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* MagnificentBastard: Anwar Effendi is a Turkish politician and spy, subtly manipulating the politics in his country and pushing for liberal reforms while always staying in the shadow himself. Under his other identity--brilliant French journalist Charles Paladin--he accompanies the Russian army in the Russo-Turkish war and, by skillfully feeding misinformation to the high command, makes sure to prolong the conflict. He pays a Romanian colonel, a gambler who is deep in debt, to assist him in his scheme, and then kills him under the pretext of a duel [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once he is no longer useful]]. He shoots an officer carrying a critically important message during a battle and frames another officer for that, killing him too and making it look like suicide. His last plot, luring Russia's best general into a trap, fails after Anwar is unmasked by Literature/ErastFandorin, but Anwar knows that his main goal of weakening the Russian Empire is achieved. He calmly shoots himself, refusing to surrender. Combining his ruthlessness with genuine charm and OldSchoolChivalry, Anwar [[HiddenInPlainSight hides so well]] in the guise of Charles Paladin that for a long time, Fandorin refuses to believe his own conclusions about Paladin's true identity.
