The historical Flamel lived in Paris in the 14th and 15th centuries, and his life is one of the best documented in the history of medieval alchemy. He ran two shops as a scribe and married Perenelle in 1368. She brought the wealth of two previous husbands to the marriage. The French Catholic couple owned several properties and contributed financially to churches, sometimes by commissioning sculptures. Later in life, they were noted for their wealth and philanthropy. Flamel lived into his 70s, and in 1410 designed his own tombstone, which was carved with the images of Christ, St. Peter, and St.
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harry potter and the chamber of secrets full book summary
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The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils who do not come from all-magical families. These threats are found after attacks that leave residents of the school petrified. Throughout the year, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate the attacks.
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when was the book published?
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2 June 1999
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what is the theme of the book?
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sacrifice, love, friendship, loyalty, prejudice, and racism.
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does it have any special connection with any other book in this series?
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Yes, "Chamber of Secrets" has many links with the sixth book of the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".
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what is the storyline of that book?
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The novel explores the past of the boy wizard's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and his preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore
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what does the headmaster look like?
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Albus Dumbledore is tall and thin, with silver hair and beard so long that they can be tucked into his belt. He has a very long and crooked nose that looks as if it has been broken at least twice. He is also said to have long and skillful fingers. His eyes are described as being a brilliant, soul-piercing shade of blue, and usually twinkled with kindness and mischief.
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which skills does he have?
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Dumbledore is an expert at nonverbal spells and is famous as an alchemist who has worked with Nicolas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, and is credited with discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood.
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does he have any remarkable possessions?
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Pensieve, Deluminator, Elder Wand and Phoenix.
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what is the real name of the boy wizard's nemesis mentioned above?
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Tom Marvolo Riddle
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what are his magical strengths?
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He is known as one of the greatest Legilimens in the world and a highly accomplished Occlumens; he can read minds and shield his own from penetration.
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is he related to any other family apart from the riddle one?
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Yes, Gaunts
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how is he related to them?
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They are the last known descendants of Salazar Slytherin.
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in which city did the alchemist who worked with the headmaster live?
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The historical Flamel lived in Paris in the 14th and 15th centuries, and his life is one of the best documented in the history of medieval alchemy. He ran two shops as a scribe and married Perenelle in 1368. She brought the wealth of two previous husbands to the marriage. The French Catholic couple owned several properties and contributed financially to churches, sometimes by commissioning sculptures. Later in life, they were noted for their wealth and philanthropy. Flamel lived into his 70s, and in 1410 designed his own tombstone, which was carved with the images of Christ, St. Peter, and St.
Nicolas Flamel | Life
Paul. The tombstone is preserved at the Musée de Cluny in Paris. Records show that Flamel died in 1418. He was buried in Paris at the end of the nave of the former Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. His will, dated 22 November 1416, indicates that he was generous but that he did not have the extraordinary wealth of later alchemical legend. There is no indication that the real Flamel of history was involved in alchemy, pharmacy or medicine.
Nicolas Flamel | Life
Nicolas Flamel (; 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scribe and manuscript-seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century. According to texts ascribed to Flamel almost 200 years after his death, he had learned alchemical secrets from a Jewish "converso" on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has since appeared as a legendary alchemist in various fictional works.
Nicolas Flamel | Introduction
Flamel has been portrayed in popular fiction as a legendary figure who holds the key to immortality or the philosopher's stone. For example, in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "Notre Dame de Paris", the tragic main character Claude Frollo is a young priest and alchemist who spends much of his time studying the carvings in Les Innocents, trying to fathom Flamel's secrets. Into the twentieth and twenty-first century, works such as "Harry Potter" (1997 to the ), "Fullmetal Alchemist" (2001–2010), "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" (2007–2012), and "As Above, So Below" (2014) have propagated the legend of Nicolas Flamel.
Nicolas Flamel | In popular culture
Also, Flamel is said to have studied some texts in Hebrew. The validity of this story was first questioned in 1761 by Etienne Villain. He claimed that the source of the Flamel legend was P. Arnauld de la Chevalerie, publisher of "Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures", who wrote the book under the pseudonym Eiranaeus Orandus. Other writers have defended the legendary account of Flamel's life, which has been embellished by stories of sightings in the 17th and 18th centuries and expanded in fictitious works ever since.
Nicolas Flamel | Posthumous reputation as an alchemist
The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Awards and nominations
Nicholas Flamel – The title character, an alchemyst. Along with his wife, Perenelle, he has lived for nearly 700 years searching for Josh and Sophie Newman, the Gold and Silver twins of legend, who can save the Shadowrealm of Earth from the mad Dr. John Dee and the Dark Elders who seek to destroy it. Flamel is a legend who built his fortune through alchemy, which he uses to amazing effect to combat the horrors Dee sends after the twins and himself. Despite good intentions, however, he is not without flaws,like being selfish and not learning from his mistakes and seeks glory for training Josh and Sophie.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Main characters
In the publisher's introduction, Flamel's search for the philosopher's stone was described. According to that introduction, Flamel had made it his life's work to understand the text of a mysterious 21-page book he had purchased. The introduction claims that, around 1378, he traveled to Spain for assistance with translation. On the way back, he reported that he met a sage, who identified Flamel's book as being a copy of the original "Book of Abramelin the Mage". With this knowledge, over the next few years, Flamel and his wife allegedly decoded enough of the book to successfully replicate its recipe for the philosopher's stone, producing first silver in 1382 and then gold.
Nicolas Flamel | Posthumous reputation as an alchemist
Flamel takes the twins to London, where he uses Francis to enlist Palamedes, the Saracen Knight, to help them. Palamedes takes them to his home, a junk-yard in London, and they manage to work together to contact Perenelle. Perenelle is trapped on Alcatraz with the friendly but untrustworthy spider elder, Areop-Enap, after narrowly escaping the Sphinx and defeating the Morrigan. Morrigan had been suppressed sufficiently by the Words of Power that resided on the island that her body was retaken by her two elder sisters, Macha and Badb. Perenelle also makes fleeting contact with Scathach and Joan of Arc by scrying.
