Visits from her act as a catalyst to draw Quentin closer to his allies, especially Alice Quinn. He is later admitted to matriculate there along with the other studying magicians, remains at the school for a short time before the school year starts, spending his days with Eliot and Margo, the former of whom he met when he first arrived on campus.Įarly in his time at Brakebills, Quentin sees Jane Chatwin in his dreams. He passed an Entrance Exam, a collection of ingenious mathematical and otherwise mind-bending problems, then discovered his magical prowess when he manipulated a set of cards with his mind.
The page brought him to an abandoned lot, where he discovered a hidden portal that brought him to Brakebills University, where Eliot Waugh was waiting for him. A gust of wind blew one of the pages away, causing him to chase after it.
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Quentin stated that she never hated the series until she began dating James.Īfter the two parted ways, Quentin began to read the manuscript. Seeing the excitement Quentin still had for the series, Julia insisted he give up the childhood fantasy of Fillory as she had. As Quentin walked Julia to her interview, he opened the package and found that it contained a manuscript of the seemingly-lost additional book in his childhood-favorite series, Fillory and Further. After the paramedics arrived to take the body, one of the EMTs, Eliza, handed Quentin a package, which he took before leaving with Julia. The next day, when Quentin and Julia arrived for an interview for Yale, the two discovered the body of their interviewer and called the police. He told Julia that he planned to sell his books and leave Fillory behind, which Julia agreed was right. Later, Julia found Quentin in his room, reading The World in the Walls instead of partying with everyone else. After his release, he went to a party in his loft with Julia Wicker and their friends, where he tried to explain the complexities of sleight-of-hand magic and talked about the Danish version of the Fillory and Further series.
When Doctor London suggested he stayed for further, Coldwater stated that he wasn't a threat to himself or others and was allowed to leave. In October 2015, Coldwater checked himself into the Midtown Mental Health Clinic for a weekend due to his worsening depression and was called into Doctor Jennifer London's office after he requested his release days later, explaining that he realized he needed to grow past his love for Fillory and take his future seriously. After high school, Coldwater attended Columbia University, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor's in Literature. That's what I'm – that's what I'm doing." ― Jennifer London and Quentin Coldwater Ĭoldwater suffered from depression and was first hospitalized at 16 until his dad brought him a copy of The World in the Walls to read until he felt better. But eventually, you have to let all that go. "You're a kid, and you're whole life's ahead of you, and you have all these notions about what life is and what it could be. You said the feeling of not belonging anywhere was overwhelming. "On admitting, you reported you couldn't concentrate, eat, get out of bed.
However, as all things magic come with a price, Quentin and his friends' actions leave them scrambling to save magic itself, or face the possibility of returning to the bleak life he'd escaped once already. Throughout his journey, he finds himself making deals with dragons, confronting gods, robbing banks, and saving an entire kingdom from impending doom. Seemingly for the first time in Quentin's life, the future doesn't look so bleak.Īfter suffering from the loss of Alice during their confrontation with The Beast, Quentin begins on a quest that even the most powerful of magicians believe to be impossible: restoring his lost love back to life. It's very real and he can wield it, with some serious practice and focus. But, as Quentin discovers upon entering Brakebills University, magic is more than the card tricks he's learned over the years. It's no wonder the world of magic-especially in his favorite book series, Fillory and Further-has been such an escape. He's awkward, unsure, overthinks everything, He's the sort of guy always pining from afar (especially for his childhood best friend, Julia). Quentin has always been on the outside looking in. Quentin Coldwater, B.A., is a New York Magician who attended Brakebills University.