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The Unicorn is the protagonist of the story. Upon learning that she is the last unicorn in the world, she leaves the safety of her forest, following the Red Bull as her only clue. In her search for the other unicorns, is transformed into a young woman and learns about regret and love.

Appearance

*to be added*

Personality

The Unicorn has a personality that develops throughout the progression of the story. She is free-spirited, open-minded and shows concern and compassion to all around her. She also becomes saddened when she discovers the fate of her kind and is greatly upset by her transformation into a human, claiming that she can feel her fragile human body dying around her. This new form terrifies her to the point where she breaks down in tears, claiming that she is more afraid of it than even the Red Bull. She is very much a lost, lonely, frightened soul who seeks to find what matters most to her in the world.

When she defeats the Red Bull and frees her fellow unicorns, she admits that she is glad that she has had a chance to experience being human, as it allowed her to find love and meaning in her life, something that no other unicorn has or will ever know. She is also the first Unicorn known to feel regret.

Biography

*to be added*

Friends

The Unicorn makes several companions upon her journey. Schmendrick the Magician is the first, whom she met while a captive of the witch Mommy Fortuna. After he sets her free she offers him a boon in return, for which he asks, "Take me with you." While the Unicorn is reluctant at first, having never traveled with a mortal before, she agrees. Schmendrick works to try and protect the Unicorn and her human form throughout their journey, and while their relationship becomes strained towards the end, it is clear he cares deeply for her and for the fate of her quest.

The second companion the Unicorn gains is the indomitable Molly Grue, the common-law friend of outlaw Captain Culley and his band of free men. Molly Grue followed Schmendrick after he escaped Culley's camp, and upon seeing and recognizing the Unicorn, informs them that she will be accompanying them on their quest. Seemingly harsh and hardened by the disappointments of her life, Molly becomes tender and gentle when dealing with the Unicorn, and acts as her confidante during times of fear and distress when the Unicorn is in human form.

The third is Prince Lir, the adopted son of prince Haggard, whom she falls in love with while in human form, and forgets her unicorn kind. While going down to the Red Bull's lair, she refuses to be turned back into a unicorn, because she will not love him when she is one. When the Red Bull kills Lir, she touches him with her horn and revives him.

Other positive encounters the Unicorn has throughout the story, albeit briefly, are with a talking butterfly and the animals she frees from Mommy Fortuna's sideshow.

Relationships

The most important relationships the Unicorn has in the story are those with Schmendrick, Molly Grue, and Prince Lir, the adopted son of King Haggard. While in human form, the Unicorn and her companions take refuge in King Haggard's castle in hopes of finding where the other unicorns may have gone. Prince Lir immediately becomes enamored with the "Lady Amalthea," but the Unicorn shows him no interest in return, and even acts cold and cruel to him, trying to distance herself from him in whatever way she can. However, as she begins to forget her true self and become more human, Prince Lir's courting gradually wins her over, and the two fall deeply in love with one another. When Lir learns of her true form, he states that it does not change how he feels for her, and that he loves her regardless. This prompts the Unicorn to state that she will "go no further" in her quest. Worried that she will no longer love the prince once she is changed back into her true form, she begs Schmendrick to leave her be, as she desires to remain human and grow old and die with the prince. However, surprisingly enough, Prince Lir disapproves. He informs her that, as a hero, he knows the proper order of things such as quests, and believes that they cannot simply go unfinished and abandoned; that unicorns cannot go unrescued forever, and that prophecies cannot remain unfulfilled, to rot like unpicked fruit. Despite the fact that Prince Lir clearly desires nothing more in the world than for the Unicorn to give up her quest to stay with him forever, he gently encourages her to finish what she had set out to accomplish from the very beginning.

When the Red Bull appears, prince Lir stands between the Bull and the Unicorn as a shield, during which Schmendrick manages to change her back into her true form. The Unicorn flees, with the Bull in pursuit, and it is feared that she will be driven into the sea with the rest of her kind, as her heart fails to have the courage to stand against the Bull. Prince Lir throws himself between them once again, and the Red Bull kills him without a thought. This enrages the Unicorn, who turns and attacks the Bull, driving him into the sea, which frees the rest of the unicorns trapped there by their fear of the Bull. On the beach, the Unicorn stands over Lir's body for a time, before reviving him with a touch of her magic horn. She says to him once more with her horn, over his heart, stating, "I remember you. I remember." Before he can respond, she turns and flees, leaving them all behind as she disappears over the ruins of Haggard's castle.

