Book Recap
Mage Errant Book 3 Recap & Catch-Up Guide
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- Status
- Unverified
- Grade after Book 3
- Second-year student and Librarians Errant candidate. The wiki gives no formal rank system for Hugh, so the rank box describes his standing instead of a grade.
- Published Volumes
- 7
- Narrator
- Ralph Lister
- Primer Read Time
- ~2 min
TL;DR
Hugh and his friends are unwelcome celebrities in Skyhold's second year. While Hugh tries to be an ordinary student, they hunt a traitor on the Skyhold Council who is working with the demon Bakori.
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I · The Main Plot
Where We Start
Hugh and his friends are unwelcome celebrities among the Skyhold students after the labyrinth and helping foil a coup. Hugh starts his second year with a heavy workload, trains as a candidate for the Librarians Errant and keeps up a long-distance relationship.
Major Plot Points & Spoilers
- The group is drawn into hunting a traitor on the Skyhold Council who is working with the demon Bakori, a creature below Skyhold waiting for revenge.
- Per the wiki, Hugh trains with Kanderon and others, and Kanderon begins teaching him stellar magic. He also builds anti-scrying wards.
- Per the wiki, Ilinia Kaen Das arrives in Skyhold, and Hugh finds that the traitor manipulated his student records.
- Climax: per the wiki, during the labyrinth exam Bakori's imps attack the council chamber. Hugh, Godrick and Sabae fight Bakori, and Ilinia kills it.
Where the Book Leaves Off
Per the wiki, the Exile Splinter's effect breaks and the group remembers Alustin's search for the lost city of Ithos. Hugh's partner, Avah, breaks up with him.
II · Characters & Personal Progression
Romantic & Personal Status
Hugh is in a long-distance relationship at the start of the book (blurb). Per the wiki, the partner is Avah, and she breaks up with him at the end.
Inner Circle Check-In
- Hugh of Emblin: Second-year student and Librarians Errant candidate. Fights Bakori.
- Godrick: Friend. Per the wiki he fights Bakori alongside Hugh and Sabae.
- Sabae: Friend. Fights Bakori; her grandmother Ilinia Kaen Das arrives in Skyhold, per the wiki.
- Talia: Fellow apprentice of Alustin. Her specific Book 3 actions are not detailed in our sources.
- Alustin: Hugh's teacher. The group remembers at the end that he had been searching for Ithos.
- Kanderon Crux: Sphinx and Hugh's contract partner. Begins teaching him stellar magic, per the wiki.
Key New Faces & Factions
A demon below Skyhold waiting for revenge. Per the wiki it is killed by Ilinia Kaen Das in the climax.
Works with Bakori and, per the wiki, manipulated Hugh's student records. Their identity is not verified here.
Per the wiki, Sabae's grandmother and the Stormguard. She arrives in Skyhold and kills Bakori.
Per the wiki, Hugh's partner, who breaks up with him at the end.
III · End-of-Book Stats & Power Gains
Current Rank / Grade
Second-year student and Librarians Errant candidate. The wiki gives no formal rank system for Hugh, so the rank box describes his standing instead of a grade.
Dao / Path / Class Evolution
Per the wiki, Kanderon begins teaching Hugh stellar magic, building on the crystal work from Book 2. His spellbook is also described as growing more alive.
Major Skill & Body Gains
- Stellar magic training begun under Kanderon, per the wiki.
- Anti-scrying wards, per the wiki.
- A rebuilt ward on the sandship (the wiki calls it the Moonless Owl).
IV · Extras: Empire, Gear & World State
Territory & Faction Upgrades
Skyhold, the Academy and its council chamber. Hugh holds no territory of his own.
Signature Gear & Vessels
- The crystal spellbook, which the wiki says grows more alive this book.
Ticking Clocks
- Per the Book 4 blurb, the lost city of Imperial Ithos is returning, and the continent's great powers are racing to find it.
- The Exile Splinter: per the Book 4 blurb it erased the city's location from memory, even Kanderon's, and could alone justify war.
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