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Carolinus says the other 3 wizards are his brothers:

how then can he be blood-related to an oriental man, a black man, and....er...Omadon?

It could be that "Brother" is a term of respect and partnership, but i'm not certain.

any ideas?


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I'd always assumed they were - as "the four magical brothers" - brothers in their craft as opposed to by blood. That said, they live in a magical realm, so I expect genetics takes a backseat...

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I heard that FoD was written during the Cold War:

Could the Four Magic Brothers represent the Four superpowers?
It makes sense that Omadon is the "Red Wizard", and the villain.

any other connections?


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If they represented the four super powers, who was who?

I suppose that Russia would have been Omadon and Britain would have been Carolinus, and the oriential one would have been China, but that would leave the indian one being America, which doens't quite make sense.

I suppose that the India one could have been India, and Peter could have been America. Maybe?


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The American Hero saving the day against the Red Oppressor, when others are powerless, makes sense.....

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Of course, since Dickinson is English ... Maybe Omadon is meant to be America, not Russia.

Lets see (In good humor only)...

One of the curses that Omadon was to bring upon mankind was Hiroshima (or the nuke in general), which was created by America.

Omadon spied on the quest party using an all seeing eye that could represent a US spy satellite.

He recruited a huge army or dragons, which could represent either the US creation of the Talaban to fight Russia, or the SVA to fight the Vietkong.

He cast a great darkness across the skies to sap the life from the heroes, which could represent Smog created by US heavy industry

Omadon sought to control human destiny in order to progogate his whim, which could represent the spread of US consumer products and media around the world

Breagh was huge and belched smoke which could represent the SUV (OK, I'm reachig a bit here).

and err, well, a lot more.

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Dickinson was English? I thought he was from Boston, as the character in the book was.

It's a fair point (bar the bit about Breagh, but points for originality).

Any other suggestions?

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There's a Boston in England :)


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"There's a Boston in England :)"

Not as far as I know, and I'm from Britain.

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Yes there is! I'm from Grantham in Lincolnshire, about 30 minutes from Boston, Boston is on the way to Skegness (great for holidays lol). Where abouts in the UK are you from? :)Loads of American towns and cities are named after British towns.



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In that case, I'm sorry I doubted you. I'm from Scotland (Born in England, but moved up North.). The weather's not so bad there as the stereotypes claim!

"Loads of American towns and cities are named after British towns. "

You're right, of course. New York, for one. There's an area called New-England, for heaven's sake.

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They even have a Birmingham and a Grantham! California is a village near where I live, not so famous as it's American namesake I'm afraid :)

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Technically, he's Rhodesian (An African country that no longer exists), but his parents were British, and Rhodesia was part of the British Empire, so he counts as being British.

Most of the other people behind this film ere either born or lived in Newyork.

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I was under the impression they represented the four elements of nature
Earth Air Fire Water

Brother is a political term in this context.

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