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'''Alcatraz Smedry''' is the protagonist and narrator of the first five books in the ''[[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)|Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series]]''.
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== First Library Infiltration ===
{{quote
|My grandson will be leading this
|Grandpa Smedry to Sing and Quentin{{book ref|a1|4}}
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{{image|Alcatraz1 Interior Art 2.jpg|side=right|width=200px|In the library with Sing Sing and Bastille}}
Sing Sing made a distraction so that they could sneak into the library’s upper floor, and went with Sing Sing and Bastille to find the Sands.{{book ref|a1|7}} Along the way, Alcatraz made shocking discoveries about the [[Free Kingdoms]], and the depths of librarian lies.{{book ref|a1|8}} Alcatraz used a pair of lenses to identify the black, glowing footprints of a Dark Oculator, and followed them to find [[Radrian Blackburn]], along with Ms. Fletcher. Blackburn noticed Alcatraz using lenses and knocked them unconscious with a lens of his own.{{book ref|a1|10}}
{{sidequote▼
|Alcatraz after defeating the Alivened{{book ref|a1|14}}▼
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They got thrown in a dungeon, and Alcatraz came to realizations about himself personally, about how he destroyed stuff on purpose so that his foster parents would get rid of him quickly, allowing him to move on before he felt any affection for them.{{book ref|a1|11}} Grandpa Smedry arrived, and was captured and subsequently put under Blackburn’s torture.{{book ref|a1|12}} Alcatraz made his prison guard angry, and Bastille grabbed him from inside the bars and knocked him out, then freed them.{{book ref|a1|13}} They followed Grandpa Smedry’s footprints, having to face an [[Alivened]] on the way.{{book ref|a1|15}} They found both Grandpa Smedry and [[Quentin Smedry]] evading torture using their talents, and freed them.{{book ref|a1|17}} They fled to a room holding Blackburn’s lense collection, and Blackburn arrived. Blackburn and Grandpa Smedry dueled, but Blackburn won. Alcatraz tricked Blackburn by using his talent to break his Firebringer’s Lens. When Blackburn tried to use it, it fired backward into his single eye and blinded him.{{book ref|a1|18}} After recovering the newly-forged Lenses of Rashid, Alcatraz discovered that they were Translators Lenses, capable of translating any text or dialogue. After causing more chaos and escaping the library{{book ref|a1|19}}, Alcatraz got a note from his father, saying that he has another set of Translator’s Lenses.{{book ref|a1|20}}
=== In the Library of Alexandria ===
{{quote
|Try not to break anything too
|Grandpa Smedry in his note to Alcatraz{{book ref|a2|8}}
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After being separated from the others, Alcatraz met the Curators of Alexandria, undead ghosts who took all his possessions that contain writing on them. They said they could tell him how to find his father, but he would have to give up his soul and join them as a Curator. Such is the price of taking any book from the Library.{{book ref|a2|9}} Alcatraz found Bastille and Kaz, and learned more from Kaz about the nature of Smedry Talents.{{book ref|a2|10}} They got caught in a booby trap, which released quick-hardening black goo and completely trapped them. The Curators offered them books on how to get out, but Alcatraz figures out how to release the trap on his own. He asked for his confiscated items back, and the Curators reluctantly return copies. Alcatraz realized that the Curators were bound by rules, and gained information about their rules. He discovered that his father gave up his soul to read a book, and that his possessions have already been picked up by Shasta.{{book ref|a2|11}}
{{image|Curator of Alexandria.jpg|side=left|width=200px|Alcatraz speaking with one of the Curators}}
Alcatraz learned more about Shasta from Kaz, and he uses his Discerner’s Lenses to find booby traps before they trigger them.{{book ref|a2|12}} They discover an ancient tomb, and Alcatraz used his Translator’s Lenses to read the inscriptions on the walls.{{book ref|a2|13}} It warned about the dangerous Dark Talent, the Talent of Breaking. He found that there’s a bubble around the tomb’s coffin, and inside time has been broken to preserve the coffin and body perfectly. He finds the body of [[Allekatrase|Alcatraz Smedry the First]], who had the same talent. Alcatraz found a perfectly clear lens, and another warning about the dangerous power of the Breaking Talent. Outside, they found the Scrivener’s Bone equipped with Draulin’s Crystin sword.{{book ref|a2|14}}
Librarians attacked the King, and [[Archedis]], one of the leaders of the Knights, revealed himself as a traitor. He attacked the King, but was stopped by Bastille. Bastille dueled Archedis using her mother’s sword. She was not knocked unconscious because she had been cut off from the Mindstone. After Bastille defeated Archedis, Alcatraz used his Talent to break Archedis’ sword, and She Who Must Not Be Named escaped.{{book ref|a4|21}} Afterward, Bastille was restored to knighthood, and Attica announced his intentions to give everyone a Smedry Talent. Alcatraz determined to stop him if necessary.{{book ref|a4|Royal Epilogue (Not a Chapter)}}
=== Leaving Nalhalla ===
▲{{sidequote
|To my father and son, I am bad at saying goodbye. Goodbye.
