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* The Volturi in ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''.
* ''The Second [[Foundation]]'' (Asimov's [[Chessmaster]] extraordinares) take this to an extreme. One chapter ends with two Second Foundationers summarizing everything that just happened: "Intersection point?" "Yes! May we live to see the dawn!"
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
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** There's another one in ''[[Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]'', though their goal there is more like "Incapacitate The Patrician".
** The Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night in ''[[
** The Auditors tend to play out this trope in novels where they're the antagonists, making cryptic remarks about their intentions while avoiding the first-person singular.
* The Spinner's End scene in ''[[Harry Potter]]'', even for being based around a notoriously un-forthcoming character, is simply ''uncanny'' in not showing any details about "the plan".
** Interesting in that J.K. Rowling actually does have a plot
*** YMMV on how much {{spoiler|Snape}} actually knew, and how much he simply pretended to know. Hints in the narrative suggest he was either stringing Narcissa along to learn the plan, or was already regretting what he knew he had to do.
** Dumbledore is chairman, secretary and treasurer of the Omniscient Council all rolled into one.
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