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This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of '''''[[The Rithmatist]].''''' We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as
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== Prologue ==
Diagram of the Basic Easton
[[Lilly Whiting|Lilly]] -- a [[Rithmatics]] student of the [[Armedius Academy]] -- is hunted by a mysterious
== Part 1 ==
=== Chapter 1 ===
Diagram of the
[[Joel Saxon|Joel]] is sent to run errands for the office. He
=== Chapter 2 ===
Diagram of Two-Point and Four-Point circles: [http://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rithmatist3.png?resize=450%2C697&type=vertical]
Joel comes back to the office after running his errands
Because the summer holidays are coming, Joel needs to choose a [[Armedius_Academy#Summer_Electives|summer elective]]. Florence prods him to do so and not miss it, for he would end up in a remedial tutelage if he does. He promises to do it in time.
Diagram of Bind Points and Circles Advanced Notes [http://i1.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rithmatist4.jpg?resize=534%2C803&type=vertical]
Joel attends math class. Joel likes math because geometry is the basis of [[Rithmatics]]. When Professor [[Layton]] comes to check
▲When Professor [[Layton]] comes to check off last night's assignment, Joel is caught in not having done them. When Professor Layton dismisses the class he tells Joel to stay. Though Joel got perfect marks in the tests, Professor Layton isn't convinced about Joel's knowledge and Joel realizes that the professor thought him cheating. Joel supposes to do the assignment in these last few minutes of the class and begins to do. The professor thought somebody told Joel the answers and draws a new task on the board. Joel solves it quite instantly and points out that the drawings where not really accurate. He proves to be able to draw perfect lines and circles by eye and convinces Professor Layton that he already knew what was taught during this term, and also trigonometry and algebra. Finally the professor gives Joel the pass for geometry class.
=== Chapter 4 ===
Diagram of the Ballintain
Outside of the classroom,
Joel makes his way to a group of students where he
When Davis and Rose leave to join Michael, Joel looks for a good place to read through Professor Fitch's books. Only when it grows too dark to read does he
=== Chapter 5 ===
Diagram of a Six-Point Circle: [http://i2.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rithmatist11.jpg?resize=399%2C621&type=vertical]
Joel
=== Chapter 6 ===
That night Joel
== Part 2 ==
=== Chapter 7 ===
Next morning Joel makes his way to Professor Fitch who is surprised to get Joel as research assistant but thinks it's a good idea. Joel immediately feels at home in Professor Fitch's office
Shortly after
Melody
=== Chapter 8 ===
Diagram for the Sumsion
Joel takes some food to Florence and Exton in an attempt to find out what is going on. He discovers that there is a
=== Chapter 9 ===
Diagram for Osborn defense
As Joel researches through the books, he finds Exton in the list of graduates from Armedius. Melody gets sick of tracing, and Fitch decides to teach Melody about keening
=== Chapter 10 ===
Diagram of the Eskridge
Joel finishes up work on the census records and takes them to Fitch at Warding Hall. Fitch is distracted when he arrives, showing little interest in the records. Fitch then tells Joel that another Rithmatist student has disappeared, [[Herman Libel]]. Joel talks Fitch into letting him help with the
=== Chapter 11 ===
Diagrams from the scene of Lilly Whiting
Joel
=== Chapter 12 ===
Diagram of Herman Libel's disappearance
Parents of Rithmatist students begin pulling their children out of Armedius Academy. Inspector Harding stations police on school grounds and initiates a lockdown of the campus. When Joel mentions his suspicions of Professor Nalizar, Harding reveals that he fought alongside Nalizar at [[Nebrask]] and considers him a hero.
Joel invites Melody (who usually eats alone) to eat with him and his mother in the dining hall. [[Mrs. Saxon]] talks about [[Trent Saxon|Trent]], Joel's late father, who was the school's chalkmaker. Joel asks Melody about inception, but Melody refuses to answer, explaining that Rithmatists aren't allowed to talk to non-Rithmatists about the process.
=== Chapter 13 ===
Diagram of the Jordan
Melody invites Joel out for ice cream, hoping that he'll tell her more about the investigation with Professor Fitch in return for information about the inception ceremony. They get to know one another. Melody describes how being a Rithmatist makes her feel trapped. Joel reveals that the death of his father caused him to miss the standard July 4th inception ceremony. Melody explains some of the theory behind making chalklings after he mentions that he doesn't know much about them. Joel discovers just how poor his family is after learning how much Melody's allowance is. Melody generously gives him money to pay for their date (so he doesn't feel emasculated) and gives him an extra dollar to keep.
=== Chapter 14 ===
Diagram of Lines of Vigor Part 1: Basic Usage
Joel and Melody read a newspaper detailing confidential information about the investigation that Joel is working with Professor Fitch on, the exact information that Joel agreed to tell Melody.
Later that night, Joel can't sleep so he wanders to the Rithmatic part of campus. He briefly considers breaking into Professor Nalizar's room to steal a Rithmatics book, but decides against it. Joel seeks out his mother and finds her cleaning the dueling arena. He helps her clean and asks about their money situation. She explains that his father ran up a lot of debt before he died, and that's why they're so poor. She refuses his help paying down the debts, and doesn't want him to worry about them. The next day, it's revealed that another Rithmatic student, [[Charles Calloway]], the son of a [[knight-senator]], has been kidnapped. This time, however, some non-Rithmatists were also killed.
