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1Significant characters on ''Series/{{Helix}}'', and their associated tropes.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
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5!The Core Group
6[[folder:Dr. Alan Farragut]]
7[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alan_farragut_4515.png]]
8->'''Played by''': Creator/BillyCampbell
9--> “When a surgeon fumbles, the patient dies. When WE drop the ball, thousands die.”
10-----
11* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Becomes an Immortal in the finale of season 2]]
12* DeclarationOfProtection: To Sarah and Julia.
13* OldFlame: With Julia.
14* ScienceHero
15* WorkingWithTheEx: Again, with Julia.
16[[/folder]]
17
18[[folder:Dr. Peter Farragut]]
19
20[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peter_farragut_3076.png]]
21->'''Played by''': Neil Napier
22--> "Something about being trapped in this place. I see that bastard around every corner."
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24* AbusiveParents: He had an angry, violent drunk for a father, which lies at the root of some of his behavioral tics.
25* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Feels this way toward Alan, and covets his success, his respect...and his wife.
26* TheAtoner: Becomes this after [[spoiler:being cured of the virus.]]
27* BadBlackBarf: Used with horrifying effect on Julia to infect her.
28* BlackBlood
29* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He is compelled to spread the TheVirus. Though violent and paranoid, he is cognizant enough to form plans to access the uninfected.
30* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: By Season 2 he's back on active duty with the CDC, working to counter a new infection. But he's also taking orders from somebody else. We don't know who yet.
31* TheMole: [[spoiler: For Ilaria.]]
32* OldFlame: With Julia.
33* OrificeInvasion: Gives people the standard squick-inducing BadBlackBarf kiss to transmit TheVirus.
34* PersonalSpaceInvader: He can't help it due to being infected.
35* SuperStrength: Again thanks to TheVirus.
36* TaintedVeins
37* TheVirus: His entire body shows signs of it.
38[[/folder]]
39
40[[folder:Dr. Julia Walker]]
41
42[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julia_walker_9247.png]]
43->'''Played by''': Creator/KyraZagorsky
44--> "Get it together, Jules! You. Don't. Get. Sick."
45-----
46* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. As her infection progresses she starts to look steadily worse, with bloodshot eyes and TaintedVeins steadily creeping around her face.
47%%* ButNotTooForeign
48* FaceHeelTurn: Appeared to be the case in the first season finale, as she's seen sitting on the Ilaria Board of Directors and not hiding her GlowingEyes. It turns out it's more complicated than that: On the one hand, she's trying to change Ilaria from the inside out, trying to make them less evil. But on the other hand, she seems to have wholeheartedly drank the Ilaria Kool-Aid on human population control, seeking the least morally-objectionable means toward a quite objectionable (for humans at least) end.
49* GlowingEyes: After Hatake somehow cures her from infection, her eyes become the same luminescent silver color as his, implying that this unnatural eye color is a side effect of the cure. Hatake provides her with contacts of her original eye color with which to mask them in the following episode after Julia discovers that her new eyes have an extreme sensitivity to bright lights.
50* HelpfulHallucination: When she realizes TheVirus is causing her subconscious to manifest Jaye.
51* IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler:In essence, if not in fact, once Hatake reveals his paternity and nature to her.]]
52* OldFlame: With both Alan and Peter.
53* TraumaInducedAmnesia: When infected by Peter. Then again, it may just be good old-fashioned denial/BlatantLies.
54* WeCanRuleTogether: Tries this on Sarah, telling her that she's being wasted at the CDC, that she should come work for Ilaria and be with her own kind. Sarah isn't even slightly tempted.
55[[/folder]]
56
57[[folder:Dr. Sarah Jordan]]
58
59[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_jordan_7684.png]]
60->'''Played by''': Jordan Hayes
61--> “We are all waiting to die. I just have a little less time.”
62-----
63* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: She became immortal when she was newly pregnant. When she stopped aging, so did the fetus. She's ''permanently'' in her first trimester, suffering from morning sickness and nosebleeds.]]
64* FakeGuestStar: Listed as a guest star despite appearing in every episode of the first season (which is actually one more than series regular Balleseros).
65* ItDoesntMeanAnything: After having sex with Alan, she denies any feelings the next episode, calling it simple biology. Alan, of course, is silently [[ItMeantSomethingToMe hurt by this]].
66* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Sarah does this to an infected patient to spare her from [[FateWorseThanDeath becoming one of the vectors.]]]]
67* OlderThanTheyLook: {{Lampshaded}}. She looks like a teenager but is well into her mid 20's.
