History Characters / YoungWizards

* AmbiguouslyGay: Tom and Carl happen to live side by side in a single house and have dogs and koi fish but it's unclear on what the nature of their relationship with each other is.

* OutnumberedSibling: The youngest and the only son of his family.

* ShorterMeansSmarter: Until his growth spurt, anyway, he was shorter than his peers and doing wizardy caluclations.

* {{God}}:[[spoiler: He is an incarnation of The One.]]

Nita's bratty younger sister with intelligence beyond her years and dreams of wizards fighting evil (largely evident through her love of ''Film/StarWars''). Not long after Nita and Kit come out as wizards to their families in ''Deep Wizardry'' she [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the call]], taking the Wizard's Oath from Nita's manual and kicking off the events of ''High Wizardry''.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Tom and Carl happen to live side by side in a single house and have dogs and koi fish but its unclear on what the nature of their relationship with each other is.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: One valid interpretation of their relationship can be seen as this as they do not give off much warning signs on their sexuality and the FlipFlopOfGod from the author has left their relationship open to interpretation.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: WordOfGod from the author has stated that Tom and Carl are inspirations of two close heterosexual friends of the author.

* ActionGirl
* BadassBookworm
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
* BrainyBrunette

* LittleMissSnarker

* TheMedic: In the first few books, Nita has an affinity for living matter and a natural talent for healing that makes her start to focus on healing spells. Until her affinity starts to change, anyway.

* NotSoWeak: In the first book it's much more obvious, but she does keep many of the same character traits. It's also apparently a useful set of characteristics for wizards in general, who aren't really ''supposed'' to do things for their own benefit.

* OracularUrchin: Looks to be where her affinity will end up, though much like Arhu, Nita is very down to earth.

* ActionGirl
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Dairine starts as this to Nita, but grows into her role as a wizard after the third book.

* BadassFamily: Thanks to her, the Callahans are the biggest badass family in the universe; it includes an entire ''species'' with an extraordinarily high rate of wizards to non-wizards.

* ChildProdigy: Both in regular subjects and in wizardry. She gets her Ordeal at eleven, which isn't the youngest ''ever'' by any means but still quite a bit younger than what's typical.

* CryForTheDevil: For the [[spoiler: Lone Power]]. [[spoiler: It works.]] [[invoked]]
* FieryRedhead

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Dairine becoming a wizard in the third book.
* LittleMissBadass
* LittleMissSnarker: Mostly before [[spoiler: Roshaun disappears.]] After that, she doesn't seem to take as much pleasure in it, and it has a far darker tone.

* PlayfulHacker: Described as one in her debut as a protagonist, but this is dropped afterwards apart from being good with computers.

Dairine's manual, one of the first ones to arrive in computer form; the original resembles an Apple laptop with the bite missing from the apple in the logo. Over time, she has modified its form such that it's picked up legs, eyes and a personality; it's often found following her around like a pet when it can do so openly.

Nita and Dairine's father who owns a flower shop and spends a lot of his free time in the household gardens. A generally ReasonableAuthorityFigure who has to deal with the added stress of knowing his children are involved in jobs saving the universe that can sometimes turn deadly and, since the aftermath of ''A Wizards Dilemma'', doing so as a single parent.

* BadassNormal: A normal human faces down [[spoiler: a incarnation of the Lone One.]] She did have home-turf advantage as the struggle was taking place in her own mind.
* HandicappedBadass:[[spoiler: Dying of cancer when she told off the Lone One]]
* MamaBear: Protects Nina even from the Powers

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* DashingHispanic
* DeadpanSnarker:

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played with.

* ShorterMeansSmarter: Until his growth spurt, anyway.

Kit's big, friendly sheepdog. While it's common for wizardly pets to pick up strange habits, Ponch starts demonstrating unusual talents, such as being able to create and enter other universes. His character arc comes to a head in ''Wizards at War'' where all the wisdom he's gained will be used to change the tide of the battle and the fate of the canine species.

