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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 Elphaba's love interest and a former Arjiki prince-turned-chieftain from the Vinkus (or Winkie Country) who attends Shiz University. His family reside at Kiamo Ko, a castle in which Elphaba would go 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 was married to Sarima, though he would not take up full marital duties until he was 20. Like all Arjikis, he is ochre-skinned[1] and wears painted blue markings. At the age of 18, he enrolls at Ozma Towers at Shiz University. When he first arrives at Shiz, Fiyero was chased by enchanted antlers in Professor Nikidik's class, but was spared when Crope and Tibbett came to his rescue. Boq, who narrates the section, says that Fiyero was the only Vinkus student he had ever seen before, but Boq did note that Fiyero's eyes were intelligent. Fiyero was then added as a member of the charmed circle, a group of friends including Elphaba, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Avaric, and Crope and Tibett.

Between graduating college and meeting Elphaba again, he has become Chieftain of Arjikis and becomes father to three children: Irji, Manek and Nor. During a trip in the Emerald City he sees Elphaba and after the two catch up they begin having an affair. He would later meet an early demise when he is brutally murdered by The Wizard's Gale Force, the secret police, presumably because he is affiliated with Elphaba, who was at that time working as a member of the resistance against the Wizard.

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, though Elphaba would never know this for certain since she was in the coma while giving birth to the child. She is left haunted by a sense of guilt and failure that eventually drives her to seek out Fiyero's widow and children at the Vinkus castle, Kiamo Ko.

Before her accidental death by Dorothy she, going insane from insomnia and paranoia, begins to think that Fiyero might not have died, but rather was alive in disguise as the Scarecrow.

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Susen Hilferty's sketch of Fiyero's Dancing Though Life costume.

Getting excited thinking that he was headed her way, she eagerly sent out many of her "workers" to pull off the face of the Scarecrow to hopefully reveal Fiyero, but he is only revealed to be made of nothing but straw. 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.

Trivia[]

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Fan art of Fiyero

  • Fiyero's ethnicity is never actually mentioned, he is simply referred to being dark, or ochre in colour, which could mean he has an African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Romani or Indian appearence.
  • The blue diamond facial markings Fiyero has in the novel aren't tattoos, but paint. Avaric mentions that it's paint[2] and when Fiyero first discovers Elphaba's scar, he originally thought that his diamonds had rubbed off onto her skin.[3] Brrr mentions in "A Lion Among Men” that Fiyero had blue diamonds painted onto his skin.[4]

External Links[]

  • Ochre Skin Tone: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e8/70/5b/e8705bf22a2979067f58f57494a08392--hijabs-soft-makeup
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West, Page 147: “What's he wearing such silly paint for?" said Avaric.
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West, Page 195:  There was an odd shadow near the groin-for a sleepy moment he wondered if some of his blue diamonds had, in the heat of sex, been steamed onto her own skin-or was it a scar?
  • A Lion Among Men, Page 506, “A marionette in an alcove now,” said Brrr. He peered, squinted, to make sure he was getting it right. “With diamonds painted on his face.” A red velvet curtain lifted, and a stage like a rounded dock slid forward on invisible rollers. The marionette with the blue diamonds on his face reappeared. The light strengthened enough so that one could see his fine rural tunic half slipped off his shoulder. His chest, though only a piece of polished poplar, managed to look sexy, the blue diamond tattoos circling around one nipple and then dropping in single file toward his abdomen. “It’s a man from the West, a Winkie I believe, in a costume suggesting money…” But even Brrr’s voice caught in his throat, to see the door of a cupboard open and a figure painted green, dressed in the black skirts of a novice maunt, step through. “It’s Elphaba, with the Winkie prince,” said Brrr. “Couldn’t be anyone else.” “No,” said Ilianora. “The Clock wouldn’t dare. I don’t buy it.”Yackle kept her chin trained straight at the little stage as if she could tell exactly where it was, and what it must be showing. She gripped Ilianora’s hand hard. “Steady, steady, steady,” said the older woman to the younger. “He’s her lover,” said Brrr. “The Witch’s lover. Did she have a lover? Or is this propaganda?” The dwarf didn’t answer. He seemed just as captivated as they. The embrace was brief and, if you could credit such a thing between figures of painted wood and cloth, passionate. Then Elphaba whipped away offstage, and the lights went half down.
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West, Page 147: “What's he wearing such silly paint for?" said Avaric.
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of The West, Page 195:  There was an odd shadow near the groin-for a sleepy moment he wondered if some of his blue diamonds had, in the heat of sex, been steamed onto her own skin-or was it a scar?
  • A Lion Among Men, Page 506, “A marionette in an alcove now,” said Brrr. He peered, squinted, to make sure he was getting it right. “With diamonds painted on his face.” A red velvet curtain lifted, and a stage like a rounded dock slid forward on invisible rollers. The marionette with the blue diamonds on his face reappeared. The light strengthened enough so that one could see his fine rural tunic half slipped off his shoulder. His chest, though only a piece of polished poplar, managed to look sexy, the blue diamond tattoos circling around one nipple and then dropping in single file toward his abdomen. “It’s a man from the West, a Winkie I believe, in a costume suggesting money…” But even Brrr’s voice caught in his throat, to see the door of a cupboard open and a figure painted green, dressed in the black skirts of a novice maunt, step through. “It’s Elphaba, with the Winkie prince,” said Brrr. “Couldn’t be anyone else.” “No,” said Ilianora. “The Clock wouldn’t dare. I don’t buy it.”Yackle kept her chin trained straight at the little stage as if she could tell exactly where it was, and what it must be showing. She gripped Ilianora’s hand hard. “Steady, steady, steady,” said the older woman to the younger. “He’s her lover,” said Brrr. “The Witch’s lover. Did she have a lover? Or is this propaganda?” The dwarf didn’t answer. He seemed just as captivated as they. The embrace was brief and, if you could credit such a thing between figures of painted wood and cloth, passionate. Then Elphaba whipped away offstage, and the lights went half down.
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