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* Enoch Root, also known as [[Color-Coded Wizardry|Enoch the Red]]: [[Immortality|Immortal]] [[Alchemy|alchemist]] and the only character from ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' to personally appear in ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]''. Straddles the line between [[Deus Ex Machina]] and [[Deus Exit Machina]]: he often [[Mr. Exposition|tips off the protagonists to vital information]] they couldn't have known otherwise (but he doesn't tell them ''too'' much), and he quickly makes himself scarce so the protagonists can act on that information by themselves. |
* Enoch Root, also known as [[Color-Coded Wizardry|Enoch the Red]]: [[Immortality|Immortal]] [[Alchemy|alchemist]] and the only character from ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' to personally appear in ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]''. Straddles the line between [[Deus Ex Machina]] and [[Deus Exit Machina]]: he often [[Mr. Exposition|tips off the protagonists to vital information]] they couldn't have known otherwise (but he doesn't tell them ''too'' much), and he quickly makes himself scarce so the protagonists can act on that information by themselves. |
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* [[Affably Evil]] - Louis XIV, in his dealings with Jack. Actually, most of the villains come off as nice guys until you see what they're capable of doing... |
* [[Affably Evil]] - Louis XIV, in his dealings with Jack. Actually, most of the villains come off as nice guys until you see what they're capable of doing... |
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