griffins. She wants to be a wizard. Other characters: Deucalion (Scales): King of the dragons and a powerful magic user. Over 300 years old. Tripos: Demon King. A blue demon, his mate is held hostage by Mr. Chesney. Barnabas: Wizard friend of Derk. Somewhat of a drunk, secretly working for Mr. Chesney. Prince Talithan: An elf, Captain of the "Dark Elves". His brother is held hostage by Mr. Chesney. Anscher: a god. Awards Jones and The Dark Lord won the 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, children's section. Thus the Mythopoeic Society recognized it as the "fantasy ... that best exemplifies 'the spirit of the Inklings" among "books for young readers (from Young Adults to picture books for beginning readers), in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia." Jones previously won the Fantasy Award for The Crown of Dalemark and six of her books were finalists 1986 to 2009. See also Fantasy themes References External links 1998 British novels 1998 fantasy novels British fantasy novels Novels by Diana Wynne Jones Parody novels