Les Cinque Dragownes

Les Cinque Dragownes was a tribunal created by John Uskglass, during the middles ages to help in the regulation of English magic.

The crimes the Cinque Dragownes tried were the following:

1. Evil Tending: magic with an inherently malevolent purpose
2. False Magic: pretending to do magic or promising to do magic which one either could not or did not intend to do
3. Selling magic articles, like rings, hats, coats, shoes, etc. to people who could not be expected to control those powerful articles
4. Pretending to be a magician or pretending to act on behalf of a magician
5. Teaching magic to a unsuitable person

Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke

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The King's Roads

Jonathan Strange surveys the King's Roads, BBC Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, TV series

“I do not know what Strange might be capable of by now”, said Mr. Norrel. “But I was not thinking of that. I was thinking of the King’s Roads”. “I thought the King’s Roads led to Faerie?”, said Lascelles. “Yes they do. But not only Faerie. The King’s Roads lead everywhere. Heaven. Hell. The House of Parliament…They were built by magic. Every mirror, every puddle, every shadow in England is a path to those roads.”

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, Susanna Clarke.

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John Uskglass and the Restoration of English Magic

“I have never heard of him,” said Childermass. Vinculus looked at him with amusement, “Off course not. You have lived your life in the Mayfair magician’s pocket. You only know what he knows. “So! Said Childermass, stung. “That is not so very trifling is it? Norrel is a clever man and Strange another. They have their faults, as other men do, but their achievements are still remarkable. Make no mistake; I am John Uskglass’s man; or would be, if he were here. But you must admit that the restoration of English magic is their work, not his.”“ Their work, scoffed Vinculus! "Theirs? Do you still not understand? They are the spell of John Uskglass’s doing. That is all they have ever been. And he is doing it now!”

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, Suzanna Clarke

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