The Mariner drops the flare into the vent leading to the oil reserves. The Deacon, believing that the Mariner is bluffing, refuses. After they have all gone below decks to row, the Mariner walks out onto the deck and threatens to drop a flare into the oil reserves unless the Deacon releases Enola. There, the Deacon is having a celebration, tossing gifts of cigarettes and Smeat to the crew, proclaiming they have found the map to Dryland. Using a jet ski, the Mariners chases down the Exxon Valdez and boards it. He takes them to a new makeshift atoll where the survivors of the first atoll attack have regrouped. They resurface and board the wreckage of the Mariner's trimaran, where they are later rescued by Gregor. Since Helen cannot breathe underwater, the Mariner breathes for the both of them, resulting in an underwater kiss of life. The Mariner and Helen escape as the Deacon burns it and captures Enola. While they are underwater, the Deacon and his Smokers board the boat. The Mariner, able to breathe underwater, puts her in a diving bell, and swims down to the ruins of Philadelphia. Helen, convinced that Dryland exists, demands to know where the Mariner finds his dirt. After this incident, however, the Mariner gradually warms up to them, and teaches Enola to swim. After Helen's actions during a battle with the Smokers results in significant damage to the Mariner's boat, he angrily cuts their hair very short. He wants the map to Dryland and has a number of skirmishes with the Mariner while trying to get Enola. In the extended cut, the Deacon claims he wishes to create a "church of eternal growth" for the Smokers.Īs the captain of a derelict oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, and the leader of the Smokers. What the Deacon plans to do with Dryland is unclear though. The primary goal of the Smokers in the film is to find an orphan girl named Enola, who as myth states came from the legendary Dryland, and has directions to it on a tattoo placed on her back. Smokers refer to each other as "cousins".
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The Nord likes to be in the thick of the action and delights in murder, leading the raids on atolls and also posing as a spy for reconnaissance. The Deacon's second-in-command is a large and imposing man of Scandinavian descent, referred to as "the Nord", who is reminiscent of a Viking.
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The Deacon's inner circle is well organized and includes a man with medical knowledge, and a man who follows the Deacon around with a ledger and a bowler hat who records for posterity everything that happens and who also informs the Deacon of various statistics he needs to know. The Smokers also worship a former historical captain of the tanker, "Saint Joe". He teaches his men a philosophy of "take and ye shall receive". The Deacon, or "Deac", has an intense hatred of sails, instead preferring the mechanical machines, and believes that his aim to raid atolls is a "crusade".
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The captain of the tanker and also the leader of the Smokers is looked up to as a messianic figure, as he has promised to lead the Smokers to the mythical Dryland, and in line with this quasi-religious nature, he is referred to as "Deacon". He was portrayed by the late Dennis Hopper, who also played Peter Vollmer in The Twilight Zone, Tom Ripley in The American Friend, Frank Booth in Blue Velvet, President Koopa in Super Mario Bros., Howard Payne in Speed and Victor Drazen in 24. The Deacon is the main antagonist of the 1995 post apocalyptic sci-fi action movie Waterworld.