Amulet of Avalor

Amulet Of Avalor
Films	Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess Sofia the First: The Floating Palace Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Shows	Sofia the First Elena of Avalor
User(s)	Princess Sofia Aunt Tilly (formerly) Princess Charlotte (formerly) Princess Elena (formerly) Queen Lucia (formerly) Princess Amber (briefly) Cedric the Sorcerer (briefly)
Location	Enchancia Isleworth (formerly) Avalor (formerly)
Powers	Summoning princesses Granting powers Cursing Teleportation Connection to the Secret Library)

“With each deed performed, for better or worse, a power is granted, a blessing, or curse.”

―Cedric's Spellbook about the Amulet's abilities due to the 41-long year imprisonment of the Crown Princess of Avalor

For the namesake episode, see: The Amulet of Avalor.

The Amulet of Avalor is a magical necklace that appears in the Disney Jr. series Sofia the First, that bestows upon its wearer a power that can be a blessing or curse, depending on either a good or bad deed. The amulet is currently being worn by Princess Sofia.

It is where Princess Elena spent her forty-one year imprisonment before Sofia released her, and it was implied Elena was the one bestowing the blessing and curses in the time she was trapped in it.

History

The Amulet of Avalor is an ancient Maruvian necklace that was created centuries ago by an unknown force in the Kingdom of Maru, a civilization that mysteriously disappeared before the Kingdom of Avalor was born.

The Amulet has the power to reward its wearer with magical powers and abilities for each good deed she or he has done, but it can also curse them if a deed is bad. It became very famous among magical folk and highly coveted by those who knew the truth about it.

Sometime in the past, the Amulet was discovered by the Kingdom of Avalor and became a family heirloom of the Royal Family. Forty-two years before the events of Elena and the Secret of Avalor, Queen Lucia of Avalor gave the Amulet to her eldest daughter, Princess Elena, on her fifteenth birthday. One year later, an evil sorceress named Shuriki attacked Avalor and killed the King and Queen. Alacazar, Avalor's Royal Sorcerer, used a spell to save the rest of the family. To buy him time on the spell he had to create, Princess Elena tried to stop Shuriki on her own. Shuriki tried to strike Elena down but the Amulet saved her life at the cost of her freedom by pulling her into it. The process turned the Amulet from red to purple. Alakazar found the Amulet and spirited it away. It eventually left his hands and ended up in Isleworth and was worn for a time by Princess Charlotte.

Sometime later, the Amulet arrived in Enchancia and became a family heirloom of the Royal Family. It was owned for a short time by Grand Mum, the Grand Queen of Enchancia, until she gave it to her daughter. While she never wore it, she told her children, Roland and Tilly, stories about it. Over time, her son came to dismiss the stories as fairy tales. Tilly, on the other hand, quickly discovered the stories were true and went on to become the very first Storykeeper of Enchancia as a teenager. However, Elena found Tilly too old to help her, as she needed a young princess to try to trick Shuriki. Elena dropped the amulet off Tilly's neck, and the amulet ended up in the Royal Jewel Room in the castle. Tilly still wanted to wear the amulet, but accepted it and waited until the amulet received a new bearer.

It was later given to Sofia by her father Roland as a welcome gift. He was going to give her a ruby necklace, but he saw the amulet flash, and decided to choose the amulet due to its history of guarding princesses. Roland told Sofia it was a very special amulet and asked her to not take it off. Sofia then promised him she wouldn't so even though Cedric asked for it, she wouldn't give it to him. Sofia remained unaware of Cedric's want for the amulet to take over Enchancia due to trying to keep it a secret from her and the royal family; Cedric's desire for it soothed after he befriended Sofia and gained respect. When that happened, he became Sofia's mentor around its powers, though he still saw himself as deserving of the amulet until it hexed him. Sofia then began to develop a closeness with the amulet due to the powers it gave her. Miss Nettle then sought the amulet, but when she tried to take it, Cedric and Sofia fought her off.

