But when you put a hyperactive girl and a shy one together, nothing works. Daja does not have to teach them their powers, just how to sit straight long enough to concentrate on meditation. In Namorn, Daja finds twin mages, each specialising in a different housework power. Evvy's story is told in Melting Stones released in October 2008.

Evumeimei Dingzai – also known as Evvy, another former street rat with stone magic Briar's student.

Dedicate Rosethorn – Rosethorn is Briar's teacher at Winding Circle, with power over plants as well.

Briar Moss – Formerly a street rat by the name of Roach.

Evvy is tracked down by a dangerous gang called the Vipers, who are dominated by a takameri, Lady Zenadia, and Briar must balance his new respectable life with his old street life while stopping the gangs and Lady Zenadia. In Chammur, Briar finds a street girl with stone magic.

Pasco Acalon – A young boy who possesses dancing magic Sandry's student.

She also helps the other students, but she prefers to teach Sandry.

Dedicate Lark – Lark, who has thread magic, is Sandry's teacher at Winding Circle.

A teenager of royal descent with thread magic and the power to weave magic itself.

Sandrilene fa Toren, – also known as Sandry.

In Emelan, Sandry finds a rare dance mage who is unwilling to accept his power due to his family heritage and must convince him to train his magic, at the same time helping her great-uncle to solve the puzzling mystery of a series of clan murders.

Each of the four also encounters a series of crimes they feel obligated to stop, and they must balance their teaching responsibilities with aiding the law. Each of the four finds someone, or some ones, with magic, and according to the rules they must become the teacher until a more suitable one can be found.

They believe they're still too young to teach but the decision is not up to them. Briar, Tris and Daja have gone travelling with their teachers, and Sandry has moved in with her great uncle, Duke Vedris, in the Duke's Citadel. The students are now 14 years old and fully qualified mages. The Circle Opens Quartet is the sequel quartet to The Circle Of Magic Quartet, and is followed by 'Battle Magic' and The Will of the Empress. The series consists of the books Magic Steps (2000), Street Magic (2001), Cold Fire (2002), and Shatterglass (2003). It mainly revolves around four teenage mages, each specializing in a different kind of magic, as they find that they are forced to deal with mages whose powers are similarly unusual to their own. The Circle Opens is a quartet of novels written by Tamora Pierce and set in a pseudo-medieval/renaissance era. JSTOR ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

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