# 31 - Air Apparent [AA]
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When the Good Magician Humfrey’s son Hugo suddenly vanishes, his disappearance sets in motion a series of madcap misadventures that send a collection of colorful characters on a perilous pair of parallel quests. Among them are Debra, a pretty young girl beset by an obnoxious curse; Hugo’s beloved wife Wira, whose sightlessness is balanced by a talent for sensitivity, Happy and Fray, a pair of sprightly storm-spirits; Nimbus, the Demon Xanth’s own son; and the mysterious outlaw known as the Random Factor.
As they travel through some of the magical realm’s most astonishing locales, these unwitting adventurers discover they are key players in a grand drama whose origins reach back to the origins of time itself.
Filled with exhilaration and excitement, ribaldry and romance, Air Apparent is a fabulous new fantasy saga from the lively imagination of master storyteller Piers Anthony..
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Major Characters |
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Character Name |
Species |
Origin |
Talent |
Notes |
First Chapter Mentioned |
Fray |
Cloud |
Xanth |
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Daughter of Happy Bottom and Fracto |
03 |
Nimbus |
Crossbreed |
Xanth |
mixing metaphors - and making them happen |
Son of Chlorine and Nimby; has a faint nimbus, or glow, around him which his mother can`t see. Ilene called him Glow when she didn`t know who he was. |
06 |
Random Factor |
Human |
Xanth |
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Boyfriend of Debra; figure in Castle Maidragon who does something random to intruders each time they open his chamber door. |
04 |
Sim |
Bird |
Xanth |
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Son of the Simurgh; husand of Ilene; will inherit the universe in due course |
07 |
Wira |
Human |
Xanth |
Sensitivity |
Wife of Hugo; mother of Liz. A blind woman whose body was asleep on the Isle of Illusion. She met Hugo in the dream realm. She lost twenty years of her life; but with Gorgon`s help, she was youthened to her conscious age. Brown hair, pink eyes. Later, by participating in a Quest, she was granted her sight. |
01 |
Hugo |
Human |
Xanth |
Conjuring rotten fruit |
Son of Gorgon and Humfrey; husband of Wira; seems unimpressive at first, but with the help of Ivy`s enhancing skills, comes into his own magically and intellectually. Found out that he had a seed from a mediocri-tree in his ear. When he got rid of it, all his fruit was good. |
01 |
Happy Bottom |
Hurricane |
Xanth |
Blowing things away |
Wife of Fracto; Tropical Storm Gladys made magic |
03 |
Debra |
Human |
Mundania |
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Girlfriend of Random Factor; created by the Factory as a 13 year old girl with a curse, men want to de-bra her when her name is said; made real and aged to 18 by Nimby. Falls in love with Random Factor., |
02 |
Glow |
Crossbreed |
Xanth |
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See Nimbus |
06 |
Ilene [AA] |
Human |
Xanth |
makes illusions real |
Daughter of Iris and Trent |
06 |
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