The Magician King (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Quentin Makepeace Coldwater: King of Fillory, graduate of Brakebills. Protagonist, magician and adventure-seeker who finds himself on a quest that tests who he is as a human and a wizard.
• Julia: A hedge witch and queen of Fillory. Hides a secret that threatens the existence of magic and Fillory.
• Eliot Waugh: High king of Fillory. Rules with Janet, Quentin and Julia. Finds himself drawn into a quest when omens portend a threat to Fillory.
• Janet Pluchinsky: Queen of Fillory, graduate of Brakebills. Rules with Eliot, Quentin and Julia.
• Poppy: An Australian witch. Expert in dracology. Staying in Venice with Josh.
• Josh as Thomas: Brakebills graduate, wizard. Becomes an influential part of the underground magic society in Venice. Friend of Quentin, Eliot, Janet, Penny and Alice.
• Dean Fogg: Dean of Brakebills; confindante of Josh. Erases Quentins history as a wizard at Quentin's request. Denies help to Quentin and Julia when they need it.
• Jollyby: Master of the hunt at Whitespire, involved in tragic accident that foretells impending disaster for Fillory.
• Bingle: Master swordsman and protector of Quentin, Julia and Eliot on their quests.
• Benedict Fenwick: Keeper of the map room at Whitespire; accompanies Quentin, Julia and Eliot on their quest. Plays a major role in the resolution of the book.
• Admiral Lacker: Commander of the Whitespire fleet and captain of the Muntjac.
• Abigail: Delegate of the speaking animals, sent on Quentin's quest. A talking sloth.
• Ember: Sheep god of Fillory.
• Reynard the Fox: Evil god that kills Julia's friends and takes something from her she cannot regain.
• Our Lady of the Underground (OLU): Goddess of nature, lives part time underground. Her council is sought by Julia and her friends from FTB
• Asmodeus: Friend of Julia, lives in Murs, France, practices magic, member of Free Trader Beowulf.
• Pouncy Silverkitten: FTB name for a friend of Julia's, leader of the small group of FTB's searching for a god or goddess to enhance their magic.
• Failstaff: FTB member, friend of Julia's, part of the Murs, France magic group.
• Gummidgy: Part of the magicians in Murs, France, leader of the ritual to call OLU.
• Fiberpunk: Metamagician, part of Murs, France group, friend of Julia's, FTB contributor.
• Penny: Quentin's former classmate and a caretaker of the Neitherlands
• Mr. Karras: Add a description of this character.
• Aral
• James
• Geiger
• Iris
• Alex guy
• Thomas
• Alice Quinn
• Eleanor
• Warren
• Elaine
• Martin Chatwin
• Jane Chatwin
• Jared
• Christopher Plover
• Mr. Fox
• Maude Chatwin
• Josh

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• “"Of Cornish, jackass. It's a Brythonic language. Meaning it's indigenous to Britain, like Welsh and Breton. And Pictish. Before everything was polluted by the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans. There's tons of power in those old languages."”

  Poppy

• “"Wow." Quentin laughed. He couldn't help it. "This place is enchanted as balls!"”

• “Quentin wondered what it was like to be so unselfconsciously melodramatic. Nice, probably.”

• “Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.”

• “The Order seemed to adhere to the principle of suckers walk, players ride. Pg. 299”

  Narrator

• “I'm not waiting for somebody to be happy to see us. I just want someone to look surprised to see us.”

  Quentin

• “"The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals"”

  Penny

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Kingdom of Fillory
• The Neitherlands: Place in between worlds
• Venice, Italy
• Cornwall, England
• Outer Island, Fillory
• Murs, France
• Brakebills
• Castle Whitespire
• Brooklyn
• Long Study
• Greece
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Munyac
• Bed-stuy
• Hilo
• London
• Fenwicks

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• The Old Gods: All powerful beings, the creators of magic.
• The Murs Magicians: Group of Hedge Witches That Are Searching For A Greater Power.
• The Order: Powerful Magicians in charge of maintaining the Neitherlands
• The Brakebills: Students having graduated from Brakebills College

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Preceded by The Magicians.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lev Grossman (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Mark Bramhall (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3557.R6725 M34 2009
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Though the subject matter is magic and fantastic worlds, there is a fair amount of foul language and adult behavior like drinking, sex, and drugs. Some of the characters experience also depression.

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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