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}}'''Baron Maupertuis''' was a wealthy [[19th century]] criminal. | }}'''Baron Maupertuis''' was a wealthy [[19th century]] criminal. | ||
Maupertuis was | Maupertuis was Dutch and owned the [[Netherlands-Sumatra Company]]. Around [[1887]], he became a naturalised British citizen. He attempted to be extremely British by doing things like making friends with the [[Edward VII|Prince of Wales]] and going to [[Ascot]]. [[Mycroft Holmes]] and his associates suspected Maupertuis was engaging in untoward business arrangement, so they invited him to join the [[Diogenes Club]] to keep a better eye on him. | ||
A member of the [[Library of St John the Beheaded]], he and his servant [[Surd]] stole the journals of [[Siger Holmes]] to obtain the chants they contained which could open [[dimensional rift|dimensional gateway]]s. He planned to invade and conquer the [[planet]] [[Ry'leh]] for the [[British Empire]]. | A member of the [[Library of St John the Beheaded]], he and his servant [[Surd]] stole the journals of [[Siger Holmes]] to obtain the chants they contained which could open [[dimensional rift|dimensional gateway]]s. He planned to invade and conquer the [[planet]] [[Ry'leh]] for the [[British Empire]]. | ||
