Alexis

Alexis Bellamy is the youngest member of the King's Sorcerers in Frisna. He is Prince Gladwin's best friend and helped him trick the kingdom into thinking he had an accident that stunted his intelligence.

Biography
Alexis lived down the lane from Nicolette who was his best friend until he was chosen as one of the Frisna King's Sorcerers at age eleven. As the only other boy living in the castle, he became Prince Gladwin's constant companion.

Later, he helped orchestrate an accident that fooled a witch into postponing her attack on Gladwin and the kingdom. He stayed by his side throughout the following years while keeping in contact with Nicolette. He tried to help her when her father remarried and then died and left her alone with an abusive stepmother while also acting as Gladwin's proxy during meetings that would usually require the prince's participation.

Throughout the years he found himself falling in love with Nicolette's eldest stepsister, Estelle. Having witnessed Estelle abuse Nicolette with her other sisters, he hated himself for loving her. It wasn't until Nicolette's story as Cinderella began to reach its climax did he realize that Estelle had changed completely and there was no reason to dislike her for Nicolette's sake.

The night Cinderella and her prince meet is the night that Alexis finally proposes to Estelle and takes her back to the castle to live as one of the Sorcerer's Wives and maid servant to the soon to be princess.

While awaiting their wedding date, Alexis attempts to assist Gladwin in his part of the Cinderella story while also guiding him through The Scarlet Pimpernel. He tries to dissuade Gladwin from acting on his affections for Nicolette but fails. Nicolette is captured by the witch in result. Alexis then helps Gladwin aid in Nicolette's rescue and the recapture of the witch that complicated their lives at the very start.

The Masked Slipper
Alexis somewhat reflects the fairy god mother or wishing tree in the Cinderella story, being the reason Nicolette attends the ball and having brought her the glass slippers that signifies her role as Cinderella.

The Masked Slipper
Alexis is a major supporting character in The Masked Slipper acting as a kind of fairy godmother for Cinderella and an ally for the Scarlet Pimpernel.

A Witch's Song
Alexis makes a brief appearance at the conclusion of A Witch's Song when the stepsister's husbands decides to put an end to the threat against their wives.