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[[folder: Godfrey Lionhardt and Columbina Pagliacci]]

Two mischeivious students, a human and a clown respectively, who are well aquainted with Rodrigo.

* BalloonOfDoom: Columbina can create balloons out of nowhere, and she uses them to play big pranks on the faculty.
* MonsterClown: Columbina is a clown, or a type of demon. She has pale skin, a high-pitched voice, and razor-sharp teeth.
* ThePrankster: To the point where they'll even try and prank the Dean himself!
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are never seen apart from each other, and provide levity wherever they go.

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[[folder: Godfrey Lionhardt and Columbina Pagliacci]]

Two mischeivious students, a human and a clown respectively,
Lornwig Kayjay]]

A very curmudgeonly wizard
who are well aquainted almost always has something to say in regards to how not normal things are.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Demands that the faeries fall into neat little categories
with Rodrigo.

* BalloonOfDoom: Columbina can create balloons out
no overlap in terms of nowhere, morality.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even Oomlowt only has so much patience for her constant arguing
and she uses them to play big pranks on the faculty.
* MonsterClown: Columbina is a clown, or a type
lack of demon. understanding of how undefined some things are.
* StrawCharacter:
She has pale skin, a high-pitched voice, little in the way of characterization other than her rampant bigotry and razor-sharp teeth.
contrarian attitude.
* ThePrankster: To the point where they'll even try and prank the Dean himself!
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are never seen apart
TakeThat: Lornwig is very much a jab at what her name translates to as an anagram. Namely, Creator/JKRowling. From her insistance that different people/beings be neatly separated from each other, other and provide levity wherever they go.
the way she tries to dress it up as perfectly natural while sounding utterly condescending, it's safe to say that Cope doesn't have the highest opinion on an author who's entire modern identity has been defined by transphobia and bigotry.


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[[folder: Godfrey Lionhardt and Columbina Pagliacci]]

Two mischeivious students, a human and a clown respectively, who are well aquainted with Rodrigo.

* BalloonOfDoom: Columbina can create balloons out of nowhere, and she uses them to play big pranks on the faculty.
* MonsterClown: Columbina is a clown, or a type of demon. She has pale skin, a high-pitched voice, and razor-sharp teeth.
* ThePrankster: To the point where they'll even try and prank the Dean himself!
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are never seen apart from each other, and provide levity wherever they go.


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A tall and imposing gargoyle, and the head of school security. As befitting the duty literally carved into his head, he is devoted entirely to justice, though even he admits that his oath gets in the way of solving anything. Thus, he has put his faith in the Meddlesome Youths.

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\n-->''"My purpose was literally carved into my skull. All of my desires, aptitudes, and ethics were written by my creator, and I cannot choose but to live by them."''

A tall and imposing gargoyle, First Sentinel of the AAAM, and the head of school security. As befitting the duty literally carved into his head, he is devoted entirely to justice, though even he admits that his oath gets in the way of solving anything. Thus, he has put his faith in the Meddlesome Youths.
Youths.

* TheCommissionerGordon: Puts almost all of his faith in the Youths to stop crimes while he tries to help in any way his purpose allows him to.
* JustAMachine: In a sense. Maxeral laments that because the carving on his head restricts him so much in terms of justice (think of it as a robot's programming), he can't do nearly as much as he'd like to help.
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[[folder: Gabriev Zelgad]]

A humble young wizard who fancies himself as a knight.

* [[spoiler: ADeathInTheLimelight: After some brief appearences in the first book, he gets a time to shine in the tournament just before being killed.]]
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: The sabateur's lightning curse fries Gabriev from inside his armor, causing most of it to fuse to his body minus his helmet.]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Perishes in Polybeus' arms.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor: Presents himself as this in the tournament, right down to having the chivalrous personality and upholding an old code.
* MagicKnight: Embues his mace with magic, preferably that of the wind variety.
* NiceGuy: Even during a fight, his kind disposition gets in the way of actually fighting his opponent.
* [[spoiler: PlotTriggeringDeath: While the investigation into there being a sabateur in ''Tournament of Death'' was already underway before, it's his death before everyone's eyes that kickstarts it in earnest.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only has a brief scene all about him in ''Tournament of Death'', yet [[spoiler: his words of encouragement and untimely demise shake Polybeus to his core, solidifying his CharacterDevelopment and giving the youths a bigger reason than ever to catch the sabateur.]]
* [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He is depicted as being nothing but good-natured and kind to all, especially Polybeus. It makes his sudden death all the more heartbreaking, especially for Polybeus.]]