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Sophie and Josh Newman – 15-year-old twins – are in Paris with the alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, and his friend, Scathach. They now face Niccolò Machiavelli and his colleague, but also rival, John Dee, who both work for the Dark Elders. Machiavelli is plotting to capture the twins and Flamel with the missing pages of the Codex – or Book of Abraham the Mage – before Dee can arrive in France from San Francisco. The twins seek out a friend and student to Nicholas, Comte de Saint-Germain, who teaches Sophie to use the elemental magic of Fire. Saint-Germain's wife, Joan of Arc, helps Sophie to learn to control her aura and to sort out the Witch of Endor's memories from her own.
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Legendary accounts of Flamel's life are based on 17th-century works, primarily "Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques". The essence of his reputation are claims that he succeeded at the two goals of alchemy: that he made the philosopher's stone, which turns base metals into gold, and that he and his wife, Perenelle, achieved immortality through the "Elixir of Life". An alchemical book, published in Paris in 1612 as "Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques" and in London in 1624 as "Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures" was attributed to Flamel. It is a collection of designs purportedly commissioned by Flamel for a tympanum at the Cimetière des Innocents in Paris, long disappeared at the time the work was published.
Nicolas Flamel | Posthumous reputation as an alchemist
After the battle, Nick Fleming confesses to Josh and Sophie that his real name is Nicholas Flamel, that he is the French alchemist from history, that he is also immortal, and that the twins, himself, and Perry (his immortal wife, Perenelle Flamel), are in grave danger. Nicholas tells the twins that he believes them to be mentioned in a prophecy within the Codex, and that the fate of the world as they know it could depend on his success in getting their dormant, latent magical abilities fully awakened. He also tells them that without the Codex, both he and Perry will die within a month, as their immortality, prolonged youth, and longevity depend on a recipe for a special elixir found only within its pages.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot overview
Meanwhile, Scathach and Joan of Arc try to get to Alcatraz to help Perenelle but are trapped in a shadow−realm by Machiavelli, who had deliberately set the trap to snare them. They do not know how to return to their time and must try to survive while they wait for Flamel and the others to find and rescue them.
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
The "Alchemyst" refers to the historical character of Nicholas Flamel, a French scrivener and manuscript seller. Flamel developed a posthumous reputation for being an alchemist and for his search for the philosopher's stone and immortality.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Title character
The six titles have all been recorded as unabridged audiobooks. "The Alchemyst" was narrated by Denis O'Hare. "The Magician" was narrated by Erik Singer. "The Sorceress", "The Necromancer", "The Warlock" and "The Enchantress" were narrated by Paul Boehmer.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Audiobooks
A descendant of the infamous traitor Denzil, Duke of Alsene, his mother Sylvaine Valiarde married into the Alsene family, only to ultimately reject her husband and flee with her infant son, Nicholas, to Vienne, the capital. They live in poverty until she dies, and then Nicholas moves out on the streets as the leader of a gang, until he gets caught. A natural philosopher and widower in need of an intelligent heir, Edouard Villier, takes him out of prison and raises him. Nicholas ends up at Lodun, studying to become a doctor, until Edouard is arrested, tried, and eventually hung for necromancy, despite the fact that he wasn't even a sorcerer.
Characters from Ile-Rien | Nicholas Valiarde
Josh is given the legendary stone sword Clarent, twin blade of Excalibur, by Nicholas. Clarent is an ancient Fire Elemental sword. Josh, Joan, and Scathach encounter three Disir, more commonly referred to as Valkyries. The Disir are ancient enemies of Scathach and bring along the soul-devouring Nidhogg, a ferocious monster once trapped in the roots of Yggdrasil – the world tree. The monster was freed after Dee destroyed Yggdrasil and attacks Scathach but fails to slay her. Instead, it captures Scathach in its claws, but flees with Scathach when the ancient sword Clarent, wielded by Josh, wounds it. Meanwhile, Nicholas' wife, Perenelle Flamel, who had been captured, is taken to Alcatraz as a prisoner.
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
The house of Nicolas Flamel (; formerly in ) is a house located at 51 rue de Montmorency in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
House of Nicolas Flamel | Introduction
This elixir changes monthly and cannot be memorised. Meanwhile, Dr. John Dee has found out that he is missing two vital pages from the Codex. The pages are the Final Summoning, needed by him to return his masters, the Dark Elders, to earth... and so begins a fast-paced race as Dee pursues the twins and Nicholas for the pages of the Codex, whilst Nicholas, aided by Scáthach and others, race to get the twins' latent magical auras awakened, to get them schooled in the use of the elemental magics – Water, Fire, Earth, Air, and Aether – and to rescue his wife, Perry.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot overview
Players are guided through the game, which is a set of four challenges, by video scenes featuring Michael Scott. The first task, the Alchemyst's challenge, required players to assemble a moving jigsaw of the series' logo against a countdown clock. The second task, the Magician's challenge, required players to turn over two books from a series of books and find matching symbols; when a matching pair was found both books burst into flames and disappeared. The task was complete when all the books had been matched. The third task, the Sorceress' challenge, was a colour sequencing game where players chose coloured flasks and would have to repeat the sequence that they were shown in.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Online games
They arrive on the banks of the Seine and, with the help of Dee, Josh manages to stall the Disir and escape. He then leaves with Dee and Machiavelli. Sophie, Joan, and Nicholas arrive and defeat the Disir and Nidhogg. The group are talking to Scathach when Dagon erupts out of the river and drags her back in with him. She isn't seen for the rest of the book. On Alcatraz, Perenelle is helped by the ghost of Juan Manuel de Ayala, a Spanish sailor. She explores Alcatraz and finds ancient monsters in cells. She gets attacked by the Morrigan because Dee has authorized her to be killed.