68* PuppyDogEyes: Courtesy of her actress' delicate features and large eyes, she's able to pull off the doe-eyed look very well, especially since Sarah is a StoicWoobie.
69* SecretlyDying: She has a brain tumor which causes her right hand to shake uncontrollably.
70* SexForSolace: She has sex with Alan while feeling particularly vulnerable, both dealing with her own mortality and a rampant viral outbreak.
71* SleepingWithTheBoss: During the crisis at the research station, she has a workplace affair with her boss Alan.
72* SurprisePregnancy: Sarah discovers this in the first season finale.
73* TookALevelInBadass: Come Season 2, she has a reputation at the CDC for throwing herself willingly into the most dangerous situations, earning the nickname "Hot Zone." [[spoiler: She looks at her acquired immortality as a gift that she needs to use to help make the world a safer place.]]
74* TwoFirstNames: Not only can her last name be a first name, but it's her very own actress's first name.
75* YourDaysAreNumbered: She's trying to make the best of the time she has left.
76[[/folder]]
77
78[[folder:Dr. Doreen Boyle]]
79
80[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doreen_8707.png]]
81->'''Played by''': Catherine Lemieux
82--> “Someone designed this virus and it sure as shit wasn't mother nature.”
83-----
84* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Stabbed with a syringe by Balleseros thus giving her a embolism. It caused her to convulse violently ''then'' she has a shelf full of infected rats pushed on her which eat her ALIVE. Not an easy way to go, to say the least.]]
85* DeadpanSnarker
86* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Almost to the point of being invoked. Balleseros uses her to get the information he needs, then kills her so she can't tell anyone else.]]
87* OddFriendship: With Balleseros
88* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Balleseros.
89[[/folder]]
90
91[[folder:Major Sergio Balleseros]]
92
93[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/major-sergio-balleseros-mark-ghanime_1990.png]]
94->'''Played by''': Mark Ghanime
95--> ''"Keeping the word from getting out on this shit show is one of my imperatives."''
96-----
97* AffablyEvil: Despite all the horrible things he does to plug potential leaks he is easy to get along with.
98* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:"Sorry, Doreen. I'm so sorry."]]
99* BackStab: His preferred method of dealing with the unfortunate people who know too much.
100* BeingEvilSucks: Grows increasingly disgusted with himself over the things he's done like [[spoiler:killing Doreen or kidnapping the children]]. May be the reason for his eventual (apparent) [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]].
101* CleanupCrew: His main purpose for being at the facility. [[spoiler:Lampshaded.]]
102* DeadpanSnarker
103* JustFollowingOrders
104* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Daniel stabs him in the chest with an ice pick. The wound itself is not instantly fatal, so he proceeds to remove the Major's protective clothing, leaving him to be killed by the elements; similar to how Balleseros himself disabled Doreen and left her to be eaten by the rats.]]
105** [[spoiler: As it turns out, he is NotQuiteDead.]]
106* MajorlyAwesome
107* OddFriendship: With Doreen. [[spoiler: He kills her anyway.]]
108* ShirtlessScene: After being captured by Anana the camera lingers on his chest many times.
109* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Doreen.
110* TheEngineer: His purpose is to analyze the facility itself to discern structural methods of transmission.
111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder: Dr. Kyle Sommers]]
114->'''Played by''': Matt Long
115
116* CockFight: With Alan over Sarah. Morphs into TeethClenchedTeamwork when the infection escalates...and when Sarah makes it clear to the both of them that they have ''no time for this kind of nonsense.''
117* DarkAndTroubledPast: If his hallucinations to his childhood are accurate, he was pretty badly bullied. Kids used to call him "Stinky Sommers" and actually ''threw crap at him.''
118* DeadpanSnarker: He's got his moments.
119* DistaffCounterpart: He's basically the male version of Doreen Boyle.
120* DoggedNiceGuy: Plays this role toward Sarah. Sarah's got way too much going on to notice...and Alan showing back up in the picture complicates things even more.
121* FriendToAllChildren: Bonds with the children of Michael's cult very easily. [[spoiler: Seeing them all dead affects him terribly.]]
122* GuileHero: Manages to turn two crazy cannibals against each other and make an escape just by talking.
123* SanitySlippage: Ever since being infected, he's been hallucinating and lashing out violently.
124[[/folder]]
125
126[[folder:Dr. Hiroshi Hatake]]
127
128[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiroshi_hatake_7277.png]]
129->'''Played by''': Creator/HiroyukiSanada
130--> “You don't have the intellectual capacity to evaluate my work.”
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132* ForScience: Appears to be his motivation.
133* GlowingEyes: He hides his creepy luminescent silver eyes behind tinted contacts.
