Baruch (His Dark Materials)

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Baruch also refers to an angel who appears in the novel, The Amber Spyglass of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. He appears with his lover, another angel called Balthamos. He is the brother of Enoch, who has become the Regent, an angel known as Metatron. With Balthamos, Baruch escapes from the Regent of The Authority in hopes of joining Lord Asriel's army of angels. They seek to bring the bearer of the Subtle Knife, Will Parry to Asriel and accompany Will without question when Will agrees to go to Asriel only after finding Lyra Belacqua. Baruch's courageous and dedicated nature leads to a fight with the Regent. Fatally wounded and separated from Balthamos and Will, Baruch brings himself to Lord Asriel. After providing Asriel with critically important information, he dies. The last word he utters is "Balthamos". There is homosexual undertone.

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