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-> ''"About my name, ''Artemis''. You were right in London, it is generally a female name. After the Greek goddess of archery. But every now and then a male comes along with such a talent for hunting that he earns the right to use the name. I am that male. Artemis the hunter. I hunted you."''
-->-- '''Artemis Fowl''', being his typical modest self, ''Literature/ArtemisFowl: The Eternity Code''

As one of the oldest storytelling ways, it should be no surprise [[{{Literature}} many authors]] have penned a variety of [[MagnificentBastard impactfully intelligent and charismatic characters]] that have kept the pages turning.

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!!The following have their own pages:

[[folder:Examples]]
[[index]]
* ''MagnificentBastard/AlienVsPredator'' (includes the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' franchises)
* ''MagnificentBastard/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* MagnificentBastard/{{Buffyverse}}
* ''MagnificentBastard/{{Discworld}}''
* ''MagnificentBastard/TheDresdenFiles''
* ''MagnificentBastard/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''MagnificentBastard/TheFirstLaw''
* ''MagnificentBastard/{{Highlander}}''
* ''MagnificentBastard/JamesBond''
* ''MagnificentBastard/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''
* ''MagnificentBastard/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
* ''MagnificentBastard/TheNeverkindSaga''
* ''MagnificentBastard/APracticalGuideToEvil''
* ''MagnificentBastard/{{Redwall}}''
* ''MagnificentBastard/SherlockHolmes''
* ''MagnificentBastard/SkulduggeryPleasant''
* ''MagnificentBastard/ASongOfIceAndFire''
* ''MagnificentBastard/StarWars''
* ''MagnificentBastard/TheWitcher''
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!!Individual works:
[[index]]
* [[MagnificentBastard/LiteratureAToJ A To J]]
* [[MagnificentBastard/LiteratureKToZ K To Z]]
[[/index]]
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