When Sofia passed Tilly's challenge to run her magical manor for her, Sofia received the key to the Secret Library of Enchancia. When the amulet glowed blue, Sofia became the Library's current Storykeeper, as Tilly had hoped. This helped Sofia reform Miss Nettle, and reunite Minimus with his brother.

Sofia's role as the Storykeeper led to her discovering how Princess Elena of Avalor was imprisoned in her Amulet for forty-one years. She set out to free Elena and return her to Avalor to liberate her kingdom. Sofia succeeded in freeing Elena from it at long last. The process turned the amulet from purple to pink. Afterwards, Elena let Sofia keep the amulet as a token of gratitude, and because Sofia needed it more. Sofia discovered soon after that freeing Elena had brought the amulet to display new abilities. The amulet also brought Grimtrix to seek it, but Cedric and Sofia fought him off.

When Sofia first visited the Mystic Isles, she discovered that the amulet had the power to grant wishes. On that visit, Amber discovered the amulet's full powers, especially its connection to the Secret Library.

Four years after Elena was freed from the Amulet, Sofia continued to bear it during her teenage years.

Powers

The Amulet of Avalor is a magic amulet that bestows upon its wearer magical powers. According to a book of magic,

"With each deed performed, for better or worse, a power is granted, a blessing or curse."