|Attica Smedry’s farewell note{{book ref|a4|6}}
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Since the treaty was stopped, the Librarians laid siege to Mokia’s capital city of [[Tuki Tuki]] with their full strength. Alcatraz did some weapons training with Bastille, and wished he could do more to help. Attica Smedry left Nalhalla on a secret mission, and left a cold and brief goodbye note to Alcatraz and Grandpa Smedry. The [[Council of Kings]] is reluctant to send forces to the beleaguered city of Tuki Tuki, and Alcatraz decided to go himself to force the Knights to come rescue him and help Tuki Tuki.{{book ref|a4|6}} Alcatraz barged into a Council meeting and announced that he was taking a vacation to Tuku Tuki. When he insisted on going, the Knights chased after him, Grandpa and Bastille, trying to capture them to imprison them for their own safety. Grandpa joined the Knights side, using his Talent to let Alcatraz and Bastille escape.{{book ref|a4|π}} Kaz takes them to where Aydee has a getaway vehicle, the [[Colorfly]].{{book ref|a4|4½}} after an eventful flight, they crash outside Tuki Tuki when they’re shot down by Librarians. They determine to reach the royal palace inside the city to contact the Knights, and so they decide to sneak past the siege.{{book ref|a4|42}}
=== In Tuki Tuki ===
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|I feel I should give you some kind of grand introduction, Lord Smedry, but these are not days for joyful tours. So instead, just let me say this. Welcome to the City of Flowers.
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At night, they sneak into the Librarian camp, quoting Shakespeare as they do. After inadvertently sounding the alarm, Alcatraz and the others had to run for the city walls, where they were admitted into Tuku Tuki when they saw Bastille’s sword.{{book ref|a4|act v, scene iii}} They were greeted by a man who introduced himself as General Mallo, who told them about the city’s defenses and gave them a brief introduction to the city. The city had a giant glass dome made of Defender’s Glass. Alcatraz realized that General Mallo was actually King [[Talakimallo]] of Mokia, who tricked the Knights and stayed behind in the city when they tried to escort him to safety.{{book ref|a4|A+}}
{{sidequote
|Style will not protect my people from Librarian weapons. Your help is appreciated, but your promises are flimsy.
|King Talakimallo to Alcatraz{{book ref|a4|1010}}
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Alcatraz called Draulin with a piece of Communicator’s Glass, and showed them the King. He told them that they needed to come rescue the King and himself. Their message was disrupted by Librarian interference, and Talakimallo said that he was considering surrender so that no more Mokians would die. Alcatraz urged him to wait until Grandpa Smedry and the Knights arrived to help. Before the King could decide, a Librarian strike launched an ambush, knocking both the King and Queen into comas.{{book ref|a4|1010}} Alcatraz was made temporary king, and he decides to keep fighting. He gave various other orders, despite the advice of his advisors, who advised him to surrender.{{book ref|a4|070706}}
Alcatraz discovered his mother among the Mokians’ prisoners, but she doesn’t give much information other than that she doesn’t wish him to be harmed. Bastille reported that the Knights were on their way, but wouldn’t arrive for hours.{{book ref|a4|6.02214187 × 10^23}} Alcatraz sends a group of Mokian runners, plus Kaz, to go blow up the Librarian’s large war robots. He sends Kaz with a message for Grandpa Smedry, saying to arrive by midnight, which is only minutes away.{{book ref|a4|8675309}} Things go well until one of the last runners goes down. Alcatraz aided the last runner by breaking the enemy Librarian rifles, but one robot still survived. Bastille rushed in and destroyed the last one, but was knocked into a coma in the process.{{book ref|a4|16}}
{{sidequote
|My, my, lad. That was something incredible you did! I’m… not even sure what it was, but it was something incredible indeed!
