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The Mathemagician
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Vital statistics
Title The Mathemagician
Gender Male
Race Human
Faction Ruler of Digitopolis
Health
Level Important Ruler
Status Ruler of Digitopolis for a long time
Location Numbers Mine, Digitopolis, The Kingdom of Wisdom

The Mathemagician is the brother of King Azaz. His law in Digitopolis is that numbers are far more important than words, while King Azaz's law is that words are more important than numbers

Character

The Mathemagian is pretty much polite but gets really mad whenever somebody mentions that numbers aren't that important or valuable, since numbers mean so much to him.

Description

In the book, the Mathemagician is much taller than Milo and Tock. He had a robe with many mathematical equations on it. The Mathemagician also has a pointy hat with mathematical equations and a white beard. In his hand is a long staff. In the movie, the Mathemagician is only a few feet taller than Milo, Tock, and the Humbug. He hadsa purple robe with no equations on it. Apparently he is a few inches taller than King Azaz and has a white mustache.

Relationships

King Azaz

In the beginning, King Azaz and the Mathemagician were rulers of two different words. King Azaz was the ruler of Dictionopolis, the kingdom of words. The Mathemagician was the ruler of Digitopolis, the kingdom of numbers. They started to become enemies because they were constantly fighting over which was more important, words or numbers. They both asked Rhyme and Reason what was more important. They said that words and numbers were both equally important. King Azaz and the Mathemagician put them in the Castle in the Air, which is a prison. They regretted it afterwards. The brothers were still mad at each other until Milo rescued Rhyme and Reason. After he did, King Azaz and the Mathemagician both agreed that words and numbers are equally imortant and then they became good brothers.

The Humbug

The Mathemagician and the Humbug didn't make major contact with each other. In the movie, the Humbug asked what the biggest number there could possibly be. The Mathemagican said "Very well, sir Humbug. What's the biggest number you can think of?". The Humbug answered 9,999,000,999. "Very Good" the Mathemagician. He then asked the Humbug to add one multiple times. Then he said that the number you hope for is at least one more than the one you have, and that would be so big that if you started it yesterday, you wouldn't finish until tomorrow. The Humbug was confused but the Mathemagician didn't make it that confusing.

Milo

Milo and the Mathemagician made contact several times. At the beginning, Milo said that numbers weren't that very important or valuable. This made the Mathemagiacian mad and then he sang a numbers song. When he was marching, Milo, Tock, and the Humbug were marching with him, meaning they now thought numbers are important. After the song, the Mathemagician was explaining that whatever King Azaz agrees with, he disagrees, and whatever King Azaz disagrees, the Mathemagian agrees. Milo said that the Mathemagiacian has to have something he agreed with King Azaz. It was that they both agree about disagreeing. The Mathemagician was suprised and gave Milo a pencil with all the mathematical equations the world has ever known or ever will know.

Tock

The Mathemagician and Tock didn't exactly make conatact. During the numbers song in the movie, Tock was marching with Milo, the Humbug, and the Mathemagiacian. Tock seems to know all the basic information about the Mathemagiacian.

Trivia

  • His name is from a Mathemagiacian or Mathematician, who is a person who has a degree in Math or is a pro at Mathematics.
  • Hans Conried, the person who voices the Mathemagiacian, also voices King Azaz and Captain Hook from Peter Pan.
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