50 Fun Facts About Lorien Legacies

A charm in the Lorien Legacies means the Mogadorians can kill the nine Garde only in what way?

In numerical order is the only way the charm lets the Garde die, and it holds only while they stay apart, which is why the survivors hide alone.

The planet in the Lorien Legacies shares its name with an Elf realm created by which fantasy author?

J. R. R. Tolkien put the Elf realm of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings, though the writers behind the books have never confirmed the nod.

In the Lorien Legacies, the shapeshifting Bernie Kosar lives with John Smith as which dog breed?

Beagle is the form Bernie Kosar keeps in Paradise; before that he shadowed John as a gecko, and his name on Lorien was Hadley.

Which British actor plays John Smith in the 2011 film of the Lorien Legacies novel I Am Number Four?

Alex Pettyfer took the title role, and he later said a sequel died because the studio scrapped its whole slate of films for funding reasons.

In the Lorien Legacies, what title is given to the guardians who hide and train each young Garde?

Cêpan are Loric who have no powers of their own, so they pass for ordinary humans and hand down the knowledge of their home world instead.

In the Lorien Legacies, John Smith starts a new life in the small town of Paradise in which US state?

Ohio is where the fictional Paradise sits, and John only becomes John Smith on arrival; he begins the first book as Daniel Jones.

In the Lorien Legacies, what appears on every surviving Garde's ankle each time another is killed?

A circular scar is burned onto each survivor's ankle, and those scars are what give Number Three away when someone notices them.

Which blockbuster director produced the film I Am Number Four after taking its manuscript to DreamWorks?

Michael Bay brought the unpublished novel to DreamWorks, which outbid J. J. Abrams for the rights; Bay then passed on directing it to make a Transformers sequel.

DreamWorks bought film rights to the first Lorien Legacies book hoping to lure teenage fans of which series?

Twilight was the model: the studio wanted its teenage audience and a long franchise, but sequel plans were shelved after the first film disappointed at the box office.

In the Lorien Legacies, which Legacy shared with his grandfather makes John Smith resistant to fire?

Lumen also lets John throw light from his palms, while a quieter gift of his, talking to animals, goes unnoticed until late in book one.

In the Lorien Legacies, which guardian of John Smith dies protecting him at the end of the first book?

Henri, whose Loric name was Brandon, had a wife named Julianne on Lorien, and as he dies he urges John to read a letter he wrote for him.

Which photography-loving Paradise classmate becomes John Smith's girlfriend in the Lorien Legacies?

Sarah Hart was a cheerleader dating the football team's quarterback until her parents sent her away for a summer; she came back, quit the squad and dropped him.

In the Lorien Legacies, which Legacy does Number Six develop in a Mogadorian prison and use to escape?

Invisibility, known as Novis, came to her in the cell after her captors killed her guardian Katarina, and she later learns to command the weather too.

In the Lorien Legacies, which power does every member of the Garde develop alongside their own Legacies?

Telekinesis comes to all Garde, though John Smith's arrives worryingly late and first bursts out, uncontrolled, during a tense Thanksgiving dinner.

Which Glee star plays John Smith's girlfriend in the 2011 Lorien Legacies film I Am Number Four?

Dianna Agron won the part only after the studio ran several rounds of screen tests to find its romantic lead.

Which second Lorien Legacies novel adds a narrator hiding in a convent while John Smith goes on the run?

The Power of Six, published in August 2011, splits its narration between John and Number Seven, and every later book keeps the habit of sharing narrators.

In the Lorien Legacies, which alien-obsessed Paradise classmate becomes John Smith's best friend and ally?

Sam Goode believes aliens abducted his missing father, and the thick glasses he wears are not even his own: they belonged to his dad.

Which Lorien Legacies quarterback bullies John Smith before later fighting the Mogadorians beside him?

Mark James comes round after John rescues his dogs from a house fire, and he later insists John did not start it, offering to take the blame himself.

Which leader of the Mogadorians in the Lorien Legacies is unmasked as a banished Elder of Lorien?

Setrákus Ra was once a friend of Pittacus Lore, who banished him from their planet rather than go through with his execution.

Which actor plays John Smith's guardian and mentor in the 2011 Lorien Legacies film I Am Number Four?

Timothy Olyphant stepped in after the first choice, Sharlto Copley, had to drop out to promote his film The A-Team.

Which author of a partly invented memoir co-created the Lorien Legacies under the name Pittacus Lore?

James Frey, whose A Million Little Pieces was sold as a memoir, wrote the first two books with Jobie Hughes, a writing student who then left the project.

In the Lorien Legacies, Number Seven spends years hidden in a convent orphanage in which European country?

Spain is where her guardian, won over by the religious life there, loses faith in the mission and refuses to train her for the war.

In the Lorien Legacies, Dust the wolf and Stanley the cat belong to which shapeshifting species from Lorien?

Chimæra can morph into any animal or beast, and all but one of those that reached Earth once belonged to the father of Number Ten.

In the Lorien Legacies, a video on which website exposes John Smith using his powers at a house fire?

YouTube carries the clip, which exposes the lies John told about that night and leaves his furious guardian demanding they flee town at once.

In the first Lorien Legacies book, where in Paradise does the climactic battle with the Mogadorians take place?

At the high school, John rushes to protect his girlfriend, and Number Six, who has been tracking him since an earlier death, arrives to join the fight.

