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[[File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|200px|thumb|Black-figure [[hydria]] showing Gnotilus defending itself against treaty-violating surprise attack by [[Heracles]].]]'''Gnotilus''' is a [[supervillain]] based on the [[nautilus]], who is obsessed with destroying the [[Golden ratio]].
[[File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|200px|thumb|Black-figure [[hydria]] showing Gnotilus defending itself against treaty-violating surprise attack by [[Heracles]].]]'''Gnotilus''' is a [[supervillain]] based on the [[nautilus]], who is obsessed with destroying the [[Golden ratio]].
Gnotilus grew up with ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', and still enjoys reading it from time to time.


Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|Parthenon]].
Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|Parthenon]].
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Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on [[Spin ice (nonfiction)|spin ice]] in a public and comical manner.
Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on [[Spin ice (nonfiction)|spin ice]] in a public and comical manner.


Gnotilus often uses [[Gelatinous cube (nonfiction)|Gelatinous cubes]] as cheap, disposable soldiers.
Gnotilus often uses [[Gelatinous cube (nonfiction)|Gelatinous cubes]] as cheap, disposable soldiers. This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things [[Cube (nonfiction)|cubical]].


This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things [[Cube (nonfiction)|cubical]].
Gnotilus grew up with ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', and still enjoys reading it from time to time.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==

Revision as of 06:38, 18 July 2016

Black-figure hydria showing Gnotilus defending itself against treaty-violating surprise attack by Heracles.

Gnotilus is a supervillain based on the nautilus, who is obsessed with destroying the Golden ratio.

Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the Parthenon.

Gnotilus is the founder and first citizen of the independent kingdom of Abalonia.

Gnotilus has posted a bounty for the Bathysquare, dead or alive.

Gnotilus is keenly aware of the phenomenon of Geometrical frustration.

Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on spin ice in a public and comical manner.

Gnotilus often uses Gelatinous cubes as cheap, disposable soldiers. This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things cubical.

Gnotilus grew up with The Unruly Submarine, and still enjoys reading it from time to time.

In the News

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