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* RedOniBlueOni: Morrigan is the quieter, more introspective blue to Hawthorne's rambunctious red, but she's the frank and earnest red to Casdence's aloof and soften cold blue.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Morrigan is the quieter, more introspective blue to Hawthorne's rambunctious red, but she's the frank and earnest passionate red to Casdence's Cadence's aloof and soften cold blue.
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* NotSoDifferent: A constant worry for Morrigan is that she is as a Wundersmith is a monster by nature and when it comes down to it is going to become exactly like Ezra Squall. Ezra, whenever interacting with her (especially in the second book) is very gleeful abut pointing out all the ways she's ''exactly'' like him and how it's her nature as a Wundersmith. Jupiter, however, is firm in his convictions that Wundersmiths are ''not'' all monsters, and that there's no chance that Morrigan will become like Ezra Squall.
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* NotSoDifferent: A constant worry for Morrigan is that she is as a Wundersmith is she's a monster by nature nature, and when it comes down to it is going to become exactly like Ezra Squall. Ezra, whenever interacting with her (especially in the second book) is very gleeful abut pointing out all the ways she's ''exactly'' like him and how it's her nature as a Wundersmith. Jupiter, however, is firm in his convictions that Wundersmiths are ''not'' all monsters, and that there's no chance that Morrigan will become like Ezra Squall.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Wundersmiths are viewed as this by most people, which leads to trouble when it turns out Morrigan is one. While she worries that being a Wundersmith might lead her to turn out badly, Jupiter repeatedly assures her that this notion is complete nonsense.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Friendly, outgoing Hawthorne is the nice one, self-centered, aloof Cadence as the mean one, and snarky, earnest Morrigan is the in-between.
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* {{Foil}}: Professors Mildmay and Onstald. Mildmay is a sweet, friendly guy who immediately hits it off with Morrigan and has some of the most fun lessons in Wunsoc. Onstald is an unapproachable SadistTeacher who goes out of his way to make Morrigan miserable. [[spoiler:And in the end, [[AffablyEvil Mildmay]] turns out to be working for the bad guys, and Onstald sacrifices his life to save Morrigan's.]]
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Mildmay tells Morrigan he's figured out why she can't tell anyone outside her unit what her "knack" is... it's a "boring" one like his, and she's embarrassed to say. No worries, he understands ''completely''! Morrigan uncomfortably plays along with this.
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* WhatKindOfALamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Mildmay's super-impressive ability that got him into the Wundrous Society is... he makes really awesome maps! It's actually a very ''[[BoringButPractical useful]]'' skill, but it lacks a certain "wow" factor, and he's noticeably annoyed by this.
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* WhatKindOfALamePowerIsHeartAnyway: WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Mildmay's super-impressive ability that got him into the Wundrous Society is... he makes really awesome maps! It's actually a very ''[[BoringButPractical useful]]'' skill, but it lacks a certain "wow" factor, and he's noticeably annoyed by this.
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* BoringButPractical: Mildmay will be the first to admit his mapmaking knack isn't very showy, but it's easily one of the more practical knacks we've seen in the series thus-far.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: Both Cadence and Morrigan, due to the effects of their respective powers, have to deal with people acting like they don't have feelings and aren't affected by the way everyone else treats them.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Morrigan is the quieter, more introspective blue to Hawthorne's rambunctious red.
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* BirthdayHater: Morrigan really isn't fond of her birthday. Being cursed to drop dead the second you turn eleven years old will do that to you. [[spoiler:Even after she finds out the curse isn't real, she still isn't too keen on birthday celebrations -- though she can't help but enjoy herself when everyone at the hotel throws a surprise party for her when she turns twelve.]]
