By using a time-traveling device, Jane pulled the strings throughout her siblings' and Quentin's stories, finally succeeded in killing Martin by leading Quentin and his friends to the confrontation. Quentin becomes depressed and disillusioned, especially when Jane, the youngest Chatwin, visits and reveals herself to be the Watcherwoman, previously thought to be a villain. Penny chose to remain in the Neitherlands, entering a mysterious library. The other magicians returned to Earth, fearing that Quentin would never awaken from his coma. Six months later, Quentin awakes after a long recovery in the care of Fillorian centaurs. After a brutal fight, in which Penny's hands are eaten, Alice sacrifices herself to kill Martin. He intends to destroy the button so he can never be banished. Against Ember's instructions, Quentin blows a mysterious horn, which summons the Beast he is revealed to be Martin Chatwin, who sacrificed his humanity in order to stay in Fillory forever and has taken over. However, the group learn that Ember has been weakened and is being kept prisoner in the tomb, and his brother, Umber, is dead. They are disturbed by the violent trials they endure before meeting Ember, the ram god of Fillory, in the tomb. Eventually, they set out for Ember's tomb to retrieve the crown of Martin Chatwin, the eldest child from the "Fillory and Further" books, to establish themselves as the new Kings and Queens of Fillory. The magicians enter Fillory and search for a quest, finding it more dangerous and divided than the books indicated. Fillory is real Penny has come into possession of a button that will allow others to travel there with him. Penny arrives with news about travel between worlds: he has left Brakebills early after spending his time on specialized study of the Neitherlands, a realm between many worlds. Quentin drunkenly sleeps with Janet, abruptly ending his relationship with Alice. Upon graduation, Quentin and the other Physical Kids live in Manhattan and spend their days and nights in hedonistic pursuits, still looking for a purpose. Quentin tells her the school's location, hoping she will have her memory properly erased. As per protocol, her memory was wiped of magic's existence or the school itself, but it did not work correctly and she has become deranged and obsessed with learning magic.
She reveals that she took the entrance exam at the same time as Quentin, but failed.
During a summer vacation, Quentin is confronted by Julia about Brakebills. During the spring semester of their fourth year, they are all sent to Brakebills South in Antarctica where they practice in silence and isolation. The Physical Kids also include Eliot, Josh, and Janet, who are a year above them. Although Quentin's Discipline does not manifest itself to the teachers, he and Alice are sorted into the Physical magic group. Third year students are assigned a Discipline. An otherworldly horror referred to as "the Beast" enters Brakebills, eating a student before the faculty are able to drive it away. One day during class, a bored Quentin tampers with a spell. Penny fails the special exam and stays behind, then later fistfights Quentin out of jealousy. Despite this, Quentin and his classmates Penny and Alice are allowed to move up a year by compressing their first year of studies. The curriculum involves learning many old and lost languages and innumerable hand positions. He passes the tests and interviews and is accepted as one of twenty new students.Īfter beginning his studies at Brakebills, it becomes apparent that magic is difficult and tedious to learn. On the day of his Princeton interview, Quentin is instead transported to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America.
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He loves a series of books called "Fillory and Further", which involve the children of the Chatwin family discovering a Narnia-esque magical land called Fillory. Quentin Coldwater is a high school student from Brooklyn who, along with best friends James and Julia, attends an advanced school.
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