The school for good and evil

List of School for Good and Evil Characters

The School for Good and Evil is a school that instructs students in how to survive fairy tales as either «good» or «evil.» The school is split into two smaller schools, each with 120 at the beginning of the first year. The School for Good, teaches the students the ways of goodness and care. The School for Evil teaches the students the ways of villainy and cruelty. These schools are separated, though with joint functions, such as lunch and forest groups, and both house students from the ages of twelve to sixteen.

Contents

The School For Good

The School for Good instructs both boys and girls who are deemed as Good. These students live in a beautiful blue and pink castle served by fairies and nymphs along with multiple other creatures and human staff. There are a 120 students in the School for Good, several of the past students are now existing in fairytale lives, they are all either a Leader, Helper, or Mogrification, which means the bottom-ranked students would become animals or plants.

Note: Some students were enrolled in the past, and some have since passed away.

The school for good and evil

School for Good and Evil

Read about The School for Good and Evil series!

The Ever Never Handbook

Read about the upcoming Ever Never Handbook, set to be released on July 12!

The Last Ever After

Read about the last installment in the series!

Welcome to the The School for Good and Evil Wikia
We are currently editing over 123 articles, and 39 files.

The School for Good and Evil Wiki is a collaborative online encyclopedia dedicated to the book series by Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil. Feel free to edit any articles, add information, and/or discuss the series! This wiki is completely fan-based, and is in no way affiliated with the authors, illustrators, or publishers of the series.

CREATE A PAGE

THE SCHOOL

IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL

A SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

TWO TOWERS LIKE TWIN HEADS

ONE FOR THE PURE

ONE FOR THE WICKED

TRY TO ESCAPE YOU’LL ALWAYS FAIL

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS

THROUGH A FAIRY TALE

THE SERIES

The School for Good and Evil is a New York Times Bestselling children’s fantasy book trilogy by Soman Chainani. The series is set in a world where every four years two children are chosen to attend a prestigious school where fairy tale heroes and villains are made.
Read More >>>

BOOKS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Soman Chainani is an American writer and filmmaker, known for his children’s book trilogy The School for Good and Evil. He attended Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English & American Literature. After graduation he went on to attend Columbia University, where he participated in their MFA Film Program. Soman’s first novel, The School for Good and Evil, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, has been translated into 24 languages across 6 continents, and will soon be a film from Universal Pictures, for which Soman is writing the screenplay with Malia Scotch Marmo. The next two installments in the series—A World Without Princes and The Last Ever After—both debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List as well.
Read More >>>

CHARACTERS

TRIVIA

•Soman Chainani said that the character he is most like is Sophie.

FEATURED

Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.

—Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil

The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.

This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and graduate a storybook princess. Meanwhile Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil.

But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes reversed—Sophie’s dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School For Good, thrust amongst handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are…?

The school for good and evil

IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL

A SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

TWO TOWERS LIKE TWIN HEADS

ONE FOR THE PURE

ONE FOR THE WICKED

TRY TO ESCAPE YOU’LL ALWAYS FAIL

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS

THROUGH A FAIRY TALE

About the Author

About the Publisher

The Princess & The Witch

Sophie had waited all her life to be kidnapped.

But tonight, all the other children of Gavaldon writhed in their beds. If the School Master took them, they’d never return. Never lead a full life. Never see their family again. Tonight these children dreamt of a red-eyed thief with the body of a beast, come to rip them from their sheets and stifle their screams.

Sophie dreamt of princes instead.

Sophie’s eyes opened to morning. The hammer was real. The princes were not.

“Father, if I don’t sleep nine hours, my eyes look swollen.”

“Everyone’s prattling on that you’re to be taken this year,” her father said, nailing a misshapen bar over her bedroom window, now completely obscured by locks, spikes, and screws. “They tell me to shear your hair, muddy up your face, as if I believe all this fairy-tale hogwash. But no one’s getting in here tonight. That’s for sure.” He pounded a deafening crack as exclamation.

Sophie rubbed her ears and frowned at her once lovely window, now something you’d see in a witch’s den. “Locks. Why didn’t anyone think of that before?”

“I don’t know why they all think it’s you,” he said, silver hair slicked with sweat. “If it’s goodness that School Master fellow wants, he’ll take Gunilda’s daughter.”

Sophie tensed. “Belle?”

“Perfect child that one is,” he said. “Brings her father home-cooked lunches at the mill. Gives the leftovers to the poor hag in the square.”

Sophie heard the edge in her father’s voice. She had never once cooked a full meal for him, even after her mother died. Naturally she had good reason (the oil and smoke would clog her pores) but she knew it was a sore point. This didn’t mean her father had gone hungry. Instead, she offered him her own favorite foods: mashed beets, broccoli stew, boiled asparagus, steamed spinach. He hadn’t ballooned into a blimp like Belle’s father, precisely because she hadn’t brought him home-cooked lamb fricassees and cheese soufflés at the mill. As for the poor hag in the square, that old crone, despite claiming hunger day after day, was fat. And if Belle had anything to do with it, then she wasn’t good at all, but the worst kind of evil.

Sophie smiled back at her father. “Like you said, it’s all hogwash.” She swept out of bed and slammed the bathroom door.

She studied her face in the mirror. The rude awakening had taken its toll. Her waist-long hair, the color of spun gold, didn’t have its usual sheen. Her jade-green eyes looked faded, her luscious red lips a touch dry. Even the glow of her creamy peach skin had dulled. But still a princess, she thought. Her father couldn’t see she was special, but her mother had. “You are too beautiful for this world, Sophie,” she said with her last breaths. Her mother had gone somewhere better and now so would she.

Tonight she would be taken into the woods. Tonight she would begin a new life. Tonight she would live out her fairy tale.

And now she needed to look the part.

To begin, she rubbed fish eggs into her skin, which smelled of dirty feet but warded off spots. Then she massaged in pumpkin puree, rinsed with goat’s milk, and soaked her face in a mask of melon and turtle egg yolk. As she waited for the mask to dry, Sophie flipped through a storybook and sipped on cucumber juice to keep her skin dewy soft. She skipped to her favorite part of the story, where the wicked hag is rolled down a hill in a nail-spiked barrel, until all that remains is her bracelet made of little boys’ bones. Gazing at the gruesome bracelet, Sophie felt her thoughts drift to cucumbers. Suppose there were no cucumbers in the woods? Suppose other princesses had depleted the supply? No cucumbers! She’d shrivel, she’d wither, she’d—

Dried melon flakes fell to the page. She turned to the mirror and saw her brow creased in worry. First ruined sleep and now wrinkles. At this rate she’d be a hag by afternoon. She relaxed her face and banished thoughts of vegetables.

As for the rest of Sophie’s beauty routine, it could fill a dozen storybooks (suffice it to say it included goose feathers, pickled potatoes, horse hooves, cream of cashews, and a vial of cow’s blood). Two hours of rigorous grooming later, she stepped from the house in a breezy pink dress, sparkling glass heels, and hair in an impeccable braid. She had one last day before the School Master’s arrival and planned to use each and every minute to remind him why she, and not Belle or Tabitha or Sabrina or any other impostor, should be kidnapped.

Sophie’s best friend lived in a cemetery. Given her loathing of things grim, gray, and poorly lit, one would expect Sophie to host visits at her cottage or find a new best friend. But instead, she had climbed to the house atop Graves Hill every day this week, careful to maintain a smile on her face, since that was the point of a good deed after all.

To get there, she had to walk nearly a mile from the bright lakeside cottages, with green eaves and sun-drenched turrets, towards the gloomy edges of the forest. Sounds of hammering echoed through cottage lanes as she passed fathers boarding up doors, mothers stuffing scarecrows, boys and girls hunched on porches, noses buried in storybooks. The last sight wasn’t unusual, for children in Gavaldon did little besides read their fairy tales. But today Sophie noticed their eyes, wild, frenzied, scouring each page as if their lives depended on it. Four years ago, she had seen the same desperation to avoid the curse, but it wasn’t her turn then. The School Master took only those past their twelfth year, those who could no longer disguise as children.

Now her turn had come.

As she slogged up Graves Hil
l, picnic basket in hand, Sophie felt her thighs burn. Had these climbs thickened her legs? All the princesses in storybooks had the same perfect proportions; thick thighs were as unlikely as a hooked nose or big feet. Feeling anxious, Sophie distracted herself by counting her good deeds from the day before. First, she had fed the lake’s geese a blend of lentils and leeks (a natural laxative to offset cheese thrown by oafish children). Then she had donated homemade lemonwood face wash to the town orphanage (for, as she insisted to the befuddled benefactor, “Proper skin care is the greatest deed of all.”). Finally she had put up a mirror in the church toilet, so people could return to the pews looking their best. Was this enough? Did these compete with baking homemade pies and feeding homeless hags? Her thoughts shifted nervously to cucumbers. Perhaps she could sneak a private supply into the woods. She still had plenty of time to pack before nightfall. But weren’t cucumbers heavy? Would the school send footmen? Perhaps she should juice them before she—

“Where you going?”

Sophie turned. Radley smiled at her with buckteeth and anemically red hair. He lived nowhere near Graves Hill but made it a habit to stalk her all hours of the day.

“To see a friend,” said Sophie.

“Why are you friends with the witch?” said Radley.

“She’s not a witch.”

“She has no friends and she’s queer. That makes her a witch.”

Sophie refrained from pointing out this made Radley a witch too. Instead she smiled to remind him she’d already done her good deed by enduring his presence.

“The School Master will take her for Evil School,” he said. “Then you’ll need a new friend.”

“He takes two children,” Sophie said, jaw tightening.

“He’ll take Belle for the other one. No one’s as good as Belle.”

Sophie’s smile evaporated.

“But I’ll be your new friend,” said Radley.

“I’m full on friends at the moment,” Sophie snapped.

Radley turned the color of a raspberry. “Oh, right—I just thought—” He fled like a kicked dog.

Sophie watched his straggly hair recede down the hill. Oh, you’ve really done it now, she thought. Months of good deeds and forced smiles and now she’d ruined it for runty Radley. Why not make his day? Why not simply answer, “I’d be honored to have you as my friend!” and give the idiot a moment he’d relive for years? She knew it was the prudent thing to do, since the School Master must be judging her as closely as St. Nicholas the night before Christmas. But she couldn’t do it. She was beautiful, Radley was ugly. Only a villain would delude him. Surely the School Master would understand that.

Sophie pulled open the rusted cemetery gates and felt weeds scratch at her legs. Across the hilltop, moldy headstones forked haphazardly from dunes of dead leaves. Squeezing between dark tombs and decaying branches, Sophie kept careful count of the rows. She had never looked at her mother’s grave, even at the funeral, and she wouldn’t start today. As she passed the sixth row, she glued her eyes to a weeping birch and reminded herself where she’d be a day from now.

In the middle of the thickest batch of tombs stood 1 Graves Hill. The house wasn’t boarded up or bolted shut like the cottages by the lake, but that didn’t make it any more inviting. The steps leading up to the porch glowed mildew green. Dead birches and vines wormed their way around dark wood, and the sharply angled roof, black and thin, loomed like a witch’s hat.

As she climbed the moaning porch steps, Sophie tried to ignore the smell, a mix of garlic and wet cat, and averted her eyes from the headless birds sprinkled around, no doubt the victims of the latter.

She knocked on the door and prepared for a fight.

“Go away,” came the gruff voice.

“That’s no way to speak to your best friend,” Sophie cooed.

“You’re not my best friend.”

“Who is, then?” Sophie asked, wondering if Belle had somehow made her way to Graves Hill.

“None of your business.”

Sophie took a deep breath. She didn’t want another Radley incident. “We had such a good time yesterday, Agatha. I thought we’d do it again.”

“You dyed my hair orange.”

“But we fixed it, didn’t we?”

“You always test your creams and potions on me just to see how they work.”

“Isn’t that what friends are for?” Sophie said. “To help each other?”

“I’ll never be as pretty as you.”

Sophie tried to find something nice to say. She took too long and heard shoes stomp away.

“That doesn’t mean we can’t be friends!” Sophie called.

A familiar cat, bald and wrinkled, growled at her across the porch. She whipped back to the door. “I brought biscuits!”

Shoesteps stopped. “Real ones or ones you made?”

Sophie shrank from the slinking cat. “Fluffy and buttery, just like you love!”

“Agatha, let me in—”

“You’ll say I smell.”

“Then why’d you say it last time?”

“Because you smelled last time! Agatha, the cat’s spitting—”

“Maybe it smells ulterior motives.”

The cat bared claws.

“Agatha, open the door!”

It pounced at her face. Sophie screamed. A hand stabbed between them and swatted the cat down.

Sophie looked up.

“Reaper ran out of birds,” said Agatha.

Her hideous dome of black hair looked like it was coated in oil. Her hulking black dress, shapeless as a potato sack, couldn’t hide freakishly pale skin and jutting bones. Ladybug eyes bulged from her sunken face.

“I thought we’d go for a walk,” Sophie said.

Agatha leaned against the door. “I’m still trying to figure out why you’re friends with me.”

“Because you’re sweet and funny,” said Sophie.

“My mother says I’m bitter and grumpy,” said Agatha. “So one of you is lying.”

She reached into Sophie’s basket and pulled back the napkin to reveal dry, butterless bran biscuits. Agatha gave Sophie a withering stare and retreated into the house.

“So we can’t take a walk?” Sophie asked.

Agatha started to close the door but then saw her crestfallen face. As if Sophie had looked forward to their walk as much as she had.

“A short one.” Agatha trudged past her. “But if you say anything smug or stuck-up or shallow, I’ll have Reaper follow you home.”

Sophie ran after her. “But then I can’t talk!”

After four years, the dreaded eleventh night of the eleventh month had arrived. In the late-day sun, the square had become a hive of preparation for the School Master’s arrival. The men sharpened swords, set traps, and plotted the night’s guard, while the women lined up the children and went to work. Handsome ones had their hair lopped off, teeth blackened, and clothes shredded to rags; homely ones were scrubbed, swathed in bright colors, and fitted with veils. Mothers begged the best-behaved children to curse or kick their sisters, the worst were bribed to pray in the church, while the rest in line were led in choruses of the village anthem: “Blessed Are the Ordinary.”

Fear swelled into a contagious fog. In a dim alley, the butcher and blacksmith traded storybooks for clues to save their sons. Beneath the crooked clock tower, two sisters listed fairy-tale villain names to hunt for patterns. A group of boys chained their bodies together, a few girls hid on the school roof, and a masked child jumped from bushes to spook his mother, earning a spanking on the spot. Even the homeless hag got into the act, hopping before a meager fire, croaking, “Burn the storybooks! Burn them all!” But no one listened and no books were burned.

Agatha gawped at all this in disbelief. “How can a whole town believe in fairy tales?”

“Because they’re real.”

Agatha stopped walking. “You can’t actually
believe the legend is true.”

“Of course I do,” said Sophie.

“That a School Master kidnaps two children, takes them to a school where one learns Good, one learns Evil, and they graduate into fairy tales?”

“Sounds about right.”

“Tell me if you see an oven.”

“I want to put my head in it. And what, pray tell, do they teach at this school exactly?”

“Well, in the School for Good, they teach boys and girls like me how to become heroes and princesses, how to rule kingdoms justly, how to find Happily Ever After,” Sophie said. “In the School for Evil, they teach you how to become wicked witches and humpbacked trolls, how to lay curses and cast evil spells.”

“Evil spells?” Agatha cackled. “Who came up with this? A four-year-old?”

“Agatha, the proof’s in the storybooks! You can see the missing children in the drawings! Jack, Rose, Rapunzel—they all got their own tales—”

“I don’t see anything, because I don’t read dumb storybooks.”

“Then why is there a stack by your bed?” Sophie asked.

Agatha scowled. “Look, who’s to say the books are even real? Maybe it’s the bookseller’s prank. Maybe it’s the Elders’ way to keep children out of the woods. Whatever the explanation, it isn’t a School Master and it isn’t evil spells.”

“So who’s kidnapping the children?”

“No one. Every four years, two idiots sneak into the woods, hoping to scare their parents, only to get lost or eaten by wolves, and there you have it, the legend continues.”

“That’s the stupidest explanation I’ve ever heard.”

“I don’t think I’m the stupid one here,” Agatha said.

There was something about being called stupid that set Sophie’s blood aflame.

“You’re just scared,” she said.

“Right,” Agatha laughed. “And why would I be scared?”

“Because you know you’re coming with me.”

Agatha stopped laughing. Then her gaze moved past Sophie into the square. The villagers were staring at them like the solution to a mystery. Good in pink, Evil in black. The School Master’s perfect pair.

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

17 июня 2022 г. 14:37

4 Насколько размыты рамки добра и зла

Довольно таки детская книга, которую интересно читать даже будучи не ребенок.
Мне понравилась задумка автора про школы добра и зла и как туда попали девочки Агата и Софи. Казалось бы судьба двух девушек предопределена, Софи которая была умница и красавица должна была попасть в школу добра, а Агата, которая была с грязными волосами, не имела хороших манер, жила на кладбище в школу зла. но все пошло не по плану и они попали в противоположные школы. Мне нравится, то что автор подталкивает читателей на мысль, что не важно как выглядит человек зло и добро находится у него внутри. Ты то, что ты делаешь.
Я бы хотела прочитать эту книгу в детстве, думаю тогда б она мне понравилась еще больше.

1 августа 2022 г. 20:58

Императрица несерьезных книг

17 февраля 2022 г. 00:57

4 Не важно, кто мы. Важно, что мы делаем (с)

Какая очаровательная, но совершенно сумбурная вещь!

Эксперт Лайвлиба Без ложной скромности

22 февраля 2022 г. 14:37

4 Пусть меня научат

Один ребёнок всегда был красивым и добрым, из тех, о которых мечтали все родители. Другой же – неказистым и странным, изгоем с самого рождения.

Я узнала о существовании этой книги, когда маленькая птичка принесла на хвосте, что у Сомана Чайнани скоро выйдут на русском Чудовища и красавицы. Опасные сказки книга обещает быть невероятно красивой,захватывающе-интересной и непохожей на успевшие приесться за последние годы «старые сказки на новый лад».

Тотчас вспомнила, что с именем Сомана Чайнани уже встречалась не так давно, это был рассказ об ожидаемых экранизациях 2022 года в статье LiveLib, и тогда мне показалась интересной идея не академии магии и волшебства, которых, спасибо Гарри Поттеру, в литературном пространстве расплодилось столько, что шагу нельзя шагнуть, чтобы не…

13 апреля 2022 г. 17:07

3.5 Важны наши поступки

Серия «Школа Добра и Зла» привлекла меня как своей аннотацией, так и общей концепцией: магическая школа, потомки сказочных героев, разделение на «добро» и «зло». И если оценивать вкратце, то это было весьма неплохо, особенно если учитывать, что история рассчитана на юного читателя. Но, как и в любой истории, всегда есть какие-то «но» портящие впечатления. Предлагаю рассмотреть по порядку.

Наша Софи уверенна, что она следующая, и, казалось бы, такая перспектива…

Пират Книжного моря

19 февраля 2022 г. 16:43

4 Размытые границы Добра и Зла

со своей колокольни

28 февраля 2022 г. 22:57

Прекрасная вещь, которая мне нравилась и вдохновляла даже купить всю серию. вплоть до третьего акта данной части.

Но тем не менее персонажи нравятся, хотя и выглядят немного по-диснеевски. Волей-неволей вспоминаются Наследники. Собственно и тут нечто похожее, хотя основная сюжетная линия далеко не в этом, а…

15 марта 2022 г. 16:28

3 Сама задумка книги интересная.

13 февраля 2022 г. 09:07

Собираясь покупать эту серию книг долго сомневалась, особенно из за большего количества отрицательных отзывов. Ретиг 16+ в конкретно этой книге стоит зря, лучше подошёл бы 12+. А так история интересная очень советую.

Literature / The School for Good and Evil

Edit Locked

The School for Good and Evil is a children’s fantasy novel series by Soman Chainani.

Every four years, two children from the small village of Galvadon are kidnapped by a shadowy figure known only as the «School Master». There isn’t any pattern regarding gender or age, but one child will always be beautiful and kind, the other ugly and foul-tempered. Furthermore, the likenesses of past children have appeared in the fairy tale stories mysteriously delivered to Galvadon’s only bookstore. From these observations is birthed the Storybook Theory: the abducted children are sent to a school where they are taught how to be heroes or villains.

Sophie is an ardent believer in the Theory. Thoroughly bored with Gavaldon, she dreams of being captured and becoming a fairy tale princess. To this end, she’s meticulous about her appearance and endeavors to do at least one good deed a day. One such good deed was befriending the village outcast’s daughter Agatha, who is her opposite in every way: ugly, anti-social, and unimpressed with the Storybook Theory and any who believe in it.

Her tune quickly changes when the School Master takes both her and Sophie to the mythical School for Good and Evil. However, they both receive the shock of their lives when Sophie gets dropped on the Evil side and Agatha on the Good. They each believe there’s been some mistake, but their attempts at convincing the school’s staff go unheard.

Getting out of this situation will prove difficult in more ways than one: a rift slowly forms between the two friends, one that may determine the outcome of this fairy tale.

The books included in this series are:

Shortly after the release of the first book, Universal Pictures announced plans to create a series of films based on the novels, with Joe Roth and Jane Startz serving as one of the main producers. Netflix eventually acquired the film rights in 2020 with Paul Feig taking the helm as director and co-producer. In December of that same year, Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso were cast in the lead roles of Agatha and Sophie, respectively. It is set to be released in 2022.

Школа добра и зла, 2022

Этим 4 знакам Зодиака в сентябре нужно быть осторожней с деньгами: есть риск все потерять

«Человеческого ничего не осталось»: изменившаяся до неузнаваемости Мадонна вызвала оторопь

Спустя 20 лет: как выглядит и чем занимается главная злодейка сериала «Бригада»

До конца жизни снимали из жалости: успех звезды «Трактира на Пятницкой» обернулся трагедией

Повезет в любви: 5 знаков Зодиака, которые умеют выбирать партнеров

Визуальный тест: Насколько вы мудрый человек?

Тест: какому мужчине вы понравитесь?

Тест на крылатые фразы из советского кино: сможете пройти на 8 из 8?

Скрывал до последнего: всплыла правда о том, что делал Гайдай на фронте

Тест: угадайте откуда этот герой мультфильма или фильма

Выжженное поле: люди этих трех знаков зодиака беззастенчиво рушат чужие семьи

Зная всё о кино, хочется поделиться этим с другими. Делитесь фильмами, трейлерами, персонами и новостями в социальных сетях, присваивайте рейтинги фильмам и обсуждайте их с друзьями и подписчиками!
Интересные фильмы, ближайшие кинотеатры и любимых актеров можно добавлять в «Избранное». Система покажет все связанные с ними новости и новые трейлеры, подскажет, когда можно купить билет в кино на интересующую премьеру. Присоединяйтесь!

The School for Good and Evil

Rate And Review

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)

You’re almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

How did you buy your ticket?

Let’s get your review verified.

AMCTheatres.com or AMC App New

Cinemark Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Regal Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Theater box office or somewhere else

By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

You’re almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)

How did you buy your ticket?

AMCTheatres.com or AMC App New

Cinemark Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Regal Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Theater box office or somewhere else

By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

You haven’t finished your review yet, want to submit as-is?

You can always edit your review after.

Are you sure?

Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers.

Want to submit changes to your review before closing?

Done Already? A few more words can help others decide if it’s worth watching

They won’t be able to see your review if you only submit your rating.

Done Already? A few more words can help others decide if it’s worth watching

They won’t be able to see your review if you only submit your rating.

The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads «Your Ticket Reservation Details». Just below that it reads «Ticket Confirmation#:» followed by a 10-digit number. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number.

Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email.

Шарлиз Терон и Керри Вашингтон в новом фильме Netflix «Школа добра и зла»: первые кадры

Керри Вашингтон, Пол Фиг и Шарлиз Терон на съемках фильма «Школа добра и зла»

В сети появились первые кадры со съемок новой картины Netflix под названием «Школа добра и зла» (School for Good and Evil). Режиссером нового проекта выступил Пол Фиг, известный зрителям по фильмам «Девичник в Вегасе», «Охотники за привидениями» и «Рождество на двоих», а главные роли в нем достались Шарлиз Терон и Керри Вашингтон.

Керри Вашингтон, Пол Фиг и Шарлиз Терон на съемках фильма «Школа добра и зла»

На фото со съемок картины, которые проходят в Ирландии, Пол Фиг предстает в компании Шарлиз и Керри, перевоплотившихся в своих волшебных персонажей. Так, Вашингтон играет доброго профессора Дови, а Терон — коварную леди Лессо с огненно-рыжей шевелюрой.

Первый взгляд на леди Лессо и профессора Дови из «Школы добра и зла», судя по всему, зависающих с преподавателем хорового пения,

— пошутил Пол Фиг под снимком.

Шарлиз Терон на съемках фильма «Школа добра и зла»

Первыми фото со съемок в инстаграме поделились и сами актрисы: на этих кадрах уже можно разглядеть яркие детали их образов.

Еще больше добра ждет впереди, — подписала Керри свое фото в образе профессора Дови.

Керри Вашингтон на съемках фильма «Школа добра и зла»

Нет покоя для зла! Не могу дождаться, когда вы познакомитесь с леди Лессо,

— прокомментировала пару кадров со съемок новой картины Терон.

Шарлиз Терон на съемках фильма «Школа добра и зла»

В основу сюжета картины «Школа добра и зла» легла первая книга из одноименной серии романов Сомана Чайнани, который, к слову, также приложил свою руку к проекту. Фильм расскажет историю двух девочек — Софи и Агаты, которых похищают для обучения в школе волшебства, расположенной в таинственном месте под названием Бесконечный Лес. Чайнани уже одобрил подход режиссера и назвал его «мастером тона». Точная дата премьеры неизвестна — пока она намечена на 2022 год.

Шарлиз Терон и Керри Вашингтон

School for Good

The School For Good

Description

Inhabitants

Good Teachers, staff, and other Faculty

Appearances

First Appearance

Latest Appearance

Contents

Architecture

The school has four towers, and they are: Purity, Honor, Charity and Valor. The school was designed crystal white for its outer appearance, although in most covers they reflect a soft pink color.

Interior

Exterior

The School for Good is a large building surrounded by a lake and a gate placed in front of the school entrance (also known as the Good Shore). The School for Evil and the School for Good is connected by the Halfway Bridge. Dean Sophie’s Quarters (formerly known as the School Master’s tower) is positioned between both school buildings.

Campus

Situated behind the school’s main building is the Clearing and Blue Forest connected by the Tunnel of Trees. Beyond the Blue Forest is the Endless Woods.

Known Students

Graduates/Alumni

Current Students

Supplies

The School provides uniforms, books and schedules upon student arrival. Since the school aimed for gender equality, all supply items listed in the School for Good and Evil Handbook applies to both Everboys & Evergirls.

Mostly skincare and beauty-related items.

Most of the following items are listed to counter the Never students’ pranks.

Dress Code

Pre-School Master Era

School Master Era good uniforms

Evergirls: The dress is an apple-blossom brocade richly decorated with pearl embellishments. Evergirls are also required to wear enchanted dancing slippers that could increase speed in case of any attacks. The outfit is accessorized with yellow Pegasus-feather headdress and a fan to complete the look.

Everboys: Dinner jacket coat with slender-fit amethyst breeches. The cravat and stockings are made of hand-stitched whisper silk. Accompanying this outfit is an Altazarra Unicorn wig and sword to be used for school portraits or enemy invasion.

School Master Era

School Master Era good uniforms

Evergirls: Tea-length pink chiffon dress in raspberry souffle and blush-satin Mary Janes. The concept design features a pink flower as an extra accessory accompanied by rose diamonds with fairy-dust polish.

Everboys: Cornflower blue coat with antique Rumplestiltskin gold straw embroidery, slender-fit breeches starched linen and manure-resistant riding boots.

Sophie Era

Sophie Era good uniforms

Evergirls: Camellia pink taffeta and marble-heeled slippers with rose quartz detail (flat version available). The design itself is inspired by one of many Sophie’s dresses.

Everboys: Royal blue velvet dress with military-style gold epaulets, dragonfly-wing shimmered breeches and obsidian leather boots with indestructible palladium buckles.

Teachers & Faculty

Female teachers of Good are required to wear a high-necked gown in a vibrant color. In order to allow them to express their individual personalities, they are encouraged to add appropriate flair to their uniforms. Suggested accessories include: crystals, beetle wings, baby’s breath, freshwater pearls, unicorn braids, or tasteful chain mail.

Male teachers of Good are required to wear brightly colored suits with slim ties. (Shades of blue are highly discouraged in order to avoid looking like one of the students.) Shoes and belt buckles should be shined regularly, all clothing laundered weekly, and beards kept neatly trimmed and free of debris.

Courses

Year One

Books

Year Two

Note that the following subjects apply to girls only.

Currently

All following subjects listed are not specific to only one gender.

Year Three

All following subjects listed are not specific to only one gender.

Year Four (quests)

School Teachers & Faculty

Dean Clarissa Dovey (Good Deeds)

Favorite hobby: «I am quite the chess player. Lady Lesso and I had an ongoing rivalry, which I led 133 games to 22. I hear Dean Sophie is eager to take Leonora’s place in our matches. Does she even know how to play?»

Princess Uma (Animal Communication)

Favorite animal: «I used to have the sweetest little white bunny named Roscoe, who slept in my bed. But then he got bitten by a vampire bat.»

Rumi Espada (Swordplay and Weapons Training)

Best student: «Lancelot had peerless skill and an innate sense of chivalry. He beat Arthur so badly once in a duel that he purposely lost the rematch in order to repair their friendship.»

Aleksander Lukas (Chivalry and Grooming)

Tip on Grooming: «If your breeches are sagging so low that we can see your underpants, your future looks very dim.»

