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Trick
Lost Girl character
Fitzpatrick McCorrigan, better known as Trick and formally The Blood King
First appearance	It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World
Last appearance	Those Who Wander
Portrayed by	Richard Howland
Information
Nickname(s)	Fitzpatrick McCorrigan
Aliases	The Blood King
Species	Blood Sage
Gender	Male
Spouse(s)	Isabeau (Wife - Deceased)
Children	Aife (Daughter)
Relatives	Bo (Granddaughter)
Appeared In	48 Episodes
Aligned	Light Fae
Fate	Last seen leaving for Scotland with Stella Nashira in Those Who Wander

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Lost Girl is a Canadian developed and produced television series which premiered in the 2010 season on the television channel Showcase.

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Trick, proper name Fitzpatrick McCorrigan, and formally known as The Blood King, was the name of a character that appeared in the Lost Girl television series who during the time of the series was the owner of the Dal Riata pub, neutral ground for the Fae.

At one time in the past he was The Blood King, being married to Isabeau, his wife and Queen. He was the father of Aife, and was Bo's grandfather. Trick has appeared in a total of thirteen First Season episodes, twenty-two Second Season episodes and thirteen Third Season episodes. He was Light Fae in nature and specifically a Blood Sage. The role was played by the actor Rick Howland. He first appeared in the premiere episode of the series It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World where he was not named, but acted to moderate an argument between The Ash and The Morrigan over Bo's fate.

Very little was learned about Trick's past for the first season of the series. It was known that he had a good deal of respect from the Fae community at large, had much knowledge about the Fae and their history, and otherwise operated the Dal Riata, the only neutral ground which both Light Fae and Dark Fae could meet at freely. It was clear that there was more to his history that was unsaid, but this remained very murky and unclear through the majority of the first season.

During the second season, more of Trick's background was revealed including that he was once known as The Blood King and was responsible for ending a war between the Fae that his daughter Aife started. In doing so, he was brought to the attention of a being called The Garuda who during the second season took revenge on him. Trick was killed by Bo in order to remove The Garuda as a threat, but he was revived by her before it was too late. As well, Trick revealed to Bo that he was her grandfather and that she was named for his wife. He also came make a decision about Kenzi over time to where he considered her part of his family.

In the third season, Trick assisted Bo in coming to terms with her Dawning, a test that all Fae must pass with the help of Stella Nashira, a Fae that assisted other Fae with this task. Through this, the two became intimate friends by the end of the season. Trick also guided Hale on his path to being The Ash during this season.

His final current appearance in the series was in the third season finale Those Who Wander. At the end of this episode, he left with Stella Nashira to accompany her to Scotland for his own protection from The Morrigan's actions at the urging of Hale, The Acting Ash at that time. All evidence is that he will appear again in the fourth season when it airs.

Character History

First Season

Very little was learned about Trick's past for the first season of the series. It was known that he had a good deal of respect from the Fae community at large, had much knowledge about the Fae and their history, and otherwise operated the Dal Riata, the only neutral ground which both Light Fae and Dark Fae could meet at freely. It was clear that there was more to his history that was unsaid, but this remained very murky and unclear through the majority of the first season. Little was told about his past until Aife appeared towards the end of the season and she was revealed to be Trick's daughter and Trick was revealed to be Bo's grandfather.

Trick first appeared in the premiere episode of the series It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World where he was not named, but acted to moderate an argument between The Ash and The Morrigan over Bo's fate. In Where There's a Will, There's a Fae, Bo and Trick met for the first time and during that meeting, Bo revealed to Trick that she did not know about her Fae past, only her human one, and that she was unaligned because of her not having contact with any of the Fae until that time. It is also revealed that there is a connection between Dyson and Trick, but what that was exactly was not explained at that time. During Oh Kappa, My Kappa, Trick interferes in Bo and Dyson's relationship by demanding Dyson stop seeing Bo. This leads to Dyson telling Bo that there isn't any relationship between them. Faetal Attraction found Trick confronting Kenzi about a missing 300 year bottle of mead, and worrying over a drunk Succubus, that being Bo, being at the Dal Riata in the aftermath of Dyson and Bo's relationship braking up. During Dead Lucky Trick seemed to indicate that he had a Troll that lived in his lair below the Dal Riata. Food for Thought revealed that Trick had come to care about Kenzi enough that he made a trade for an item to save her life that cost Trick several of his most precious things. Trick's sacrifice does save Kenzi's life and this marks the beginning of his seeing Kenzi as being part of his family, something that he does not reveal to Kenzi until much later in the series. As well, Trick comments to Dyson that he doesn’t always do what the Ash orders, which implied the relationship that he and Trick had was more powerful than that of The Ash.

