

The spell was placed upon her when she was a child by a Witch (It is unknown whether the Fairy Godmother placed this curse as part of her plan).ĭonkey discovers this when checking on the Princess at night, and Fiona explains the curse. Through the course of the film, it's been revealed that she is cursed and while she is a human by day, she becomes an ogress at sunset and reverts to human at sunrise. Her Dragon guardian later falls in love with Donkey. At first, she refuses to travel to Farquaad, but sooner or later, she befriends Donkey and develops a bond with Shrek, since they both realize they're more similar than they first thought, and Fiona begins to doubt that Farquaad is her true love. When she first appears, Fiona is angered to learn that her rescuer is not her Prince Charming, but an ogre, and that the man who wants to marry her wouldn't come himself.

Farquaad orders a mission for Shrek to retrieve Fiona, so she can be his bride. Shrek was upset about it and went to Farquaad to get his swamp back. In the film, Lord Farquaad banished all the fairy tale people from the kingdom which forces them to Shrek's swamp. She spent at least 15 years in that tower until Shrek rescued her. It was the King's way of repaying the Fairy Godmother for a favour she had done him while courting Fiona's mother (King Harold was originally a frog and the Fairy Grandmother allowed him to pursue his dream of marrying and loving Lillian, by making him human).Īt Shrek the Musical it is claimed Fiona was imprisoned in a tower on Christmas Eve when she was 7 years old. There was a semi-complex plan where Prince Charming, was supposed to rescue Fiona and marry her. This marriage would never take place however.įiona was under a curse (possibly casted by the fairy godmother) that between sunrise and sunset she was a human, and at twilight an ogre.įairy Godmother locked her away in a tower. At some point in her early years, she was secretely bethrothed to Prince Charming by her father as repayment to the Fairy Godmother for turning him human.

Fiona was born in the kingdom of Far Far Away as the only child of king Harold and queen Lillian.
