenites have to be selfish.
Related to: Maryanne; (mother), Teri, Diane, Melissa and Tahmi (half sisters); Stahme (grandfather), Mary (grandmother) Emihe (aunt)
Dad
Full Name: “Dad”
Species: human donkey
Location: Earth
Description: Dad is a grey donkey from Gadaie; trapped on Earth with the Russo family. Tahmi claims that he is her biological father which infuriates Charles.
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
Important to the story because: Spoiler to know
Related to: Spoiler to know
David
Full Name: David Vitali
Species: Human
Location: Earth
Description: David is a construction worker who enjoys the ‘antiques’ of their world. He’s a red head and a big mush inside.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: He’s Andy’s father.
Related to: Andy (son) and Peg (wife)
Quotables: “My wife! I forgot my wife!”
Dawn
Full Name: Dawn the Star
Species: Star
Location: Luster Low
Description: Dawn has bouncy red curls, wears moss held together by a string of yellow rosebuds and opals line her coverings. Dawn’s interior wings are soft to the touch, almost like rabbit fur and a shimmering teal. She wears opals around her neck and in her hair as well.
Habitat: Dawn, her mom and siblings 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 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: She is Alina’s daughter.
Related to: Blake and Eliora (siblings) and Alina (mom)
Quotables: “When I grow up I’m going to light the sky by your castle. You’ll never be in the dark with me above you.”
Diane
Full Name: Princess Diane Andrews
Species: 1/2 human 1/2 Gadaenite
Location: Muddy Palace/Silver Palace
Description: Diane is the younger raven twin princess. She has long jet-black hair, eyes and olive skin. She isn’t as nice as her twin Teri.
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 Tahmi’s sister and rival.
Related to: Maryanne (mom) Stahme (grandfather) Chrysmys (half sister) Teri (twin sister) Melissa and Tahmi (sisters) Emihe (aunt)
Donna
Full Name: Donna Baker/Russo
Species: Human
Location: Earth
Description: Donna is small and delicate with light brown eyes and hair. She loves being a mother but appears weak whenever disaster strikes.
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 7. Maya Angelou Baker 8. Teri’s Request 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: She is Tahmi’s adopted mother.
Related to: Tahmi (adopted daughter); Charles (husband)
Eddie
Full Name: Eddie
Species: Human
Location: Gadaie
Description: He is a stable hand with gentle eyes.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 6. Return of the King 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known.
Related to: Spoiler to known.
Eliora
Full Name: Eliora the star
Species: Star
Location: Luster Low/Silver Castle
Description: Eliora has long black hair and her body is covered in diamonds and pearls. Her interior wings are swirled with pink, brown and orange spots. She is shy and afraid to grow up and face the world. Later in book four Transition you learn why.
Habitat: Eliora, her mom and siblings 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 4. Transition 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: She is Alina’s eldest daughter, remembers the ‘past’ and serves the queen when she grows older.
Related to: Alina (mother) Blake and Dawn (siblings)
Quotables: “I will go with them.” Eliora said, “To light the way.”
“Eliora!” Alina cried, “There will be war pigs.”
“I know, mom.”
Emihe
Full Name: Queen Emihe Adler of No Where Zone
Species: Gadaenite
Location: Bronze Castle of No Where Zone
Description: Emihe (pronounced “M”) has green eyes that can transform into dark brown. She wears green dresses and her brown hair is in curls around the bronze crown that she wears. Emihe hates her younger sister Maryanne and vows to destroy her for “all the wrong” she’s done.
In the following books: All 9 Books
Important to the story because: Emihe is the villain that at first you hate but eventually grow to love… (doesn’t change what she is though!)
Related to: Stahme (father) Maryanne (sister) Mary (grandmother) Chrysmys, Melissa, Teri, Diane & Tahmi (nieces)
Emlyn
Full Name: Emlyn
Species: Aqualoon; snap
Location: Aqualakes
Description: Emlyn is goofy and has a human torso but a red crab body with hand claws and a jellyfish head.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: He is an endangered species.