ArachnoFaebia found Trick providing information about an UnderFae creature which resulted in Lauren being able to destroy the creature before it caused the death of [[Bo[[, Kenzi and Hale. During Vexed Trick revealed to Bo that Lauren was owned by The Ash. He also explains that Bo's need to feed on Chi is what all Fae do in various ways and means throughout time. Trick also gives Bo a weapon called a Siraco to use during the episode. Trick also appears during this episode at the execution of a Fae named Lou Ann, but afterwards, when she returns to life, he is there to question her.

Fae Day revealed that the Fae celebrate their holiest day called La Shoshain by holding celebrations at the Dal Riata. During the episode, Trick revealed to Dyson that he intervened in Lou Ann's execution and saved her, putting her into hiding. This confused Dyson since Trick never helped a Dark Fae before. Trick then revealed that Lou Ann was in fact Bo’s midwife. Dyson confronted Trick over the knowledge they have about Bo, and when they could tell her what they know, but Trick's answer was only to say that they would hide the truth as long as they could. Trick provides Bo with information to perform a ceremony called the Agallamh to attempt to heal a relationship between two Fae brothers.

In The Mourning After, Trick was threatened with the loss of the Dal Riata when a business associate arrived to claim an item from Trick which seemed to have vanished. Kenzi helps Trick to discover the plot against him and help Trick to keep the Dal Riata. Kenzi also tells Trick that a Lightning Bird, which she helped him summon, told her that Trick is powerful and that he has a book of blood. Trick claims not to know what Kenzi is talking about, but Kenzi tells him that “it takes a con to know a con”, and that he has secrets.

Faetal Justice found Dyson obtaining Sanctuary from Trick when he is accused of killing a Dark Fae, which Trick provides. It is also revealed that The Ash had confiscated the Siracon, a weapon which Bo had used in the episode Vexed, calling it a restricted weapon. Trick also provides access to a Fae called a Kirin for Dyson in an attempt to find what are assumed to be Dyson's lost memories of what happened to him. Trick also faces off against The Ash and The Morrigan when they attempt to remove Dyson from Trick's protection. Trick also attempts to use his connections in the event that Dyson is judged by the Fae. However he is rebuffed and the attempt fails to produce any results.

During (Dis)Members Only, Dyson demanded that Trick tell Bo what they know about her and Trick allows that he would do so soon. However events of the episode overrun Trick's decision. Trick also provided information to Bo that the Fae she was looking for in this episode was a Land Wight, which helped Bo to solve the mystery she was involved in.

During the season finale Blood Lines, Dyson and Trick finally tell Bo what they know about her past and Saskia is revealed to be Bo's mother and Trick's daughter. Trick tells Bo about Saskia's history and as well Dyson explains, with Trick, what he is.

Trick explained that he is a Blood Sage and that whatever he writes in his own blood in a book comes to pass. Trick also explains that his power comes with a terrible price, that one fate is replaced by a worse one. He also reveals that Saskia was in fact Aife, his daughter who in the past had led a small rebellion that killed one of the Dark Fae leaders. She was caught, then escaped, asking Trick for help. He refused and handed her over to the Dark Fae for execution. But the Dark Fae did not kill her, she becoming a prisoner and then escaping to plot her revenge against Trick since that time.

When Aife attempted to start a war between the Light and Dark Fae, Bo went to confront her. As a result, Trick used his powers to try to change Aife and help Bo to overcome her mother. Bo won that battle with Trick's and as well Dyson's help, but was unaware of that. In the aftermath, Trick was seen bleeding out and seemingly close to death.

At the end of the first season, Trick was revealed to be related to Bo, that Aife was his daughter, and that he was a Blood Sage as well as being at one time the Blood King. As a result of his actions, Trick was close to death, his future unknown and unsure.

Second Season

During the second season, more of Trick's background was revealed including that he was once known as The Blood King and was responsible for ending a war between the Fae that his daughter Aife started. In doing so, he was brought to the attention of a being called The Garuda who during the second season sought revenge on him. In the season finale, Trick was killed by Bo in order to remove The Garuda as a threat, but he was revived by her before it was too late. As well, Trick revealed to Bo that he was her grandfather and that she was named for his late wife. He also came make a decision about Kenzi over time to where he considered her part of his family.