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* GentlemanFighter: What he presents himself as, vouching for fairness and good sport at all times. It falls to pieces as he grows more and more impatient with finding a worthwhile adversary.

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* GentlemanFighter: LetsFightLikeGentlemen: What he presents himself as, vouching for fairness and good sport at all times. It falls to pieces as he grows more and more impatient with finding a worthwhile adversary.

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-->''"Sport should be fun, yes, and there is no need for men of honor like us to sink into barbarism, is there?"''



* TheAce: What else would you expect from the champion of the UWB tournament. However...
* BigBadDuumvirate: The main antagonist of ''Tournament of Death'' alongside his lackey, Miguel.
* BlowYouAway: His specialty is in wind magic.
* BrokenAce: His whole motivation for being in the tournament was to impress his father. When that failed, keeping his reputation became a chore, as he has not been able to find a single WorthyOpponent. Everything about his victories are completely hollow.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He and Miguel are trapped in an amulet for all eternity by Dermberder.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts gentlemanly and chivalrous most of the time, but it's all a front to hide how bitter and unhinged he really is.
* GentlemanFighter: What he presents himself as, vouching for fairness and good sport at all times. It falls to pieces as he grows more and more impatient with finding a worthwhile adversary.
* MaskOfSanity: Presents himself as a rather ideal fighter, but beneath that is a crazed villain who's deluded themself into thinking that killing innocent wizards will somehow make him a legend.
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: He found his WorthyOpponent in Margot, but is seen by all now as a crazy murderer. To top it all off, he's imprisoned in an amulet with Miguel.
* ShadowArchetype: Ultimately, he's one to Polybeus. Both are muscular youths who seek glory in order to satiate their egos. But unlike Polybeus, Richard doesn't have friends to support him nor much of a moral compass, and his idea of becoming a legend is far more twisted than anything the Mediterran youth could conceive.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Everything he ever did was to prove that he was a true warrior to his dragon-slaying father. Tragically, it never worked, and it certainly never will now.
* WorthyOpponent: He's ''desperate'' to find one in the tournament, citing it as his primary motivation for everything he's done. He almost finds one in James, and definately gets it with Margot, though by then the damage has long since been done.
* VillainousBreakdown: After losing to Margot and Serena, Richard declares that he's finally found his WorthyOpponent after murderously weeding out other wizards, laughing like a madman that he'll be hailed as a hero for being able to slay something greater than dragons (other wizards).




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-->''"Oh no, rookie, you're not ready for the UWB! This isn't amateur hour! Either you've got what it takes, or you don't."''



-->''"Oh no, rookie, you're not ready for the UWB! This isn't amateur hour! Either you've got what it takes, or you don't."''

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-->''"Oh no, rookie, you're not ready for the UWB! This isn't amateur hour! Either you've got what it takes, or you don't."''
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* {{Foil}}: To Charlotte, something she seems to recognize with sympathy. Both are faeries trying to find their place amongst the courts of the Seelies and Unseelies, but unlike the ettercap, he caved under the pressure and resorted to being TheMole under flimsy promises.
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[[folder: Zebul Blaa]]

A meek maggot-like Dökkálfar (dark elf) who Charlotte knows.

* EasilyForgiven: Definitely not with most of the student body, but the youths and especially Charlotte are more than willing to give him a second chance.
* LonersAreFreaks: He didn't have much of a social life even before he became an outcast thanks to helping [[spoiler: the Summer Prince]].
* TheMole: He assisted [[spoiler: the Summer Prince]] in kidnapping students at the Samhaim Ball under the pretense that he'd be able to get out of having to be a permenant part of any faerie court.
* ReluctantMonster: He didn't really want to be a part of the kidnapping plot, but if it meant not having to swear fealty to the unseelie court, he did.
* RuleOfSymbolism: His appearence is like that of a maggot, which is often used as a derogatory term to describe people who are weak/spineless.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Almost all of the AAAM isn't going to forgive him for his role in the student kidnappings.