Yuba the Gnome (Surviving Fairy Tales)

Food Tip: «If you run out of meerworms while traveling in the Woods, toasted crickets make a suitable (and often tastier) meal.

Emma Anemone (Beautification)

Pollux (Princess Etiquette)

Extracurricular activity: Founder and Adviser of the Never-Ever Anti-Bullying Alliance (ENABA), dedicated to extinguishing the mistreatment o those with unique characteristics, specifically canines who do not exemplify traditional norms of masculinity.

Hort of Bloodbrook (History of Heroes)

Advice for Evers: Make friends with the weirdos. There’s usually more of them than popular kids, which means you’ll actually be the popular one.»

Albemarle the Woodpecker (Groom Room Attendant)

Pet Peeve: «Boys and girls who flirt with each other in the hot tubs. Such as cliche.»

Nymphs (Hoverus Protectus)

Fairies (Glitterus Obedious)

School Rules

Biggest Good and Evil sepration rules:

Applied to both Evers and Nevers:

Evers Only:

School for Good Groom Room

Fitness

Hair and Makeup

Wardrobe Consultation and Formalwear Rental

Historical Artifacts

Gallery of Good

The Exhibition of Evil

School Statistics

The School for Good- Statistics supplied by Dean Clarissa Dovey

Programs

Study Abroad

Leadership Training in Camelot (hosted by Agatha of Camelot (maiden name: Agatha of Gavaldon) and Tedros of Camelot)

Feminism Intensive in Maidenvale (hosted by Briar Rose of Maidenvale and Jack of Woods Beyond)

The History of Youth Culture in Neverland (hosted by Peter Pan)

Scouting the Endless Woods (hosted by The Gillikin Fairies)

Internships

Altazarra Unicorn Farm

Number of Intern(s): 2 students

Responsibilities: brushing the unicorns, braiding the unicorn’s hair, singing to the unicorns, bathing the unicorns in honeycream, reading poetry to the unicorns, maintaining the unicorns’ self-esteem, making the unicorns’ beds, cleaning the unicorns lap-pool, and blending fresh-fruit smoothies for the unicorns.

Item(s) to send: Charcoal drawing and an essay.

The White Rabbit’s Clock-Making Factory

Number of Intern(s): 1 student

Responsibilities: keeping the interfactory clocks synced, calling lunch hours and teatimes, and making sure the CEO (The White Rabbit) is never late for anything.

Item(s) to send: Completed form and a handmade time-telling device.

Geppetto’s Workshop

Number of Intern(s): More than one interns (1+)

Responsibilities: Assist designers sketching and laying out the wooden pieces.

Item(s) to send: None; must come to the workshop for an in-person interview and demonstrate the ability to tell the differences between puppets and people.

Cinderella’s Mice Designs, Ltd.

Number of Intern(s): 1 student

Responsibilities: Helping the founders keep up with their correspondence, recruiting models from around the Woods, and assist the coordinators to stage the company’s fashion show every season.

Tedros

Tedros Pendragon
Tedros of Camelot

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

This article is about the book character. For the movie character, see Tedros (Netflix).

Tedros is a sixteen-year-old prince, the son of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, and the supposed heir to the throne of Camelot until an imposter pulled the sword from the stone. He is a former student of the School for Good and the School for Boys. He is bisexual, as shown through his relationship with Sophie’s male alter-ego Filip in the second book in the series. He briefly took the position of the School Master during his second year and is currently married to Agatha.

Contents

Physical appearance

Tedros is described as the most handsome boy in the School for Good, with blue eyes, and a halo of golden blonde hair. He’s also described as being tall and having skin that was said to be the color of desert sand. It is implied that he is muscular and well-built. In One True King Merlin states that Tedros isn’t tall. In Quests for Glory, the book states that Tedros became extremely muscular for all of his time working out in order to become fit enough to pull Excalibur from the stone. Like all the other Everboys, he wears a sweater when playing rugby and wore blue chain-mail mesh armor during the Trial by Tale. When he was talking to Agatha about Sophie becoming a witch after swordplay, he wore a blue sleeveless shirt. After being transformed into a hideous Never by Sophie, he was described as having the appearance of a bald, scrawny man with a scarred face and a very shiny head. He is notorious for not wearing a shirt.

Personality

At first, Tedros is made out as stuck up, cocky, (as said by Hester herself in the chapter he was introduced) and overly sure of himself. Like the other Evers (besides Kiko), he also judged Agatha as a witch and mocked her friendship with Sophie. It’s also shown that despite constantly complaining about it he loves the attention he gets and actually makes a point of flaunting his assets, due to the fact that he’s Good’s heartthrob and King Arthur’s son. However, beneath his self-assured, bold, exterior lies a loyal, kind and brave heart. Because of witnessing his mother’s unfaithfulness as well as being loved by most of the Good girls only because of his looks and never because of who he is, Tedros is actually scared and unsure whenever it comes to love until the spark between him and Agatha ignited. It’s also shown that Tedros is very gentlemanly (such as when he tried to shake hands with Agatha when they first met) at times.

Biography

Early life

Tedros is the son of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Guinevere left Arthur and Tedros for Lancelot (Arthur’s trusted knight and friend) when he was at the mere age of nine. This broke King Arthur’s heart, which contributed to Arthur’s untimely death soon later, as the King turned to «drink and despair», and reportedly killed at the Four Point when gone there unprepared to stop the war between the Ever and Never kingdoms. Tedros never understood why his mother would tell him and his father that she loved them when in the end, she ran off with one of the king’s knights, Lancelot. Tedros vowed to never make the same mistake as his father. Tedros blamed his mother leaving on his father and had a strained relationship towards the end of his fathers life.

The School for Good and Evil

Tedros is first introduced in Chapter 5, «Boys Ruin Everything». When he first enters the Theater of Tales in Chapter 5, everyone stares, and it is said that «The Princes finally had a King.» This is where we learn of Tedros’s heritage as the son of King Arthur, as Hester tells Sophie by pointing out Excalibur. Tedros is probably the most handsome boy in Good. He attracts all the Evergirls, except for Agatha, who is quoted as hoping «he would impale himself» with his own sword.

After Agatha and Sophie figure out the riddle that they get from the School Master, they find out that the answer is «True Loves Kiss», and they decided that Sophie is supposed to be the Good student. She must prove to Tedros that she is Good, so he will kiss her, and Agatha and Sophie can return home. But when Tedros tries to kiss Sophie, she turns away and tells him that they should wait. This is when Agatha realizes that Sophie doesn’t want to go home, she wants to stay with her prince, and she is furious with her friend.

From the first time they saw him, both Beatrix and Sophie fell head over heels for Tedros. Both of them fought over him, spreading rumors about one another and talking behind each other’s backs, revealing each others’ hate towards one another. Beatrix is very clingy to Tedros, she even goes so far as to name her pet Teddy the bunny after him. At the Trial of Tales when Sophie wouldn’t come out to save him because she didn’t want him to see her naked, and in the end, Agatha saved him. But in the end, his true princess is Agatha, who loves him just for being who he is.

Even though it had never been done before, Tedros and Sophie think they are meant to be. Before Sophie and Tedros were together, and she was still trying to win his heart, there were challenges in Surviving Fairy Tales so that the Everboys could find their princess. Every time, Tedros unknowingly picked Agatha, and until Sophie and Tedros broke up, Sophie didn’t think much of it. She told Agatha to bug off, to get her own life and stop stealing her prince, and she did. But then, after the Trial by Tale when Tedros thought that she had betrayed him, he realized that he always picked Agatha and that Agatha was his princess all along.

Agatha made a wish to become beautiful, and she did. She started to smile more and brush her hair and takes care of herself, and soon was the most beautiful of all the Evergirls. Tedros started to notice, and he thought about her often. He and all the other boys drooled over her while the girls plotted their revenge and slapped the boys next to them for sneaking looks at Agatha. And she started to feel something when she looked at Tedros, and she even had a dream that someone, whose face she couldn’t make out, asked her to the Ever’s Snow Ball. And one day, she found out that it was Tedros, and that he was her prince.

Sophie found out too, and she wasn’t the least bit excited. In fact, she was furious and started to turn into a witch. She attacked Tedros and the School for Good. She wouldn’t talk to Agatha or Tedros unless it was a threat. She told Tedros one day that Princes keep their promises so unless he took her to the ball, he was evil. «I guess that solves the mystery about the attacks,» she told him when he didn’t reply to her hateful remark.

Agatha had accepted the fact that Tedros was her prince, and so did all the other girls. At the end of the Circus of Talents, Tedros had asked her to the ball, and suddenly every girl had a date. But Sophie screamed like a witch wounding everybody, killing the wolves and fairies except bane who later on saved Agatha just as she was about to die after Sophie pushed her off, Tedros saw and he screamed.

Tedros and a few other ever boys stood guard so no attacks from Sophie can destroy them.

A World Without Princes

In this book, we do not meet Tedros until later, but it is shown that because Agatha picked Sophie instead of him, all the ever boys were ejected from the good castle and all the Never girls from the bad. This has led to their being only two schools: the school for girls and the school for boys. Tedros is the head of the school for boys. The two schools are readying for war. When Agatha goes to meet him, he reveals that he has had difficulty sleeping, knowing he wasn’t enough for her. She explains that Sophie is her friend and she had to save her. They nearly kiss but Tedros sees Sophie’s shadow and insists that she is here. Suddenly, Sophie shoots a spell at both of them. Agatha thinks that Tedros did it and Tedros thinks that Agatha did it.

The Last Ever After

Tedros is wounded, he and Agatha fought a lot at her house. Tedros wasn’t used to the small place because he was born in a castle full of space and huge meals. Agatha always complained thinking he never helped with chores, complained about how little food they had, how he always trained. Agatha attempts to fix his wound but he refuses, after some bickering he lets her, they have a conversation. Callis never let them outside because she knew it was too risky. Agatha discovers the truth, Callis and Stefan were both to kill her and Sophie if they came back, it was ordered by the elders. Later on they were discovered because Callis tried to steal eggs for Tedros and had failed. They have been captured and sent to the elders, everyone gawked at Tedros because he was a real handsome prince. Tedros admitted that he had sent the attacks on Sophie, Agatha tried to stop him but he already blurted it out. The elders were furious and ordered Agatha to die first, however Callis wanted to die with her, Stefan was the one who was about to burn them but then Callis shot him with her finger glow. Agatha and Tedros ran to the graves to find the swans. Callis died to protect Agatha and her prince. They found the graves and got sucked in. Moments later A wolf and a giant captured them wanting to eat them. They were attacked by Uma’s animals, who was still in her ninja outfit and she used her finger glow to change into her pink princess dress. They walk to the the hideout.

The Ever Never Handbook

Quests for Glory

Tedros’ coronation does not go as planned when he fails to pull Excalibur from the stone. Filled with humiliation, he begins ignoring Agatha.

Agatha and Tedros got back together by the help of Merlin who put them in his celestium, Tedros is very angry at Merlin saying he interrupted his and Agatha’s work. Merlin succeeds in getting them to talk and he leaves the two alone to talk. Agatha is frustrated at Tedros saying she left him all alone, she cries because she never wrote back to Sophie. Tedros comforts her saying he’s stupid. Agatha says he’s stupider than a tree stump and he repeats that agreeing, Agatha tells him he’s stupider than Rafal’s zombies, Tedros doesn’t agree but she says it wasn’t a question. Tedros plays with her rolling back his eyes and playfully sinking his teeth on her neck. She squeals. Tedros and Agatha keep talking and his future queen is willing to do anything to help him. She then decides to go on a quest for him while he stays in Camelot. He refuses at first but then Agatha wins. They kiss and Agatha tosses them both off the cloud.

When Agatha leaves on a mission to find out why their classmates’ quests are failing, he stays at Camelot. After the events at Four Point, he leaves for Sherwood Forest to meet the Lion, Rhian, accompanied by Lancelot. Along the way, he stops at Lady Gremlaine’s house. After the Snake attacks the house, killing both Lancelot and Lady Gremlaine, he sees Agatha’s finger glow, and reluctantly leaves Lancelot.

When Rhian saves all the kingdoms from the Snake at the four point instead of Tedros, (someone working for the snake trapped him in the dungeons during the battle) he tries to prove he can be a good king to Camelot and to the woods by killing the snake, but Rhian kills the snake instead because Agata ordered him to protect Tedros. After that Tedros is very angry with Agatha saying that she «holds him back».

A Crystal of Time

Tedros struggles a lot throughout the book. He is still feeling from being betrayed by Rhian, who he thought was his friend. He was beaten up multiple times by the pirates, getting tortured for information. He was relieved that Agatha had escape but then suddenly worrying wondering where she will go he survives the torture by thinking it was Rhian they were beating up. Later, he is dismayed and outraged that Sophie chooses to free Hort instead of him. He and Hort have a brief fight about who knows Sophie better before Hort is freed to be Sophie’s assistant. When Agatha’s rescue team comes to save the prisoners, Tedros is one of the unlucky 7 who gets left behind. Unable to think of a plan to escape, he lets his insecurities get the best of him. He fears the end is near because of his upcoming execution. Luckily, Professor Dovey steps in at the last minute, and Tedros manages to escape with Agatha. In the woods, Agatha and Sophie catch up, much to Tedros’ dismay over their closeness. He still doesn’t trust Sophie and bickers with her constantly.

In Gnomeland, Tedros is impatient to do something and gets angry when the ruler of Gnomeland sends everyone else on a mission except for him. He soon learns it’s because he has the most important mission of all that must be discussed in secret. After their mission, Tedros is gutted when he learns he is actually not the heir to his father’s throne. He discusses his next move with Agatha, Guinevere, and the King of Gnomeland. Eventually, they decide to go to Avalon to try and unbury King Arthur. He is rather appalled at having to disturb his father’s grave but it is necessary to follow up with the clue. At the gravesite, he sees a vision of his father, because Merlin preserved a piece of his father’s soul. It is a very emotional moment for Tedros, and it awakens the lion inside of him.

Hester

This article refers to the book character. For the movie character, see Hester (Netflix).

Hester of Ravenswood is a major character in the The School for Good and Evil book series. She is a former student of The School for Evil and

Hester
Hester of Ravenswood

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

The Knights of Eleven

Contents

Early Life

Hester’s mother, The Candy Witch died when Hester was a young girl. Hester is seen to care and admire her mother, as she has a picture of her outside the gingerbread house can be seen by Hester’s bedside table. Before Sophie’s arrival, we can assume that Hester was betting on being the top student and Class Captain, even standing up at the opening ceremony to ask how to become one. Her mother gave her her old potions kit, the one she uses to brew the love potion for Sophie.

Appearance

Hester is a Nevergirl with pale skin, long, black hair streaked red, black eyes, black lipstick, a ring in her nose and a terrifying tattoo of a buck-horned, red-skulled demon around her neck. She is also tall. Hester is said to resemble her mother.

Personality

Hester is claimed to be cool, charismatic and mature and has an aura of a leader. Throughout the series, Hester is seen full of a villain’s knowledge, kind and protective.

She seems the ideal Villain student, but she can support Good if the cause arose.

Despite her deep teenage personality, she is also trustworthy, honest and caring, although she definitely did not show it, but reveals it later on (depends on the situation, whether or not she is supposed to be). She does not make it clear to the people she cares about how much she cares about them very often but is willing to go as far as to risk her life for people.

Biography

The School For Good And Evil

Hester lived in Malice Tower, Room 66 with Anadil, Dot, and Sophie. Initially, Hester thought that the place of Class Captain was as good as hers. Then Sophie came along, and Hester hated her so much, she tried to attack Sophie with her demon during Special Talents.

Once the School Master gave Sophie the riddle, the coven tried to help her solve it, even asking Lady Lesso. Eventually, Sophie and Agatha solve the riddle.

According to Sophie, the goal is now to get Tedros to kiss her, as the answer to the riddle is love. She asks Hester to search for love spells. Originally, Hester rejects the idea, but Sophie threatens to put flowers in every room as Class Captain. Eventually, Sophie finds a love spell, but when she tries it on Tedros, it richochets, and she is punished by Yuba. Hester basically tells her, «I told you so.»

Hester represents Forest Group 6 in the Trial by Tale. She goes in the Trial last, along with Tedros. She tries to kill Sophie and Tedros by splitting her demon into 5 pieces, each mobile and armed. Tedros pins her surrender cloth to the ground, and she, along with her demon, disappears, all but one piece. The arm left behind nearly stabs Tedros, but Agatha morgrifies from bush back to human, grabs Tedros’ shield, and smashes the arm.

This damage to her demon, including her successful attempt to split the demon into pieces, deeply injures Hester, Anadil having to feed her broth. Sophie comes back to Room 66, all uglified, Hester and Anadil kick Dot out, Sophie taking Dot’s place in the coven. At Sophie’s request, they help attack the Evers every night, after Tedros refuses to acknowledge his promise. But after a while, Hester and Anadil are reluctant to keep going, saying it felt like thuggery. When they find that all the attacks are so Sophie can go to a Ball, they tell her that she’s on her own.

Along with Anadil, Hester thinks that Tedros is her Nemesis, so they try to get Tedros and Sophie back together, before war breaks out. They try to attack the Evers with Anadil’s rats, telling Sophie to save Tedros just before the rats kills him, so he thinks she saved him. Agatha finds the coven, and objects to the plan. Hester tackles Agatha, and tells her that Tedros is Sophie’s Nemesis. Apparently, Hester and Anadil think that they are saving his life by getting them back together.

When Sophie gets back to Room 66, Hester and Anadil are terrified to find a black wart on her chin, a symptom of having a Nemesis. Still thinking that Tedros is her Nemesis, when they see him at the Circus of Talents, they discover he is not, as when a witch weakens, their Nemesis grows stronger. Tedros still looks weak and defeated in his seat. But then Agatha comes in, beautiful in a midnight blue gown. They go white with understanding. When Hester goes to the stage, her demon only manages a sooty firebolt before collapsing back into her neck.

Hester, Anadil, and Dot try to thwart Sophie’s plan to kill Agatha, locking her in Room 66. But they find the No Ball invitation, and just go to Evil Hall. The hall is beautiful, with a banner: The 1st Annual Villain’s ‘No Ball.’ When Agatha barges in, Hester welcomes her as a guest, but when the Ever army charges in, she helps free Sophie, and freezes Agatha in an ice coffin.

While Agatha is climbing up the School Master’s tower, though, she helps by stunning Grimm, who was trying to kill her.

A World Without Princes

The Last Ever After

The Ever Never Handbook

The Ever Never Handbook itself is a handbook that Hester edited and added pages and notes to.

Because of that, Hester is mentioned repeatedly in the handbook.

Hester adds an introduction to the handbook, warning the readers to not believe everything they read and telling them as a surviving student herself, she believes it is her duty to guide future students through their school years safely.

Hester’s first note is her Secret Supply List. She includes items such as Insta-gruel (for midnight snacks), Voice-Loss Lozenges (for avoiding oral examinations in class), and Crog-bone wind chimes (‘to hang on your door to thwart murderous intruders’).

Her next note is a hand-drawn, labelled diagram comparison of a man-wolf vs. werewolf. She then includes five helpful tips to help you survive the Doom Room if a teacher sends you there.

Another note gives you six tips surrounded by cartoon illustrations on How To Prank Evers.

Hester also comments on the Ever’s Weekly Menu saying «No wonders Evers walk around looking like they sucked on lemons. Give me a pail of gruel any day.»

She also adds a note featured with Takeout Menus, after the highly-restricting and healthy diet plan Dean Sophie has for Nevers is featured. Three pamphlets are pictured: The Dungeon Deli, The Pizzeria of Punishment and Dumpy’s Derelict Dumpling House. Hester’s top tip for getting the Delivery Gnome in is bribing the wolves with the greasiest side dish.

Near the end of the book, letters to Hester are stuffed in the handbook with ones from Anadil, Sophie and Agatha.

In the Graduating Class, she is photographed, tracked as a leader with a top secret quest, and her yearbook quote is from Lady Lesso

Hester also edits the superlatives, with quite harsh, but funny statements (e.g ‘Most likely to throw away her life for a blond ninny: Agatha, Most villainous (and don’t you forget it): Hester and etc).

At the end of the book, she discusses quests and other topics with some of her fellow classmates at a Round Table of their own. Various spoilers are released, apart from the enjoyably funny dialogue.

The book ends with the wedding invitation of Agatha and Tedros addressed to Hester.
—-

This section is a stub. You can help expand this article by adding information.

Quests For Glory

A Crystal of Time

One True King

Abilities

Summoning Demon Tattoo

Hester has a demon tattoo on her neck, which can be summoned whenever and wherever she wants to. This demon can detach itself from Hester and attack people at her command.

There were a few signs that the demon is somehow a part of Hester’s body. Sophie once, unintentionally, summoned evil creatures on Hester’s demon, which caused her to feel pain just as her demon did. Another is during the Trial by Tale when Hester attacked Tedros with her demon near the end, it appeared as if detaching the demon’s body parts caused her agony. The reason is probably because the demon is also a tattoo (other than being a demon itself), and they are permanent.

In the full version of the Ever Never Roundtable, however, Hester mentioned her demon was not on her neck anymore, joining in the No Ball. This can also mean that Hester cannot control her demon full-time, or probably because she was just having too much fun (she said her 3rd-year/4th-year No Ball was pretty intense). It was also revealed that if her demon dies, she will die too.

In Quests for Glory, at the battle of Four Point, Hester uses her demon to carry people outside to safety. This means that it’s at least strong enough to carry two to three full grown humans.

In A Crystal Of Time, Hester and the others in the Camelot dungeons use the Demon to take a message to Tedros, speaking through it. It can also manifest even though the dungeons are immune to magic.

Standard Evil Spells

Hester once admitted that Sophie is just too strong to beat her, so they (Hester and Anadil) are willing to help her with anything she’d like to do. Hester even tried making a love spell for Sophie in order for her to achieve what she wanted.

Academics

Studies

Events

Just like her studies, Hester is one step behind from Sophie in each event. The Trial by Tale was Sophie’s when she «cheated» to win (claimed by Tedros), everyone admired her for this, including Hester.

Track

Hester took the Leader track as she was ranked top five in her group. She was never seen having a mid- range or below 13 ranks, as she ended up a leader.

Quest

Hester’s original quest was to renovate her mother’s old gingerbread house. However, this was changed by Dean Dovey to finding a new schoolmaster, alongside Anadil and Dot.

Relationships

Family

Gertrude of Ravenbow

Hester barely mentions her mother since (according to Hester herself) her mother was naive when she used an oven to cook children instead of a grill, which would have avoided any complications. Then in the third book, Hester expresses more of her thoughts on her mother’s death, after she, Agatha, Tedros, Anadil, Dot, and Hort, met old fairy tale characters, including Hansel and Gretel. When Hansel and Gretel shared how they managed to survive in the Woods alone, Agatha remembers that Hester’s mother was the witch. She is surprised when Hester did not defend her mother as Hansel and Gretel insulted the witch. Hester told Agatha that Hansel and Gretel were two hungry kids in the Woods and her mother decided to kill them, only to make a fatal mistake and that revenge is the worst thing a villain can do. Her ability to not get caught up on revenge makes the rest of the coven and Agatha gain more respect for her.

Partners

Anadil and Hester maintain a good friendship together. As roommates, they looked out for each other, maintaining a close relationship. However, in The Last Ever After it is said that Anadil sometimes does not want to be only known as Hester’s sidekick or henchman. Throughout the series, it is suggested that Anadil and Hester may be love interests.In One True King where it is heavily implied that they are romantic partners, but have yet to put any labels on their relationships.

Friends

Dot and Hester have a good friendship but are not the same as Hester and Anadil. The first book stated that Hester and Anadil kicked Dot out of her dorm room (that they shared), leaving her roomless and having to take sanctuary in the Everboy’s bathroom. They become friends again at the end of Book One. In the third and fourth books, Hester actually stood up for Dot showing that she cares about Dot, even if she does not show it.

Agatha

Hester takes an immediate liking to Agatha in Book 1, preferring her company over Sophie’s. Although she often lashes out at her, she and Agatha grow to be close friends throughout the series even to the point of Hester risking her life for Agatha multiple times. In Books 2 and 3, Hester mentions how she (and Anadil) wanted Agatha in their coven, instead of Sophie or Dot. In the handbook, Hester is invited to Agatha and Tedros’s wedding. They sent letters to each other when Agatha was in Camelot, including one where Hester listed all the possible ways she could kill Agatha if she didn’t respond.

Allies

Sophie

Hester hates Sophie, but there are still moments when she shows sympathy towards her and they do end up working as a team for some parts in the series. At the start of the first book, Hester initially resents Sophie because she kept on getting the highest rank in classes. In the first Special Talents class, she lets her demon out on Sophie. Sophie then summons a flock of animals that swarm the demon, harming Hester as well. In the Trial by Tale, Hester tries to kill Sophie again but fails. She is weakened by the spell she used and was ill for a while afterwards. She says to Dot and Anadil that ‘she never should have tried’ and that ‘Sophie was twice the witch she was.’ After a while, they kick Dot out of The Coven and their room to replace her with Sophie. They then frequently ‘prank’ the School for Good, often ending in chaos. She later seems to be drifting from Sophie. She helps Sophie after she has her Nemesis Dreams more frequently. They do not interact much in A World Without Princes. In the Last Ever After, when The Coven is caught working for Good, Sophie chooses them to be sentenced to death. Hester later says that winning class captain after Sophie leaves school would mean nothing because Sophie was ‘the greatest witch of them all.’ When Sophie is later revealed to be Evil’s new Dean, she retracts her statement. In The Ever Never Handbook, Hester gets a letter from Agatha, and it has evidence that Hester has had a rant about the way Sophie acts as Dean. She clearly states in Book 4 (Quests for Glory) that she and Sophie are not friends, so it is possible she still dislikes Sophie, but it is also possible that with Hester’s personality, she just doesn’t like saying «mushroom» things.

Tedros

Although they aren’t totally friends, Hester warms up to Tedros in the third book despite saying he smells like a spoiled prince. She is even invited to his wedding with Agatha.

Clarissa Dovey

Although Hester hates princesses, princes, and fairy godmothers (she basically hates everything good is about), and she does make comments about how Dovey is ‘past her prime’ and ‘an old prune’, she clearly does think Dovey knows what she is doing, because she obeys her in Book 4 when she tells her to return to school, even though she would much rather continue on with her quest along with Anadil and Dot. Basically, she doesn’t like Dovey, but she does respect her a bit.

Leonora Lesso

It can be seen in ”A World Without Princes” that Lady Lesso claimed Hester and Anadil to be ‘more than capable allies’, proving that she trusted Hester’s abilities to help Agatha and Sophie in the trial.

The school for good and evil

This article refers to the book character. For the movie character, see Dot (Netflix).

Dot
Dot of Nottingham

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Maid Marian (mother)

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Affiliation

The Knights of Eleven

Contents

Early Life

Dot grew up in Nottingham along with her father, the Sheriff of Nottingham. At some point, her father did the School Master a favor, which resulted in Dot being taken away to the School for Good and Evil.

Appearance

Dot has short brown hair and a slight chubby face. She was thought to have pale skin but in Book 6 it was revealed that she had brown skin. She large balloon body. Because of this, she was described as a «fatty», probably with the reason of how her relatives looked like and how her talent made her addicted to candy and sweets. In the second book, she goes on a diet and eventually becomes skinny. She then wears revealing clothes and fashionable hairstyles. She goes back to being fat in the third book, due to Anadil and Hester’s taunting (which Sophie secretly disagreed with).

Personality

Dot is a bit daft with a strong sense of humor. She is both kind, supportive, and a strong survivor. Dot has feelings for Hort of Bloodbrook and is known for her love of woodsmen. She is a sidekick to Hester and Anadil, two witches who she roomed with at the School for Evil. She is a chocoholic and often turns random items into chocolate to consume. Dot is much kinder and open-minded than her roommates, stating that ‘Not every villain has to look depressed.’ At the end of book 6 she revealed that she was half-never after finding out Maid Marian was her biological mother, explaining why she was kind and sweet.

Biography

The School for Good and Evil

Dot was Sophie’s roommate in Room 66, Malice Tower, along with Hester and Anadil. During a session of Special Talents class taught by Professor Sheeks, it is revealed that she has the talent to change things into food, mostly chocolate, and Sophie remarks, “Mystery solved,” after previously wondering where all of the chocolate was coming from. Dot is quite naive, thinking that she and Sophie are «best friends». She once attended Sophie’s lunchtime lectures discreetly, not wanting Hester and Anadil to find out. Dot always got low ranks while at school, which decreased her popularity. In book 2, it was revealed that Dot and Hort talked a lot during their first year because of both of their unpopularity and unsteady friendships. Hort felt lonely without her. When Sophie had finally turned into a witch, Dot was kicked out of the coven; she was really sad after that. She went inside the School for Good knowing that if she turns to the other Evil students they will humiliate her. She hid in the boy’s toilets for several days. She was found by Agatha and revealed to her that it was possible to get from Evil to Good through the sewers. At the Circus of Talents, after Sophie’s witch’s scream almost destroyed the School for Good, Dot found Hester dangling, almost about to fall to her death but Dot saves her in time. She is once again reunited with Anadil and Hester, who ultimately allow her to rejoin the coven for the time being.

