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[[WMG: If the series had continued, the ultimate BigBad would have been [[SlavicMythology Koshchei]]]]
Damian/Melaney seems pretty adamant in the end that [=BEDA=] ''has'' to be controlled by the exact same person in some way. Maybe not the same soul, but certainly the same genotype. So it effectively needs an immortal leader, but not in the sense of [[TheLegionsOfHell a demon]]. Given that both [=BEDA=] and Melaney are sourced from Russian, and the implication of demonic involvement in [=BEDA=], the logical conclusion seems to be Russia's resident folkloric evil immortal, the warlock Koshchei. Cloning would just be a ready near-future supply of immortality if something happens to his body. Even better, there's a possibility that Sophia was intended to be a later LoveInterest for Hart. Her family name of Koizumi doesn't have kanji supplied, but it can potentially mean "old fountain" (古泉), "blessed fountain" (幸泉), or "small fountain" (小泉). Meanwhile, [[StalkerWithACrush Koshchei's]] target in ''Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless'', Marya Morevna, has a name that can translate to "Maria, Daughter of the Sea"--and brine fountains are a thing. Hart could be pulling double duty as a tsarevich stand-in and threatened Koshchei life extension...
Damian/Melaney seems pretty adamant in the end that [=BEDA=] ''has'' to be controlled by the exact same person in some way. Maybe not the same soul, but certainly the same genotype. So it effectively needs an immortal leader, but not in the sense of [[TheLegionsOfHell a demon]]. Given that both [=BEDA=] and Melaney are sourced from Russian, and the implication of demonic involvement in [=BEDA=], the logical conclusion seems to be Russia's resident folkloric evil immortal, the warlock Koshchei. Cloning would just be a ready near-future supply of immortality if something happens to his body. Even better, there's a possibility that Sophia was intended to be a later LoveInterest for Hart. Her family name of Koizumi doesn't have kanji supplied, but it can potentially mean "old fountain" (古泉), "blessed fountain" (幸泉), or "small fountain" (小泉). Meanwhile, [[StalkerWithACrush Koshchei's]] target in ''Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless'', Marya Morevna, has a name that can translate to "Maria, Daughter of the Sea"--and brine fountains are a thing. Hart could be pulling double duty as a tsarevich stand-in and threatened Koshchei life extension...
