The Dark Elf

The elves compete against each other to find the most beautiful flower in the forest. Whoever does so can marry the princess of the elves. But Bramblebush Elf cheats and is the only one to bring the flower to the princess. However, she rejects the flower due to his thorny heart. Darken sees a unique opportunity to destroy the forest and transforms the elf into Spino who now has the power to send out roots throughout the forest and shoot out bushes that will destroy the sap of the trees. Fortunately, the timid Weeping Willow Elf witnesses this change and asks Fantaghiro and Romualdo for help. The princess departs, riding on the back of Silurus in search of the White Fairy. Romualdo flies on leaf-airplanes to the Queen's Clearing. There, the elves have been rooted down. And what's worse, Recaredo and Cucufrac, following Darken's orders, have started to burn the forest. They have trapped the princess of the elves and show her off like an exhibit. In a spectacular aerial duel, the king of Dana defeats them and frees the princess, who is the bearer of a magical seed that can bring new life back to the forest. Fantaghiró reaches the luminous waterfall where she sees that the White Fairy and the forest are starting to die. The culprit, Spino, hurls two rooted elves over her. After defeating them, the princess faces the evil elf in front of the Luminous Tree that has also started to die. She is practically overcome and also starts to take root. But the Sloeberry Elf comes to her rescue, flying on a leaf-airplane. Fantaghiro appeals to Spino's love for the princess in order to change his heart. When he sees how the fire caused by Darken can burn her, Spino protects the one he loves and gives the seed to Fantaghiro. Nearly at the end of her strength, the princess takes the seed up into the clouds, causing a storm of luminous water to fall which saves the Luminous Tree, the forest, its inhabitants and that transforms Spino into a Rose Elf who finally wins the desired hand of the princess of the elves.

Fantaghirò, Romualdo, King Hadrian, Catherine, Caroline, Cataldo, Ivaldo, Dark Witch, Darken, Tarabas, Xelesia, Golden Mane, Flash, Bolt, White Fairy, Mother Goose

This TV series ran from 1999 to 2000.

A woman who lives ahead of her time. A rebellious princess who handles her sword as well as her tenderness. Her name is Fantaghirò! Following on the worldwide success of the live-action movie series "Fantaghirò, The Cave of the Golden Rose" comes an epic legend located in the enigmatic Middle Ages.