• Bearer Selection: It's revealed in "The Amulet of Avalor" that the Amulet has the ability to choose its current bearer, which is how it became Sofia's despite the fact that Roland didn't even know what it was when he gave it to her. Elena revealed she chose bearers based on their age and courage.
• Power Granting: When the one wearing the Amulet does a very good deed, the Amulet will bless its wearer with a magical ability as a reward. After the power is unlocked, the wearer can use it anytime they want as long as they wear the Amulet. In "Cedric Be Good", it is shown that the powers can also be unlocked by magical means such as the Power Plucking potion, but when the powers are unlocked that way, they aren't permanent, since the power isn't truly earned that way. According to Cedric in "Hexley Hall", Elena was the one who gave the Amulet's bearers their powers until being released, after which now the Amulet's current bearer is in control of what powers they get. So far, Sofia has unlocked five of the powers it can grant its wearer:
  • Animal Whispering: The first power the Amulet has given Sofia is the ability to converse with animals. She gained this ability in Once Upon a Princess when she helped a baby bird reunite with its mother on her first day at Royal Prep. This is Sofia's most used ability, as it cannot be "turned off." It is the only ability that Sofia did not use in her quest to free Elena, as the jaquins could already speak. For some reason, Whatnaught is the only animal who couldn't talk and can still make animal noises even with Sofia wearing the amulet.
  • Mermaid Transformation: The second power the Amulet has given Sofia is the ability to transform into a mermaid and back. She gained this ability in The Floating Palace after she helped Oona out of a net. Sofia can use this whenever she puts her bare feet in a body of water and she stops using it after she pulls herself completely out of the water. So far, Sofia has used this ability three times. Sofia can retain her mermaid form while not wearing the amulet, but only in water. She can also activate it by will without needing to wet her feet, like her shrinking and animal transformation powers. When Sofia activates the power by will, she dries off when she returns to human form. When she returns to human form after becoming a mermaid by getting her feet wet, she will stay wet as a human.
  • Shrinking Ability: The third power the Amulet has given Sofia is the ability to shrink to sprite size and back. Sofia gained this ability in "The Littlest Princess" after she helped three wee sprites. This is Sofia's first will-driven ability. So far, she has used it seven times. In "Bad Little Dragon", Sofia finds she can use the power to shrink as small as she likes. In "The Mystic Isles: A Hero for the Hoodwinks", it is also reveals she can make her and her friends small just like her.
  • Invisibility: In "Cedric Be Good", Winifred reveals that the Amulet of Avalor can grant the wearer the ability to become invisible.
  • Telepathy: In "Cedric Be Good", Winifred reveals that the Amulet can grant the ability to read minds.
  • Growing Ability: In "Cedric Be Good", Winifred reveals that the amulet can grant the ability to grow to giant size and back.
  • Supreme Strength: In "Cedric Be Good", Cedric reveals that the amulet can make the wearer as strong as Hercules.
  • Bouncing Ability: In "Cedric Be Good", it is revealed that the amulet can give the wearer the ability to bounce really high.
  • Cryokinesis: In "Cedric Be Good", it's revealed that the amulet can give the wearer the ability to fire cryokinetic blasts from their hands that freeze anything they touch.
  • Animal Transformation: In "Hexley Hall", Sofia unlocks the power that was granted to her when she freed Elena—the power to turn into any animal she sees and wishes to be. As of now Sofia has transformed into eight different animals. This is her second will-driven ability, and the first unlocked after Elena was freed from the Amulet.
  • Fairy Transformation: In "The Mystic Isles: Undercover Fairies", Sofia discovers that her Amulet gives her the ability to transform into a Fairy. This is her third will-driven ability. So far, Sofia only used this power once.
  • Amulet Light: When the one wearing the Amulet is in a dark place, the Amulet will shine bright.
  • Princess Summoning: When the one wearing the Amulet really needs help, the Amulet will summon Disney Princesses to help them out, with another actually being stuck inside the amulet. Ten princesses have appeared for Sofia to help her out. It has also summoned a villainous princess as a form of curse.
• Curse Unleashing: When the one wearing the Amulet does a very bad deed, the Amulet will place a curse on its wearer as punishment, some of which can be very dangerous. The curses the Amulet unleashes are so strong that they can only be lifted when the person it has cursed breaks it. The Amulet's curses can only be broken when the one it has cursed does a good deed to make up for the bad deed that angered the Amulet. Like before, Elena was the one who cursed the Amulet's bearers until being released. So far, the Amulet has unleashed six curses that have helped Sofia, although she was only cursed twice:
  • Croaking Curse: This curse was unleashed in "The Amulet and the Anthem". It makes the victim croak like a frog at random times. The amulet placed this curse on Sofia to punish her for boasting about being chosen to be the Anthem Singer to Ruby and Jade for a selfish want of the crowd's attention. She broke this curse with Belle's help by apologizing to Ruby and Jade and letting them be the Anthem Singers. It was a very minor curse that was meant to help Sofia learn a very important life lesson: That actions speak louder than words, especially when it comes to setting things right.
