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# ''Majyk By Accident'' (1993)
# ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'' (1994)
# ''Majyk By Design'' (1995)

On the world of Orbix, "majyk" is a natural resource, the stuff that puts the spunk in spells. Kendar Gangle, student wizard, accidentally acquires the world's largest supply of majyk. (And a talking animal sidekick named Scandal, a mysterious creature from another world called a "cat".) HilarityEnsues.

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# ''Majyk By by Accident'' (1993)
# ''Majyk By by Hook or Crook'' (1994)
# ''Majyk By by Design'' (1995)

On the world of Orbix, "majyk" is a natural resource, the stuff that puts the spunk in spells. Kendar Gangle, student wizard, accidentally acquires the world's largest supply of majyk. (And a talking animal sidekick named Scandal, a mysterious creature from another world called a "cat".) HilarityEnsues.)



* AccidentalMarriage: About halfway through ''Majyk By Accident'', Kendar is saddled with a Welfin wife when he takes her hand to go to dinner. She's pleased because she loathes the Welfin way of life, the other Welfies are pleased because it means they can make demands of Kendar, and nobody really cares what he thinks of it.

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* AccidentalMarriage: About halfway through ''Majyk By by Accident'', Kendar is saddled with a Welfin wife when he takes her hand to go to dinner. She's pleased because she loathes the Welfin way of life, the other Welfies are pleased because it means they can make demands of Kendar, and nobody really cares what he thinks of it.



* AlliterationAndAdventurers: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.

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* AlliterationAndAdventurers: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By by Hook or Crook''.



** Mysti, introduced in ''Majyk By Accident'', whose only source of distress is her [[OurElvesAreDifferent Welfin]] relatives and who [[spoiler:bullies Kendar into marrying her so she can leave the "jolly greensward ho" and stop skipping around like an idiot and her only REAL distress is when the curse hits her after Kendar refuses to follow through with a promise he made during the wedding vows]]. In the sequel, she [[spoiler:becomes the swashbuckler with a secret identity, A Blade for Justice (and prefers to be referred to by his/her full name)]].
** In ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'', Anisella, who wears nothing but chain mail, has a black belt in ''helo kiti'' and a green barette in ''po kipsi'', and crumples like a [=McDonalds=] napkin when even barely brushed by [[spoiler:wool... or any other fabric]].
** ''Majyk By Design'' has a male example in Prince Boffin [[spoiler:who has been turned into a toad]] but also a parody in Kendar's aunts (mercenary swordswomen) and his soon-to-be sister-in-law Dulcetta who, although she is generally the type of girl who would fall into this category, actually [[spoiler:kidnapped the man whom everyone thought kidnapped her and hatched a scheme with him to write romance novels. When the main characters find her she is heard screaming for help with the help of a metric ton of PurpleProse and while she is recounting to them the story of what happened runs off to write when the characters paraphrase her cries as "Help me". She thought it was perfect. It also comes to light that her mother, who raised her to be a docile, dependent woman, was a barbarian swordswoman herself and only gave it up because she preferred regular bathing]].

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** Mysti, introduced in ''Majyk By by Accident'', whose only source of distress is her [[OurElvesAreDifferent Welfin]] relatives and who [[spoiler:bullies Kendar into marrying her so she can leave the "jolly greensward ho" and stop skipping around like an idiot and her only REAL ''real'' distress is when the curse hits her after Kendar refuses to follow through with a promise he made during the wedding vows]]. In the sequel, she [[spoiler:becomes the swashbuckler with a secret identity, A Blade for Justice (and prefers to be referred to by his/her full name)]].
** In ''Majyk By by Hook or Crook'', Anisella, who wears nothing but chain mail, has a black belt in ''helo kiti'' and a green barette in ''po kipsi'', and crumples like a [=McDonalds=] napkin when even barely brushed by [[spoiler:wool... or any other fabric]].
** ''Majyk By by Design'' has a male example in Prince Boffin [[spoiler:who has been turned into a toad]] but also a parody in Kendar's aunts (mercenary swordswomen) and his soon-to-be sister-in-law Dulcetta who, although she is generally the type of girl who would fall into this category, actually [[spoiler:kidnapped the man whom everyone thought kidnapped her and hatched a scheme with him to write romance novels. When the main characters find her she is heard screaming for help with the help of a metric ton of PurpleProse and while she is recounting to them the story of what happened runs off to write when the characters paraphrase her cries as "Help me". She thought it was perfect. It also comes to light that her mother, who raised her to be a docile, dependent woman, was a barbarian swordswoman herself and only gave it up because she preferred regular bathing]].



* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The three entries in the series are all "Majyk By [X]", [X] being "Accident", "Hook or Crook", and "Design".

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The three entries in the series are all "Majyk By by [X]", [X] being "Accident", "Hook or Crook", and "Design".



* OppositeSexClone: In ''Majyk By Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who, is a female kitten.

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* OppositeSexClone: In ''Majyk By by Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who, is a female kitten.



* ScrewYourself: While the book doesn't get that far, in ''Majyk By Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who being just a kitten was useless to them and out of the fight. He's accelerating her maturation, for this trope's purpose, with her full encouragement. (They ''are'' the only two cats in this world...)
* SweetPollyOliver: ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'' and ''Majyk By Design'' feature a Welfie swashbuckler who prefers to be called "A Blade for Justice". [[spoiler:Blade turns out to be Kendar's wife, Mysti, disgruntled at being left at home while he's out on an adventure]].

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* ScrewYourself: While the book doesn't get that far, in ''Majyk By by Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who being just a kitten was useless to them and out of the fight. He's accelerating her maturation, for this trope's purpose, with her full encouragement. (They ''are'' the only two cats in this world...)
* SweetPollyOliver: ''Majyk By by Hook or Crook'' and ''Majyk By by Design'' feature a Welfie swashbuckler who prefers to be called "A Blade for Justice". [[spoiler:Blade turns out to be Kendar's wife, Mysti, disgruntled at being left at home while he's out on an adventure]].



* TorchesAndPitchforks: ''Majyk By Accident'' has a town that stages these regularly to get around an inconvenient law against dealing with witches. Trying to ''kill'' the witch isn't illegal, after all, and if the witch turns out to be too powerful and has to be appeased with trade goods, that's not the mob's fault. And if they find useful herbal remedies of completely unknown origin placed near her cottage, well, it must be their lucky day.
* TrueLovesKiss: In ''Majyk By Design'', Kendar's estranged wife asks him to turn ''himself'' into a frog, so she can use this to prove that she still loves him.
* UnholyMatrimony: Bibok and Calosta in ''Majyk By Design''.

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* TorchesAndPitchforks: ''Majyk By by Accident'' has a town that stages these regularly to get around an inconvenient law against dealing with witches. Trying to ''kill'' the witch isn't illegal, after all, and if the witch turns out to be too powerful and has to be appeased with trade goods, that's not the mob's fault. And if they find useful herbal remedies of completely unknown origin placed near her cottage, well, it must be their lucky day.
* TrueLovesKiss: In ''Majyk By by Design'', Kendar's estranged wife asks him to turn ''himself'' into a frog, so she can use this to prove that she still loves him.
* UnholyMatrimony: Bibok and Calosta in ''Majyk By by Design''.

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* AlliterationAndAdventurers: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.



* MagicAmpersand: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.
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* OurElvesAreBetter: The Welfies are kind of a cross between elf and fairy and are snooty enough for both. In Welfie society, males are tall and willowy with the long blond hair and the pointy ears but are expert archers and rangers. How they hide in the woods wearing sequin-encrusted pink leotards is anybody's guess. Welfie warriors (a male-only occupation) are the only tribesmen allowed to eat meat besides the elders. Welfie elders communicate only psionically. All Welfies can change their size and do so as a matter of fashion. When they're small, they live in mushrooms and housing shortages are created when tall Welfies are ''a la mode''. Female Welfies are expected to remain subservient and "foot it fleetly upon the merry greensward, ho" whilst gathering flowers and moonbeams and generally being all pretty and stuff. Some of them resent this.