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->''"The school's got all these stupid little mistakes built into it, and at first you think they're, like just things you gotta suffer through, right? But like, these problems, they're things for use to ''overcome'', right?"''

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->''"The school's got all these stupid little mistakes built into it, and at first you think they're, like just things you gotta suffer through, right? But like, these problems, they're things for use us to ''overcome'', right?"''
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->''"The school's got all these stupid little mistakes built into it, and at first you think they're, like just things you gotta suffer through, right? But like, these problems, they're things for use to ''overcome'', right?"''
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* TheStoner: As befitting a magical version of The Dude, he's implied to be this, if Juno's delivery of the book ''Medicinal Herbs and Their Recreational Uses'' is any indication.
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* PrehensileHair: Her long blue hair takes the shape of a scorpion's stinger, and can be used as a poisonous whip.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Planned on doing this to Fairyland during the first book's kidnapping conflict.
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[[folder: Shere Statchel]]

A female wizard with a mechanical scorpion-like claw, and the leader of the Claw Gang.

* ADayInTheLimelight: A small part of the fourth chapter of ''Tournament of Death'' gives her a name and chance to fight after her brief appearences in the last book.
* AnimalMotifs: Scorpions. Her mechanical claw is shaped like a pincer, she's proficient in poison magic, she has a monocle like an arthropod's eye, and her long hair forms in the shape of the arachnid's stinger.
* ArtificialLimbs: Her left arm resembles a scorpion's pincer.
* GracefulLoser: Accepts Margot's victory over her with gusto.
* RecurringExtra: Alongside her two companions in the Claw Gang.

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* JerkassRealization: Has one after James ferociously dresses him down for pushing around Ivan.
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* CurbstompBattle: Delivers a quick and brutal one to Ivan at the beginning of the tournament. Later, Serena returns the favor.

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* CripplingOverspecialization: As Serena notes in the final battle, Miguel seems to only have lightning magic at his disposal. While he can do other spells, they're nowhere near as powerful. So when he's pitted against a wizard who can use that lightning to empower her own crystals, he's screwed.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: The lackey of Richard in ''Tournament of Death''.
* DarkIsEvil: Dressed entirely in black, and by far one of the nastiest wizards in the tournament.
* EnemyMine: Teams up with his old rival Richard in order to have a shot at finally winning.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For all his cruelty, he's not the keenest on actually killing wizards as Richard is so comfortable with doing.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Both he and Richard are trapped in an amulet by Dermberder, presumably for all eternity.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He's only in Richard's scheme because it means he'll be able to win the UWB tournament for once.
* KickTheDog: Is nothing but cruel to those he faces off against. His treatement of Ivan in their fight is almost akin to torture both in the physical and verbal sense.
* MeaningfulName: He, a Castalanian, is named after Miguel Cervantes, author of Literature/DonQuixote.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: He lost to Richard in the final match last year, and he's clearly intent on fixing that.
* ShockAndAwe: His main specialty is lightning magic.
* SmugSnake: Acts all tall and mighty in his matches due to his unmatched lightning magic...but it slips easily when an actual good opponent fights back.
* VillainousBreakdown: Miguel's cool exterior gradually falls to pieces as the tournament reaches its conclusion due to a combination of increasingly powerful opponents and the stress of maintaining Richard's scheme. He gets almost no hits in during the final match, and when Dermberder confronts him and Richard, he does everything to try and weasel out of punishment. It doesn't work.


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[[folder: Titania Caterfree and Tinea Lunae]]

The two fairy commentators of the UWB tournament, having done so for two years.

* CombatCommentator: Both serve as this for the tournament.
* IntrepidReporter: They are writers for ''What's the Buzz?'', the school newspartchment.
* OppositesAttract: Titania, a pretty and upbeat butterfly sylph, is utterly in love with her girlfriend, the brutish hornet-like Sadie, to the point of having a very clear bias in her favor.
* TeamSwitzerland: As befitting those of their profession, they tend not to take side with any of the contestants...unless your name is Sadie, in which case Titania will swear up and down that you deserve to win.