  • The Curse of Princess Ivy: This curse was unleashed in The Curse of Princess Ivy. As the name implies, this curse summons the evil enchantress Princess Ivy to the victim's homeland. The Amulet put this curse on Amber because after learning the Amulet's secrets, Amber betrayed Sofia and stole it from her to get a Princess to appear for her. Amber broke this curse with Rapunzel's help by apologizing to Sofia and letting herself get hit by one of Ivy's dragonflies to protect Sofia. Unlike the croaking curse, this curse was really powerful and dangerous because Amber's act of thievery not only was a bad deed but also activated the Amulet's safeguard against thievery. Like the croaking curse, the Princess Ivy curse put this curse on Amber for having a vain and selfish behavior for selfish want of Sofia's amulet for magic abilities and the Princess summoning ability.
  • Mini Curse: This curse was unleashed in "The Littlest Princess". This curse leaves the victim at wee sprite size. The Amulet placed this curse on Sofia when she disobeyed her mother and brought her wee sprite friends into the castle. Sofia broke this curse by apologizing to her mother and obeying her when Miranda told her how to get the sprites out of the castle. Like the croaking curse, this curse was a very minor curse that was meant to help Sofia learn a very important life lesson: To have faith in those who love her and to listen to them when they're trying to help her.
  • Sticky Fingers Curse: This curse was unleashed in "Cedric Be Good". It makes the victim stick to anything their hands touch. The Amulet placed this curse on Cedric when he stole it from Sofia, which also activated the Amulet's safeguard. He broke it by giving Sofia his flying machine.
  • Bird Beak Curse: This curse was unleashed in "Cedric Be Good". It turns the front of the victim's face into a bird's beak. The amulet placed this curse on Cedric when he upset some birds. He broke this curse when he dealt with the baker's pest problem.
  • Metal Hands Curse: This curse was unleashed in "Cedric Be Good". It gives the victim metal hands similar to a knight, and weighs them down. The Amulet placed this curse on Cedric when he tries to take over Enchancia. He broke it by returning the amulet to Sofia.
• Secret Library Guide: The Amulet of Avalor's fourth ability is the ability to guide its bearer to the Secret Library of Enchancia. Unlike the other five abilities, which activate on their own, this ability only activates when its bearer has the magical book that contains the library's key. Also unlike the other abilities, which make the amulet glow purple, this ability makes the amulet glow blue.
• Secret Library Alert: This ability alerts Sofia to when a story in the Secret Library of Enchancia needs her to give it a happy ending right away. Like the Guide ability, this ability makes the Amulet glow blue.
• Secret Library Visions: This ability allows Sofia to have a psychic link with those she is supposed to help by having visions of their memories. Like the previous two Secret Library powers, the Amulet glows blue when this happens. Sofia did not get this ability until Elena and the Secret of Avalor.
• Princess Companion Summoning: When the one wearing the amulet needs help, but the Amulet can't summon Princesses, the Amulet will summon one of their companions instead. Unlike the Princesses, the companions normally help out directly. This ability was activated only once so far.
  • Olaf: Olaf was summoned by the Amulet in "The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle". He helped Sofia save the Winter Flowers Festival and taught her that the abilities that being someone who has a big heart and who never gives up bestows are stronger than any magic.
• Bearer Summoning: When someone who had previously worn the Amulet really needs help, the Amulet will teleport the current bearer to them to help them out. This power was revealed in "Beauty is the Beast" when Sofia was summoned to help Princess Charlotte become friends with a goblin to break her beast curse. The second time this happened was in "Ivy's True Colors" when the Amulet brought Sofia to help Ivy learn to think of others and not just herself.
• Bearer Protection: The Amulet was created to protect the princesses who wore it. The amulet's protective powers are mostly passive, but when the bearer is at the receiving end of a fatal attack, as seen in Elena and the Secret of Avalor, the amulet pulls her into the stone. When that happens, the Amulet changes color, while the bearer doesn't age until freed, and can also survive without sustenance or sleep, but she will be fully conscious and aware of her surroundings. The spell can't reverse the process on its own if the bearer is cursed by an enemy when entering the Amulet. While the princess is fully mobile inside the amulet, she will suffer severe stumbling and trouble walking in the physical world once she's released.
• Bearer Protection Release: When a previous bearer of the Amulet of Avalor is pulled inside the Amulet due to a sorcerer's potentially fatal curse, only its current bearer can let them out. This ability is activated when its bearer wraps the Amulet around the weapon that activated its Bearer Protection ability, and places the weapon on the Crown of Aziluna.
• Quest Compass: When the Amulet's bearer is on a quest, the Amulet can help them complete it by pulling him or her to something or someone that can help.
• Interacting with Spirit Guides of Avalor: The Amulet can bring its bearer with the ability to interact with Spirit Guides of Avalor, seeing and hearing them without a wizard's help. This ability was given only to Princess Elena, though Sofia can also see Spirit Guides despite not being granted the power.
• Interacting with ghosts during Dia de Los Muertos: The Amulet can bring its bearer with the ability to interact with ghosts during Dia de Los Muertos, seeing and hearing them. This ability was given only to Princess Elena.
• Asking for Assistance: When the bearer needs help the amulet can grant its bearer any help she needs or asks for. This ability is given to Sofia in The Mystic Isles, when she asks for the unicorns to help.
• Trapping: As revealed in Sofia the First: Forever Royal, the amulet can trap anyone inside just by wishing them into, but can not let them out. It takes a special and extremely super powerful spell to release anyone trapped in the amulet. Similar to the Bearer Protection, anyone who was released will biologically look the same as the day they were trapped inside as shown with Elena, who is chronologically fifty-seven years old while being biologically sixteen due to being imprisoned for forty-one years.