A World Without Princes

After the school changes to the School for Girls, Dot learns how to use her talent to turn objects into vegetables instead of chocolate, which results in her losing quite a bit of weight. She is then described to have tight curly brown hair with blonde highlights and wear light makeup. However, her new «wannabe Ever» habits cause Hester and Anadil to taunt her, Hester stating that she should admit that she’s «. a traitor who no one likes and who is better off stabbing her own throat than ever showing her face again.» Agatha internally remarks that Dot looks as if she had lost 30 pounds. Dot claims that she can finally look how she wants to, now that Good and Evil no longer exist. At first, Dot was reluctant to help Agatha and Sophie to go back to Gavaldon and restore things back to the way it was, claiming that she liked the School for Girls, but later she agreed. Even though Dot looked like an Ever, she still had low ranks, which led her to play a large part in Agatha’s plan to go after Tedros while she was supposed to be guarding the castle. Once Agatha believes that Tedros attacked her, Dot is also a big part of their planning to take back the Storian, especially after Hester and Anadil cancel her book club. At the end of the book, Dot defends Agatha from Aric and the other boys along with Hester and Anadil, risking her life so that Agatha can get to Sophie.

The Last Ever After

Dot, Hester and Anadil acted as spies and helped Tedros and Agatha break in to the School for New Evil. Dot turned the fog around the School Master’s tower into chocolate so that Tedros has a way to get in so he can «rescue» Sophie. Later in the book, when Hort threatens Dot, Hester retorts that she won’t let him hurt her («Over my dead body!») Dot doesn’t quite believe that Hester means it, so Hester repeats her willingness to protect Dot.

Quests For Glory

Dot and her two friends, Anadil and Hester were assigned a Quest by Clarissa Dovey and they were on a «Top secret mission» (to not get Sophie infuriated) in search of a new school master, because everyone except students of both schools (excluding Nicola) were not fond of having Sophie being a Dean. They wanted a school master to control her.

Abilities

Relationships

Friendships

Hester

Dot and Hester harbor an neutral relationship, and, along with Anadil are known as the Coven. Hester and Anadil kicked Dot out of the Coven in the first book but later take her back in. In A World Without Princes, Hester is seen to be calling Dot a ‘traitor’ because Dot starts to lose weight and wants to be like an Ever. Hester tends to tease Dot about her weight many times throughout the series. As of The Last Ever After, they are good friends. At book 4 they would still bicker but when Dot was bullied by her own father Hester stood up for her.

Anadil

Anadil and Dot are friends as they are both members of the Coven. Hester and Anadil tease Dot about her weight, which Dot seemingly dislikes. Anadil calls Dot a ‘traitor’ when Dot loses weight and becomes more like an Evergirl instead of a witch. As of The Last Ever After, they are good friends.

Love Interests

Dot had a temporary crush on Hort in The Last Ever After.

During Quests for Glory, Dot had one date with the ex-guard Kei but later hated him because he stole the Keys keeping The Snake imprisoned.

Family

Sheriff of Nottingham

The father of Dot, the main antagonist of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Dot always wanted to please him, sending a letter of lies about the events at Four Point. Dot loved her father even is he was verbally abusive, her father was proud of her because of her fake letters to him but then he later in find about that everything she wrote was a lie, Dot said she just wanted him her love her again but he ignored her. He called her a pig and almost hurt her physically but he was stopped by Hester’s demon and everyone else. In book 5 he later on is a more loving father to Dot. He threatens Rhian after finding out he captured Dot saying he’ll «rob» him. He later on protected Dot and the school. He fought the snake but was killed, he told Sophie to tell Dot that he and her mother made Dot by love. Dot was really hurt finding out that her father died and she was wanting to get revenge on Japeth, which never happened.

Patricia

She was shortly mentioned in the ever never handbook. Patricia was probably his second wife, her fate is unknown after this.

Dot’s father lied about her mother however in book 6 it was revealed that she was Dot’s mother. She and Dot got really close after having a conversation in Merlin’s celestium.

The school for good and evil

imagecaption

Alias

Personal Status

Status

Relatives

Place of Origin

Characteristics

Gender

Abilities and Equipment

Talent

Fingerglow

Weapons

Professional Status

Position

Occupation

Lord, Dean, and Teacher in The School for New Evil (formerly)

School

The School for New Evil
The Foxwood School for Boys

Physical attributes

Hair Color

Eye Color

Aric of Bloodbrook, formerly known as Dean Aric Or Lord Aric is a minor character in A World Without Princes and a tertiary character in The Last Ever After. He also made an appearance in One True King.

Contents

Background

Aric is the only child of Lady Lesso. He was born in Bloodbrook. After his mother was appointed to be the School for Evil’s dean, instead of abandoning Aric, she hid him in one of the caves outside the school gates, visiting him every night to comfort him. However, after some time, her visits were revoked by Rafal who found out thanks to Evelyn Sader. Aric was left alone and with no explanation as to why his mother abandoned him. This caused him to gain a burning hatred towards his mother and most definitely women.

Shortly before A World Without Princes, Aric formed an army and broke into the School for Boys, setting a shield around the castle and replacing Chaddick as the school captain.

Appearance

Aric is described as having spiked black hair, lethal violet eyes and ghostly pale cheekbones. He bears a resemblance to his mother this way. He is also described as being tall, muscular and ‘menacingly handsome’. After being attacked by Hester, he had the word «CREEP» carved onto his forehead, along with a black eye, a swollen nose, and deep claw marks across his face.

Outfits

Aric has worn a number of outfits across the series:

Personality

Aric has a very cruel, vicious and violent personality. He takes great pleasure in torturing and hurting others and even killed Tristan in book 2. He is very goal-driven and is known to do anything to reach that goal, even if it involves the deaths of others.

During book 3 his personality does not change too much, however, it is hinted that he may be a bit lecherous, since his relationships with Sophie and Hester seem to be slightly flirtatious on his part. He has a strong distrust of women, due to his being abandoned by his mother in the Woods at age 6, but will attempt to deceive females by acting warm and friendly in order to disguise his true feelings towards them.

Relationships

Lady Leonora Lesso

Aric has an undying hate for his mother. Though she was his mother, she was also his nemesis, which led him to try and kill her multiple times, even without the permission of Rafal. Once he tried putting an asp in her toilet. Another time he served her poisoned coffee. During the chaos in the trial in book 2, he almost killed her, but Rafal intervened. He never forgave her for abandoning him, and even though he seems to act sweet to her at times, Lesso can easily see through this act.

At the end of book 3, Aric tries to kill his mother once and for all with a dagger. Professor Dovey comes to her best friend’s rescue and stabs Aric with a broken stymph bone, killing him. However, unbeknownst to onlookers, Aric manages to stab his mother with the dagger, and Lady Lesso dies shortly after.

Sophie

Sophie and Aric’s first interaction was chasing after her as she and Agatha attempted to reach The School For Girls in an attempt to intercept their path towards Dean Evelyn Sader’s school, where safety awaits. Their second, more direct interaction was after Sophie activated the mogrif shield, leading him to believe that there was an intruder in book 2. However, he never spotted her, as she hid under the spiricks near the castle. It is suspected that he knew of her presence but chose not to reveal her whereabouts, as his eyes linger on the spot where Sophie is hiding. This occurs repeatedly throughout books 2 and 3, leading some readers to believe that Aric may have a soft spot for Sophie as she is Evil’s great hope.

During the course of book 3, their relationship seems to improve as Aric acts kinder to her and even boldly flirts with her by way of winks, suggestive remarks, licking his lips, et cetera, during some of their interactions. It is even stated that Aric seemed to be aware of Sophie considering him attractive, since moments after she looks at him and has such thoughts, he turns around and gives her what is described as a devilish smirk. Rafal later grows extremely jealous of Sophie’s attraction towards Aric, even questioning Sophie’s love for him and asking her what she is distracted by when she thinks about Aric, Rafal’s eyes “narrowing”. Sophie internally admits that Aric is «lethally handsome», a thought that Aric apparently does not miss. This leads Rafal to declare Sophie leader of training preparations for the Good vs. Evil war in order to remind Aric of who the leader is; Aric is shown to be bitter about this (it should be noted, though, that this bitterness presents itself only near the conclusion of Book 3). However, it is believed that all this flirting with Sophie was just another one of his tricks, since it is revealed in Book 5 that Aric loved Japeth much more intensely and sent several letters to him, begging Japeth to come find him. Japeth x Aric (Jaric) remains the most popular Aric ship in the fandom.

Nearing the end of book 3, however, Aric’s attitude towards Sophie changes dramatically, when Lady Lesso leaves him and Sophie in the Brig of Betrayers. He tricks Sophie into helping him out by letting him use her body as a crutch. After he escapes, he runs off and does not help Sophie, saying, «If it wasn’t for you, I would have led training, and the war would have already been won.» Aric appears to blame Sophie for Evil’s failure in the war.

Agatha

Agatha and Aric had a neutral and eventually negative relationship. Aric seemed to have tolerated her as she attempted to reach Tedros during book 2, although he did want to kill her beforehand. His actions, however, were proved to be a trick, as he managed to trick Tedros into thinking that she had tried to kill him, instead of trying to tell him that Agatha was trying to help him.

Hester

Aric and Hester have a negative relationship, as he stabbed her during the second year trial, almost killing her. In the School for New Evil, Hester states that all the teachers love her apart from Aric. She later attacks him with her demon in order to stop Aric from torturing Agatha (who at the time was disguised as a boy named Edgar), carving ‘CREEP’ into his forehead, among other injuries. Aric attempts to have Hester and her coven imprisoned for this, but they are rescued by Merlin just in time. Aric blames Lady Lesso for Hester’s attack, even though Lady Lesso was the one to extricate and save him from Hester’s demon.

Rafal Japeth Sader-Mistral

Aric and Japeth met at Arbed House. They were friends, causing the Dean to worry, as attempts to separate them were failing. However, the two seem to be more than friends, something Hort and Rhian note. In Aric’s letter to Japeth, (one of many), he begs for Japeth to find him. We learn Aric got kicked out of the foxwood school for boys after attacking Rhian. He claims to have full right of attacking Rhian; later we learn Rhian said something about his and Japeth’s «friendship» causing the attack. Japeth proves just how much he cares about Aric when he admits to his brother that he would rather bring Aric back to life then his own mother. However, it was revealed Aric felt some degree of shame in having the relationship and never kissed Japeth despite their deep devotion. When Japeth wants to bring Aric back from the dead after his death using the pen Lionsmane, Tedros and Agatha shudder, stating that the only thing worse than one Snake is two Snakes, each “sadistic” beings with “black holes” instead of souls. However, in the Celestium scene, Agatha feels a level of pity for Japeth and ‘Aric’ as they embrace, but forces herself not to feel emotion for them.

Aric and Kei were roommates at Arbed, though it doesn’t seem like they got along. Kei told Sophie that he found Aric a true monster.

Rhian

Despite being so attached to Japeth, Aric despises Rhian, and the feeling is mutual. Aric attacked Rhian, wounding him so that a scar was left on his head, after the latter said something about the «friendship» between Aric and Japeth. Rhian was willing to fight his brother to the death to stop Japeth from bringing Aric back.

Abilities

Aric has several different abilities:

Staff

Contents

School for Good

The teachers in the school for good teach students, each teacher has one specific thing to teach about. Their only purpose is to help students prepare for their fairy tales. It was revealed in Book 5 that teacher cannot interfere with the student’s fairy tales just help.

Dean For Good

The dean for good is the head of the school and good teachers facility. She/He is usually in charge of planning students schedules, lunche, supplies, e.t.c.

Professor Clarissa Dovey is the Dean of the School for Good and teacher of Good Deeds. She is a fairy god-mother to Agatha and her role in a fairy tale was the legendary fairy godmother in Cinderella.

Princess Uma

Princess Uma teaches Animal Communication. She was thought to be dead after Evelyn Sader banished her from the School for Girls.

Professor Emma Anemone

Professor Emma teaches Beautification. Her clothing is often extremely extravagant (and in Agatha’s opinion very silly-looking). She is very nervous during the Circus of Talents, because teachers are forbidden to come.

Yuba the Gnome

Yuba the Gnome teaches Surviving Fairy Tales. Yuba also teaches the Evil students at the same time as the Good. In the second book, it is learned that he has a gnome talent that enables him to change genders. He uses Merlin’s spell to change gender. He was also Merlin’s teacher. In his female form, his name is Helga. He is a founding member of The League Of Thirteen.

Professor Espada

Professor Espada teaches Swordplay to the Everboys.

Professor August Sader

August Sader is a blind artist and Seer who usually teaches History of Heroism to the Good students, but he also teaches the School for Evil, as well. He turns out to be a big part in the end of the first book when he gives up his body to the Good brother’s ghost, enabling him to defeat the Evil twin, The School Master. He is also seen by Agatha in the second book during one of Evelyn Sader’s lessons. It is mentioned that before his sister took his place in teaching The School for Evil. He comes from a family of seers and is a seer himself. He cannot speak of the future, as if he does, he ages 10 years. Agatha sees him as a sort of father figure and thus develops a liking towards him in the second book. He has dark hair and eyes and typically wears a green suit in the first book. Evelyn Sader is also his half-sister. He is deceased.

Pollux

Pollux teaches princess etiquette and dance.

Helpers

In the school for Good, fairies and nymphs help the teachers and students. In the school for Evil, wolves are the helpers. They all sacrifice themselves for the sake of the students. Bane, a fairy boy who was from Gavaldon even saves Agatha and dies in her palm. Helpers do not serve the school for loyalty, but rather as a punishment for not being good enough to serve a purpose in a fairy tale. Thus, failed students from Good would become wolves and switch sides to Evil and vice versa. Both fairies and wolves alike we’re killed by Sophie’s horde of ravens in the first book. The closest thing to Helpers in the second book are butterflies who serve Evelyn Sader, the dean of both schools. By the third book, the School master had raised the fairies and the wolves from the grave as undead minions adding to his army.

Beelze is a red dwarf, he accompanies Castor.

School for Evil

Lady Leonora Lesso

Lady Lesso was the Dean for the School for Evil, as well as the teacher for Curses and Death Traps. However, in the second installment, she is reduced to teaching Defense Against Boys at the School for Girls after Evelyn Sader takes charge. She had a son whom she hid until she was discovered by Evelyn Sader. She was then restricted from going back to tend to her son, who is revealed to be Aric. She taught at the school for 15 years.

Professor Bilious Manley

The Professor of Uglification at the School for Evil, who profoundly believes that only by letting go of looks and vanity can villains truly embrace themselves. Gifted Sophie her famous snakeskin cape.

Professor Sheeba Sheeks

Sheeba Sheeks teaches Special Talents at the School for Evil.

Agatha

This article is about the book character. For the movie character, see Agatha (Netflix).

Agatha
Agatha of Woods Beyond

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Callis of Netherwood† (adoptive mother)
Vanessa† (biological mother, estranged)
Stefan (biological father)
Tedros (husband)

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Witch (formerly)
Bug-Eyed Tramp
Edgar of Bloodbrook
Fatima
Agoff

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Leader (formerly)
Student at the School for Good (formerly)

Affiliation

Contents

Appearance

Personality

Biography

Early life

With the help of Callis and unbeknownst to Stefan, Agatha was born to Stefan and Vanessa, coming out of the womb only a few minutes after her twin sister Sophie was born. Due to Vanessa feeling disgusted by Agatha’s appearance, she ordered Callis to throw out the baby, but Callis saw beauty in the child and raised her as her own, changing her appearance to mirror the baby.

Sophie is said to be her one and only friend in Gavaldon, most believing her to be a witch and keeping away.

We first see Agatha when Sophie goes to visit her in her secluded house in Gavaldon’s graveyard. Agatha is seen to be sassy and pessimistic. She and Sophie take a walk into town, where the people are panicking about and taking major precautions for the kidnappings that would take place later that night. The people stare at Agatha and Sophie, both looking like the perfect epitome of a princess and a witch. While Sophie enjoys the attention, Agatha feels insecure and she talks Sophie into walking to the lake instead. Sophie agrees, and once they’re at the lake, Sophie starts preparing herself for the School for Good. Agatha is annoyed because she believes that the School for Good and Evil isn’t real and she claims that the kidnappings are coincidental. Sophie argues that the schools are real and that they would both get accepted, whether Agatha liked it or not. They argue until Sophie accidentally confirms that she befriended Agatha only to look good in the School Master’s eyes, which upsets Agatha. But Sophie reassures her that over time, she had begun to see Agatha as a real friend and still does, and the scene ends on a heartwarming note.

Later, Agatha has a fight with her mother, who wants her to go to the School for Evil and make something out of her life, differing from Agatha’s hopes for a normal life. When she goes to bed, she sees a flying shape passing by from her window. She realizes that the Schoolmaster is real and that Sophie is at risk of being kidnapped. Agatha runs to save her and they both get taken. The stymphs fly them past the barrier and into the woods. They arrive at school and, much to both’s surprise and horror, Agatha is dropped into the School for Good and Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil.

Agatha wakes up in a flower field, surrounded by beautiful, princess-like girls who are her soon-to-be classmates. They are all surprised to see Agatha and they all avoid her, except for three girls, who introduce themselves as Beatrix, Reena, and Millicent. They are particularly rude to her, asking if she was lost, blind, or deaf. Agatha tries to evade their questions until they ask about her Flowerground pass, which Readers aren’t given. Agatha pretends to have it, while searching her pocket for a distraction. She gives up and scares off all the Evergirls by farting. Then she runs to find Sophie, visiting the barrier for the first time. She manages to trick her reflection into believing she’s evil and she gets in. She and Sophie coincidentally run to each other at the same time, before a tide rises up and flings both girls back to their respective schools.

Back in Gavaldon, Agatha tries to fit in and go back to the life she used to have. Despite wanting to go back to her old life, Agatha can’t help but dream about Tedros. At the wedding between Stefan and his wife, Agatha feels jealous and heartbroken, watching the wedding she will never have, and accidentally wishes for Tedros. This causes the magic barrier between Gavaldon and the woods to be opened, allowing archers to come in and fire at Sophie, who was consequently locked up in the church. Agatha stays with her. Since the archers caused many troubles for the people of Gavaldon, The Elders took Sophie into the woods and secretly attempted to sacrifice her to the enemy, planning to lie that it was her brave choice. Agatha does not trust them, and she leaves to find Sophie after promising Stefan that she will keep Sophie safe. After she finds Sophie, both of them try to find their way out, but butterflies lead them to the Flowerground Express, which takes them to the school.

At this point, Sophie finds out about Agatha’s wish and is furious. Agatha is torn between Sophie and Tedros. She approaches The Coven, who try to convince her to choose Tedros, because if she does, the war between Boys and Girls will be over, and things will go back to normal again. Agatha is convinced and she decides to confront Tedros the same night.

Agatha and Sophie are welcomed back into the School for Girls as heroes’ and inspirations. Agatha tries to tell everyone that they don’t plan on staying long, but Sophie says the opposite. She encourages the girls to stand up to the boys and especially Tedros, who wants her dead.

During class, Agatha notices witch symptoms appearing on Sophie: black teeth, warts, etc. Her fears get worse as Sophie’s attempt at a challenge goes terribly wrong, enough to terrify the former Dean of Evil. In one of her challenges, Agatha sees Tedros, telling her to meet him at the bridge. She believes that was the message was real, unaware that she had hallucinated him because she wanted him to be there. For the rest of her challenges, she makes sure to fail so she can stand guard and have a chance to escape.

Agatha tells The Coven about Sophie’s symptoms, but the latter overhears. Sophie decides she cannot trust Agatha to be loyal and she watches her the whole night. But Agatha had escaped before Sophie realized and a dummy made out of pumpkins was what was presumed to be her. At one point, late in the night, the dummy falls and the pumpkins roll out, right as Sophie was watching. In fury, Sophie sneaks out and chases after Agatha.

Agatha makes it to the bridge, but she doesn’t see Tedros. She decides to go into the School for Boys, assuming her prince had forgotten or had planned wrong. She sneaks in as Sophie follows, invisible under a snakeskin cape. Hort finds Agatha, thinking she’s Sophie and drags her to the rest of the boys. Agatha tells them that Sophie is turning into a witch again and she is here to save them all from her, as Sophie watches from behind. Agatha demands the boys to take her to see Tedros so she can seal their Ever After.

They comply and Aric, the second-in-command takes her, with Sophie secretly following. Agatha is left alone with Tedros and Sophie, who is hiding under the desk. Agatha and Tedros finally talk.Tedros explains how disappointed and embarrassed he felt when Agatha chose Sophie over him. Agatha tries to explain what Sophie means to her and when asked why she came back for him, she responds that now she needs more than a friend. Agatha frees the Storian, which Tedros had chained up, and the storybook flips to the last page, about to rewrite their ending. Tedros and Agatha are about to kiss when Tedros sees Sophie’s shadow looming. He gets frantic and searches for her, and Agatha tries to convince him that Sophie isn’t there. She manages to and Tedros, now relaxed, reveals that he had never asked her to come at all. Agatha is bewildered and Tedros is now suspicious, wondering how she got across the barrier. In their state of confusion, Sophie sees an opportunity. She blasts a spell, making both of them think it was the other, trying to hurt them. Agatha comes to the conclusion that Tedros only wanted revenge, not her, and escapes. Aric, who found Sophie’s blood, when she scraped her foot on a stair, comes to tell Tedros that Sophie was there all along. They both look at the storybook and see that Sophie was indeed, hiding under the desk the whole time. Tedros thinks he had been tricked by both of them, and he puts a bounty on Agatha’s head too.

Agatha comes back to her dorm and sees Sophie fast asleep. She believes that she had unjustly doubted Sophie this whole time. She tells Sophie everything, and the latter acts as if she knew nothing and forgives Agatha. The same morning, they found out that Tedros had ordered a Trial by Tale, where if the boys won, Agatha and Sophie were to be handed over for public execution, and if the girls won, the boys would become their slaves.

Agatha and Tedros don’t feel happy in Gavaldon, so they wish to go back to the Woods and find Sophie. The town discovers Agatha and Tedros’ presence, and attempts to burn them both at the stake along with Agatha’s mother (Callis). Callis sacrifices herself to save Agatha and Tedros, and they find a portal into the woods through Sophie’s mother’s (Vanessa’s) grave.

Vanessa’s grave is a portal to the Garden of Good and Evil, where all the famous heroes and villains are buried. they are found by princess Uma who received a message from Agatha’s cat (Reaper). She guides them through the woods in order to find the headquarters of the League of 13. Shocked, they learn that the sun in the Woods is dying because the Tale of Sophie and Agatha has reopened. They run into 3 zombie villains and narrowly escape. Finally, they find the League and wonder how the old heroes will help them on their quest. Merlin, is the last member of the League to arrive and surprises Tedros so much that he faints.

The next day at League Headquarters, everyone is packing up and the old heroes disperse so that they won’t be found by the zombie villains. Sophie won’t destroy the ring because she wants to be sure that she can end up with Tedros before doing it. Merlin Agatha, Sophie, Tedros, and Hort set out for the «safe house» that Merlin is telling them about. They travel in pairs, Merlin with Agatha and Sophie with Tedros, while Hort lags behind. Agatha went with Merlin because she wanted to give Sophie and Tedros a chance to be with each other to see if they are compatible.

Eventually, the group reaches Avalon, where they discover that the lake where the Lady of the Lake resides is a portal to a land of lush meadows and countryside. When they first enter they see people in the distance, and Tedros is shellshocked when he realizes that it is his mother Guinevere with her husband, Lancelot. They spend weeks in the safe house, and Agatha and Sophie grow closer while Tedros ponders by himself. One night, Lancelot confronts Sophie about her ring, made of black swan gold, while Agatha and Hort talk about how they think the story will end. Agatha confesses that she still loves Tedros, and he overhears. Later on, Tedros takes Sophie to a cave where he kisses her. There is no chemistry between them,after Sophie doesn’t feel anthing while kissing him, she tries harder but she can’t taste any love or affection. and Tedros leaves her. Sophie wishes for the School Master, and she vanishes back to him. Meanwhile, Agatha and Tedros reunite and confess their true love for one another.

Merlin brings the rest of the League of 13 to the safe house along with the Coven, and Agatha accepts the crown of Camelot’s queen from Guinevere. They all train to fight the zombie villains, but they’re still outnumbered and are wondering how they could ever win. Merlin insists that he has a plan. When the group goes back to the Woods (leaving Guinevere behind), they notice that the sun will be dying very soon.

In the beginning of Quests for Glory, Agatha and Tedros have embarked on their quest of becoming the Queen and King of Camelot. However, they run, almost immediately, into trouble when Tedros accidentally gets Excalibur stuck in a stone wall of the palace. It gets better. At the coronation when he has gone through all the rights and passages of the regular coronation, the priest pulls out the last will of King Arthur. One that says that Tedros will only be king once he pulls the sword from a stone.

Having already revealed that Guinevere and Lancelot are hiding in the palace, Tedros panics, trying to once again regain the people to his side. And so, through his stress, he isn’t thinking clearly and he reveals that Excalibur is stuck in the wall. When he tries to go and pull it, it doesn’t budge.

After all of this, in the following days and weeks, Tedros all but abandons Agatha, leaving her to plan their wedding and be lorded over by the Lady Gremlaine. As Agatha becomes more stressed, Tedros all but refuses to speak to her and Lady Gremlaine says that he does not wish to see her. This, in turn, makes Agatha feel lonelier than ever, and only able to communicate with Sophie by carrier bat which takes weeks to get there and weeks to get back. She is only able to watch as Tedros becomes like a bodybuilder, trying harder and harder to pull the sword from the stone wall and every time failing.

Agatha runs away from Camelot, and after a short stop in Avalon, finds herself in the Sherwood Forest. She tries to recruit Robin and his men to help her but they refuse. Then Professor Uma finds her in Sherwood Forest and brings her to the School for Good and Evil where Agatha, the first years, and the teachers put together a plan for rescuing the prisoners in the Camelot dungeons. The professors doubt her leadership because Agatha still believes the best in Sophie, which everyone else thinks is foolish. Agatha soon proves them wrong when she uncovers a hidden message sent by Sophie, which indicates that she is still on their side. However, Agatha begins to doubt her own leadership and questions whether she is really Good, since she is endangering the lives of the first years by sending them to free Tedros.

A rescue team made up of students, Robin, and the Sheriff go to stop the execution. Agatha is tricked into leaving Professor Dovey behind in the battle, and instead runs away with Tedros. In the forest, Agatha is reunited with Sophie and they catch up, much to Tedros’ dismay at their closeness. In Gnomeland, Agatha gets a shocking surprise at the identity of the king. The ruler of Gnomeland tells Agatha she must use Professor Dovey’s crystal ball to uncover the secrets of Rhian’s past. Sophie sees a vision of the future in the crystal ball and leaves to go back to Camelot, which disturbs Agatha so much that she screams. Agatha trusts that Sophie has a plan and is still on their side because of her «friendship intuition,» but Tedros thinks Sophie has deserted them to become Queen. Later, in Avalon, Agatha is with Tedros when they unbury King Arthur, where they discover the truth of the future.

Abilities

Relationships

Love interests

Tedros

In the beginning, Agatha’s hatred for the prince grew as Sophie fell for the prince more and more. However, eventually, she began to fall for Tedros and Tedros for her. In A World Without Princes, Agatha opens Sophie’s and her storybook because she wished for a happy ending with Tedros. In The Last Ever After, Tedros and Agatha’s relationship was tested as they fought and argued through the book, but they remained strong toward each other. As stated in the Ever Never Handbook, Agatha and Tedros are engaged.

Family

After the events of The Last Ever After, Agatha got engaged to Tedros and was the soon-to-be Queen of Camelot (This changed after it turned out Tedros was not Arthur’s oldest son). She is also the twin sister of Sophie, although their souls are the complete opposite. It is also told that Vanessa and Stefan are her biological parents and Callis is her adoptive mother.

Vanessa

Vanessa was Agatha’s biological mother. Agatha was thrown away by Vanessa because Vanessa feared that such an «ugly» baby would not be good enough for Stefan. The baby was given to Callis, who was expected to throw the baby away in the woods.

Callis

Stefan

Sophie

When they are transferred to the School for Good and Evil, Sophie assumed that she was to be dropped into the School for Good but after Agatha grabs her best friend’s hand the stymph changes its mind and Agatha is dropped into the School for Good while Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil, much to both of their distastes.

Later the two friends ride Stymphs up to the School Master’s tower, and he gives them a riddle. They later solve the riddle and realize that Sophie must kiss Tedros. While doing so, their friendship begins to go downhill. Sophie and Tedros meet, mogrified as foxes and with Agatha disguised as a cockroach. Tedros tries to kiss Sophie. However, Sophie refuses and Agatha realizes that Sophie does not want to go home.

Eventually, in the Trial by Tale, Agatha saves Tedros’ life. Sophie had been hiding as a bush, and Sophie splits apart from both of them. Her new witch friends start to think her Nemesis is Tedros, but it is later revealed that her Nemesis is Agatha.

At the Circus of Talents, Sophie begins her rampage, fully transformed into an ugly hag-like creature, which does not end until the School Master attempts to kill Agatha. After Agatha and Sophie reconcile and Agatha revives Sophie with a kiss, the two return home to their town Gavaldon, where they are hailed as heroes.

However, Sophie/Filip is roomed with Tedros, and Tedros becomes friends with Filip, not knowing that Filip is just Sophie with a different gender. In the end, they are all lead to believe that Sophie is becoming a witch again, and Agatha turned against Sophie and sided with Tedros. Sophie is heartbroken, and she revives the School Master with a kiss, sending Agatha and Tedros back to Gavaldon.

In The Last Ever After, Sophie has doubts with the School Master, now known as Rafal. However, after being with Tedros and Agatha again, Tedros chooses Agatha over Sophie again, because Sophie does not love him and he doesn’t love her.

Sophie returns to Rafal and hardens back to Evil. A war breaks out, and Agatha chases Sophie, trying to convince her to destroy Rafal’s ring, which will kill the School Master forever.

Eventually, with Agatha’s love for her and them being twins, she gets Sophie to destroy the ring, and the war ends. Lady Lesso left a package for Sophie before her untimely death by the hands of her own son, Aric, in the war. The package is Lady Lesso’s signature cloak, which they all take to mean that Sophie is meant to be the next Dean. She does not go to Camelot with Tedros and Agatha.