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-->''"You might not teach an old dog new tricks, but this old wizard wants to keep her mind sharp!"''
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-->''"Ah, yes! The age of magic, the age of wizardry, an era to defy the will of Gods! The great wizards of old, champions all, broke the rules of heaven and bent the world to their will!"''
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The supervising professor of the Ultimate Wizard Battle tournament, and a veritable fighter in her own right.

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The supervising professor of combat casting, and superviser of the Ultimate Wizard Battle tournament, and a veritable fighter in her own right.
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[[folder: Heka Tlancheb]]

The supervising professor of the Ultimate Wizard Battle tournament, and a veritable fighter in her own right.

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Expresses nothing but disappointment in Richard, as he was one of her top students.]]
* LadyOfWar: She's fought her fair share of fights, and has the reputation to boot.
* LargeHam: When announcing for the UWB, she puts her all into it.
* OnlySaneMan: As more death and injury occurs in the UWB tournament, she desperately tries to mitigate it, only for Dermberder to shut down her efforts.

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* HiddenDepths: Even before his CharacterDevelopment in ''Tournament of Death'', he demonstrates a rather philisophical approach to the point of the tournament, seeing it as a non-lethal way to overcome the fear of conflict and danger, and to discover the value of life through facing peril.

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->''"legerdemain is not a charlatan's trade, but rather the bread and butter of a pragmatist."''

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->''"legerdemain is not a charlatan's trade, but rather the bread and butter of a pragmatist."''
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[[folder: Prospera Bubos]]

-->''"Look, you seem like a good kid. If you come to your senses and realize this kind of thing isn't for you, apply to my class."''

The professor of medicinal magic, and the main school nurse. As befitting her profession, she does not have the most patience for the more violent parts of wizardry.

* KnightInSourArmor: She's clearly at the end of her rope with how out of hand things keep getting with wizards getting hurt, especially where the UWB tournament is concerned, but she does all she can to mitigate the damage nonetheless.
* OnlySaneMan: She seems to be the only teacher who sees the UWB tournament as incredibly dangerous, especially when people actually start dying.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tries to be of help to the youths, and has a firm grip on what ends up crossing the line around her.

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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Absolutely adores ballads, especially those of the romantic variety.
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[[folder: Godfrey and Columbina]]

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Columbina Pagliacci]]
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* HumanityEnsues: If she's away from Fairyland for too long, she becomes human in order to avert the other option (death). If she strays for too long, she gets insanely tipsy, and has to return lest she be trapped as a human forever.
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[[folder: Godfrey and Columbina]]

Two mischeivious students, a human and a clown respectively, who are well aquainted with Rodrigo.

* BalloonOfDoom: Columbina can create balloons out of nowhere, and she uses them to play big pranks on the faculty.
* MonsterClown: Columbina is a clown, or a type of demon. She has pale skin, a high-pitched voice, and razor-sharp teeth.
* ThePrankster: To the point where they'll even try and prank the Dean himself!
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are never seen apart from each other, and provide levity wherever they go.

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* GrannyClassic: Is for the most part a kindly and humble old lady...who just so happens to live for the violence of the UWB.
* NeedleworkIsForOldPeople: One of the things she does when not demanding more bloodshed from the tournament is knit.
* [[spoiler: RedHerring: While her violent pleasures are unsettling, as are her choice words while calculating who's going to win, she's not the sabateur of the tournament. She's just like that.]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: While watching the tournament, she wastes not time demanding that the students tear each other apart.
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[[folder: Professor Spidergrin]]
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->''"legerdemain is not a charlatan's trade, but rather the bread and butter of a pragmatist."''

The professor of Evocation class, able to telepathically communicate and help her students master the art of teleportation.

* CoolTeacher: She's a very engaging person to listen to, and does her job better than most.
* CreepyGood: Despite being an overly tall lanky stringy-haired being with CreepyLongArms and only has a SlasherSmile visible on her face, she's one of the nicer and more efficient teachers.
* CreepyLongArms: Described as being longer than usual.
* {{Teleportation}}: What evocation is all about. And she does it almost all the time instead of walking.
* TheVoiceless: She is mute, and therefore communicates by reaching out to people's minds.

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