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AUTHOR DAN BROWN LEWIS PERDUE LEWIS PERDUE
BOOK TITLE The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Legacy Daughter of God, Linz Testament
DATE PUBLISHED 2003 1983 1985 (Linz), 2000
NAME The Teacher (revealed at end to be Lee Teabing) James Elliott Kimball IV George Stratton
EDUCATION Oxford, Harvard (Ivy League) as "backup" (DVC:227) Ivy League (DVL:39) Ivy League (DoG:23)
SOCIAL STANDING Snobbish, Wealthy English blueblood (DVC:217) Knight (DVC:endCh51) Snobbish, wealthy New England blueblood (DVL:39)  
OCCUPATION Historian, Grail expert (DVC:216) Killer for the Bremen Legation (DVL:40) Attache, American Consulate, Zurich (DoG:40)
SHAPESHIFTER ROLE The Teacher (DVC:411-412) Works for Russians (DVL:318) Works for Cardinal Braun(DoG:28)
WHO DOES HE MANIPULATE? Bishop Aringarosa, hero and heroine, assassin Silas Brother Gregory, Hero, Heroine Hero, heroine, U.S. government\
MAIN VICTIMS Hero and heroine turn to him for help, to their disadvantage Hero and heroine turn to him for help, to their disadvantage Hero and heroine turn to him for help, to their disadvantage
KILLS THOSE CLOSE TO HIM Kills his right-hand man, Remy (DVC:386), sets up death of his key assassin, Silas (DVC387,393) Kills his key assassin, The Schoolmaster (DVL:7,8)  
MOTIVATION Hates Catholic Church, wants to damage it (DVC:412) Hates Catholic Church (DVL:3,4) Worships Catholic Church, wants to protect it (DoG:73)
MOTIVATION 2 MOTIVATION: "Teabing has spent his life trying to broadcast the truth about the Holy Grail." (DVC:218) out for himself Guardian of the Secret Messiah, must keep it a secret or destroy it. (DoG:81)
CONTEXT OF THE CONFLICT In Da Vinci Code, the hero and heroine seem to be caught between two opposing camps, The Vatican and Opus Dei, who want control of the Grail Documents. In the end, however, we find that both groups have been manipulated by a third-party shapeshifter (Teabing) who wants the Grail documents for his own personal motivations. In Da Vinci Legacy, the hero and heroine seem to be caught between two opposing camps, The Elect Brotherhood of St. Peter and the Bremen Legation, who want control of the Da Vinci Documents. In the end, however, we find that both groups have been manipulated by a third-party shapeshifter (Kimball) who wants the Da Vinci documents for his own personal motivations.  
EYES hazel eyes (DVC:Ch54) Glacial Blue eyes 37  
HAIR bushy red hair (DVC:Ch54) blond hair, 6'3" (DVL:367) fair-haired (DoG:23)
HEIGHT tall 6'3" (DVL:367) Tall (DoG:23)