Wizardology: A Guide to Wizards of the World (Ologies)

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Fiery Salamander: Six-legged salamanders appear in both Dragonology and Monsterology. They're immune to fire, and their tongues, or a piece of their skin or of the wool that grows between their toes, can be used in rituals to protect oneself from extreme heat. Anachronism Stew: Played with in Dinosaurology; the dinosaurs themselves should probably not be coexisting the way they do. However, the book makes sure to avoid having any of the explorers show knowledge of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that were not recognized by science before the year the book takes place, although the explorers were able to identify Velociraptor and " Anatotitan" (now Edmontosaurus) despite them not being recognized by science at that time. Strangely, Deinonychus was (properly) described as a creature the likes of which had never been seen before, despite being nearly identical to Velociraptor. Toothy Bird: The phoenix. Justified because it's not a bird at all, but a dragon (although it's a toothless bird in Monsterology). Sweet Polly Oliver: Arabella Drummond dressed up as Captain Lubber’s cabin boy to spy on him. Her origin story also involves this as a means of escaping into piracy. Aspiring wizards can tune in to the age-old wisdom of Merlin with this dazzling compendium of all things magical — unveiling novelty elements throughout.

The book is written by nineteenth century author, wizardologist Merlin purporting to have written the material in ink (needs clarification on what it was actually written in). Gorgons don't petrify victims; instead, they use a hypnotic gaze to hold them in place while their snakelike head tendrils spray them with poison. Our Gnomes Are Weirder: Gnomes are depicted in Monsterology as short, but only around as short as extremely short humans, and physically human-like in other respects. They're nocturnal by nature, and keep bats and moths as pets. Shapeshifter Showdown: The Wizardology book describes one that occurred between Cerridwen, a powerful witch, and Gwion, a servant who gained magical powers by accident. Cerridwen technically won, but Gwion was reborn from the experience and became an incredibly powerful wizard.

Tropes in the series include:

Sir Lancelot Marshall is the last descendant of William Marshall, and his squire is the last descendant of Sir Bedivere himself.

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin" • " The Wizardology Handbook: A Course for Apprentices" • " Wizardology: Code-Writing Kit" • " Wizardology: A Guide to Wizards of the World" Aspiring wizards can tune in to the age-old wisdom of Merlin with this dazzling compendium of all things magical, unveiling novelty elements throughout. In October 2012, it was reported that Carlos Saldanha, the director of the Ice Age and Rio films, was developing for 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios an animated feature film based on Alienology: The Complete Book of Extraterrestrials. [7]

Horse of a Different Color: A number of fantastic creatures are mentioned as possible steeds in the books, including dragons, pegasi and kelpies. Shout-Out: The main plot of Illusionology (via booklets) is that of a teleporting device wan to be used by an illusionist. Where have we heard that before?

Loose Lips: Spyology warns of this, their motto being "Telling a friend could mean telling the enemy."Leave Behind a Pistol: The castaway that Captain Lubber finds in the Pirateology subplot about pursuing Arabella Drummond was left a pistol with a single shot after he was marooned.