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:Despite what Professor Onstald (and many denizens of Nevermoor) would have you believe, Wundersmiths are ''not'' inherently bad people. While the most famous Wundersmith of all -- the one known as "''the'' Wundersmith" -- actually ''is'' unquestionably evil, there were also plenty of goodhearted and kind, or even just netural Wundersmiths, meaning it's not so much a whole class of evil people as it is one evil guy making a bad name for everybody else. It doesn't help that these days, everyone believes the horror stories about Wundersmiths, many of which are exaggerated or misconstrued at best, and outright propaganda at worst.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Cadence warms up to Morrigan because Morrigan, unlike nearly everybody else, isn't affected by her powers and thus remembers who she is.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:For all his bigotry and horrible actions, Onstald does ultimately die saving Morrigan's life. However, the trope is downplayed and even subverted when Jupiter acknowledges that, while his sacrifice was undeniably selfless and heroic, it still doesn't erase everything he did ''before'' that, and Morrigan is still allowed to be angry at him.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: All the discussions about Morrigan being an "illegal" in Nevermoor, especially in the first book, sound ''very'' familiar to anyone keeping up with real-life debates about immigration. Many of the people who think Morrigan should be sent back home (where it's believed she'll, you know, ''die'') give arguments that sound almost exactly like arguments given by right-wing politicians about why immigrants shouldn't be allowed in their countries.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: All the discussions about Morrigan being an "illegal" in Nevermoor, especially in the first book, sound ''very'' familiar to anyone keeping up with real-life debates about immigration. Many of the people who think Morrigan should be sent back home (where it's believed she'll, you know, ''die'') give arguments that sound almost exactly like arguments given by right-wing politicians about why immigrants shouldn't be allowed in their countries.
* LittleMissSnarker: Her young age does ''nothing'' to slow down Morrigan's snark.
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* ManipulativeBastard: ManipulativeBastard:
** Ezra Squall's main mode of operation. He can't physically enter Nevermoor himself, but he ''can'' manipulate and influence people and events.
** The Elders have a tendency to make people do what they want them to do, without actually coming out and explaining anything.
** Ezra Squall's main mode of operation. He can't physically enter Nevermoor himself, but he ''can'' manipulate and influence people and events.
** The Elders have a tendency to make people do what they want them to do, without actually coming out and explaining anything.
* SadistTeacher: Professor Onstald firmly believes all Wundersmiths are inherently evil, and makes sure Morrigan knows that she'll become evil, too. [[spoiler:Then you find out he was deliberately ''lying'' about many of the Wundersmiths' so-called evil acts, meaning he can't even claim ignorance for his horrible bigotry.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Ezra Squall is ''very'' fond of telling Morrigan this... in fact, he makes no secret that as far as he's concerned it's inevitable that she'll join his side.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Ezra Squall is ''very'' fond of telling Morrigan this... in fact, he makes no secret that as far as he's concerned it's inevitable that she'll join his side.side.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: This quote from Jupiter to Morrigan in the first book, setting the tone for their whole relationship:
-->''Hear me when I say this: you are not a curse on anyone, Morrigan Crow.''
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: This quote from Jupiter to Morrigan in the first book, setting the tone for their whole relationship:
-->''Hear me when I say this: you are not a curse on anyone, Morrigan Crow.''
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* FriendlyRivals: Saint Nicholas and the Yule Queen. Every Christmas Eve they have a public battle of one-upmanship to see who will be in charge of the season this year, and every year the battle ends with them declaring a truce and working together as equals instead.
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* FriendlyRivals: FriendlyRivalry: Between Saint Nicholas and the Yule Queen. Every Christmas Eve they have a public battle of one-upmanship to see who will be in charge of the season this year, and every year the battle ends with them declaring a truce and working together as equals instead.
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** Cadence is haughty, aloof and self-centered, and is prone to using her hypnotic abilities to {{Troll}} people or even get away with petty criminal acts... but she has a conscience, she cares about doing the right thing, and she is the first og Unit 919 apart from Hawthorne to befriend Morrigan.
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** Cadence is haughty, aloof and self-centered, and is prone to using her hypnotic abilities to {{Troll}} people or even get away with petty criminal acts... but she has a conscience, she cares about doing the right thing, and she is the first og of Unit 919 apart from Hawthorne to befriend Morrigan.
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* TheOrder: The Wundrus Society, whose members may be called upon to defend and protect the people of Nevermoor or otherwise work to make things better for society in general. They are generally treated as [=VIP=]s in Nevermoor, getting privileges and special treatment that others plain do not... but in return they are expected to do their part in service to the Society, even if this means making great personal sacrifices or even laying down their lives.
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* SilentSnarker: Hawthorne's older brother Homer has taken a vow of silence and is only allowed to speak one day a year. The rest of the year he snarks using body language, or the blackboard he alays carries to write messages on.
* StepfordSnarker: Morrigan, probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous, trouble or upset, she tends to get sarcastic.
* StepfordSnarker: Morrigan, probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous, trouble or upset, she tends to get sarcastic.