134* InhumanEyeConcealers: Hatake hides his creepy [[GlowingEyes luminescent]] [[TechnicolorEyes silver]] eyes behind brown-tinted contacts.
135* KatanasAreJustBetter: He busts one out in Season 2. And he's old enough that he's probably used it himself in ye olden Samurai days.
136* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He turns out to be Julia's father.]]
137* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
138* MoralityChain: Subverted. If [[spoiler: either of his children]] are in danger he is far more likely to do reckless and dangerous things.
139* PetTheDog: Alot of his interactions with Julia in season 1. Special note goes to the scene in episode 7 where he silently sobs while wrapping her eyes to treat her light sensitivity.
140* ProfessorGuineaPig: Implied by his use of said contacts.
141* Really700YearsOld: He's apparently 513 years old, and only looks in his early forties or so.
142* ScarsAreForever: His lower back is covered with them. He got them from a house fire trying to save his daughter. It's implied this might be a lie.
143[[/folder]]
144
145[[folder:Daniel Aerov/Miksa]]
146
147[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daniel_1468.png]]
148->'''Played by''': Meegwun Fairbrother
149-->''“I don't work for him. I AM his son.”''
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151* BlindObedience: To Hatake. Hinted at by Balleseros. Despite this, he is still disturbed when Hatake kills three scientists who had surrendered their weapons, and voices his disapproval.
152* BondOneLiner: "Got a reply for that message!"
153* TheDragon: To Dr. Hatake.
154* EvenEvilHasStandards: As mentioned above, he is visibly disturbed upon witnessing Hatake's murder of three infected scientists after they had surrendered. It is this event that prompts him to start to question whether his UndyingLoyalty to Hatake is well placed.
155* FakeGuestStar: Daniel appears in 12 of season 1's 13 episodes (and actor Meegwun Fairbrother [[ActingForTwo appears in all 13]]) but is listed among the guest stars.
156* HappilyAdopted: To Hatake, who raised him. [[spoiler: Until he's told that he had been kidnapped from his village by Hatake when he was a child]]
157* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He triggers the explosive collar himself, fully knowing that it will result in his own death, in order to spare Hatake from having to make the SadisticChoice of who to save between him and Julia.]]
158* TheResenter: In Season 2 he comes to resent Hatake's favoritism toward [[spoiler: his biological daughter]] Julia at his expense. [[spoiler: Of course, by this point the Daniel we're seeing is just a hallucination of Hatake's, so he might be projecting his own guilt.]]
159* TookALevelInBadass: Ambushes Balleseros with an ice pick, strips him of his protective clothing, then leaves him to die exposed to the elements.
160* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:His head is blown off by an explosive collar.]]
161[[/folder]]
162
163!Ilaria Corporation
164
165[[folder:In General]]
166
167* AncientConspiracy: It's a front for a group of Immortals who've been working behind the scenes for centuries to control the human race.
168* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:There is no NARVIK-C. It was all an elaborate plan to get Julia to lead them to Michael's "Mother Tree," to fulfill their real agenda of controlling human fertility.]]
169* BlackAndGrayMorality: Everyone working at Ilaria is genocidal toward the human race to one degree or another, believing them to be a virus on the planet that must be wiped out, or at least reduced to a manageable level. They just differ in means and severity. Alan points out that even Julia's more humane solution - instigating widespread infertility - is still genocide.
170* CorporateConspiracy: Ilaria Corporation is actually run by [[spoiler:an AncientConspiracy of immortals dedicated to controlling the human race, either by neutering them or by exterminating them]].
171* CorruptCorporateExecutive: We've yet to see one who isn't.
172* MegaCorp: They're nominally a biotech firm, but they have their own private army, network of communications satellites, and God knows what else.
173* OlderThanTheyLook: Every higher-up executive is an Immortal. Some of them are over 500 years old, and the oldest-looking of them is Hatake, who doesn't look a day over 40.
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Constance Sutton]]
177->'''Played by''': Creator/JeriRyan
178
179* BadBoss: She treats the people under her command purely as assets, and thinks nothing of berating or even physically abusing them for real or perceived failures.
180* ChewingTheScenery: Yeah, Jeri Ryan clearly had a good time here.
181* ControlFreak: Will not tolerate insubordination or any deviation from her plans.
182* CorruptCorporateExecutive: And how.
183* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to set her off.
184* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The watch she gave Hatake plays a crucial role in [[spoiler: her death.]]
185* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first she just seems like a fast-talking executive who sincerely does want to do the right thing. Later...not so much.