Friends

The Coven

Reaper

A bald, wrinkled cat who once belonged to Agatha’s foster mum, Callis. Agatha missed Reaper very much when she was away from Gavaldon. In A World Without Princes, Reaper was suspicious about Agatha and often scratched her when she came near. But in The Last Ever After, he helped Agatha win the war when it was revealed he was a messenger cat for the League of Thirteen.

In the Crystal of Time, it is revealed that Reaper is the King of GnomeLand. He also mentions his backstory of how he became Callis’s pet. Tedros and Repear make up in this book.

School for Good students

Due to her dark dresses and near-constant frowning, Agatha became an instant outcast upon her enrollment in The School of Good. Upon arrival, everyone including Agatha herself thinks that the School Master has made a horrible mistake. Within her first steps in school, she eats a fairy while the other princesses gasp at her. To chase the girls away from Agatha, Agatha promptly farts and the girls run away from her.

Agatha was supposed to share a room with other girls. However, upon their first sighting of her, they created excuses, enabling them to move rooms so that they didn’t have to bunk with her. Agatha didn’t mind at all.

Professor Dovey grants Agatha’s wish to become beautiful and Agatha is lead to believe her appearance has changed, due to the other students looking stunned at the sight of her. However, it hasn’t, and she learns that she was beautiful all along. She just needed to smile.

Teachers

Professor August Sader

Professor Sader was one of Agatha’s teachers at the School for Good. He had always reminded Agatha of Sophie’s father, Stefan (who in fact was also Agatha’s biological father). Agatha referred to him as ‘Professor Crackpot’ at the beginning of the story. It was said that he was fond of Agatha and appeared to her and Sophie as a phantom, telling them the true story of their parents. He died at the end of the first book at the School for Good and Evil, as he sacrificed his body to the Good School Master’s soul. He did it in order to save Agatha and Sophie so that they can find the true ending of their fairy tale.

Rafal Mistral

Rafal Mistral
The School Master

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Mistral Sisters (sisters)
Sophie (love of all life)

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

Contents

History

A long time before the events of the main series books, two twin sorcerer brothers were selected to become the School Masters of the School for Good and Evil. The two ruled the schools and the Storian peacefully for many years, until Rafal, the Evil Brother, wanted the Storian’s power for himself, thus waged war with his Good brother, Rhian. People in the Woods sided with a brother, and the Great War commenced. Eventually, Rafal killed Rhian, and the war stopped. When the war stopped, no one knew which brother won, so Rafal wore a mask to hide his identity. Without anyone to love him, Rafal began to age like any other mortal. The reason he wanted to find his other half was not to love her but to regain the immortality he used to had and make Evil great again.

Appearance

In the first book, when Agatha first gets a glimpse of the School Master, it is described that she sees “A crooked shadow with no body attached.” Later in the book, it is shown that he wears a silver mask, covering his face, and has a rusty crown on his thick white hair. He is also described to have twinkling blue eyes and wide, full lips.

In the last chapter, he has revealed himself to be the prince in Sophie’s dream in her last night in Gavaldon. He had white hair, alabaster skin, and blue eyes. Sophie described him as “cold and beautiful.” However, he rotted in the end, and ended up as a black shadow, ripped to pieces by Sader’s white swan.

He is a ghost in A World Without Princes and not much is said about his appearance, only that he was now younger. His first lover, Evelyn Sader, brought him back to life but was killed as Rafal wanted her out of the way despite knowing they had two twins, Rhian Sader-Mistral and R. Japeth Sader-Mistral.

In The Last Ever After, he is a young boy, which Sophie describes to be “Not a day older than 16”. He is shown to have spiked white hair, blue eyes, and pale white skin. He often wore a black sleeveless shirt and breeches. He was described to be tall, lean and strong. Sophie even thought that he was much fairer than Tedros. When Sophie accepts his tempting proposal, he wears a gold ring to match hers (event is mentioned when the Storian starts writing). He often uses the Groom Room to look good for her, as Hort implied. When Sophie destroyed his ring, however, he became rotted and old, transforming into his true self, a hideous being thousands of years old, before turning into raw black, a flesh of rage and hate.

In the prequel book Rise of the School for Good and Evil, he is described to have «sky-colored eyes and alabaster skin and frost-white hair as sharp as spikes».

Relationships

Sophie

In the first book the School Master kidnaps Sophie and brings her to the School for Good and Evil. He sees her when she and Agatha broke into his tower. Later they meet at the end of the year when Sophie seeks to kill him to get her happily ever after and the young schoolmaster confessed his love and need for her. He told her about Evil’s Love and how they could be together. He reveals that August Sader told him about a woman that had a souls as evil as his that would bring Evil’s losing streak to an end whom he would fall in love with. Sophie changes her mind about being Evil though and she, with the help of Agatha, escaped his tower. Then Rafal tries to kill Agatha acusing her trying to meddle with his and Sophie’s love. Sophie shields Agatha making Rafal kill his queen. Later August Sader kills him.

In the second book, A World Without Princes, there are visions with him and Evelyn Sader. Agatha came into the Trial and it the book ends with her and Tedros trying to banish Sophie to Gavaldon. Evelyn Sader interferes and causes Sophie to bring Rafal back from his grave by a True Love’s Kiss. Then Sophie and Rafal choose each other banishing Tedros and Agatha back to Woods Beyond.

In the beginning of The Last Ever After, the School Master’s and Sophie’s love seems one sided (Rafal’s side) but when Sophie finally took his ring, after three weeks of refusals, she grew to love him back as much as he loved her. Rafal made her his queen, giving her power to reign over the school. He also gave her a teaching duty though at first she didn’t want it. Later in the book it is found out that he uses the Groom Room to impress her and asked her on a date. Their date is interrupted by Tedros and Agatha’s break-in in the school. When Sophie is about to leave with the Evers, Rafal holds her hand and tells her that she will come back to him. He is correct as Sophie returns from figuring out that Tedros isn’t her true love through a failed kiss, learning the ring that he gave her was assuring Rafal that if Sophie ever left she would come back to him. Then they kiss after her arrival and Rafal crowns her. After their ceremony a faculty meeting is held and after Sophie gives quite a meaningful speech. Rafal chooses her as the school’s training leader though later he seemingly seems to doubt her training regimen though in the end he is convinced her training methods are working. When they go to war they express their affection for each other some times thought not as intimate as they do in person because, though it has not been confirmed, they feel uncomfortable loving each other in the presence of others. At the end of the war after Rafal pledges himself to Sophie and their after and Sophie makes a similar pledge to him and are about to kill Agatha and Tedros, Agatha gave Sophie a loving speech making her cry and soften in front of Rafal. For a brief moment Rafal doubted Sophie’s love for him but then it vanished when Sophie tricks him. She destroys the ring and Rafal halfheartedly attacks her. Whether this was an act of wanting Sophie with him always even in death or an act of anger we’ll never know.

Quests for Glory and A Crystal of Time shows us that Rafal is always in the back of Sophie’s mind. When she kisses other boys she remembers and much more.

One True King allows us to see that Rafal secretly had children with Evelyn Sader when Evelyn warns him about her brother’s allegiance to him as a resort if the woman August Sader prophesied about killed him. Sophie finds out when she and her friends go into Japeth’s secrets. She is distraught knowing this information and often is angry with him for his children in her thoughts.

Whether fate ever brings Rafal back and Sophie is his again, we’ll never know.

Agatha

Sophie’s twin sister and best friend helped Sophie destroy Rafal.

Rhian

Rhian is Rafal’s twin brother who served as the School Master of Good for 100 years. Rafal had also protected the Storian along with Rafal, their love for each other keeping the balance between Good and Evil. This was until Rafal had killed Rhian in the Old-New which was an act so evil, Good won every fairytale for the next 200 years.

In the Rise of the School for Good and Evil, Rhian is known as the Good twin between the two which Rafal realized was false as the Storian never told them which twin was Good and which was Evil. Rhian is shown to be more power hungry compared to Rafal, willing to cheat just for Good to win instead of Evil as he believed the Pen favored him for a reason, that Good winning was the only way to keep the balance.

Rafal is shown abandoning his wants several times throughout the book in favor of loving his brother as he was told by a seer betrayal, war, and death would come if their bond was broken.

James Hook

It was implied that Rafal had romantic feelings for Hook, however, Rafal had shot down any relationship between them as his duty as a brother and to the Storian mattered more. Hook had stayed loyal to Rafal until he was shot down and had turned to Rhian instead.

Status

In the second to last chapter of The Last Ever After, it is said that the School Master has been destroyed permanently, the second that Sophie shattered his ring with the legendary sword Excalibur.

The school for good and evil

Hort is a (ex) man-wolf who was a student at the School for Evil, later becoming a history teacher/fourth year student. He is known for deeply loving Sophie throughout the series. He dated Nicola for a short amount of time, only to reconnect with Sophie during the events of One True King. His Wish Fish prediction eventually comes true.

Contents

Early Life

Hort’s father was George Scourie, a deceased pirate on Hook’s team. Hort mentioned that he was going to use the money he got from killing Sophie to buy him a gold coffin as his father was waiting two years to be buried. He also mentioned that his father was killed by Peter Pan and that Hort became an orphan at age six. His father was later buried by Rafal on Vulture Vale in Book 3. Because of this, he wants to prove himself to make his father proud of him.

His mother abandoned him as a baby, therefore we can conclude that he was very much an undesired baby. Hort grew up in the poorest kingdom in the Woods, Bloodbrook, and was bullied by a pirate boy named Dabo when he was young. It is noted by Hort himself that he was close to starvation before being chosen to study at The School For Good & Evil.

It was later known that Hort’s mother is still alive but could not come to their world as the magic in her is gone.

Appearance

Hort has black hair, brown eyes, and a pointed chin. Sophie describes him as ‘looking like a weasel.’ Although in the last book, Sophie starts romanticizing his features. Especially his homey light brown eyes.

After working out in The Last Ever After to be like Tedros to impress Sophie, he now has a muscular build and is considered handsome. Sophie remarked that he had transformed from a weasel-like boy to a ‘Teenage Heartthrob.’

Here is an excerpt;

At the end of The One True King, Hort has reverted back being skinny and unhealthily thin due to the injuries he suffered. As he had to keep himself alive for as long as possible.

Personality

Hort is not shown to have any good grades in the School for Evil. Almost every Never is higher than him and he is «pathetic» in challenges and tests, perhaps as worthless as Sophie considered. Thus he’s known as «Weasel Boy». In the first book especially it can be noted that Hort is not exactly ‘Never material.’ He has a crush on Sophie Of Woods Beyond, something that is rarely explored by Nevers. Most Nevers would give up on love but Hort still strives to catch Sophie’s attention.

Throughout the books, he shows he can also be quite brave, cunning, helpful, and intelligent when the situation calls for it. Hort is also shown to be extremely dedicated and loyal to his friends.

In OTK Sophie noted that she admired how transparent and confident Hort was in expressing his love. Stating that she found his moodiness, fantasies, and sad boy facade charming.

Here is an excerpt:

«She thought of Agatha and Tedros, committed to the cause of Good. She thought of Reena, sacrificing the spotlight to find quiet love with a boy. She even thought of Hort, who wore love and purpose on his sleeve. Tears sprung to Sophie’s eyes before she could stop them.»

He is known for being sulky and having a mean streak when dealing with people that aren’t Sophie. Although these are often used as comedy relief, and entertainment purposes. It’s also been hinted several times that he’s exceptionally skilled at reading Sophie’s body language. He can be observant and blunt when making a point or confronting his classmates with his unneeded observations. Although originally disliking him, Sophie, Agatha, Tedros and the rest of the characters warm up to Hort and set aside their differences by Book 4/5.

Biography

The School for Good and Evil

Coincidentally Hort landed on top of Sophie when first introduced into the story. He is described as being a tall and lean. He immediately grows fond of the terribly bad-tempered Sophie. Hort is often described as disgusting by Sophie because he is the farthest thing from a Prince.
Later, Sophie steals his frog pyjamas for Agatha, and he is upset because they are precious to him. At the Circus of Talents, it is revealed that he is a man-wolf.

A World Without Princes

Hort is in the School for Boys. When Tedros asks him to wake the teachers up, he agrees, only if he gets a spot on the Trial team. Later when Sophie comes as Filip of Mount Honora, he helps her cheat to ensure her as team leader, so she can pick him as the tenth member. However, Sophie chooses Tedros instead, leaving Hort sad and betrayed.

The Last Ever After

In The Last Ever After Hort is the best student in The School of New and he is thought to be the most handsome and attractive boy who every girl wants. When he sees Sophie with Rafal, he tries not to show his jealousy towards her. When Sophie asks him if he still loves her he says «no» but later admits that he lied about it. He confesses her that his apperance change is connected with his jealousy towards Tedros for who Sophie always abandoned him. When he realises that Agatha and Tedros come back to rescue Sophie from Rafal, he decides to join them and later saves Sophie’s and Tedros’s lives when they are attacted by Hook and his pirate friend. Sophie treats him like her guard and doesn’t care about anything more than giving him food and drinks. In the Avalon, Hort shows Agatha his big wish with the wish-fish help, which is getting married with Sophie. After Rafal’s death, he proposes Sophie to be his girlfriend, but she rejects him and decides to be single.

Quests for Glory

In Quests for Glory Hort teaches history in the School for Evil. It is said that he gave up his true quest to being a teacher in order to help Sophie, who couldn’t find anybody else for that job because every previous history teacher died tragically. Altough he is one of student’s most favourite teachers, he doesn’t fully enjoy his job because he always has wanted to become a hero and help others. When Storian starts writing a new fairytale, he decides to join Sophie and Agatha on their mission and achieve something that would help him being commited to people’s memory. During the mission he starts dating with Nicola but still thinks about Sophie and carries more about her. Finally, he decides to forget about his first love and commit to his new girlfriend who loves him no matter how he looks or behaves. He has some quarrels with Tedros and always thinks that he underrates him.

A Crystal of Time

When Rhian allows Sophie to free one prisoner from the dungeons, Sophie chooses Hort to become her personal assistant. Her choice in liberating Hort remains mysterious until he realizes that she acknowledged the connection between them. Sophie knew that he’d always be devoted to her. This interaction seems to bring internal turmoil into the equation. Because Hort proclaims that he would always love Sophie, while dating another person. Hort wanted to know why Sophie chose him. It’s because Hort is still her protector, her loyal friend, and the one she can absolutely trust. Besides trust, she acknowledges that he would always love her, no matter what terrible things she’d done to him, no matter how many awful boys she’s snogged, or the fact that he still had a girfriend. That if she could just get him out of jail, he’d never let anything happen to her. Hort is angered when he catches sight of the cuts on her hands, and her scared composure. Hort devises a plan to kill Rhian, which Sophie picks up on and helps with. After their murder attempt fails, they use it to their advantage by implying Japeth was the one who tampered with Rhian’s tea. Their goal is to get the brothers fighting, but this does not succeed either. Sophie then goes to «The Blessing» at the church which goes horribly wrong, as first year students invade. Attempting to escape in the chaos, no one helps Sophie except for Hort, who arrives on a Stymph and holds out his hand to her.

At first, Sophie is enchanted with Hort coming to rescue her since she’s started to view him as a Prince. Her heart starts pumping blood, and she’s feeling woozy with the fact that Hort is coming to rescue her from danger. Beginning to realize that Hort has always been there. Here is an excerpt:

«Time seemed to slow, her heart pumping hot blood, as if it was the first time she’d ever seen this boy, even though she’d seen him different all those times. not like she was now. as a prince who’d patiently saved her again and again and again, until she finally had the sense to notice.»

Suddenly Sophie realizes that there are prisoners still trapped at Camelot and, to Hort’s horror, decides to stay behind. She protects Hort from oncoming attacks, and watches as he cries because he wasn’t able to gurantee her safety. In Gnomeland, the king gives Hort and Nicola the mission of going to Foxwood and finding out more about Rhian and Japeth’s pasts. Once there, Hort dyes his hair blond so as not to be recognized. He spends a considerable amount of time thinking about Sophie. They meet Headmistress Gremlaine at Foxwood School for Boys, and then ransack the papers in Dean Brunhilde’s office. The two of them read files and notes about the twins’ behaviour, including a letter from Aric to Japeth that the Dean confiscated. Then they go see Levya and Rosamund, because Rhian said that they were his parents. However, Rosamund tells them that she and her husband are not the twins’ real parents, and that the lady raising them across the street didn’t want anyone to know who the twins’ real mother was. With this new information, Hort and Nicola go back to Gnomeland and inform the others of their findings.

Abilities

As shown in the 1st and 2nd book, Hort is able to turn into a man-wolf. In the first, second, and third books he can only do it for 5-15 seconds at a time. But in the fourth book he can do it for hours. He maintains his strong manwolf abilities throughout the 5th and most of the 6th book. When he was shot by many arrows in the 6th book, his manwolf abilities disappeared. According to Hort, the wolf part of him died because the wounds were too great for it to survive.

Relationships

Love Interests

Sophie

As many fans have suspected, Hort fell in love with Sophie from the moment he first saw her. He swooned about how he’d «never seen a villain with princess hair» and consistently observed her. Hort always wanted to talk with Sophie, be around her, and be acknowledged. At one point, Sophie dated Hort in order to make Tedros jealous. Hort thought their relationship was real and was deeply hurt when he figured out the truth. Later in book one, Sophie came to his room one night to study and Hort said that villains couldn’t love but «If I could love, I’d love you.» Sophie also stole his frog pajamas for Agatha in this book. In Book 1, Sophie generally despised Hort (calling him a weasel, kicking him out of his room etc.), despite how much he tried to please her.

Although deeply hurt by Sophie’s actions, Hort continued to devote all of his attention into any Sophie related issue. Although it was obvious, there was no direct proof Hort was actually in love with Sophie until one line from A World Without Princes. When there was a bounty on Sophie, Hort wanted to use the money from potentially killing her to buy a coffin for his father. Sophie came to the School for Boys as Filip, and Hort (who didn’t know this was Sophie) helped Filip in his challenges in hopes of being selected as the tenth member of the trial team. Filip (Sophie) picked Tedros instead. Once Hort found out it was Sophie (presumably sometime in between Books 2 and 3) he felt horribly betrayed.

As said in the Last Ever After, Hort tried to imitate Tedros and change himself so Sophie could become attracted to him. Rafal taunted Hort by claiming that he would have Sophie’s son. Which only causes Hort more annoyance. Sophie has a short conversation with Hort in a steam bath, which is when she gives a weak apology, and Hort tells her he doesn’t love her anymore. When Tedros and Agatha kidnap Sophie from the School Master, Hort runs after them and gets wrapped up in their story once more. Sophie treats Hort as her body guard, and disregards him for the rest of the book. However, on the trail, Hort saves her and Tedros from Hook and Smee, and confesses he lied about not loving her anymore. Later in the book Hort and Agatha witness his peculiar Wish Fish prediction. He’s confident that someday, Sophie will marry him. Agatha however, isn’t convinced. He’s anxious all throughout the book, especially when he finds out Sophie went back to Rafal. Throughout the 1st trilogy, Hort helps Sophie, saves her life, and has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with her, only to have Sophie disregard him. At the end of Book 3, Hort proposes a relationship to Sophie, but she declines, stating she wants to be an «independent woman.» She takes away his original quest, and Hort becomes History Teacher in order to please and help Sophie.

EVER AND NEVER Handbook: It is revealed that Hort becomes History Teacher in order to please and help Sophie, as she is now Evil’s Dean. During the «Round Table», Sophie and Hort are the only ones left at the end, and this conversation transpires: SOPHIE: Isn’t anyone curious about my hopes and dreams? HORT: I am. (Sophie turns to see he’s the only one still there.) SOPHIE: (softly) You don’t think Lady Lesso left me this dress just because I look good in purple, do you? HORT: I think she made you Dean because you’re brilliant, charismatic, hilarious, and the only person who she could ever imagine entrusting with the future of our school. SOPHIE: (thinking) That. means a lot, Hort. (She gets up, starts to leave.) HORT: Can I ask you a question, too? (Sophie stops.) You do remember dancing with me at the No Ball, don’t you? (Sophie turns, smiling.) SOPHIE: I even remember what I whispered in your ear. (Sophie leaves, but Hort stays there smiling and smiling until he fades into the dark.) Hort also creates a short cartoon about everything him and Sophie have gone through, admitting that she doesn’t like him, but says, “But “Hort” will wait as long as it takes.”

At the start of book 4, Sophie and Hort are both doing their quest at the School for Good and Evil as Evil’s Dean, and History Teacher, respectively (Sophie had taken away Hort’s original quest). Sophie pays a bit more attention to Hort, but still disregards him and hardly considers his wellbeing. Although Hort was in love with Sophie throughout the whole first trilogy, Hort questions why he’s even still chasing her. When Nicola gets written into the «quest to save them all», Hort and Nicola begin flirting and eventually start dating. Nicola seems to truly like him and somewhat glorifies his character. Hort compares the two girls througout the book, and first arranges a date with Nicola when he realizes that Nicola is kinder to him, more attentive, and would be more likely to rescue him in a bad situation. During the trapdoor scene and fight thereafter, Sophie is stricken that she can’t save Hort when he is about the be hanged, and later, diverts her rescue for Hort’s sake. Sophie isn’t very bothered about Nicort, because she eventually meets and moves on to Rhian and is happy with the new relationship. Sophie is generally kinder to Hort and Nicola, and throughout the rest of the book, Sophie and Hort work on different parts of the quest that the whole group is on. At the end of the 4th book, Sophie trapped with Rhian and Japeth while Hort is trapped in the dungeons with the rest of the crew.

A Crystal of Time

Before the release in a OTK instagram live Soman Chainani noted that Hort and Sophie make a formidable team when working together.

Hort seems to be extremely concerned and anxious over Sophie’s wellbeing, and his face lights up when he sees her through a projection. A flower bloom temps Sophie with her true love’s name and glows blue, which is Hort’s fingerglow color. During the fight for Merlin’s beard in the pearl, Agatha doesn’t tell Hort Sophie is there, and when he realizes, he is extremely upset. Hort tags along in «Trust is the Way», asking to sit by Sophie multiple times. (It is later found out that Hort was asking Tedros for girl advice— how it was like to kiss Sophie— during this time). When they are surrounded by wolves and pirates, Hort saves the group and Sophie.

In OTK, Sophie finds herself talking and defending Hort against those who think ill of him or misunderstand his intentions. Agatha finds this amusing and points out how well intuned she is when analyzing Hort. Sophie says she’s considered Hort, but feels like love should be a dangerous and unpredictable thing and dismisses Agatha’s suspicion. Sophie is much kinder to Hort, and doesn’t use him like she did in previous books. They have many moments of vulnerability and affection in book six.

Later, when they are waiting for the ship, Hort and Sophie cuddle in the cold, and Hort feeds her salmon. Sophie observes how he has asserted more dominance and isn’t being the boy who just followers her around anymore: «Not just that Hort had rescued her from death, but also that burn in his glare, that red-hot ardor, as if the boy had molted into a man. She’d always thought him a weenie, a lovestruck sop, but now she’d seen the alpha wolf inside, the one who commanded her love and didn’t back down.» (OTK, «Trust is the Way», pg. 287-288)

Hort and Nicola eventually break up, because Hort still has feelings for Sophie. » ‘Ex girlfriend, and yes. It was her idea.’ Hort took a deep breath. ‘She thinks I’m immature and lost in my own fantasies and a sad, soft boy.’ » (OTK, «Love.Purpose.Food.» pg. 339) Sophie is introduced to the concept of Love.Purpose.Food. Causing her to process internal conflicts with herself she’d had all along. Realizing that she didn’t need need to prove herself worthy, she didn’t need to demand love to fill these empty gaps her past had left. She just needed to glance at the purest form of love in order to understand. Even before her heart had decided, Hort was someone who she’d treasured. For his emotions and endless love. Reena’s mother tells her that having grand dreams could get her anything she ever wanted. But only in leaving those things behind could she find what she truly needed. Sophie had needed love. The purest kind. The love that didn’t benefit from her powers or her blood. She used to think that Hort’s love had been too good to be true. The truth could only hide for so long, and Sophie chose to embrace it. Giving herself permission to be happy. This internal analyzation of herself allows Sophie tom embrace the most surprising parts of her fairytale.

Agatha noticed that Sophie seemed to be more upset about the breakup than Nicola. Sophie now flirted with Hort openly and go to know him better, feeling fond of his «bad» traits. Hort and Sophie have a conversation on a cloud in the Celestium in «Conversations with Friends», having a chance to be vulnerable and laugh together. Sophie irritated that he would keep a secret from her:

«You and I are too close for you to keep secrets from me.» (Sophie to Hort)

Hort finally reveals that he asked Tedros for girl advice. Hort wanted to know what it was like to kiss Sophie. Although spending time with Nicola had been fun, something was missing. Later, Hort feels self-conscious over his personality, and sense of self because he feels unloveable. Sophie immediately responds that there’s nothing wrong with being who he is:

After Japeth breaks into the Celestium, he tries to pierce Hort’s eye with a scim as Hort tries to kill Japeth. However, Sophie prevents it from happening, using her magic sceam to stop the eel from aiming at his eyeball. When the Celestium times out, Sophie tries to fight, but Hort, worried for her safety puts her on his back and wolfs her away.

Sophie is later captured by guards and put into a carriage. Sophie thinks nobody is going to save her, since she doesn’t have a true love. That is until she spots one guard with a tiny blue fingerglow telling her to. sing. She starts to sing ‘Whisky Woo, the pirate queen’, and the guards try telling her to stop. A scim begins to puncture her skin, and the carriage violently stops. The Mistral sisters go outside to investigate. Hort had caused a carnage, knocking out several guards and slashing their faces. Hort manages to rescue Sophie and flees into the forest. Sophie teases Hort, flirting with him as they run away. Unfortunately, an arrow pierces his thigh. They attack Hort, and he feels himself slipping away. Hort hurriedly confesses to Sophie, telling her that he finds all parts of her personality beautiful. That he tried to move on, and forget her, but that true love didn’t let him. He assures Sophie that she always had true love. The last thing Hort sees before ‘dying’ is Sophie’s face. She begs him to stay with her, and this serves as a motivation for Hort. Who keeps himself alive for as long as possible, until he could be saved. Yuba finally arrives, but it takes him several days to heal well enough to walk. Sophie thinks that he’s died.

In «Samsara,» we find out Sophie wore black for days in order to honor Hort’s life. She goes down to the dungeons to find acceptance. » ‘I’m sorry,’ She rasped. This is why she’d come, to find her beasts, to make peace with them. The one she’d killed and the one she couldn’t save. Both had to forgiver her if she was to be free.» (OTK, «Samsara», pg. 589)

Agatha had other plans. (On the day of her wedding) Agatha orchestrates a plan with Hort, and shows Sophie into her secrets, revealing Hort is alive in the form of a message written in Hort’s scribbly handwriting. She can’t believe he’s alive. Hort reveals he kept himself alive long enough to be rescued by Yuba. He also reveals that the wolf side of him died. He’s afraid to confess this to Sophie because he thought Sophie loved his wolf part of him over the other parts (implying Sophie is only drawn to him by appearance/protection) and that he’s not good enough. However, she assures him he is enough. As shown from this excerpt:

She thought his lips «felt like home», and they were «bound by their feelings for each other and thankfulness for this moment.» Although she’s dominated and used Hort in the past, through their quests she’s learned to be selfless and a bit more compassionate. Hort has also had growth, and has become more confident, and even started to be more dominant (rather than submissive), and he’s come into his own throughout the books. They seem ready to carry that into the relationship.

Merlin watches as Hort and Sophie (both looking disheveled) join Agatha and Tedros in saying their goodbyes. Merlin looks at the two pairs and says, «The great things you will do. So much love between you.»

Nicola

Friends

Agatha

Hort always found Agatha a bit of a bore. He had strong opinions regarding her engagement to Tedros since he always felt Agatha deserved someone better than Camelot’s heir. In TLEA, both Hort and Agatha witness his Wish Fish prediction that revealed his own wedding to Sophie. An outdoor wedding with both the Queen & King of Camelot in attendance. Hort and Agatha are much more comfortable around each other. Often teasing each other when frustrated. He’s often judged due to how often he resorts to teasing the Queen of Camelot. He frequently brings dark humor into their relationship, with Agatha being frustrated over his dramatic fits. Hort gives Agatha the nickname ‘Fatima’ because he feels jealous over Agatha and her closeness to Sophie. As seen from this excerpt: «You have a girlfriend!» Agatha hissed back. «You have a girlfriend and a boyfriend!» Hort scorched. «You kiss everybody!» Later on, Agatha defends Hort’s infatuation with Sophie when talking to Nicola. Although she’s often teased by Hort, she describes him as being a kind person who’s always been by Sophie’s side. Later on, Agatha and Hort orchestrate a plan to surprise Sophie in his office. Showing that Agatha was willing to make Sophie’s Happy Ending happen even on her wedding date. It’s hinted at the end of One True King that Hort has warmed up to Agatha.

The Coven:

Although Hort and the Coven aren’t very close, they play a major role together in some of the later books and ultimately the Coven and Hort make a good team when working together. They aren’t as close in the earlier books and Dot and Anadil hardly know Hort until at least the second book.

Tedros:

Hort dislikes the Prince of Camelot only because Sophie fell in love with him and not Hort. Hort imitated the prince to get Sophie to like him. He also doesn’t trust him around Sophie and the two of them have a complicated relationship, often annoying one another. Eventually they set aside their differences and work with each other, however, this proves challenging as Hort is still against him at times.

Trivia

Quotes

— “At last, her Weasel had come.”

— «No wonder Good always wins,» Hort marveled as he flew above them, watching Merlin correct the witches shots. «You guys cheat!»

— «What? I like being fresh,» said Hort, munching mint.

