Príncipe Nuada

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. In appearance she is like the rest of her class: pure white skin, hair so blonde is also almost white (although darkening to gold at the ends), and with yellow eyes with irises larger than those of humans. Her lips and eyelids are black.

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Nuada was trained as a warrior and dignitary from his birth (as was customary among Old World royalty). He lived in the palace and served in the war against humanity both in battles and in strategizing. After a big disagreement with his father (the real reason seems to be unknown as referenced in the book, "What threw me out of court is in the past..." and the prince does not remind his father that that is why he left in the first place), Nuada left the court of Bethmoora and wandered the land as a nomad with a troll companion.

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Nuada carries a sword and spear (or lance) forged from magical silver. The spear is also retractable and has a special tip that can inflict a mortal wound even on immortal creatures. The spear's lethality is increased by his ability to magically separate the tip of his spearhead when impaled into the flesh of a living being at the user's will and regenerates the lost tip. The detached spearhead cannot be removed by conventional means as slight alterations to it will cause the spearhead to move closer to the victim's heart. His sword has a special shape with a groove cut in its center to catch and dispatch enemies' swords. </ P > < p >.

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Nuada Silverlance is loosely based on the Irish mythological figure Nuada (Nuadha or Noo-ah-wah as pronounced with little variation in the three primary Irish dialects) Airgetlam (Airgeadlámh), whose full name is believed by scholars to translate as "uses/acquires a silver hand/arm." Balor (named after the leader of the Formorians who, after a series of battles and Balor's eventual death, relents and joins the Tuatha Dé Danann), who is portrayed as Nuada's one-armed father in the film, was actually a mortal enemy of King.