Summons

Also, according to Cinderella, the Amulet connects "all princesses that ever lived." With that said, a corresponding princess suddenly appears when Sofia is in trouble. They were:

• Cinderella (helped Sofia make amends with Amber in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess).
• Jasmine (helped Sofia and Amber rescue themselves in Two to Tangu).
• Belle (helped Sofia realize that actions speak louder than words in The Amulet and the Anthem).
• Ariel (helped Sofia join forces with Cora to free Oona in Sofia the First: The Floating Palace).
• Aurora (helped Sofia find Roland by seeking the help of animals in Holiday in Enchancia).
• Snow White (helped Sofia to trust her instincts in The Enchanted Feast).
• Fa Mulan (helped Sofia, Amber and Jun realize that they're stronger than they know in Princesses to the Rescue!).
• Rapunzel (helped Sofia and Amber to escape out of a hole and teaches them that their relationship has grown and deepened because of mistakes that Amber has made in Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy).
• Tiana (helped Sofia find a gift to give to Glacia the ice enchantress in order for her to take back the ice touch gift she gave to Winter in Winter's Gift).
  • Interestingly, it seems to be implied by Tiana's appearance that princesses from the future can also be summoned. Unless the version of Tiana who met Sofia is a retcon living in the same fictional universe, not Tiana from The Princess and the Frog.
• Merida (helped Sofia to believe in herself, because she doesn't need the magic bag to save the day in The Secret Library).
• Olaf: Olaf was summoned by the Amulet in "The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle". He helped Sofia save the Winter Flowers Festival and taught her that the ability of being someone who has a big heart and who never gives up are stronger than any magic. Olaf is the first male character to be summoned by the Amulet instead of Elsa or Anna and the only one seen returning to his home.

Other Abilities

• Safeguard: When the Amulet is stolen from its current bearer, it will place a very powerful curse upon the thief, which can only be broken if the thief returns the Amulet to its rightful owner.
• Warning: If the amulet's chosen bearer leaves it unguarded, or is in the potential grasp of an enemy who wants to use its power for their own deeds, the amulet will flash to warn the bearer that it's in danger, or to subtly alert the enemy to not steal it from its bearer without notifying beforehand, lest they will be cursed upon doing so.
• Secret Library Abilities: Whenever there is a mission at the Secret Library, the amulet glows blue. It is given mobility, being able to pull Sofia to important objects and people. When it was time to free Elena, the amulet gave Sofia a vision of Shuriki murdering Elena's parents.
• Bearer Summoning: After Sofia freed Elena, the amulet revealed it could bring Sofia to previous amulet-bearers who needed her guidance. This has only been used once, in "Beauty is the Beast".
• Bearer Selection: It's revealed in "The Amulet of Avalor" that the Amulet has the ability to choose its current bearer, which is how it became Sofia's despite the fact that Roland didn't even know what it was when he gave it to her. Elena revealed she chose bearers based on their age and courage. Magical ability also seems to be at least another factor, as Sofia and Tilly both have magic of their own that they could have used against Shuriki.
• Bearer Protection: The amulet was created to protect the princesses who wore it. The amulet's protective powers are mostly passive, but when the bearer is at the receiving end of a fatal attack, as seen in Elena and the Secret of Avalor, the amulet pulls her into the stone. When that happens, the Amulet changes color, while the bearer ceases to age until freed, and can also survive without sustenance or sleep, but she will be fully conscious and aware of her surroundings. The spell can’t reverse the process on its own if the bearer is cursed by an enemy when entering the Amulet.
• Bearer Protection Release: When a previous bearer of the Amulet of Avalor is pulled inside the amulet due to a sorcerer's potentially fatal curse, only its current bearer can let them out. This ability is activated when its bearer wraps the amulet around the weapon that activated its Bearer Protection ability and places the weapon on the Crown of Aziluna.
• Spirit Sensing: One aspect of the amulet's protection power was that it could sense spirits to help prevent against malevolent spiritual attack. Elena took the ability by mistake when she was freed from the amulet. Sofia can see spirits without this power due to possessing magic of her own.
• Wish-Granting: As revealed in The Mystic Isles, the amulet can grant the wishes of its bearer.

