Briar Cudgeon
From Artemis Fowl
| Artemis Fowl character | |
|---|---|
Briar Cudgeon
 | |
| Gender | male |
| Job | ex-LEP lieutenant, ex-commander |
| Species | elf |
| Family | unknown |
| First appearance | Artemis Fowl |
Briar Cudgeon was a psychopathic elf and an antagonist in Artemis Fowl and The Arctic Incident. He proclaimed himself Commander of the LEP before his downfall.
[edit] Biography
Briar Cudgeon's background is not offered in any of the books, but in Artemis Fowl, he is a power-hungry lieutenant in LEPrecon and is jealous of Commander Root's position. At first he just gives the impression of being a pompous but essentially harmless individual however his true sinister nature soon emerges. After an attempt to exploit the situation and seize power, his plan is thwarted and in a rage he assaults Foaly. Root incapacitates him with a tranquilizer dart that reacts with some mind accelarating drugs Cudgeon had been experimenting with resulting in him becoming deformed. He is demoted to the rank of private and left consumed with a desire for vengeance. He joins forces with Opal Koboi and together they began a plan to take over The Lower Elements by supplying the B'wa Kell with weapons.
However, he plans to kill the goblins as well as his partner when they are of no further use. In a complex turn of events Briar's schemes are revealed to Koboi by Artemis Fowl. Koboi flies into a rage and assaults Cudgeon who in the ensuing struggle is thrown into the plasma supply for the DNA cannons at Koboi Labs and killed.
In The Arctic Incident, he is very mentally unstable due to the illegal mind altering drugs he was using in Artemis Fowl as well as his humilation at the hands of Julius Root. In the Artic incident he is killed by being thrown into the plasma gel of the DNA cannons (there is enough charge in every drop of plasma to "fry a troll").