|Grandpa Smedry to Alcatraz after the Librarian defeat{{book ref|a4|∞ + 1}}
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Alcatraz felt overwhelmed, and was soon after captured by another Librarian strike team. They destroyed almost all his lenses, and almost killed him when Grandpa Smedry and the Knights of Crystallia arrived. Alcatraz avoided death by using a teddy bear grenade, which defeated his enemies but also vaporized his clothes.{{book ref|a4|???}}
Alcatraz was picked up by Draulin, but Alcatraz commandeered their escape vehicle and rescued the unconscious Bastille. After they were shot down, Alcatraz felt frustrated. His Breaking Talent felt foreign inside him, partially out of his control. He unleashed it through his Bestower’s Lens and into Bastille’s Fleshtone. An enormous burst of power leaves him, going through the Lens and into the Fleshtone. Alcatraz was completely exhausted and fell unconscious.{{book ref|a4|∞}} Afterward, Alcatraz discovered that he broke all of the Librarian weapons when he temporarily bestowed the Breaking Talent to every Knight. The Librarians were defeated and Alcatraz became a national hero. Alcatraz learned that he also broke the Smedry Talents, and now none of them would work, including his own. Alcatraz met with his mother, who said Attica would be going to the Highbrary in Washington D.C., to learn how to give the Smedry Talents to everyone. Alcatraz reluctantly agreed to work with his mother to stop Attica.{{book ref|a4|∞ + 1}}
=== The Highbrary Infiltration ===
{{quote▼
|I’m going to the Highbrary. You worry I’ve started something dangerous. I’m not starting it. I’m finishing it. The Librarians have terrorized us for far too long. I intend to make sure that '''they''' are the ones who are frightened. That '''they''' are the ones, who once, who have to worry about what they’re going to lose… I know something the Librarians don’t. The end is here. You can’t stop this war from progressing. So its time for you to stand up, stop whining, help, or get out of my way.
|Alcatraz’s speech to the Council of Kings{{book ref|a5|Doug}}
}}
While on a call with the leaders of the Free Kingdom’s monarchs, Alcatraz powered the Communicator’s glass, giving a speech about how he’s going to the Librarian Highbrary to stop them, and that he knows something the librarians don’t. Unbenkownst to him, he actually broadcast his speech through every single piece of glass in the world.{{book ref|a5|Doug}} After the Librarians started launching misiles at Tuki Tuki, Alcatraz and the other Smedrys decided to charge into the Highbrary as soon as possible, guns blazing. They stole another glass flying vehicle, the [[Penguinator]], bringing Alcatraz’s mother with them.{{book ref|a5|Norton}} Draulin also comes with them, discovering a librarian listening device on board and destroying it. On the way to the Hushlands, they also picked up [[Dif]], a Smedry cousin whose Talent was apparently everyone forgetting about him using his Talent. Alcatraz started dressing in tuxedos like his grandfather, wanting to fit in better as a Smedry.{{book ref|a5|Lilliana}} They approached the Highbrary, Librarian fighter jets trying to stop them. Alcatraz used his new Shamefiller’s Lens to destroy one of them.{{book ref|a5|Deckard}}
They jumped out of the plane, Dif making a mistake and messing up the jump. They were seen by Librarians and had to run for the Highbrary. Without their Talents, Alcatraz and the others were being overwhelmed, but Himalaya and Folsom arrived and helped save them, along with several Librarians that they convinced to be good. Himalaya’s force agreed to act as a distraction to let the others slip into the Highbrary.{{Book ref|a5|Frog}} During the fighting, a hole got blown in the street, and Alcatraz and the others used it to slip down into the Highbrary, which is mostly underground. They split up, trying to find Attica by finding the Forgotten Language texts. Alcatraz, Shasta, and Dif go in one group.{{book ref|a5|Marco}} After defeating a group of Alivened, Alcatraz, Shasta, and Dif were conscripted by a Dark Oculator to fight a monster with a group of other young Librarians. Alcatraz pretended to be another Dark Oculator on an errand for the Scrivener, but the Librarian just sends him to go down a tunnel and discover whatever monster is causing a lot of fearsome noise.{{book ref|A5|13}} Dif joined Alcatraz, and while crossing a bridge, Dif fumbles into Alcatraz, knocking his Truthfinder’s Lens into a deep pit, where it was destroyed by fans below. They continued on, Alcatraz trying to forgive Dif despite his anger.{{book ref|a5|Shu Wei}}
{{sidequote
|I don’t suppose you guys could make a ruckus in here for a few minutes? Make it sound like I’m fighting you?