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* SilentSnarker: Hawthorne's older brother Homer has taken a vow of silence and is only allowed to speak one day a year. The rest of the year he snarks using body language, or the blackboard he alays always carries to write messages on.
* StepfordSnarker: Morrigan, probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous,trouble troubled or upset, she tends to get sarcastic.
* StepfordSnarker: Morrigan, probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous,
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Cadence is this, largely because her nature as a mesmerist means people have a tendency to ignore or forget her. Over the course of the two books, she proves to have more of a SugarAndIce personality, with the "sugar" part becoming more prominent as she becomes friends with Morrigan and Hawthorne.
* AlphaBitch: Noelle Devereaux, Baz Charlton's star candidate, is a classic example during the trials. She's one of the favorites to win, she's haughty and snobbish and always surrounded by admiring girls who laugh at all her snide remarks.
* AlphaBitch: Noelle Devereaux, Baz Charlton's star candidate, is a classic example during the trials. She's one of the favorites to win, she's haughty and snobbish and always surrounded by admiring girls who laugh at all her snide remarks.
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* StepfordSnarker: Morrigan, probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous, trouble or upset, she tends to get sarcastic.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Jack sports one, though it's actually an Eyepatch of Power ''Dampening'', as wearing it cancels out Jack's Seer talent and keeps him from sensory overload.
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* SecretRelationship: Martha the maid and Charlie the chauffeur '' think'' they have one of these. Everyone else knows about it but play along.
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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Morrigan's father Corvus and stepmother Ivy. They're not physically abusive, and not ''really'' verbally abusive either, but they are ''terrible'' parents to Morrigan, neglectful and unloving. Ivy seems to barely consider Morrigan a real person, and Corvus isn't shy about saying that he views her as a burden more than anything.
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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Morrigan's father Corvus and stepmother Ivy. They're not physically abusive, and not ''really'' verbally abusive either, but they are ''terrible'' parents to Morrigan, neglectful and unloving.unloving and with a tendency to ignore her. Ivy seems to barely consider Morrigan a real person, and Corvus isn't shy about saying that he views her as a burden more than anything.
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** They avert the trope when it comes to Morrigan's newborn half-brothers, Guntram and Wolfram. When Morrigan briefly re-visits her family without their knowledge late in the first book, she finds that both Corvus and Ivy dote on the babies and show them all the love and affection they never showed Morrigan. She takes it remarkably well.
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** They avert the trope when it comes to Morrigan's newborn half-brothers, Guntram and Wolfram. When Morrigan briefly re-visits her family without their knowledge late in the first book, she finds that both Corvus and Ivy dote on the twin babies and show them all the love and affection they never showed Morrigan. She takes it remarkably well.
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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Morrigan's father Corvus and stepmother Ivy. They're not physically abusive, and not ''really'' verbally abusive either, but they are ''terrible'' parents to Morrigan, neglectful and unloving. Ivy seems to barely consider Morrigan a real person, and Corvus isn't shy about saying that he views her as a burden more than anything. It's hinted that this attitude is mostly a reaction to thinking Morrigan would die young thanks to the curse; later on when Morrigan's younger half-brothers are born, Corvus and Ivy both seem to be both loving and doting parents to them.
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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Morrigan's father Corvus and stepmother Ivy. They're not physically abusive, and not ''really'' verbally abusive either, but they are ''terrible'' parents to Morrigan, neglectful and unloving. Ivy seems to barely consider Morrigan a real person, and Corvus isn't shy about saying that he views her as a burden more than anything.
** It's hinted that this attitude is mostly a reaction to thinking Morrigan would die young thanks to thecurse; later on curse and not wanting to get attatched to someone they knew they were going to lose before long. Particularly Corvus seems to have taken this view, as his first wife died giving birth to Morrigan, and he found it easier thinking of Morrigan as though she was already dead and the girl who lived in his house was just a manifestation of the curse that killed his wife and daughter.
** They avert the trope when it comes to Morrigan'syounger half-brothers are born, newborn half-brothers, Guntram and Wolfram. When Morrigan briefly re-visits her family without their knowledge late in the first book, she finds that both Corvus and Ivy both seem to be both loving dote on the babies and doting parents to them.show them all the love and affection they never showed Morrigan. She takes it remarkably well.
