Fiona (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

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A Series of Unfortunate Events character
Fiona, as drawn by Brett Helquist.
Fiona
Gender	Female
Hair color	Novel: Unknown Illustrations: Black
Age	A bit older than Violet Baudelaire (no further details)
Film actor	None
1st appearance	The Grim Grotto
V.F.D. alliance	Currently uncertain; was on the volunteer side of the schism at the beginning of the The Grim Grotto but moved over to the villainous side (with Count Olaf) towards the end

Fiona is a fictional character from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Her stepfather is Captain Widdershins. Her and her brother Fernald's last name is not given, but it is stated that it differs from their stepfather. She usually wears triangular glasses, leading to Esmé Squalor calling her "Triangle-Eyes". She is the engineer of her stepfather's submarine, the Queequeg.

She first appears when Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire enter the Queequeg in The Grim Grotto. She goes with them into the Gorgonian Grotto to find the sugar bowl. When all four of them come back empty-handed, they find the Queequeg deserted. Count Olaf captures the submarine with his own, the Carmelita, and takes the Baudelaires and Fiona to the brig to be tortured by the Hook-Handed Man, who turns out to be Fiona's long-lost brother Fernald. Despite her newfound affection for Klaus, Fiona decides to join Count Olaf's troupe, as she believes she needs to stay with Fernald because he is the only family she has left. As her last act of kindness, she lets the Baudelaires escape Olaf's treachery.

Fiona and Fernald do not appear in The Penultimate Peril, but Count Olaf says that the two stole the Carmelita. In The End, it was revealed that she returned to the good side of V.F.D. with her brother, but they were both sucked into the giant question-mark vessel (dubbed by Kit Snicket as 'The Great Unknown') previously seen in The Grim Grotto.

Captain Widdershins continually tells Fiona that her Mother died in a 'Manatee accident', though Fiona stated that she wasn't so sure it was an accident. Later, in The End, an unrelated character named Miranda Caliban claimed her husband Thursday had been eaten by a Manatee to cover up for the fact that he was working undercover for V.F.D; whether these two false incidents are related is unknown.

[edit] Notes

Fiona kisses Klaus in The Grim Grotto, suggesting some romantic involvement. Klaus appears to return her feelings; in The Penultimate Peril, Snicket mentions that "Fiona broke Klaus' heart." This is repeated multiple times in The End, and Kit Snicket tells Klaus before her death that, quote: "Fiona was so desperate to reach you, Klaus," and "She wanted you to forgive her as well."

Fiona is stated to be "a bit older than Violet." Violet turns 15 in The Grim Grotto, so Fiona is probably 16 and would have turned 17 before the end of the series.

Apparently Olaf encountered Fiona when she was a mere infant. He goes on to state that he was attempting to throw thumbtacks in her cradle. Where this event took place and why has not been explained.