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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series. Magic has been analized to the point it can be taught as an university topic and has clear laws that are so obvious and rigid, "regular" science (which doesn't adhere to stuff like [[TheLawsOfMagic Law of Similariy or Law of Relevance]]) is considered obviously false.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series. Magic has been analized analyzed to the point it can be taught as an university topic and has clear laws that are so obvious and rigid, "regular" science (which doesn't adhere to stuff like [[TheLawsOfMagic Law of Similariy or Law of Relevance]]) is considered obviously false.
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* DialogueReversal: In "The Eyes Have It", Darcy asks Sean 'what about the eyes?' to suggest a possible source for clues, and Sean replies "You mean the picture test, me lord?". In ''A Study In Sorcery'', Darcy suggests 'the picture test', and Sean replies, "You mean the eye test, my lord?".
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* DialogueReversal: In "The Eyes Have It", Darcy asks Sean 'what about the eyes?' to suggest "the eyes" as a possible source for clues, and Sean replies "You mean the picture test, me lord?". In ''A Study In Sorcery'', Darcy suggests 'the "the picture test', test", and Sean replies, "You mean the eye test, my lord?".
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* DialogueReversal: In "The Eyes Have It", Darcy asks Sean 'what about the eyes?' to suggest a possible source for clues, and Sean replies "You mean the picture test, me lord?". In ''A Study In Sorcery'', Darcy suggests 'the picture test', and Sean replies, "You mean the eye test, my lord?".
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* PalatePropping: Master Sean detects a sorcerous booby-trap on Laird Duncan's traveling trunk in "The Eyes Have It", and blocks its lid from severing his hand when he reaches inside it with this method.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Not normally the case (the police are the main characters), but in "The Bitter End", Sean finds himself held as a possible suspect in a murder by the incompetent Sergeant Cougair Chasseur for no reason beyond the fact that since the method of murder wasn't obvious, AWizardDidIt, and Sean happened to be a wizard who was in the same pub as the deceased when he was discovered to be dead.
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** The 2002 omnibus edition removes most of the repeated sections.
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* {{Geas}}: One of the characters is a psychopath with murderous tendencies, and thus had a geas put on him that makes him incapable of harming anyone unless it's in self-defense [[spoiler:or he's given a specific code word by his superior.]] It's mentioned that geas are often used to "treat" people with dangerous mental conditions.
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* {{Geas}}: One of the characters is a psychopath with murderous tendencies, and thus had a geas put on him that makes him incapable of harming anyone unless it's in self-defense [[spoiler:or he's [[spoiler:he's given a specific code word by his superior.]] (self-defense is not an included option, since a psychopath may interpret a simple slap as something justifying a murder) It's mentioned that geas are often used to "treat" people with dangerous mental conditions.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At the end of ''Too Many Magicians'', it is revealed that the crimes were committed by [[spoiler:an officer who was TrappedByGamblingDebts in an attempt to recruit him as a double agent. Lord Darcy remarks that had the offer to recruit come a bit earlier, the officer, instead of all the crimes, would have simply claimed the debts were a deliberate gambit to draw out the spy ring.]]
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At the end of ''Too Many Magicians'', it is revealed that the crimes were committed by [[spoiler:an officer who was TrappedByGamblingDebts in an attempt to recruit him as a double agent. agent under threat of speaking to his superior about it and ruining his career. Lord Darcy remarks that had the offer to recruit come a bit earlier, the officer, instead of all the crimes, would have simply claimed told his boss the debts were a deliberate gambit to draw out the spy ring.ring, and would have had a successful career as a triple agent.]]
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* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: Sir Thomas Leseaux, who has no magical ability, but is the world's leading expert in creating new spells due to his knowledge of magical theory.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At the end of ''Too Many Magicians'', it is revealed that the crimes were committed by [[spoiler:an officer who was TrappedByGamblingDebts in an attempt to recruit him as a double agent. Lord Darcy remarks that had the offer to recruit come a bit earlier, the officer, instead of all the crimes, would have simply claimed the debts were a deliberate gambit to draw out the spy ring.]]
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* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: An important plot sequence in ''Too Many Magicians'' happens during a pea-soup foggy London night. It's also stated that psychics can foresee when fog will be present and disperse, and their predictions are part of the newspaper weather report.
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As a result, in the 1970s, the Angevin Empire's society and technology largely resembles those of, to pick a comparison ''entirely'' at random, the Franchise/SherlockHolmes stories. But with wizards.
