History Literature / WizardOfYurt

Thus far, the series consists of the following:

* ''A Bad Spell In Yurt''
* ''The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint''
* ''Mage Quest''
* ''The Witch and the Cathedral''
* ''Daughter Of Magic''
* ''Is This Apocalypse Necessary?''
* ''The Lost Girls And The Kobold''
* ''Below the Wizard's Tower''
* ''A Long Way 'Til November''
* ''Third Time's a Charm: Three Novellas of Yurt'' (an omnibus edition collecting three short stories set in the universe)

* CourtMage: Daimbert serves as the Royal Wizard of Yurt. Other kingdoms also have a royal wizard-it's a standard position for them.

''A Bad Spell In Yurt''

''The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint''

''Mage Quest''

''The Witch and the Cathedral''

''Daughter Of Magic''

''Is This Apocalypse Necessary?''

''The Lost Girls And The Kobold''

''Below the Wizard's Tower''

''A Long Way 'Til November''

''Third Time's a Charm: Three Novellas of Yurt'' (an omnibus edition collecting three short stories set in the universe)

* UnequalRites: There's tension between wizards who use magic (deemed "natural") vs. clergy and evildoers invoking saints or demons (i.e. the "supernatural"). Both wizards and clergy are taught they're incompatible. Many clerics are suspicious about magic, thinking it's often the "black arts" (although wizards don't believe in such a concept-intent is what matters). Wizards on the other hand often resent religious strictures.

* WizardClassic: Daimbert tries to make himself look more like one, growing a beard then dying it gray, getting a wizardly getup (though not quite of classic variety) then lamenting that he's not placed in a tower nor has any staff to carry around.

* LanguageOfMagic: The Hidden Language is a language wizards speak in (vocally or mentally) to work magic.

* MageTower: Daimbert and other royal wizards have a tower in the castle where they live to reside in, plus having their laboratory there.

* {{Magitek}}: Though most of the technology is just like that of Medieval Europe, magical lights and telephones exist as well.

* UnequalRites: There's tension between wizards who use magic (deemed "natural") vs. clergy and evildoers invoking saints or demons (i.e. the "supernatural"). Both wizards and clergy are taught they're incompatible.
* VowOfCelibacy: The clergy in the West are sworn to celibacy (they're a Catholic analogue) but so are wizards. It causes headaches for Daimbert, who finds a lot of women tempting.

''The Wizard of Yurt'' is a fantasy series by C. Dale Brittain, combining MedievalEuropeanFantasy with [[MysteryFiction mystery]]. It is currently six books long.

The protagonist is a perfunctorily "school-trained" wizard named Daimbert who is assigned as the Royal Wizard to one of the smaller kingdoms in the loose confederation he was born into. There are three [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution Estates]]: royalty, the church, and wizardry. Magic, as carried out by wizards, magicians and witches, is opposed to "the supernatural" - the actions of churchmen enlisting the aid of saints or of evildoers making deals with demons from Hell. Most of the setting is heavily Christian but "the East" is a mixture of Islamic kingdoms and a Christian Byzantine analog. In the East, the 2 estates of wizardry and royalty are merged, as are the estates of royalty and church in the Islamic kingdoms. Within "natural" magic, there are various schools, such as light and air, fire, blood and bone, etc.

* OddFriendship: Daimbert and Joachim rapidly become close friends despite their completely different temperaments and their respective superiors telling them that magic and religion don't mix.

The protagonist is a perfunctorily "school-trained" wizard named Daimbert who is assigned as the Royal Wizard to one of the smaller kingdoms in the loose confederation he was born into. There are three [[ViveLaRevolution Estates]]: royalty, the church, and wizardry. Magic, as carried out by wizards, magicians and witches, is opposed to "the supernatural" - the actions of churchmen enlisting the aid of saints or of evildoers making deals with demons from Hell. Most of the setting is heavily Christian but "the East" is a mixture of Islamic kingdoms and a Christian Byzantine analog. In the East, the 2 estates of wizardry and royalty are merged, as are the estates of royalty and church in the Islamic kingdoms. Within "natural" magic, there are various schools, such as light and air, fire, blood and bone, etc.

A typical story involves several mysteries at once and Daimbert as the principal investigator of most or all of them. Conflict in the series arises from the tension between church and magic, which is somewhat abridged by Daimbert's friendship with Father Joachim, originally the Royal Chaplain of Yurt, and later from tension among all the estates. Personal conflict for Daimbert includes jealousy among the students of his wizard school class, a long unrequited love for the Queen of Yurt, and his relationships being squeezed between the wizard's rules against marriage and the church's rules of celibacy unless married.

The protagonist is a perfunctorily "school-trained" wizard named Daimbert who is assigned as the Royal Wizard to one of the smaller kingdoms in the loose confederation he was born into. There are three [[ViveLaRevolution Estates]: royalty, the church, and wizardry. Magic, as carried out by wizards, magicians and witches, is opposed to "the supernatural" - the actions of churchmen enlisting the aid of saints or of evildoers making deals with demons from Hell. Most of the setting is heavily Christian but "the East" is a mixture of Islamic kingdoms and a Christian Byzantine analog. In the East, the 2 estates of wizardry and royalty are merged, as are the estates of royalty and church in the Islamic kingdoms. Within "natural" magic, there are various schools, such as light and air, fire, blood and bone, etc.

''The Wizard of Yurt'' is a fantasy series by C. Dale Brittain, combining MedievalEuropeanFantasy with [[MysteryFiction mystery]]. It is currently six books long.

''The Wizard of Yurt'' is a fantasy series by C. Dale Brittain, combining MedievalEuropeanFantasy with [[MysteryFiction mystery]]. It is currently eight books long.