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[[File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|thumb|Niles Cartouchian (closeup). [[:File:Niles Cartouchian.jpg|Full size version]].]]'''Niles Cartouchian''' is the world's leading [[gem detective (nonfiction)|gem detective]], and the secret identity of [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]].
'''Niles Cartouchian'' is a time-traveller who exists simultaneously in multiple timelines.


By day, Cartouchian is a trusted and prosperous [[Detective (nonfiction)|detective]] specializing in gem-related crimes.
Well-known Cartouchian timelines:


By night, Cartouchian becomes [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]] -- a symbol of menace to criminals,  a sign of hope to citizens.
* [[Niles Cartouchian (Renaissance)]]
 
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)]]
He is a bitter rival of gem detective and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]], and has accused Rhodomunde of collaborating with crime lord [[Baron Zersetzung]] in a centuries-long enterprise which secretly provides human victims to [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons]] in exchange for life-extension gems.
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]]
 
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.
 
His father [[Virgil Cartouchian]] has been widely praised as the world's greatest Sigil Engineer.


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


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File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' wins Pulitzer prize, hailed as "most entertaining illustration of our time."
File:Niles Cartouchian.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian (1800s).
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|Niles Cartouchian accuses arms dealer and rival gem detective [[Egon Rhodomunde]] of signing deal with alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]], feeding human victims to [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons]] in exchange for life-extending [[time crystals (nonfiction)]].
File:Quantum_phase_transition.png|link=Time crystal (nonfiction)|Niles Cartouchiain blames widespread use of illegal life-extending [[time crystals (nonfiction)]] on blood pact between [[Egon Rhodomunde]], [[Baron Zersetzung]], and one or more unnamed [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons]].
File:Niles Cartouchian interrogates Fugitive Rubies.jpg|Niles Cartouchian captures, interrogates supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
File:Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' blamed for wave of copycat gem crimes.
File:Fugitive_Rubies.jpg|Cartouchian personally tracks, captures supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]]. Fellow [[Gem detective (nonfiction)|gem detectives]] call it "The case of a lifetime."
File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|Supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|New [[Sigil (nonfiction)|sigil]] is perfect for [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]], expresses "spirit of [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]]", says Cartouchian.
File:The Governess Kabarett der Komiker.jpg|link=Alice Beta|[[Alice Beta]] thinks of her friend Cartouchian "while there is still time in this world."
File:Niles Cartouchian.jpg|Niles Cartouchian (full size version).
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Alice Beta]] - secret identity of crime-fighting superhero [[The Governess]]
* [[Alice Beta]] - mathematician, academic, and crime-fighter
* [[Baron Zersetzung]] - crime lord
* [[Baron Zersetzung]] - alleged crime lord
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)]]
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)]]
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]]
* [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]]
* [[Egon Rhodomunde]] - arms dealer and rival gem detective
* [[Egon Rhodomunde]] - rival
* [[Ellis Cartouchian]] - brother of Niles
* [[Virgil Cartouchian]] - famed Sigil Engineer, and father of Niles and [[Ellis Cartouchian]].
* [[The Sigil (crime fighter)]]
* [[The Sigil (crime fighter)]]


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Revision as of 07:45, 25 June 2017

'Niles Cartouchian is a time-traveller who exists simultaneously in multiple timelines.

Well-known Cartouchian timelines:

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference