

Lord Farquaad begins devising a plan to rescue his future queen, and when the Mirror attempts to warn him about what happens at sunset Farquaad silences him. Won over by her beauty (and Thelonius's suggestion), Farquaad chooses Princess Fiona, who happens to be locked away in a castle guarded by a ferocious dragon. In a parody of dating shows, the Mirror introduces three eligible princesses for Lord Farquaad to choose from: Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Fiona. Farquaad takes this is an insult and threatens the Mirror, causing him to elaborate that Farquaad can become a king if he marries a princess. Farquaad boasts that Duloc is the "most perfect kingdom of them all", only for the Mirror to inform him that he is not actually a king. The Captain of the Guards interrupts the interrogation to announce that they have found the Magic Mirror, much to Farquaad's excitement. They are forcibly relocated out of Duloc and into a swamp, which unbeknownst to Farquaad, is the home of an ogre.īack in the dungeon of his castle, Farquaad and his henchman Thelonious torture the Gingerbread Man into revealing the location of other fairytale folk in hiding. He rewards citizens for turning them in to his Duloc Guards, who then put the creatures into cages and wagons. Because they don't fit in with his idea of a "perfect world", he exiles all fairytale creatures from Duloc. Lord Farquaad is the sole ruler of Duloc. He has a big chin, a pageboy haircut, and is quite short.įarquaad taunting Gingerbread Man with his torn-off legs.

Farquaad wears an outfit of mainly red, with a red hat and red cape to match his red tunic.