* ActionGirl

* LetsGetDangerous: in Wizards at War especially.
* SpicyLatina

* HeterosexualLifePartners: One valid interpretation of their relationship can be seen as this as they do not give off much warning signs on their sexuality and the recent FlipFlopOfGod from the author has left their relationship open to interpretation.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much before, but definitely in ''A Wizard Of Mars''.

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Tries to kill himself with the Spear of Light to allow the One's Champion to manifest fully. It doesn't stick.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:

* PeekABangs
* TroubledButCute

* DeadpanSnarker: Again, only in the last book or so-- Wizards At War, arguably, and A Wizard Of Mars, definitely.

* TheRainman: Though his autism is bizarrely portrayed (his behaviour on the outside is accurate enough, but his experience from the inside not so much), Darryl makes his first appearance as a severely autistic boy who also turns out to be a human conduit for a large amount of the wizardly power available to Earth. JustifiedTrope: Darryl's autism is something the Lone Power has done to him; it's reasonable that it would only superficially resemble an organic condition. So in other words, it's not really autism.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Darryl, who has eyes so innocent that it hurts the first time you see them.

* BadassAdorable

* HumanAliens: One of surprisingly few in the series.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* OverlyLongName: Roshaun ke Nelaid am Seriv am Teliuyve am Meseph am Veliz am Teriaunst am det Wellakhit, and that's the ''short'' version. It's explained at one point that the first two are his personal name and a patronymic, and the rest are a lengthy series of titles, therefore also fitting neatly under TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard.

* RoyalBrat: Roshaun, a prince who arrives on the exchange program in ''Wizard's Holiday''.

* ShelteredAristocrat: The arrogant type - also, the composed/reserved type, but definitely arrogant, though he starts to get better before [[spoiler: he disappears]]
* TroubledButCute:

* ExtraEyes: The little red "berries" all over his branches.
* FishOutOfWater: As a sentient plant visiting a world run by humans, the culture shock hits him pretty hard. Especially when he learns about vegetarians.

* BadassBookworm: Is the Species Archivist to the Powers that Be and one of the most powerful wizards in the galaxy, possibly so much so that the Lone Power opted out of participating in her Ordeal.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Her race has a very long lifespan, so while she's a millennia or two old, she hasn't hit puberty yet. Almost an inversion of the trope in that people keep forgetting how ''young'' she actually is.

* CainAndAbel: A variation with multiple Abels, since the Powers are more or less siblings.

* EvilPlan: It's always offering Its "Gift" and spreading it around the universe, though the reasons why vary based on specific aspect the wizards are dealing with. In some cases the Power is a proud inventor, in others It's genuinely malicious, and in others It thinks It's being helpful.

* PhraseCatcher: Wizards always greet It with 'Fairest and Fallen, greetings and defiance'. It notes that this has become annoying after a few thousand years.

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
* BadassAdorable: In spite of being a giant bug, she manages.
* GoodCounterpart: [[spoiler:to the Lone Power]]

* DeadpanSnarker
* GodWasMyCopilot

* TheBlacksmith
* GodWasMyCopilot

* WiseBeyondTheirYears

* BlackEyesOfEvil: His eyes are completely black (though this is nothing out of the ordinary for a great white shark)
* BloodMagic: Ed's only 'power,' apart from his possible immortality and empathic abilities. If he bleeds, his blood will call all sharks from miles and miles around to come and join in the ultimate feeding frenzy. It's part of the reason why nothing tries to attack him.

* MercyKill: His role in the ocean's society is to "end distress" by killing the distressed
* TheUnfettered

* BigEater

* DeadpanSnarker

* AlphaBitch: Until Nita dethroned her, anyway.
* RichBitch: Well, rich''er''.
* SpoiledBrat

* LetsMockTheMonsters
* LittleMissSnarker: In animal form.

