Maddox
- Kendra wakes up the next morning, excited to learn more about the fairies and Fablehaven. She asks Lena for some milk (so she can see the fairies again) and also to tell her about the boathouse on the pond, since Grandpa said to ask.
- Turns out Lena used to be a naiad. A caretaker of Fablehaven back in the 1800s came and built a boat so he could talk to her in the pond, but he fell in one time, and Lena rescued him from drowning… but setting foot on land meant that she became mortal.
- Lena lived with the caretaker, Patton, until he died (naiads age way slower than humans), then she traveled the world, eventually returning to Fablehaven.
- At dinner, they have a guest, a big mountain-man-looking dude named Maddox. He's a fairy broker, someone who traps fairies and trades/sells them.
- The kids ask a bunch of questions, and learn that there are other sanctuaries around the world, and also private collectors who like to have fairies (and other magic critters) around.
- They also learn about the Society of the Evening Star, a secret organization that wants to take over the preserves and use them as part of their dark magic rituals.
- Maddox shows them some of the fairies he's caught, which are exotic and beautiful—apparently once you capture a fairy, it'll more or less stay put if it's in a confined space (like a room).
- Then Grandpa sends the kids to bed, telling them to stay put no matter what they hear since the negotiations that are part of the fairy trading can get out of hand.