Trick's first appearance in the second season was in the episode Something Wicked This Fae Comes where he was seen to have mostly recovered from using his powers of blood to help Bo, but was not completely healed from the event. He was also seen using the help of Bo and the others to control various problems that happened as a result of Aife's attack on the Fae. Trick also reveals he "liberated" some of the rarer books from The Ash's collection in the aftermath as well. He also provides information to Bo to stop an attempt by a traveling group of Fae to take over The Ash's connection with the land and make it theirs. At the end of the episode, Trick suggests to Dyson that the traveling Fae were his punishment for helping Bo by using his powers to help in her battle against Aife, but later events in the season would prove him wrong.

In I Fought the Fae (And the Fae Won), Trick was confronted by a representative of the Fae council, Blackthorn, who seemed to know that Trick was the Blood King. Trick managed to extract a promise from him not to interfere with local affairs or try to find Aife. Trick was also involved in the search for the New Ash, drawing Hale into the race which he came close to winning and in fact did become the Acting Ash in the third season. Trick also appeared at Lachlan's crowning as Ash which seemed reflect on his quiet power within the Fae hierarchy.

During Scream a Little Dream, Trick warns Kenzi about having a Brownie in her home with Bo but to no avail. He also provides information to Bo that she is being attacked by a Mare during this episode and also provides access to a Baku who helps Bo and Kenzi defeat the Mare. Trick also tries to comfort Bo over Lauren's situation with The New Ash and also advised Bo to be careful with The New Ash as they knew nothing about him at that time.

Mirror, Mirror had Trick discover that through Kenzi's error in judgement, Bo had been marked by Baba Yaga and that she would come to claim Bo. However, Kenzi took her place instead and was trapped by Baba Yaga which forced Bo to extreme measures to try to save her. Trick, in spite of giving Bo the information she needed, could not help in any way,

In BrotherFae of the Wolves, Trick revealed to Bo and Kenzi that a new Fae named Cayden was a pack-mate of Dyson's several hundred years ago. Trick provided information to them about a Mongolian Death Worm that Cayden was seeking to recover.

During It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away, Trick tried to convince Bo not to take a case that The Morrigan wished to hire Bo to solve, but Bo took the case and in doing so began the series arc that resulted in the death of Nadia, Lauren's girlfriend.

Fae Gone Wild had Trick discover that there was something going on between the Light and Dark Fae that was resulting in the deaths of many of them. This would eventually note the beginning of The Garuda plot arc during the latter half of the Second Season. Trick also provides information to Bo which helps her to solve a mystery involving a group of Fae seeking escape from their captor. Trick also runs interference for Lauren so that she and Bo have a chance to talk free of The New Ash's guards.

As part of Death Didn't Become Him, Trick's oldest friend Donovan appeared and asked for help in rescuing his deceased lover who was in the possession of a Lich. Bo did so at the behest of Trick and succeeded in doing so. Through the episode Trick tries to comfort Donovan and manages to dissuade him from several rash actions.

Original Skin found Trick having to deal with the actions of an escaped Dark Fae prisoner who contaminated the beer in the Dal Riata which made Bo, Dyson, Kenzi, Hale, Ciara and Lauren switch bodies for a time, but in the end he found a solution and returned all of them to their rightful bosies. As well, it was revealed that Trick had provided Lauren with a series of books from his library in an attempt to solve the mystery that she and Bo are facing with regards to Nadia, but the books were of little help. Trick also mentioned that the ongoing fighting between the Light and Dark Fae had been cutting into his business and Trick had no idea why the strife among the Fae was occuring. Trick also learned that Bo had been contacted by the Nain Rouge which seemed to worry him greatly. Trick is also surprised when Bo told him that she was called Isabeau by the Nain Rouge, but does not explain what that name means to him.

Powers and Abilities

Trick is a Blood Sage which gives him the power to alter the world around him by using his blood and writing down what he desires which then becomes reality. There is a cost to using his powers and that generally means that a greater evil or darkness is unleashed.

He must use a collection of instruments in order to do so, these being a set of scissors and an ink bottle and pen. Trick has been seen to cut his left hand, put his blood into a vial, and then use it as ink to write with. He also must write his desires in an ancient Fae language. Soon after completing the task, whatever he has written down will happen. An example of this was seen in the episode Blood Lines where Trick used his powers to help Bo defeat her mother Aife. Upon Trick completing his task, letters similar to those he wrote appeared on Aife's forehead and her manners and mental state changed which in the end allowed Bo to win out over her.