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* AffectionateNickname: Jupiter, who [[TheNicknamer is fond of giving people these]], calls Morrigan "Mog." She doesn't really like it, but ultimately accepts it as the sign of affection it is.
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* NotSoDifferent: A constant worry for Morrigan is that she is as a Wundersmith is a monster by nature and when it comes down to it is going to become exactly like Ezra Squall. Ezra, whenever interacting with her (especially in the second book) is very gleeful abut pointing out all the ways she's ''exactly'' like him and how it's her nature as a Wundersmith. Jupiter, however, is firm in his convictions that Wundersmiths are ''not'' all monsters, and that there's no chance that Morrigan will become like Ezra Squall.
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* HateSink: Inspector Flintlock, the police inspector who gleefully pursues Morrigan to have her deported because he ''despises'' "outsiders." The author has even admitted that he's the one character she's written without any kind of redeeming traits.
* HiddenDepths: Most of the characters turn out to have this. It's rare for anyone to be exactly who he or she appears on the surface; there's usually something more there.
* HiddenDepths: Most of the characters turn out to have this. It's rare for anyone to be exactly who he or she appears on the surface; there's usually something more there.
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No relation to ''Literature/Nevermore2010''
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ezra Squall is polite and even amiable to a degree, but get in his way, or annoy him in any way, and you'll soon be reminded that he's a complete sociopath and a mass murderer.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ezra Squall is polite and even amiable to a degree, but get in his way, or annoy him him, or just be in any way, the wrong place at the wrong time, and you'll soon be reminded that he's a complete sociopath and a mass murderer.
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* UpperClassTwit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.]]
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* SilentSnarker: Hawthorne's older brother Homer has taken a vow of silence and is only allowed to speak one day a year. The rest of the year he snarks using body language, or the blackboard he alays carries to write messages on.
* UpperClassTwit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.]]]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: Ezra Squall is ''very'' fond of telling Morrigan this... in fact, he makes no secret that as far as he's concerned it's inevitable that she'll join his side.
* UpperClassTwit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Ezra Squall is ''very'' fond of telling Morrigan this... in fact, he makes no secret that as far as he's concerned it's inevitable that she'll join his side.
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The story follows Morrigan Crow, a clever but [[BornUnlucky phenomenally unlucky]] young girl who is cursed to die on her eleventh birthday. When the fated day arrives, however, she's rescued by a [[EccentricMentor mysterious and eccentric benefactor,]] Captain Jupiter North of the [[TheOrder Wundrous Society, Society]], who whisks her away to the secret magical (or [[MagicByAnyOtherName "wundrous"]]) city of Nevermoor. He's forced to do so by smuggling her into the city, very illegally... and unless they can find a legal way for Morrigan to stay, she'll be deported back home, where she'll almost certainly die.
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* FirstEpisodeTwist: It's revealed about halfway through the first book that Ezra Squall, the person who showed interest in Morrigan in during Bid Day, is the dreaded Wundersmith. The end of the book reveals that Morrigan herself is also a Wundersmith, and that this is why he wanted her as his apprentice.
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* FireForgedFriends: Morrigan and the rest of Unit 919 -- with the exception of Hawthorne who is friends with her from the very start, the others take some time to warm up to her and they have to go through a few trials and tribulations together.
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* FireForgedFriends: Morrigan and the rest of Unit 919 -- with the exception of Hawthorne who is friends with her from the very start, the others take some time The Wundrous Society try to warm up to her and they have to go through a few make each unit this, by making them face trials and tribulations together.together. It doesn't ''always'' work. [[spoiler: It does seem to work at least slightly for Unit 919, though... over their first year of training they're sent blackmail notes threatening to expose Morrigan as a Wundersmith unless the members agree to certain demands. While most of the unit (except Harthorne and Cadence) end up absolutely ''hating'' Morrigan, they do keep her secret... and at the end of the term they find out that the blackmail was the Elders' trial to test their loyalty to each other. Judging by their reactions afterwards, this seems to have given them some new perspective on things, and they start to get along better.]]
* ImmuneToMindControl: Morrigan, probably thanks to being a Wundersmith, is the only person who's almost completely immune to Cadences mesmerism. She ''does'' have a tendency to forget her name early on, but unlike pretty much anyone else she never forgets that Cadence exists, and is not affected by her JediMindTrick.
