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* InvisibleToNormals: Only special people-those who tend to have impressive will (like Cabal and Barrow) can see Mr. Simpkons. He's not a mystic creature himself-but he's a man so painfully banal that people just don't notice him except when he's showing strong emotions-which is rare. This is PlayedForLaughs and used for BlackComedy as Simpkons killed roughly fifty people to get them to notice him-but they never did.
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** Played for laughs with a young boy who enters the carnival and narrates his own story-he's not scared of hardly anything they throw at him, (telling the monster under the bed that he actually sleeps in a bunkbed above his brother who is much scarier than the monster) and only gets frightened by Horst's anger towards the monsters and the thought of being yelled at.
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** Cabal takes in a bunch of escaped murderers, letting them hide from the law aboard the train-provided they sign a contract, of course and knowing their shelter will only last a year.
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** Alfred Simpkons is an unrepentant killer but he ends up saving Barrow because he really wants to[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou kill Barrow himself]]. After he saves him, he can't bring himself to kill him because it seems childish-he then gives up murder and says its easier than quitting smoking.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The carnival's constructs are about to get a young boy to sign his soul over (in a sequence that manages to be both very funny and tense) when Horst makes a [[ThereWasADoor wall-breaking entrance]] and promptly informs them "NO CHILDREN.".
** Johannes falls into this indirectly-he'd probably never hurt a child, but he didn't tell the various monsters not to take children's souls, either. He also tricks a woman into poisoning her baby (non-fatally, but no one knows that but him) in order to get the mother to sign away her soul.
** Johannes falls into this indirectly-he'd probably never hurt a child, but he didn't tell the various monsters not to take children's souls, either. He also tricks a woman into poisoning her baby (non-fatally, but no one knows that but him) in order to get the mother to sign away her soul.
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* BondOneLiner: In a sense-Cabal shoots Bones in the head when the carnival decides to go nuts in their last minute of existence(and given the size of the bullet, his head more or less explodes), with Bones making a pathetic and insulting attempt to tell the rest of the carnival to stop at Cabal's orders. Cabal then says to no one in particular "I will not be mocked."
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* BondOneLiner: In a sense-Cabal shoots Bones in the head when the carnival decides to go nuts in their last minute of existence(and given the size of the bullet, his head more or less explodes), with Bones making a pathetic and insulting attempt to tell the rest of the carnival to stop at Cabal's orders. Cabal then says to no one in particular "I will not ''not'' be mocked."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rufus Maleficarus is mentioned to escape (by using fingerpaint to summon a Hound of Tindalos chapters before he appears. Likewise, there's a list of escaped murderers, but this is a very minor case as the only shows up is barely even described-his name is even written wrong-which is {{Justified}} because by his unique...condition.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Horst]] has both proven and debunked many of myths: sunlight kills him, but he doesn't need the coffin. Vampirism is spread via the mixing of blood and not the bite. He still has a reflection.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Cabal does this to Trubshaw and Ratuth Slabuth.
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** While not directly referenced, the two obvious influences for the story are ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes'' and the legend of {{Faust}}.
** While not directly referenced, the two obvious influences for the story are ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes'' and the legend of {{Faust}}.
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** When discussing matters with Frank Barrow, ex-detective, Horst calls him Poirot.
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**While not Something Wicked This Way Comes is directly referenced, and indrectly referenced-the carnival of Discord is similar to one run by 'Cougar and Dark' but Satan mentions that one is wound up.
** Another demonic carnival mentioned is thetwo obvious influences for soon to be franchised is Dr. Diablo's Torture Garden. Satan seems especially proud of this one, which may having something to do with the story are ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes'' movie's villain claiming to be the Devil.
** There is a reference to "The Statement of Randolph Carter", a Lovecraft story, when Cabal finds a semi-open tomb with an old hand-held phone set next to it.
** At one point, Satan is reading The Satanist, and says its doing a bad job of getting people not to worship him, making it sound fun.