A far larger and more important example was his use of power to alter the path that the Fae were following during the Great Fae War when Trick was known as The Blood King, a legendary figure in Fae history that forged a peace between the warring tribes of Fae that would eventually become the Light and the Dark. The day he did this became known as La Shoshain and is celebrated annually by the Fae.

In both cases there was a cost to Trick personally and the Fae in general. In the case of his ending the Great Fae War, Trick lost his wife and his daughter Aife was imprisoned. As well, he no longer held his position as The Blood King, being forced to disappear into the shadows of Fae society. In the case of Trick helping Bo defeat Aife, the consequence was the awakening of The Garuda who had been sleeping since Trick wrote in his blood to end the Great Fae War. This placed current Fae society and the world in jeopardy and led to the deaths of Lachlan and Ciara. It also forced Bo to kill Trick, though she returned him to life once more though at the cost of her being forced into The Dawning far too early in her life.

According to Trick, his powers only work when he writes in his blood of his own free will rather than being forced to do so. It also seems that he must be very specific in what he asks for, needing to write every detail of what he wants to occur, or it might be interpreted wrongly.

Trick's daughter Aife and granddaughter Bo seem to have inherited a degree of his power, allowing them to influence others if their blood mingles with the blood of others to any degree. While this has not been clearly seen in the case of Aife, Bo's abilities where seen in several episodes of the series during the second season.

Beyond Trick's Fae powers, he is well versed in Fae history, myths and legends. He owns or has access to a vast collection of books, scrolls, and various items of power which he keeps in his lair located under the Dal Riata bar which he owns. Trick's formal role is as the way-keeper of the only neutral Fae ground in the city and all Fae appear there when they arrive in the city to check in with him. As part of that role, Trick also is well versed in the art of bar-keeping as well.

Appearances in the Lost Girl Series

First Season

• It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World
• Where There's a Will, There's a Fae
• Oh Kappa, My Kappa
• Faetal Attraction
• Dead Lucky
• Food for Thought
• ArachnoFaebia
• Vexed
• Fae Day
• The Mourning After
• Faetal Justice
• (Dis)Members Only
• Blood Lines

Second Season

• Something Wicked This Fae Comes
• I Fought the Fae (And the Fae Won)
• Scream a Little Dream
• Mirror, Mirror
• BrotherFae of the Wolves
• It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away
• Fae Gone Wild
• Death Didn't Become Him
• Original Skin
• Raging Fae
• Can't See the Fae-Rest
• Masks
• Barometz. Trick. Pressure.
• Midnight Lamp
• Table for Fae
• School's Out
• The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire
• Fae-nted Love
• Truth and Consequences
• Lachlan's Gambit
• Into the Dark
• Flesh and Blood

Third Season

• Caged Fae
• SubterrFaenean
• ConFaegion
• Fae-de To Black
• Faes Wide Shut
• The Kenzi Scale
• There's Bo Place Like Home
• Fae-ge Against The Machine
• The Ceremony
• Delinquents
• Adventures In Fae-bysitting
• Hail, Hale
• Those Who Wander

Information revealed in the series

• Trick's proper name is Fitzpatrick McCorrigan, and he was formally known as The Blood King before he became the owner of the Sal Riata.
• Trick as been referred to as Fitzpatrick MacCoriegan of Clan Fin Arvin.
• Trick seems to bave a good deal of respect from the Fae community at large, has much knowledge about the Fae and their history, and otherwise operates the Dal Riata, the only neutral ground which both Light Fae and Dark Fae could meet at freely.
• Trick provides a source of information about the Fae that has been jokingly called Trickopedia.
• In Dead Lucky it appeared the Trick had a Troll that lived in his lair.
• Trick cares about Kenzi and Bo, Bo as his granddaughter, and Kenzi as part of his family in spite of the verbal sparring that happens between them.
• Trick's granddaughter is Aife.
• His wife was named Isabeau and Bo is named after her.
• Dyson either owes Trick or Trick has come kind of control over Dyson, though what that might be exactly has never been revealed. It is clear however that from the beginning of the series that Dyson was well aware that Trick was the Blood King.

External Links

• Trick's page at the Lost Girl Wikia
• Rick Howland at the IMDb
• Rick Howland at Wikipedia