Related to: no one of relevance
Eytan
Full Name: King Eytan
Species: Aqualoon; needleloon
Location: Aqualakes
Description: Eytan is a white and blue birdlike fish with a long needle like nose. He rules over what’s left of the aqualoons and is more like a fish than a royal but is very noble.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: He is the King of the Aqualoons
Related to: no one of relevance
Father
Father
Full Name: Father
Species: Human
Location: The Land of the Monsters; Perfume Factory
Description: He is a mad scientist who wears a long white coat.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to t
he story because: He is the creator of Mary
Related to: Lily, Alex (adopted children) Mary (daughter)
Quotables: “They all thought I was mad!”; “That means you get to live.”
Frank Adler
Full Name: Frank Adler
Species: Human
Location: Muddy Palace Realm in Gadaie
Description: He is the original King of Nowhere Zone and now that he’s old, his wife has banished him. He hides out with the Gadaenites for protection.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End (mentioned) 3. Melissa’s Revenge
Important to the story because: He is Queen Emihe’s husband, spoiler if known.
Related to: Queen Emihe (wife)
Idris the Steel
Full Name: Idris the Steel
Species: Aqualoon; a steel
Location: Flooded Flowers/Aqualakes; lakes and rivers
Description: Steels have human torsos with eel-like tails with flowing fins for arms and along the tail. They all have starfish on their heads (for specific purpose) and hate socializing in general. Idris is blue and changable just as her coloring suggests.
Habitat: Initially trapped in the flooded flowers hiding with her husband Carnevole in an old mushroom dwelling (since her habitat was destroyed) But, when the aqualakes come back her eggs grow larger and are able to hatch. She eats the candy flavored seaweed and unlike most steels Idris loves to socialize.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 6. Return of the King 8. Teri’s Request
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Carnevole (husband)
Jace
Jace the Hammerloon
Full Name: Jace the Hammerloon
Species: Hammerloon
Location: Flooded Flowers/Hammer Mount
Description: Jace has a hammerhead, human torso and arms with gills and a shark-like tail with dorsil fins. He is vicious and a great protector.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: He is a border patrol in book one and assists Tahmi in book two.
Related to: Yue (wife)
Jerry Landers
Full Name: Jerry Landers
Species: Human
Location: Candy Loo Land, Funhouse Zone
Description: Jerry has brown hair and green eyes, he’s fifteen but tries to act older. He’s not very fond of the Royal family but hopes Tahmi will be different somehow. He accompanies Tahmi in many books.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. War of the Queens 6. Return of the King 8. Teri’s Request
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: Jon Landers (uncle)
Jon Landers
Full Name: Jon Landers
Species: Human
Location: Candy Loo Land, Funhouse Zone
Description: Jon Landers wears a striped sailor suit and hat, he’s old and able to cross worlds.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge
Important to the story because: He is who brings Tahmi to Earth as a baby.
Related to: Jerry Landers (nephew)
Kalidas
Full Name: Kalidas the Snap
Species: Snap
Location: Flooded Flowers/Aqualakes
Description: Kalidas is a grouchy snap who has a human torso but a red crab body with hand claws and a jellyfish head. One of his claws is bigger than the other!
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End
Important to the story because: He is an endangered species
Related to: none
Lark
Full Name: spoiler if known (Lark)
Species: Human
Location: Muddy Palace Realm
Description: The original King of Candy Loo Land, he falls in love with Maryanne and ends up being brainwashed by Queen Mary.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 6. The Return of King 7. Maya Angelou Baker
Important to the story because: spoiler if known
Related to: Maryanne, (wife) Chrysmys, Teri, Diane, Tahmi, Melissa (children)
Lolani
Full Name: Lolani the Raven
Species: Gigantic Monster (Raven)
Location: Wherever Teri is
Description: A giant raven that answers to Teri. She wears a saddle.
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
Important to the story because: Spoiler if known
Related to: none
Lily
Full Name: Lily
Species: Human Mutation
Location: Land of the Monsters, trapped in the Perfume Factory.
