Sophie of Woods Beyond

"I'm too young, too alluring, too adored to be out of the spotlight."

- Sophie ""

Dean Sophie of Woods Beyond is one of the main characters in The School for Good and Evil series. She is from Gavaldon and is classified as a 'Reader'.

At the start of the first book, she dreams to be kidnapped and be brought to the fabled The School for Good. As she is being grabbed by the skeleton bird from the Endless Woods, Agatha runs to get her, afraid of losing her best friend. She gets dropped on the murky grounds of The School for Evil as Agatha ends up in the towers of the School for Good.

Appearance
Sophie is described to have beautiful waist-length platinum blonde hair the color of spun gold, (her best feature), emerald-green eyes, (mentioned most in the story), luscious red lips, and creamy peach skin. this is achieved through a series of strange beauty treatments that involve an excessive amount of cucumbers, fish eggs, even a vial of cow's blood.

At the end of the first book, she becomes a witch. Her face is marred with warts, her hair turns white then falls out, and her teeth turn black and fall out.

In the second book, nearing the end, she is turned into a boy to sneak into the boys castle grounds. In this form, Sophie (under the alias 'Filip') has a strong build, floppy golden hair, a dimple chin, and the same emerald-green eyes, and was described as elfish.

Background
Sophie is a girl that lived in a secluded village that is known as Gavaldon, or The Woods Beyond. It is surrounded by endless woods which would only bring you back to the village if you ever went through it.

Unhappy with her normal life, she yearned to be taken by the School Master and be brought to the School for Good. She wished to become a princess, get her prince, and live Happily Ever After.

Sophie lost her mother, Vanessa, at a young age, and her father, Stefan, was left with her being her only family. Stefan had always wanted a son, so Sophie felt, well, bad about this. She never really felt him love her even when he spoke the words, "I love you."

When Stefan courts a widow, Honora, Sophie suspects that he does this to have two boys as sons, and this makes Sophie feel as though her father really doesn't love her. It is revealed in the third book that Vanessa tricked Stefan to have Sophie with her.

Personality
Sophie is a girl who values looks and, according to herself, is very nice. However, in reality, she is be blunt, arrogant, and frequently selfish. She has a mean streak, but is afraid of accepting the fact that she is Evil.

Agatha of Woods Beyond
She and Agatha are the best of friends but also Nemeses, and twin sisters.

In the first book, Sophie realises that she needed Agatha as much as she needed her. Sophie gets angry at Agatha for 'stealing' a certain boy from her. Sophie finds out (with Lady Leonora Lesso's help) that Agatha is her Nemesis who she must kill to be happy.

In the second book, Sophie learns that "you don't need a prince to be happy." She enjoys her life in Gavaldon with Agatha, and was even happy when Stefan and Honora got married. __INDEX__
 * She was birthed from Vanessa's soul with Stefan's looks, while Agatha is the opposite, having birthed from Stefan's soul with Vanessa's looks.
 * In the few illustrations of Sophie in the books, she is often shown with bangs that covers her left eye.