In the Lorien Legacies, which member of the Garde is revealed as a traitor working with the Mogadorians?

Number Five joined the Mogadorians after his guardian died of a disease, and the ambush he springs on the others ends with him killing Number Eight.

In the Lorien Legacies, locals in India worship the shapeshifting Number Eight as which Hindu god reborn?

Vishnu is the form he showed the locals, and he tests the Garde who come looking for him by making them face three of the god's avatars.

Which actress plays Number Six in I Am Number Four, the 2011 film of the first Lorien Legacies book?

Teresa Palmer's character trails the hunters across the film before joining John's fight, and the home release included a featurette titled Becoming Number 6.

In the Lorien Legacies film I Am Number Four, John Smith flees to Paradise from a beach home in which state?

Florida is John's home early in the film, and those scenes were shot in the Keys, on Big Pine Key and along the Seven Mile Bridge.

In the second Lorien Legacies book, which US agency arrests John Smith and his best friend in Paradise?

The FBI ambushes the pair after John slips off to see his girlfriend, and it emerges that agents inside the bureau are working with the Mogadorians.

In the Lorien Legacies, Number Nine's safe house is a penthouse at the top of which Chicago skyscraper?

John Hancock Center hides his training rooms, weapon cabinets and citywide surveillance, a luxury funded by jewels his guardian brought from Lorien so the pair could hide in plain sight.

In the Lorien Legacies, which blue stone lets the Garde teleport between sites such as a Himalayan cave?

Loralite also turns up as the pendants John hands to his allies a year after the war, an invitation to keep meeting and solving problems together.

Which conspiracy magazine in the Lorien Legacies alarms John Smith by printing a story about the Mogadorians?

They Walk Among Us is printed in Athens, a two-hour drive away, and when John's guardian goes there to question its writers he is taken captive.

In the Lorien Legacies, what name does Number Seven go by, the Garde who narrates half of the second book?

Marina is the name she settles on after cycling through aliases such as Genevieve across Europe, and she becomes the group's cook once the Garde come together.

In the Lorien Legacies, which young orphanage friend of Number Seven turns out to be the tenth Garde?

Ella reached Earth as a baby on a second ship, too young to be assigned a guardian of her own, and she can shift between ages she has already lived.

At which Halloween event in I Am Number Four do bullies ambush John Smith, forcing him to use his Legacies?

A haunted hayride strands John and two friends in the woods, where he fights off the attackers in the dark and warns their ringleader to keep quiet about it.

Which final novel of the main Lorien Legacies series is narrated by John Smith and Number Six?

United as One arrived in June 2016, one book later than once expected: the series had been thought to end with its sixth volume.

In the Lorien Legacies novel The Rise of Nine, three Garde teleport from Somalia to which ancient site?

Stonehenge is one stop on a chain of linked stones, reached after a rushed group jump from the Himalayas scatters the party across two continents.

In Lorien Legacies lore, the Elders who once visited Earth became known as which group of ancient Greece?

The Seven Sages lend the Elders their names: Pittacus, Solon and Thales all sit on the traditional Greek list of wise men.

Which Mogadorian general's son in the Lorien Legacies defects after living through a dead Garde's memories?

Adamus Sutekh spent three years in a coma inside the memories of Number One, and a later experiment passed her earthquake Legacy on to him.

The first Lorien Legacies book opens with Mogadorians hunting down Number Three in which African country?

Kenya is where the boy, living as Hannu, outruns his pursuers and leaps a ravine, only to find their general waiting for him on the far side.

In the Lorien Legacies, the Mogadorian base where Number Nine is held prisoner lies in which US state?

West Virginia hides the base John Smith breaks into to recover stolen property, and it is also where the Mogadorian leader makes his last stand.

In the Lorien Legacies, the Sanctuary where the Garde awaken Lorien's power is a Mayan temple in which country?

Mexico is home to Calakmul, the ruin the books use as the Sanctuary, which the Mogadorian flagship later destroys with a blast from a powerful cannon.

In the Lorien Legacies, which rare Legacy lets John Smith copy any power he has seen another Garde use?

Ximic was otherwise known only in Pittacus Lore, which singles John out as the Garde who will take up the old leader's role.

In the Lorien Legacies, what is the name of the Mogadorian flagship that orbits Earth before the invasion?

The Anubis carries the Mogadorian leader and his captive heir, Number Ten, and a storm summoned by Number Six finally destroys it.

The screenwriters of the 2011 Lorien Legacies film, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, created which TV series?

Smallville's creators were hired in August 2009, and Marti Noxon, a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also contributed to the script.

The Lorien Legacies film I Am Number Four shot its Paradise scenes around which Pennsylvania city?

Pittsburgh was chosen mainly for a state film tax credit, and nearby Vandergrift, a town laid out by Central Park's designer, stood in for Paradise.

What is the collective title of the Lorien Legacies companion novellas such as Nine's Legacy and The Fugitive?

The Lost Files began as e-book novellas and were later gathered into print collections of three, the first of them simply titled The Legacies.

In the Lorien Legacies, how does Number Two give away her hiding place to the Mogadorians?

By posting a message online she hoped to reach the other Garde after losing her guardian; Number Six saw it and replied, seconds before the girl was found.

In the second Lorien Legacies book, what do the Mogadorians steal that John Smith refuses to leave without?

His Loric chest holds the inheritance he needs, so he lets Number Six leave for Europe alone and heads for the enemy's base to take it back.