The Voice

The Voice is a recurring entity in the Amulet series, introduced at the start of the first book. The entity guides Emily throughout the series, but is also subject to suspicious intent, even being described as "shifty" by Emily's brother, Navin. A similar voice can be found in all stones and possibly varies depending on its user. The second book, The Stonekeeper's Curse, hints at the possibility that the stone is somewhat of a malevolent force, often pressuring Emily into using its powers. With the stone's power, Emily is able to take down hordes of elf troops and destroy those who stand in her path.

During the events of book five, Prince of the Elves, however, Emily questions the stone's intent during a dream state. She then deduces that the Elf King and Max Griffin are both under the influence and control of another force, and questions her stone's voice if this is so. She is cut off, however, perhaps on purpose. Later, Emily and Trellis meet in a dream state after having suffered a devastating blow. Max happens to be dreaming nearby, particularly to his memory of giving into his stone's voice. A similar entity emerges and notices Emily nearby, revealing a pleasurable grin. Somehow, the voice has managed take control of several stonekeepers and is using their weaknesses to manipulate them into doing whatever it wants, attempting this on Emily, as well. In the Elf King's case, the voice has reanimated his dead body and is using his powerful title into striking fear into people's hearts and minds.