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Huntsman
The Huntress is the daughter of the Huntsman and a servant of the Evil Queen. She is redheaded, powerfully built, a capable fighter, and she is mute. The Evil Queen entrusts the Huntress with the task of finding the Wishing Spell ingredients and with kidnapping Red Riding Hood. Jack kills the Huntress while she’s fighting to prevent Goldilocks and the other prisoners from escaping the Evil Queen’s dungeon.
Huntress Quotes in The Wishing Spell
The The Wishing Spell quotes below are all either spoken by Huntress or refer to Huntress . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8 Quotes
The doors at the end of the hall opened again. This time, a woman entered dragging a large wagon behind her. She was tall and thin with hair so dark red, it seemed to have a violet tint. Her eyes were bright green and her clothing was made entirely of plants and leaves and other greenery.
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After seeing her, the Evil Queen could recall a time many years ago when she had known the Huntsman’s daughter. She had always been a shy little girl and had lived with her father in the palace when the Evil Queen was on the throne.
“You’ve grown up,” the Evil Queen said.
The Huntsman’s daughter nodded in her direction.
“You will speak when I address you!” the Evil Queen demanded.
“My daughter is mute, Your Majesty,” the Huntsman said.
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Huntress Character Timeline in The Wishing Spell
The timeline below shows where the character Huntress appears in The Wishing Spell. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...room at that moment. Impressed, the Evil Queen accepts the Huntsman’s mute daughter as her Huntress.
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The Evil Queen explains that she wants the Huntress to gather the ingredients for the Wishing Spell for her. She addresses the Magic Mirror...
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Chapter 10
...a grappling hook hitting the window frame. A woman whom neither of them recognizes (the Huntress) clambers through the window. The twins watch as the woman sniffs the air and follows...
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...tries (unsuccessfully) to put out the flames, Alex climbs up to the basket, which the Huntress identified for them. She gets a piece of the bark before flames engulf the room....
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Chapter 11
...Not only is he worried about Mrs. Bailey and Grandma, he’s also afraid that the Huntress is after the same thing they are. He asks what will happen if they get...
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Chapter 14
...the slipper now, they’re likely to be imprisoned as thieves. It also means that the Huntress has a slipper.
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Chapter 15
...their control. And they find a portrait of the Huntsman and his daughter. Recognizing the Huntress, the twins realize, much to their dismay, that they’re racing the Evil Queen herself to...
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...way with a cart driver. As they travel, they discuss what they’ve learned about the Huntress and the Evil Queen. The longer they stay in the Land of Stories, Connor points...
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Chapter 19
...sends her sailing toward the Pit. But before the vines can take her down, the Huntress rides up on a black horse, lassoes Red Riding Hood around the waist, and takes...
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Chapter 20
...Evil Queen strikes Connor across the face, hard. The Huntsman says it will take the Huntress at least two days to retrieve another and return to the castle. But the Magic...
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Chapter 21
...cell when one of the arrows deflected by Jack strikes and kills the Huntsman. The Huntress throws herself on Jack in a murderous rage, but at that very moment, Goldilocks manages...
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...It isn’t until everyone is safely across the moat that Connor spots Goldilocks and the Huntress. Their battle has brought them all the way up the castle’s roof. Desperate, Jack fires...
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