— «Dad told me that villains can’t love, no matter what. That it’s unnatural and disgusting. So I definitely can’t love,» Hort said «But if I could love, i’d love you.»

— «As if i’d believe anything you said anyway,» Hort snorted «I’ve already killed you and kissed you more times in my head than you deserve.»

— «Man- wolf. And it’s better than that. Trust me. Besides, haven’t practiced my talent in a while, so I only last 5 seconds now. I don’t get it. How do other man-wolves last so long? Is there a special diet or potion for stamina? I asked Professor Sheeks, but she sent me to the Doom Room for being cheeky.

Sophie

Sophie
Sophie of Woods Beyond

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Witch of Woods Beyond
Queen Sophie
Filip of Mount Honora
Queen of Woods Beyond
Dean Sophie
Sugar Queen

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Teacher at the School for New Evil (formerly)
Evil’s Queen
Dean of Evil
Queen of Camelot (unwillingly)

Affiliation

Camelot (queen; unwillingly)

Queen Sophie is one of the main characters in The School For Good and Evil series and The Tale of Sophie and Agatha.

Sophie was a reader from Gavaldon and the daughter of Stefan and Vanessa, before becoming a student of both the School for Evil and School for Girls, Queen of the School for New Evil, and the current Dean of the School for Evil. She retains the title of queen after Rafal’s death, as stated in The Ever Never Handbook and seen in Quests for Glory.

Contents

Physical appearance

Sophie is constantly described as being beautiful and aspiring. She describes herself at the beginning of the first book as having waist-long hair, the color of spun gold, emerald-green eyes, luscious red lips, and creamy peach skin, and often compared herself to a princess. However, in the first book as a punishment for hitting Lady Lesso (by accident when she was chasing Hort), her hair is chopped short by a doom- room axe. She eventually uses this to her advantage, cutting it shorter and flaunting it. It grows back later.

Witch

As Nemesis Dreams take an affect on Sophie, her appearance changes to match her Evil soul: her skin is literal white, her hair is gray, and her eyes are red. She later turns fully into an ugly witch at the Circus of Talents and has liver-spotted skin, decayed gums, warts, wrinkles, rotted teeth, no hair at all, and dead, coal- colored eyes. She later turns back to her ‘beautiful’ self but occasionally sees her witch self in the mirror.

Filip

When she transforms into Filip of Mount Honora, her male counterpart, she is described as a powerful, square-jawed version of herself, with short, fluffy blond hair, high cheekbones, straight brows, slightly pointed ears, like that of fey, and emerald-set eyes.

Outfits

Sophie wears numerous outfits across the series:

Personality

Sophie is a complicated character. She is very vain and selfish but is also intelligent and creative. When she is first introduced at the beginning of the first book, she, despite thinking herself quite generous and kind, was shown to be selfish and cared too much about her appearance almost more than anything else. In the first book, she often blamed others (especially Agatha), would do anything to look pretty, and was extremely lazy. She was also persistent to win Tedros over including doing constant attacks on Good and doing a mass murder on Fairies and Wolves during the Circus of Talents. However, in the end, despite her seemingly vicious personality, she acted very selflessly and risked her life for Agatha, thus dying herself before Agatha kissed her back to life.

In the second book, Sophie’s personality seems to change as she finally starts appreciating Agatha’s dedication to their friendship. However, despite her beginning to appreciate Agatha, just as she would do anything to keep Tedros, she did reckless things to try to keep Agatha, leading to their friendship collapsing once again.

In the third book, Sophie has returned to being her usual self like in book 1. She cared deeply about her looks, did everything she can to get to her «Happily Ever After» that she imagined, and was manipulative and vicious to the point that she even threatened the entire woods’ safety to earn Tedros’ affection. Despite this, she still lacked actual love for Tedros, proving they were incompatible.

In the end, though, (as shown in the 4th book) Sophie’s personality changed for real. She showed a softer side to Agatha, became more selfless, and begin to express her care for her friends more publicly.

Biography

Early life

Sophie was one of the two twins born to Vanessa, in the village of Gavaldon, a small secluded town surrounded by the mysterious Endless Woods. Sophie looked up to her mother greatly, even copying her mother’s own actions, such as using skin care products. Vanessa died when Sophie was ten years old, leaving her father, Stefan, as her only family. She soon chose Agatha to be her «Good Deed», so she could get into the School for Good because her worst fear was dying alone like her mother. Despite being born with a 100% Evil soul, she becomes true friends with Agatha over time. Her surname is never mentioned.

The School for Good and Evil

At the start of the book, Sophie dreams about arriving at a castle ball thrown in her honor, at which there a hundred suitors and no other girls in sight. When Sophie goes to a prince with ghostly white hair and blue eyes, a hammer breaks through the wall and smashes the princes to shards. Sophie wakes up and tells her father that if she didn’t get her nine hours of sleep, her eyes would look swollen. Stefan, her father, tells her about the kidnapping will happen that day. She then goes to Agatha’s house in the graveyard asking her to walk with her. The two then go to a lake where they talk about going to the school and Sophie wishes that the pair will still be in the company of each other.

That night, Sophie lays out gingerbread hearts on her windowsill, hoping the School Master will notice her good soul and kidnap her to Good. Agatha later eats these cookies, making Sophie think that the School Master has come. After that, the school master does come, kidnaps Sophie, and even if she will never see her father again, even if all the town and Agatha is running to save her from the school master, Sophie is very happy to leave Gavaldon because she «deserved a bigger life» and wanted to be a princess and marry a beautiful prince. When they get to the forest, Agatha continues chasing her. when they arrive at the school, to Sophie’s surprise, they put her in the school for Evil and Agatha in the school for Good.

Throughout the book Sophie tries to prove she is good and putting her in the school for Evil was a mistake, but fails and instead ends up winning (not on purpose) more and more class challenges each time proving she’s more and more Evil. One time she got punished at the doom room and the beast, (the one in charge of the punishments) cut her beautiful hair as punishment. She became so mad that she pushed him to the lake to drown, more proof that she was Evil.

A World Without Princes

Sophie is very happy with Agatha, they both are praised when they came back. Many people had asked them questions, they sculpted statues of them, and did many other things because of their popularity. Agatha didn’t mind the attention she was getting, as she doesn’t have the slightest care when people started to get bored of her. Sophie on the other hand, she never wanted to let go of fame and her fans. Unfortunately people had gotten bored of both of them, but Sophie tried to do many things just so she can get back the attention. Sophie wanted to do a musical about her time at the school, but her real intention was so her father can see what she had gone through and hoped that it would ruin his marriage with Honora, his first love and his soon to be wife. Sophie headed home and burst into the kitchen where Honora was and both were surprised to see each other. She asked where her father was, she headed to Stefan who was in the backyard with Jacob and Adam. They were trying to hold up a tent and Sophie was stunned to see the tent. Stefan brought the news to her that the wedding would come earlier before her musical. Sophie was irritated. At dinner she picked at her food that was made from Honora and her father told her to eat. She didn’t eat instead staring at Honora, which made Honora uncomfortable. She asked if she was friends with her mother and Honora hacked in surprise, Stefan knew something Sophie didn’t know and glared at her, but his soon-to-be-wife had stopped him smiling, saying that she and Sophie’s mother were friends. Sophie crossed the line asking what had happened between them. It turned deathly silent. Stefan glowered at her, daring to ask her more questions, saying that she should eat. She did so with no hesitation.

The Last Ever After

The Ever Never Handbook

Quests for Glory

A Crystal of Time

Sophie finds herself in a very uncomfortable situation at Camelot Castle. Rhian and Japeth force her to wear an unfashionable white dress that belonged to their mother, which Sophie thinks is quite perturbing. Not only that, but Japeth often cuts Sophie’s hand so that he can use her blood, which has healing properties. Sophie soon learns that Rhian wants to write stories with his own pen so that underappreciated commonfolk can be recognized, not just the elite students of the School for Good and Evil. The problem is, Rhian is not very good at writing. Sophie scoffs she can do better and adds some frills and embellishments to Rhian’s dull story. From that point on, Sophie is tasked with writing the tales. She is initially against having to craft these stories, but uses it to her advantage by hiding secret messages to Agatha in them.

When Rhian allows Sophie to free one prisoner from the dungeons, Sophie chooses Hort, and he becomes her personal assistant. Hort wants to know why Sophie chose him, and it’s because she trusts Hort the most. Hort devises a plan to kill Rhian which Sophie picks up on and helps with. After their murder attempt fails, they use it to their advantage by implying Japeth was the one who tampered with Rhian’s tea. Their goal is to get the brothers fighting, but this does not succeed either. Sophie then goes to «The Blessing» at the church which goes horribly wrong, as first year students invade. Attempting to escape in the chaos, no one helps Sophie except for Hort, who arrives on a Stymph and holds out his hand to her. Sophie however, realizes that there are prisoners still trapped at Camelot and, to Hort’s horror, decides to stay behind. When the execution erupts into battle, Sophie flees with the rest of the prisoners and meets up with Agatha in the woods, where they catch up, much to Tedros’ dismay over their closeness. Sophie loves the luxurious castle of Gnomeland, and wishes she could stay there for some rest and relaxation. However, when Sophie sees a vision of the future in Dovey’s crystal ball, she leaves to go back to Camelot. At the castle again, Rhian tells Sophie more about his past, and about his motives for becoming king. Rhian previously said he didn’t love Sophie, but that was only because he was afraid to love someone again after what happened with his mother. He actually does love Sophie, which she is quite shocked about. She questions what she saw in the crystal ball, which was a vision of her killing Rhian, and is uncertain about going through with it. Although this changed when Rhian puts Japeth as his priority, letting his brother harm her once more. She succeeds in pitting both brothers against each other like in her vision, in the crystal ball. In the ensuring battle one brother dies which she believes to be Japeth, but later is shocked to know it’s actually Rhian. Japeth shot a spell into the sky which says the ‘wedding’ will take place. Before Sophie can move, Japeth spears two scims in her ears. Her consciousness fades after that and her last thought is of Agatha.

Relationships

Love interests

Tedros

Sophie first met Tedros at the Welcoming. As soon as she saw him, she fell in love with him, even thinking that he was her true love. Throughout the first book, Sophie attempts to win his heart, using everything from advice in ‘Winning Your Prince’ to using a love spell. Eventually, she wins his heart, and the two begin a relationship. However, as soon as her true nature is revealed, Tedros leaves her heartbroken and she begins to plot revenge against him before being caught.

In the second book, Sophie shows a disgust to him, as she believes that he has stolen Agatha away from her. She goes into the School for Boys as a spy and poses as a boy, Filip of Mount Honora, to try and find the Storian. She becomes Tedros’ roommate and she begins to find out his much softer side, and even falls in love with him. Unfortunately, he is shocked and disgusted to find out that Filip is indeed Sophie.

In the third book, she once again believes for him to be her true love as her ring tells her so, and in an agreement with Agatha, begins to try and win his heart. But when she kisses him, she doesn’t feel anything, causing her to panic and flee to the lake. By the end of the book, they are on good enough terms.

As many fans have suspected, Hort fell in love with Sophie from the moment he first saw her. At one point, Sophie dated Hort in order to make Tedros jealous. Hort thought their relationship was real and was deeply hurt when he figured out the truth. Later in book one, Sophie came to his room one night to study and Hort said that villains couldn’t love but «If I could love, I’d love you.» Sophie also stole his frog pajamas for Agatha in this book. In Book 1, Sophie generally despised Hort (calling him a weasel, kicking him out of his room etc.), despite how much he tried to please her.

Although deeply hurt by Sophie’s actions, Hort continued to devote all of his attention into any Sophie related issue. Although it was obvious, there was no direct proof Hort was actually in love with Sophie until one line from A World Without Princes. Sophie came to the School for Boys as Filip, and Hort (who didn’t know this was Sophie) helped Filip in his challenges in hopes of being selected as the tenth member of the trial team. Filip (Sophie) picked Tedros instead. Once Hort found out it was Sophie (presumably sometime in between Books 2 and 3) he felt horribly betrayed.

As said in the Last Ever After, Hort tried to imitate Tedros and change himself so Sophie could become attracted to him. Sophie has a short conversation with Hort in a steam bath, which is when she gives a weak apology, and Hort tells her he doesn’t love her anymore. When Tedros and Agatha kidnap Sophie from the School Master, Hort runs after Sophie and gets wrapped up in the story once more. Sophie treats Hort as her body guard, and disregards him for the rest of the book. However, on the trail, Hort saves her and Tedros from Hook and Smee, and confesses he lied about not loving her anymore. Throughout the 1st trilogy, Hort helps Sophie, saves her life, and has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with her, only to have Sophie disregard him. At the end of Book 3, Sophie declines a relationship with Hort, stating she wants to be an «independent woman.» She takes away his original quest, and Hort becomes History Teacher in order to please and help Sophie.

At the start of book 4, Sophie and Hort are both doing their quest at the School for Good and Evil as Evil’s Dean, and History Teacher, respectively. Sophie pays a bit more attention to Hort, but still disregards him and hardly considers his well being. Although Hort was in love with Sophie throughout the whole first trilogy, Hort questions why he’s even still chasing her. During the trapdoor scene and fight thereafter, Sophie is stricken that she can’t save Hort when he is about the be hanged, and later, diverts her rescue for Hort’s sake. Hort and Nicola begin dating, as do Rhian and Sophie. Throughout the rest of the book, Sophie and Hort work on different parts of the quest that the whole group is on. At the end of the 4th book, Sophie trapped with Rhian and Japeth while Hort is trapped in the dungeons with the rest of the crew.

In ACOT, Sophie and Hort first interact when she chooses him to be taken from the dungeons. When he asks why, she responds: «I trust you.» Hort realizes her that even with a girlfriend, he will always love her in a special way and will do anything for her. Sophie and Hort concoct a plan to murder Rhian by putting honey-coated nuts into his tea (hoping he will choke). The plan fails, but it does create a rift between the twin brothers. At the Blessing escape, Hort is the only person who is able to rescue Sophie (as she is at risk of being left behind in the chaos). However, Sophie realizes there are other people left behind, and says she can’t go with him. For the rest of the book, Hort and Sophie work on different parts of the greater mission.

Before the release of OTK Soman Chainani noted that Hort and Sophie make a formidable team when working together.

In OTK, Hort seems to be extremely concerned and anxious over Sophie’s wellbeing, and his face lights up when he sees her through a projection. A flower bloom temps Sophie with her true love’s name and glows blue, which is Hort’s finger glow color. During the fight for Merlin’s beard in the pearl, Agatha doesn’t tell Hort Sophie is there, and when he realizes, he is extremely upset. Hort tags along in «Trust is the Way», asking to sit by Sophie multiple times. (It is later found out that Hort was asking Tedros for girl advice— how it was like to kiss Sophie— during this time). When they are surrounded by wolves and pirates, Hort saves the group and Sophie.

In OTK, Sophie finds herself talking and defending Hort against those who think ill of him or misunderstand his intentions. Agatha finds this amusing and points out how well intuned she is when analyzing Hort. Sophie says she’s considered Hort, but feels like love should be a dangerous and unpredictable thing and dismisses Agatha’s suspicion. Sophie is much kinder to Hort, and doesn’t use him like she did in previous books. They have many moments of vulnerability and affection in book six.

Later, when they are waiting for the ship, Hort and Sophie cuddle in the cold, and Hort feeds her salmon. Sophie observes how he has asserted more dominance and isn’t being the boy who just followers her around anymore: «Not just that Hort had rescued her from death, but also that burn in his glare, that red-hot ardor, as if the boy had molted into a man. She’d always thought him a weenie, a lovestruck sop, but now she’d seen the alpha wolf inside, the one who commanded her love and didn’t back down.» (OTK, «Trust is the Way», pg. 287-288)

Hort and Nicola eventually break up, because Hort still has feelings for Sophie. » ‘Ex girlfriend, and yes. It was her idea.’ Hort took a deep breath. ‘She thinks I’m immature and lost in my own fantasies and a sad, soft boy.’ » (OTK, «Love.Purpose.Food.» pg. 339) Sophie is introduced to the concept of Love.Purpose.Food. Causing her to process internal conflicts with herself she’d had all along. Realizing that she didn’t need need to prove herself worthy, she didn’t need to demand love to fill these empty gaps her past had left. She just needed to glance at the purest form of love in order to understand. Even before her heart had decided, Hort was someone who she’d treasured. For his emotions and endless love. Reena’s mother tells her that having grand dreams could get her anything she ever wanted. But only in leaving those things behind could she find what she truly needed. Sophie had needed love. The purest kind. The love that didn’t benefit from her powers or her blood. She used to think that Hort’s love had been too good to be true. The truth could only hide for so long, and Sophie chose to embrace it. Giving herself permission to be happy. This internal analyzation of herself allows Sophie to embrace the most surprising parts of her fairytale.

Agatha noticed that Sophie seemed to be more upset about the breakup than Nicola. Sophie now flirted with Hort openly and go to know him better, feeling fond of his «bad» traits. Hort and Sophie have a conversation on a cloud in the Celestium in «Conversations with Friends», having a chance to be vulnerable and laugh together. Sophie irritated that he would keep a secret from her:

«You and I are too close for you to keep secrets from me.» (Sophie to Hort)

Hort finally reveals that he asked Tedros for girl advice. Hort wanted to know what it was like to kiss Sophie. Although spending time with Nicola had been fun, something was missing. Later, Hort feels self-conscious over his personality, and sense of self because he feels unlovable. Sophie immediately responds that there’s nothing wrong with being who he is:

After Japeth breaks into the Celestium, he tries to pierce Hort’s eye with a scim as Hort tries to kill Japeth. However, Sophie prevents it from happening, using her magic to stop the eel from aiming at his eyeball. When the Celestium times out, Sophie tries to fight, but Hort, worried for her safety puts her on his back and «wolfs her away.»

Sophie is later captured by guards and put into a carriage. Sophie thinks nobody is going to save her, since she doesn’t have a true love. That is until she spots one guard with a tiny blue finger glow telling her to. sing. She starts to sing ‘Whisky Woo, the pirate queen’, and the guards try telling her to stop. A scim begins to puncture her skin, and the carriage violently stops. The Mistral sisters go outside to investigate. Hort had caused a carnage, knocking out several guards and slashing their faces. Hort manages to rescue Sophie and flees into the forest. Sophie teases Hort, flirting with him as they run away. Unfortunately, an arrow pierces his thigh. They attack Hort, and he feels himself slipping away. Hort hurriedly confesses to Sophie, telling her that he finds all parts of her personality beautiful. That he tried to move on, and forget her, but that true love didn’t let him. He assures Sophie that she always had true love. The last thing Hort sees before ‘dying’ is Sophie’s face. She begs him to stay with her, and this serves as a motivation for Hort. Who keeps himself alive for as long as possible, until he could be saved. Yuba finally arrives, but it takes him several days to heal well enough to walk. Sophie thinks that he’s died.

In «Samsara,» we find out Sophie wore black for days in order to honor Hort’s life. She goes down to the dungeons to find acceptance. » ‘I’m sorry,’ She rasped. This is why she’d come, to find her beasts, to make peace with them. The one she’d killed and the one she couldn’t save. Both had to forgiver her if she was to be free.» (OTK, «Samsara», pg. 589)

Agatha had other plans. (On the day of her wedding) Agatha orchestrates a plan with Hort, and shows Sophie into her secrets, revealing Hort is alive in the form of a message written in Hort’s scribbly handwriting. She can’t believe he’s alive. Hort reveals he kept himself alive long enough to be rescued by Yuba. He also reveals that the wolf side of him died. He’s afraid to confess this to Sophie because he thought Sophie loved his wolf part of him over the other parts (implying Sophie is only drawn to him by appearance/protection) and that he’s not good enough. However, she assures him he is enough. As shown from this excerpt:

She thought his lips «felt like home», and they were «bound by their feelings for each other and thankfulness for this moment.» Although she’s dominated and used Hort in the past, through their quests she’s learned to be selfless and a bit more compassionate. Hort has also had growth, and has become more confident, and even started to be more dominant (rather than submissive), and he’s come into his own throughout the books. They seem ready to carry that into the relationship.

Merlin watches as Hort and Sophie (both looking disheveled) join Agatha and Tedros in saying their goodbyes. Merlin looks at the two pairs and says, «The great things you will do. So much love between you.»

Rafal

Rafal believed that Sophie had a soul evil enough to match his own, thus chose her for his Evil Love. Playing on Sophie’s desperate dream for her own Happily Ever After, he convinced her they were destined to be together, in hopes that Sophie would rewrite the laws of love, and finally bring victory for himself and Evil once and for all. He is said to often use the Groom Room in order to impress Sophie and often talked about her to his students, showing that his love may have been genuine. Sophie eventually chooses Agatha over him, killed him by destroying her ring, ending their relationship.

Rhian

After he won the battle at Four Point, he freed Sophie from her binds and kissed her and gave her a rose. After he’d rescued them from the Snake in Nottingham, Sophie and Rhian went on a date to Beauty and the Feast and bonded over their similarities. Sophie believed Rhian understood her completely. In Camelot after the Snake was supposedly dead, Rhian proposed to Sophie. But when he overthrew Tedros, Sophie realized she’d been fooled. Sophie realized he was evil and became scared of him. Eventually, Rhian threatens Sophie’s life unless she pretends to be his princess. Her relationship with Rhian eventually became rocky. For a second, Sophie thinks of being merciful and sparing him. Later, she is shocked to discover that Rhian is the one dead after his duel with Japeth. Her consciousness fades as scims were pierced in her ears.

In OTK, Sophie describes Rhian as having been maniacal.

Family

Stefan

Vanessa

Vanessa is Sophie’s deceased mother, who she supposedly had a positive relationship with. She is Sophie’s role model and Sophie is visibly upset over her death, which happened prior to book one.

Agatha

Sophie and Agatha have one of the closest and most intricate relationships in the series. Originally, Sophie only became friends with Agatha to complete a Good Deed to impress the School Master. She didn’t really like the reclusive girl, but in her opinion, Agatha needed help. Sophie tried everything to «help» Agatha but it made things worse, the «help» being for Agatha trying out her potions and creams for beautification on her, to make sure they worked. However, the creams and potions often backfired, causing Agatha to not want Sophie around her. Over time though, after spending more time together, Sophie and Agatha begin to consider each other friends. They often rely on each other for comfort and safety, leading them to have a big trust in one another. Agatha is the more logical one of the two, which leads her to come up with plans in order to help Sophie and/or others. Sophie is the more emotional one, helping Agatha unlock her deepest emotions and fears. Then, in book 3, they found out they are twins.

Honora

Sophie is hostile towards Honora as seen in Book 2. However, Honora doesn’t return these feelings as she seems to hold nothing against Sophie. The latter is often determined to mistakenly believe that Honora is the evil stepmother in her story and the cruel woman who came in between Sophie’s parents. Even after finding out about the truth about her parents’ history, Sophie still seems to be distasteful toward Honora such as her comment about her «garden parties».

Adam and Jacob

Sophie doesn’t seem to like her stepbrothers, as she believes that Stefan, her father, would’ve preferred to have a boy rather than her.

Friends

Nicola

Although Sophie doesn’t remember, her and Nicola’s first interaction was when she wrote a review about Nicola’s «nut crumble» she made at Gavaldon. Later, when Nicola comes to the School for Evil as an accident, Sophie shows a strong dislike for Nicola due to her making messes in the castle since the castle rejects her. When Nicola expresses an interest in Hort on the quest in book 4, Sophie slyly insinuates that Nicola will never be able to become a couple with Hort since by saying, «. Hort already chose his true love long ago and it’s not like she’s going anywhere, is she? So if I were you, I’d focus on helping us complete our quest and getting home to your dear father as soon as you can». Nicola and Sophie maintain a negative relationship until Sophie saves Nicola at Four Point. From there, they started having a friend-like relationship. In addition, at the forest fest, Sophie says that she already helped Nicola write a letter to her Papa to tell her she’d be home for Christmas, and Nicola changes her perspective on Sophie.

The Coven

Sophie has a troubled relationship with the coven. Hester and Anadil don’t seem to like her very much and remind her throughout the series. It’s hard to tell with Dot because she acts so happy. In the end, they are proved to be friends, when Sophie suggests that they be Deans of the School for Evil. Hester says that she appreciates the offer, but the coven has other plans.

Соман Чайнани «Школа Добра и Зла»

Школа Добра и Зла

The School for Good and Evil

Язык написания: английский

Обозначения: циклы романы повести графические произведения рассказы и пр.

Издания на иностранных языках:

Раздел доступен только после регистрации и оценивания нескольких произведений.

Авторы по алфавиту:

28 августа 2022 г.

28 августа 2022 г.

26 августа 2022 г.

22 августа 2022 г.

22 августа 2022 г.

Любое использование материалов сайта допускается только с указанием активной ссылки на источник.
© 2005-2022 «Лаборатория Фантастики».

The school for good and evil

В этом году две лучшие подруги, Софи и Агата, обнаружили куда отправляются все пропавшие дети: в легендарную «Школу Добра и Зла», где обучаются обычные мальчишки и девчонки, чтобы стать сказочными героями и злодеями. Самая красивая девочка Гавальдона, Софи, всю свою жизнь мечтала быть похищенной, чтобы оказаться в этом волшебном мире. В своем розовом платьице, хрустальных башмачках и с преданностью добрым делам, она знала, что будет получать наилучшие отметки в Школе Добра и выпустится прекрасной сказочной принцессой. В то время, как Агата, в своем бесформенном черном балахоне, со злой кошкой и неприязнью почти ко всем, кажется, идеально подходила Школе Зла.

Но, когда обе девочки очутились в Бесконечных лесах, они обнаружили, что над их судьбами кто-то пошутил — Софи забрасывает в Школу Зла, чтобы обучаться Уродствам, Смертельным проклятьям и Натаскиванию Приспешников, в то время, как Агата обнаруживает себя в Школе Добра, среди прекрасных принцев и дев, на уроках по Этикету для принцесс и Общению с животными. Но, что если эта ошибка окажется первым намеком на разгадку того, кто такие на самом деле Софи и Агата?

«Первое похищение случилось две сотни лет назад. В какие-то года пропадало по два мальчика, в другие — по две девочки, а порой по одному мальчику и девочке. Но, если поначалу выбор казался случайным, вскоре схема стала ясна. Один ребенок всегда был пригож и хорош, такого хотели бы любые родители. Другой же оказывался неказист и странен, был изгоем с рождения. Вот такая пара противоположностей отбиралась в юном возрасте и исчезала неведомо куда».

В этом году две лучшие подруги, Софи и Агата, обнаружили куда отправляются все пропавшие дети: в легендарную «Школу Добра и Зла», где обучаются обычные мальчишки и девчонки, чтобы стать сказочными героями и злодеями. Самая красивая девочка Гавальдона, Софи, всю свою жизнь мечтала быть похищенной, чтобы оказаться в этом волшебном мире. В своем розовом платьице, хрустальных башмачках и с преданностью добрым делам, она знала, что будет получать наилучшие отметки в Школе Добра и выпуститься прекрасной сказочной принцессой. В то время как Агата, в своем бесформенном черном балахоне, со злой кошкой и неприязнью почти ко всем, кажется, идеально подходила Школе Зла.

Но, когда обе девочки очутились в Бесконечных лесах, они обнаружили, что над их судьбами кто-то пошутил — Софи забрасывает в Школу Зла, чтобы обучаться Уродствам, Смертельным проклятьям и Натаскиванию Приспешников, в то время, как Агата обнаруживает себя в Школе Добра, среди прекрасных принцев и дев, на уроках по Этикету для принцесс и Общению с животными. Но, что если эта ошибка окажется первым намеком на разгадку того, кто такие на самом деле Софи и Агата?

Школа Добра и Зла – это эпическое путешествие в великолепный новый мир, где оказывается, что единственный выход из сказки состоит в том, что необходимо пережить это путешествие.

Оригинальное название: The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil #1)

by Soman Chainani

Зоман Чейнани «Школа Добра и Зла»

Серия: The School for Good and Evil #1 / Школа Добра и Зла #1

Перевод: Виктория Салосина, Светлана Егошина, Иван Биндарович

Anadil

Anadil
Anadil of Bloodbrook

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

The Knights of Eleven

Anadil was one of the students of the School of Evil, and one of Sophie’s roommates. She is a coven with Hester and Dot, and is accompanied by her pet rats.

Contents

Early Life

Anadil was born in the kingdom of Bloodbrook. Her grandmother was a witch who was impaled in a barrel. At some point she was accepted into the School for Evil and began her curriculum.

Appearance

Anadil is an albino with long white hair, ghostly pale skin and hooded red eyes. She has a raspy voice and a bracelet made of bones.

Biography

The School for Good and Evil

Anadil makes her first appearance as Sophie enters her room. She and Hester belittle her, and even consider killing her. Later at welcoming, Agatha tries to get Sophie’s attention by throwing a decapitated bird at her. Hester and Anadil both notice, and take a liking to her.

Eventually, Agatha and Sophie soon reveal their plans to get home to the coven of witches. Anadil and Hester agree to help them, claiming that they’ll do anything to get rid of Sophie. The coven both help Sophie create a love spell for Tedros. After this fails, Anadil and Hester stop talking to Agatha, since Sophie told them it was Agatha’s idea.

Once Sophie and Tedros team up for the Trial By Tale, Hester and Anadil work together to get Sophie killed, despite the teacher’s safety precautions. Anadil gets taken out of the trial before this can happen.

After Tedros tells the students that Sophie tricked him to win the Trial, Anadil and Hester start to admire Sophie. They offered her a chance at their coven, resulting in Dot being kicked out. The three terrorize the Evers together by traveling through the sewers.

Eventually, Sophie starts to form Nemesis dreams. Anadil and Hester try to cure her by manipulating Tedros into like her again. To do this, Anadil enlarges her three pet rats and tells them to attack Tedros and have Sophie «save» him, but before they can do this, Agatha confronts the three in the sewers.

