Fairy Queen (Barbie)



The Fairy Queen is a character in Barbie of Swan Lake. She is the ruler of the Enchanted Forest, which was plagued by evil by her warlock cousin, Rothbart, until Odette defeated him.

She is voiced by Kathleen Barr.

History
Long before she met Odette, the Fairy Queen lived in the Enchanted Forest with her cousin, Rothbart. Though the two seemed to be friends in their childhood, it was still evident that Rothbart was ambitious to, one day, become the ruler of the forest. When the time came for their uncle, the King, to choose his successor, he picked the Fairy Queen instead of Rothbart. Furious, Rothbart stormed out of the forest, and was gone for many years. All was well until he returned with his daughter, Odile. In the time he was gone, Rothbart had become a master of the dark arts, and with his new powers, he started to take over the forest piece by piece. Though the Fairy Queen is tried to force him to leave, she is overwhelmed by his dark powers. Several of her bravest fairies and elves tried to stop him, only to end up being transformed into animals, and forced to build his new palace. To make matters worse for the Fairy Queen, with every prisoner he took, his powers grew stronger, while hers consistently weakened with the evil he spread throughout the forest. Only one thing remained to give her and her subjects hope: the prophecy that whoever freed a magical crystal from a tree would overcome Rothbart and save the forest.

When Odette was revealed to be the prophesied saviour of the Enchanted Forest, though she was sympathetic towards their plight, it was known she did not believe in herself, and the Fairy Queen therefore decided to let her leave. However, Rothbart was surely quick to intervene, and transformed Odette into a swan. Despite her own initial lack of faith due to her diminishing powers, the Fairy Queen managed to alter the spell, enabling Odette to at least regain human shape from sunset till dawn. Then, she guided Odette to finding the Book of Forest Lore, which contained the secret to stopping Rothbart. Later on, when Odette expressed doubts as to whether she was worthy of Daniel's love, the Fairy Queen assured and motivated her, going as far as to transform her gown into a new one, and giving her dancing lessons for the royal ball. However, their lessons were sadly cut short by Rothbart's kidnapping Erasmus, and though the Fairy Queen tried to stop him, it was here that her powers was diminished again, leaving her having to walk on the ground like the others instead of levitating in the air.

After learning of Rothbart's plan to trick Daniel, though she was still in swan-form, Odette decided to go to the palace to expose the deception, and being unable to disagree with her valid points, the Fairy Queen wished her good luck, but ultimately decided to come in person to help, along with Lila, Ivan, and Carlita. While she was dismayed to find Odette lying unconscious on the ground, the Fairy Queen sensed that she was still alive, and had her magical firefly-lights transport Odette to her chariot. This resulted in a chase of cat and mouse between them and Rothbart, who while put an end to the chase by damaging the chariot. To protect Odette, the Fairy Queen challenged Rothbart to a duel, only to end up being transformed into a mouse by his formidable powers. Fortunately, when Rothbart was defeated by Daniel's and Odette's true love reigniting the Magic Crystal's powers, the Fairy Queen not only regained human form, but all of her powers as well. She and all the others then celebrated at Daniel's and Odette's wedding.