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Bertram de Criol's son Sir John de Criol (died 1264) is, however, referred to as his "son and heir", and John had a younger brother Sir Simon de Criol (died 1267), his fellow-juror in the inquisition upon Thomas de Normanville in 1245-46: Nicholas de Crioll is sometimes in their company as a fellow witness, and is clearly associated with them, but the relationship is not explained.
Nicholas de Crioll | Kinship
The film rights to the series have been sold to Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
Sophie and Josh Newman are 15-year-old twins who are working at their summer jobs in The Coffee Cup in San Francisco (Sophie works at The Coffee Cup, Josh works at the bookstore on the other side of the street) when a mysterious man, John Dee, comes into the bookstore for a book, the "Codex" – or "Book of Abraham the Mage". Josh witnesses both Nick and Perry using magic. He discovers that Nick is not an ordinary bookseller, but is the medieval and the legendary alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, being kept alive by making the elixir of life (a secret from the "Codex") for him and his wife, Perenelle.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
The Warlock in question is Aten, Machiavelli, or Billy the Kid.
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
Flamel quickly takes Sophie and Josh to a hideout to enlist the aid of Scathach, a powerful Next Generation Elder. There, they are forced to run, threatened by rats sent by Dee, which is thwarted by Flamel and Scathach. Chased again almost immediately by tens of thousands of birds, Flamel then leads the twins and Scathach to secure the aid of Hekate, a powerful three-faced Elder, who can awaken the twins' magical potential. Dee discovers this, and enlists the aid of Bastet and the Morrigan. The trio mount a massive assault on Hekate's shadowrealm, to destroy Yggdrasill – the world tree – that is the heart of Hekate's power.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
On 5 August 2010 in the UK "Necromancer" was released featuring a new-style cover; it was joined by "The Alchemyst", "The Magician" and "The Sorceress" which were re-released with new covers in the same style. "The Alchemyst", "The Magician" and "The Sorceress" were released as a special edition boxed set called "The First Codex" in the USA on 28 September 2010.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Special editions and cover variations
The series continues in the sequel "" which was released in the UK on 5 June 2008 and on 24 June 2008 in the US. The third book "" was released on 26 May 2009 in the US and the fourth book was released on 25 June 2009 in the UK "" followed with its US release on 25 May 2010. The fifth book, "" was released on 24 May 2011 in America. The final book in the series,"", was released 24 May 2012.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Sequels
Meanwhile, in the Catacombs underneath Paris the previously imprisoned and very powerful Elder, Mars Ultor has a conversation with his wife, the Witch of Endor, and the Egyptian Elders: Isis and Osiris. The witch has come there to free him while Isis and Osiris are hunting down Dr. John Dee. In San Francisco, Niten leads Sophie to Tsagaglalal, She Who Watches, who is in reality Sophie's Aunt Agnes. Perenelle, Nicholas, and Prometheus join them shortly. Nicholas is set to die within the day and Perenelle two days later, but the mysterious Hook-Handed Man told Perenelle long ago that she could give her husband one more day of life in exchange for one of her own.
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Lavan Chitward is the child of Nelda and Archer Chitward, both prominent members of the Needleworkers' and Cloth Merchants' Guilds (respectively). As a result of their skills, they are invited to move from their rural home in Alderscroft to the capital of Haven, in Valdemar. Samael, Lavan's older brother, is already apprenticed to one of their father's colleagues. Macy and Feodor, Lavan's younger siblings, are also looking to apprentice into their parents' guild. Lavan doesn't want to follow this path, having no interest in either of his parents' trades. He has a dream of entering the guard as part of the cavalry.
Lavan Firestorm | Lavan Chitward, Academy Student
Perenelle's reputation as an alchemist stems from a book written in 1612, allegedly authored by her husband. However, Nicolas' reputation as an author and immortal alchemical adept is an invention of the 17th century. Perenelle figures prominently in the introduction of this "Booke of Hieroglyphicall Figures", where the character of Nicolas outlines his quest for the philosopher's stone. In this story, Perenelle witnesses alchemical projections and aids in chrysopoeia.
Perenelle Flamel | Reputation as an alchemist
Cernunnos, the Wild Hunt, and Dr Dee engage Shakespeare, the Gabriel Hounds, Palamedes, the twins, and Flamel in a vicious battle. Flamel, Palamedes and the twins manage to fight their way past Cernunnos and Dee and flee the destruction of the junkyard. They pick up Gilgamesh before heading towards Stonehenge. What Nicholas Flamel withheld from the twins is that Gilgamesh the King is insane. Though he has no magical aura - and hence cannot use any of his abilities - he can still pass on his knowledge to the Awakened human twins. Machiavelli uses his power as head of French intelligence to lock down the roads around Stonehenge, so they head to one of Shakespeare's nearby safe houses.
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Through a ritual that requires Tsagaglalal and Sophie's auras, Perenelle is able to keep Nicholas alive for another day as well as awaken him from his coma. In Danu Talis, Scathach, Saint Germain, Palamedes, Shakespeare, and Joan of Arc are captured and sent to a volcano prison. Marethyu is captured and taken to the ruler of Danu Talis, Aten. Aten is facing betrayal from his brother, Anubis and mother Bastet. He fears the destruction of Danu Talis but also reaches an epiphany that if Danu Talis is not brought down, future civilizations will never be created. He asks the Hook-Handed Man for advice.
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Production was set to begin in February 2013 in Australia and New Zealand. Michael Scott was scheduled to write the screenplay, saying he would like it to be true to the books.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Film adaptation
Joan of Arc and Scathach are joined in their exile by William Shakespeare, Palamedes and the Comte de Saint-Germain after they seek out Lord Tammuz's help. Shortly after they are reunited they are joined by the mysterious, hooded, hook-handed man who tells them that he has a pre-destined mission for them. He takes them through Xibalba and several other shadow realms to the Earth over ten thousands years ago, when Danu Talis still existed and they have to fight in the battle that meant its downfall.