In the Circus of Talents, Anadil enters, but loses against a rival Ever. After Sophie wins the Circus and starts to destroy the School of Good, Anadil, Hester, and Dot reunite to stop her by locking her in their room. The next morning, the three girls find an invitation to a Nevers’ Ball, and realize Sophie escaped. They then attend the ball and dance with fellow Nevers, but when Agatha arrives to warn them of the Ever army, they capture her in an ice coffin. When the Evers army attack, and the battle outside the School Master’s tower begin, Anadil helps Agatha climb up the tower along with Hester and Dot.

A World Without Princes

Anadil is present in the School of Girls. Like Hester, she is severely disgusted by the changes, and would even hide in the sapphire toilets. She and Hester try to help Agatha overcome the Dean, who they fear. Anadil believes that Agatha, by kissing Tedros, would restore things as they were.

Anadil and Hester, throughout the book, try to aid Agatha and Sophie. They form a book club to discuss plans, and they all attempt to glean secrets from the Dean. Anadil helps execute their plan to land Sophie in the School for Boys.

The Last Ever After

In The Last Ever After, Anadil is present at Rafal’s School for New Evil. At first, along with Hester and Dot, she appears to be one of the only students enjoying the new school, which combined Evers and Nevers. However, it is later revealed that she is a spy for Merlin, sending messages to the League of Thirteen using Reaper, Agatha’s cat, as well as her rats.

Anadil, Hester, and Dot aid Tedros and Agatha in sneaking into the School for new to find Sophie and convince her to destroy the School Master’s ring. Anadil plays an important role in this, as her rat, transformed into a white mouse, retrieves Professor Dovey’s wand in order to open the gates. That night, she and Dot take Tedros, under the alias of Essa, outside of Sophie’s tower. Dot creates chocolate zipline, in which Rat #2 is used as the handlebar.

A few weeks later, when Sophie returns to Rafal’s side, the three witches have been discovered to be spies and are condemned to the Brig by Sophie. However, Merlin rescues them and takes them to Avalon, where Tedros, Agatha, Hort, and the League are sheltered by the Lady of the Lake. Each young student is partnered with a league member in order to more effectively take down Rafal’s zombified villains. Anadil is partnered with both Jack and Briar Rose. Although she has to vanquish both Jack’s giant and the evil fairy, Anadil does not mind, as defeating two villains would mean that «no one would call her a henchman ever again.»

In the battle against Rafal’s army, Anadil’s third rat helps Agatha to escape from Gavaldon, where she became trapped during the battle. Anadil defeats Briar Rose’s fairy, and is aided by several fellow students in taking down Jack’s giant.

At the end of the book, Anadil is once again a student at the School for Evil, now under the rule of the new Dean, Sophie.

Quests for Glory

The Ever Never Handbook

A Crystal of Time

Abilities

Relationships

Family

Anadil’s grandmother used to eat little boys, which resulted in her being rolled in a barrel full of spikes. There is some speculation as to who her grandmother was, due to the fact no fairy tale of the kind has been found. The main contenders include the witch from the Singing Bone and the witch from the Goose Girl. In real life, the witches of Sileau Whallion were given this treatment, which may be the inspiration.

Friends

Hester

Hester seems to be Anadil’s best friend, and she occasionally calls her «Ani». Hester told Anadil she would be her henchman if she became class captain. Throughout the series, expecially in Quests for Glory, p. 465, they are suggested to be love interests.

Despite kicking Dot out many times from their coven, Anadil maintains a friendship with her.

Anadil’s Rats

Anadil owns three well trained rats. Her originals perished in the battle that ensued during the first book. She received new ones and trained them equally well. Despite claiming to have no feelings, Anadil was shown to care for her rats.

In A Crystal Of Time, one unnamed rat was killed from one of Japeth’s scims.

Agatha

Anadil initially preferred Agatha to Sophie because of her witchy demeanor. The two remain friends.

Rhian Sader-Mistral

Rhian

imagecaption

Alias

Personal Status

Status

Relatives

Mistral Sisters (aunts)

Kei (formerly secret lover)

Place of Origin

Characteristics

Gender

Abilities and Equipment

Talent

Fingerglow

Weapons

Professional Status

Position

Occupation

King of Camelot (formerly)

School

Physical attributes

Hair Color

Eye Color

Rhian is the son of Evelyn Sader and The School Master, the brother of R. Japeth Sader-Mistral. He is also the former King of Camelot. He debuted in Book 4, Quests For Glory.

Contents

Early Life

Though first believed to have been conceived of King Arthur and Grisella Gremlaine, it is implied in A Crystal of Time that Rhian, and his twin brother, Japeth, were born to Evelyn Sader and King Arthur, before Tedros was born. Evelyn attempted to accomplish this by using a «spansel,» which she hung around Arthur’s neck while he was sedated. Evelyn’s original plan was to let Gremlaine use the spansel, but Gremlaine had refused at the last moment, because she loved Arthur too much to ruin his life. However, it is revealed in One True King that Gremlaine returned to stop her before she could actually use it, and that Rhian and Japeth were in reality fathered by Rafal.

After Evelyn left Camelot, she and her sons lived in Foxwood, where Rhian was listed as the son of Levya and Rosamund, since Evelyn, or «Elle,» as she called herself, spun the tale of her own danger, pleading the couple to lie about Rhian’s identity.

However, since Evelyn had difficulty raising Japeth, she sent him to the Arbed House of the Foxwood Boys’ School for Conservative Education, meant to reform Evil children. Although Rhian was Good, Evelyn sent him along with Japeth, to watch over him. Other boys in Arbed House at the time included his loyal friend, Kei, and Japeth’s best friend and Rhian’s «would be murderer,» Aric, Lady Lesso’s son.

Appearance

In Book 4, Rhian is described having tanned skin «the colour of amber», military-type cropped copper brown hair, and eyes that change colours between blue to hazel «with the intensity of his stare». He was described as having strong bones and sensual lips. Upon first seeing him, Sophie thought that she had never seen such a beautiful boy in her life.

Book 5 reveals that Rhian has pale white skin covering his chest. The tanned skin was just a hoax for his role as the Lion. Also, he suddenly has sea-green eyes for the duration of Book 5.

Personality

Rhian is first said to be loyal and obedient to his leaders, showing his bravery and courage to them, which earns Tedros’s trust. He also is capable of keeping promises like how he made a promise to Tedros that Tedros will kill the Snake (a fake one) instead of him. Even so, he also breaks promises if his leader ordered him to do so, such as when Agatha told him to save Tedros, saying that she is his future Queen. His personality almost drastically changed after he revealed the truth.

After proposing Sophie to be his wife and receiving a gift from Tedros, which is Excalibur’s lockbox key, he pulled the mighty sword in front of the crowd, revealing to be Tedros’ half-brother and the true heir of Camelot, making him a manipulative «King» who earns people’s trust in a short time. While appearing to be loyal, obedient and trustworthy, he is also manipulative, wicked and threatening throughout the fourth book.

Rhian is revealed to be both the ‘Lion’ and the ‘Snake’, and according to Hort, he «spat in the faces of both Good and Evil». However, we do know that Rhian is capable of making allies, since he had the «Snake,» Kei, and the love of Ever and Never kingdoms.

Despite this, Rhian has shown that he truly is Good and cares about the future of the Woods, as it is revealed in Book 5 that his final goal as the One King was to erase all evil from the roots and bring ordinary people to light.

Biography

Quests For Glory

During the events of the Four Point, Rhian fought and saved all leaders on each kingdom without Tedros, even kissing Sophie after fighting. When questioned by Sophie, Rhian claimed to be a loyal servant to Camelot, come to protect Tedros. Together with the crew of The Igraine, Rhian bravely defended the castle from the Snake’s attack. After the «war,» in which Rhian dealt the final blow against Tedros’ wishes, Rhian had his men (which says something about his authority) present the Snake’s body at the celebration.

During the celebration, he proposed to Sophie, which signified that Sophie as his fiancé. When he was offered a gift by Tedros, he asked for the key around Guinevere’s neck, unlocked Excalibur’s lockbox, seized the mighty sword and pulled it smoothly, declaring himself as the eldest son of King Arthur and come to claim his throne. Now a King, he ordered the guards to grab Merlin, Guinevere, Professor Dovey and the others away to the dungeon. He also said that Tedros was the real Snake faking his throne, declaring him as Camelot’s enemy, and sentencing Tedros to death. On the stage with Sophie, he secretly pointed Excalibur’s tip right at Sophie’s spine while announcing the royal wedding starting in one week, so that she would act the part instead of fleeing or protesting. The crowd cheered for the success of the new king and the old’s execution as Agatha, alone, fled far from the castle.

A Crystal of Time

After taking over Camelot’s throne, Rhian tries to get as big endorsement as possible: he pledges that with Lionsmane he would make a «normal» people heroes and claims that he isn’t fond of School for Good and Evil and intends to kill Tedros. Later he tells Sophie that he avoids lying and explains that in Quests for Glory he didn’t pledge alliegance to Tedros and his friends. He claims that he prefer blood ties rather than falling in love, which leads people to stupidity and blindness. Later Sophie hears Rhian telling his brother that Lionsmane should be used to give people hope which they didn’t have. During their conversation we learn that Japeth is afraid that Sophie would smite Rhian and make him not to believe him. Although Rhian denies being vulnerable to her charms, he takes her side when she is arguing with Japeth about altering his mother’s dress. Later Rhian insults Sophie, telling her she is egoistic, attention absorbing and inane. All the same he allows her to choose one of prisoners who saves life as being her assistant. He also tells Sophie that he lies he has caught Agatha and he convinces all the monarchs that Tedros used to pay for Snake’s attacks in order to weaken other kingdoms. During Agatha’s friends’ attack, everybody figures out that he lied about Agatha being prisoned by him but later he manages to get back monarchs’ trust and tries to convince them to pledge their alliegance to him by burning their rings but most of them deny doing it. During that conversation he forces Sophie to lie about Tedros and Agatha. When Sophie sets free, he believes that she was kidnapped by her former friends and trusts her after she comes back to Camelot intending to kill him and his brother. Later he tells Sophie the story of his life: his difficult relationship with his mother, sick jealousy of his brother and lack of disinterested loyalty from the people who surround him. He also claims that he wants to be One True King in order to make «normal» people feel important and to treat villian before they cross «the line from which there is no return» by giving them a friend or love. At the end of their conversation, he confesses love to Sophie and pledges that he would never give up on her. Nevertheless, when Japeth hears Sophie trying to convince Rhian to get rid of him, he commands Sophie to leave Camelot and never come back. Later we learn that Rhian has always been called «the better brother» who everybody loves and who has a huge impact on people. He probably has always wanted to become School for Good student and that’s why now he wants to destroy the whole School. According to Japeth, Rhian and his mother wanted his death and always found him a kind of burden. Japeth mentions that Rhian «always chooses other people than him» and treats him like a minion and takes an advance on him. Altough Rhian pledged Japeth bringing to life one person that he truly loves, he brings his promise when he figures out that Japeth means Aric, not their mother like Rhian hoped. That discovery causes a huge fight between twins in which Rhian tries to stop Japeth and orders Sophie to bring over guards to calm him, but because of Japeth’s scims the plan failed. Just before his death, Rhian realises that after breaking his promise given to Japeth, their roles switched: Japeth is meant to be One True King while Rhian can be healed by Sophie’s blood. Then Rhian dies when Japeth pulls Excalibur straight into his heart.

Abilities

Relationships

It is assumed that Kei was working for Rhian and disguised as a guard to lock Tedros during the fight at the Four Point, as well as being his roommate at Foxwood Boys School for Conservative Education. In ‘A Crystal of Time’, Kei becomes Rhian’s captain of the Camelot army, helping him recruit armies to break into the School for Good and Evil to hunt Agatha.

We learn later in the fifth book that Kei had always believed Rhian’s claim to the throne, despite loving Camelot. At one point, Kei abandoned Rhian to become one of Tedros’ guards, as he had been dreaming about it for a very long time and could not pass up the opportunity. Rhian felt betrayed by his lack of loyalty, but took him back anyways.

Aric was in Arbed house along with Rhian at his time in the Foxwood school. Despite being closely attached to Japeth, Aric loathed Rhian, and the feeling was mutual. Rhian even said that Aric had almost killed him with a scar on his head to prove the attack.

Tedros

While it was unknown he was in league with the Snake, Rhian acted as Tedros’ liege and loyal knight, even going as far as to say that he wished to be Tedros’ Lancelot. But once he pulled Excalibur he imprisoned Tedros, showing that all of that was a magnificent lie.

Rhian is Tedros’ elder half-brother, yet he despises him and went to great lengths to take the throne of Camelot from him, as he attacked both Good and Evil to make Tedros look like a weak king so that he could rule the Woods himself.

Sophie

Rhian showed great interest in Sophie from the event at the Four Point, saying he saw her in The Tale of Sophie and Agatha and couldn’t stop thinking about her. He then kissed her and gave her a rose.

Throughout ‘Quests for Glory’, Rhian and Sophie grow very close and were in a relationship. They went on a date to Beauty and the Feast in Sherwood Forest, one somewhat like a double date with Tedros and Agatha.

At the end of ‘Quests for Glory’, Rhian proposes to Sophie as a ‘gift’ to Tedros, and she says yes. However, when Rhian reveals his identity as the Snake and Tedros’ half-brother and pulls Excalibur, he imprisons Sophie’s friends and holds Excalibur’s sword tip to her spine to make her play the part of his princess, which casts some doubt on their relationship, and he, later on, reveals that he never loved her.

Throughout ‘A Crystal of Time’, Rhian and Sophie develop an understanding for each others’ history and feelings, confiding in each other leading to sharing a kiss here and there during their walk through the garden, even telling her he truly loves her. However, Japeth thinks Rhian chooses Sophie over him and saying he will never find love with her, causing Japeth to doubt Rhian’s loyalty towards him.

Japeth

Japeth is Rhian’s twin brother. The two don’t seem to get along, due to their mother causing problems in the past by being a terrible parent. Another complication is Aric, as Rhian doesn’t approve of Japeth’s relationship with him, especially after Aric attacked Rhian. Sophie is another problem, as she stirs up trouble between them.

Книга Школа Добра и Зла. Принцесса или ведьма | The School for Good and Evil

Пользовательские оценки

Общая оценка

Сюжет

Персонажи

Если не работает, попробуйте выключить AdBlock

Ожидание ответа от сервера

Информация о книге

Забудьте все, что вы знали о сказках. Все. Потому что теперь, вам станет известна настоящая сказка.

Каждый год двое детей похищаются из своих семей и помещаются в школу добра и зла. Через некоторое время, все, кто и их знал, встречались с ними вновь… в сказках. И один из похищенных детей становился положительным героем, а другой – отрицательным. В этой школе, в свое время, прошли обучение и король Артур, и Белоснежка, и Красная Шапочка.

Софи живет в тихой деревушке, и мечтает попасть в школу добра и зла, она ведь прочла столько сказок. Софи с милым личиком и белокурыми локонами, вся в розовом, не упустить возможности сделать доброе дело.
С другой стороны, ее подруга, Агата, носит отвратительного кроя черные платья, терпеть не может компанию, и не упустит возможности ввернуть язвительное замечание любому встречному.

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

The New York Times bestselling The School for Good and Evil, the first book in the series, is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. This paperback edition features an Extras section, giving readers a chance to see which school they’d be in and a Q&A with the author, Soman Chainani.

With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the…

Лучшая рецензия на книгу

Читать, чтобы жить

12 июля 2022 г. 14:54

Обычно детские книги милые и добрые. Эта же книга наполнена глупыми шутками (например, девочки пукают) и герои похожи друг на друга. Читаешь и не видишь никаких различий между всеми злыми персонажами, так и между добрыми, только что имена разные, а характеры и их поведение одинаковые.

Софи живёт в небольшом городке, любит розовые платья и мечтает выйти замуж за принца. Она пытается быть доброй и нежной (да, пытается, ибо натура-то у неё злая), чтобы пришёл некий Директор и забрал её в Школу Добра и Зла. Другие жители Гавальдона в ужасе. Родители советуют детям мазаться грязью, чтобы их не забрали из дома. А вот подруга Софи Агата не верит тому, что говорят люди, считает выдумками и детскими сказками. Она живёт на кладбище, не причёсывается, пахнет селедкой, но ей плевать на всё. Она…

Leonora Lesso

This article refers to the book character. For the movie character, see Lady Lesso (Netflix).

Lady Leonora Lesso was the former Dean of the School for Evil.

Lady Leonora Lesso
Leonora Lesso of Netherwood

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Eye color

General information

Alias

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

Contents

Personality

Lady Lesso is an intricate character. Although she appears intimidating and isolated, she can be kind and compassionate. Her actions, from secretly visiting her son for five years to breaking the terms of the Trial by Tale, betray her courage and kind heart, though she prefers to maintain a cold facade because of her tough past, and because she needs to teach students how to act.

Biography

Little is known of Lady Lesso’s past. She became a teacher fifteen years before the events of The Last Ever After. She taught Curses and Deathtraps for many years. At the time, she’d already hidden her son in a cave near the School. Eventually, she rose to the position of Dean. After five years, Evelyn Sader arrived and revealed Leonora’s son to the School Master. Sader was then evicted for committing crimes against students and Leonora was forbidden to see her son, an event that caused devastating consequences: her own death at the hands of her son, Aric. She lived in Netherwood.

School for Good and Evil

In this book Lesso mainly taught students to get colder, and focus on finding their nemesis later on in the future. She was annoyed at Sophie at first, enough to seal her mouth shut. But later on as Sophie started to become more and more evil and having her hair sheared off she started to go softer on Sophie. It was implied that Lesso loved Sophie’s «trick» to win the Trial the most, calling it the «Sophie Trap.» and like many evil teachers she gaver Sophie a gift containing a carved ice flower. She was petrified by the school master later on.

A World Without Princes

It had been discovered that Lesso and Dovey had been friends, they both had a disliking towards Evelyn for what she has done in the past, Lesso feared and disliked Evelyn the most due to Evelyn knowing Lady Lesso’s biggest secrets. Lesso firmly believed that, if Agatha went back to Tedros and Sophie as slain, then things would go back to normal. Her mind was changed later on after trusting Sophie and Agatha, as later on she believed that, if they wished for each other, things would return to the way it was before. Later on in the Trial by Tale, Lesso snuck in and thought Tedros was attacking the girls but soon realized that Sophie was the one who caused the mess. Later, she got caught and Evelyn’s blue butterflies took her away, but not before Lesso whispered to Agatha to kiss Tedros.

The Last Ever After

Lady Lesso was seemingly loyal to Rafal. But after some mistakes like calling him «Rafal» and not ‘master’, it got Sophie irritated, as she began doubting Lesso. Lady Lesso taught Sophie how to get her true ending, saying that it can’t always be love but it can be a friend or someone else’s happiness. She was attacked by Sophie but Lesso deflected the spell easily. She helped fight during the war, but then Aric escaped with the «help» of Sophie. He tried to kill Dovey knowing that was Lesso’s weak spot, but Lesso fought back. Aric had a knife and they both fought for it trying to murder the other, but Professor Dovey was the one who killed Aric with a stymph bone. Unbeknownst to Dovey, Lesso had been stabbed by Aric already. Lesso had a short last conversation with Sophie, asking her what made Sophie destroy the ring Rafal had given her. Sophie responded, «A friend.» That made Lesso happy, and, as she was dying, she said her real name, «Leonora.» Before her death Lesso had saved a gift for Sophie. Merlin knew it and ordered Sophie to get his belongings, there was nothing there but the gift. Sophie opened it and knew that, as soon as she saw the dress, she would become the Dean of evil.

Relationships

Family

None of Leonora’s family members were mentioned in the books except for her son, Aric. She raised him for a some time outside of the School and visited him regularly for about five years. However, the School Master suspended her privileges to leave School grounds, forcing her to abandon him. From that point on, Aric developed an obsessive hatred towards his mother for abandoning him.

He made a few appearances in A World Without Princes, and Lady Lesso mentions that Aric tried to kill her in the end-chaos of Trial by Tale. During the events depicted in The Last Ever After, he was Dean of the School for New Evil, while his mother was Dean of the School for Old Evil. He repeatedly attempted to kill her, be it poisoning her coffee or placing an asp in her toilet.

During the final battle in Book Three, Aric took this chance to attack Lady Lesso. He delivered a fatal wound before being stabbed in the back with a broken stymph bone by Professor Dovey.

Lady Lesso’s Husband

It is said in the Never Ever Handbook that Aric’s father was seen just outside the gates of the School For Good and Evil. He was extremely muscular with dark eyes that held «fiery madness.» It is mentioned that Lady Lesso turned pale when this encounter was brought up.

Friends

Professor Clarissa Dovey

Clarissa Dovey is Dean for the School for Good and is Lady Lesso’s best friend. Lady Lesso explains to Sophie that Dean Dovey is, for her, what Agatha is to Sophie: her «true love.» Sophie tries to dismiss this notion but eventually comes to accept the idea that this is part of the balance that both sides need to maintain. Lady Lesso’s last words were to Dovey. Though uncomfirmed, many fans believe that Lady Lesso was a lesbian. In book 5 after Dovey’s sacrifice to save Tedros she died and went up in Heaven, there she met Lesso and Dovey died happily.

Sophie of Woods Beyond

When Sophie arrives at the School for Evil, she does not want to accept Lady Lesso’s assurances that she, Sophie, belongs with Evil. Nevertheless, Lady Lesso’s beauty and sense of fashion helped Sophie attempt to move beyond the restrictions of sack uniforms and awful food which the Nevers are given. She and Lesso don’t get along very well at first, however Lesso takes a liking to Sophie after she wins the trial. In book 2, Lady Lesso is angry at Sophie for ruining everything. She later on decides to trust Sophie but feels betrayed much later on in the book. In book 3 Lesso was «loyal» to Sophie but she was found out to be the spy for good. Lady Lesso gives her a long speech about the true meaning of Evil and how Sophie will find her true ending. After Lady Lesso’s death, Sophie finds a large box in Lady Lesso’s office with a gift for her. When she opens the box, she discovers that Lady Lesso wishes for Sophie to become the new Dean for Evil in her place. She considers Sophie to be like her daughter.

The School for Good and Evil (book series)

Every four years, two children have been stolen away from Gavaldon never to return. Most children fear of being taken, but not Sophie. She has dreamt all her life of being a princess. Her best friend Agatha has other ideas. When both girls are taken, things don’t go quite to Sophie’s plan. But sometimes princesses and witches don’t look like they do in fairy tales.

The School for Good and Evil is a fairytale fantasy series by Soman Chainani comprised of seven total books, two main trilogies and one additional extra book. The School for Good and Evil follows Sophie and Agatha, two Readers taken from their village and given to The School for Good and Evil where they each learn how to be a princess or a witch.

Contents

Titles of the series

The first book in the series and the first book of The School Years trilogy is The School for Good and Evil. The School Years follows the main characters Sophie and Agatha through their first three years at The School for Good and Evil. The following trilogy (titled The Camelot Years) follows the students of The School for Good and Evil as they embark on their fourth year quests in the Endless Woods. The final book in the series is called One True King. Soman wrote another book for the series called The Ever Never Handbook which is set sometime in between The Last Ever After and Quests For Glory.

The School for Good and Evil (book)

The School for Good and Evil is the first book in the eponymously-titled series and the debut novel of the author, Soman Chainani.

Much of the plot takes place at The School for Good and Evil and in the village of Gavaldon. Initially, the protagonists are best friends Agatha and Sophie. The two are very different, but share a strong bond over feeling different from others. Agatha is awkward and morbid while Sophie is beautiful but vain. Sophie hopes to get selected to attend the School for Good, one of two legendary academies that prepare children to become fairy tale characters, the other being the School for Evil. Every four years, two children are kidnapped from the village to be enrolled in either school. The children are never returned, but appear in storybooks that come yearly. The books appear mysteriously at a local bookshop.

When the two girls find themselves whisked away by the mysterious Headmaster of the schools of Good and Evil, known the School Master, Sophie is ecstatic until she realizes that she has been placed in the School for Evil (to become a Never) and Agatha is in the School for Good (to become an Ever). She tries to switch places with Agatha many times to of no avail. Agatha soon finds she can grant wishes for people and nearly turns a gargoyle into a little boy, but it is killed. All she wants, however, is to return home with her friend. Agatha learns that the School Master and his brother were at war and that one of them died in the process, and the dying brother enchanted the Storian, a magical pen, to keep the Woods in balance.

The girls break into the mysterious School Master’s tower and see the Storian begin to write their story. The School Master gives them a riddle they are unable to solve for some time. Agatha realizes «The thing Nevers can never have and Evers can’t do without» is love.

Knowing that a kiss from true love will end a story, Agatha helps Sophie charm Tedros, the son of King Arthur, into asking her to the Ever Ball by disguising herself as a cockroach and helping Sophie through her classes so she ranks #1. This eventually backfires when Tedros discovers what is going on at the Trial by Tale. Agatha protects Tedros when he is to die, calling out Sophie’s name. Sophie plummets into irrational rage and Nemesis Dreams. Sophie then uses her ability for evil to take revenge on Tedros and eventually Agatha, who is revealed to be Sophie’s Nemesis that she must destroy. She tries to enlist the Never students in her task, but they are initially reluctant to take part in all of Sophie’s revenge. In the evil moat The School Master hurls the Storian, meaning to kill Agatha, but Sophie is speared instead and dies from her wounds. Agatha kisses Sophie, bringing her back to life. Agatha chooses her ending with her best friend/nemesis instead of her soon discovered prince, Tedros, and she and Sophie both return to their village.

When the story, The Tale of Sophie and Agatha is published to the village, the last page ends with a picture of a prince who looks a lot like Tedros walking away, his back facing the page, titled ‘They didn’t need princes in their fairytale at all.’

Reception [ ]

Critical reception for the first book in the series has been positive, and the book has received praise from The Guardian and the Miami Herald.

Awards [ ]

Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for Best Fiction for 5-12 (2014, nominee for The School for Good and Evil)

School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil, or SGE, is the main setting for the book series of the same name.

Contents

History

Long ago, a magical pen chronicling fairy tales, the Storian, was created. There were no fairy tales yet for the pen to conjure up, so the pen was stored in a tower and two schools, one for good people and one for bad people, were created around it to make heroes and villains for the fairy tales. Two twin brothers, Rafal Mistral and Rhian Mistral were chosen to guard the Storian. Rhian was Good and Rafal was Evil. Rafal made an army to overthrow Rhian and control the Storian as his own. When their battle ended, it was initially unclear who won, but later it was revealed that Rafal won.

In the book series

In the first book of the series, two girls are put in the ‘wrong’ schools; beautiful and kind Sophie is in the School for Evil and ugly, unpleasant Agatha is in the School for Good. As the story goes on, however, Agatha and Sophie are proven to be in the right schools and wage a war between Good and Evil, even leaving Agatha’s prince Tedros behind.

In the second book in the series, Agatha and Sophie are back home in the village of Gavaldon. Both of them are having troubles: Sophie’s father Stefan is marrying an ugly old woman named Honora and abandoning Sophie, while Agatha misses Tedros. On Stefan and Honora’s wedding day, arrows come for Sophie and the duo escape back to the school; but, inspired by Sophie and Agatha’s story, girls kicked boys out and now the school is separated into the ‘School for Girls’ and ‘School for Boys’, to prepare for the upcoming gender war. Agatha and Tedros secretly reconcile, while Rafal takes Sophie to his tower, claiming to be her prince.

In the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, the School itself is largely unimportant, as these three books focus on Agatha and Tedros trying to save Camelot from an impostor king who bears the same name as Rafal’s brother.

Handbook

The Ever Never Handbook, an official handbook for the School, was released along shortly after the third book was. The handbook details the dorms, the School’s history in-depth, School traditions, and more. It also features notes from Hester, one of Sophie’s friends throughout the series.

Deans

Although the School has always had a School Master, two deans are the leaders of each School: one Good dean and one Evil dean. The first deans are unknown, but when the series begins Clarissa Dovey and Leonora Lesso are the deans: Clarissa of Good, Leonora of Evil. In the second book, Evelyn Sader is the School for Girls dean and Tedros is the School for Boys dean. Leonora was killed in the third book defending Clarissa, and Sophie was made Dean of Evil.

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

Лучшая рецензия на книгу

Читать, чтобы жить

12 июля 2022 г. 14:54

Обычно детские книги милые и добрые. Эта же книга наполнена глупыми шутками (например, девочки пукают) и герои похожи друг на друга. Читаешь и не видишь никаких различий между всеми злыми персонажами, так и между добрыми, только что имена разные, а характеры и их поведение одинаковые.

Софи живёт в небольшом городке, любит розовые платья и мечтает выйти замуж за принца. Она пытается быть доброй и нежной (да, пытается, ибо натура-то у неё злая), чтобы пришёл некий Директор и забрал её в Школу Добра и Зла. Другие жители Гавальдона в ужасе. Родители советуют детям мазаться грязью, чтобы их не забрали из дома. А вот подруга Софи Агата не верит тому, что говорят люди, считает выдумками и детскими сказками. Она живёт на кладбище, не причёсывается, пахнет селедкой, но ей плевать на всё. Она…

The school for good and evil

1. Директор и Королева

Сложно думать о любви, когда никак не можешь решить, молод твой парень или стар.

«Выглядит-то он, конечно, отлично», – думала Софи, глядя на стройного юношу, стоявшего без рубашки возле раскрытого окна башни. Гладкая бледная кожа, узкие черные брюки, густая копна белых как снег волос, мускулистые руки, голубые, похожие на прозрачные льдинки, глаза… На вид ему никак не больше шестнадцати. Как странно при этом знать, что в таком прекрасном юном теле скрывается душа, которой гораздо больше шестнадцати лет. Причем намного, намного больше. Принять от него кольцо Софи отказывалась на протяжении последних трех недель. Ну подумайте сами – разве может она связать свою судьбу с парнем, у которого душа Директора школы?!