* JediMindTrick: Cadence, as a mesmerist, can do this almost effortlessly. People of strong will might be able to resist slightly, but very few people are immune to it.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Morrigan, probably thanks to being a Wundersmith, is the only person who's almost completely immune to Cadences mesmerism. She ''does'' have a tendency to forget her name early on, but unlike pretty much anyone else she never forgets that Cadence exists, and is not affected by her JediMindTrick.
* JediMindTrick: Cadence, as a mesmerist, can do this almost effortlessly. People of strong will might be able to resist slightly, but very few people are immune to it.
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: Wunder, which has more than a few things in common with [[Franchise/StarWars The Force]] but is a little more temperamental and willful in its relationship with the Wundersmiths.
* ManipulativeBastard: Ezra Squall's main mode of operation. He can't physically enter Nevermoor himself, but he ''can'' manipulate and influence people and events.
* ManipulativeBastard: Ezra Squall's main mode of operation. He can't physically enter Nevermoor himself, but he ''can'' manipulate and influence people and events.
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* CoolOldLady: Morrigan's grandmother is a GrumpyOldWoman who's only really happy when she's miserable, or preferrably making someone ''else'' miserable... but she ''is'' the only member of Morrigan's family who actually seems to care about her. [[spoiler: Turns out she conspired with Jupiter North to save Morrigan from death, and is the only family member who knows that Morrigan didn't die on her eleventh birthday after all.]]
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* CoolOldLady: Morrigan's grandmother is a GrumpyOldWoman [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Woman]] who's only really happy when she's miserable, or preferrably making someone ''else'' miserable... but she ''is'' the only member of Morrigan's family who actually seems to care about her. [[spoiler: Turns out she conspired with Jupiter North to save Morrigan from death, and is the only family member who knows that Morrigan didn't die on her eleventh birthday after all.]]
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* BrainlessBeauty: Morrigan's stepmother Ivy is very pretty, but rather short on brains. She's not mean to Morrigan so much as totally indifferent to her.
* CoolOldLady: Morrigan's grandmother is a GrumpyOldWoman who's only really happy when she's miserable, or preferrably making someone ''else'' miserable... but she ''is'' the only member of Morrigan's family who actually seems to care about her. [[spoiler: Turns out she conspired with Jupiter North to save Morrigan from death, and is the only family member who knows that Morrigan didn't die on her eleventh birthday after all.]]
* EccentricMentor: Jupiter North probably isn't the most conventional of mentors, and especially early on Morrigan often wonders about his sanity.
* EccentricMentor: Jupiter North probably isn't the most conventional of mentors, and especially early on Morrigan often wonders about his sanity.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Though Jupiter's role as a captain in the Wundrous Society keeps him busy, and he sometimes keeps a few too many secrets, he quickly becomes like a father figure to Morrigan. Particularly in ''Wundersmith'' their interactions take on a father-daughter tone.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Morrigan and Hawthorne become best friends almost immediately after meeting one another, but neither of them seems interested in turning their relationship romantic.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: Morrigan and Hawthorne become best friends almost immediately after meeting one another, but neither of them seems interested in turning their relationshipromantic.romantic.
* UpperClassTwit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Morrigan and Hawthorne become best friends almost immediately after meeting one another, but neither of them seems interested in turning their relationship
* UpperClassTwit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.]]
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The first book, ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'', introduces us to Morrigan Crow, who is a "cursed child." Cursed children are born on Eventide, the unluckiest birthdate, and are said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything. Hence, Morrigan is blamed for everything that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, from natural disasters to outbreaks of the common cold... and worst of all, she is destined to die on her eleventh birthday.
However, when her eleventh birthday does arrive, she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor. In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The second book, ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' chronicles Morrigan's first year as a member of Unit 919 of the Wundrous Society, and the trials and tribulations they go through.
A third book, ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'', has been announced for 2020.
However, when her eleventh birthday does arrive, she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor. In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The second book, ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' chronicles Morrigan's first year as a member of Unit 919 of the Wundrous Society, and the trials and tribulations they go through.
A third book, ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'', has been announced for 2020.