186%%* KilledOffForReal
187* OffWithHisHead: Hatake [[spoiler: decapitates her and puts her head in cryogenic storage for reasons as-yet unknown.]]
188* OlderThanTheyLook: She's an old friend of Hatake's, and considering Hatake is over 500 years old, she could conceivably be even older.
189[[/folder]]
190
191[[folder:Spencer Chissik, aka "The Scythe"]]
192->'''Played by:''' Robert Naylor
193
194* TheDreaded: ''Hatake'' is afraid of the man.
195* DualWielding: Carries two hand scythes as his main weapons.
196* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Constance Sutton]] was his mother, and her death has made him...unhappy.
197%%* ImmortalAssassin
198* MeaningfulName: The Scythe deals death like the Grim Reaper himself.
199* [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than He Looks]]: ''Very.'' He looks like a teenage boy, but [[spoiler: Constance Sutton]] is his mother, and he's apparently had a ''lot'' of practice killing and torturing.
200* ProfessionalKiller: He's Ilaria's wetworks guy.
201* {{Sadist}}: Enjoys his job a little too much.
202* TheSociopath
203* TortureTechnician
204[[/folder]]
205
206[[folder:Klein]]
207->'''Played by''': Christian Jadah
208
209* ButtMonkey
210* TheDragon: To Sutton
211%%* KilledOffForReal
212* PrivateMilitaryContractor: Commands a team of mercenaries in the employ of Ilaria.
213* UndyingLoyalty: To Sutton, or at least to Ilaria. He actually tries to kill himself rather than be captured.
214[[/folder]]
215
216[[folder:Clare Wallenberg]]
217->'''Played by''': Deena Aziz
218
219* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman of the Board of Ilaria. It comes with the territory.
220* EvenEvilHasStandards: She thinks the plan to release NARVIK-C into the general population (killing off 75% of the human race) is a bit much.
221* HiddenDepths: She's spent her Immortality perfecting coq au vin. Even Julia has to admit it's really good.
222[[/folder]]
223
224[[folder:Madamoiselle Durant]]
225->'''Played by''': Alexandra Sicard
226
227* AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is debatable, but she ''is'' part of Ilaria.
228* BlessedWithSuck: She's filthy rich, worldly, and possessing of extremely refined tastes and very mature, adult desires. And she's trapped in the body of a 10-year-old girl.
229-->"There is much joy in being young and rich. But there is much sadness in being young and rich ''forever''."
230* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: She takes issue with the other Immortals about their extreme measures to reduce Mortal populations, thinking they've lost sight of what they originally hoped to do as stewards of the planet.
231* OlderThanSheLooks: Even more so than the Scythe.
232[[/folder]]
233
234!Saint Germain Island Cult
235
236[[folder:Brother Michael, aka Vincente Michel DuBois]]
237->'''Played by:''' Stephen Webber
238
239* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Amy does this to him when she takes over.]]
240* DissonantSerenity: He's preternaturally calm despite everything that's going on.
241* EvilutionaryBiologist: A surprisingly low-tech version: His commune is a farm that uses old-time selective breeding and plant grafting techniques. [[spoiler:This includes his own bloodline.]]
242* FauxAffablyEvil: And how.
243* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Keeps an oubliette around to get rid of his enemies. [[spoiler: Amy does the same to get rid of him.]]
244* OlderThanHeLooks: He's a "silver-eye" Immortal, so he's at least 500 years old.
245* VillainousBreakdown: The only time he loses his cool is when [[spoiler: Amy and her followers are sealing him up in the oubliette.]]
246* WifeHusbandry: A disturbing example: [[spoiler: he's been impregnating his own daughters for at least three generations, in an attempt to breed another Immortal.]]
247[[/folder]]
248
249[[folder:Sister Agnes]]
250->'''Played by:''' Claire Coulter
251
252* MadScientist: Of the agricultural variety. She's bred all kinds of strange plants over the years.
253* TeamMom: For the Cult.
254* YouKnowTooMuch: [[spoiler: Michael kills her for figuring out there are other Immortals out there.]]
255[[/folder]]
256
257[[folder:Sister Anne]]
258->'''Played by:''' Severn Thompson
259
260* HeroicBSOD: After Michael [[spoiler: kills off the rest of the cult.]]
261* TheLancer: To Michael [[spoiler: until Amy frames her for poisoning half the cult members.]]
262* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Loyal to Michael to a fault. [[spoiler: Even after he kills everyone, she still maintains her devotion to his vision.]]
263* WeCanRuleTogether: Gives this treatment to Peter, saying that the Cult needs a leader, and he'd made a good one. [[spoiler:It works.]]
