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== Literature ==
* Despite adaptations that show otherwise, [[Sherlock Holmes]]' arch-enemy Professor Moriarty appears only once in the original novels by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. He is mentioned by Holmes - reminiscently - in five stories, and plays a direct role in "The Valley of Fear", but never actually shows his face. His one appearance in person is at the end of the final (chronologically) story in the original franchise, "The Final Problem", during a final showdown with Holmes in which both of them, presumably, perish. Even then, Dr. Watson - who narrates the story - never encounters him at all.
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' (The Crimson King isn't mentioned till book 4. From that point on details are given bit by bit.)
** However, readers familiar with King's greater universe (Particularly those who have read [[The Stand]]) might be savvy enough to catch on a bit earlier.
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* In the first of the ''[[Otherland]]'' books, the focus occasionally shifts to an Egyptian simulation ruled by someone using Osiris as an avatar, who gives out orders and makes commentary that bears suspicious relation to other events in the book, but these connections are never actually stated. Late in the volume, the user is revealed to be a man named Felix Jongleur, leader of the Grail Brotherhood and creator of the [[Title Drop|Otherland]] system.
* Most of the plotline of the ''Inda'' series is driven by [[Evil Sorcerer]] Erkric's scheming, as he's the one driving [[The Empire|the Venn]] to be more warlike and expansionistic, but he's not directly introduced until the last third of the second book and his central role doesn't become apparent until later. This is at least in part because the Venn are initially portrayed as a faceless military juggernaut, though- he's introduced at the same time as [[Unwitting Pawn|Prince Rajnir]] and [[Anti-Villain|Commander Durasnir]], the other two main Venn characters.
== Live-Action TV ==
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