Thorne Lawler@cstross The problem with basing characters on real people is plausibility.
Trebitsch-Lincoln and George Santos are clearly the same person: a bored immortal who gets his kicks by telling ridiculous lies at the highest level he can be bothered obtaining.
Immortality comes with built-in identity concealment: every century or so you get your face blown off and it regrows *just* differently enough.
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