* TheStoryteller
* WarriorPoet

* HenpeckedHusband

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Grey skinned, actually, in ''A Wizard of Mars''.
* {{Yandere}}

* MakingASplash: implied from the second book, but outright started as having a water affinity in A Wizard of Mars.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much before, but definitely in A Wizard Of Mars.
* ForeignCussWord: Definitely in A Wizard of Mars, to the point where the characters recognize that he's saying something offensive even if they're not sure just what it is.

* MakingASplash: implied from his Ordeal, stated as being his elemental affinity in A Wizard of Mars

* BigBad: all minor villains answer to It one way or another; more to the point, It is implied to be at least partly responsible for ''all the evil in the universe''.

* DemonicPossession: has the ability, but it is very difficult to use effectively, especially on a wizard.
* DontYouDarePityMe: To Dairine in book 3 [[spoiler: and this pity leads to an aspect of itself accepting forgiveness and returning to Time Heart.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Back before it was cast out, it was the fairest and brightest of the PowersThatBe. It's contribution when the universe was created was entropy and death.

* NoSenseOfHumor: the one thing It hates the most is being made fun of.

* PhraseCatcher: Wizards always greet it with 'Fairest and Fallen, greetings and defiance'. It notes that this has become annoying after a few thousand years.
* {{Satan}}: A divine being that was cast out of Its home for rebelling against the others and is called the source of evil. In-universe, it was the inspiration for the figure of Satan in human religions.
* SealedEvilInACan: as Esemeli It's reduced to a ''tourist attraction'' because It is trapped and impotent in a shrine.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Suggested in book 3 but not brought up again. Like many other powers [[LivingForeverIsAwesome eterntiy is something to look forward too.]]

* {{Badass}}

* StarfishAliens: He's a tree.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: She was ''so'' eager to Jump At The Call that she didn't bother thinking through the implications before she took the Oath. (If she'd been able to read her sister's biography before that, she would have had a far better idea about what she was getting herself into) A big part of her character development in book 3 is acknowledging the flaws that let her take the Oath without really meaning it - she was all about the 'big power' without getting the 'big responsibility' part. Dairine's habit of action first, think about the consequences later pops up again in book 5. [[spoiler: when she's told about her mother's cancer, she immediately tries a more or less improvised spell to cure her. It backfires spectacularly - she's still wizard-grounded over it in book 7, and she has to sit back and only watch while Nita undergoes specialist training to try and help Betty.]]

* GadgeteerGenius: In contrast to Nita, his initial speciality was technology. In one book he can be seen mediating a spat between his TV and VCR.

* GodIsGood: [[spoiler: An Incarnation of The One and a fantastic pet. He's been working on some Powers level scheme all this time.]]

The Planetary wizard for Earth (and by extension the person with local authority on Earth's unpopulated neighbor planets including Mars). Her unassuming appearance as a short, middle-aged woman contrasts with her immense power and authority.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: For a specices that is whole soul owned by The Lone Power [[spoiler: she joins the wizards to fight against it.]]

** she was ''so'' eager, in fact, that she didn't bother thinking through the implications before she took the Oath. (If she'd been able to read her sister's biography before that, she would have had a far better idea about what she was getting herself into) A big part of her character development in book 3 is acknowledging the flaws that let her take the Oath without really meaning it - she was all about the 'big power' without getting the 'big responsibility' part. Dairine's habit of action first, think about the consequences later pops up again in book 5. [[spoiler: when she's told about her mother's cancer, she immediately tries a more or less improvised spell to cure her. It backfires spectacularly - she's still wizard-grounded over it in book 7, I think - and she has to sit back and only watch while Nita undergoes specialist training to try and help Betty.]] Accepting that she ''doesn't'' always know better than everyone else, and ''isn't'' automatically the best at anything has always been a struggle for Dairine. It plays a major part of her initial problems with Roshaun, too - they have a similar entitled attitude. For Roshaun, it's his royal heritage [[spoiler: with accompanying noblesse oblige]], for Dairine, it's because she's usually far and away the smartest person in the room.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Dairine does end up becoming a wizard in the third book.

* OverprotectiveDad: Well, as overprotective as he ''can'' be, considering that his children can rewrite reality.

** DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu

* WriteWhoYouKnow: That said, Duane has also admitted on her [[http://dduane.tumblr.com/post/103929520701/im-in-themmiddle-of-a-long-overdue-re-read-of Tumblr]] that Aunt Annie is a tribute to Creator/AnneMcCaffrey.

* DeadpanSnarker: At times.

* [[spoiler:{{God}}: He is an incarnation of The One.]]
* [[spoiler:GodIsGood: An Incarnation of The One and a fantastic pet. He's been working on some Powers level scheme all this time.]]
* [[spoiler: KingOfAllCosmos: He's the local {{God}}, and his favorite pastime is to incarnate as a dog because he likes the 'spell it backwards joke'. According to the Transcendent Pig, He has fondness for bad old jokes.]]
* [[spoiler:UpliftedAnimal: At first thought to be because of exposure to wizardry, but his high intelligence is actually because He's The One.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: In ''High Wizardry" Dairine convinces an aspect of the Lone One to redeem itself and return home. There are other aspects causing trouble but this is a good step in the right direction.]]

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Harry's sister and, to his surprise in ''A Wizard Abroad'', a wizard. (The wizardry apparently comes from his side of the family). She's an American currently living in Ireland, running a horse farm in County Wickalow.

* AuthorAvatar: Annie bears the most superficial resemblences to Diane Duane - an American with red hair who's immigrated to Ireland and lives in the country of County Wickalow near Dublin (though in meta-works like the 30-Day OTP challenge, Duane appears as herself). In ''Lifeboats'', she's seen briefly with a man that suspiciously resembles Duane's RealLife husband, Creator/PeterMorewood.

** fanon states that he once answered "42" as a joke to an Earth wizard named Douglas Adams.

* AuthorAvatar: Annie bears the most superficial resemblences to Diane Duane - an American with red hair who's immigrated to Ireland and lives in the country of County Wickalow near Dublin (though in meta-works like the 30-Day OTP challenge, Duane appears as herself). In ''Lifeboats'', she's seen briefly with a man that suspiciously resembles her RL husband, Creator/PeterMorewood.

* AuthorAvatar: Annie bears the most superficial resemblences to Diane Duane - an American with red hair who's immigrated to Ireland and lives in the country of County Wickalow near Dublin (though in meta-works like the 30-Day OTP challenge, Duane appears as herself). In ''Lifeboats'', she's seen briefly with a man that suspiciously resembles her RL husband, Creator/PeterMoorewood.

* BadassNormal: A normal human wiped out [[spoiler: a incarnation of the Lone One.]]

* {{Satan}}: A divine being that was cast out of Its home for rebelling against the others and is called the source of evil. In-universe, it was the inspiration for the figure of Satan in human mythology.

* RealySevenHundredYearsOld: Her race has a very long lifespan, so while she's a millennia or two old, she hasn't hit puberty yet. Almost an inversion of the trope in that people keep forgetting how ''young'' she actually is.

[[folderCallahan Family]]

[[folderRodriguez Family]]

[[folderSupporting Humans]]

[[folderSupporting Aliens]]

[[folderThe Powers That Be]]

[[folderThe Song of Twelve]]

!'''Areinnye'''

!'''Iniihwit'''

!'''Arooon'''

!'''Fang'''

!'''Roots'''
* BigEater

!'''T!h!ki'''

[[folder Callahan Family]]

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!'''Kit Rodriguez'''
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* DashingHispanic
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Kit really needs to stop drawing in class.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played with.
* GadgeteerGenius: In contrast to Nita, his initial speciality was technology. In one book he can be seen mediating a spat between his TV and VCR.
* OfficialCouple: With Nita
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Until his growth spurt, anyway.
* {{Technopath}}: Although all wizards are capable of this to some extent, Kit's specialty (with mechanical non-organic inanimate objects) has remained the same throughout the series, unlike Nita's.