|side=right|size=200px
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They found a group of dinosaurs that he had met before, including one who had bitten his lip and caused a ruckus.{{book ref|a5|Shu Wei}} After the dinosaurs faked the sounds of a battle, Alcatraz returned to the other librarians, saying that he had slain the beast. When the large fans below them started going faster, Alcatraz’s hood came up and the other Librarians screamed and ran away. Using an authenticator that Shasta stole from the Dark Oculator, they gained access to a medical storage room, and steal a vial of the antidote to the Librarian-induced coma that Alcatraz’s friends are in. From calling the others, Alcatraz found that Grandpa Smedry was causing general chaos to distract the Librarians, and Himalaya and Folsom were pinned down.{{book ref|a5|17}}
They found Attica, who was disguised as a Curator of Alexandria, and who had discovered many of the Incarna secrets. Alcatraz deduced that the INcarna had created the Smedry line to carry their power, but it got out of control. Attica was determined to travel to the Worldspire to give everyone talents, and didn’t listen to Alcatraz.{{book ref|a5|8}}
=== The Catastrophe ===
{{quote▼
|Stand down Attica. Unless you want to be childless as well as fatherless.
|Biblioden holding a gun to Alcatraz’s head{{book ref|a5|18}}
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Grandpa Smedry, Draulin, and Dif arrived, and Dif promptly shot Grandpa Smedry in the head.{{book ref|a5|18}} More Librarians attacked in an ambush, knocking Draulin into a coma. Dif, revealed to be Biblioden, shot Attila’s lenses with his gun, and threatened Alcatraz with the gun to make Attica stand down. Alcatraz briefly escaped, sneakily dropping the vial of coma antidote down into the Highbrary’s ventilation fans. Biblioden announced his intention to sacrifice one of the Smedrys to make a powerful bloodforged Lens.{{book ref|a5|19}}
{{sidequote
|I am a murderer. Do you understand? I KILLED HIM.
|side=left|size=200px
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Biblioden tied them to an alter made of outdated encyclopedias, saying that only one of them needed to be sacrificed. He said one could go free if one agreed to be sacrificed willingly. Bastille, awakened by Alcatraz’s antidote, arrived and started fighting her way through Librrarians up to the altar. Biblioden demanded that they make their choice. Alcatraz yelled for him to kill his father, while at the same time Attica volunteered to die.{{book ref|a5|20}} Biblioden then killed Attica, brutally sacrificing him to make the bloodforged lens. Draulin, Kaz, and Bastille arrived, but Biblioden and his soldiers were picked up by a ship and escaped. Biblioden had arranged for the Highbrary to blow up, killing all witnesses.{{book ref|a5|21}} Alcatraz and the others escaped, the giant explosion necessitating a huge cover-up on the Librarians’ part. Alcatraz felt torn up inside about his cowardice, but still wrote his biographies, feeling that the truth needed to be revealed to the world.{{book ref|a5|afterword}}
=== Aftermath ===
Alcatraz refused to write any more, despite Bastille’s numerous attempts for months to get him to. At some point, he married Bastille, as Bastille signed her letter at the end of Alcatraz’s last biography as Bastille Smedry.{{book ref|a5|part=Bastille's Letter}}
== Family ==
== Quotes ==
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== Trivia ==
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