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[[File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|thumb|Mountain vendetta. The prone figure in the foreground is Havelock, the only person is this picture who survived the event.]]'''Havelock''' (? - ?) is a retired [[Superhero (nonfiction)]].
[[File:Havelock.jpg|thumb|Havelock.]]'''John Havelock''', often referred to as '''Judge Havelock''' or simply '''Havelock''', is a [[mathematician]] alleged time-traveler, usually found in the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]] between 1801 and 1911.  


His superpower involves settling disputes between two other people.
His time-traveling ability, and apparent immortality, result from his addiction to [[Extract of Radium]].


These two others will make a mutual pact which will result in one of their dreams coming true, and the other dream coming to nothing.
He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because of his habit of playing Russian Roulette for money.


The pact requires them to make Havelock decide which dream lives, and which dream dies.'
== In the News ==


"Decide" is what people say, but Havelock has always sworn that he does not think, he does not choose, he is not aware of anything happening at all. In a recent interview he said:
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File:Your_Gun,_My_Head.jpg|link=Your Gun, My Head|The "[[Your Gun, My Head]]" scene from ''[[Bargain (nonfiction)|Bargain]]''.


<blockquote>These fools come to me, two by two, and they want action now, they've got their beefs all heated up and now I'm supposed to pick one.
File:John Havelock and Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|1892: Mathematicians [[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]] co-publish a pioneering paper on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions to the early detection of emergent catastrophic events, forecasting the [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]] to within 98.37% accuracy.


Most of the time I have go ahead and do it, because it's better than getting shot or stabbed in the leg, which is usually what they do if I try to explain why it's a bad idea.
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise logo.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|1906: New sideshow at [[Carnevale Tenebre]] is "fronting all kinds of [[math crimes]]," says mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock.


So I do my thing.  I accept the situation.  I let it happen. That's the only decision: I decide to ''let it happen''.
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|[[Clock Head]] advises Judge Havelock to drink less [[Extract of Radium]], less often.


The I usually nod off for a second or two. And then it's done.  The problem is, most time, ''everything is the same''.  Sometimes one guy's dream comes true on the spot -- pretty often that's one where he kills the other guy then and there, although it plays out in a lot crazy ways.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery]]'' "is probably accurate, although I am dead at the time," says Havelock.


But usually it takes days, weeks for the effect to kick in, and they don't like that.  They want to know on the spot whose dream lives, whose dream dies.
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].


And I can't tell them a damned thing. I have no idea. I agree to play their game, then Fate plays the game.
File:Nikola Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] invites Havelock to collaborate on electric transmission project.


I ain't Fate, man. I'm a pawn like everyone else.</blockquote>
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He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because all of the many attempts on his life have miscarried and failed.


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Baron Zersetzung]] - hostile colleague
* [[Clock Head]] - ally
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Havelock interview]]
* ''[[Havelock Plays Russian Roulette]]''
* [[Hollerith]]
* [[Hollerith]]
* ''[[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]]''
* [[Luck-monger]]
* [[Luck-monger]]
* [[Periphery (town)]]
* [[Salvatore]]
* [[Salvatore]]
* [[The Patrick Device]]
* [[The Patrick Device]]
* [[Traversal]]
* [[Your Gun, My Head]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Gnomon Algorithm (nonfiction)]]
* [[Hollerith (nonfiction)]]
* [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]]
* [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]]


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Latest revision as of 17:16, 19 January 2023

Havelock.

John Havelock, often referred to as Judge Havelock or simply Havelock, is a mathematician alleged time-traveler, usually found in the town of Periphery between 1801 and 1911.

His time-traveling ability, and apparent immortality, result from his addiction to Extract of Radium.

He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because of his habit of playing Russian Roulette for money.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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