== Part 3 ==
=== Chapter 15 ===
Instructions
Joel, Professor Fitch and Inspector Harding travel to East Carolina to investigate the crime scene while it's still fresh. Harding reveals that he was at the Calloway estate the previous night, trying to convince Charles's father, [[Didrich Calloway]], that his son would be safer at Armedius than at home. Joel and Fitch discover that the mysterious symbols found at the crime scene are a new type of Rithmatic line.
=== Chapter 16 ===
Diagram of the Shoaff
=== Chapter 17 ===
Diagram of Nine Point Circles
Joel reads a book about the [[Tower
=== Chapter 18 ===
Diagram of strengths in lines
Joel finally remembers where he
=== Chapter 19 ===
Article of
Joel
=== Chapter 20 ===
Diagram of Binding
Joel reads a book about the history of Rithmatics. He is confused by a mention about a pocket watch saving [[Gregory III|King Gregory III]], the founder of Rithmatics, from an attack by [[Chalkling#Wild Chalklings|wild chalklings]].
Melody tells Joel about an incident where a mob tried to attack a pair of Rithmatist students, who scared off them off using chalklings, an action which would increase tensions. As Professor Fitch's only student, she is being forced to participate in the upcoming [[Melee]], where she is sure she will be humiliated, which will be made worse because her parents will be in attendance. She mentions that her brother, [[William Muns]], died in Nebrask, and defends Professor Nalizar, revealing that he attempted to save her brother. Joel decides that his suspicions of Nalizar must be misplaced.
=== Chapter 21 ===
Diagram about Anchoring Defensive Circles with Lines of Forbiddance.
The night before his inception, Joel is again stricken with insomnia. He can't stop thinking about his potential future as a Rithmatist. He reads a first hand account of a settler whose family was attacked by wild chalklings. He hears a sound outside his window and, upon investigation, discovers the mysterious symbol. He is under attack by the Scribbler!
He tries to call for help, but can't, as the mysterious symbol (a [[Rithmatics#Line of Silencing|Line of Silencing]]) is stealing the sound. Unable to defend himself, he tries to run, but finds himself boxed in by Lines of Forbiddance. He determines that the wild chalklings are deterred by the clockwork inside the coin that Melody gave him. He is able to escape to Exton's quarters, who uses his (poor) Rithmatic abilities to ward off the chalklings. Trapped again, Joel manages to escape and run for help from the police and Investigator Harding. The police are able to defeat the remaining wild chalklings and save Exton. Harding tells Joel he is confident he knows who the kidnapper is.
=== Chapter 22 ===
Diagram of bouncing Lines of Vigor off of Lines of Forbiddance
The next morning, Inspector Harding arrests Exton. He claims to have proof that Exton was behind the kidnappings and attack on Joel. Joel believes Exton is innocent and Melody agrees.
Later, Joel goes to the inception ceremony. In the chamber of inception, he asks the [[Church of the Monarch|Master]] to make him a Rithmatist. A [[Shadowblaze|strange chalkling]] appears behind him, not attached to any surface. Upon being touched by Joel, the creature falls down and flees. Joel does not become a Rithmatist.
=== Chapter 23 ===
Diagram of the Taylor
After the ceremony, Joel wants to be alone, and heads to his father's workshop. He reads some articles on the desk and discovers a drawing of the same strange being he encountered in the chamber of inception.
Melody sneaks out of her dorm to be with Joel. They go to Professor Fitch to relay their concerns about Professor Nalizar but are rebuffed. Upon their return, they find the guards unconscious. Melody goes to get help while Joel enters the building to fight the Scribbler. He accidentally throws a bucket of acid on Nalizar, who traps him in a box of Lines of Forbiddance in retaliation. The Scribbler, revealed to be Inspector Harding, attacks! Nalizar declares that he followed the creature all the way from Nebrask and begins to fight; however, he is knocked unconscious by a [[Rithmatics#Line of Revocation|Line of Revocation]] (the second mysterious symbol) from the Scribbler. Melody frees Joel from the box and they try to escape, but are cornered by the Scribbler. Fitch arrives to save them.
=== Chapter 24 ===
Joel's Sketch of the Rithmatic
Professor Fitch
=== Chapter 25 ===
Diagram of the Advanced Easton
Exton is freed and Joel, Melody, Professor Fitch and Professor Nalizar are lauded as heroes.
Prior to the start of the Melee, Joel confronts Nalizar. Nalizar reveals that he too is a Forgotten, but convinces Joel that nobody would believe him if he told anyone. Joel realizes that Nalizar likely is counting on his handpicked team winning the Melee and gaining important positions at Nebrask, and then disrupt the defenses in some way. Trying to disrupt this plan, he convinces Exton to allow him to enter the Melee alongside Melody. They work together as a team, inside the same [[Line of Warding]]: Joel uses his proficiency with line-drawing to draw their defenses, which Melody traces and activates. Joel's precise line-drawing and strategy, combined with Melody's skill with chalklings, allow them to defeat their competitors, including Nalizar's twelve person team, and win the Melee.
== Notes ==
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