History Characters / WizardingSchoolMysteries

* MeaningfulName: His first name is based on the infamous legend of the arcade game VideoGame/{{Polybius}}, possibly because of how it sounds and how the game was said to incite an unhealthy addiction to win, which is Polybeus' major flaw. His last name comes from UsefulNotes/MarkAntony.

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* IntriguedByHumanity: Is positively fascinated by humanity in a way that Cope has described as being akin to [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel's]]. This is mainly due to how we get to choose our fates most of the time while she has to swear an oath to either the Seelie or Unseelie fairy courts.

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* Meganekko: Like Gretchen, she has enormous glasses, which the narration notes makes her resemble an owl.

* AnimalMotifs: Dragons. She wears red armor with a draconic emblem on her chest and curled horns on her helm, can make herself breathe fire, and claims to be "part dragon" during her introduction

[[folder: Aldonza Dulcinea]]
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[[caption-width-right:145:The Youths aren't the only meddling kids in town.]]

An extremely plucky young wizard.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Absolutely trounces Miguel Esmerejon during their fight in the tournament [[spoiler: until the sabotage runes kick in.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Her debut in ''Tournament of Death'' reveals she somehow managed to stop a manticore rampaging in school grounds during the Samhain Ball, something James was unaware of and is completely flabbergasted by.
* ThePollyAnna: Acts cheerful and full of energy at all times. [[spoiler: Even getting gruesomely maimed doesn't change her one bit.]]

[[folder: Chungo Maximo]]

A frightening but amiable half-ogre student.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Is part ogre, which has given a difficult life.
* TheGrotesque: Despite his enormous size and ghastly appearance, he proves himself a noble soul. Margot even declares him a gentleman by the end of their match.

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[[folder: Lornwig Kayjay]]

A very curmudgeonly wizard who 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 no overlap in terms of morality.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even Oomlowt only has so much patience for her constant arguing and lack of understanding of how undefined some things are.
* StrawCharacter: She has little in the way of characterization other than her rampant bigotry and contrarian attitude.
* 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 and 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: Reese Crogallach]]
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[[caption-width-right:272:What's the matter, ran out of codfish?]]
A rather unpleasant student, also a were-crocodile.

* BodyHorror: His face is described as looking like someone stretched human features over a crocodile skull.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Transforms into a massive crocodile, and happens to be a JerkAss.
* CurbStompBattle: On both ends, as he seemingly defeated his previous opponent quite easily, but loses to Serena in less than a minute after he insults her.

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* TransGender: Confirmed by WordOfGod to be a trans woman, hinted early on in ''The Meddlesome Youths''.

* Transgender: Confirmed by WordOfGod to be a trans woman, hinted early on in ''The Meddlesome Youths''.

[[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.
* PrehensileHair: Her long blue hair takes the shape of a scorpion's stinger, and can be used as a poisonous whip.
* RecurringExtra: Alongside her two companions in the Claw Gang.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Planned on doing this to Fairyland during the first book's kidnapping conflict.
* ZodiacMotifs: She's explicitly based on Scorpio, with both her scorpion motif and her passionate personality.

* TarotMotifs: The Centurion, an alternative to the Chariot.

* TarotMotifs: The Thunderbolt, and alternative to the Tower.

* CaptainErsatz: He is in pretty much, in every way, shape, and form, the Dude from Film/TheBigLebowski, right down to his mannerisms, looks, and his very first name being almost identical to the man's actual moniker. The cherry on top is him stating something almost identical to his catchphrase ("The moon abides").

[[folder: Professor Spidergrin]]

-->''"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."''

* LadyOfWar: She's fought her fair share of fights, and has the reputation to boot.

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

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