Artemis Fowl II - Appearances

Appearances

Prior to the events of the first book, Artemis' father, Artemis Fowl I, imperils the family fortune by investing “a huge chunk of the Fowl fortune in establishing new shipping lanes” to Russia, following the breakdown of Communism there. The Russian Mafia retaliates against Artemis I by sinking a shipping vessel he was traveling on, the Fowl Star, leading to the disappearance of Artemis Fowl I, the loss of a substantial amount of the Fowl fortune, and the mental breakdown of Angeline Fowl, Artemis's mother.

In Artemis Fowl, which is set two years afterwards, the twelve-year-old Artemis decides to regain the Fowl fortune by following leads on the Internet that reference the existence of an underground world of fairies collectively called the People. Artemis manages to blackmail a member of the People into giving him what the People call "the Book" which is like their Bible, which holds all of their secrets, customs, rules, and history. This leads him to ransom Lower Elements Police (LEP) Captain Holly Short for a portion of the People’s gold. Artemis and Holly form a deal that allows Holly to recover half of the ransom fee, while Artemis gets one wish from Holly and gets to keep the other half of the gold. After recovering Holly, the LEP attempt to permanently eliminate Artemis by setting off a biological weapon but are thwarted when Artemis discovers a way around their attack (something not even the People had come to discover).

In the sequel, The Arctic Incident, the thirteen-year-old Artemis learns that his father was injured in the attack on his shipping vessel and is being held hostage by the Russian Mafia. Artemis barters with the People to receive their aid in rescuing his father in exchange for assisting them in solving the mystery of who was behind a goblin rebellion. It is later revealed that Opal Koboi, a pixie criminal mastermind, and ex-LEP officer Briar Cudgeon are behind the plot. Their plan is thwarted, ending in the death of Cudgeon and the arrest of Koboi, and Artemis successfully recovers his father.

In the third book, The Eternity Code, Artemis (in what he considers to be his last criminal act before his father recovers from his injuries) creates the C Cube, a mini super-computer based on the People’s technology that is decades ahead of human technology. He plans to make a deal with Chicago technology businessman Jon Spiro over the Cube, but Spiro double-crosses Artemis, steals the Cube, and wounds Domovoi Butler in the process. Along with Holly Short and Foaly, Artemis succeeds in healing Butler and ensuring that Spiro does not discover the existence of the People through use of the C Cube. The C Cube is recovered, with the help of Foaly, Holly, Juliet (Butler's sister), and Mulch. But to gain the help of Foaly, Holly, and their Fairy technology Artemis had to agree to have Butler's, Juliet's and his own mind wiped, at the end of the book, by the People to avoid future misadventures.

In the fourth book, The Opal Deception, Opal Koboi escapes from the institution where she had been lying in a catatonic state with the help of pixie twins, Mervall and Descant Brill, and begins plotting revenge against Julius Root, Holly Short, Foaly, and Artemis. Opal frames Holly for the murder of Julius Root and nearly terminates the now fourteen-year-old Artemis and Butler with a biological weapon. Holly rescues Artemis after being injured from escaping Opal's weapon, but Opal still seeks revenge on Holly and Artemis so she traps them in an abandoned amusement park that was a copy of 11 wonders of the worlds (updated with 4 extra monuments as determined by the People) with only hungry trolls for company. However, Mulch Diggums helped Butler regain his memories and together they saved Holly and Artemis in the nick of time and also return Artemis's memory. With the help of Artemis, Butler, and Mulch, Holly is able to stop Opal from taking over the planet.

In the fifth book, The Lost Colony, Artemis works with the People to recover a young kidnapped demon imp from a twelve-year-old child prodigy named Minerva Paradizo. The team succeeded in tracking down and rescuing the imp-warlock, but Artemis and Holly Short must then work to restore the imp's home, a floating island lost in a space and time Limbo, which threatens to breach its way onto Earth. But, in the process, several significant changes occur within the characters' lives. Artemis receives a small amount of magical power, and swaps an eye with Holly in his attempt to steal magic. The pair finds that they have been transported nearly three years into their future. Finally, Artemis learns that in the ensuing time he has become the older brother to twins, Beckett and Myles Fowl.

In the sixth book, The Time Paradox, Artemis' mother Angeline Fowl becomes gravely ill with a rare fairy disease called Spelltropy. Artemis attempts to cure her with his remaining magic, but his attempts fail. The only cure for Spelltropy is found in the brain fluid of the Silky Sifaka Lemur that Artemis sold in a business deal when he was ten years old, resulting in the extinction of the species. Artemis and Holly travel to the past to take the lemur from his younger self. Artemis recovers the lemur but learns that his mother’s illness was a ruse plotted by Opal Koboi, who planned to use the lemur’s brain fluid to increase her magical powers. Artemis foils Opal’s plot and saves his mother. As a result of her contact with Opal, Angeline learns of Artemis’ contact with the People but swears herself to secrecy. Artemis’ ten-year-old self has his mind wiped but retains a brief memory of the existence of fairies, which spurs him to research them, ultimately leading to the events of the first book.

In the seventh book, The Atlantis Complex, Artemis has a mental disease called Atlantis Complex disease which is similar to OCD, with an alter-ego named Orion, who is in love with Holly Short and has a strange fascination with bivouacking. Artemis finds himself loving the number 5 and fearing the number 4 ( which is another word for death in Chinese ) due to the disease. The disease he contracted gets worse when he doesn't trust the people he is close to. A neutrino shock from Holly Short frees Artemis' alter-ego Orion but comes back when he gets knocked out by a buzz button from Holly. He later undergoes Atlantis Complex Disease treatment by the fairies, curing his former self.

In the eight book, The Last Guardian, Artemis must save the humankind by stopping crazed pixie Opal Koboi. Opal kills her younger self ( who followed Artemis and Holly to the present in the sixth book) to gain enough black magic, so that she can open a magical gate that has been under the Fowl Manor for millennium and release the Berserkers (ancient fairy warriors). Then Artemis must fight his brothers who have been taken over by the Berserker souls. He sacrifices himself at the conclusion of the book to trigger an ancient spell that disperses Opal and her various fairy spirits, but since his spirit was human- apart from some traces of fairy magic from Holly's borrowed eye-, his essence 'hangs around' the location of the spell long enough for Holly and Foaly to clone a new body for him and transfer his soul into that, although he is left with various memories missing.