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** Another demonic carnival mentioned is the
** There is a reference to "The Statement of Randolph Carter", a Lovecraft story, when Cabal finds a semi-open tomb with an old hand-held phone set next to it.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Bones is quick to dismiss Cabal's chances of winning his wager (most everyone does) by pointing out that only people in stories get the best of Satan. The common thought is that Cabal is to star in yet another tragic Faustian tale ending with his death and damnation but as Cabal points out just because something's never been done before doesn't mean it can't be done.
* XanatosGambit: Satan's wager is this-if Cabal wins, Satan gets 100 souls (and he'll have corrupted Cabal in the process), and if Satan wins, he gets to kill Cabal. While Cabal is able to get the best of Satan, its a very minor victim and Satan even taunts him by saying he'd give him his soul back anyway-saying its too tawdry to keep.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Bones is quick to dismiss Cabal's chances of winning his wager (most everyone does) by pointing out that only people in stories get the best of Satan. The common thought is that Cabal is to star in yet another tragic Faustian tale ending with his death and damnation but as Cabal points out just because something's never been done before doesn't mean it can't be done.
* XanatosGambit: Satan's wager is this-if Cabal wins, Satan gets 100 souls (and he'll have corrupted Cabal in the process), and if Satan wins, he gets to kill Cabal. While Cabal is able to get the best of Satan, its a very minor victim and Satan even taunts him by saying he'd give him his soul back anyway-saying its too tawdry to keep.
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* LastNameBasis: Johannes Cabal is most often simply known as 'Cabal,' while Horst Cabal goes by his first name.
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** This is averted by Satan, who calls Johannes by his first name or by his full name-never just Cabal, and certainly wouldn't grant him the meager respect even of 'Mr.'
** This is averted by Satan, who calls Johannes by his first name or by his full name-never just Cabal, and certainly wouldn't grant him the meager respect even of 'Mr.'
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* AloofBigBrother: Horst Cabal, Johannes's older brother. Or at least, Johannes considers him aloof. Horst would be perfectly happy to be friends with Johannes if he were capable of acting like a normal person instead of an uptight {{Jerkass}}.
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* BadassBookworm: Cabal does not appear overly dangerous-archialy dressed, and definitely not a nice man at first glance, but not deadly and he prefers to use his brain to solve his problems. But in addition to being a scientist, he's deeply practical-when two dim-witted highwayman try to rob him he draws his enormous revolver and shoots them both dead.
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* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: While Cabal has no problem with committing violent acts of murder, he does not like to.
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* {{Determinator}}: Cabal is utterly obsessed with his goal of curing death and would do anything to achieve it. He withstands evil wizards, a pocket dimension that nearly drives him mad, interference from demons, cunning ex-detectives and stares down Satan in his throne room with nary a hint of fear. This is somewhat [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] as Cabal's refusal to quit means he leaves chaos in his wake.
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* BondOneLiner: In a sense-Cabal shoots Bones in the head when the carnival decides to go nuts in their last minute of existence(and given the size of the bullet, his head more or less explodes), with Bones making a pathetic and insulting attempt to tell the rest of the carnival to stop at Cabal's orders. Cabal then says to no one in particular "I will not be mocked."
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Its never explained in any clear length, but its implied that Cabal is trying to bring his lost love back from death.
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* {{Badass}}: Both Cabal brothers qualify, but Horst is the physical version-as a vampire he has the strength of ten men. Cabal is deadly because he's so straightforward-if he wants you dead, he'll be very sure about it.
* BadassBookworm:Cabal, though it's more prominent Cabal does not appear overly dangerous-archialy dressed, and definitely not a nice man at first glance, but not deadly and he prefers to use his brain to solve his problems. But in the second book.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Cabal plans to go out like this if he loses, having a speech about never giving up if Satan is about to kill him. Horst points out that, given how Cabal is utterly unsuited to run a carnival, he may have to amend the part about "coming close."
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan, his avatar the Little Old Man and the construct Mr. Bones are all characterized as having a front of charm and bonhomie that covers their actual cruel and demonic nature.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan, his avatar the Little Old Man and the construct Mr. Bones are all characterized as having a front of charm and bonhomie that covers their actual cruel and demonic nature. The narration points out Satan is like a bad mid-level manager-he's nice enough when he has the upperhand, but the second he gets challenged, he gets mad and things start to get very cold.
