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* Prince Lucanor Giovanni from [[Anima: Beyond Fantasy]] certainly qualifies. He is effectively the second smartest person in the entire setting, second only to his brilliant but insane mentor. Despite being a normal human in a setting full of supernatural beings and super powered individuals he remains one of the most major political players in the setting due to his near [[The Omniscient|omniscient]] ability to deduct what everyone else is up to. He actively manipulates almost every other side in the setting without them realizing it.

* Asmodeus, ruler of Nessus, Ninth Layer of Baator in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. He is one of the oldest living things in the multiverse, controlling all of the Nine Hells and standing over every other devil. The gods fear him. He once instigated the Reckoning, an [[Enemy Civil War]], just to root out the more dangerous of his foes... only to promptly step forward and force all of Baator to submit once it stopped being useful to him. His only reaction to [[The Starscream|Mephistopheles]] threatening to take his throne was an amused silence.

* The [[New World of Darkness]] sourcebook ''Mirrors'' includes the Merit "[[Invoked Trope|Magnificent Bastard]]", which means that a character suffers from no situational penalties for attempts to Sway others (i.e. no matter how guarded a person is due to warning, previous betrayal, or catching the character in a compromising position, the character will always find a way to get in with them).