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As a result, in the 1970s, the Angevin Empire's society and technology largely resembles resemble those of, to pick a comparison ''entirely'' at random, the Franchise/SherlockHolmes stories. But with wizards.
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** In Kurland's ''A Study In Sorcery'', the Angevin governor of New England guarantees his agents' loyalty with a magically-reinforced oath, by which they swear to be loyal servants to their sovereign and his appointed proxies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the oath's wording neglects to ''name'' the sovereign to be served, to save having to reconstruct the spell every time a new king takes the throne, which means a Polish spy can take the oath without consequence by staying loyal to Poland's monarch.]] Also an issue with Pyramid Island's avoidance spell, which was designed to repel anyone without a legitimate purpose. [[spoiler: Turns out that the gun-runners honestly believed that smuggling weapons on and off the island ''was'' a "legitimate" purpose.]]
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** In Kurland's ''A Study In Sorcery'', the Angevin governor of New England guarantees his agents' loyalty with a magically-reinforced oath, by which they swear to be loyal servants to their sovereign and his appointed proxies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the oath's wording neglects to ''name'' the sovereign to be served, to save having to reconstruct the spell every time a new king takes the throne, which means a Polish spy can take the oath without consequence by staying loyal to Poland's monarch.]] Also an issue with Pyramid Island's avoidance spell, which was designed to repel anyone without a legitimate purpose.purpose in coming there. [[spoiler: Turns out that the gun-runners honestly believed that smuggling weapons on and off the island ''was'' a "legitimate" purpose.]]
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** In Kurland's ''A Study In Sorcery'', the Angevin governor of New England guarantees his agents' loyalty with a magically-reinforced oath, by which they swear to be loyal servants to their sovereign and his appointed proxies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the oath's wording neglects to ''name'' the sovereign to be served, to save having to reconstruct the spell every time a new king takes the throne, which means a Polish spy can take the oath without consequence by staying loyal to Poland's monarch.]]
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** In Kurland's ''A Study In Sorcery'', the Angevin governor of New England guarantees his agents' loyalty with a magically-reinforced oath, by which they swear to be loyal servants to their sovereign and his appointed proxies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the oath's wording neglects to ''name'' the sovereign to be served, to save having to reconstruct the spell every time a new king takes the throne, which means a Polish spy can take the oath without consequence by staying loyal to Poland's monarch.]] Also an issue with Pyramid Island's avoidance spell, which was designed to repel anyone without a legitimate purpose. [[spoiler: Turns out that the gun-runners honestly believed that smuggling weapons on and off the island ''was'' a "legitimate" purpose.]]
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* SecretKeeper: In ''A Study In Sorcery'', Darcy and Sean are entrusted with the Gemini Secret of [[spoiler: long-distance communication between the Old and New World]], a ''very'' important state asset which they swear never to reveal.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Literally so, as the Protestant Reformation never happened in this Verse. Although Eastern Orthodox is certainly around (in fact, in this Verse, the Byzantine Empire still exists) we don't get to really see any of it, and all the clergy we see is Catholic.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Literally so, as the Protestant Reformation never happened in this Verse. Although Eastern Orthodox is certainly around (in fact, in this Verse, the Byzantine Empire still exists) we don't get to really see any of it, and all the Christian clergy we see is Catholic.
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* SecretTest: A children's puzzle-toy displayed at the sorcerers' convention in ''Too Many Magicians'' also serves as a test for magical ability. If a child is Talented, their own gift will keep the toy operational even after its built-in enchantment has expired.
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* BlueCollarWarlock: Many magician characters are skilled tradesmen (for example, a locksmith in ''The Sixteen Keys'').
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* DisabilityAlibi: In one story, a suspect is cleared of the actual murder (if not another crime) when it's confirmed that he's not faking his paralysis, and thus could not have climbed the stairway to the murder scene.
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* EyeRemember: Used in an attempt to discover the murderer's identity in "The Eyes Have It".
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* EyeRemember: Used in an attempt to discover the murderer's identity in "The Eyes Have It". [[spoiler: Subverted in that the image retrieved is the victim's subjective view of the murderer, which doesn't really look anything like her.]]
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Literally so, as the Protestant Reformation never happened in this Verse.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Literally so, as the Protestant Reformation never happened in this Verse. Although Eastern Orthodox is certainly around (in fact, in this Verse, the Byzantine Empire still exists) we don't get to really see any of it, and all the clergy we see is Catholic.
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* AlwaysMurder: Well, mostly. Subverted in [[spoiler:"The Sixteen Keys"]], where it turns out they already know what the victim died of, and just need Darcy to figure out where he'd hidden an important document before he snuffed it.