The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Nicolas Revel, born Ricard, is the son of academician Jean-François Revel, born Ricard (1924-2006), and journalist Claude Sarraute (born 1927). His maternal grandmother, Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999), was a Jewish woman of Russian background who came to France as a child. He has a sister, called Véronique, born in 1968. His twin brother is Matthieu Ricard a monk and writer, and his aunt is Anne Sarraute and photographer Dominique Sarraute. He has three sons named Simon, David et Benjamin.
Nicolas Revel | Family
Sir Thomas, born in Kingsley, Lancashire, England, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Byron, by whom he had eleven children. The eldest son, John, was knighted before the battle of Northampton, 10 July 1460, was MP for Lancashire in 1472 and died in 1508. Douce Ashton, birth date 1435; married Thomas (Sir) Gerard Knight, born 15 Jul. 1431 in Kingsley, Lancs, England, died 27 Mar. 1490 in Kingsley, Lancs., England
Thomas de Ashton (alchemist) | Descendants
The house of Nicolas Flamel, at No. 52, which was built in 1407 by Nicolas Flamel himself still stands, the oldest stone house in Paris, at 51 rue de Montmorency; the ground floor, always a tavern, currently houses the Auberge Nicolas Flamel. Nicolas Flamel, a scrivener and manuscript-seller who developed a reputation as an alchemist, claimed that he made the Philosopher's Stone which turns lead into gold, and that he and his wife Pernelle achieved immortality. Engraved images were discovered during recent works on this house. On the facade of the building you can still read this inscription: "Nous homes et femes laboureurs demourans ou porche de ceste maison qui fut faite en l'an de grâce mil quatre cens et sept somes tenus chascun en droit soy dire tous les jours une paternostre et un ave maria en priant Dieu que sa grâce face pardon aus povres pescheurs trespasses Amen".
Rue de Montmorency | House of Nicolas Flamel
He also selected his students according to cunning, ambition, and blood purity. Slytherin's first name is a reference to the mid-20th-century Portuguese dictator's surname — Rowling's 1990-1993 stay in Portugal (where memory and legacy are present long after the dictatorship era) inspired this name choice. Slytherin's background is first discussed by Professor Binns in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (and by Professor McGonagall in the film version and Professor Flitwick in the computer game). He describes the founding of the school and the schism which developed between Slytherin and the other founders, and he mentions that the castle was founded far from Muggles because, at that time, common people feared magic and persecuted suspected wizards and witches.
Hogwarts staff | Salazar Slytherin
Players then advanced to meet The Elder, who asked them a set of knowledge questions about the books, and were given a 'coloured aura ranking' calculated from their scores and time taken to complete the tasks. To promote the USA release of "The Necromancer", Random House released an online game called "The Quest for the Codex". Players were presented with a grid containing numbered squares and had to click on the squares to uncover hidden rewards, playing pieces and mini-games. When they completed the game they received online access to the first 6 chapters of "The Necromancer".
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Online games
Most of the exposition of the House of Gaunts background occurs in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", through the medium of Dumbledore's Pensieve. The Gaunts were once a powerful and influential family, and are the last known descendants of Salazar Slytherin. However, a vein of mental instability and violence within the family, reinforced through cousin marriages intended to preserve the pureblood line, had reduced them to poverty and squalor, as shown in the Pensieve's "memory" that Harry and Dumbledore witnessed. Like Salazar Slytherin, the Gaunts spoke Parseltongue. At the time of the story, the Gaunts' only material asset is a ramshackle shanty in Little Hangleton, that stood in a thicket in a valley opposite the Riddle House.
Lord Voldemort | Gaunt family
Nicolás Ovando y Cáceres was born in Brozas, Extremadura, in 1460. Born into a noble and pious family, second son of Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando, 1st Lord of the Manor House del Alcázar Viejo, and his first wife Isabel Flores de las Varillas (a distant relative of Hernán Cortés), Ovando entered the military Order of Alcántara, where he became a "Master" ("Mestre" or "Maitre") or a Commander-Major ("Comendador-Mayor"). This Spanish military order, founded in 1156, resembled the Order of Templars, with whom it fought the Moors during the Reconquista. His elder brother was Diego de Cáceres y Ovando.
Nicolás de Ovando | Early life
She decides to side with the Flamels to save Earth, but seeks out her brother eventually.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Main characters
The first related online game to be launched was "The Codex Master". The object is to get money and guess a secret code composed of a sequence of coloured orbs by inputting various sequences and using logic. When a sequence is entered, indicators show when the player has the right colour and also when a colour is in the right or wrong position to enable them to apply logic and guess the correct sequence.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Online games
The task was complete when all the books had been matched. The third task, the Sorceress' challenge was a colour sequencing game where players chose coloured flasks and would have to repeat the sequence that they were shown in. Players then advanced to meet The Elder, who asked them a set of knowledge questions about the books and were given a coloured aura depending on their scores and time taken in the tasks.
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Online game
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Alchemyst) is the first installment in the six volume fantasy novel series, "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel". It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and published in May 2007. "The Alchemyst" has been translated into 20 languages, and is available in 37 countries. The film rights to the series have been sold to Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
Lord Brynon Aillard and his party arrive in Valeron, where he must attend to the head of his domain, Queen Julianna of Aillard. She initially identifies Eduin and Saravio as preposterous fakes, but her "leronis", Callina Mallory persuades the queen that their gifts are real. Eduin now sows his seeds of discord, claiming that Varzil the Good, working with Cedestri Tower, intends to attack Valeron. Meanwhile, Saravio suffers an almost complete mental and physical collapse. Eduin uses his abilities in the overworld to shape the mental image of Naotalba in an attempt to gain freedom from his father's mental curse.
A Flame in Hali | Book Five
Underground, Perenelle meets Areop-Enap, the spider elder. The elder explains that Dee couldn't have Areop-Enap killed because other elders would investigate. Together, the two incapacitate the Morrigan and her thousands of crows that accompanied her.
