List of Fablehaven's Magical Creatures - P-S

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Peryton

Flying golden deer with fangs, sharp hooves and poisonous antlers. The team are accosted by a herd of perytons fleeing a dragon. One gores Warren which seriously injures him.

Phantom

Vanessa expected the creature inhabiting the grove around the inverted tower was a phantom. She explained in book 5 that phantoms are ghostly ethereal beings.

Phoenix

Powerful creature that inhabits the Dragon Sanctuary, Wyrmroost, as listed by Agad, the caretaker. In Book 5, Torina uses phoenix feather arrows against the Eternals to kill them. Along with dragon breath and unicorn horns, this is the only thing that can kill them. Phoenixes also are called upon by the Fairy Queen to help fight the demons that escaped from Zzyxx.

Pixie

Pixies are a type of fairy that are briefly mentioned in the first book. In book 2 Coulter describes a type of Pixie that lives in Norway that shed their wings at the onset of winter. They make a cocoon to protect them and emerge from them in the spring with a new set of wings. It's these cocoons that Coulter explains to Kendra and Seth that can envelope a person in an impervious shell. It is this shell that eventually saves Seth from being devoured by Olloch the Glutton.

Rainbow Serpent

A magical being native to Australia who is described as "One of our most reverenced benefactors. An entity of tremendous creative power."

Revenant

A Revenant is essentially a Zombie, or a reanimated corpse. The Revenant in book 2 was a guard over the vault where the magical artifact was hidden. He radiated powerful magical fear and turned victims albino, mute, and catatonic. Warren was introduced like this, though his condition was a mystery at the time. The Revenant was defeated when Seth pulled the cursed nail from its neck after downing some pure liquid courage he took from Tanu.

Roc

Powerful and dangerous creature that inhabits the Dragon Sanctuary, Wyrmroost, as listed by Agad, the caretaker. They also inhabit Living Mirage. Sometimes called a Simurgh, rocs are gigantic birds that attack Kendra, Warren, and Bracken while they ride upon Raxtus. They are large enough to carry a karkadann.

Satyrs

Satyrs are part goat, part human creatures. They live fun and frivolous lives. Two Satyrs, Newel and Doren, play significant rolls in Fablehaven. They make parties more exciting, play tennis, and trade gold to Seth for batteries to power their portable TV. Kendra and Seth are introduced to Verl in book 3, who Seth figures out was the satyr equivalent of a nerd. Rondus is the name of another satyr revealed during a game of tackle tag.

Sea Serpent

Sea Serpents are mentioned in book 3 by Warren.

Shape-shifter

Creatures that can take the form of any animal and are gifted with speech. They are charged with the protection of the Eternals. Niko is the main protector and Kendra meets him when they look for the Eternal, Roon. Others who guarded the other Eternals were Tux and Janan, as well as two unnamed others, one that favored the shape of an exotic bird.

Shade

An undead being that Vanessa's says is an ethereal being. Seth threatens Nero with a shade in the fifth book.

Sirrush

Scaly flying dogs. Kendra, Warren, and Bracken encounter them at Living Mirage.

Skinwalker

Humans that have the ability to shape shift into an animal. Comparable to an Animagus in the Harry Potter series. At Lost Mesa preserve, Neil revealed himself as a skinwalker and turned into a stallion to save Kendra's and others lives.

Specter

Explained to be an ethereal ghostly being in book 5.

Sphinx

Actual sphinxes are mentioned as one of the creatures in Living Mirage. A sphinx guards the entrance to the Sealed Shrine and ask each person who wishes to enter a riddle.

Sprites

Related to Fairies. Vanessa tells Kendra of the Umite Sprites that dwell in hive-like communities in rain forests around the world. They make honey and wax like bees. The candle and crayon Vanessa gives Kendra is made of Umite wax.

Stingbulb

These creatures actually start out as a fruit growing on a Stingbulb tree. The tree only produces a few a year. When touched, they obtain a tissue or blood sample - which is where the sting comes from. Then it takes them about 90 minutes to grow into a replica of that person. This copy only lives for 3 to 4 days after completing the metamorphosis. It keeps much of the memories of the person it is impersonating. It obeys its initial instructions to perform some mission before it dies. In book 4, Kendra is kidnapped and replaced by a stingbulb impostor who attempts to pass secrets to the Society of the Evening Star. She creates another stingbulb to escape, who currently resides in the quiet box so she can live longer and be useful for other purposes.