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* AlwaysMurder: Well, mostly. Subverted in [[spoiler:"The Sixteen Keys"]], where it turns out they already know what the victim died of, of (it was natural causes--kinda), and just need Darcy to figure out where he'd hidden an important document before he snuffed it.
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* UnreliableNarrator: The opening of [[spoiler: ''Too Many Magicians'' has the close third-person thoughts of an intelligence agent noting that he couldn't see any evidence to indicate who might have committed the murder. At the end of the novel, it revealed he had been checking to make sure ''he'' hadn't left any behind.]]
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* AssholeVictim: The dead nobleman in "The Eyes Have It" was widely disliked and hated and there's no shortage of potential suspects. [[spoiler: When Darcy determines the killer was the man's sister and she'd killed him in self defense when he tried to rape her, he's content to let the matter drop while the authorities search for a woman who doesn't exist. Although the implication is they're not going to try too hard]].
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* {{Glamour}}: A non-magical version occurs is "The Eyes Have It" when it's revealed that the image extracted from a dead man's eyes isn't what he ''saw'', it's what he ''perceived''. Once he knows this, Darcy realizes that [[spoiler: the killer, an impossibly beautiful woman seen in that image, doesn't exist. It's how the dead man pictured his sister in his mind, and she killed him in self-defense when he attempted to sexually assault her]].
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series. Magic has been analized to the point it can be taught as an university topic and has clear laws that are so obvious and rigid, "regular" science (which doesn't adhere to stuff like [[LawsOfMagic Law of Similariy or Law of Relevance]]) is considered obviously false.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series. Magic has been analized to the point it can be taught as an university topic and has clear laws that are so obvious and rigid, "regular" science (which doesn't adhere to stuff like [[LawsOfMagic [[TheLawsOfMagic Law of Similariy or Law of Relevance]]) is considered obviously false.
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* BrilliantButLazy: The Marquis of London.
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* BrilliantButLazy: The Marquis of London.London, who Darcy believes could solve any case if he every actually bothered to get up and leave his house.
* TheEmpath: Sensitives (most of them priests) can sense the state of someone's mind, discover mental illnesses and identify a person by their mental "signature".
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* FantasticCatholicismFantasticCatholicism: Most priests have magical abilities - Healing, [[TheEmpath Sensing]], or, in some cases, both.
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* FunctionalMagic: More functional than science.
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* FunctionalMagic: More functional than science.science, as it basically supplants it in this universe.
* {{Geas}}: One of the characters is a psychopath with murderous tendencies, and thus had a geas put on him that makes him incapable of harming anyone unless it's in self-defense [[spoiler:or he's given a specific code word by his superior.]] It's mentioned that geas are often used to "treat" people with dangerous mental conditions.
* GlamourFailure: Spells such as illusion stop being effective when one looks into a mirror, as the spell acts on the mind of others rather than the environment, and thus an illusory object won't have a reflection.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: Especially when it comes to the Americas.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: Especially when it comes to the Americas.Americas, which are called New England (North A.) and New France (South A.).
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* MindOverMannersMindOverManners: The priests, especially Sensitives, often refuse to dig thorugh someone's mind without a really good reason because of their work ethic.
* PerceptionFilter: The avoidance spell makes people subconsciouly avoid looking at or noticing anything it's cast upon, serving as a more effective version of an invisibility spell (which is discussed and then discarded as not helping with sounds or smells).
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: A key element to the whole series. Magic has been analized to the point it can be taught as an university topic and has clear laws that are so obvious and rigid, "regular" science (which doesn't adhere to stuff like [[LawsOfMagic Law of Similariy or Law of Relevance]]) is considered obviously false.
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* UtilityMagicUtilityMagic: Most spells have fairly MundaneUtility. The one Master Sean uses most commonly is a preservation spell, whose primary purpose is to keep the body from decomposing, but is also applied in this world's equivalent of fridges.
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* {{Arrowgram}}: At the beginning of Michael Kurland's ''A Study in Sorcery'', a company of English soldiers are escorting a group of Native Americans through the lands of another tribe with whom they have a bad history. The chief of the local tribe sends a message arrow into the tent of the head soldier, warning him that they plan to attack and giving him a chance to withdraw his men. (History being somewhat different in this series, the message is written in formal English on mass-produced notepaper with a printed letterhead.)
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* AmericaIsStillAColony: History diverged around 1199: the Anglo-French Empire is still ruled by a descendant of UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart, and controls most of western Europe as well as America.