Однако чем дольше Софи смотрела на него, тем меньше видела в нем этого самого Директора. Ее руки просил очаровательный молодой человек с высокими скулами и нежными полными губами. Он был красивее, чем иной принц, могущественнее любого принца, и, в отличие от принца (ну, я думаю, вы уже догадались, какого принца), этот парень был ее, и только ее.

Софи загрустила, вспомнив, что осталась совершенно одна в этом мире. Все, все отвернулись от нее, ответили предательством на ее попытки стать доброй. У нее не осталось больше ни семьи, ни друзей, ни будущего, и теперь этот красивый парень был ее последней надеждой. Только вот найдет ли она с ним свою любовь, или, как принято говорить в сказках, свое «они жили долго и счастливо»? У Софи перехватило дыхание, пересохло в горле. Она тяжело сглотнула и медленно подошла к бледному юноше.

«Взгляни на него. Он не старше тебя, – уговаривала она себя. – Такой парень – мечта любой девушки, – Софи протянула дрожащие пальцы, собираясь прикоснуться к обнаженному плечу молодого человека, но ее рука неожиданно застыла в воздухе. – Но его создала магия, – подумала она, отводя руку назад, – и кто знает, как долго продлится это волшебство?»

– Это неправильный вопрос, – раздался спокойный голос. – Магия не подвластна времени.

Софи вздрогнула от неожиданности – она уже много дней не слышала от него ни слова. Юноша по-прежнему не смотрел на нее, он продолжал следить глазами за бледным диском солнца, с трудом пробирающимся сквозь утренний туман.

– Давно ли ты научился читать мои мысли? – нахмурилась Софи.

– Мне незачем читать твои мысли, я и без того знаю, что может быть на уме у читательницы, – ответил он.

Софи встала рядом с юношей, даже сквозь плотную ткань своего черного плаща ощущая ледяной холод его белой, как мрамор, кожи. Невольно она вспомнила, какой была кожа Тедроса – горячая, загорелая, всегда чуть влажная от пота.

Сейчас Софи испытывала к стоящему рядом с ней молодому человеку странное чувство – гнев пополам с жалостью. Она заставила себя придвинуться ближе, легко коснулась кончиками пальцев его бледной груди.

Он по-прежнему не смотрел на нее.

– В чем дело? – спросила Софи.

– Солнце, – ответил он, продолжая глядеть в небо. – Оно с каждым днем светит все слабее.

– О, конечно, если бы ты имел власть и над солнцем тоже, оно жарко сияло бы с утра до вечера, – усмехнулась Софи.

Парень наконец повернул голову и окинул Софи кислым взглядом. Девушка замерла, вспомнив, что в отличие от того, кто некогда был ее лучшим другом, этого молодого человека нельзя назвать ни добрым, ни открытым. Да и человек ли он вообще – тоже вопрос, да еще какой. Софи взглянула в окно и поежилась под налетевшим порывом холодного ветра.

– Между прочим, зимой солнце всегда светит слабо, и чтобы знать это, совершенно не обязательно быть волшебником, – заметила она.

– А об этом что скажешь, читательница-всезнайка? – спросил он, переходя к стоявшему в углу комнаты белому каменному столу, где над раскрытой книгой в вишнево-красном переплете зависло длинное, остро заточенное, напоминающее вязальную спицу перо – Сториан. На последней странице книги был рисунок – Софи, целующая Директора школы, чтобы превратить его в юношу, и ее лучшая подруга, убегающая домой вместе с принцем. И еще надпись:

– С тех пор, как Сториан завис на этом месте, прошло три недели, – произнес молодой человек. – Не позже чем через несколько дней перо должно начать переписывать старые сказки, в которых любовь перейдет на сторону Зла. Эта любовь примется разрушать Добро – в одной сказке, другой, третьей… Эта любовь превратит Сториана в орудие темных сил, станет прославлять Зло, вместо того чтобы его проклинать, – он прищурился. – Но пока книга остается раскрытой на последней странице, пока в нашей истории не поставлена точка, Сториан будет бездействовать, а солнце – медленно умирать. Эта книга как сломанный занавес в театре – знаешь, когда представление уже закончилось, а он все никак не хочет опускаться.

Софи не могла оторвать взгляд от Агаты и Тедроса на рисунке – они уходили вдаль, нежно обняв друг друга за плечи. Кровь прилила к лицу девушки.

– Вот! – хрипло воскликнула она, захлопывая книгу. Скрыв под обложкой ненавистную ей страницу, Софи сунула книгу на полку рядом с «Принцем-лягутонком», «Золушкой», «Рапунцель» и другими, уже дописанными Сторианом, сказками. Сделав это, она сразу успокоилась и негромко добавила: – Все. Занавес опущен.

В ту же секунду вишнево-красная книга сорвалась с полки, ударила Софи по голове, перелетела назад на стол и вновь раскрылась на последней странице. Холодно посверкивая, острое перо вернулось на свое место и повисло в воздухе над словом «Коне…».

– Как видишь, все не так просто и совершенно не случайно, – сказал парень, подходя к Софи, стоявшей у стены и потиравшей ушибленную макушку. – Сториан поддерживает жизнь в нашем сказочном мире, постоянно записывая все новые истории, но он не может оторваться от твоей сказки, ее не закочив. А пока перо будет бездействовать, солнце будет постепенно, день за днем, угасать, и это продлится до тех пор, пока Бескрайние леса не погрузятся во тьму. И тогда всему придет конец.

The school for good and evil

For Uma and Kaveen

IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL

A SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

TWO TOWERS LIKE TWIN HEADS

ONE FOR THE PURE

ONE FOR THE WICKED

TRY TO ESCAPE YOU’LL ALWAYS FAIL

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS

THROUGH A FAIRY TALE

1. Agatha: The Lady and the Snake

2. The Coven: Lionsmane

3. Sophie: Bonds of Blood

4. Agatha: New Alliances

5. Tedros: Sophie’s Choice

6. Sophie: The Dinner Game

7. Agatha: Agatha’s Army

8. Hort: Someday My Weasel Will Come

9. Sophie: Empress under the Boot

10. Sophie: Blessing in Disguise

11. Agatha: Friendship Lessons

12. Tedros: Lucky Seven

13. Agatha: Sometimes the Story Leads You

14. Sophie: He Lies, She Lies

15. Agatha: One True King

16. Professor Dovey: What Makes Your Heart Beat?

17. Agatha: The Only Safe Place in the Woods

18. Tedros: The Ultimate Mission

19. Agatha: Into the Crystal World

20. Hort: The House at Number 63

21. Agatha: Blood Crystal

22. Sophie: Script of a Murder

23. Agatha: Cat in a Museum

24. Sophie: The Garden of Truth and Lies

25. Sophie: Rhian and the Real Thing

26. Agatha: A Grave Mistake

27. Tedros: The Unburied King

About the Author

About the Publisher

The Lady and the Snake

But Agatha had no plan.

She had no allies.

She had no place to hide.

By the time she came out of her thoughts, the fog was gone and it was nighttime. Somehow she’d ended up in the Stymph Forest, with no trace of a path. A storm swept in, slinging lightning through trees. She cowered under an overgrown toadstool.

Where should she go? Who could help her when everyone she trusted was locked in a dungeon? She’d always relied on her intuition, her ability to make a plan on the spot. But how could she think of a plan when she didn’t even know who she was fighting?

I saw the Snake dead.

So Rhian can’t be the Snake.

The Snake is someone else.

They’re working together.

The Lion and the Snake.

She thought of Sophie, who’d giddily accepted Rhian’s ring, thinking she was marrying Tedros’ knight. Sophie who believed she’d found love—real love that saw the Good in her—only to be taken hostage by a villain far more Evil than she.

At least Rhian wouldn’t hurt Sophie. Not yet. He needed her.

What for, Agatha didn’t know.

But Rhian would hurt Tedros.

Tedros, who’d heard Agatha tell Sophie last night that he’d been a failure as king. Tedros, who now doubted whether his own princess believed in him. Tedros, who’d lost his crown, his kingdom, his people, and was trapped in the hands of his enemy, who just yesterday he’d embraced like a brother. An enemy who now claimed to be his brother.

Agatha’s stomach wrenched. She needed to hold Tedros in her arms and tell him that she loved him. That she would never doubt him again. That she would trade her life for his if she could.

I’ll save you, Agatha thought desperately. Even if I have no plan and no one on my side.

Until then, Tedros had to stay strong, no matter what Rhian and his men did to him. Tedros had to find a way to stay alive.

If he wasn’t dead already.

Rhian pulled Excalibur from the stone.

That’s why he’s king.

Agatha ran faster.

The Lady of the Lake told Sophie that the Snake was king.

But Excalibur thought Rhian was king.

And Arthur told Tedros that Tedros was king.

Agatha held her breath, lost in a maze of thoughts. She needed help. She needed answers.

But now she could see the shadow of a castle in the distance, spires slicing through low-flying clouds.

After all this, instead of finding someone who could help her, had she run back to danger? Had she wasted all this time?

Tears rising, she backed away, turning to sprint again—

But she couldn’t run anymore.

Her legs buckled and Agatha crumpled into soft snow, her black dress fanned around her like a bat’s wings. Sleep came as hard and swift as a hammer.

One by one, it threw cages off the tower.

Agatha woke with a start, sopped in sweat despite the snow. Raising her head, she saw the storm had passed, the castle ahead now clear in morning sun.

In front of it, two iron gates swung open and shut against the rocks, the entrance to this white fortress that towered over a calm, gray lake.

Agatha’s heart jumped.

Something inside her had steered her here.

To the one person who could give her answers.

Something inside her had a plan all along.

“HELLO?” AGATHA CALLED out to the still waters.

“Lady of the Lake?” she tried again.

Not even a ripple.

Edginess fluttered in her chest. Once upon a time, the Lady of the Lake had been Good’s greatest ally. That’s why Agatha’s soul had brought her here. To get help.

But Chaddick had come to the Lady of the Lake for help too.

He’d ended up dead.

Agatha looked up at the zigzagging staircase that ascended towards the circle of white towers. The last time she’d come to these shores, she’d been with Sophie, searching for Chaddick’s body. Dark dregs of blood still stained the snow where they’d found Tedros’ murdered knight, clutching a taunting message from the Snake.

Agatha had never seen the Snake’s face. But the Lady of the Lake had seen it when she’d kissed him.

A kiss that had leeched the Lady’s powers and betrayed King Tedros.

A kiss that had helped the Snake put a traitor on Tedros’ throne.

Because that’s what Rhian was. A filthy traitor, who’d pretended to be Tedros’ knight when he was in league with the Snake the whole time.

Agatha turned back to the water. The Lady of the Lake had protected that Snake. And not just protected him: she’d fallen in love with him and lost her powers because of it. She’d thrown away a lifetime of duty. A sick feeling slid up Agatha’s spine. The Lady of the Lake should have been immune to Evil’s charms. But instead, she could no longer be trusted.

Agatha swallowed hard.

I shouldn’t be here, she thought.

“It’s me, Agatha!” she bellowed. “Merlin’s friend. He needs your help!”

Her voice echoed across the shore.

Then the lake shuddered.

Agatha leaned forward. She saw nothing except her own reflection in the silvery surface.

But then her face in the water began to change.

Little by little, Agatha’s reflection morphed into a shriveled old hag’s, with knots of white hair clinging to a bald head and spotted skin sagging off cheekbones. The hag loomed beneath the lake like a troll under a bridge, glaring up at Agatha with cold eyes. Her voice carried through the water, low and distorted—

“We made a deal. I answered Merlin’s question,” the Lady of the Lake seethed. “I let him ask me one thing—one thing—and in return, he would never come again. So now he tries to weasel out of our deal by sending you? Go. You’re not welcome here.”

“He didn’t send me!” Agatha fought. “Merlin’s a prisoner! There’s a new king of Camelot named Rhian—he’s trapped Tedros, Merlin, Professor Dovey, and all our friends in the dungeons. And Merlin’s been hurt! He’ll die if I don’t save him! Tedros will too! Arthur’s son. The true king.”

“Didn’t you hear me? You have to help them!” Agatha begged. “You swore to protect the King—”

“Except the king isn’t the boy you kissed! Rhian is king! The boy they’re calling the Lion,” Agatha insisted. “That wasn’t the boy who came here! The boy you kissed was the Snake. He kissed you to strip your magic and rob Good of your power. He kissed you to help the Lion become king. Don’t you see? He tricked you! And now I need to know who that Snake is. Because if you can be tricked, so can Excalibur! And if Excalibur was tricked, then that’s how an Evil villain ended up on Tedros’ throne—”

The Lady of the Lake lurched towards Agatha, her decayed face just beneath the surface. “No one tricked me. The boy I kissed had Arthur’s blood. The boy I kissed was the king. So if it was the ‘Snake’ I kissed, as you call him, then it is the Snake who rightly pulled Excalibur from the stone and now sits on the throne.”

“But the Snake didn’t pull Excalibur! That’s what I’m trying to tell you!” Agatha hounded. “Rhian did! And I saw the Snake there! They’re working together to con the people of the Woods. That’s how they duped you and the sword—”

She began to sink into the water.

“You can’t go,” Agatha gasped. “You can’t let them die.”

The Lady of the Lake paused, her skull shining underwater like a pearl. This time, when she looked up, the ice in her eyes had thawed. All Agatha saw was sadness.

“Yes, you can,” Agatha pleaded. “You’re the only one who’s seen the Snake’s face. You’re the only one who knows who he is. If you show me what the Snake looks like, I can find out where he and Rhian come from. I can prove to the people that they’re liars! I can prove that Tedros belongs on the throne—”

“What’s done is done,” said the Lady of the Lake. “My loyalty is to the king.”

She sank deeper—

“Would the true king hurt Merlin?” Agatha cried out. “Would Arthur’s heir break his promise to you and leave you like this? You say Excalibur makes no mistakes, but you made Excalibur and you made a mistake. You know you did. Look at you! Please. Listen to me. Truth has become Lies and Lies the Truth. Good and Evil have become one and the same. A Lion and a Snake worked together to steal the crown. Even your sword can’t tell what makes a king anymore. Somewhere inside you, you know I speak the Truth. The real Truth. All I’m asking for is the Snake’s face. Tell me what the boy you kissed looks like. Give me the answer to my question and I’ll never return. The same deal you made with Merlin. And I s
wear to you: this deal will be kept.”

The Lady of the Lake locked eyes with Agatha. Deep in the water, the nymph treaded silently, tattered robes splayed like a dead jellyfish. Then she faded down into its depths and disappeared.

“No,” Agatha whispered.

She dropped to her knees in the snow and put her face in her hands. She had no wizard, no Deans, no prince, no friends to rely on. She had nowhere to go. No one to turn to. And now Good’s last hope had deserted her.

A burble came from the lake.

She peeked through her fingers to see a scroll of parchment floating towards her.

Heart throttling, Agatha snatched the scroll and pulled it open.

The Lady had given her an answer.

The silence only thickened.

She blinked back at the wet scroll: a bold, inked painting of a beautiful boy.

A boy Agatha knew.

She shook her head, baffled.

Because Agatha had asked the Lady of the Lake to draw the Snake’s face. The Snake who’d kissed the Lady and left her to rot. The Snake who’d killed Agatha’s friends and hidden behind a mask. The Snake who’d joined forces with Rhian and made him king.

Only the Lady of the Lake hadn’t drawn the Snake’s face at all.

She’d drawn Rhian’s.

Hester, Anadil, and Dot sat shell-shocked in a stinking cell, flanked by fellow quest team members Beatrix, Reena, Hort, Willam, Bogden, Nicola, and Kiko. Just minutes ago, they’d been on the castle balcony for a Woods-wide celebration. Together with Tedros and Agatha, they’d presented the Snake’s dead body to the people and basked in Camelot’s victory over a vicious enemy.

Now they were in Camelot’s prison, condemned as enemies themselves.

Beatrix

This article is about the book character. For the movie character, see Beatrix (Netflix).

Beatrix
Beatrix of Jaunt Jolie

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Head of the Everwood Architecture Society (mother)

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Alias

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

The Knights of Eleven

Beatrix of Jaunt Jolie is a supporting character in The School for Good and Evil series, and a student at The School for Good.

Contents

Early Life

Sometime before the series, Beatrix was born to the child of the maiden who outwitted Rumpelstiltskin. Shortly before the series, she received a Flowerground ticket, earning her a place in the School for Good.

Appearance

In the first book, she is described as the fairest of all the Evergirls, with waist-long blonde hair, succulent lips, and beautiful topaz eyes. She is also described as being tall and ravishing.

As a part of Debeautification at the School for Girls, Beatrix gives up on caring for her appearance, choosing to shave off all of her hair. She later admits that she misses her hair, and keeps her hair extentions and other Beautification supplies in a trunk under her bed. Her hair seems to grow back by the end of the series however.

Outfits

Beatrix wears quite a few outfits in the series:

Personality

Beatrix was shown to be completely ignorant towards the values that made a true princess. Instead of striving to be good and true, she was completely fixated on her own looks and social standing. This led to her shallow personality, and her obsession of winning the hand of prince Tedros. On multiple occasions, Beatrix was seen to act out in a mean-spirited manner. She unfairly judged individuals such as Agatha.

However, Beatrix changed by the time of book two. Haggling over her appearance lost most of its importance to her. Beatrix began to engage in productive work, such as studying and reading. She started losing respect for men, realizing that she would’ve done much more if it weren’t for Tedros. Beatrix became fairly nicer to Sophie and Agatha, and seemed much more appreciative towards the people around her.

Beatrix continued to grow and mature throughout book three. She proved her bravery in the fight against the School Master.

History

The School for Good and Evil

Beatrix was one of the girls who welcomed Agatha to their school. She introduced herself and asked for a Flowerground Pass. However, Agatha scared them off with a fart. Beatrix quickly ran off, disgusted.

Later on, Beatrix greatly opposes Agatha and singles her out. Her vain nature becomes apparent after she is seen fussing about her appearance. Agatha regards her as one of the stuffy Evergirls of the school. It is noted that she was one of the smartest students (second place to Tedros) and the most admired Evergirl. She was granted access to the Groom Room. As the story progressed, Sophie learned to despise her, as Beatrix had tried to pursue Tedros.

In the Circus of Talents, Beatrix was completely assured of her chances of being asked out by Tedros for the ball. When her turn came, Beatrix easily beat Hort. Right after Tedros asked for Agatha’s hand in the ball, Chaddick quickly drops in his knees and asks for Beatrix’s. Beatrix was shown to be mildly disappointed in this, but she accepts.

Later, as Sophie ravaged parts of the Good school, Beatrix was among those who hid, too scared to fight. Later, she tended the wounds of every student that was injured. Beatrix still seemingly had feelings for Tedros, as she pushed him to kill Sophie. When Agatha interfered, Beatrix quickly knocked her out. Beatrix pushed Tedros to vanquish Sophie even more, but was shortly transformed into a witch. By the end of the book, she was back to her normal self.

A World Without Princes

Beatrix is one of the girls who participated in Agatha and Sophie’s welcoming ceremony.

Reena

This article is about the book character. For the movie character, see Reena (Netflix).

Reena
Reena of Pasha Dunes/Royal princess of Shazabh

Biological information

Species

Status

Gender

Family

Mumtaz Adeen (mother)
Kaveen of Shazabah (brother)
The Magic Carpet Rental Guy (husband)

Hair color

Eye color

General information

Place of origin

Alignment

Fingerglow color

Occupation

Affiliation

Contents

Biography

Background

Reena’s father is the Sultan of Shazabah, her mother’s name unknown. Shortly before the series, she received a Flowerground ticket, earning her a place in the School for Good.

The School for Good and Evil

Reena is one of the girls who greets Agatha and asks where her Flowerground ticket is.

Trial by Tale

She participates in the Trial by Tale, representing Forest Group 9. Reena ambushes Sophie along with other Evers and Nevers, whistling to call two golden wolf dogs to attack.

In the battle between the Evers and Nevers, Reena helps the Evergirls prepare for combat. When the Evers become ugly, Reena’s cheeks are covered with scabs. She, along with Beatrix and Millicent whine about their appearance to Agatha. However, when Agatha jumps into battle, Beatrix, Reena, and Millicent save Agatha by summoning some magical rain. While Evers and Nevers are rapidly shifting from ugly to beautiful, Beatrix punches her in the jaw, thinking Reena to be a Never.

A World Without Princes

The Last Ever After

Quests for Glory

A Crystal of Time

Along with the coven, Professor Dovey, and others, Reena was in the Camelot dungeon, imprisoned by Rhian and Japeth. Later, she is rescued by Agatha’s team of first-years. Once out of the dungeon, she helped stall Rhian and Japeth so that they could get away to the school. But the school’s shield was penetrated by a sorcerer, and the school was under attack. She helps fight the pirates, and once the pirates are gone, she travels in the Sheriff’s sack to Camelot. Reena helps rescue the remaining students about to be executed, except for Professor Dovey, who is killed by the Snake. She flees to Gnomeland with the others. King Teapea commissions her, along with Beatrix and Kiko, to guard the entrance to Gnomeland.

One True King

Reena is recruited to become a new Knight of Eleven by Queen Jacinda of Jaunt Jolie. The other Knights are Nicola, Guinevere, Beatrix, Kiko, Maid Marian, Hester, Anadil, Dot, Dean Brunhilde of the Foxwood School for Boys and the queen herself.

They make a plan to go to Pasha Dunes and ask Reena’s father how to get to the Cave of Wishes. Then wish to somehow fake a message from Aric, from the dead, to convince the Snake to give up.

After Princess Uma, Agatha, Tedros, Sophie, and Hort are imprisoned in the dungeon of Shazabah, she rescues them. She reveals that she is the Royal Princess of Shazabah and Kaveen’s sister. Her handmaidens take off their hoods, revealing them to be Beatrix and Kiko. They then shoot all the guards with stun spells.

Kaveen discloses that Uma is the genie’s true love. Reena makes a deal with her brother. He tells her how the Sultan finds Aladdin’s Cave, and in return, Reena leaves Uma with Kaveen. Or so he thinks. She turns as she is leaving the dungeon, then directs her hawk to stab Kaveen, loosening his grip on Princess Uma.

Reena, Agatha, Sophie, and the others take Uma with them as they escape. Sophie poses as Shefali, Reena’s supposed handmaiden. ‘Shefali’ steals the compass that leads to Aladdin’s Cave from the Sultan’s belt.

Merlin is rescued by Jeevan, who Reena had promised to go out with. Jeevan gives toddler Merlin to her and Sophie, and they fly on Nightwind, a magic carpet, to The Mirage, a restaurant, escaping from Pasha Dunes authorities. Reena’s mother cooks them a full feast, and at some point, Reena and the other Knights share their plan with Tedros.

When Merlin whisks the group, excluding Tedros, to the Celestium, Reena talks to Anadil about an unknown topic.

Reena also attends the wedding of Tedros and Agatha. Her ‘boyfriend’ (She claims he’s not her boyfriend) Jeevan comes too. She plans to sail across the Savage Sea on the Igraine to chart unmapped realms with Beatrix and Kiko.

Appearance

Reena is described as an Arabic princess with jet-black hair and exotic grey eyes.

During book two she is said to have put on quite a bit of weight, as she has eaten a lot of candy. This weight however is lost by the start of book three.

In The School for Good and Evil Handbook, her hair is tied up in a ponytail, with a few bangs being left out. She also wears a flower in her hair and earrings.

Outfits

Similar to other students, Reena wore many outfits throughout the series, but most of these are school uniforms.

Relationships

Beatrix of Jaunt Jolie

Reena is considered to be Beatrix’s best friend. She has been shown to be very close to her, as they hang out in the same social group and even helping to prepare for the war against the Nevers. She eventually becomes Beatrix’s sidekick during their fourth year.

Chaddick of Foxwood

Reena is said to have a crush on Chaddick, as she hoped for him to ask her to the ball. She even dyed her mother’s old gown grey to match his eyes. However, she seems to have gotten over this crush by the end of the book.

Nicholas

Nicholas asks Reena to the Snow Ball and she accepts. Before this, she mentioned that she might borrow Ava’s white gown to balance his dark skin.

Abilities

Thanks to her training at the School for Good and her own experiences, Reena has a range of abilities:

The Storian

SOMAN CHAINANI

Soman Chainani’s debut series, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD & EVIL, has sold more than 3 million copies, been translated into 30 languages across six continents, and will be a major motion picture from Netflix in 2022, starring Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, and Michelle Yeoh.

His anthology of retold fairytales, BEASTS & BEAUTY, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, his seventh book in a row to do so, and is slated to be a limited television series from Sony 3000. Together, his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller List for 44 weeks.

His latest novel, RISE OF THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD & EVIL, kickstarts a new series under his EverNever World brand.

Instagram

Describe The School for Good & Evil in three words

Intense, mischievous, effervescent

What inspired you to write The School for Good & Evil?

We didn’t have cable when I was young, so all we had was our rickety TV set and VHS tapes of every single Disney animated movie. Until age 8 or so, that was all I pretty much watched. Everything I learned about storytelling, I learned from Disney. When I went to college, though, I became fascinated by the gap between the original tales and these Disney revisions. As a relentless student of the Grimms’ stories, what I loved about them was how unsafe the characters were. You could very well end up with wedding bells and an Ever After – or you could lose your tongue or be baked into a pie. There was no ‘warmth’ built into the narrator, no expectations of a happy ending. The thrill came from vicariously trying to survive the gingerbread house, the hook-handed captain, or the apple-carrying crone at the door – and relief upon survival. Somewhere in that gap between the Disney stories and the retellings, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL was born. In recent years, fairy tale mash-ups, retellings, and revisions have become popular – and for good reason, given how enduring and inspiring the source material is. That said, I had my sights set on something more primal: a new fairy tale, just as unleashed and unhinged as the old, that found the anxieties of today’s children. To acknowledge the past – the alumni of the genre, so to speak – and move on to a new class. As soon as I started thinking in those terms, I knew I wanted to do a school-based novel. I was walking in Regents Park in London before a meeting when I had the first image… a girl in pink and a girl in black falling into the wrong schools… I got so caught up thinking that I missed my appointment entirely.

Who is your favourite character? Why?

Oh, I think that’ll be quite obvious when readers get their hands on the book. I just have a soft spot for Sophie – her earnestness, her humor, her enormity. She’s almost like a burlesque character, always performing and having a go. Agatha has the unenviable job of having to keep her grounded, which makes for some delicious conversations between them. (My favorite line in the novel is Sophie’s retort to Agatha upon achieving popularity at school: “If you want to talk to me, Agatha, you can wait in line with everyone else.”)

You graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University where you wrote your thesis on why evil women make such irresistible fairytale villains. What was your conclusion?

SC: To me, I never understood why Disney used female villains so sparingly. In the 50 or so animated films they’ve made, only six or seven have wicked women – but these are the ones we love the most. Ursula, Maleficent, Cruela, the Wicked Queen… (not to mention the rather effeminate qualities of Scar and Jafar). What makes female villains so alluring is the fact that they cannot rely on brute strength. Instead they must deliciously manipulate – through subterfuge, seduction, and disguise. Only with the females do we really sense the attraction of Evil and the sheer charisma, cleverness, and force of personality it requires to vanquish Good.

In more recent years, you’ve worked as an acclaimed screenwriter and film director. How does the film world differ from the writing world? Which do you prefer?

SC: Film is such a collaborative medium where control is so elusive. Even once you’re shooting, the weather might sabotage a whole day’s work, or you might lose an actress to shingles, or you might break a knee while shooting your ending scene (yes, true story; tripped over a tree stump – you’ll notice a predomination of wicked tree stumps in SGE). The energy of film is like going to war – everyone’s living on adrenaline and sweat and blood, trying to just get that rock over the hill. But the joy is you have people along for the ride. Writing is quieter, but more difficult. Where brute force and will might get you to the finish line in film, it stultifies the novel. The most important lesson I learned during SGE was to just work out like a maniac every morning before I started writing, so that I’d be too tired to fight myself once I began. In the end, I wanted the novel to feel like a fever dream – an assault of pace, magic, and emotions – and I had to enter that state to achieve it.

Who are your favourite fairytale heroes and villains?

Great question. Ravana in The Ramayana, the classic Indian epic, is such a delectable villain, with his ten heads and clever brand of sadism. I loved him so much I had to put the young version of Ravana in the School for Evil in my book. My favorite hero is certainly Gretel. To extricate herself and her brother from a cannibalistic witch is no small feat – and she pulls it off with stunning calmness and wit.

Which school do you think you would belong to? Why?

I can be comically high maintenance (my friends joke Sophie is the real me), so I’d surely be an overachieving Ever and the most regular user of the Groom Room (the medieval spa, which only the top ranked students are allowed to use). That said, Evil’s classes have no boundaries – for sheer entertainment value alone, I can see the allure. That’s if I had a choice. In the process of writing the book, I realized I wasn’t quite sure which school I would actually end up in– so I created an online assessment to answer that question. At WWW.SCHOOLFORGOODANDEVIL.COM, every reader can take a 10-question SGE Entrance Exam to determine whether they’re an Ever or a Never. I wrote all the questions myself and there’s a bank of over 100, so the questions change every time. I’ve taken it a number of times, trying to be as honest as I can, and I always end up 75% Evil and 25% Good. Those who read the novel will agree that this isn’t a surprising result in the least.

Which class would you most like to take?

Henchmen Training, for sure. I just think the challenge of trying to wrangle these rabid, nasty creatures who HATE the idea of being subservient henchmen sounds like a recipe for complete disaster and drama… Two things I adore.

Have you ever wanted to do anything other than write?