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
While Yggdrasill is attacked, Hekate awakens Sophie's magic abilities but does not have time to awaken Josh, as the tree has been set on fire by Dee. While she rushes to defend her home, Scathach, Flamel, and the twins attempt to escape the shadowrealm. While escaping, they encounter Dee and witness the power of the ancient Ice Elemental sword, Excalibur. They see Dee transform a wereboar into pure ice, then shatter the statue. Scathach remarks that she thought that Excalibur had been lost when Artorius died.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Each of the first four titles featured in the top ten of the New York Times Best Seller Children's Books list. "The Alchemyst" reached No. 2 on 26 August 2007 and as of 24 March 2008 it had sold in excess of 150,000 copies. "" reached No. 4 on 13 July 2008. "" reached No. 5, and "" reached No. 3. The books have been nominated for various teen literary and reader's awards. The film rights to the series have been bought by AMPCO Films.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
Perenelle Flamel (October 13th 1320-died 1397) was the wife of the famous 14th-century scribe Nicolas Flamel. She was a generous benefactress who invested her wealth in churches and hostels and commissioned religious sculptures. Due to legends which first appeared in the 17th century, she has since developed a reputation as a successful alchemist. Like her husband, Perenelle has had a street in Paris, France named after her, rue Pernelle.
Perenelle Flamel | Introduction
Fr. Nicolas Sarrabat or Sarabat (February 7, 1698 – April 27, 1739), also known as Nicolas Sarrabat de la Baisse, was an eighteenth-century French mathematician and scientist. He was born in Lyon, the son of the painter Daniel Sarrabat (1666–1748), and the nephew of engraver Isaac Sarrabat. The Sarrabats had been a prosperous Protestant bourgeois family of clock- and watchmakers, though Nicolas's father had converted to Catholicism. Sarrabat showed a love of learning from an early age. He was said to have started his studies without his parents' knowledge; they only became aware of them when Nicolas submitted and defended a thesis at the Lyon Collège de la Trinité in the presence of his father, who had been tricked into attending.
Nicolas Sarrabat | Introduction
Slytherin values ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulness; the Sorting Hat said in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that Slytherins will do anything to get their way. The house mascot of Slytherin is the serpent, and the house colours are green and silver. Throughout the series, until the seventh book, the Head of House is Professor Severus Snape. Then, the previous Head of House Professor Horace Slughorn comes out of retirement, re-assuming authority after Snape becomes headmaster. The ghost of Slytherin house is The Bloody Baron. According to Rowling, Slytherin corresponds roughly to the element of water. The founder of this house is Salazar Slytherin.
Hogwarts | Slytherin
Two door jambs feature Nicolas Flamel's initials. Just below the ground floor cornice is a Middle French inscription:
House of Nicolas Flamel | Description
There are few confirmed details about Perenelle's place of birth and early life. Perenelle married Nicolas in 1368. She had two previous husbands and brought their fortune to the marriage. The couple remained childless. She and her husband were devout Roman Catholics. The couple contributed to the church by commissioning several sculptures. Nicolas continued this practice after his wife's death. The couple is depicted on the portal of the Chapel of St. James of the Boucherie praying at the feet of St. John, a sculpture which they financed in 1389. They owned several properties and contributed to the building of poor houses.
Perenelle Flamel | Life
Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy (5 October 1674 – 16 January 1755) was a French scholar, historian, geographer, philosopher and bibliographer of alchemy.
Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy | Introduction
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1587, graduated B.A. and became Fellow in 1590. He was removed from his fellowship in 1591. After a possible position as secretary or steward to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, he was supported by Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland. He was said to be a Catholic convert, by John Aubrey, but this is doubted by Christopher Hill. Aubrey's account also has him a close friend of Robert Hues, at the centre of the Northumberland circle. He left England and resided in Rotterdam, with his son.
Nicholas Hill (scientist) | Life
"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series has spawned online games. The first related online game to be launched was "The Codex Master" The game is to guess a secret code consisting of a sequence of coloured orbs by inputting various sequences and using logic. When a sequence is entered, indicators show when the player has the right colour and also when a colour is in the right or wrong position to enable them to apply logic and guess the correct sequence. An online game was created to celebrate the release of "The Sorceress". It was called "The Challenges of the Elder" and launched on 21 April 2009.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Online games
The film rights to "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series became available in late 2009, and on 19 November 2009 it was announced in Variety Magazine that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series. Michael Scott and Barry Krost will be the executive producers. The script writer has yet to be announced. IMDb now lists "The Alchemyst" film as "in production"
Michael Scott (Irish author) | Film adaptation
On 1 July 2012 Michael Scott issued this statement incontrovertibly naming the title characters so far.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Titles' significance
Nicolas Flamel, a wealthy member of the Parisian bourgeoisie, commissioned the house after the death of his wife Pernelle in 1397, to accommodate the homeless. It was completed in 1407, as is inscribed on a frieze above the ground floor, and it is the best known and sole surviving of Flamel's houses, yet he actually never lived there. The house is probably the oldest in Paris. The house's facade became a on . The building is currently used as a private home and a restaurant, the .
House of Nicolas Flamel | History
One of Flamel's houses still stands in Paris, at 51 rue de Montmorency. It is the oldest stone house in the city. There is an old inscription on the wall, which states, "We, plowmen and women living at the porch of this house, built in 1407, are requested to say every day an 'Our Father' and an 'Ave Maria' praying God that His grace forgive poor and dead sinners." As of 2008, the ground floor housed a restaurant. A Paris street near the Louvre Museum, the "rue Nicolas Flamel", has been named after him; it intersects with the "rue Pernelle", named after his wife.