Weaknesses

• Fire of Everburn: As shown in The Curse of Princess Ivy, the Amulet of Avalor can only be destroyed by the bright flame of Everburn the Elder Dragon in the Blazing Palisades. Fortunately, Everburn's cold prevents him from breathing fire often. In addition, due to Everburn becoming Sofia's friend and learning that the Amulet is hers, no known way to destroy the Amulet remained.
• Crazy Crystals: Like other enchanted objects, the amulet's powers malfunction if it is covered in Crazy Crystals. These make it glow yellow and summon sidekicks instead of princesses. They also suspend the bearer's abilities. Had it worked as intended without the interference of crazy crystals, instead of Olaf, the Amulet would most likely have summoned Princess Anna instead.

Trivia

• The Amulet's jewel type is unclear, but its scarlet appearance before Elena's imprisonment matches up with a red opal—it is not clear and faceted like a ruby. Opals, like the Amulet of Avalor, are smooth and foggy. If the Amulet is a ruby, then it underwent magic prior to Elena's entrapment to gain an opaline appearance. If the Amulet is a red opal, this would suit Sofia, as her birthday of October 6 would mean she'd have opal as a birthstone. The bright flecks inside the Amulet also line it up with a fire opal, the only gem to have such an appearance.
• Princess Ivy believes that if the Amulet is destroyed, any princesses summoned cannot return to their original locations and times. However, since she showed no knowledge of the amulet prior to meeting Amber and overhearing Sofia, this is likely just an assumption she made.
• The Amulet transforms with Sofia to make it be worn more easily during animal transformations. When Sofia became a lizard, the Amulet became a marking on her scales. As a cat, the chain shortened to become a collar.
• The Amulet of Avalor likely gets its name from a portmanteau of "Avalon" and "Lore".
• Avalor can also be split into "a valor", marking how the deeds that the amulet rewarded involved courage, and how the amulet only summons when courage is lost.
• Like the One Ring, the amulet makes whoever wears it constantly rely on its power, therefore making whoever has it a bearer rather than a wearer.
• The amulet's gifts and curses can manifest in changes in fortune as well as actual powers and curses. Sofia was given good luck when she worked hard to join the Flying Derby, but received bad luck when she tried to have Miranda all to herself on Mother's Day.
• Most of Sofia's family and human friends don't know that Sofia's Amulet is a mystical object or about her magical abilities because Sofia refuses to tell them because, thinking she would get in trouble, she feels she's not supposed to tell anyone about the Amulet of Avalor's magic. They think it's just a family heirloom because Roland once asked her if she thanked the griffin after seeing her talking to it and Amber said she thinks Sofia's always pretending to talk to "that bunny of hers" when trying to disprove Sofia's claims about Oona's abduction by a sea monster and Queen Emmaline's threat to sink the Floating Palace. The only ones who know the magical secrets of Sofia's Amulet and about her abilities are her animal friends, the merpeople of Merroway Cove, her Wee Sprite friends, and Aunt Tilly. In Elena and the Secret of Avalor, Princess Elena eventually reveals the Amulet's true power to Sofia's family. In The Mystic Isles, Amber discovers Sofia's amulet also leads them to the Secret Library.
• The Amulet does different things according to the action. When choosing the next bearer, it flashes and gives off a slight glow with sparkles around it. When summoning, it gives off a brief, strong glow. Blessing, the light brightens with sparkles, and when it curses, there are sparkles, but with the light being darker than the Amulet's chief jewel. The Amulet also neutrally sparkles to mark power, when Sofia showed it to Ginger in "Blue Ribbon Bunny", greet its bearer, when it was shown to Sofia, warn her of trouble, as was the case in "The Amulet of Avalor", and awaken, when it sparkled the morning after Sofia got her first magical ability. When it is removed to help Amber, it emits a pale glow. When it leads Sofia to the Secret Library, it glows blue. When it summons help, it emits a purple star of light. There may be other actions that it does, but they haven't been seen yet.
• Sofia and the amulet are connected because Sofia's magic is the same color as it used to be.
• The amulet also helps control Sofia's natural powers, though that brings a side effect of Sofia believing the amulet is her primary source of magic.
• Roland's mother told him the stories of the Amulet's princess-protecting powers, which helped lead him to accept the Amulet's flash as a mark of Sofia being chosen as the next bearer. The Queen of Avalor also believed that the Amulet could protect its bearer. This proved to be very true with Elena, whose life was saved by the Amulet, even at the cost of her freedom.
• The amulet's powers are enhanced when it is around a source of magic such as the Mystic Isles. This is shown when Sofia turns into a bird there, as the magic around her is more dramatic.
• The amulet traditionally is handed down from mother to daughter.
• The amulet's cursing on its bearer stopped after Elena was freed, but Sofia's animal transformation power reveals it can still give abilities.
• The Amulet's been removed three times, all because of Princess Amber. The first was so Sofia could swap jewels with Amber for a ball. The second was for a supposed potion from Cedric to remove Amber's butterfly "costume". The third time was so that Amber could summon Princess Rapunzel. In all three cases, the Amulet was captured, first by a baby griffin, the second time by Wormwood, the third time by Princess Ivy, until Sofia retrieved it.