Play professional tennis. I’m a tennis maniac. Maniac! You have no idea. I’ve been playing since I was 3, still compete in amateur tournaments around the globe, wrote for Tennis magazines, and watch it obsessively. I’ve always harboured this ridiculous fantasy that I somehow could get picked for a wildcard at Wimbledon because of a mixup or mafia extortion plot. It’s a recurrent daydream.

What do you hope readers will take away from this book?

I wanted readers to feel like they’ve taken a rich, strange journey with characters they love. I grew up watching Bollywood movies and I’m in awe of how jam-packed they are – romance, magic, adventure, action, comedy, mystery – as if you’ve been invited to a sumptuous banquet. At the end of the day, I wanted to give readers a big experience and an ending they could have never predicted.

A World Without Princes

A World Without Princes

Attribution information

Author

Illustrator

Cover artist

Publication information

Publisher

Release date

Page count

Chronology

Story arc

A World Without Princes is a 2013 fantasy, fairy tale novel written by Soman Chainani. It is the second book in The School Years trilogy and second book overall in The School for Good and Evil series.

Contents

Synopsis

Happily ever after? Not quite.

Magic and romance battle each other in this much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The School for Good and Evil. Best friends Sophie and Agatha return to the spectacular world where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Together, they have the strength to face unseen enemies and new threats. But what will happen when they are torn apart? [1]

Sophie is directing a play in Gavaldon to reenact hers and Agatha’s story for the 1 year anniversary of them attending The School for Good and Evil but, Though nobody really knows their lines, Sophie is determined to finish the play.

As she is walking home in the rain, she begins to remember what happened when she and Agatha returned home. People praised them, asked for autographs and even built them statues. Agatha did interviews for the town scroll and always came to the autograph sessions, much to Sophie’s surprise. However they became old news and even though Agatha was ok with this, Sophie refused to settle into normal life. Soon after Honora and Stefan reveal that they are getting married, much to Sophie’s horror and anger.

Sophie arrives home to see Honora cooking dinner. She rushes outside to see her father putting a tent up with Honora’s sons Jacob and Adam. Stefan reveals that the wedding is the next day, removing Sophie’s plans of having the play earlier to talk her father out of the wedding, leaving Sophie even angrier than before.

Meanwhile Agatha begins to think about Tedros but is awakened by her mother. Callis begins to ask her about the School for Evil. Agatha continues to refuse until her mother becomes angry for not sharing the information. Agatha catches the sight of an open fairytale book and begins to cry, but is able to disguise her tears by chopping onions.

Afterwards, Sophie is seen visiting her mother’s grave, when Agatha arrives with a candle, providing light to see the butterfly carving in the headstone. Sophie begins to tell Agatha about her mother’s story- how she had two boys both born dead and was said to be unable to have any more children afterward until she somehow became pregnant with Sophie. She continues talking about how her father would visit Honora as her mother watched in pain. Sophie states that she doesn’t want to end up like her, and tells Agatha that she would do «anything to see her again».

That night, Sophie has a nemesis dream, in which she is the Beast hunting down Jacob and Adam. After killing them she wakes up in fear and sees herself as a witch in the mirror. She panics, but the mirror shows herself as her normal self. She begins to wonder if the School Master was right, that she is pure Evil, but comes to the conclusion that she is not thanks to Agatha. She returns to sleep, tasting blood.

The wedding happens the next day. Agatha is seen being very grim without any reason, but makes an effort to attend the wedding for Sophie. Agatha asks Callis why the Council of Elders have to approve of each wedding and Callis responds by saying how marriages were originally forced, and Stefan suffered ‘worst of all’. Callis suddenly stops talking about it, making Agatha confused before Sophie calls her over for the wedding.

As time goes on Agatha becomes more grim and Sophie more anxious. When Stefan goes to kiss Honora, Agatha makes a wish, causing her finger to glow gold. Arrows from the forest start to fly towards the wedding, causing havoc. However, they all turn at the last minute towards Sophie, who retreats. Sophie is locked in the church, as the arrows would not attack her there. Agatha refuses to leave so she is also locked in.

The attacks don’t stop, and soon half of the town is destroyed. Signs around the town begin popping up, saying «GIVE US SOPHIE.». The town Elders agree to sacrifice her so the town will not perish. They take Sophie from the church and out into the forest.

Agatha is taken home but runs back to the church as she realises what the Elders are going to do to Sophie. She sees a trail of honeycream that Sophie has left and begins to follow it. However, she is thought to be an attacker, causing her to be bombarded by stones and rocks. Stefan runs after her, as he goes to attack her. When Agatha reveals it is her, she promises Stefan she will bring back his daughter and escapes into the forest.

Agatha encounters snakes (which trap her to a tree and almost strangle her to death), before noticing her fingerglow is gold, and more importantly, glows when she thinks about Tedros. She continues on her way until she finds a moat with seemingly white crocodiles in it that ear a female deer as a pair of deer attempt to cross it. Finally, she finds Sophie, with her outfit covered in blood. She hides Agatha but the attackers- men with red hoods- see them and chase them. They come to a fork in the road and take the one with the blue butterflies. The butterflies lead them to the Flowerground. The ticket taker asks for their tickets, but because they don’t have any, Agatha frantically threatens him. Vines then pick up the two and carry them along the railroad, where they witness ‘Ever’ women talking to one another as men sit alone. The red hooded men catch up to them, but they fall into a field of flowers where Lady Lesso and Professor Dovey find them. They tell the girls that one of them has made a wish and has caused their story’s original ending to be erased. Sophie denies making a wish, but Agatha couldn’t lie and admits that she was longing for a prince.

The two are also informed that Tedros has now become the School Master. The only way to avoid war is for Agatha to pick either Sophie, or Tedros. If she picks Sophie, they can go home. If she picks Tedros, Sophie will go home. Either way, everything will be back to normal. But they must get their hands on the Storian to write «The End» and make their wishes of being together. If not, a war will start between boys and girls.

The meeting is interrupted by Evelyn Sader, Professor Sader’s half sister. She introduces herself as the Dean of the School for Girls. She takes them to the Welcoming, where the girls perform a dance for them and present them with gifts. Sophie begins to think that this is the world that they deserve, whilst Agatha disagrees. The girls then rip off their veils, showing familiar faces, even if they have changed.

Agatha speaks to Hester, Anadil and Dot, who all tell her that the only way to fix everything is for her to kiss Tedros. Despite the fact that the three witches hate boys, they still believe that boys are necessary and it is unfair to neglect them. Hester also wants to be class captain at the School for Evil, which is impossible when the school doesn’t exist. Agatha reluctantly agrees to go see Tedros.

While in class, Agatha sees Tedros as a spirit, he tells her to cross the halfway bridge to visit him. She informs Hester, Anadil and Dot. She also tells them she saw a wart forming on Sophie, leading them to believe that Sophie is turning into a witch. Their suspicions grow as Sophie kills a phantom pigeon in class when she fails to become human again.

Because she gets very low scores during the day, she and Dot are required to guard the Girl’s Gates. Agatha discovers that the bridge has been destroyed but still tries to cross it due to her faith in Tedros. She manages to trick her reflection into letting her pass. She goes up to the School Master’s tower after being captured.

Unknown to her friend, Sophie follows Agatha, transmogrifying into a bird to get to the School for Boys. A mogrif shield laced around the school hinders her and sends Sophie in a pit full of snakes. As Aric and the others charge, she uses the snakes’ skins to make an invisibility cape.

Tedros and Agatha are left seemingly alone, despite Sophie’s presence, and begin to talk. While both are happy to see the other, Tedros is worried Agatha is deceiving him and that Sophie is there. Agatha desperately tries to convince him she is there alone.

Before Tedros and Agatha kiss, he tells her choosing him isn’t enough this time and Sophie must die. The two begin to argue. Angry, Tedros claims she let Sophie into the tower because only witchcraft could let her cross the bridge. Finding the pair in the tower, Sophie fires a shot in between them-Tedros thinking it was Agatha, and vice versa. Agatha quickly escapes to the School for Girls, finding Sophie sleeping peacefully.

Fired up, Tedros makes Aric open the shield surrounding the schools to recruit the ex-princes outside. He sends a letter to the Dean declaring war. It states that a Trial will be held. If the girls win, the boys will become their slaves. If the boys win, Sophie and Agatha would be handed over and publicly executed. Agatha vows to pick Sophie because she believes her friend is good.

Meanwhile, in the School for Girls, Hester, Anadil, Dot, Agatha and the rest of the girls where talking about Tedros. Agatha admits that she thought that Tedros shot a pink spell. Agatha tells Hester that Sophie didn’t have a wart, but Hester is convinced. During their conversation, Sophie appears and says to Agatha that if they were together the witch inside her will be dead.

The school is attacked by arrows, bearing messages of the Trial by Tale. To the Readers’ surprise, the Dean agrees to the terms. Both the School for Boys and the School for Girls start training for the Trial.

During this time, Agatha is in the School for Girls. She is clearly conflicted when it comes to choosing Sophie, since she keeps having dreams about Tedros and even realizes she is still wishing for him. There are also several missing pieces, such as the pink spell she saw in the tower, the snakeskin cap underneath Sophie’s bed, and a spirik mark on her arm. But she doesn’t piece any of it together until later during the trial. Agatha is also trying to find out what Evelyn Sader has planned.

As they’re competing in the Trial by Tale, Tedros and Filip are about to kiss when Agatha sees them. She has just come to the realization that Sophie had been in the tower. She and Filip begin to argue only for Tedros to defend Filip. However the spell unravels and Filip turns back to Sophie. Tedros suddenly realizes that he had been tricked, yet again by someone, until Agatha tells him that not everything was a trick. He soon realizes what truly happened in the tower and him and Agatha are on good terms again. Agatha than gives up on Sophie and chooses Tedros. Lady Lesso comes and sees Tedros and Agatha hugging and Sophie on the other side all alone. However, butterflies sweep her off and away back to the castle. Then the the shield between the castles break and the boys and girls charge at each other, only to be separated by a hole in the bridge.

Meanwhile, Evelyn Sader appears with the book and the Storian. She forces Sophie’s witch symptoms to occur and Agatha becomes even more sure of choosing Tedros this time. She and Tedros finally kiss but before The End can be written, Evelyn says that Sophie deserves a chance at her true ending. She then uses Sophie’s wish back in Gavaldon to bring the School Master back. He then kisses Sophie and the book ends with Tedros and Agatha vanishing to Galvaldon while Sophie and the School Master are now at the both evil schools.

Соман Чайнани «Rise of the School for Good and Evil»

Rise of the School for Good and Evil

Роман, 2022 год (не закончено, не опубликовано, в планах автора) ; цикл «Школа Добра и Зла»

Язык написания: английский

Раздел доступен только после регистрации и оценивания нескольких произведений.

Авторы по алфавиту:

28 августа 2022 г.

28 августа 2022 г.

26 августа 2022 г.

22 августа 2022 г.

22 августа 2022 г.

Княжества были, а единое государства — нет А ведь Балашов прав, утверждая в послесловии, что этот период существования Руси мало известен, не говоря уже о популярности, обычному рядовому среднестатистическому гражданину. Как-то у нас, и правда, сначала. >>

Любое использование материалов сайта допускается только с указанием активной ссылки на источник.
© 2005-2022 «Лаборатория Фантастики».

Sophie

Witch of the Woods Beyond

Biographical Information

Place of birth

Aliases

Lophie (Hort’s Guide to Love comic in the Ever Never Handbook)
Fillip (Book 2)
Witch of the Woods Beyond

Queen of the Woods Beyond
Queen Sophie
Princess Sophie
Rafal’s true love (formerly)

Note: It is confirmed that Sophie will be played by Sophia Anne Caruso in the 2022 Netflix movie adaptation.

Physical Characteristics

Species

Gender

Hair Color

Eye Color

Notable Traits

Abilities and Equipment

Magic

Witch Scream (summoning evil animals with ones voice)
Spell Casting
Blood Healing (healing a person with one’s blood; worked only on Rafal, Rhian, and Japeth)

Weapons

Evelyn Sader’s Dress (Morphs into anything she wants, and offers protection to her)

Family Information

Ancestors

Parents

Sibling(s)

Affiliation

Position

School

School for Girls (formerly)
School For New Evil (formerly)

Occupation

Queen of the Woods (Book 3)
Princess of Camelot (Book 5 and beginning of Book 6)

Sophie of Woods Beyond is one of the main characters and the protagonist/antagonist of The School For Good and Evil hexalogy. She is a former student of The School for Evil and The School for Girls. She is also one of the protagonists/antagonists in The Tale of Sophie and Agatha.

Contents

Biography [ ]

Sophie was born to Stefan and Vanessa in Gavaldon. As the bond between Stefan and Vanessa was not mutual, each soul produced a duplicate of its own, with Sophie inheriting Stefan’s luminous looks and Agatha inheriting Vanessa’s pallid appearance. However, Sophie inherited Vanessa’s Evil soul, whereas Agatha inherited Stefan’s Goodness. Sophie was raised oblivious to the fact that she had a twin sister, as Vanessa had sought to abandon Agatha. Sophie adored her mother, and mimicked her beauty tricks, making Sophie more beautiful and radiant than anyone in Gavaldon.

Early Life [ ]

Sophie’s mother died when she was little, telling Sophie that she was «too beautiful» for Gavaldon, or in her real words, «You are too beautiful for this world, Sophie.» before passing on. Sophie grew to despise Honora, a plain-looking commoner (described to «look like a turkey» and had a «round body») and who had once been Vanessa’s best friend before Stefan was forced to wed her. Stefan tended to be a distant parent, leading Sophie to believe that Stefan did not love her because she wasn’t a boy. As a result, she had a fragile relationship with Stefan as she was growing up. Sophie was just like her mother, she was pretty, they both wanted love, and they both despised Gavaldon. As a young girl, Sophie was vain and selfish. However, she tried to do «good» deeds in an effort to get the School Master’s attention, and perhaps land her way into the School for Good.

School for Evil [ ]

Despite having a naturally Evil soul, Sophie believed that she was truly supposed to be in the School for Good. This was perhaps because of her supposedly good deeds, and because of her pursuit for a prince. However, in Book one, she eventually accepts her darkness and nearly kills everyone she loves because of it. In Book One, it is revealed that Sophie has a natural propensity for Evil talents.

School for Girls [ ]

School for New Evil [ ]

Camelot Years [ ]

Appearance [ ]

She is shown throughout the books as constantly wanting to look better than others and she often is. With waist length blonde hair, «bewitching emerald eyes» and a clear complexion she is portrayed as very beautiful and often looks down on or judges other characters because of how they look, once even being caught out for doing so. She is beautiful and she knows it meaning she is usually critiquing Agatha on her greasy hair or clumpy shoes.

Personality and Traits [ ]

Sophie is a sarcastic, bold, and fierce girl. She is very persuasive, honest, and a bit rude. She loves luxury but near the end of the series, learns to love adventure too. She speaks her mind all the time and is not intimidated or scared by anything and only puts on an act when she is (she deserves Oscars for her acting skills). She is both admired and hated by many. Her main feature is her unique emerald green eyes. They are extremely beautiful.

Magical Abilities and Skills [ ]

In the first book, it is noted that Sophie’s finger glows hot pink. She also learns to Mogrify, able to become any animal at will. However, the color of the animal appears to always be pink, or so it seems. She can sing to summon so-said Evil animals, such as crows, wasps, or rats. Sophie is also able to become an ugly witch, with many powers, such as levitation, magical movements, and many others. She can also turn others into the opposites of their looks, such as what she did in book 1.

Relationships [ ]

Agatha [ ]

Sophie and Agatha met in the village. It started with Sophie, who was trying to do «good’ deeds by being friends with Agatha, who was known for being a witch and an outcast. Every day, Sophie visited the «witch» and soon eventually befriended her. At the famous school, Agatha was often protective of her friend, willing to do whatever it takes to go back to the village which Sophie called not home. They became best friends but soon became enemies, or at least a one-sided friendship. At the end of book 1, Sophie sacrificed her life for Agatha by being stabbed in the heart by a pen. Agatha kissed her and went back home. Later in book 3, they realized that they’re twins, but of total opposites.

Tedros [ ]

Her relationship with Tedros is often toxic and sweet as they once believed that they were meant for each other but later in book 2, A World Without Princes, it seems that Sophie thinks that Tedros is her best friend while he thinks that they’re enemies. It later became very clear that they both are suited just friends, though Tedros prefers being far far away from her. In book 5, Tedros begins to doubt their friendship and things go downhill. They are frenemies of some sort.

The Coven [ ]

Frenemies. Anadil and Hester never acted civil towards Sophie, but Dot, being a bit like Santa Claus, fat and jolly, treated Sophie with utmost kindness.

A one-sided romance, until Book Six. Hort was in love with Sophie the first time they met. Being a lovable poor Hort, he was treated like a slave for Sophie, doing things for her that he never even should be doing. Later, he becomes handsome and more muscular by doing workouts. Sophie didn’t know it was Hort the first time she saw him. Soon after. Hort became Sophie’s bodyguard and like a slave, doing things for her again. Hort was even willing to be a history teacher just to be with Sophie as his quest. Unfortunately, he overcomes his love of Sophie but soon went back a little. His relationship with Sophie is mostly friends but overall, a one-sided romance, cause we all know that Safal endgame.

Rafal [ ]

In book 1, Sophie dreamt of princes before being recruited as a student of Evil. In her dream, she was the only girl at the ball with many handsome suitors to choose from. All princes, she chose the one with snow white hair, alabaster skin, and bright blue eyes—foreshadowing the school master. She then see’s the school master’s face at the last chapter of book 1, revealing his youthful face despite his old age. She decides to stay with him after realizing Nevers can’t have Happy Endings, except the School Master told her that what’s more powerful than Good’s love is Evil’s love. Sophie changes her mind about him after the School Master attempts to kill Agatha and saves her with a kiss, which made them go back to Gavaldon.

In book 2, Sophie is heartbroken seeing Agatha choose Tedros over her after Agatha seeing Tedros about to kiss Sophie in her male form (aka Filip). Sophie again, chooses Rafal over the two of them, making Tedros and Agatha send back to Gavaldon while she and Rafal stay at the School for Good and Evil.

In book 3, their relationship is more fleshed out. At first, Rafal treats Sophie like a «queen» but then as many chapters go by, Sophie realizes Rafal is only using her so Evil triumph and rule the School for Good and Evil. Also, the ring he gave her was made from «Never Gold» which makes any person who obtains it incredibly evil no matter how pure they are. Sophie also notes—mid-chapters—that Rafal has been watching her every move when he realized Sophie is given the decision to leave and break the ring. Nearing the end of book 3, Sophie shatters the ring with the Exacalibur, causing Rafal to age rapidly, turning him to dust.

Rhian [ ]

Sophie fell in love with Rhian the first time they met and believed that they were meant to be. She thought Rhian was a loyal knight to Camelot, but we find out he only used Tedros and the Snake (Japeth) to become king. Sophie becomes Rhian’s princess throughout Book 5, despite not liking him. He said that he needed Sophie as his queen because his pen, Lionsmane, said so. BUT we all know that Sophie loved only Rafal.

Stefan [ ]

Stefan was depicted as a distant parent to Sophie and always prioritized Honora’s sons more than her. Sophie has always felt mad at Stefan for not being the best parent she had wished for, and for replacing her mother, Vanessa, with another woman, Honora.

Lady Leonora Lesso [ ]

Lady Lesso’s first encounter with Sophie is a bit rough that even Lady Lesso herself admits it in book 2. She had no expectations from Sophie but soon had high hopes for her. To Sophie, Lady Lesso might be the first mentor and mother-like figure to her besides her own mother. They have many things in common such as bone structure, love of high heels, powerful when provoked and others. In her last words to Sophie was to remind her that she will forever be loved and to never, ever forget that.

Professor Dovey (Clarissa Dovey) [ ]

They never talked much to each other in the series, the only moment they talked much was when Sophie was the dean of evil, much like equals? Or enemies honestly.

Classmate and others [ ]

Just friends that are mostly mean and scared of her.

Students [ ]

The students adore Sophie like a queen, acting like fans or annoying fanboys that want to make out with her, with absolutely no consideration for HER.

Trivia [ ]

Quotes [ ]

-Who wants Snow White when they can have me?

-“Beauty is a full-time job.”

-“It doesn’t matter if you’re a Never, Ever, or whatever. In the end, the fairest of them all wins.”

-«If you want to talk to me, you can wait in line like everyone else.»

-«I really don’t think that’s possible.»

Rise of the School for Good and Evil

The battle between Good and Evil begins.

Together they watch over the Endless Woods.

Together they choose the students for the School for Good and Evil.

356 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2022

About the author

Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani’s debut series, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, has sold more than 3.5 million copies, been translated into 31 languages across 6 continents, and will be a major motion picture from Netflix in 2022.

Each of the six books in the series — THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES, THE LAST EVER AFTER, QUESTS FOR GLORY, A CRYSTAL OF TIME, and ONE TRUE KING — have debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. Together the books have been on the print and extended lists for 41 weeks.

Soman’s latest book, BEASTS & BEAUTY, is an instant New York Times Bestseller and will soon be published in 10 languages. It is his seventh New York Times bestseller in a row.

Soman Chainani: The School for Good and Evil

Аннотация к книге «The School for Good and Evil»

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist… The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to The School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains.

With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she’ll join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White at the School for Good. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black dresses and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist… The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains.

With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she’ll join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White at the School for Good. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black dresses and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.

But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil, Book 1

The series entails a perfect blend of all emotions, tension, adventure, fantasies and everything else that keep the listeners involved in the story from the start till the end.

The series of the book is written in a way and narrated in a beautiful way as well that no one could resist listening to the whole story and keep involved in the upcoming sequels.

This book that is titled as the school of good and evil, you will find the fairy dreams come true and now you can see students achieving their dreams come true with all the knowledge that are going to elanr here.

The story revolves around some of the best friends ina group where Agatha and Sophie will learn the ways that will change their life forever. Sophie is the name of a great student who always tops the results and learn as much as she can and is determined to live the life she wants for her like all the Disney characters and the beautiful princess in the world of imagination.

Whereas Agatha will be playing the black part with the cunning and witch like outfits she wear and represent the Evil part of the school with all her talents on the move. But in real, they both will be pushed to the opposite sides where sophie will face the evil and the Agatha will be pushed to live along princes and maidens with lots of etiquettes needed.

In this story they both will find out their true self and will surely find the different ways to explore what they never knew before. Throwing them into opposite sides of their actual temperament will uncover their inner self and will bring out their possible talents that have bene hidden so far.

One True King

One True King

Attribution information

Author

Illustrator

Cover artist

Publication information

Publisher

Release date

Chronology

Story arc

One True King is the third and final book in The Camelot Years trilogy and the sixth and final book overall in The School for Good and Evil series. It was released on June 2, 2020.

Contents

Trivia

Synopsis

In this sixth and final installment in Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestselling epic fantasy fairy tale series, the School for Good and Evil, Camelot’s crown—and the fate of the Endless Woods—are up for grabs.

Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. The tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion. Prepare yourself for the End of Ends.

The first test was passed.

Excalibur pulled from the stone.

A new king named.

But two claim the crown.

The sword returns to the stone,

For only one is the true king.

The future I have seen has many possibilities…

So by my will, none shall be crowned until the Tournament is complete.

The Tournament of Kings.

Three answers to find.

A race to the finish.

My last coronation test.

Excalibur will crown the winner and take the loser’s head.

The novel starts with the coven (Hester, Dot, and Anadil) searching for Merlin. They are traveling through the upside-down kingdom of Borna Coric in order to reach the Savage Sea. Professor Dovey had said before she died that Merlin was in the Caves of Contempo, where time runs backwards. The caves are on an island in the Savage Sea. The witches see a message in the sky from Lionsmane, a scim posing as King Rhian’s (who is actually Japeth assuming his identity) pen. The message says that the wedding between Sophie and «King Rhian» will take place on schedule.

Meanwhile, Sophie is being essentially held captive in Camelot. At the end of A Crystal In Time, two scims enter Sophie’s ears and are now letting Japeth control her. She doesn’t remember anything about her friends and is basically a mindless puppet. Whenever she tries to break free, she suffers extreme pain in her head.

As this happens, Tedros and Agatha are in Avalon’s safehouse. They’ve discovered King Arthur’s silver swan ring, which is the only one left to prevent the Storian from dying and Japeth gaining the powers of the One True King. They use Wish Fish to find a way back to the Woods. Their protective Wish Fish bubbles bring them back to Camelot just as Japeth is about to complete his marriage to Sophie. Excalibur imbeds itself in stone, and the voice of King Arthur speaks from beyond, declaring a contest of three trials to determine who will be king. According to the rules, Excalibur will crown the winner and decapitate the loser. Agatha tries to save Sophie, but since she’s under control of the scims, she tries to kill Agatha. Agatha and Tedros are whisked back to the shores of Avalon in their bubbles. There they meet Guinevere, Tinkerbell, Hort, and Nicola.

With the help of Tinkerbell and her other fairy friends’ fairy dust, the group decides to head to Sherwood Forest to wait until Arthur sends his first test. They discover that the area has been destroyed by vandals who were angry that Robin Hood worked together with the Sheriff of Nottingham to fight the Snake in the 5th book. They head to Marian’s Arrow, and Agatha discovers Robin’s green feather that leaves her a message: a strange royal crest. Outside, countless scrolls rain from the sky: each one transcribed with the rules for Arthur’s first test.

Серия книг «Школа Добра и Зла» — 7 книг

Последние добавленные книги

Городок Гавальдон замер в ожидании. Этой ночью сюда явится таинственный похититель, он выберет двух подростков и перенесет их в школу Добра и Зла. Один из них будет красивым и добрым, а второй – неказистым и нелюдимым. А потом пропавшие дети обнаружатся… на страницах сказок. Звучит невероятно, но именно это происходит каждые четыре года вот уже двести лет. И прекрасная Софи твердо намерена стать одной из тех, кого сегодня похитят. Она считает себя настоящей принцессой и мечтает выйти замуж за сказочного принца. А вот ее лучшая подруга, мрачная нелюдимая Агата, в волшебный мир совсем не рвется. Но то, что скоро произойдет, удивит и Софи, и Агату…

Городок Гавальдон замер в ожидании. Этой ночью сюда явится таинственный похититель, он выберет двух подростков и перенесет их в школу Добра и Зла. Один из них будет красивым и…

Агата и Софи совершили то, что до них еще никому не удавалось – вернулись из сказочной школы Добра и Зла обратно в тихий городок Гавальдон. Подруги победили злого Директора школы, несколько столетий похищавшего детей, и стали героинями. Их скульптуры украшают центральную площадь. В их честь готовится грандиозное шоу… Но почему-то Агата чувствует себя несчастной. Родной дом, стоящий посреди кладбища, лысый кот, привычные черные платья и взбалмошная лучшая подруга – разве это не то, о чем она мечтала в волшебной школе? Не ее честно завоеванное «долго и счастливо»?! Все так, но вот беда: Агата не может забыть одного прекрасного принца. И однажды девочка загадывает желание, которое вновь открывает путь из Гавальдона в мир сказок…
Единственный способ выбраться из сказки – это прожить ее до конца.

Агата и Софи совершили то, что до них еще никому не удавалось – вернулись из сказочной школы Добра и Зла обратно в тихий городок Гавальдон. Подруги победили злого Директора школы,…

Солнце тает в небе над Бескрайними лесами, словно кусок сахара в чае. Мир ждет конец света, если только волшебное перо Сториан, застывшее над книжкой в вишневой обложке, не завершит ее и не примется писать новую сказку. Но Софи и Агата не представляют, как должна заканчиваться их история. Смогут ли Агата и ее прекрасный принц Тедрос прожить долгую и счастливую жизнь в Гавальдоне? Полюбит ли Софи юного Директора школы, который надел ей на палец кольцо и провозгласил ее Королевой Зла? И, кажется, бывшим подругам предстоит встретиться и разобраться в своих непростых отношениях. Вот только к чему приведет эта встреча? К возрождению старой дружбы… или большой войне Добра и Зла? Единственный способ выбраться из сказки – это прожить ее до конца.

Солнце тает в небе над Бескрайними лесами, словно кусок сахара в чае. Мир ждет конец света, если только волшебное перо Сториан, застывшее над книжкой в вишневой обложке, не…

Ученики школы Добра и Зла думали, что они обрели свое «долго и счастливо», когда победили Директора школы Зла. Однако теперь, выполняя выпускные задания-квесты, они сталкиваются с…

«Школа Добра и Зла», мировой бестселлер, возвращается!

«Путеводитель по школе Добра и Зла» — это ЕДИНСТВЕННОЕ подробное руководство для желающих поступить в школу Добра или в школу Зла. «Один приют для тех, кто чист душой, для чёрных сердцем – место во второй»… Хотела бы ты стать одной из наших учениц? Дипломированной героиней или наводящей ужас злодейкой? А, может быть, ты просто хочешь узнать всё самое невероятное о школе Добра и Зла? Тогда тебе просто необходим «Путеводитель»!

Пройди вместе с нами по страницам истории легендарной ШКОЛЫ! В «Путеводителе…» есть всё: школьная форма разных эпох, подробная карта Цветочного метро, школьные правила и дисциплинарные требования, меню столовой, избранные портреты наших выпускников и, конечно же, бестиарий! Ты узнаешь абсолютно обо всех секретах школы Добра и Зла!

Учёба в школе Добра и Зла — это не прогулочка по парку! «Путеводитель…» создан для того, чтобы помочь тебе освоиться и привыкнуть к нашим, порой своеобразным, правилам. Удачи!

«Школа Добра и Зла», мировой бестселлер, возвращается!

«Путеводитель по школе Добра и Зла» — это ЕДИНСТВЕННОЕ подробное руководство для желающих поступить в школу Добра или в…