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* GoodIsNotNice: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted,]] DoubleSubverted, and then ''triple'' subverted. Ultimately averted entirely: Nalizar isn't actually Good at all.
* HotTeacher: Melody certainly thinks so.
* HotTeacher: Melody certainly thinks so.
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* WeaponOfChoice: His clockwork rifle. Joel and Melody realise near the end of the novel that, when he rests it on the ground, in the darkness it looks awfully like...a cane.
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* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The head of the Rithmatist academy is not a Rithmatist himself.
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* AffablyEvil: When Joel realizes he was the mastermind behind the Scribbler plot, he drops the JerkassFacade, calmly admits it (while noting Joel won't be able to prove it, and would look like an idiot trying), explains a few other minor plot points, and even apologizes to Joel for repeatedly failing to recognize him.
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* AffablyEvil: When Joel realizes he was the mastermind behind the Scribbler plot, he drops the JerkassFacade, shows his HiddenHeartOfGold, calmly admits it (while noting Joel won't be able to prove it, and would look like an idiot trying), explains a few other minor plot points, and even apologizes to Joel for repeatedly failing to recognize him.
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probable shoe-horning
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* SpiritedYoungLady: A 16 old girl who hails from an established Rithmatic family. She's bold and brash but still feminine, even though she has the rather unladylike habits of scaling trees and spying.
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* InsufferableGenius: Is developing traits of this, as Fitch gently points out to him. At the start of the story he's incredibly patronising towards those who don't share his love of Rithmatics, or his skill at it.
* ArtAttacker: The most 'traditional' example of one. The area of Rithmatics she most excels at is creating detailed and powerful Chalkings, and she uses incredibly complicated Chalking based defenses with ease.
* BigBrotherWorship: Implied to have idolised her brother William. She gets very touchy when Joel callously brings up his death in her hearing.
* CatchPhrase: ''Tragic!'' This almost becomes an AbandonedCatchphrase, as she toys with the idea of replacing it with ''appalling!'', but she eventually decides that the latter just doesn't have the right ring to it.
* FieryRedhead: Her emotions run as hot as her hair colour.
* PinkMeansFeminine: The ''only'' thing stopping her from drawing all her lines in pink chalk is that only Juniors have the privilege of using any other color but white.
* SpiritedYoungLady: A 16 old girl who hails from an established Rithmatic family. She's bold and brash but still feminine, even though she has the rather unladylike habits of scaling trees and spying.
* SpiritedYoungLady: A 16 old girl who hails from an established Rithmatic family. She's bold and brash but still feminine, even though she has the rather unladylike habits of scaling trees and spying.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: What initially convices Joel that he's up to no good; someone as ruthlessly amibitious as Nalizar
''must'' have an ulterior motive in mind. And he does: he aims to climb the ranks to get himself in a position to teach the future generations of Rithmatist's being sent off to Nebrask, where he'll proceed to train them in tactics which will be usless when facing off against wild Chalkings.
''must'' have an ulterior motive in mind. And he does: he aims to climb the ranks to get himself in a position to teach the future generations of Rithmatist's being sent off to Nebrask, where he'll proceed to train them in tactics which will be usless when facing off against wild Chalkings.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: What initially convices Joel that he's up to no good; someone as ruthlessly amibitious as Nalizar
Nalizar ''must'' have an ulterior motive in mind. And he does: he aims to climb the ranks to get himself in into a position to that let's him teach the future generations of Rithmatist's being sent off to Nebrask, where he'll proceed to train them in tactics which will be usless when facing off against wild Chalkings.
* MoleInCharge: All the events of the book turn out to be one big scheme on his part to get into a position of power amoung the Rithmatists. [[TheBadGuyWins He succeeds.]]
* SternTeacher: Quickly gets a reptutation as a no nonsense teacher. The end of the book reveals this to be a carefully cultivated act - no one will suspect the strict teacher of knowingly teaching his students detrimental Rithmatic techniques, after all.
* SternTeacher: Quickly gets a reptutation as a no nonsense teacher. The end of the book reveals this to be a carefully cultivated act - no one will suspect the strict teacher of knowingly teaching his students detrimental Rithmatic techniques, after all.
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* TheKillerInMe: At day, he's himself, and working hard to hunt down the Scribbler. At night... he ''is'' the Scribbler.
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* TheKillerInMe: DetectiveMole: At day, he's himself, and working hard to hunt down the Scribbler. At night... he ''is'' the Scribbler.Scribbler.
* FaceFramedInShadow: How he initially comes across to all his victims.
* IOweYouMyLife: Has nothing but good things to say about Nalizar, thanks to the latter saving his company at Nebrask.
* FaceFramedInShadow: How he initially comes across to all his victims.
