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Any real-world inspiration for the countries in the Black Magician series?

Trudi Canavan's Black Magician series, starting with The Magicians' Guild and continuing with the first trilogy and then a prequel novel and sequel trilogy, is set in a purely fantasy world consisting ...
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Creation of Siyee and Elai

In the Age of Five we are introduced to human groups that have been mutated by the magic of Huan into flying people (Siyee) and Sea people (Elai). When were the Siyee and Elai created out of the human ...
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How old (long) is the Age of Five

In Trudi Canavan's the Age of Five, the new age ends with the death of the "many" a large number of Gods and the ascension of The Five. At some point they begin making White, with Juran ...
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Why Sachakan magicians communicate in Kyralian?

In the Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy when Akkarin and Sonea travel to Sachaka they were able to eavesdrop on Sachakan mages who spoke Kyralian with Sachakan accent. Why on Earth Sachakans ...
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Where was Takan's blood gem kept in the Black Magician Trilogy?

During the events of the Black Magician Trilogy, The High Lord Akkarin mentions that he communicates with his servant Takan using a Blood Gem, which is created using forbidden Black Magic. Where ...
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In Age of the Five, what are the names of the Gods?

In Age of the Five, by Trudi Canavan there Circlians have 5 gods. What are their names? The Pentadrians also have 5 Gods, what are their names? The names of the Gods are not in the glossary, and are ...
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Is there a visual of how would the Trudi Canavan's "Blood Gem " look like?

Following up other question I'd like to find out if some one has created an image: a drawing or such of how the "Blood Gem" looks like? Kudos for images that have been approved or at least have an ...
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Who had Akkarin's third Blood Gem in the Black Magician Trilogy?

In The Black Magician Trilogy, when introducing Sonea to the blood gems, Akkarin states that he has three blood gems. One is with Takkan One is with Lorlen "One with a friend in a useful place" ...
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