Nicolas Flamel | House in Paris
Here Gilgamesh teaches the twins the magic of water. While the twins are adjusting to the powers Gilgamesh has taught them, Cernunnos returns with the Wild Hunt and attacks the twins and Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is wounded by the Archon, but the twins use their newfound magical powers to protect the King. While making their escape, Josh loses Clarent, and Dee grabs the sword, reuniting it with its twin, Excalibur. The two swords fuse together to make a new sword. Flamel, Palamedes and the twins flee for Stonehenge with the Wild Hunt, Dee, and the police after them. They meet up with Shakespeare and the Gabriel Hounds who fled the junk-yard using a secret tunnel, the twins activate the ley lines at Stonehenge and the protagonists are greeted by Perenelle at the other end.
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Marethyu advises that Aten become an oath breaker, or a warlock, and turn the city over to Marethyu. He agrees but Anubis arrives to arrest Aten. Aten allows himself to be captured to let Marethyu escape in a crystal vimana (flying saucer).
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
Dee also uses magic and takes the "Codex" by force while Josh is holding it – resulting in two pages being left behind; "The Final Summoning" pages that Dee needs to raise the Dark Elders, the beings whom Dee serves, and who have kept him immortal for several hundred years. Both Flamels need the "Codex" to make the elixir of life, or they will age rapidly and die within a month. Also, if they do not retrieve the "Codex", Dee will summon the Dark Elders to destroy the world and return to an age in which humans are but slaves and food.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
At the end of "The Necromancer", twins Sophie and Josh Newman were separated. Sophie was left with the now very weak protagonist Nicholas Flamel, his wife Perenelle Flamel and immortal Japanese swordsman Niten, while Josh exited with the main antagonist Dr. John Dee and his accomplice Virginia Dare. Mars Ultor, the Avenger, sees Sophie, accompanied by Niten, seeking a way to reclaim her brother. Nicholas Flamel is unable to help her in the search as he lapsed into unconsciousness after the battle against Dr. Dee, Virginia Dare and the Archon, Coatlicue. Perenelle and Prometheus escape from Hades, Prometheus's long drawn-out punishment shadowrealm, which crumbles into nothing, because Prometheus uses most of his aura to feed the crystal skull.
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary
He was a member of the Vandive family, a parisian family of goldsmiths, a branch of the Van Dievoet family of Brussels. His father was the goldsmith Balthazar Philippe Vandive, who was consul of Paris in 1739. His grandfather was Philippe van Dievoet called Vandive (1654-1738), goldsmith of the King, counsellor of the King, "officier de la Garde Robe du Roi" (officer of the King's wardrobe), consul of Paris, trustee of the Hôtel de ville of Paris. His great-uncle was the sculptor Peter van Dievoet (1661-1729).
Nicolas Félix Vandive | Origins
It is said that l'Obel was Rondolet's favourite pupil, and on his death in 1566 l'Obel inherited all his manuscripts. His botanical field work was under the supervision of Rondolet's son-in-law, Jacques Salomon d'Assas. He graduated with a medical degree on 22 March 1565, at the age of twenty-seven. He remained in Montpellier for a further two years, furthering his studies, including botanical expeditions in the Languedoc region. He then spent some time traveling and settled in Elizabethan England for about four years (1566–1571), together with his fellow student Pierre Pena (1535–1605), probably as a Protestant refugee. He lived on Lime Street, London in any area containing many Protestant refugees from the continent ("come for religion"), among fellow Flemings like James Garrett the apothecary.
Matthias de l'Obel | Life
Josh Newman – The Gold twin of legend. Awakened by Mars Ultor, Josh is a lover of history and a natural strategist. However, he is suspicious of Nicholas Flamel, due to his not telling them of the previous twins' demise, a fact that causes Josh to ultimately shift alliances, though he remains cautious of Dee. Eventually, he sides with Flamel. Sophie Newman – The Silver twin of legend. Awakened by Hekate (the Goddess of Three Faces), and later trained by The Witch of Endor, who infuses her memories and experiences into her. Sophie is protective of Josh and more patient, though she is also horrified by the twins' fates.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Main characters
Nicolas grows up in a small town in Auvergne, France, the eldest son of a draper. His family is respectably middle-class, and he is educated. Initially, Nicolas meets Lestat when they are both children and are participating in an outing to "The Witches Place", a location where witches were burned at the stake in previous years. Lestat makes an impression on Nicolas when he begins to scream and cry during the outing. The two meet again as young men, after Lestat defeats a pack of wolves plaguing the village. Nicolas, acting as a spokesperson for the town, presents him with a red velvet cloak and boots lined with the wolves' pelts.
Nicolas de Lenfent | Character history
Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves is Résistant Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves's grand-nephew . A former student of hypokhâgne, after internships in cinema and opera, he studied at the Sorbonne. By an exceptional combination of circumstances, he became the beneficiary of the collaborationist writer Lucien Rebatet. At the age of 22, while writing a master's thesis at the Sorbonne, he discovered his "Histoire de la musique" and grew passionate about its author. On this occasion, he met Pierre Darrigrand, Rebatet's executor, who before dying of cancer asked him to become, in turn, the beneficiary of the writer.
Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves | Biography
His eldest surviving son Samuel Nowell (1634–1688) graduated from Harvard College in 1653, and was chaplain under General Josiah Winslow in King Philip's War. The founder of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, was a descendant of Nowell.
Increase Nowell | Descendants
On 5 August 2010 in the UK, "The Alchemyst", was re-released featuring an alternate cover. "The Alchemyst" was released as part of a special edition boxed 3 book set called "The First Codex" in the US on 28 September 2020
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Special editions and cover variations
The house of Yves Leopold Germain Gaston's eldest son Victor in Silay City is now a museum open to the public and is officially called the "Balay Negrense" (Hiligaynon, "The Negrense House").
Hacienda Rosalia | House of Gaston
"The Alchemyst" is also available as an unabridged audiobook. It was released by the Listening Library on 22 May 2007 and narrated by Denis O'Hare. The audiobook ISBN numbers are: (UK), (US).
