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* Back for the dead: Zig zagged. [[spoiler: Aaron]] is killed. He is brought back in the next book using chaos magic [[spoiler: and a piece of Call's soul]]. At the end of the book, he [[spoiler: gives Call back the piece of his soul]] and dies again. [[spoiler: He is brought back again at the end of the last book in the series.]]

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* Back for the dead: BackForTheDead: Zig zagged. [[spoiler: Aaron]] is killed. He is brought back in the next book using chaos magic [[spoiler: and a piece of Call's soul]]. At the end of the book, he [[spoiler: gives Call back the piece of his soul]] and dies again. [[spoiler: He is brought back again at the end of the last book in the series.]]
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*Back for the dead: Zig zagged. [[spoiler: Aaron]] is killed. He is brought back in the next book using chaos magic [[spoiler: and a piece of Call's soul]]. At the end of the book, he [[spoiler: gives Call back the piece of his soul]] and dies again. [[spoiler: He is brought back again at the end of the last book in the series.]]


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*CoughSnarkCough: In the 4th book, when Tamara says that her sister Raven never did anything wrong, Jasper coughed out something that sounded suspiciously like "jailbreak".
*DisabledSnarker: Callum Hunt is a perpetual snarker with a permanently damaged leg.


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*LightIsNotGood: Anastasia always dresses in white and lives in a white room with white furniture and decorations in the Magesterium. She also [[spoiler: lied about her identity and allied herself with Constantine Madden and Master Joseph]]


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*RudelyHangingUp: a variant with the tornado phone (a magic device which causes a projection of the speaker to appear) takes place in the second book. Call is told to use earth magic to hang up the tornado phone, so he stabs the projection of Master Rufus with a magic earth knife.
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* WhamLine: Near the end of the book, Call is trapped with the Enemy of Death. Then [[spoiler: the "Enemy" takes off his mask, revealing he was actually Master Joseph in disguise, and tells Call what happened to Constantine Madden.]]

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* WhamLine: Near the end of the first book, Call is trapped with the Enemy of Death. Then [[spoiler: the "Enemy" takes off his mask, revealing he was actually Master Joseph in disguise, and tells Call what happened to Constantine Madden.]]



'''[[spoiler: Master Joseph]]''': [[spoiler: No, Callum Hunt. I am not the Enemy of Death. You are.]]

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'''[[spoiler: Master Joseph]]''': [[spoiler: No, Callum Hunt. I am not the Enemy of Death. [[TomatoInTheMirror You are.]]]]]]
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This isn't really a plot twist or a spoiler, so it doesn't need to be hidden


* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: Master Joseph was one to Constantine Madden, and is heavily implied to be a large factor in Constantine's StartOfDarkness]]

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* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: Master Joseph was one to Constantine Madden, and is heavily implied to be a large factor in Constantine's StartOfDarkness]]StartOfDarkness
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* ArcWords: "Fire wants to burn. Water wants to flow. Air wants to rise. Earth wants to bind. Chaos wants to devour." This motto dictates the essential nature of magic in this series, and it is repeated often. The phrase "Call wants to live" is often tacked on to the end by the protagonist.


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* BraidsOfAction: Tamara is an ActionGirl whose hair is almost always worn in two braids.
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* WizardingSchool: The series is set in the titular underground school for mages. There's also a magical university called the Collegium.

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* WizardingSchool: The series is set in the titular underground school for mages. There's also a magical university called the Collegium.Collegium.
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* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: Master Joseph was one to Constantine Madden, and is heavily implied to be a large factor in Constantine's StartOfDarkness]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: At the end of the first book, it's revealed that Call is in fact the Enemy of Death, who stole the real infant Call's body, inadvertently losing his memories in the process.]]
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* RedHerring: Throughout the first book, it's implied that [[spoiler: Call may be a Chaos-Ridden ManchurianAgent. The truth is far more sinister.]]
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* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler: The Enemy of Death forced his soul into Call's body when he was an infant, pushing out Call's. Unfortunately for him, he lost his memories while doing so.]]
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->'''Call''': Aren't you the Enemy of Death?
->'''[[spoiler: Master Joseph]]''': [[spoiler: No, Callum Hunt. I am not the Enemy of Death. You are.]]

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Master Joseph]]''': [[spoiler: No, Callum Hunt. I am not the Enemy of Death. You are.]]

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* WhamLine: Near the end of the book, Call is trapped with the Enemy of Death. Then [[spoiler: the "Enemy" takes off his mask, revealing he was actually Master Joseph in disguise, and tells Call what happened to Constantine Madden.]]
->'''Call''': Aren't you the Enemy of Death?
->'''[[spoiler: Master Joseph]]''': [[spoiler: No, Callum Hunt. I am not the Enemy of Death. You are.]]
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* TheMole: In the first book, [[spoiler: Drew]] is working for the Enemy of Death. The third book reveals that [[spoiler: Alex]] is one too.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Drew initially seems like an incompetent student who's not very bright. He's actually [[spoiler: TheMole, who faked his stupidity to avoid suspicion.]]


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* PowerOfTheVoid: Mages who can control the void are called Makars. The Enemy of Death is one, and the Magisterium is waiting for another Makar to be born, to fight the Enemy.
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* PowerTrio: The books focus on three Magisterium students- Call, Aaron, and Tamara.
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crosswicking ZCE. (haven't read the series, so I can't give context)

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%%* FeatheredSerpent: One appears on the cover of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/themagisterium/images/0/0d/The_Bronze_Key_cover.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160511013826 "The Bronze Key"]].

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''The Magisterium'' is a five-book children's fantasy series by Creator/HollyBlack and Creator/CassandraClare. The first book was published in 2014, with one book a year being published after that.

The series follows a boy named Call as he attends the Magisterium, a school for mages.

#''The Iron Trial''
#''The Copper Gauntlet''
#''The Bronze Key''
#''The Silver Mask''
#''The Golden Tower''
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!!Tropes:
* HouseFey: The magisterium uses summoned elementals to tidy the dorms when the kids aren't there.
* SpringtimeForHitler: Call's father convinces him to fail on the entrance exam to the Magisterium. Unfortunately, he fails at failing.
* WizardingSchool: The series is set in the titular underground school for mages. There's also a magical university called the Collegium.

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