- ‘‘ "Only the best evil can disguise as good." ’’
- —Sophie
Sophie is one of the main characters in The School For Good and Evil trilogy and The Tale of Sophie and Agatha. She was a student of both the School for Evil and School for Girl, and the current Dean of the School for Evil.
Background
Sophie was the first child born alive to Vanessa, in the village of Gavaldon, a small secluded town surrounded by the mysterious Endless Woods. Her best friend and twin sister, Agatha was born soon after, however Vanessa abandoned the second child, raising Sophie by herself. Sophie looked up to her mother greatly, even copying her mother's own actions, such as using skin care products. Vanessa died when Sophie was 10 years old, leaving her father, Stefan, as her only family. She soon chose Agatha to be her Good Deed, so she could get into the School for Good, despite being born with an Evil soul, though she becomes true friends with her over time.
Appearance
Sophie describes herself at the beginning of the first book as having waist-long hair, the color of spun gold, emerald-green eyes, luscious red lips, and creamy peach skin, and often compared herself to a princess. However, in the first book as a punishment, her hair is chopped short by an axe. She eventually uses this to her advantage, cutting it shorter and flaunting it.
As a witch, she has huge black warts marring her face, huge bald patches, toxic grey eyes, black teeth with some missing, and a hunched, crippled body. She is terrifying and considered ugly by anyone who sees her like this. The transformation can take any time between weeks or even seconds.
When she transforms into Filip of Mount Honora, her male counterpart, she is described as a powerful, square-jawed version of herself, with short, fluffy blond hair, high cheekbones, straight brows, and emerald-set eyes.
Outfits
Sophie wears numerous outfits across the series:
- Before the start of the series, she is said to wear a lot of pink. Her outfit at the start of the first book is a breezy pink dress with sparkling one-of-a-kind glass slippers. These slippers are seen throughout the book.
Sophie on the School for Good and Evil book cover
- On the day of her kidnapping she wears her finest dress, however this dress is not described in the book. It is known that she wore her glass slippers, as they appear throughout the book.
- In the SGE Handbook, her arrival dress is shown to be a short-sleeved pink dress with poofed sleeves and a short cape.
- Her traditional school outfit in the first book was a dumpy, tattered tunic, described as 'sagging like shredded curtains'.
- In the SGE Handbook, it is described as a smock instead of a tunic.
- Her school outfits that she designed throughout book 1 goes as follows:
- A strapless bodice dress, with a red 'F' shimmering on her chest & glass slippers. Her heels are taller than previously described. Her makeup consists of geisha white foundation, vermilion lipstick and pink eye shadow. Her hair has also been cut shorter and is slicked down into a bob.
- A slit-back toga dress, sashed with blue orchids with an 'F' shimmering on her chest and the back complete with '...is for Fabulous' & glass slippers. Her heels are a full inch taller than the last outfit. Her makeup consists of shimmering bronze foundation, crimson lipstick and periwinkle eyeshadow.
- A black baby doll dress with an 'F' shimmering on her chest and the back complete with '...is for Fun'. She also has a pink lollipop.
- A belly-baring black halter top, poofed miniskirt and hot pink heels. Her hair has been cut into a spiky pixie haircut.
- A revealing black sari and sharp-heeled fur booties.
- A black kimono with an 'F' shimmering on her chest and the back complete with '..Is for Focused'. Her hair has been dyed ruby red.
- A lot of miscellaneous wear, including fishnet bodices, sparkling clamshell dresses and leather pantsuits.
- A black sheath dress with beehived hair, black gloves, a pearl necklace and tinted spectacles
- During her time at the School for Evil, she gets a black snake-skin cape from Professor Manley, and she uses this in her school outfit, especially with her black leather outfit. This outfit also gives her black makeup and black hair.
- Her school uniform in book 2 is a blue bodice with a butterfly crest stitched across the heart, royal blue harem pants and a white veil. She also gets a crystal diadem as she is Class Captain.
- Many of her outfits in book 3 are not described, only going as far as saying that they were dresses.
- At the start of book 3 she wears a black nightgown and a black cloak.
- As the teacher of Advanced Curses & Death Traps, she wears a formfitting, lacy black dress with black-suede stiletto boots.
- At her coronation, she wears a tight, strapless, black velvet dress with a long, flowing train that made her appear like 'a sinister bride'. Her crown is a crown of spikes, which she wears during the war.
- During the war she wears a black leather catsuit.
- As the Dean of Evil, she wears Lady Lesso's old dress.
Relationships
Agatha of Woods Beyond
Sophie and Agatha have one of the closest and most intricate relationships in the series. Originally, Sophie only became friends with Agatha to complete a Good Deed to impress the School Master. She didn't really like the reclusive girl, but in her opinion, Agatha needed help. Sophie tried everything to "help" Agatha but it made things worse, the "help" being for Agatha trying out her potions and creams for beautification on her, to make sure they worked. However, the creams and potions often backfired, causing Agatha to not want Sophie around her. Over time though, after spending more time together, Sophie and Agatha being to consider each other friends.
