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In the film, when LEPRecon attempts to rescue Holly from the Fowls and finds Artemis and Butler to be shrewder than they expected, Briar basically takes over the operation from Root by force.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2020

LEPRecon does not attempt to kill the Fowls and the Butlers.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2020

“My main concern is what they’re going to do now,” Daijsa Fowls, a 19-year-old pharmacy student from Houston, said as she stood outside the housing complex’s gate Friday afternoon.

From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2015

Fowls noted that she had a 3-year-old son, and said she wouldn't feel safe walking with him on campus.

From US News • Oct. 9, 2015

The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer