History Fanfic / AndersonQuestKillingVampiresAndWerewolvesAndLeprechuans

* FrickinLaserBeams: The alt mode for the Club of Righteousness shoots lasers.

* {{Adorkable}}: While a few characters have their moments of awkwardness, guess who's tops over all of them. Gascoigne's daughters? No. Iosefka? No. Hope? Neither. It's [[spoiler:Ebrietas!]] [[DidntSeeThatComing Of all people!]] It's hilarious seeing [[spoiler:a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] like her]] acting like a shy, awkward and somewhat cheerful girl.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Because Anderson doesn't suffer from Silent Protagonist Syndrome, he is capable of talking down people who would otherwise be enemies in canon and allows him to save ''many'' people and guide them to the safety of Oedon Chapel. This includes [[spoiler:Yurie of Byrgenwerth, Iosefka, Gilbert, Gascoigne's daughters, Simon the Harrowed, the surviving Powder Kegs, most of the remaining sane Yharnamites, a couple of repentant Church Hunters, and, surprisingly enough, Ebrietas.]]

* BadassPreacher: Anderson, naturally.

* AnomalousArt: [[spoiler:When Anderson finds a bust of Bloody Stupid Johnson at Byrgenwerth, he tries to deface it, only to find that no matter how he moves it, it always keeps facing him, and when he puts a finger on its nose and asks Simon where is it, Simon says it's on the ''cheek''. [[EldritchAbomination Ebrietas]] gets the cosmic horror equivalent of a headache when she sees it, and it reacts violently when Anderson tries to shove it into his personal {{Hammerspace}}. Most surprisingly, according to Yurie, Johnson managed to make it with only normal marble, a hammer and a chisel, fascinated after seeing portraits that seemed to stare at the viewer.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: While a few characters have their moments of awkwardness, guess who's tops over all of them. Gascoigne's daughters? No. Iosefka? No. Hope? Neither. It's [[spoiler: Ebrietas!]] [[DidntSeeThatComing Of all people!]] It's hilarious seeing [[spoiler: a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] like her]] acting like a shy, awkward and somewhat cheerful girl.

* ArrowCatch: [[spoiler: Lady Maria]] does this to Simon when holding a sword to Anderson's neck. It noticeably causes both Anderson and Simon to have OhCrap moments.

** [[spoiler: It's so bad that, of all people, Lady Maria ''flinches'' at the mere mention of his name.]]

* BluntYes: [[spoiler: The Moon Presence]], when Anderson asks if it's heard the word of Jesus Christ. For once, Anderson is at a complete loss. [[spoiler: That is until the Presence explains it read the Bible Anderson left in the dream via Gehrman.]]

* BrickJoke: Anderson promised Eileen, Ebrietas and the others he'd show them how [[{{Hammerspace}} his sleeves]] work "in the morning". [[spoiler: When, after the Moon Presence's death, time begins flowing normally again and the sun finally rises over Yharnam, Eileen again demands the explanation.]]

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: What happens to [[spoiler: Vicar Rosemary. The people she's wronged decide not to kill her, but to instead creatively humiliate her for the duration of Anderson's mission. It involves well-aimed vegetables and a sign saying 'I Am a Massive Knobhead'.]]

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: [[spoiler: While Anderson and Eileen came in expecting to kill Ebrietas, they end up spending a long time talking with her. It turns out she was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood just a victim in all of this]], with the Healing Church [[UnwittingPawn keeping her in the dark about what they were truly doing]] under the pretence that they'll [[IJustWantToHaveFriends help her make friends]]]].

* DualWield: During their fight against [[spoiler: Ludwig]], Anderson uses the Club of Righteousness and his newly acquired Amygdala Arm.

** [[spoiler: After Anderson executes the false Iosefka (real name Lumnia), he and the real Iosefka dig a grave for her.]]
** Later on, Anderson and Eileen do the same for [[spoiler: Father Gascoigne and his wife.]]
** Later still, Anderson digs graves [[spoiler: for all of the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Celestial Mobs]]. He insists on doing it alone.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Against all odds, Anderson succeeds in ending the Scourge, destroying the Moon Presence and saving Yharnam.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The Amygdala refuses to give Anderson the satisfaction of a futile rant as it faces its end, and Lumnia merely requests to see the moon one last time before Anderson executes her, and keeps some dignity to the end. [[spoiler: Likewise, Lady Maria refuses Anderson's offer to leave the Nightmare before he destroys the Orphan of Kos and perishes with it.]]

* {{Hammerspace}}: Anderson has one on each of his sleeves. Everyone who sees it is left gaping. [[spoiler: Even Ebrietas.]]

* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler: Anderson tosses a crucifix at Annalise to test if she is a vampire and this happens.]] Strangely, the burning only seems to happen with moral evil as [[spoiler: Ebrietas]] was unaffected despite being [[spoiler: an ancient star-god. And she's [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood not evil to begin with]].]] The wards Anderson creates around Oedon Chapel also have this effect.

** TinyGuyHugeGirl: Hope is one of the few characters whom Anderson ''doesn't'' tower over. [[spoiler: This means that Lady Maria counts as well. And Ebrietas towers over everyone, so she counts as well.]]

** Occasionally Tricia inserts some invisible text that comments on the current situation. [[spoiler: It's implied that the Alucard is the one making these, though sometimes it's clearly a Great One talking, as seen when Anderson's wards manage to hurt one]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Lumnia is killed before she can turn the real Iosefka into a [[HumanoidAbomination Celestial Emissary]]. Father Gascoigne is also [[MercyKill mercy killed]] by Eileen the Crow when it's clear he's close to [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie turning into a beast]]]].

* MundaneUtility: Anderson uses [[{{BFS}} Ludwig's Holy Blade]] as a shovel to dig [[spoiler: the graves of the children in the Orphanage]].
* NeverTrustATitle: Averted, though it took quite a while for leprechauns [[spoiler: AKA Mergo's Attendants]] to actually come up.

* NoOSHACompliance: At one point, the narration comments that OSHA would have problems with one particular narrow, guardrail-less walkway. [[spoiler: Makes sense, considering that Bloody Stupid Johnson designed the city.]]
* OffWithHisHead: Anderson tries to dispose of [[spoiler: Annalise this way. Emphasis on tries due to her CompleteImmortality.]]

* PersonAsVerb: According to Micolash, this happened to [[spoiler: Bloody Stupid Johnson]], in that the School of Mensis declared him, basically, the opposite of enlightenment.

** Characters wondering just ''what the hell is up'' with Anderson's [[{{Main/Hammerspace}} sleeves]]. Even [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Ebrietas]]]] [[UpToEleven is confused about how it works]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Because Anderson doesn't suffer from Silent Protagonist Syndrome, he is capable of talking down people who would otherwise be enemies in canon and allows him to save ''many'' people and guide them to the safety of Oedon Chapel. This includes [[spoiler: Yurie of Byrgenwerth, Iosefka, Gilbert, Gascoigne's daughters, Simon the Harrowed, the surviving Powder Kegs, most of the remaining sane Yharnamites, a couple of repentant Church Hunters, and, surprisingly enough, Ebrietas.]]

* SuperSoldier: The Bloody Crow was an attempt by the Choir to create this, via a treacherous Cainhurst servant who delivered himself for experimentation in exchange for the strength to never to be bossed around. It worked, at the cost of the fool's mind. [[spoiler: The Choir used most of the Hunters of Hunters as fodder to strengthen the monster, leading Eileen to declare war.]]

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler: Bloody Stupid Johnson's]] reality-defying bust gives [[spoiler: Ebrietas]] migraines just by looking at it. It also reacts...violently to being put in Anderson's sleeves.

* WowingCthulhu: [[spoiler: Ebrietas is impressed by Anderson killing a Lesser Amygdala. [[RunningGag She's also baffled by Anderson's sleeves]]]].

* {{Adorkable}}: While a few characters have their moments of awkwardness, guess who's tops over all of them. Gascoigne's daughters? No. Iosefka? No. Hope? Neither. It's [[spoiler: Ebrietas!]] [[DidntSeeThatComing Of all people!]] It's hilarious seeing [[spoiler: a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] like her]] acting like a shy and awkward girl.

** The Lesser Amygdala spoke in invisitext up until it was on its death throes.
** Occasionally Tricia inserts some invisitext that comments on the current situation. [[spoiler: It's implied that the Alucard is the one making these, though sometimes it's clearly a Great One talking, as seen when Anderson's wards manage to hurt one]].

* {{BFG}}: The Powder Kegs have a man-portable cannon, as well as a mortar.

** [[spoiler:After Anderson executes the false Iosefka (real name Lumnia), he and the real Iosefka dig a grave for her.0]]

* GatlingGood: The Powder Kegs have one. Anderson approves.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: In addition to the regular examples, Anderson gets Gehrman to make a weapon out of the Lesser Amygdala's body parts called the Club of Righteousness.

* {{Hammerspace}}: Anderson has one on each of his sleeves. Everyone who sees it is left gaping. [[spoiler:Even Ebrietas.]]

* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler: Anderson tosses a crucifix at Annalise to test if she is a vampire and this happens.]] Strangely, the burning only seems to happen with moral evil as [[spoiler:Ebrietas]] was unaffected despite being [[spoiler:an ancient star-god.]] The wards Anderson creates around Oedon Chapel also have this effect.

** TinyGuyHugeGirl: Hope is one of the few characters whom Anderson ''doesn't'' tower over. [[spoiler:This means that Lady Maria counts as well. And Ebrietas towers over everyone, so she counts as well.]]

** Occasionally Tricia inserts some invisitext that comments on the current situation. [[spoiler:It's implied that the Alucard is the one making these, though sometimes it's clearly a Great One talking, as seen when Anderson's wards manage to hurt one]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Lumnia is killed before she can turn the real Iosefka into a [[HumanoidAbomination Celestial Emissary]]. Father Gascoigne is also [[MercyKill mercy killed]] by Eileen the Crow when it's clear he's close to [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie turning into a beast]]]].

** Anderson asking an enemy if they have heard of "Our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ"

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Because Anderson doesn't suffer from Silent Protagonist Syndrome, he is capable of talking down people who would otherwise be enemies in canon and allows him to save ''many'' people and guide them to the safety of Oedon Chapel. This includes [[spoiler:Yurie of Byrgenwerth, Iosefka, Gilbert, Gascoigne's daughters, Simon the Harrowed, the surviving Powder Kegs, most of the remaining sane Yharnamites, a couple of repentant Church Hunters, and, surprisingly enough, Ebrietas.]]

* SuperSoldier: The Bloody Crow was an attempt by the Choir to create this, via a treacherous Cainhurst servant who delivered himself for experimentation in exchange for the strength to never to be bossed around. It worked, at the cost of the fool's mind. [[spoiler:The Choir used most of the Hunters of Hunters as fodder to strengthen the monster, leading Eileen to declare war.]]

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:Bloody Stupid Johnson's]] reality-defying bust gives [[spoiler:Ebrietas]] migraines just by looking at it. It also reacts...violently to being put in Anderson's sleeves.

* WowingCthulhu: [[spoiler:Ebrietas is impressed by Anderson killing a Lesser Amygdala. [[RunningGag She's also baffled by Anderson's sleeves]]]].

* Adorkable: While a few characters have their moments of awkwardness, guess who's tops over all of them. Gascoigne's daughters? No. Iosefka? No. Hope? Neither. It's [[spoiler: Ebrietas!]] [[DidntSeeThatComing Of all people!]] It's hilarious seeing [[spoiler: a [[[[EldritchAbomination Great One]] like her]] acting like a shy and awkward girl.

* StormingTheCastle: Anderson, Eileen, and the Powder Kegs launch an assault on the Healing Church after they learn about true nature of the blood ministrations.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Defied. When he's told about the Old Hunter's Bone, Anderson is tempted to ask how that works, but stops himself by noting that it's no more crazy than everything else he's seen thus far.
* ArrowCatch: [[spoiler:Lady Maria]] does this to Simon when holding a sword to Anderson's neck. It noticeably causes both Anderson and Simon to have OhCrap moments.

* BluntYes: [[spoiler:The Moon Presence]], when Anderson asks if it's heard the word of Jesus Christ. For once, Anderson is at a complete loss. [[spoiler:That is, until the Presence explains it read the Bible Anderson left in the dream via Gehrman.]]

* BrickJoke: Anderson promised Eileen, Ebrietas and the others he'd show them how [[{{Hammerspace}} his sleeves]] work "in the morning". [[spoiler:When, after the Moon Presence's death, time begins flowing normally again and the sun finally rises over Yharnam, Eileen again demands the explanation.]]

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: [[spoiler:While Anderson and Eileen came in expecting to kill Ebrietas, they end up spending a long time talking with her. It turns out she was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood just a victim in all of this]], with the Healing Church [[UnwittingPawn keeping her in the dark about what they were truly doing]] under the pretense that they'll [[IJustWantToHaveFriends help her make friends]]]].

** Later on, Anderson and Eileen do the same for [[spoiler:Father Gascoigne and his wife.]]
** Later still, Anderson digs graves [[spoiler:for all of the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Celestial Mobs]]. He insists on doing it alone.]]

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Anderson takes quite a bit of damage against some of Yharnam's tougher denizens. Fortunately his status as a Regenerator allows him to ignore most of it.

* NeverTrustATitle: Averted, though it took quite a while for leprechauns [[spoiler:AKA Mergo's Attendants]] to actually come up.

* OffWithHisHead: Anderson tries to dispose of [[spoiler:Annalise this way. Emphasis on tries due to her CompleteImmortality.]]

** Shortly after arriving at Yharnam and confronting victims of the Plague for the first time, a door opens in Anderson's path and a kindly old woman invites him inside... only to slam the door in his face as he's preparing to cross the threshold; everyone inside cackles and insults Anderson. Seriously ticked, he grabs an infectee and tosses him inside the house via a window.

* GoodShepard: Anderson tries his best to be this, which is part of the reason he's so pissed at Yharnam's CorruptChurch.

* BluntYes: [[spoiler:The Moon Presence]], when Anderson asks if it's heard the word of Jesus Christ. For once, Anderson is at a complete loss [[spoiler:until the Presence explains it read the Bible Anderson left in the dream via Gehrman.]]

** [[spoiler:After Anderson executes the false Iosefka (real name Lumnia), he and the real Iosefka dig a grave for her]].

* AGodAmI: The second major boss of the quest, a [[EldritchAbomination Lesser Amygdala]], believed gods don't die. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Anderson proves it wrong]].

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The convoluted routes of the game live on, and the saner citizens spare no breath [[LampshadeHanging lampshading them to Hell and back]]. [[spoiler:Makes a lot more sense when considering the [[{{GadgeteerGenius}} genius]]/[[{{BunglingInventor}} idiot]] [[http://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/Bloody_Stupid_Johnson responsible]].]]

** Shortly after arriving at Yharnam and confronting victims of the Plague for the first time, a door opens in Anderson's path and a kindly old woman invites him inside... only to slam the door in his face as he's preparing to cross the threshold. A seriously ticked Anderson grabs an infectee and tosses him inside the house via a window.

* PersonAsVerb: According to Micolash, this happened to [[spoiler: Bloody Stupid Johnson]], in that the School of Mensis declared him, basically, the opposite of enlightenment.|

** Occasionally Tricia inserts some invisitext that comments on the current situation. [[spoiler:It's implied that the Alucard is the one making these]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: The Amygdala refuses to give Anderson the satisfaction of a futile rant as it faces its end. Likewise, Lumnia merely requests to see the moon one last time before Anderson executes her, and keeps some dignity to the end. [[spoiler: Likewise, Lady Maria refuses Anderson's offer to leave the Nightmare before he destroys the Orphan of Kos and perishes with it.]]