Domovoi Butler
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Blonde |
| Eye colour | Deep blue |
| Species | Human |
Domovoi Butler (known as Butler) is a fictional character in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Known for his skill and strength, he is the bodyguard and mentor of the main character of the series, Artemis Fowl II.
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[edit] Role
Butler is a member of the Butler family, a family in the Artemis Fowl series best known for its relationship with the Fowls. The Butlers have been serving the Fowls as bodyguards since the Norman conquest.[1]
His current employer (known as the "Principal") is Artemis Fowl II,[2] the main character of the Artemis Fowl series.
[edit] Description
He is described as almost seven feet tall and weighing 90 kilograms (200 lb), with deep blue eyes.[3] Like all Butlers, he was trained in Madame Ko's Bodyguard Academy, where he was trained in Cordon Bleu cooking, marksmanship, a blend of different martial arts, emergency medicine, and information technology.[4] He also has a blue diamond tattoo on one of his arms from graduating in Madame Ko's Academy. He uses a SIG Sauer P228 9 mm handgun.
[edit] Family
Little is known about Butler's family, besides his younger sister Juliet. It is revealed in Artemis Fowl and Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident that Butler's uncle (the Major) was Artemis Fowl I's bodyguard.[5] However, in the explosion of the Fowl Star, the Major was killed and his body turned up in a morgue.[citation needed] Also, in Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, it is revealed that Butler is second in martial arts only to two people, and that he is related to one of them. However, it is never specified who this relative is.
In Artemis Fowl, it is revealed that Virgil Butler was the first Butler to be assigned to a Fowl, in this case Lord Hugo de Fole.
[edit] Events
Butler is involved in many significant events during the series.
In the first book, during the siege of Fowl Manor, Butler disarms the elite squadron of the LEPretrieval fairy police force,[6] and becomes the first known human to fight a troll, win, and survive.[7]
In Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, Butler takes a bullet to the chest during an ambush by Jon Spiro and his colleagues. He is cryogenically cooled for several hours before being healed by Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police. The healing uses up some of his own life-force, making him appear and feel about fifteen years older.[citation needed] Afterward, he is subjected to a "selective mind wipe" by the Lower Elements Police to erase all fairy-related memories, as they viewed him and Artemis as a threat to fairy civilization[citation needed] (however, his memories are restored in Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception[citation needed]). Also, Butler was subjected to a 'Dewer' treatment, which was taking fat from a dwarf's behind (later, revealed as Mulch Diggums) and injecting it to another area to make him appear younger.
It is mentioned in the last few pages of Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony that twelve year old Minerva Paradizo gets Butler to start reading fiction. Artemis notices classics including Moby Dick, Gormenghast, The Art of War, and Gone with the Wind[8] on the book shelf of Butler's residence in the fictional village of Duncade, Ireland,[9] where he was awaiting Artemis's return.
A domovoi - literally, "he of the house" - is a house spirit in Slavic folklore.
[edit] Notes
[edit] Text
- Colfer, Eoin. The Artemis Fowl series.
[edit] References
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 15. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 16. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 8. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 15— 16. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 28— 29. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 126— 141. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2001). Artemis Fowl (novel). Artemis Fowl (series). Scholastic Inc.. pp. pp. 208— 239. ISBN 0670899623.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2006). Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. Artemis Fowl (series). Puffin Books. pp. pp. 381. ISBN 0141382686.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2006). Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. Artemis Fowl (series). Puffin Books. pp. pp. 380. ISBN 0141382686.
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