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* BlueBlood: Several characters.
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by the person tied with it if they what loop to pull. [[spoiler:When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by the person tied with it if they know what loop to pull. [[spoiler:When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.]]
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* LatinIsMagic: At a basic level it doesn't matter what language a spell is cast in, but casting a spell in one's native tongue can cause the spell to be overpowered (since you have to think about what you're saying when speaking in a second language, even if you're fluent, you also have to think how much power you're putting into the spell). As a result, spells written by the Greeks tended to be in Latin, and spells written by the Romans tended to be in Greek, forcing modern magicians to learn both languages (as well as a bit of Hebrew) in order to use magic.
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* PaperThinDisguise: An inanimate version with the Saltash platter duplicates in the first book. While they're near-perfect physical duplicates, any mage could detect the lack of enchantments on the fakes with a touch (the person who made the fakes didn't know enough about magic to realize this).
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* UnintentionalEncryption: Comes up with Henri d'Armand's diary in the sequel. As long as he had the base form of a ritual spell in front of him, Henri could easily remember all the little tweaks he'd need to make it work properly, and as such never bothered writing those down. So when the villain gets ahold of it, he finds a book full of spells that look complete but don't actually work properly.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Mannering in ''Magician's Ward''. The magic he's stolen makes him several times more powerful than even the strongest normal wizard, but he knows barely anything about magic and has never been trained. This is only exacerbated by the fact that he casts all his spells in English (casting spells in your native language makes them more powerful, but can produce unpredictable side effects).
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* UnskilledButStrong: Mannering in ''Magician's Ward''. The magic he's stolen makes him several times more powerful than even the strongest normal wizard, but he knows barely anything about magic and has never been trained.taught himself from a book that ''looked'' like a spellbook to someone with no real knowledge of magic, but was actually just a notebook containing spells the author was working on but ''hadn't finished yet''. This is only exacerbated by the fact that he casts all his spells in English (casting spells in your native language makes them more powerful, but can produce unpredictable side effects).
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by anyone who knows what loop to pull. [[spoiler:When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by anyone who knows the person tied with it if they what loop to pull. [[spoiler:When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.]]
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[[caption-width-right:199:The cover of the reissued first book]]
[[caption-width-right:199:The cover of the reissued first book]]
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* IRejectYourReality: Lady Granleigh
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* IRejectYourReality: Lady GranleighGranleigh constantly ignores others in favor of her version of events, but as she has considerable power most people don't call her out on it. Until the end of the book where she actually manages to ignore the entire summation of the plot and accuse the villain of something that they actually ''haven't'' done. The villain is the only one to call her out on it:
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* TeacherStudentRomance: Mairelon and Kim fall in love in ''Magician's Ward''.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: Mairelon [[spoiler:Mairelon and Kim Kim]] fall in love in ''Magician's Ward''.
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* MentorShip: In ''Magician's Ward''.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: Mairelon and Kim fall in love in ''Magician's Ward''.
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* DisabilityImmunity: Mannering's spell was meant to steal magical ability, so when Mrs. Lowe (who has no magical abilities) steps in front of it, it fails to take effect on her and rebounds painfully onto Mannering.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Mannering in ''Magician's Ward''. The magic he's stolen makes him several times more powerful than even the strongest normal wizard, but he knows barely anything about magic and has never been trained. This is only exacerbated by the fact that he casts all his spells in English (casting spells in your native language makes them more powerful, but can produce unpredictable side effects).
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* GreenEyedMonster: Throughout ''The Magician's Ward'' Mairelon grows increasingly unhappy with the fact that Kim is getting the romantic attentions of numerous young men during the Season. By the time Lord Franton asks him for her hand in marriage, he's realized that it's because he's in love with her and figures he's too late.
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* InstantRunes: Averted in ''Mairelon the Magician'', and more explicitly in ''Magician's Ward'', as Mairelon explains that the use of most magic requires runes prepared in advance.
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* InstantRunes: Averted in ''Mairelon the Magician'', and more explicitly in ''Magician's Ward'', as Mairelon explains that the use of most magic requires runes prepared in advance.advance - the potential consequences of making a mistake while drawing a spell diagram in the air are too potentially severe to be worth the risk, especially as the diagrams get more complicated and easier to screw up.
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-->'''St. Clair:''' I congratulate you, Lady Granleigh. I have never before met anyone with so great a talent for seeing the world as she wishes it to be.
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* TruthSerums: The complete Saltash set can be used as a focus to cast a spell that forces someone to tell the truth. It has several limitations (only works with the whole set, limited duration, and can only be used once on any given person), but it's still noted to be a unique and exceptionally powerful bit of magic.
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* LieDetector: Individual pieces of the Saltash set can be used for this; the whole set together can be used to [[TruthSerum force people to speak the truth]].
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* LieDetector: Individual pieces of the Saltash set can be used for this; this (and can even tell if someone is deliberately telling a half-truth); the whole set together can be used to [[TruthSerum force people to speak the truth]].
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* PeoplePuppets: Dan Laverham tries to use a piece of the Saltash set to do this to Kim. Unfortunately for him, the Saltash spells [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only work once]] on any person, and Kim's already had them used on her.
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* PeoplePuppets: Dan Laverham tries to use a piece of the Saltash set to do this to Kim. Unfortunately [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the Saltash spells [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only work once]] on any person, and Kim's already had them used on her.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by anyone who knows what loop to pull. When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.
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* ChekhovsSkill: The first piece of stage magic that Mairelon teaches Kim is a trick knot that looks complicated but can be easily undone by anyone who knows what loop to pull. When [[spoiler:When Kim gets put under a control spell by Laverham, she binds Mairelon with this knot to show that the spell isn't actually affecting her.]]
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* BookcasePassage: Mairelon and Kim hide in one when the next participant in a long of housebreakers shows up in the library they're trying to toss.
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* BookcasePassage: Mairelon and Kim hide in one when the next participant in a long line of housebreakers shows up in the library they're trying to toss.
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* BookcasePassage: Mairelon and Kim hide in one when the next participant in a long of housebreakers shows up in the library they're trying to toss.
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** Mairelon himself at times, or at least 'Obfuscating Flippancy'. He frequently appears not to take threats until the last second, and no one but Kim catches on to the fact that he speaks very politely and gently when he is especially angry.
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** Mairelon himself at times, or at least 'Obfuscating Flippancy'. He frequently appears not to take threats seriously until the last second, and no one but Kim catches on to the fact that he speaks very politely and gently when he is especially angry.
