Ivy was delivered in 1069 to Irene and Dor. She is the twenty-first and current King of Human Xanth, succeeding Dor sometime around 1107. She is the sorceress of enhancement. She can enhance whatever quality in whatever person or thing she perceives. Ivy often used her talent on Hugo, the son of Humfrey and the Gorgon, as a child. She considered him her Knight in Shining Armor. Ivy is the sister of Ida and Dolph. She has blonde hair with a tinge of green from her mother. She a young girl she got lost and befriended Stanley, the Gap dragon. She also helped stop a wiggle swarm.