!'''Sker'ret'''
* DeadpanSnarker: Learns sarcasm while on exchange. He becomes very adept at using it.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He can and does eat pretty much anything, be it pasta, tin cans or used oxygen tanks.
* StarfishAliens: A Rirhait, described as resembling a giant metallic centipede.

!'''Tom Swale'''

!'''Carl Romeo'''

!'''Ed the Master Shark'''
* BadassNormal: He isn't a wizard, but he's just as powerful in his own way. Though 'his own way' still isn't exactly normal.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: His eyes are completely black (though this is nothing out of the ordinary for a great white shark)
* BloodMagic: Ed's only 'power,' apart from his possible immortality and empathic abilities. If he bleeds, his blood will call all sharks from miles and miles around to come and join in the ultimate feeding frenzy. It's part of the reason why nothing tries to attack him.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an extremely sinister killing machine, but he's not ''evil'', or mindless. He ends distress (by eating the distressed). He's portrayed a lot like TheGrimReaper.
* TheEmpath: An unusual case, Ed can sense distress from hundreds of miles away, and can sense the emotions of those around him. He can even read thoughts if they're emotionally charged enough.
* FluffyTheTerrible: His [[TheUnpronounceable real name]] is much more impressive.
* HeroicSacrifice: He's the facilitator of a literal sacrifice wizards perform regularly to keep one incarnation of the Lone Power trapped. [[spoiler: He takes over the Silent Lord's song so that his blood, amped up by the power of Nita's wizardry, will call all the sharks on the planet as reinforcements against the Lone One.]]
* {{Immortality}}: Nita speculates at one point that there may have only been one Master Shark ''ever''. In fact, there is a theory that sharks don't die of old age, only when they succumb to injury or disease.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He enjoys his role in the reoccuring reenactment of the whale's Choice and tells Nita that he's looking foward to eating her since her role is "The Silent One."
* MercyKill: His role in the ocean's society is to "end distress" by killing the distressed
* TheUnfettered
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Some things Ed says make him seem terribly lonely...

!'''Ronan Nolan'''

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much before, but definitely in A Wizard Of Mars.
* ForeignCussWord: Definitely in A Wizard of Mars, to the point where the characters recognize that he's saying something offensive even if they're not sure just what it is.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Tries to kill himself with the Spear of Light to allow the One's Champion to manifest fully. It doesn't stick.]]
* IAmWho: [[spoiler: He's shocked to find out he's an incarnation of The One's Champion.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Does not take the news about his being an avatar to the [[spoiler: One's Champion]] at ''all'' well, and is terrified of losing his self if he lets [[spoiler: the Champion]] take control.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
* MakingASplash: implied from his Ordeal, stated as being his elemental affinity in A Wizard of Mars
* PeekABangs
* TroubledButCute

!'''Darryl [=McAllister=]'''

* BarrierMaiden: A SpearCounterpart version. He is a Font of The One's power, I.E. the means by which Nina, Kit, etc receive their power. If he realizes it, he'll die, so everyone is very careful about preserving the {{Masquerade}}.
* DeadpanSnarker: Again, only in the last book or so-- Wizards At War, arguably, and A Wizard Of Mars, definitely.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: If he ever learns that he's an abdal, he'll immediately a) stop being one and b) die.
* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: In ''A Wizard Alone'', Darryl becomes autistic [[spoiler:in an attempt to withdraw from the sensations of being malignantly observed by the Lone Power.]]
* TheRainman: Though his autism is bizarrely portrayed (his behaviour on the outside is accurate enough, but his experience from the inside not so much), Darryl makes his first appearance as a severely autistic boy who also turns out to be a human conduit for a large amount of the wizardly power available to Earth. JustifiedTrope: Darryl's autism is something the Lone Power has done to him; it's reasonable that it would only superficially resemble an organic condition. So in other words, it's not really autism.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Darryl, who has eyes so innocent that it hurts the first time you see them.