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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played with. While he could be friendly and outgoing if he really wanted, Cabal intentionally distances himself from people whenever possible.
* IWishedYouWereDead: Horst and Cabal alternate with this for each other
* KarmaHoudini: Cabal, because Satan finds that he causes more chaos alive than dead.
* IWishedYouWereDead: Horst and Cabal alternate with this for each other
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* AllThereInTheManual: In addition to the three main novels (Necromancer, Detective, and Fear Institute,) Johnathan L. Howard has also written several short stories about Cabal. These short stories can be read as standalones, but provide readers of the novels extra insight into Cabal's character. (Good luck finding “Exeunt Demon King” and “Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day” - they were published in a now-defunct magazine.) [[http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-house-of-gears/ The House of Gears,]] the latest Cabal short story is available online.
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* ExactWords: Cabal uses this in a layered to trick Satan, with the first attempt being obvious-in order to conceal the second. He offers Satan the box of soul contracts in return for his own-but Satan sees through that and wants the contents. He doesn't insist on a full count, and Cabal has already removed the two contracts Satan really wanted.
** Cabal also relies on this in order to break his first wager with Satan and make a deal instead. Since he failed to get 100 souls Satan gets to kill him-but he doesn't get any of the other 99 as its an 'either/or' situation.
** Cabal also relies on this in order to break his first wager with Satan and make a deal instead. Since he failed to get 100 souls Satan gets to kill him-but he doesn't get any of the other 99 as its an 'either/or' situation.
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* HeroicBSOD: Cabal is left a wreck after the (second) death of his brother and the loss of his wager with Satan, crying with his head in his hands. By the next chapter, this sadness has turned to anger and he's ready to spit in Satan's eye.
* HeroicSacrifice: Leonine Barrow signs away her soul in order to save her father's life.
* HeroicSacrifice: Leonine Barrow signs away her soul in order to save her father's life.
** When Cabal is back in Hell the second time, he's in a very bad mood so he throws Trubshaw to the naked masses to beat (breaking Trubshaw's shoulder in the process). He also finds the imp that possessed him (which is now a pile of slime after pissing off Slabuth, very slowly healing) just as it grows an eye-which Cabal promptly stomps on.
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* CreepyCemetery: Cabal once visited one with his brother in his early forays into necromancy. This left the brother locked inside a crypt with an old vampire. Cabal comes back to free his brother and get him to help run the carnival.
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* ScienceHero: If you believe that Cabal is a hero.
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* VillaniousBreakdown: While not a true villain, but during his rising villainy at the novel's final parts Cabal has a brief breakdown when discussing death with Barrow, who is a widower. Even though he misses his wife every day, Barrow says you have to accept death. Cabal rages at this.
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer (2009) is followed by ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' (2010), ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute'' (2011) and ''The Brothers Cabal'' (2014).
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (2009) is followed by ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' (2010), ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute'' (2011) and ''The Brothers Cabal'' (2014).
(2014). A fifth installment, ''The Fall of the House of Cabal'', will be released in September 2016.
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* NecessarilyEvil: How Cabal sees his work
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Satan to Cabal
* NotSoStoic: Cabal at times
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Cabal. In his profession, he needs to be in order to stay alive.
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* TrickedIntoSigning: Cabal has one year to get 100 people to sell their souls to the Devil in order to get his own soul back and is shown tricking a miserly and greedy farmer into selling his soul by making the man think he's signing a land contract. The guy does question the reference to himself as the "Damnee", but Cabal tells his that it is antiquated legal jargon. It's noted in the text that some of the fine print in the contract indicates that signatures are valid/signees are damned even if they don't know what they are signing.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: As seen throughout the novel, and very poignantly in [[http://mollytanzer.com/2010/08/23/in-which-i-utterly-fail-to-inquisit-johannes-cabal/ this interview,]] Cabal doesn't give a shit about the means, only the ends.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: As seen throughout the novel, and very poignantly in [[http://mollytanzer.com/2010/08/23/in-which-i-utterly-fail-to-inquisit-johannes-cabal/ this interview,]] novels, Cabal doesn't give a shit about the means, only the ends.
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer is followed by ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' and ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute''.
