Winter and Iko are attacked at Maha's Home, and two thaumaturges are killed, one by Kinney, a guard who decides to protect Winter from Jericho who decides he wants to " play with her ", although Winter is injured during the altercation.
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Two other Melies productions, " Le Thaumaturge Chinois " ( " The Chinese Conjurer " ) from 1904 and " Le Diable Noir " ( " The Black Devil " ) from 1905, can be viewed in a video of horror-film trailers.
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Scarlet, an important protagonist who was captured by the now dead thaumaturge Sybil Mira and brought to Luna as prisoner, is given a pod key and a knife by Jacin and told to find RM9, Wolf's home Sector, and the two manage to escape with the help of Cress.
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Interesting architectural landmarks include the Byzantine House, one of the oldest civilian buildings in the Balkans ( built probably in the 12th or 13th century as a Bulgarian fortress ), the Kordopulov House ( named after the merchant Manolis Kordopulou to whom it once belonged ), which also has one of the largest wine cellars in Melnik, the Pashov House ( 1815 ), which houses the St Nicholas ( built in the 13th century ), SS Peter and Paul ( 1840 ), St Nicholas the Thaumaturge ( 1756 ) and St Anthony.
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Although vague, their initial investigations reveal that the malevolent spirits who collaborated with Coyote are Asian in origin, leading them to suspect a connection to Dr . Fu Ch'ing, a Chinese scientist, government agent, and thaumaturge . ( The U . S .'largest competitor for space exploration in the novel is China rather than Russia . ) Meanwhile, the F . B . I . suspects Ginny's brother, Will, an astronomer who helped in the planning of Operation Selene and who has an interest in Chinese culture and connections with people in the country.
