The Fairy Queen's Shrine
The Fairy Queen's shrine is a statue that is very small, (fairy size) and first appears in the first book, and the immediate area around it. The Fairy Queen tells Kendra to take a bowl next to the statue and combine her, (the Fairy Queen's) tears, with milk from Viola the cow and blood from Kendra and Viola, since she was not sure whose to use. This made a potion, or elixir, that allowed her to create an army of human-sized fairies to aid herself in defeating a demon and saving Fablehaven. The statue is also a key figure in Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague when Kendra again seeks the Fairy Queen's help to defeat the Shadow Plague. The Fairy Queen destroys the shrine and uses its energy to form a pebble filled with light energy that needs to be touched to the nail to stop the plague. Another shrine is found at Wyrmroost during the fourth book. Other confirmed shrines are at preserves called Stony Vale, Living Mirage (though there is a large iron dome on top of it), and Shoreless Isle.
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