Description: Lily is Mary’s mother. She is one of the children Father uses for his experiments. Poor Lily is used worst than all the others and suffers, watching Father torture their child…
Important to the story because: spoiler if known
Related to: Mary (daughter)
Lorcan
Full Name: Lorcan the Muddler
Species: Muddler/Sparvae
Location: Candy Loo Land/Lorcan’s Lair
Description: Lorgan was supposed to turn into a Sparkler however, being trapped in the mud has turned him into a giant monster with thousands of teeth that retract. Tahmi calls him the living shredder machine. He is about 30 feet in length and snake-like. He follows the orders of his mother, Quella.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: spoiler if known
Related to: Quella (mother) muddlers (his siblings)
Louie
Full Name: Louie the Crazy Loony
Species: Crazy Loony
Location: Crazies Tree of Loonyville
Description: He is mechanical in appearance with rotating shoulders and rollerskate feet. He Louie worked for Queen Maryanne at the Silver Castle. He doesn’t forget the past like everyone else.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles
Important to the story because: He is Queen Maryanne’s servant
Related to: no one of relevance
Mary
Full Name: Queen Mary of the Monsters
Species: human mutant
Location: The Land of the Monsters; Perfume Factory
Description: Mary has blonde hair and blue eyes. She was created by Father as a test tube subject. Her mother Lily only carried the fetus but feels strongly that Mary is her daughter even though they have no biological ties. Mary was bred as a weapon of destruction. Her full potential never realized until she grew up and suffered great loses. Unfortunately, the world of Gadaie suffers her destruction.
In the following books: All 9 books
Important to the story because: She is the creator and destroyer of Gadaie
Related to: Stahme (son) Maryanne & Emihe (grandchildren) Chrysmys, Melissa, Teri, Diane & Tahmi (great-grandchildren) Lily (‘mother’) Father (‘father’) Alex (‘brother’)
Maryanne
Full Name: Queen Maryanne Andrews
Species: Gadaenite
Location: Silver Palace
Description: Maryanne wear white dresses and silver crowns. Her blonde hair has golden strands and her eyes are blue like the ocean. They can turn white sometimes too. She is very self-centered and appears wicked at times. Maryanne has one good quality and that is her ability and desire to put her children and subjects ahead of her own wants. She is the first of her kind to ever do so. Maryanne protects her subjects even at the cost of her own life.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 2. The Invisibles 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 5. The War of the Queens 7
. Maya Angelou Baker 9. There’s Always a Beginning (mentioned)
Important to the story because: She is the mother of Tahmi and plays a vital role in saving Gadaie from Mary’s destruction.
Related to: Chrysmys, Melissa, Diane, Teri & Tahmi (children) Emihe (sister) Stahme (father) Mary (grandmother)
Maya
Full Name: Maya Angelou Baker
Species: Human
Location: Earth
Description: Maya is Donna’s kid sister. She has red hair and intense eyes. Maya speaks of fantasy worlds and royals then one day when she turns 16, Maya disappears.
In the following books: 1. Lark’s End 5. The War of the Queens
Important to the story because: She is Donna’s sister
Related to: Donna (sister) Charles (brother-in-law) Tahmi (niece)
Melissa Andrews
Full Name: Princess Melissa Andrews
Species: 1/2 human 1/2 Gadaenite
Location: Muddy Palace/Silver Palace
Description: Melissa has brown hair and brown eyes. Her eyes can turn orange as well. She is the most beautiful princess and detests all those she considers to be ‘lower life forms’. Her only soft spots are Missy and eventually Tahmi.
In the following books: 2. Lark’s End 3. Melissa’s Revenge 4. Transition 9. There’s Always a Beginning
Important to the story because: She is Tahmi’s older sister.
Related to: Maryanne (mother) Chrysmys (half sister) Teri, Diane & Tahmi (sisters) Stahme (grandfather) Emihe (aunt) Mary (great-grandmother)
Missy
Full Name: Missy
Species: Human Cat
Location: Candy Lane
Description: Missy was once a human nanny to Queen Maryanne’s children. She was turned into a white persian cat by Mary as an evil trick. Missy doesn’t remember much and is affected most of all by the goo. She has a five second attention span and loves Mr. Owl and Princess Melissa.