264[[/folder]]
265
266[[folder: Sister Amy]]
267->'''Played by:''' Alison Louder
268
269* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: With Landry.]]
270* ChewingTheScenery: You thought Jeri Ryan was bad...wow.
271* KarmicTransformation: While celebrating her (falsified) ascension to immortal status, she's caught outside when the CDC sprays St. Germain with their super-defoliant which [[BeautyToBeast melts half her face]] before Landry can drag her inside.
272* ManipulativeBitch: She's playing ''everyone'' against each other.
273* SanitySlippage: Arguably, she was never all there to begin with, but she's been slowly losing it ever since [[spoiler: overthrowing Michael.]]
274* SmugSnake: Almost as much as Michael.
275* TheStarscream: To Michael.
276* TheUnfettered: After her beauty is destroyed by the super-defoliant, she says she's free to drop her SmugSnake pretense and become the total sociopath she truly is.
277* VillainousBreakdown: Has a pretty epic one when she learns that [[spoiler: Landry has hidden away the Mother Root]], trashing everything in her path and screaming at the top of her lungs.
278[[/folder]]
279
280[[folder:Landry]]
281->'''Played by:''' Sean Tucker
282
283* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:His body rejects the infusion of Sarah's spinal fluid and he mutates into something very icky.]]
284* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:Turns out he and Amy are siblings. Ew.]]
285* TheDragon: He does Michael's [[spoiler: and later Amy's]] dirty work.
286* LoveMakesYouEvil: He's infatuated with Amy, and that leads him to do terrible things on her say-so.
287* MadeOfIron: Survives [[spoiler:a fall from the top of the abbey clock tower without serious injury. Though his recent mutation may have something to do with that.]]
288* StepfordSmiler: Always has a pleasant expression on his face.
289[[/folder]]
290
291[[folder:Olivia]]
292->'''Played by:''' Sara Booth
293
294* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Must have been in her teens when she had her son Soren.
295* TheDragon: To Amy after Landry is incapacitated.
296* InsaneTrollLogic: Comes to believe the CDC brought the epidemic with them, and attacks Sarah for it.
297* UnwittingPawn: Amy uses her to sow chaos in the wake of the new outbreak.
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder: Soren]]
301->'''Played by:''' Cameron Brodeur
302
303* ApologeticAttacker: Is used by crazy cannibal couple as bait to capture Kyle, and feels awful about it.
304* EyeScream: Loses an eye to said crazy cannibal couple.
305* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: He grows up to be Caleb.]]
306* PatientZero: The first surviving carrier of the new outbreak the CDC encounters.
307[[/folder]]
308
309!Other Characters
310
311[[folder:Anana]]
312->'''Played by:''' Luciana Carro
313
314* ActionGirl: She manages to turn Balleseros into her own personal ButtMonkey several times.
315* BelligerentSexualTension: With Balleseros.
316* ConspiracyTheorist: She's suspected that something nefarious has been going on at Arctic Biosystems for a long time, and has a low-key RoomFullOfCrazy tying them to the cases of missing children - among them her own brother, Miksa - going back decades.
317** ProperlyParanoid: She's not wrong.
318* FairCop: The Sheriff of the local Inuit village, and not hard on the eyes.
319[[/folder]]
320
321[[folder:Toluk]]
322->'''Played by:''' Meegwun Fairbrother
323
324* ActingForTwo
325* BigBrotherInstinct: With Anana, going so far as to threaten Balleseros with bodily harm if he hurts her.
326* GentleGiant: Unless you piss him off.
327* SeparatedAtBirth: Technically, they were separated as very young children, but "Daniel Aerov" is actually his long-lost twin brother Miksa.
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder:Gunnar]]
331->'''Played by:''' Anders Yates
332
333* DrivenToSuicide: The first thing he does when he's freed from his restraints is [[spoiler:take a pair of bolt cutters to his jugular vein.]]
334* FateWorseThanDeath: Hatake chained him up in an abandoned outpost in the middle of the Artic. He's an Immortal, so he can't die from starvation or exposure. So he just sat there, for God knows how long, slowly going mad.
335* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Pretty much his deal.
336* OlderThanHeLooks: He might have actually been a Viking, but he's also crazy, so who knows.
337* WhoWantsToLiveForever
338[[/folder]]
339
340[[folder:Caleb]]
341->'''Played by:''' Jim Thorburn
342
343* ActionSurvivor: Living alone on an abandoned island, he's a very skilled hunter and tracker.
344* WildCard: Julia finds him living on Saint Germain [[spoiler: in the post-apocalytpic future.]] We're not really sure what his deal is yet.

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