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extremely tall djinn who had the media clamouring for her. She had cut herself off from the djinn world, including dropping the use of her powers right after turning her husband's murderous brothers into pet dogs. She finally began using her powers again to turn an assassin, hired to kill John and
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Plantagenet Godwin is the powerful djinn uncle of John and Philippa and de facto leader of the Marid. Nimrod is depicted as a loud djinn who enjoys the color red, and a near-expert at all things relating to djinn. Apparently, he has a strong dislike of jade as well as rubies. He is always seen
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Philippa and John Gaunt. He is fearful of the twins' powers after their mother turned his two brothers into dogs. Described as absentminded, but a brilliant and a good father, he is quite fond of antiques and is a successful banker. During the end of the third book he becomes
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The exact limits of djinn power vary with age and experience, but what all djinn have in common is that when they use their power they must picture and think about what exactly they will use their power for, be it making an object appear and disappear or granting a wish. Djinn power has limits, as
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with a cigar, and is talented in creating shapes with his cigar smoke which then turn real. Nimrod's companion is Mr. Rakshasas, who he always keeps in his pocket. He first appeared in a dream of John's and Philippa's simultaneously, when their wisdom teeth or "dragon teeth" were extracted.
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afraid of large and open spaces. He is considered a leading djinn expert on the Baghdad Rules, a series of conventions regulating wishes and wish granting. In the fourth book of the series, he is absorbed by one of the Terracotta warriors. In Hindi, the word
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a victim of the Methuselah Binding (which causes him to age several years), cast by Layla Gaunt to prevent John and Philipa from attempting to stop her from being the next Blue Djinn after Ayesha. He is short and has glasses.
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