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Newbeanbaguette·7/26/2018 in Circle Books Q&A

The thread circle Sandry created?

I am re-reading The Circle of Magic series. It’s been years since my last reading and I love it just as much as I ever have. However, I am feeling like I’m losing my mind.

I have a very prominent memory of a chapter or part of a chapter where the teachers (Niko, Lark, Rosethorn) find out about the thread circle that has part of their magic in it.

The scene I remember, I believe, is after the earthquake. Niko and everyone are grilling the kids on how they lived and all that and sandry shows them the circle and Niko touches it and drops it or is blinded by it or something and all the other teachers gasp that “it cannot be” “they are only children” and all the normal stuff that gets said about them. Niko calls the circle something very specific and says it is very dangerous and takes it from them.

I assumed it was in the first quartet, but I read them and never got to it. Then I hoped it was in the second and I knew that wasn’t right because they weren’t together. I am almost finished with The Will of the Empress and I know that they are going to absorb the circle into their palms by the end of it. So I don’t think it’s in this book.

If anyone knows what I’m talking about I’d be forever grateful for the knowledge. I feel like I slipped into an alternate dimension or something...

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Magewhisper·8/10/2018

Unfortunately, I only read those books once a very long time ago, so I’m not sure where to find what you’re asking about here. Were you able to find it during your re-read?

(Edited by Magewhisper)

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Newbeanbaguette·8/24/2018

I wasn’t... I am still at a loss for it... I still have hope that one day I’ll find out! ☺️

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Magewhisper·8/30/2018

Here’s the link to our wikia’s page on the thread circle. If you take a look at the references on the page, maybe you can find what you’re looking for: tamorapierce.wikia.com/wiki/Thread_circle

Thread circleTamora Pierce Wiki

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Kytnkat·10/11/2018

I believe what you're looking for is in Tris's Book, the second book of the first series. They use a Tradertalk word to describe it, a bijili. The quote from the book where Daja is describing it: "The mimanders user them. They keep things in bijili - winds, or strength for when the jishen come and they're worn out, or even just for light. A bijili can be a crystal, or a glass bubble-" She stooped, and picked up the circlet of thread. "Or knots in a string."

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DragonW55·5/6/2020

I feel like I remember them creating it in Sandry's book... it happens during an earthquake which is caused by a thoughtless mage who thinks that he can control it. I'm not sure though.

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HouseBird·5/6/2020

They do create it in Sandry's book to save themselves from an earthquake, but Niko never takes it away - Sandry keeps it in the pouch around her neck with the nightlight crystal that the other three make for her.

What do you think?