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* In [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''[[Cthulhu Mythos]]'', Nyarlathotep is able to pass off as a human surprisingly well, considering he's actually an [[Eldritch Abomination]], whose minds typically are as alien as you can get. Later novels by other authors explained that the Mi-go, an alien race that worships him as a god, have been observing Earth for quite some time, sending him information precisely so that he could pass himself off as a human.

** He never does appear in our world in the human form in Lovecraft's own stories apart from the surreal prosaic poem ''Nyarlathotep'' that has only little to do with the deity he evolved into in later stories - unless you count the Black Man from ''The Dreams in the Witch-house'' who never interacts with normal people (or even speaks), and is only barely human in appearance. His ability to take the guise of man is only an [[Informed Ability]] outside ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'' which takes place in the Dreamlands. Only later writers have actually had him actively pretend to be human.

** Carcer actually points this out, saying that while Vimes requires others to believe he is a policeman in order to act as one, Carcer is better at being a criminal while no one believes he's one.

** In terms of "time to position of power", Vimes actually probably beat Carcer by several hours, since he {{spoiler|had the cops convinced by the end of the scene after being let out of his cell}} but he got beaten up several times in the process and Carcer was ahead both of the first two times they met face to face.

 

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