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The first book, ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'', introduces us to story follows Morrigan Crow, a clever but [[BornUnlucky phenomenally unlucky]] young girl who is a "cursed child." Cursed children are born on Eventide, the unluckiest birthdate, and are said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything. Hence, Morrigan is blamed for everything that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, from natural disasters to outbreaks of the common cold... and worst of all, she is destined cursed to die on her eleventh birthday.birthday. When the fated day arrives, however, she's rescued by a [[EccentricMentor mysterious and eccentric benefactor,]] Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, who whisks her away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor. He's forced to do so by smuggling her into the city, very illegally... and unless they can find a legal way for Morrigan to stay, she'll be deported back home, where she'll almost certainly die.
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* BornUnlucky: Cursed children are said to be this, acting as magnets for misfortune and doom. Morrigan suspects from the start, though, that a lot of people use her and other cursed children as convenient scapegoats whether the misfortune is actually their fault or not. [[spoiler: Towards the end of the first book, Ezra Squall gleefully reveals that the curse isn't real, and ''none'' of the misfortunes are the cursed children's fault -- people just like having convenient scapegoats.]]
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Morrigan Crow is a "cursed child," said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything, blamed for all that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, and -- worst of all -- destined to die on her eleventh birthday. However, when her eleventh birthday comes she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor.
In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The series is planned to have nine books. So far, two have been published, with a third book announced for January, 2020.
1. ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'' (2017)\\
2. ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' (2018)\\
3. ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'' (2020)
In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The series is planned to have nine books. So far, two have been published, with a third book announced for January, 2020.
1. ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'' (2017)\\
2. ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' (2018)\\
3. ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'' (2020)
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The first book, ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Crow'', introduces us to Morrigan Crow, who is a "cursed child," child." Cursed children are born on Eventide, the unluckiest birthdate, and are said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything, everything. Hence, Morrigan is blamed for all everything that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, from natural disasters to outbreaks of the common cold... and -- worst of all -- all, she is destined to die on her eleventh birthday. However, when her eleventh birthday comes she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor.birthday.
However, when her eleventh birthday does arrive, she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor. In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
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However, when her eleventh birthday does arrive, she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor. In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Henry Mildmay]] is a genial, friendly and {{Adorkable}} man who genuinely gets along with Morrigan. He's also secretly working for the bad guys.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for Magnificats.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for Magnificats.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Henry Mildmay]] is a genial, friendly and {{Adorkable}} man who genuinely gets along with Morrigan.Unit 919. He's also secretly working for the bad guys.
* BigEater: Hawthorne is always hungry, especially if sweets are involved.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jupiter North is jovial, cheerful, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the staff at the Hotel Deucalion, and a caring patron to Morrigan... and he will ''not'' stand for anyone threatening those under his care.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra the Magnificat can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait forMagnificats.Magnificats.
* CoolHorse:
** Hawthorne is a dragon rider. Which means he rides dragons. You don't get much cooler than that when it comes to riding animals.
** In the Chase trial in the first book, Morrigan gets to ride Fenestra. A gigantic talking cat with the speed of a cheetah is nothing to sneeze at either.
* BigEater: Hawthorne is always hungry, especially if sweets are involved.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jupiter North is jovial, cheerful, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the staff at the Hotel Deucalion, and a caring patron to Morrigan... and he will ''not'' stand for anyone threatening those under his care.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra the Magnificat can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for
* CoolHorse:
** Hawthorne is a dragon rider. Which means he rides dragons. You don't get much cooler than that when it comes to riding animals.
** In the Chase trial in the first book, Morrigan gets to ride Fenestra. A gigantic talking cat with the speed of a cheetah is nothing to sneeze at either.
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->"Death is boring. Life is much more fun. Things happen in life all the time. Unexpected things. [[ShapedLikeItself Things you couldn't possibly expect because they’re so very... unexpected.]]"
--> Jupiter North, ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow.''
''Nevermoor'' is a series of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] UrbanFantasy books by Jessica Townsend.
Morrigan Crow is a "cursed child," said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything, blamed for all that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, and -- worst of all -- destined to die on her eleventh birthday. However, when her eleventh birthday comes she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor.
In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The series is planned to have nine books. So far, two have been published, with a third book announced for January, 2020.
1. ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'' (2017)
2. ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' (2018)
3. ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'' (2020)
A film adaptation has also been announced, with Drew Goddard as writer and producer.
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!!Examples
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Henry Mildmay]] is a genial, friendly and {{Adorkable}} man who genuinely gets along with Morrigan. He's also secretly working for the bad guys.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for Magnificats.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Ezra Squall is polite and even amiable to a degree, but get in his way, or annoy him in any way, and you'll soon be reminded that he's a complete sociopath and a mass murderer.
