Baum Magic Registry · continuity variance
Wizard Practitioner Chronology
The Wizard’s status changes from humbug to student to genuine authorized practitioner across the series.
Registry
Magic record
- Knowledge ID
- MAG-0223
- Registry ID
- magic-0223
- Category
- continuity variance
- Subtype
- Continuity Codex
- Evidence
- variance
- First appearance
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Ch. 15
Canonical scope
How this record is classified
The Magic registry separates practitioners, users, artifacts, substances, procedures, transformations, environments, rules, countermagic, social regulation, and Continuity Codex variances. A marvelous thing is not automatically labeled magical unless Baum’s text explicitly or operationally supports that classification.
Continuity Codex
Textual variance preserved
This record intentionally preserves a Baum continuity tension. The build does not silently harmonize incompatible or evolving claims across books.