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Audio book
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel is a series of six fantasy novels written by Irish author Michael Scott, completed in 2012. The first book in the series, "", was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with "The Enchantress" in 2012. The cover artist for the series is Michael Wagner. English-language versions are printed by Doubleday (hardback) and Corgi (paperback) (imprints of Random House) in the UK and Australia, and by Delacorte Press (hardback and paperback; also an imprint of Random House) in the US. , the translation rights have been purchased by 37 countries and the books have been translated into 20 languages.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
It is highly unlikely that Nicholas was born later than the 1230s, as he was styled "Magister" by 1259, indicating that by that date he possessed a Master's degree. It was rare for someone under twenty years old or even older to have such a qualification in this period. The university or universities he attended are not known. Until 1295, Nicholas was referred to as Nicholas of St Andrews ("de Sancto Andrea"), but in February of that year he began to be called "de Balmyle", one source referring to him as "de Balmyll dictus de Sancto Andrea" ("de Balmyle" called "de Sanctoandrea").
Nicholas de Balmyle | Background and early life
The next heir to the throne, Nicholas, cousin to Michael, was raising money on his expectations in America. Cade checks out the governess, a recent addition to the household; he travels to France to speak with her prior employer.
The Secret of Chimneys | Plot summary
Rivallon had another son that is not well known. Geoffroy as it appears to be the youngest. He has been connected with the family of Gorron. Geoffroy's children have been identified as the Lord of Saint Berthevin La Tanniere, Hemenare, l'Ernee, Levare and Buron.
Rivallon I of Dol | Notes
On November 19, 2009 it was announced in Variety Magazine that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series. Michael Scott and Barry Krost will be the executive producers. The script writer has yet to be announced. IMDb now lists "The Alchemyst" film as "in production"
The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Film adaptation
This article attempts to present as accurate picture as possible of Denys' personal history. Genealogies linking Nicolas Denys to Frederick Gilman Forsyth (or Forsaith), alias "Frédéric Gregory Forsyth de Fronsac" alias "Forsyth de Fronsac" alias "Viscount de Fronsac" are false, as evidenced by noted Montreal Genealogist Yves Drolet of Le Regroupement des anciennes familles in the now definitive research on the subject, translated from its original French as "The Aryan Order of America and the College of Arms of Canada 1880 - 1937". Fraudulent lineages written by Forsyth and others that falsely claim ancestral ties to the Denys, and to several other families, have been widely distributed, and are now electronically revived and readily available, without warning or disclaimer as to their fraudulent content, so that their influence reaches even to Wikipedia pages such as this one, up to July 10, 2017: Marguerite, the daughter of Nicolas Denys and Marguerite Lafitte, died in 1654, unwed, at the innocent age of eight.
Nicolas Denys | Falsified genealogies
One of Harald's sisters-in-law is happily substituted for Dyannis and married off to Dom Tiavan Harryl. Dyannis reveals to Varzil that the death of Felicia Leynier (described in "Zandru's Forge" ) at the hands of Eduin MacEarn may have been her fault. Dyannis tells Varzil that Eduin may have learned of Felicia's true identity from Dyannis' own mind. They both realize that Eduin must have some connection to the old war between King Deslucido and Queen Taniquel Hastur-Acosta, Felicia's mother, but the records are so ambiguous that they are unable to learn anything conclusive.
A Flame in Hali | Book Four
Nicolás de Piérola was born and educated in the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa. He moved to Lima to study theology at the "Seminario de Santo Toribio", and later obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Law. His parents died in 1857. He married Doña Jesusa de Iturbide, believed to be the illegitimate daughter of Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte the son of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico.
Nicolás de Piérola | Early years
Nicholas is the grandson of Erast Fandorin, born in ca. 1960. His father was Alexander Fandorin (1920–1994), born in British exile where his pregnant mother had fled from the Russian Civil War. Nicholas has a master's degree in history, specializing in the 19th century history of the Russian Empire, and (in "Altyn Tolobas") visits the land of his ancestors for the first time in 1995, after the fall of the Soviet Union, tracing the founder of the Russian Fandorins, a Swabian musketeer "Cornelius von Dorn" who took service with the Tsar in 1675, and died in the 1682 Moscow uprising, nine generations removed from Nicholas.
Nicholas Fandorin | "Altyn Tolobas"
Nicolas was the son of William Grey Walter, an American-born British neurophysiologist, cybernetician and robotician. His grandfather was Karl Walter (1880-1965), a former anarchist who subsequently supported fascism. Karl married an American woman called Margaret Hardy and lived in the US from 1908 until the outbreak of the First World War. His maternal grandfather was Samuel Kerkham Ratcliffe (1868-1958), a former member of the executive of the Fabian Society. After his parents divorced in 1945, Monica, his mother subsequently married a Cambridge University scientist with whom she brought up Nicolas. Walter attended Rendcomb College, Cirencester. He served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force, where he learned Russian prior to working in Signals Intelligence, and then read modern history at Exeter College, Oxford.
Nicolas Walter | Background
Film rights for the book were originally sold to New Line Cinema and Mark Burnett Productions. The film is currently in pre-production. This was reported at IMDb. According to "The Hollywood Reporter", the writer hired to pen the script was Eric Bress, who has written scripts for the television show, "Kyle XY". It was reported that the producer would be Mark Burnett and that he bought the rights to the book in an auction months before it was published. In November 2009 it was announced in "Variety Magazine" that Lorenzo di Bonaventura had bought the film rights to the series.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Film adaptation
So far, no records have been discovered, either in Rouen or in London, that prove Nicolas was a master goldsmith. There is no record of his work or where he and his family lived, although the church where his son was baptized indicates that he had taken up residence in the general area that was later occupied by the members of the family who followed him to England. There appear to be no burial records of Nicolas but it must be assumed that he died in late 1676 or early 1677, because in the latter year, Marie returned to Rouen, where she remarried on 28 October 1677.
