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Mr. Joseph Proteus

The Prime Minister: smooth, ambitious, and quietly certain that the crown is an obsolete ornament he can pry loose from a too-clever king.

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Also known as Mr. Proteus, Joe, Proteus, To Proteus, Joseph Proteus, Proteus Fiercely crushing, Proteus Rising, Magnus Proteus

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Proteus runs the government and intends to run it without royal interference, which makes him Magnus's most patient and dangerous adversary. Where Boanerges shouts, Proteus calculates, converting every clash into a…

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KMKing MagnusCBCrassus Balbus…AMAmandaMBMr. Bill Boane…QEQueen ElizabethMJMr. Joseph Proteus

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