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| “ | Or is it just that the world unwraps itself to you, again and again, as soon as you are ready to see it anew? | ” |
| — Fiyero[src] | ||
Fiyero Tigelaar, Chieftain of the Arjikis, was a Winkie prince-turned-chieftain and the lover of Elphaba Thropp.
He attended Shiz University and lived with his family at Kiamo Ko, a castle in which Elphaba would later go on to live her final days.
Life[]
Fiyero is the only son and heir of Marilott Tigelaar, Chieftain of the Arjikis, and Baxiana of Upper Fanarra. At the age of seven, he is arranged to be married to Sarima, although they would not take up full marital duties until he was 20. Like all Arjiki Winkies, he is ochre-skinned and wears painted blue diamond markings.
At the age of 18, he enrolls at the Ozma Towers school at Shiz University. When he first arrives at Shiz, Fiyero is chased by enchanted antlers in Professor Nikidik's class, but is spared when Crope and Tibbett come to his rescue. Fiyero is also added as a member of the charmed circle, a group of friends including Elphaba, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Avaric, and Crope and Tibbett.
Between graduating college and meeting Elphaba again, Fiyero inherits his father’s position of Chieftain of Arjikis and he and Sarima have three children: Irji, Manek and Nor. During a trip in the Emerald City, Fiyero would happen across Elphaba years after she had left Shiz. After the two catch up, they begin having an affair. Fiyero later meets a tragic demise when he is brutally murdered by The Wizard's Gale Force, the secret police, who targeted him due to his affiliation with Elphaba, who at that time was working in the resistance against the Wizard.
As seen in the graphic novel
Fiyero's death affects Elphaba deeply, leaving her stricken with grief leading her to slip into a coma. Fiyero also leaves her pregnant with a son, Liir, a child Elphaba would never know for certain is her son since she was in the coma when she gave birth. She is left haunted by a sense of guilt and failure that eventually drives her to seek out Fiyero's widow and children at their Vinkus castle, Kiamo Ko.
Years later, before her accidental demise at the hands of Dorothy, Elphaba, who is suffering from paranoia, begins to think that Fiyero is alive and in disguise as the Scarecrow. To investigate further, she has her winged monkeys tear the straw out of the Scarecrow's clothing to make certain if he was indeed Fiyero. Although the winged monkeys find nothing but straw in the Scarecrow, Elphaba continues to believe it could still be the spirit of Fiyero within the straw. It is ultimately left to the reader of the novel to decide if the Scarecrow is actually Fiyero or not (Coincidentally, in the musical based on the novel, Fiyero is transformed into the Scarecrow by Elphaba to save his life).
Since most of the Tigelaar family is murdered by the Wizard’s forces, Fiyero's lineage survives only in his son, Liir, and later in Liir's daughter, Rain.
Personality[]
Unfaithfulness to his arranged bride aside, Fiyero isn't hypocritical, racist, or a fanatic in regards to faith or status. He is also stated to speak quietly.
Trivia[]
- The blue diamond facial markings Fiyero has in the novel aren't tattoos, but paint. When Fiyero first discovers Elphaba's scar, he originally thinks that his blue paint had rubbed off onto her skin.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West, Page 195.