# The Fairy Bérylune — The Blue Bird character guide

> The Fairy Bérylune in The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The old Fairy, The Fairy, the good Fairy, Fairy, Bérylune, the old Fairy

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-at-the-fairy-s

## Who they are

The old fairy Bérylune, who arrives at the cottage door to send Tyltyl and Mytyl after the Blue Bird, then returns a year later to collect what they owe.

## In the story

### [I: The Woodcutter’s Cottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_bird_se/chapters/i-the-woodcutter-s-cottage)

The old, humpbacked fairy who tests Tyltyl's kindness, gives him the magic hat, and orchestrates the journey.

### [At the Fairy's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_bird_se/chapters/ii-at-the-fairy-s)

Hosts the children at her palace, provides them with fine clothes, and instructs them to visit the Land of Memory.

### [III: The Land of Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_bird_se/chapters/iii-the-land-of-memory)

Mentioned as having given instructions for the journey and promised Light's guidance.

### [VII: The Graveyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_bird_se/chapters/vii-the-graveyard)

Sends a message to Light that the Blue Bird is hidden in the graveyard, setting the chapter's quest in motion.

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