* IOweYouMyLife: Has nothing but good things to say about Nalizar, thanks to the latter saving his company at Nebrask.
* PowersViaPossession: The regular Inspector Harding isn't a Rithmatist. However possession by a Forgotten Shadow grants him Rithmatic abilities.
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* WeaponOfChoice: His clockwork rifle. Joel and Melody realise near the end of the novel that, when he rests it on the ground, in the darkness it looks awfully like...a cane.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The bubbly red to Exton's blue.
* TokenGirl: She implied to be the sole female clerk at Armedius, thanks the the world at large still clinging to 20th century gender norms.
* TokenGirl: She implied to be the sole female clerk at Armedius, thanks the the world at large still clinging to 20th century gender norms.
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* PowerIncontinence: His inability to control his Chalkings is implied to be the main reason he was expelled from Armedius.
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* SharpDressedMan: Quite the dandy, going as far to import clothes in from other Isles. Unfortunately this habit comes back to bite him when he's accused of being The Scribbler (who has been running around in quite the dapper bowler hat).
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* MyGreatestFailure: The ending of the novel shows that he greatly regrets hiring Nalizar, and this is without knowing that Nalizar is most likely a Forgotten Shadow.
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Since Fitch is a teacher, Papa Wolf doesn't apply.
* BadassTeacher: A harmless duel for his reputation? His hand shakes so much he can barely draw a line straight. His two students are in danger of being eaten? He leaps head-first into swarm of deadly chalklings.
* CowardlyLion: Just the very idea of combat turns him into an absolute bundle of nerves - however he's perfectly willing face down an entire swarm of chalkings to keep his students safe.
* HeroicResolve: His combat jitters threaten to rear their head several times during his confrontation with The Scribbler. However one look at the helpless Joel and Melody gives him more than enough incentive for him to power through the nerves.
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* NervousWreck: Turns into one when he's forced to duel rather than theorize.
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* MrExposition: The second biggest font of Rithmatic knowledge after Joel. At one point he also shows off his historian chops by giving a mini politics lesson to Joel
* NervousWreck: Turns into one when he's forced to duel rather than theorize.
* NonActionGuy: Does ''not'' do well with combat or violence in any form. However, the fact that he managed to survive Nebrask is one of the first hints that he's not a complete write off when it comes to combat.
* NervousWreck: Turns into one when he's forced to duel rather than theorize.
* NonActionGuy: Does ''not'' do well with combat or violence in any form. However, the fact that he managed to survive Nebrask is one of the first hints that he's not a complete write off when it comes to combat.
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* PapaWolf: A harmless duel for his reputation? His hand shakes so much he can barely draw a line straight. His two students are in danger of being eaten? He leaps head-first into swarm of deadly chalklings.
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* PapaWolf: A harmless duel for TheProfessor: One of the most esteemed professors of Rithmatics at Armedius at the beginning of the story. It makes his reputation? His hand shakes so much duelling loss against the young upstart Nalizar all the more humilating.
* RunningAwayToCry: After his loss against Nalizar, when hecan barely draw a line straight. His two students are realises that (due to his abysmal dueling skils) he'll never be in danger of being eaten? He leaps head-first into swarm of deadly chalklings.
a position to give another Rithmatics lecture again.
* RunningAwayToCry: After his loss against Nalizar, when he
* AmbitionIsEvil: What initially convices Joel that he's up to no good; someone as ruthlessly amibitious as Nalizar
''must'' have an ulterior motive in mind. And he does: he aims to climb the ranks to get himself in a position to teach the future generations of Rithmatist's being sent off to Nebrask, where he'll proceed to train them in tactics which will be usless when facing off against wild Chalkings.
''must'' have an ulterior motive in mind. And he does: he aims to climb the ranks to get himself in a position to teach the future generations of Rithmatist's being sent off to Nebrask, where he'll proceed to train them in tactics which will be usless when facing off against wild Chalkings.
* DemonicPossession: The real Professor Nalizar is long dead, and ''something'' has taken over his body in the meantime.
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* YoungConqueror: An academic variant. Becomes a tenured professor at Armedius at the tender age of 24 by beating Fitch in a Rithmatic duel and taking Fitch's position at the Academy for himself.
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* TheCavalry: Helps rescue Melody and Joel from the Scribbler in the final confrontation. It's [[MomentOfAwesome exceedingly awesome]].
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* TheCavalry: Helps rescue Melody and Joel from the Scribbler in the final confrontation. It's [[MomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome exceedingly awesome]].
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* GoodWithNumbers: So much so that his geometry teacher is sure that he's cheated on a test, because he never pays attention in class and he never explains how he arrived at his answers, so clearly he must have copied them down from somewhere. Joel proceeds to demonstrate that no, the reason why he just wrote down the answers is that they just seemed ''that obvious'' to him.
