Fiyero

Fiyero is a character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel '. The character also appears in the Broadway musical Wicked which is based on Maguire's novel.

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In both the book and the musical, Fiyero is a Winkie prince who attends Shiz University. He eventually becomes the love interest of Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West). Between the two works, the character is portrayed very differently. In the book, Fiyero is covered with blue, diamond-shaped tattoos and is unhappily married to a woman named Sarima and father to three children: Irji, Manek, and Nor. He meets an early demise when he is brutally murdered by The Wizard's secret police, presumably because he is affiliated with Elphaba, who is now a fugitive from The Wizard.

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In the musical, the character has no tattoos (simply because the small designs did not translate well to the stage) and never married, but he is engaged (rather reluctantly) to Galinda (or Glinda). He is at first a careless, happy-go-lucky kid, but when he meets Elphaba, he begins to understand that there is more to life than having fun and never thinking. Ironically, in the middle of his discovery, he is transformed unwittingly into the Scarecrow by Elphaba as she tries to save him from a murderous mob. He helps Elphaba stage her death and escapes with her out of Oz. In the musical, the part was first played by actor Norbert Leo Butz.

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Gregory Maguire: Gregory Maguire is an American author. He is the author of the novels ', Son of a Witch, Lost, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Mirror, Mirror for adults. In addition, he is also the author of many other books geared toward children. Maguire often uses existing literature as a basis for his w...

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