!'''Ponch'''

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Leaves the cast by returning to Timeheart.]]
* BadassAdorable: A cute little dog with enough personal power to [[spoiler: create brand new universes.]]
* DogsAreDumb: Averted. he started out smart, and only got smarter as time went on after being around Kit for so long.
* [[spoiler:{{God}}: He is an incarnation of The One.]]
* [[spoiler:GodIsGood: An Incarnation of The One and a fantastic pet. He's been working on some Powers level scheme all this time.]]
* [[spoiler: KingOfAllCosmos: He's the local {{God}}, and his favorite pastime is to incarnate as a dog because he likes the 'spell it backwards joke'. According to the Transcendent Pig, He has fondness for bad old jokes.]]
* [[spoiler:UpliftedAnimal: At first thought to be because of exposure to wizardry, but his high intelligence is actually because He's The One.]]

!'''Fred (sentient white hole)'''
* BadassAdorable
* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:Fred hasn't been mentioned more than once or twice since the first book.]]
* SomeCallMeTim: Kit gives him the name "Fred" because there was no way either he or Nita would be able to pronounce, let alone remember his true name.
* TheUnpronounceable: His full name is Khairelikoblephareglukumeilichephreidosd'enagouni.

!'''Irina Mladen'''
* ActionMom: The most powerful wizard native to Earth, usually to be found carrying her baby in a sling.
* {{Badass}}
* MamaBear: Towards the whole planet, judging by her behavior.

!'''Spot'''

* EmpathyPet: Despite being featureless, he's somehow able to reflect Dairine's mood.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: He doesn't have much to say to anyone other than Dairine.
* MagicalComputer: Literally, as he's a version of the [[SpellBook wizard's manual]].
* MagicFromTechnology: Has functions that can instantly generate spell circles and run them internally, which saves Dairine a lot of SpellConstruction.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The most obvious example in the series. He has a habit of "[[MechanicalEvolution upgrading]]" between installments to mimic current Apple products.

!'''Bobo'''

!'''Macchu Picchu/Peach'''
* DeadpanSnarker
* GodWasMyCopilot

!'''Biddy O Dalaigh'''
* TheBlacksmith
* GodWasMyCopilot
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Helps reforge the spear, even though she knows that using her powers again (against her promise) will effectively kill her.]]
* UltimateBlacksmith: [[spoiler: She forged the original Spear of Light, and she's needed to make the replacement form for it.]]

!'''The Transcendent Pig'''
* BeyondTheImpossible: The Powers That Be, which created the Universe and everything in it, can't remember creating him. It causes them embarassment.
* ImpossibleTask: "Tell me three things I don't know and I'll tell you one thing you don't know."
* TheOmniscient: The Pig is everywhere at once and so he knows everything.
* PhraseCatcher: Whenever a wizard finds him they ask "What is the meaning of life?"
** fanon states that he once answered "42" as a joke to an Earth wizard named Douglas Adams.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around so long, not even the Powers know where he came from.
* RuleOfThree: Claims to have the 'three things' rule because wizards can get into a lot of trouble with just one response.

!'''Mr. Millman'''
* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: [[spoiler: Subverted. While not a wizard himself, he's in on TheMasquerade and knows how to spot one. This comes in handy when the cast needs time off from school to save the universe.]]

!'''Pralaya'''
* DevilInDisguise: The wizard Pralaya in ''The Wizard's Dilemma'' is "overshadowed" by the Lone Power (meaning, possessed by the Devil, basically).

* CryForTheDevil: For the [[spoiler: Lone Power]]. [[spoiler: It works.]]