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* OurElvesAreBetter: OurElvesAreDifferent: The Welfies are kind of a cross between elf and fairy and are snooty enough for both. In Welfie society, males are tall and willowy with the long blond hair and the pointy ears but are expert archers and rangers. How they hide in the woods wearing sequin-encrusted pink leotards is anybody's guess. Welfie warriors (a male-only occupation) are the only tribesmen allowed to eat meat besides the elders. Welfie elders communicate only psionically. All Welfies can change their size and do so as a matter of fashion. When they're small, they live in mushrooms and housing shortages are created when tall Welfies are ''a la mode''. Female Welfies are expected to remain subservient and "foot it fleetly upon the merry greensward, ho" whilst gathering flowers and moonbeams and generally being all pretty and stuff. Some of them resent this.
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* MagicAmpersand: The game "[[Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.

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* MagicAmpersand: The game "[[Palaces "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.

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Fantasy trilogy by Creator/EstherFriesner, consisting of ''Majyk By Accident'' (1993), ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'' (1994), and ''Majyk By Design'' (1995).

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Fantasy trilogy by Creator/EstherFriesner, consisting of of:

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''Majyk By Design'' (1995).
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* CatsHaveNineLives: Scandal. At one point, he loses ''half'' a life, the other half of which gets returned in the form of a kitten.

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* ActionGirl: Multiple:
** [[spoiler:Mysti]] is a female swashbuckler.
** Kendar's aunts are mercenary swordswomen.
** [[spoiler:Dulcetta's mom]], a [[spoiler:former]] barbarian swordswoman.
* CatsHaveNineLives: Scandal. At one point, he loses ''half'' a life, the other half of which gets returned in the form of a kitten.[[OppositeSexClone female kitten]].



* MagicAmpersand: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The three entries in the series are all "Majyk By [X]", [X] being "Accident", "Hook or Crook", and "Design".
* MagicAmpersand: The game "Palaces "[[Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.


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* OppositeSexClone: In ''Majyk By Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who, is a female kitten.
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Fantasy trilogy by Creator/EstherFriesner, consisting of ''Majyk By Accident'' (1993), ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'' (1994), and ''Majyk By Design'' (1995).

On the world of Orbix, "majyk" is a natural resource, the stuff that puts the spunk in spells. Kendar Gangle, student wizard, accidentally acquires the world's largest supply of majyk. (And a talking animal sidekick named Scandal, a mysterious creature from another world called a "cat".) HilarityEnsues.
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!!This series contains examples of:

