Prince Justin Character Analysis in Howl’s Moving Castle

Prince Justin is the King’s younger brother. After fighting with the King, Justin disguises himself, goes looking for Wizard Suliman, and is ultimately kidnapped by the Witch. The Witch plans to use parts of Justin’s body to create her perfect human. At the end of the novel, Justin is returned to his body.

Prince Justin Character Timeline in Howl’s Moving Castle

The timeline below shows where the character Prince Justin appears in Howl’s Moving Castle. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Gossip begins to circulate that the King fought with his brother, Prince Justin, and that Justin is in exile. Justin even came through Market Chipping in disguise, and... (full context)

...that the King is trying to get him to volunteer to go look for Prince Justin. When Sophie asks why Howl is trying to get out of this, Howl snaps that... (full context)

...say hello. When Sophie asks, Howl says the King asked him to go find Prince Justin and suggested he kill the Witch of the Waste too. He won’t let Sophie make... (full context)

...blurts out that Howl asked her to say that he won’t go look for Prince Justin. The King, shocked, says Howl seemed eager earlier, but Sophie says he lied. Improvising, Sophie... (full context)

The King says he’ll be frank: he needs Prince Justin back, both for his military knowledge and to squash rumors that he killed his own... (full context)

...says the first thing that pops into her head: that Howl will look for Prince Justin if the King promises him his daughter’s hand. Concerned, the King tells Sophie to let... (full context)

At this, Howl explains he looked for Prince Justin right after he disappeared. Justin, Howl explains, bought finding spells from him and from Mrs.... (full context)

...to pay for it, Michael suggests they use the money they’ll earn from finding Prince Justin—but Howl snaps that the point is to disappear, not find the Prince. He returns to... (full context)

...the Witch would expect. But when Sophie asks if Howl is trying to find Prince Justin, Howl “slither[s]” away to yell at Michael. (full context)

...remember why the Witch took his head off. Michael asks if he was ever called Justin, but Sophie snorts and Percival says the Witch called him Gaston. Howl warns Michael to... (full context)

...better; he remembers being here before. Michael is excited—he still thinks Percival might be Prince Justin—but Percival doesn’t remember enough to say for sure when he was here. Making the garlands... (full context)

...his human and dog forms at first, and she affirms that she also met Prince Justin when he passed through to buy finding spells. He was very annoyed, Lettie says, because... (full context)

...room. There’s a man on it, but he has no head—and the body is Prince Justin’s. Sophie says the man looks terrible, but the Witch explains that they’re waiting for Howl’s... (full context)

Finally freeing herself, Sophie puts her shawl over Prince Justin’s shoulders. Howl scolds Sophie for cleaning up, and Sophie notices that he hasn’t shaved, brushed... (full context)

...baited the Witch with Wales so he could get close to her and rescue Prince Justin, and he admits that the only way he can get himself to do scary things... (full context)

...block it. Even Percival leaps up and opens the door—and outside, the scarecrow, with Prince Justin’s body over its shoulders, fits itself into the doorway. By now, Sophie’s stick is flaming... (full context)

...same, except his eyes look more alive now. Sophie is too busy to notice Prince Justin and Wizard Suliman shake hands, or see Prince Justin try to address Fanny as “the... (full context)