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“Ready for another magical upgrade?”
    —Persephone


Persephone is a Fairy Queen who helps the Skylanders by providing them with upgrades in most of the console versions of Skylanders.

Story

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Once the Skylander meets her in Sky Schooner Docks, she will return to the Ruins where she sets up her Upgrade shop. Players can earn up to 20% off the cost of character upgrades by finding Winged Sapphires hidden around the Ruins.

Skylanders: Giants

Persephone appeared in the sequel to Spyro's Adventure, continuing her role in offering the Skylanders to upgrade their abilites in exchange for treasure after stowing away on the Dread-Yacht. She has also improved her speech.

Skylanders: Swap Force

3DS version 

Persephone along with the other fairies are in charge of providing the trees of the Ancient Woods nourishment. During the story events of the game, she and her sisters were captured by Count Moneybone to power his machines but were eventually freed by the Skylanders. After saving the Ancient Woods, Persephone went to Boom Town.

Skylanders: Trap Team

Persephone returns to provide her magic in upgrading the Skylanders. She has set up her house at the Skylanders Academy, and can be found in levels for the Skylanders to upgrade.

In the Mirror of Mystery realm, she is an evil fairy who loathes Skylanders, and uses her magic to create Mabu super soldiers.

Return of the Dragon King

Persephone helped Spyro and Hex to discover the cause of their power loss with her magic, and found out that they were stolen by another fairy named Calliope. During Malefor's attack on the Skylanders Academy, Persephone spotted Calliope hiding amist the crowd of spectators and scolded the fairy for misusing her magic to help Malefor. The Fairy Queen then persuaded Calliope that it wasn't too late to do the right thing, which resulted in Calliope aiding the Skylanders in defeating Malefor.

Skylanders: SuperChargers

Persephone returns to grant upgrades to the Skylanders in the Academy, though her house is now nowhere to be seen - possibly split off from the island during the attack in Rift into Overdrive like many other parts of it. Though she has no new role in the story, Persephone now wears a purple dress.

Quotes

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

  • "Hello extremely! So much fun that the Skylanders are back! We fairies always dance with Skylanders. I am Persephone."
  • "Oh dear! At it again, silly Drow! I'd best go back to the Core of Light. I will meet you there later for dancing. Happy luck, great Skylander."
  • "Happy to dance in this old place. Here is bright and smooth with many secret parties. We'll play here for a while time." - when Persephone arrives at the Ruins
  • "Before you leave, I will help you. I will! I will!"
  • "Hello extremely once more! For extra enjoyment, I will help you with your play quest!"
  • "Is it time for playing yet? Are you ready to upgrade your Skylander? It is a happy dance!"
  • "The magic is right inside you now! Even when you leave Skylands and turn back into a statue, the magic will be with you so you can play happy wherever you go! Forever you will dance with the new, happy powers!" - after you buy your first upgrade
  • "So much fun new powers! Bring me shiny things -gold and gems- and I will turn them into upgrades for playing!"
  • "I smell you have a Winged Sapphire. It is a happy gem. Can dance with more powers for smaller number of gold. Lucky party!" - after finding the first Winged Sapphire
  • "More Winged Sapphires in this happy place. Ten of their secret campings for you to find." - after finding the first Winged Sapphire
  • "Winged Sapphires like to say 'Hello' when they meet the fairies. The more that say this, the smaller gold number I need from Skylander for happy dancing." - after finding the first Winged Sapphire
  • "So much fun extremely! You are a happy dancer! But can you make more happy? Do all Skylanders play with the highest upgrades? I can play this with you!" - after beating the game

Skylanders: Giants

  • "Hello extremely! It is great party to dance with Skylanders again! Especially now that I have learned to speak your language much better!"
  • "I am also here to grant you amazing upgrades. I can convert gold into magic and that magic into new abilities for all Skylanders."
  • "Very well. But return any time!" - when you say 'no' to Persephone
  • "Hello again, Skylander! I forgot to tell you something. This is a winged sapphire..."
  • "...when you collect these, I can create those upgrades for you with less gold. It's like a discount!"
  • "Welcome back! Ready for another magical upgrade?"

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the 3DS version of Swap Force, Persephone returns to speaking in her original fairy language. She also prefers dancing and playing to conferring upgrades.
    • Persephone's odd euphemisms might be a reference to the Orz in Star Control II, another series from Toys For Bob. The species could not be accurately translated, resulting in some words to sound inviting or goofy though they meant violent or unknown concepts. However, Persephone's strange words appear to be much broader concepts,such as "dancing" being used in place of most verbs, "happy" being used for good things, or "unhappy" for unpleasant ones.
    • She is also the only fairy in the series to use these euphemisms; her "fairy sisters" of Ancient Wood never talk to the Skylander, while Calliope and Marsha speak normal English.
  • In the alpha version of Skylanders: Giants, the developers wrote Persephone's placeholder dialogue as an inside joke: "Want to listen to confusing, mind-numbing dialog, then get an upgrade?"[1]
  • Her role in providing Skylanders upgrades is replaced by Power Pods in Skylanders: Swap Force.
  • Her name is based on the goddess of spring from Greek mythology, Persephone.
  • She and Lightning Rod are the only characters who are based on Greek mythology.
  • She is voiced by Laura Bailey, who also voices Ninjini.
  • In Skylanders: Trap Team, some villains comment about her:
    • Hood Sickle wonders if Persephone would consider a date with him.
    • Brawl & Chain wonders that if it was possible for villains to get upgrades (which is impossible), he would ask to get an upgrade that will give him hands.
    • Masker Mind wonders how Persephone casts upgrades.
    • Dreamcatcher mentions having been friends with her in the past before she "went all goody-goody", though it's not explained further.
  • In Skylanders: Imaginators, though she can be talked to like in other games from upgrades, the upgrade screen can be accessed at any moment through the stat menu. Oddly, though she has her Superchargers outfit in person, she has her Trap Team artwork and outfit in the menu.

References

Non Playable Characters
Spyro's Adventure

Console
Master Eon - Hugo - Flynn - Cali - Diggs - Auric - Gurglefin - Clam-tron 4000 - Arbo
General Robot - T-Bone - Weapon Master - Persephone - Snuckles - Rizzo - Nort - Blobbers
3DS
Fargus - Wendel - Esmerelle - Beaufort - Humfry - Tizwig


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