Niles Cartouchian

Niles Cartouchian.

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 been widely praised 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

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  Cartouchian accuses arms dealer and rival gem detective Egon Rhodomunde of signing deal with alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung, feeding human victims to demons in exchange for life-extension crystals.

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  Niles Cartouchian captures, interrogates supervillain Fugitive Rubies.

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  Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus blamed for wave of copycat gem crimes.

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  Cartouchian personally tracks, captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies. Fellow gem detectives call it "The case of a lifetime."

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  Supervillain Fugitive Rubies involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.

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  New sigil is perfect for The Sigil, expresses "spirit of Set theory", says Cartouchian.

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  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
• Baron Zersetzung - crime lord
• Egon Rhodomunde - rival gem detective
• Ellis Cartouchian - brother of Niles
• Virgil Cartouchian - famed Sigil Engineer, and father of Niles and Ellis Cartouchian.
• The Sigil (crime fighter)

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Cartouche (nonfiction)
• Dard Hunter (nonfiction)
• Sigil (nonfiction)
• Symbol (nonfiction)