Ceres is Mother Nature, the goddess of nature for the Realm of Eldritch and Etheria. She is the wife of Attis. She lives in the Bountiful Woods. Cursed and turned into the Mother Oak by Malicia with an iron stake nailed in her root to hurt her eternally. Eventually redeemed by Valanice. She is also called the Lady of the Forest, and Lady of the Flowers. As the Lady of Spring she is responsible for bringing the warmth of spring, which melts the snow, ice and frosts of winter in the Realm of Eldritch. This warmth was able to melt the ice trapping Lady Mab[1]
Behind the scenes
Ceres is the Roman goddess of earth, nature, farming and harvesting. She is also the etymological origin of the word 'cereal'. She is the one charge of spring in the Realm of Eldritch in much the same way that Culatha controls the spring in the lands of Daventry, Old Wood and the surrounding lands in the world of Daventry.
She is described as being human (albeit an immortal human) in King's Quest Companion and KQ7: Authorized Guide.
Ceres is not actually ever specifically referred to as a faerie in the game or the novelization, and is actually land bound (her jurisdiction is mainly limited to the Bountfiul Woods). She and Attis also seem to look at the faerie nobles of the high court of etheria as being greater in power than them. This may suggest that they are only immortal humans and not faeries.
References
- ↑ KQC, 4th Edition, 389, 390