* FireForgedFriends: Morrigan and the rest of Unit 919 -- with the exception of Hawthorne who is friends with her from the very start, the others take some time to warm up to her and they have to go through a few trials and tribulations together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: There are a few examples here.
** Fenestra does a good CatsAreMean impression, but she's very loyal to Jupiter and comes to genuinely care for Morrigan.
** Cadence is haughty, aloof and self-centered, and is prone to using her hypnotic abilities to {{Troll}} people or even get away with petty criminal acts... but she has a conscience, she cares about doing the right thing, and she is the first og Unit 919 apart from Hawthorne to befriend Morrigan.
* NaughtyIsGood: Hawthorne is an irrepressible mischief-maker, prankster and rulebreaker who doesn't take schoolwork very seriously and often gets into trouble, but he is without question the friendliest and most steadfastly loyal person in the series.
* PantheraAwesome: The Magnificats. Giant, intelligent cats with the gift of speech... [[CatsAreSnarkers and sarcasm]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Though Jupiter's role as a captain in the Wundrous Society keeps him busy, and he sometimes keeps a few too many secrets, he quickly becomes like a father figure to Morrigan. Particularly in ''Wundersmith'' their interactions take on a father-daughter tone.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Morrigan and Hawthorne become best friends almost immediately after meeting one another, but neither of them seems interested in turning their relationship romantic.
--> Jupiter North, ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow.''
''Nevermoor'' is a series of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] UrbanFantasy books by Jessica Townsend.
Morrigan Crow is a "cursed child," said to bring misfortune to everyone and everything, blamed for all that goes wrong in her hometown of Jackalfax, and -- worst of all -- destined to die on her eleventh birthday. However, when her eleventh birthday comes she's rescued from her fate by a mysterious and eccentric benefactor, Captain Jupiter North of the Wundrous Society, and whisked away to the secret magical city of Nevermoor.
In Nevermoor, Morrigan gets the chance to join the prestigious Wundrous Society herself, by competing in a series of trials against hundreds of other children, all of whom have extraordinary and sometimes supernatural talents called "knacks." Morrigan, however, isn't sure she even has a talent... until she discovers that she might have the most extraordinary talent of all.
The series is planned to have nine books. So far, two have been published, with a third book announced for January, 2020.
1. ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow'' (2017)
2. ''Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow'' (2018)
3. ''Hollowpox: The Hunt For Morrian Crow'' (2020)
A film adaptation has also been announced, with Drew Goddard as writer and producer.
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!!Examples
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Henry Mildmay]] is a genial, friendly and {{Adorkable}} man who genuinely gets along with Morrigan. He's also secretly working for the bad guys.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Fenestra can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for Magnificats.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Ezra Squall is polite and even amiable to a degree, but get in his way, or annoy him in any way, and you'll soon be reminded that he's a complete sociopath and a mass murderer.
* FireForgedFriends: Morrigan and the rest of Unit 919 -- with the exception of Hawthorne who is friends with her from the very start, the others take some time to warm up to her and they have to go through a few trials and tribulations together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: There are a few examples here.
** Fenestra does a good CatsAreMean impression, but she's very loyal to Jupiter and comes to genuinely care for Morrigan.
** Cadence is haughty, aloof and self-centered, and is prone to using her hypnotic abilities to {{Troll}} people or even get away with petty criminal acts... but she has a conscience, she cares about doing the right thing, and she is the first og Unit 919 apart from Hawthorne to befriend Morrigan.
* NaughtyIsGood: Hawthorne is an irrepressible mischief-maker, prankster and rulebreaker who doesn't take schoolwork very seriously and often gets into trouble, but he is without question the friendliest and most steadfastly loyal person in the series.
* PantheraAwesome: The Magnificats. Giant, intelligent cats with the gift of speech... [[CatsAreSnarkers and sarcasm]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Though Jupiter's role as a captain in the Wundrous Society keeps him busy, and he sometimes keeps a few too many secrets, he quickly becomes like a father figure to Morrigan. Particularly in ''Wundersmith'' their interactions take on a father-daughter tone.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Morrigan and Hawthorne become best friends almost immediately after meeting one another, but neither of them seems interested in turning their relationship romantic.
