Keys to the Demon Prison (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Kendra: One of the main characters. She is Fairykind. She starts to like Bracken after she meets him at Living Mirage.
• Seth: Kendra's brother, who happens to be a shadow charmer. An adventurer who has learned life isn't all fun and games.
• Grandma Sorenson (Ruth): Wife to Stan Sorenson, and grandma to Kendra and Seth.
• Grandpa Sorenson (Stan): Fablehaven's caretaker, and Captain of the Knights of the Dawn. Grandpa of Seth and Kendra
• Sphinx: A human who used the Font of Immortality to gain longevity. Led both the Knights of the Dawn and the Society of the Evening Star. Wanted to open the demon prison Zzyzx thinking that he could transact with and dominate the demons. Mastermind and master deciever
• Patton Burgess: Legendary person who was very smart and studied preserves like Fablehaven. He was a former caretaker at Fablehaven, and Seth and Kendra's ancestor. He was very adventurous like Seth. Has helped them through different ways.
• Bracken: One of the Sphinx's prisoners and a unicorn.
• Warren: He is the most mundane out of the characters. He is an adventurer and part of the Knights of Dawn.
• Tanu: Samoan potions master.
• Dale: Warren's brother, takes care of logistics in Fablehaven.
• Eternals: Add a description of this character.
• The Singing Sisters: For a price they tell Seth where he may find the sword Vasilis, and provide information on how to get it.
• Vanessa: A narcoblix—someone who can control others in their sleep after biting them. Although she originally worked for the Sphinx, she helps Seth get Vasilis and fights for the Knights of the Dawn in the great battle at the opening of Zzyzx
• Grandma Larsen: Kendra and Seth's other grandma.
• Grandpa Larsen: Kendra and Seth's other grandpa.
• Agad: One of the original wizards that helped for Zzyzx, caretaker at Wyrmroost and ultimately caretaker at Living Mirage. A leader in forming the new prison for the demons of Zzyzx.
• Raxtus: A small dragon who was incubated by fairies and because of that has several special abilities that no other dragon has, on the downside, he also lacks many of the other dragons common abilities.
• Cormac: A leprechaun living in Fablehaven, he has three items left with him by Patton Burgess that Seth needs.
• Gorgrog: The demon king.
• Nagi Luna: A power-hungry demon
• Graulus: A terrible demon who was at the brink of death. He lives in a cave at Fablehaven and has been of some help to Seth in the past. Asks for the Sands to heal him.
• Doren: A satyr, he lives at Fablehaven and is Seth's friend. He goes with Seth to the Shoreless Isle and helps in the battle when Zzyzx is opened.
• Newel: A satyr, he lives at Fablehaven and is Seth's friend. He goes with Seth to the Shoreless Isle and helps in the battle when Zzyzx is opened.
• Hugo: A golem who lives and serves the family at Fablehaven. He becomes a good friend of Kendra and Seth.
• Fairy Queen
• Bubda: A hermit troll who lives in, and is stuck in, a magical interdimensional storage room accessed through an enchanted knapsack. He also loves Yahtzee.
• Mendigo: A wooden puppet who was destroyed in the last book, but Agad promises to restore him to his original state. The Fairy Queen said that she would add a spark of life to him as well.
• Coulter: A magic relics collected who help out around fablehaven.

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• “No star can abide the light of the dawn.”

  Bracken

• “I just hope you didn't promise to assassinate a couple of handsome satyrs.”

  Newell

• “Centaurs are jerks.”

  Seth Sorenson

• “Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well....Choices are thrust upon us, and we don’t always get things right. Even postponing or avoiding a decision can become a choice that carries heavy consequences. Mistakes can be painful—sometimes they cause irrevocable harm—but welcome to Earth. Poor choices are part of growing up, and part of life. You will make bad choices, and you will be affected by the poor choices of others. We must rise above such things....Please do not obsess over choices you cannot change. Mistakes happen. Learn from the past, but concentrate on the present and the future.”

  Patton

• “When guys like us make mistakes, we clean up the mess.”

  Patton Burgess

• “Creators have many advantages over destroyers. It takes much more talent to build something beautiful than it does to tear it down. Before long, the demons will render my former realm as ugly as Zzyzx. But they will never re-create what they have spoiled. Conversely, with time and effort, one day Zzyzx will become as lovely as my former realm.”

  Fairy Queen

• “"Two times a day we get served a meal of compressed dog, rat, and hobgoblin."”

  Bracken

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• Some imagine the difference between heaven and hell to be a matter of geography. Not so. The difference is much more evident in the individuals who dwell there.”

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• “For endless television!” Newel cried, charging into battle. “Frito-Lay!” Doren yelled, waving his knife overhead.

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• “Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and horrible? Sorry to hear it. Me? I’ve decided to take up a new hobby. Talking to my room. It’s a lot like talking to myself, but slightly more pathetic.”

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• No star can abide the light of the dawn, nor has evil ever loved light. After their long incarceration in darkness, let our enemies come against us with the sunrise at our backs!”

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• Newel and Doren had inexhaustibly consumed milkshakes, burgers, sandwiches, tacos, nachos, pretzels, nuts, beef jerky, trail mix, soda, doughnuts, candy bars, cookies, crackers, and aerosol cheese. Of the fifty most impressive belches Seth had witnessed in his life, all had occurred on this road trip.

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• It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.

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• “Prepare your mind, not your sword,” Berrigan advised. “You’re young.” Seth shrugged. “You’re skinny.”

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• 13. Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what’s the matter with you? Explain.

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• In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, duty, and honor? Kendra has, her friends have, and without reason for hope.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Obsidian Waste: Where the Translocator can be found, located in Australia.
• Living Mirage: The fifth hidden preserve
• Zzyzx: The Demon Prison.
• Wyrmroost: One of the hidden preserves and sanctuary to dragons.
• Fablehaven: Ends up falling to the control of centaurs after Graulas destroys the Treaty.

Organizations edit see section history

• Society of the Evening Star: A group that wants to open Zzyzx
• The Knights of the Dawn: Enemy's of the Society of the Evening Star

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Brandon Mull (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
2. E.B. Stevens (Reader) - He reads the Fablehaven series on tape and is very good with all the voices. All the voices are done by him, not any help from another speaker.

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• Library of Congress: PZ7.M9112 Ke 2010
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy