# the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland — The Book of Wonder character guide

> the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland in The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-the-book-of-wonder

## Who they are

A guardian figure who reacts to deeds in the book.

## In the story

### [The Quest of the Queen's Tears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-quest-of-the-queen-s-tears)

Dwells in a windy thatched house at the edge of Fairyland; he guides Ackronnion and Arrath and is glad the Beast is killed because it spoiled his cabbages.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/old_man_who_looks_after_fairyland
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