# Adicia — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Adicia in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0081-canto-vii

## Who they are

A hag representing Injustice, wife of the Souldan.

## In the story

### [Book V: The Legend of Artegall, or of Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/book-v-the-legend-of-artegall-or-of-justice)

The Souldan's wife, a mortal foe to Justice, who mistreats Samient and incites her husband to tyranny.

### [Canto VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-viii)

The Souldan's wife, who incites tyranny and is driven to despair after her husband's defeat.

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