• The Amulet, despite it being unable to be destroyed by common means, has a weakness, as shown in The Curse of Princess Ivy. According to Cedric, the Amulet of Avalor can only be destroyed by the bright flame of Everburn the Elder Dragon in the Blazing Palisades. Fortunately, Everburn's cold prevents him from breathing fire often. In addition, due to Everburn becoming Sofia's friend and learning that the Amulet is hers, no known way to destroy the Amulet remained.
• Had Princess Ivy succeeded in destroying the amulet, Elena would have been killed.
• Sofia almost lost her amulet to Cedric four times throughout the series; if he had managed to steal it these times, this would've activated the amulet's safeguard and cursed him.
  • When Cedric looks at the amulet in "A Royal Mess", the amulet flashes briefly to warn Cedric not to steal it.
  • When Cedric was holding the duplicate Sofia's amulet in "Sofia the Second", it does not activate a safeguard because it's not the real amulet.
  • For some reason, Wormwood and the baby griffin did not get cursed for stealing the amulet when they took it for themselves.
• Sofia was almost blackmailed into giving Cedric the amulet twice. The first was when Amber ruined her dance lesson and she asked for a spell to make her a good dancer, but he secretly gave her a sleeping spell instead, but his plan was foiled when he gets affected by the spell as well due to being in the ballroom at the same time Sofia cast it. The second was when she was cursed to croak like a frog and Cedric plotted to use Sofia's worry and indecision as a ploy to get the amulet from her, but the amulet summons Belle, who reveals she has to make things right to break the curse, which restores Sofia's confidence and politely turns Cedric down.
• It's similar to Oona's enchanted comb in that both are best carried by the pure of heart, while those who gave them were unaware of the powers they possess.
• According to Cedric, there are fake Amulets, likely created to trick the power-hungry, or those desiring the Amulet for its beauty, such as Amber. The only way to tell the real Amulet from fakes, besides looking at size, color, temperature, and the smoothness of the stone, is by looking into it. Cedric's even tone and speaking pace showed that he was telling the truth. The existence of fake Amulets is also supported by Sofia duplicating herself. Cedric even makes his own duplicate in "Cedric Be Good" that fools Sofia, perhaps due to a hot environment that would mask the stone's lack of temperature.
• The large spellbook of Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, as Miss Nettle reveals in her first appearance, has a section for it identical to Cedric's, which she made a copy of in her own spellbook.
• The amulet can grant powers that will work permanently, even without the Amulet. Princess Elena was blessed with two Amulet powers permanently: the ability to interact with Spirit Guides and the ability to interact with ghosts during Dia de los Muertos.
• Despite the baby griffin and Wormwood stealing the amulet themselves, they strangely did not get cursed for stealing it.
• The Amulet has been compared to a ruby necklace twice―the first was in "The Amulet of Avalor", when Roland revealed he was going to give Sofia a ruby necklace if not for the Amulet flashing, an event which strangely coincided with Sofia singing "I'm Not Ready To Be A Princess", hinting that the Amulet may be able to choose its bearer when it hears of or senses distress. The second time was in "The Enchanted Feast", where Miss Nettle, disguised as Sascha the Sorceress, offered to trade a fancy Ancient Egyptian-style ruby necklace for the Amulet. The reason for this comparison is because the Amulet was originally a ruby-red opal, though its enchantments changed its color. Sofia's connection to rubies and red opals may be because her magic is red, as revealed in "Substitute Cedric". Elena's blue magic, as implied by the Scepter of Light's blue jewel, is why she turns the Amulet purple.
• Originally, the Amulet of Avalor was red, but it changed to purple when Elena got trapped in it. When she was freed, the jewel turned pink because she took a bit of the magic inside of it and used the Amulet's magic to create three new powers for Sofia that she left inside the Amulet.
• Elena's release also turned the three dark blue stones around the Amulet a near-white blue.
• After Elena was freed from the Amulet, it no longer cursed the wearer for bad deeds. This could mean that Elena was the one doing the cursing in the first place.
• The actual name is the Amulet of Alacazar.
• Once the Amulet is transferred, any powers given to the previous bearer do not apply to the new one, though if the previous bearer retrieves the Amulet, they regain the powers they earned.
• The Amulet may have the potential to be used as a weapon, since the other enchanted object wielded by a princess on the show, the Mermaid Comb, can be used as a weapon in experienced hands. According to Craig Gerber, it cannot be used like the Scepter of Light, but does have "a few tricks of its own" and is a power source rather than a wand like the Scepter. However, it only displays as much power as its bearer. This is why Charlotte viewed the Amulet only as a necklace, while the more magically-inclined Sofia and Tilly received several powers from the Amulet.
• In The Mystic Isles, the crystalmasters on the Isle of Crystals grew magical crystals for wizards everywhere in the Ever Realm for them to use in their wands, staffs, and amulets. This could mean that the jewel used to make the Amulet of Avalor was grown by a crystalmaster then given to a magic wizard that lived in the ancient civilization of Maru.
• It is revealed that when Sofia and Prisma/Vor were walking around in the amulet, Craig Gerber said they weren't technically walking because they were magical spirits. That is why Elena was having trouble walking after being freed from the amulet.