* AccidentalMarriage: About halfway through ''Majyk By Accident'', Kendar is saddled with a Welfin wife when he takes her hand to go to dinner. She's pleased because she loathes the Welfin way of life, the other Welfies are pleased because it means they can make demands of Kendar, and nobody really cares what he thinks of it.
%%* ActionGirl
* CatsHaveNineLives: Scandal. At one point, he loses ''half'' a life, the other half of which gets returned in the form of a kitten.
* DamselInDistress: Played with.
** Mysti, introduced in ''Majyk By Accident'', whose only source of distress is her [[OurElvesAreDifferent Welfin]] relatives and who [[spoiler:bullies Kendar into marrying her so she can leave the "jolly greensward ho" and stop skipping around like an idiot and her only REAL distress is when the curse hits her after Kendar refuses to follow through with a promise he made during the wedding vows]]. In the sequel, she [[spoiler:becomes the swashbuckler with a secret identity, A Blade for Justice (and prefers to be referred to by his/her full name)]].
** In ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'', Anisella, who wears nothing but chain mail, has a black belt in ''helo kiti'' and a green barette in ''po kipsi'', and crumples like a [=McDonalds=] napkin when even barely brushed by [[spoiler:wool... or any other fabric]].
** ''Majyk By Design'' has a male example in Prince Boffin [[spoiler:who has been turned into a toad]] but also a parody in Kendar's aunts (mercenary swordswomen) and his soon-to-be sister-in-law Dulcetta who, although she is generally the type of girl who would fall into this category, actually [[spoiler:kidnapped the man whom everyone thought kidnapped her and hatched a scheme with him to write romance novels. When the main characters find her she is heard screaming for help with the help of a metric ton of PurpleProse and while she is recounting to them the story of what happened runs off to write when the characters paraphrase her cries as "Help me". She thought it was perfect. It also comes to light that her mother, who raised her to be a docile, dependent woman, was a barbarian swordswoman herself and only gave it up because she preferred regular bathing]].
* FunctionalMagic: The series differentiates Magic (stage illusion) from Majyk (a pseudo-living force that puts the spunk into spells, the kick into cantrips, etc). Magique is a third tool but it's just Majyk from concentrate with lots of preservatives and has a tendency to make with the boomcrashtinkletinkle. The series also differentiates the Majyk used by humans (or cats) from to the Majyk ingrained in species like fairies, Welfies, or gods.
* MagicAmpersand: The game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk By Hook or Crook''.
* {{Magick}}: Parodied with "Majyk", and later in the series "''Magique''".
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The local village idiots are named [[Creator/LawrenceWattEvans Lorrenz, Wot, and Evvon]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Curio the book-cover model, is a parody of Fabio.
* OurElvesAreBetter: The Welfies are kind of a cross between elf and fairy and are snooty enough for both. In Welfie society, males are tall and willowy with the long blond hair and the pointy ears but are expert archers and rangers. How they hide in the woods wearing sequin-encrusted pink leotards is anybody's guess. Welfie warriors (a male-only occupation) are the only tribesmen allowed to eat meat besides the elders. Welfie elders communicate only psionically. All Welfies can change their size and do so as a matter of fashion. When they're small, they live in mushrooms and housing shortages are created when tall Welfies are ''a la mode''. Female Welfies are expected to remain subservient and "foot it fleetly upon the merry greensward, ho" whilst gathering flowers and moonbeams and generally being all pretty and stuff. Some of them resent this.
* SamusIsAGirl: At one point in the trilogy, Kendar is rescued by a masked swashbuckler who identifies himself only as "a blade for justice". This eventually turns out to be [[spoiler:his wife Mysti, disgruntled at being left at home while he's out on an adventure]]. Even after TheReveal, she [[SweetPollyOliver keeps up the masquerade]], finding swashbuckling to be a rewarding career.
* ScrewYourself: While the book doesn't get that far, in ''Majyk By Design'', Scandal gets split up into a number of copies by villains (who can control the copies). By the end of the book, he reabsorbs them. ''Except'' for the one representing his female side, who being just a kitten was useless to them and out of the fight. He's accelerating her maturation, for this trope's purpose, with her full encouragement. (They ''are'' the only two cats in this world...)
* SweetPollyOliver: ''Majyk By Hook or Crook'' and ''Majyk By Design'' feature a Welfie swashbuckler who prefers to be called "A Blade for Justice". [[spoiler:Blade turns out to be Kendar's wife, Mysti, disgruntled at being left at home while he's out on an adventure]].
* TalkingAnimal: Scandal.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: ''Majyk By Accident'' has a town that stages these regularly to get around an inconvenient law against dealing with witches. Trying to ''kill'' the witch isn't illegal, after all, and if the witch turns out to be too powerful and has to be appeased with trade goods, that's not the mob's fault. And if they find useful herbal remedies of completely unknown origin placed near her cottage, well, it must be their lucky day.
* TrueLovesKiss: In ''Majyk By Design'', Kendar's estranged wife asks him to turn ''himself'' into a frog, so she can use this to prove that she still loves him.
* UnholyMatrimony: Bibok and Calosta in ''Majyk By Design''.
* WorldShapes: The world of Orbix keeps changing its shape, due to being over-saturated with magic. At present it looks like a Moebius strip.
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