![]() ![]() ![]() Then Daja looks over at Sandry, who also speaks the Trader language, and says in it, "And he is a kaq." Briar immediately says in Trader-talk, "I haven't spent my life with my fingers in my ears. She explains, and substitutes the rude term for a non-Trader ( kaq) with something else. Bilingual Backfire: When the four meet at Discipline Cottage for the first time, Briar rudely asks Daja why Traders wear red for mourning.Disease-causing agents isolated in a lab are very easy to destroy but it's much more difficult to get such agents into the body where they can do so without also harming the body. But in vitro experiments don't do all that well at predicting what happens to a whole creature. A heavy focus is put on finding which substances will destroy blue pox that has been extracted and isolated. Elisia Pearldrop dripped substances on rashers of bacon to see if they made the fat dissolve. Artistic License – Biology: All of the testing in Briar's Book is very in vitro, outside of their normal biological context.Artificial Limbs: At the end of Daja's Book, the four present Polyam with a living metal artificial leg they made her, to replace her stump.One of the other girls says "If that's a lady, I'm a cat." Sandry, outraged, pours milk onto the girl's plate while pointing out that she is much higher-ranking than she is, ending with "Best start lapping, kitty." And I'm the Queen of Sheba: In the first book, when Sandry invites Daja to sit at her table, with several other noble girls, she introduces her as "Lady Daja".Alliterative Title: The Fire in the Forging.When she gets a chance to rejoin her people, she declines, saying she's changed too much to go back. Allegiance Affirmation: After Daja is declared trangshi, she ends up at a temple where she begins studying smithing magic, which she wouldn't be allowed to do in her culture, and becomes part of a very close group of friends."There's an advantage to instructing young mages: suggestion counts for so much with you four." Niko Lampshades their tendency to do this through each book. It also saved their collective rears, made them all exponentially more powerful, and gave them a telepathic link. Achievements in Ignorance: What Sandry pulled at the end of Sandry's Book to combine everyone's power.Not to be confused with the 6-book series The Circle Of Magic written by James D. Briar's Book, known elsewhere as The Healing in the Vine, in which a plague breaks out in the city, and all four must bring their talents to bear to help the mages find the source - and prevent tragedy from striking in their midst.Daja's Book, known elsewhere as The Fire in the Forging, in which Daja has to acknowledge her lost Trader heritage, and the boundaries between the magic of the four are re-established, though they still meld.Tris's Book, known elsewhere as The Power in the Storm, when pirates threaten the bay and the students' teachers begin to realize exactly what kind of bond has formed between the four.When they're trapped in an earthquake, Sandry weaves their magic together, increasing their power exponentially, though little do they know just how much. Sandry's Book, known elsewhere as The Magic in the Weaving, where the four misfits are brought together and unite against bullies, tyrannical gardeners, and their own tempers. ![]() It's about four children who are all outcasts with different elemental powers as they train at Winding Circle Temple and learn about their abilities, while various disasters lead them to consider each other as family. Circle of Magic is the first series in Tamora Pierce's Circleverse, following the Four-Temperament Ensemble of Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar as they train to become mages in the independent duchy of Emelan. ![]()
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