Afterwards, the Unicorn appears to Schmendrick, Molly Grue and Prince Lir one more time. She and Schmendrick speak of their quest, and where they will go, and the Unicorn admits she does not think she can return home, as she has been mortal, and some part of her remains mortal still. She no longer feels she has a place in the world as a unicorn, as she is different from the other unicorns since she has felt human love, fear, and regret. Molly Grue refuses to tell what the Unicorn said to her, though it is implied it has something to do with her feelings for Schmendrick. Prince Lir says, with anger and pain, that she "said nothing" to him; she stood nearby, and she looked at him, and she never said a word. Schmendrick tries to comfort the Prince, stating that the second time the Unicorn touched him with her horn on the beach it was not to bring him back to life, but for nothing more than the sake of touching him. As an immortal creature, the Unicorn would remember his heart and his feelings, and love him until the end of time.

Enemies

The Unicorn faces danger from several characters throughout the story, who either try to capture her, kill her, or prevent her and her companions from fulfilling their quests.

Mommy Fortuna is the first major enemy character the Unicorn encounters. As an old witch who spends her days unhappily running a shideshow carnival, she captures the Unicorn to use as one of her displays.

Rukh, Mommy Fortuna's carnival barker. He assists in keeping the Unicorn captive, and even tries to kill Schmendrick the Magician with his bare hands upon discovering that Schmendrick set the Unicorn free.

The Harpy Celaeno, another one of Mommy Fortuna's captured creatures. An immortal and mythological being, this creates a sort of kinship between the harpy and the Unicorn, despite the fact that Celaeno is vicious, savage, and ready to take revenge on all who helped keep her captive. While her murderous rampage is quickly focused upon Mommy Fortuna and Rukh once she is freed, it does not stop her from attacking the Unicorn the moment she breaks her restraints as well.

Drinn, one of the leaders of the town of Hagsgate, and a man known for his love of money (and his money's love in return.) Fearing that Schmendrick and Molly Grue may fulfill an age-old curse laid upon their town by bringing Haggard to ruin, Drinn attempts to have the Unicorn and her companions slain before they can reach Haggard's castle.

The Red Bull, a monstrous creature whose origin is not fully known and whose purpose is mostly left up to legends and speculations. Bid by King Haggard to round up all the Unicorns in the world and imprison them in the sea, the Red Bull hunts the Unicorn relentlessly. Older and more powerful than the Unicorn, the Red Bull carelessly tramples and destroys everything in its path in order to capture its prize.

King Haggard is the unhappy king that rules over Hagsgate and the surrounding lands. Old, cunning, and fierce, he knows no joy in life and possesses no fear, making him an able master of the Red Bull. The first time he ever feels happiness is upon catching sight of two unicorns. Filled with unending desire and greed for the creatures, he orders the Red Bull to round up all the unicorns of the world and drive them into the seas surrounding his castle, so that he may possess them and watch over them all forever. While the Unicorn's human form does deceive him for a time, (mainly because he believes Schmendrick too incompetent a magician to ever manage such a feat as changing an immortal creature into a mortal one) he begins to grow suspicious the more time he spends around Lady Amalthea.

Trivia

Beagle notes that he took the name "Amalthea" from a Greek deity with the same name.

