Thumbelina

Thumbelina is the heroine of the tale of the same name, written by Hans Christian Andersen. She was from the world Tommelise.

Thumbelina is the English version of her original name in Danish, Tommelise. While Hans had his own duties at Calliope (we know he had Alice Liddell under observation all over Europe), Thumbelina was working as Calliope's Chief Administrator. Her words to Alice, 'Prisoner or Warrior?' have resonated down the Alice line to this present day.

While she was a stern task-mistress at Calliope she wanted the best for everyone, and comforted Lewis Carroll when she saw he would never completely be free of his worry for Alice. She verbalized the easily-misunderstood relationship between the older man and the young girl, knowing it was difficult for non-writers and non-Namesakes to understand. She adds simply, "I miss Hans every day." She was carried about by Dro the Giant, and later we learn she knew the Writer Edmond Camus, calling his work 'uselessly ostentatious.' 'Grandma Lina' as she is called by the upcoming Queen Maia, reminds her that she is impossible when Calliope visits, but Thumbelina answers that old habits die hard.

In retirement she returned to Tommelise, presumably to marry the Flower Fairy Prince Hans wrote about. We presume he is dead by the time we see her in the present-day. Thumeblina's daughter is absent as well but we get the implication that she is too caught up in her crow races to be around. She throws a Coronation Ball for her grand-daughter's ascension to the throne. Although said grand-daughter is embarrassed that her elderly grandmother insists on wearing her sword-pin, Thumeblina has the last laugh when there is a planned uprising at the party.

Tradition has made it impossible to have a calm, quiet Coronation, as they also have to invite a dark fairy 'who melts faces like the Ark of the Covenant' and someone from the Thumb family who steals fairy gifts for resale.