Harache family | Nicolas Harache
Nikolaï Ivanovitch Lazarevitch, the second of his parents' three sons, was born at Jupille, an industrial municipality a short distance down-river from Liège. The local economy was based on the coal mines and on the Piedboeuf Brewery. His parents had been obliged to flee from imperial Russia on account of their revolutionary activities.
Nicolas Lazarévitch | Provenance and early years
They did, and brought him back to Javier's school. Nicholas Fury, the Queen of England's spymaster, came to visit Javier at his school and warn him of the danger posed by Elizabeth's death and the eventual rise to power of King James of Scotland, who had no love for witchbreed. Javier acknowledged the threat, but did nothing about it, though he showed Fury his team of super-powered youths. Fury also asked a favor, and requested that Javier use his powers to read the thoughts of a captured assassin. All Javier could tell him what that he was one of three; another was to kill a girl from the colonies, and the third, the queen.
Alternative versions of Professor X | 1602
The spelling of her name varies and is sometimes given as Perrenelle, Petronelle or Pernelle. Though the historical Perenelle did exist, there is no historical record indicating that she or her husband were the successful alchemists of later legend.
Perenelle Flamel | Life
"The Warlock" is followed by the concluding installment to the series, "".
The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Sequel
The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel (often shortened to The Enchantress) is the final novel in the six book series, "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel". It was written by Irish author Michael Scott and was published by Random House Inc. on 22 May 2012 in the US, and by Doubleday Publishing an imprint of Random House UK on 24 May 2012 in the UK and Ireland. The series has been printed in 20 languages and is available in 37 countries, and features in the Top Ten on the New York Times Children's Best Selling Series list.
The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Introduction
"The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series has spawned online games, the first related online game to be launched was "The Codex Master" The game is to guess a secret code consisting of a sequence of coloured orbs by inputting various sequences and using logic. When a sequence is entered, indicators show when the player has the right colour and also when a colour is in the right or wrong position to enable them to apply logic and guess the correct sequence. To celebrate the release of "The Sorceress" an online game was created. It was called "The Challenges of the Elder" and launched on 21 April 2009.
Michael Scott (Irish author) | Online games
Victor Nicolas was born in Brignoles, the son of Nicolas Bertin (1879–1918), professor of mathematics Mort pour la France, and Victorine Tardieu (1878–1965), teacher. He was the grandson of Fortuné Nicolas (1850-1920), judge of the canton court of Tavernes and mayor of Montmeyan from 1886 to 1892. He was married to Josette Behar (1911–2011), sculptor, graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, with whom he had a son, Nicolas Vincent (1934–2009). Educated at the college of Lorgues and then in high school of Toulon, where he received a scholarship from the artists society in Toulon.
Victor Nicolas | Biography
Knowing that his foster father was innocent, Nicholas becomes obsessed with killing Count Rive Montesq, the man who framed Edouard. Nicholas was raised under the surname 'Valiarde,' although his true lineage was no great secret. In Death of the Necromancer, he lives the life of a callow ne'er-do-well art collector, while living a daring double life as 'Donatien,' a mysterious master-thief bedevilling the mansions and galleries of Ile-Rien. His lover, later wife, was Madeline, a celebrated actress who also dabbled in his life of masquerades and thievery. While he was unmarried the Young Fontainon Queen only half-jestingly suggested that she may marry him, since he would be a fitting consort due to his once-regal bloodlines.
Characters from Ile-Rien | Nicholas Valiarde
De Quertenmont had numerous pupils, including Adriaan de Lelie and Frans Balthazar Solvyns.
Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont | Life
Having decided that he had found the perfect mentor for the twins, Scott began plotting the series in earnest, planning the storyline of each chapter. He soon decided that it would be a six-book series, which would allow him to introduce many figures from history and mythology. In the six books, readers have been introduced to characters from the Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Norse, and Celtic mythologies and historical characters from the Elizabethan, Renaissance, Egyptian, and Gilded eras. He plotted the whole series to such an intricate level that his plot script is currently in excess of 80,000 words, equivalent to a book itself, and that he knew in 2009 what the last words to the series would be.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Development
He never expresses this desire to his parents, fearing their outright rejection of his wish. His father decides to send him to a school created by the trade guilds in Haven, in an attempt to provide his son with opportunities to apprentice in a trade he might enjoy. On his first day in the Trade School he is initially interviewed by the schoolmaster, who determines what form (or grade) to put him into. After an extensive examination Lavan is placed in the Third Form. He soon realizes that his peers in the form are all younger than himself. This quickly brings him to the attention of Tyron Jelnack, a member of the Sixth Form.
Lavan Firestorm | Lavan Chitward, Academy Student
He loves creating and solving puzzles of all kinds, he is highly numerate, and applies himself to learning whatever he can (languages, engineering, warcraft, courtly manners, philosophy), both for practical purposes and for the sake of learning. From apprentice, he rises to merchant, banker, master of warcraft, and adviser to kings. Nicholas believes, having been told so by his mother, Sophie de Fleury, that he is the legitimate son of the handsome Simon de St. Pol of Kilmirren, a Scottish lord, champion jouster, and merchant. Simon denies this, claiming that Nicholas is a bastard born to his first wife, and no get of his.
The House of Niccolò | Nicholas de Fleury
After successfully turning the monsters on each other, the Flamels join them on Alcatraz. But Billy mistakenly throws the spear heads with the Words of Power at Perenelle (he also used them to kill the Sphinx earlier). The Morrigan throws herself in front of Perenelle and dies instead. Odin and Hel both die slaying an army of Anpu. After finding Aerop-Enap's cocoon, the Flamels and Machiavelli attempt to awake her while Billy and Black Hawk fight a Karkinos (giant crab). Billy is severely wounded and Black Hawk is thrown into the water, presumably eaten by the Nereids. Machiavelli heals Billy and Aerop-Enap kills the Karkinos.
The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Plot summary