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+{{Infobox_character_improved|title1 = The Unicorn|image1 = LadyAmalthea.jpg|caption1 = As the Unicorn (left) and as Lady Amalthea (right)|status = Alive|also_known_as = Lady Amalthea (as a human)|species = Unicorn|gender = Female|hair_colour = White|eye_colour = Violet|skin_colour = Fair|friends = [[Schmendrick]] <br> [[Molly Grue]]|enemies = [[Mommy Fortuna]] <br> [[King Haggard]]|romances = [[Prince Lír]]|titles = Lady (as a human)|loyalty = The Unicorns}}'''The Unicorn''' is the protagonist of the story. Upon learning that she is the last unicorn in the world, she leaves the safety of her forest, following the [[Red Bull]] as her only clue. In her search for the other unicorns, is transformed into a young woman and learns about regret and love.
-==[[File:LadyAmalthea.jpg]]==
-'''The Unicorn''' is the protagonist of the [[The Last Unicorn Wiki|story]] . She leaves the safety of her forest upon learning that she is the last unicorn in the world, with information about the Red Bull (from a little butterfly ) as her only clue. When she first encounters the Red Bull, [[Schmendrick]] manages to inadvertently change the Unicorn into a human female to confuse the Red Bull and force its withdrawal. Schmendrick calls her "'''Lady Amalthea'''" so as not to arouse King Haggard's suspicions, but soon he got suspicion of Lady Amlthea becaues when ever he looks in to her eyes he does not see his own self but the forest Lady Amalthea left when she was a unicorn. Beagle notes that he took the name "Amalthea" from a Greek deity with the same name.
-=='''Goals'''==
+== Appearance ==
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>to be added*
-The Unicorn's goal is to find the rest of her species, which have been driven away, under Haggard's instruction, by the Red Bull. The red bull pushed the unicorns to the end of the earth following there foot print.
+== Personality ==
+The Unicorn has a personality that develops throughout the progression of the story. She is free-spirited, open-minded and shows concern and compassion to all around her. She also becomes saddened when she discovers the fate of her kind and is greatly upset by her transformation into a human, claiming that she can feel her fragile human body dying around her. This new form terrifies her to the point where she breaks down in tears, claiming that she is more afraid of it than even the Red Bull. She is very much a lost, lonely, frightened soul who seeks to find what matters most to her in the world.
+When she defeats the Red Bull and frees her fellow unicorns, she admits that she is glad that she has had a chance to experience being human, as it allowed her to find love and meaning in her life, something that no other unicorn has or will ever know. She is also the first Unicorn known to feel regret.
+==Biography==
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>to be added*
 =='''Friends'''==
+The Unicorn makes several companions upon her journey. [[Schmendrick]] the Magician is the first, whom she met while a captive of the witch Mommy Fortuna. After he sets her free she offers him a boon in return, for which he asks, "Take me with you." While the Unicorn is reluctant at first, having never traveled with a mortal before, she agrees. Schmendrick works to try and protect the Unicorn and her human form throughout their journey, and while their relationship becomes strained towards the end, it is clear he cares deeply for her and for the fate of her quest.
-The friend that the Unicorn makes is [[Schmendrick]] , when he frees her from Mommy Fortuna. He is delighted when she asks him to accompany her on her quest, and does all he can to protect her. Her other friends are Molly Grue, the Butterfly and Mommy Fortuna's Animals.
+The second companion the Unicorn gains is the indomitable [[Molly Grue]], the common-law friend of outlaw Captain Culley and his band of free men. Molly Grue followed Schmendrick after he escaped Culley's camp, and upon seeing and recognizing the Unicorn, informs them that she will be accompanying them on their quest. Seemingly harsh and hardened by the disappointments of her life, Molly becomes tender and gentle when dealing with the Unicorn, and acts as her confidante during times of fear and distress when the Unicorn is in human form.
+The third is Prince Lir, the adopted son of prince Haggard, whom she falls in love with while in human form, and forgets her unicorn kind. While going down to the Red Bull's lair, she refuses to be turned back into a unicorn, because she will not love him when she is one. When the Red Bull kills Lir, she touches him with her horn and revives him.
+Other positive encounters the Unicorn has throughout the story, albeit briefly, are with a talking butterfly and the animals she frees from Mommy Fortuna's sideshow.
 =='''Relationships'''==
+The most important relationships the Unicorn has in the story are those with [[Schmendrick]], [[Molly Grue]], and Prince Lir, the adopted son of King Haggard. While in human form, the Unicorn and her companions take refuge in King Haggard's castle in hopes of finding where the other unicorns may have gone. [[Prince Lir]] immediately becomes enamored with the "Lady Amalthea," but the Unicorn shows him no interest in return, and even acts cold and cruel to him, trying to distance herself from him in whatever way she can. However, as she begins to forget her true self and become more human, Prince Lir's courting gradually wins her over, and the two fall deeply in love with one another. When Lir learns of her true form, he states that it does not change how he feels for her, and that he loves her regardless. This prompts the Unicorn to state that she will "go no further" in her quest. Worried that she will no longer love the prince once she is changed back into her true form, she begs Schmendrick to leave her be, as she desires to remain human and grow old and die with the prince. However, surprisingly enough, Prince Lir disapproves. He informs her that, as a hero, he knows the proper order of things such as quests, and believes that they cannot simply go unfinished and abandoned; that unicorns cannot go unrescued forever, and that prophecies cannot remain unfulfilled, to rot like unpicked fruit. Despite the fact that Prince Lir clearly desires nothing more in the world than for the Unicorn to give up her quest to stay with him forever, he gently encourages her to finish what she had set out to accomplish from the very beginning.