Their relationship has been strained several times over the series - Sophie abandon's Agatha's plan to escape the school in the first book. Agatha goes to Tedros instead of Sophie in the second book. They fight on different sides in the third book - and that's just ignoring the fact that they are nemeses to one another. However, despite these, they always fix their relationship, and it can even bring them closer.
They often rely on each other for comfort and safety, leading them to have a big trust in one another. Agatha is the more logical one of the two, which leads her to come up with plans in order to help Sophie and/or others. Sophie is the more emotional one, helping Agatha unlock her deepest emotions and fears.
As a summary, Sophie and Agatha care for each other greatly.
Tedros of Camelot
Sophie first met Tedros at the Welcoming. As soon as she saw him, she fell in love with him, even thinking that he was her true love. Throughout the first book, Sophie attempts to win his heart, using everything from advice in 'Winning Your Prince' to using a love spell. Eventually she wins his heart, and the two begin a relationship. However, as soon as her true nature is revealed, Tedros leaves her heartbroken and she begins to plot revenge against him before being caught.
In the second book, Sophie shows a disgust to him, as she believes that he has stolen Agatha away from her. She goes into the School for Boys as a spy and poses as a boy - Filip of Mount Honora- to try and find the Storian. She becomes Tedros's roommate and she begins to find out his much softer side, and even falls in love with her- unfortunately he is shocked and disgusted to find out that Filip is indeed Sophie.
In the third book, she once again believes for him to be her true love as her ring tells her so, and in an agreement with Agatha, begins to try and win his heart. But when she kisses him, she doesn't feel anything, causing her to panic and flee the lake. By the end of the book, they seem to be on good terms.
Rafal
Rafal, or The School Master, believed that Sophie had a soul evil enough to match his own, thus chose her for his Evil Love. Playing on Sophie's desperate dream for her own Happily Ever After, he convinced her they were destined to be together, in hopes that Sophie would rewrite the laws of love, and finally bring victory for himself and Evil once and for all. He is said to often use the Groom Room in order to impress Sophie and often talked about her to his students, showing that his love may have been genuine.
Sophie eventually killed him by destroying her ring, ending their relationship.
Vanessa
Sophie had a very good relationship with her mother. In Sophie's eyes, no woman can replace her deceased mother whom she idolizes as "a storybook queen". Her mother was everything to her - she built upon Vanessa's mistakes to make herself better. She states that her mother saw something special in her; that Sophie was meant to be a princess. Sophie says that her father just doesn't understand what her mother meant and can't see what she did.
Stefan
Sophie's relationship with her father is strained at the least. Sophie lost her mother five years prior to the beginning of the story, leaving her father Stefan as her only family. Sophie harbors angry feelings towards Stefan, believing that he does not love her because she is not a boy and, therefore, cannot remind him of himself. Stefan himself has an instinctive stiffness towards his daughter - he sees Vanessa's Evil soul within her. Sophie went to execute him in third book, but instead destroyed her ring that then killed Rafal. She forgave her father and the two plus Agatha embraced, before the barrier between Gavaldon and the Endless Woods activated again.
Abilities
Magic: Like every other person in the Endless Woods, Sophie has the ability to use magic. While using magic, her finger glows pink.
- Summoning Ravens: Sophie has the ability to summon and control ravens.
- Screams from the Soul: Sophie can use her voice to shatter glass and torture people.
- Summoning Evil Animals (unnamed): Sophie can control animals such as wasps, locusts and bats.
- Side Conversion (unnamed): Sophie is able to turn Nevers into Evers and vice versa.
- Evil Magic (unnamed): Sophie has an advanced knowledge of both an arsenal of curses & death traps and the School for Evil.
Trivia
- The name Sophie is of French origin, meaning "Wisdom".
- Sophie's quest is 'Serving as Dean and steering the School for Evil in a new direction, which it so desperately needed' (claimed that herself), and was tracked as a Leader.
- Sophie is the same age as Agatha, this being because they are twin sisters. In the first chapter of the book, it states that the School Master only takes people 12 or older. This makes Sophie around 12 at the time of the kidnapping (as she was 10 when her mother died) and 16 by the end of the series (As books 2 & 3 take place within 1-2 months combined).
- True loves have matching finger glows, however, it is unknown what Rafal's fingerglow is.
- Sophie once dyed Agatha's hair orange.
- Sophie has a strawberry shaped birthmark on her ankle.
- Before she laughs, Sophie will blush.
- Her favorite color is primrose pink, which is the same color as her finger glow.