Gallery

Screenshots

The amulet choosing Sofia as its bearer

The amulet blessing

The amulet summons Cinderella

Cedric looking at the amulet

Jasper looking at the amulet

The amulet summons Jasmine

The Amulet Unleashes A Curse

The amulet's fake lookalike

Sofia's Amulet Turns Blue

The amulet in Elena's possession

Princess Elena imprisoned within the amulet

The Amulet Turns Red Into Purple When Elena Is Trapped

The amulet gives Princess Elena freedom

The amulet turns hot pink

Sofia's Pink Amulet Glows

Charlotte looks at the amulet

The Amulet Gives Sofia A New Power

Sofia's Amulet Glows And Unleashes A New Power

Sofia's Amulet Shines A Light

The amulet turning green

The amulet about to release Sofia and Prisma

Miscellaneous

References

Objects

Amulet of Avalor | Magic Carpet | List of Spells and Magic | Queen Emmaline's Trident | Aunt Tilly's Carpet Bag | Enchanted Mirror | Floating Palace | Mermaid Comb of Merroway Cove | Enchanted Swing Set | Wishing Well | Emerald Key | Pin of Klutzenheimer | Flying Crown | Family Wand | Ice Lilies | Dazzleball | Snowdrops | Dragonclaw Wand | Kazeem's Lamp | Behind the Walls | Eternal Torch | Forever Fountain | Crown of the Gnomes | Medusa Stones | Enchantlet | Looking Back Glass | Necessi Key | Wicked Nine