-The Unicorn becomes good friends with Schmendrick and Molly Grue, but her biggest relationship is with Prince Lir. At first, she ignored his advances but when she begins to forget her identity, she softens towards him, and when Lir expresses his love for her, she falls in love with him as well. Later, when her true identity is revealed to Lir, his love for her remains, which prompts her to stay human and abandon her quest. Lir, however disapproves, and believes the quest can't be left unfinish. The Red Bull appears, and Lir tries to defend her, while she is turned back into a unicorn in the process. When the bull kills him, the unicorn forces the bull into the sea and the other unicorns run free. On the beach, she revives Lir and leaves for her home. Schmendrick tells Lir that the unicorn will love him for the rest of time.
+When the Red Bull appears, prince Lir stands between the Bull and the Unicorn as a shield, during which Schmendrick manages to change her back into her true form. The Unicorn flees, with the Bull in pursuit, and it is feared that she will be driven into the sea with the rest of her kind, as her heart fails to have the courage to stand against the Bull. Prince Lir throws himself between them once again, and the Red Bull kills him without a thought. This enrages the Unicorn, who turns and attacks the Bull, driving him into the sea, which frees the rest of the unicorns trapped there by their fear of the Bull. On the beach, the Unicorn stands over Lir's body for a time, before reviving him with a touch of her magic horn. She says to him once more with her horn, over his heart, stating, "I remember you. I remember." Before he can respond, she turns and flees, leaving them all behind as she disappears over the ruins of Haggard's castle.
+Afterwards, the Unicorn appears to Schmendrick, Molly Grue and Prince Lir one more time. She and Schmendrick speak of their quest, and where they will go, and the Unicorn admits she does not think she can return home, as she has been mortal, and some part of her remains mortal still. She no longer feels she has a place in the world as a unicorn, as she is different from the other unicorns since she has felt human love, fear, and regret. Molly Grue refuses to tell what the Unicorn said to her, though it is implied it has something to do with her feelings for Schmendrick. Prince Lir says, with anger and pain, that she "said nothing" to him; she stood nearby, and she looked at him, and she never said a word. Schmendrick tries to comfort the Prince, stating that the second time the Unicorn touched him with her horn on the beach it was not to bring him back to life, but for nothing more than the sake of touching him. As an immortal creature, the Unicorn would remember his heart and his feelings, and love him until the end of time.
 =='''Enemies'''==
+The Unicorn faces danger from several characters throughout the story, who either try to capture her, kill her, or prevent her and her companions from fulfilling their quests.
-Many people try to catch the Unicorn, each for their own purposes, and these are her enemies. Among these people are:
-*King Haggard
+[[Mommy Fortuna]] is the first major enemy character the Unicorn encounters. As an old witch who spends her days unhappily running a shideshow carnival, she captures the Unicorn to use as one of her displays.
-*The Red Bull
-*Mommy Fortuna
+[[Rukh]], Mommy Fortuna's carnival barker. He assists in keeping the Unicorn captive, and even tries to kill Schmendrick the Magician with his bare hands upon discovering that Schmendrick set the Unicorn free.
-*Captain Cully
-[[Category:Hero]]
+[[The Harpy Celaeno]], another one of Mommy Fortuna's captured creatures. An immortal and mythological being, this creates a sort of kinship between the harpy and the Unicorn, despite the fact that Celaeno is vicious, savage, and ready to take revenge on all who helped keep her captive. While her murderous rampage is quickly focused upon Mommy Fortuna and Rukh once she is freed, it does not stop her from attacking the Unicorn the moment she breaks her restraints as well.
-[[Category:Animals]]
+Drinn, one of the leaders of the town of Hagsgate, and a man known for his love of money (and his money's love in return.) Fearing that Schmendrick and Molly Grue may fulfill an age-old curse laid upon their town by bringing Haggard to ruin, Drinn attempts to have the Unicorn and her companions slain before they can reach Haggard's castle.
+The Red Bull, a monstrous creature whose origin is not fully known and whose purpose is mostly left up to legends and speculations. Bid by King Haggard to round up all the Unicorns in the world and imprison them in the sea, the Red Bull hunts the Unicorn relentlessly. Older and more powerful than the Unicorn, the Red Bull carelessly tramples and destroys everything in its path in order to capture its prize.
+King Haggard is the unhappy king that rules over Hagsgate and the surrounding lands. Old, cunning, and fierce, he knows no joy in life and possesses no fear, making him an able master of the Red Bull. The first time he ever feels happiness is upon catching sight of two unicorns. Filled with unending desire and greed for the creatures, he orders the Red Bull to round up all the unicorns of the world and drive them into the seas surrounding his castle, so that he may possess them and watch over them all forever. While the Unicorn's human form does deceive him for a time, (mainly because he believes Schmendrick too incompetent a magician to ever manage such a feat as changing an immortal creature into a mortal one) he begins to grow suspicious the more time he spends around Lady Amalthea.
+== Trivia ==
+* Beagle notes that he took the name "Amalthea" from a Greek deity with the same name.
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Unicorns]]
+[[Category:Females]]
+[[Category:Humans]]