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* DistressedDamsel / DistressedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress / DistressedDude / BadassInDistress: [[OnceAnEpisode Once a book]].
** In ''Magyk'' Marciain ''Magyk'', is captured by [=DomDaniel]'s supporters and rescued by Jenna, Nicko, and Septimus .
** In ''Flyte'' Jenna is taken to [=DomDaniel]'s Observatory by Simon in''Flyte'', order to kill her [[SubvertedTrope but escapes on her own before Septimus and Nicko can rescue her]]:
**Also Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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** In ''Flyte'' Jenna is taken to [=DomDaniel]'s Observatory by Simon in
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The ''Septimus Heap'' series is a series of {{young adult}} {{fantasy}} novels written by Angie Sage. Like the ''HarryPotter'' books, they take place in a rather whimsical fantasy world resembling a sort of mash-up of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and the modern day. And like the Harry Potter books, they do not skimp out on the NightmareFuel for young readers.
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The ''Septimus Heap'' series is a series of {{young adult}} YoungAdult {{fantasy}} novels written by Angie Sage. Like the ''HarryPotter'' books, they take place in a rather whimsical fantasy world resembling a sort of mash-up of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and the modern day. And like the Harry Potter books, they do not skimp out on the NightmareFuel for young readers.
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* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Before being asked to deliver his message to the Merram Marshes, Stanley the message rat was stuck delivering messages between two feuding sisters in a situation that had descended into this. His job eventually consisted of simply running back and forth between them and not talking, until finally the sisters' mother was shocked by the huge bill and canceled the service.
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* YouAreNumberSix: Happens to Stanley the message rat after [=DomDaniel=]'s heavies take over the rat office. The new head rat reassigns him as Rat One-Oh-One and strips away his chartered confidential status.
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* LighthousePoint: The light from [=CattRokk=].
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* ArcNumber: 7. It's not just lucky - 7 is a powerfully magical number. Case in point, Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son (it's even in his [[MeaningfulName name]].)
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** 7. It's not just lucky - 7 is a powerfully magical number. Case in point, Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son (it's even in his [[MeaningfulName name]].)
** 7. It's not just lucky - 7 is a powerfully magical number. Case in point, Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son (it's even in his [[MeaningfulName name]].)
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* ArcNumber: 7. It's not just lucky - 7 is a powerfully magical number. Case in point, Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son (it's even in his [[MeaningfulName name]].)
** Unsurprisingly, seven ''times'' seven (forty-nine) is also an ArcNumber, to the point that every book so far has forty-nine chapters.
** Unsurprisingly, seven ''times'' seven (forty-nine) is also an ArcNumber, to the point that every book so far has forty-nine chapters.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Inverted; the [[ArcNumber Arc Number 7]] and the way it is scattered through the series proves that Angie ''can'' [[DefiedTrope do math]].
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* MistakenForBadass: Merrin was thought by DomDaniel to be Septimus Heap, who was the seventh son of the seventh son that was said to have extreme magical talent. So he took Merrin in as an apprentice waiting for the talent to arise. It turns he was switch with the real Septimus at birth. Merrin doesn't take this well.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Septimus timidly starts off as TheLoad. But becomes more awesome as he gets better at magic.
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* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude DistressedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DisappearedDad: So the Queen was killed... but what happened to Jenna's biological father? [[spoiler: He's still very much alive, but he's been away for most of her life hunting treasure. They reunite in ''Flyte'', and he attempts to bond with her ([[YoureNotMyFather somewhat disasterously]]) in ''Syren'']].* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DisappearedDad: So the Queen was killed... but what happened to Jenna's biological father? [[spoiler: He's still very much alive, but he's been away for most of her life hunting treasure. They reunite in ''Flyte'', and he attempts to bond with her ([[YoureNotMyFather somewhat disasterously]]) in ''Syren'']].''Syren'']].
* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DisappearedDad: So the Queen was killed... but what happened to Jenna's biological father? [[spoiler: He's still very much alive, but he's been away for most of her life hunting treasure. They reunite in ''Flyte'', and he attempts to bond with her ([[YoureNotMyFather somewhat disasterously]]) in ''Syren'']].* DistressedDamsel / DistresedDude / BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'' (though she escapes on her own), Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* BadassInDistress: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'' (though she escapes on her own), ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* DistressedDamsel: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'' (though she escapes on her own), Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The witches must keep their Darke bargains -- though the Witch Mother must remind [[spoiler:Linda]] of that.
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* HonoraryUncle: Aunt Zelda to Wolf Boy
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* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: "Esmeralda"
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* MatterOfLifeAndDeath: In ''Flyte'', this is thrown around twice.
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* GoodGuyBar: The Hole In The Wall tavern, where several meetings of the characters occur.
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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Wizards and Witches are often mocked at or plainly distrusted InUniverse.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Syrah Syara.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Syrah Syara. She's mentioned in the epilogue of ''Queste'' [[spoiler:and becomes a major character in ''Syren''.]]
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OurGhostsAreDifferent: Most, if not all, people who die become ghosts. These are tied to the places they visited when they were alive, and while they cannot touch or grab things, they have the limited ability to '''Cause''' things to happen.
*OurWitchesAreDifferentOurWitchesAreDifferent: Witches in the Septimus-verse mostly work with potions and '''Magykal''' items rather than outright spellcasting, and have icy blue eyes. They are often in rivalry with Wizards.
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* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet]]: Jenna is haunted all her life by a "named bullet" -- a bullet guaranteed to find the person bearing its name. Initially, it "comes" to her unshot and free of its gun -- she owns it, so it "found" her. However, it's stolen from her and fired. [[spoiler: Alice Nettles takes it, and due to the way the bullet was named, it accepts her as its target]].
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* WhatBeautifulEyesWhatBeautifulEyes: GreenEyes are often described as this, such as in ''Syren'' where Simon is courted by a few women after falling in the harbour.
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* TechnicolorEyes: Wizards always have green eyes. Witches have blue eyes. All those embroiled in the '''Darke''' have dark eyes. Many heirs to the Castle have violet eyes, as does Jenna, since she has no inherent '''Magyk'''. Yes, female wizards are still called wizards -- because witches use a different system of Magyk than wizards do. It's a technical term.
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* TechnicolorEyes: Wizards always have green eyes. Witches have blue eyes. All those embroiled in the '''Darke''' have dark eyes. Many heirs to the Castle have violet eyes, as does Jenna, since she has no inherent '''Magyk'''. Yes, female wizards are still called wizards -- because witches use a different system of Magyk '''Magyk''' than wizards do. It's a technical term.
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* DeepSleep: Septimus once sleeps so deeply as to forget Spyt Fyre.
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* [[CityWithNoName Country With No Name]]: The queendom in which the series takes place is never officially named. The closest thing to a name it has is given in ''Syren'', where Septimus sends a letter there and calls it "The Small, Damp Country Across the Sea."
** The map in the sixth book also calls it that. So maybe, as odd as it sounds, that is its real name.
** The map in the sixth book also calls it that. So maybe, as odd as it sounds, that is its real name.
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* [[CityWithNoName Country With No Name]]: The queendom in which the series takes place is never officially named. The closest thing to a name it has is given in ''Syren'', where Septimus sends a letter there and calls it "The Small, Damp Country Across the Sea."
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Custodian Youth -- and especially their Tell-Tale hour -- is very similar to the Hitler Youth groups in Nazi Germany.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: There are a ''lot'' of Heap children.
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* RunningGag: Queen Etheldredda always referring to Jenna as her great-great-great (and then some) granddaughter, which she is, as all Queens and their Princesses are directly related. The author, Angie Sage, actually writes "great-great-great and then some" several times in her stories.
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** Queen Etheldredda always referring to Jenna as her great-great-great (and then some) granddaughter, which she is, as all Queens and their Princesses are directly related. The author, Angie Sage, actually writes "great-great-great and then some" several times in her stories.
** Queen Etheldredda always referring to Jenna as her great-great-great (and then some) granddaughter, which she is, as all Queens and their Princesses are directly related. The author, Angie Sage, actually writes "great-great-great and then some" several times in her stories.
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* {{Took a Level in Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: Septimus, in ''Darke'']].
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