Green Court

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Lore & Background

The Green Court is an invented faction with no basis in the Dresden Files series. The 2019 Green Vault robbery in Dresden, Germany, is a real-world event and is not referenced in any Dresden Files novel. No characters or species group called 'Green Monarchs' or 'Sidhe (Fae)' for a Green Court exist in canon.

In Their Own Story

The stolen items included the 62-carat Dresden White Diamond, the diamond-laden breast star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle which belonged to the King of Poland, a hat clasp with a 16-carat diamond, a diamond epaulette, and a diamond-studded hilt containing nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, along with a matching scabbard. Another stolen piece was a small sword described as an épée made of silver and gold with a hilt of nine large and 770 smaller diamonds. A brooch-style jewel worn by Queen Amalie Auguste featured at least 660 gemstones. Police identified a jewelled Polish White Eagle Order and a diamond epaulette among the items stolen. Also believed stolen was a diamond hat clasp comprising 15 large diamonds and more than 100 small ones, the largest being a 16-carat diamond, made in the 1780s and worn by Frederick Augustus III. An Order of the White Eagle breast star by diamond-cutter Jean Jacques Pallard, made up of a 20-carat diamond at its centre and a Maltese cross of red rubies, was also taken.

Reader's Guide

The missing items were of great cultural value to the State of Saxony and were described as priceless; other sources estimate the total value at about €1 billion. However, in the years following the burglary, more accurate estimates place the total value of the stolen items at around €113 million. The state prosecutor's office listed the value of the robbery at €113 million. Marion Ackermann, director of Dresden State Art Collections, said that it was impossible to estimate the price of the stolen items due to their historic cultural value. Saxony's interior minister, Roland Wöller, also stated that the cultural loss 'is impossible to estimate.' In 2022, thirty-one of the stolen items were recovered by German authorities in Berlin, reportedly after talks with the lawyers of six men on trial for the theft. The museum reopened on 27 November 2019, although the Green Vault remained closed until reopening in August 2024 with most of the stolen items returned to their displays.

Did You Know?

• The Green Court is not a canon faction in the Dresden Files series.
• No novel, including 'Changes', features a 'Green Court' or 'Green Monarchs'.
• The 2019 Green Vault robbery is a real-world event, not part of the Dresden Files.
• The Dresden Files has no Sidhe court associated with the color green beyond the Summer and Winter Courts.