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His father [[Virgil Cartouchian]] has a reputation as the world's greatest Sigil Engineer. | His father [[Virgil Cartouchian]] has a reputation as the world's greatest Sigil Engineer. | ||
The family name ''Cartouchian'' derives from the word [[Cartouche (nonfiction)|cartouche]], a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 10 March 2017
Niles Cartouchian is the world's leading gem detective, and the secret identity of The Sigil.
By day, Cartouchian is a trusted and prosperous detective specializing in gem-related crimes.
By night, Cartouchian becomes The Sigil -- a symbol of menace to criminals, a sign of hope to citizens.
His father Virgil Cartouchian has a reputation as the world's greatest Sigil Engineer.
The family name Cartouchian derives from the word cartouche, a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription.
In the News
Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus blamed for wave of copycat gem crimes.
Cartouchian personally tracks, captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies. Fellow gem detectives call it "The case of a lifetime."
Supervillain Fugitive Rubies involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
New sigil is perfect for The Sigil, expresses "spirit of Set theory", says Cartouchian.
Alice Beta thinks of her friend Cartouchian "while there is still time in this world."
Fiction cross-reference
- Alice Beta - secret identity of crime-fighting superhero The Governess
- Ellis Cartouchian - brother of Niles
- Virgil Cartouchian - famed Sigil Engineer, and father of Niles and Ellis Cartouchian.
- The Sigil (crime fighter)