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer (2009) is followed by ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' (2010), ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute'' (2011) and ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute''.
''The Brothers Cabal'' (2014).
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Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has [[VillainProtagonist never pretended to be a hero of any kind.]] There is, after all, little heroic about [[GraveRobbing robbing graves]], stealing [[TomeOfEldritchLore occult volumes]], and [[GoKartingWithBowser being on nodding terms with demons.]]
His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake. He needs it for his research to have validity, you see-- the laws of science are just not properly sciency around TheSoulless. That he needs it to be himself is... Irrelevant. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Yes, definitely, irrelevant]].
His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake. He needs it for his research to have validity, you see-- the laws of science are just not properly sciency around TheSoulless. That he needs it to be himself is... Irrelevant. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Yes, definitely, irrelevant]].
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Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has [[VillainProtagonist never pretended to be a hero of any kind.]] kind]]. There is, after all, little heroic about [[GraveRobbing robbing graves]], stealing [[TomeOfEldritchLore occult volumes]], and [[GoKartingWithBowser being on nodding terms with demons.]]
demons]].
His purpose,however however, is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] necessary]]. [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake. He needs it for his research to have validity, you see-- the laws of science are just not properly sciency around TheSoulless. That he needs it to be himself is... Irrelevant. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Yes, definitely, irrelevant]].
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* AloofBigBrother: Horst Cabal, Johannes's older brother. Or at least, Johannes considers him aloof. Horst would be perfectly happy to be friends with Johannes if he were capable of acting like a normal person instead of an uptight JerkAss.{{Jerkass}}.
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* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Satan's avatar.
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'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
'''Old Man:''' You haven’t got any friends.\\
'''Cabal:''' I’m not holding a soirée, either. You have a problem with sarcasm, don’t you?
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'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Cabal concludes that this must be the case, since Hell consists of eternal torment run by a bored sadist, and those who go to Heaven [[{{instrumentality}} lose their individuality and become a sort of loving/worshipful mass of light]].
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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Cabal concludes that this must be the case, since Hell consists of eternal torment run by a bored sadist, and those who go to Heaven [[{{instrumentality}} [[{{Instrumentality}} lose their individuality and become a sort of loving/worshipful mass of light]].
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* ResuscitateTheDog: After [[spoiler: Horst killshimself]]himself]].
* SarcasmBlind: Satan's avatar.
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'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
'''Old Man:''' You haven’t got any friends.\\
'''Cabal:''' I’m not holding a soirée, either. You have a problem with sarcasm, don’t you?
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* SarcasmBlind: Satan's avatar.
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'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
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* ShoutOut: The "Loofah Lady" is a nod to Bram Stoker's "Bloofer Lady" in ''[[{{Literature/Dracula}} Dracula]]'', ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'', and The Rufus Maleficarus episode is an extended ShoutOut to the CthulhuMythos.
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* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Cabal's favored method of human interaction.
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His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake - it's not just that he needs it for his research to have validity, but now he realizes [[TheSoulless he needs it to be himself.]]
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His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake - it's not just that he mistake. He needs it for his research to have validity, but now he realizes [[TheSoulless you see-- the laws of science are just not properly sciency around TheSoulless. That he needs it to be himself.]]
himself is... Irrelevant. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Yes, definitely, irrelevant]].
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'''Cabal:''' Your...founder has given me the task of sending one hundred souls to eternal torment. To be quite frank, I don't think my name is ever going to become a byword for popularity.
* BackForTheDead
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer is followed by JohannesCabalTheDetective ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' and JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute.
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Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has [[VillainProtagonist never pretended to be a hero of any kind.]] There is, after all, little heroic about [[GraveRobbing robbing graves]], stealing [[TomeOfEldritchLore occult volumes]], and [[GoKartingWithBowser being on nodding terms with demons.]]
His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake - it's not just that he needs it for his research to have validity, but now he realizes [[TheSoulless he needs it to be himself.]]
Unfortunately, his soul now rests within the festering bureaucracy of Hell. {{Satan}} may be cruel and capricious but, most dangerously, he is bored. It is Cabal's unhappy lot to provide him with amusement.
In short, a wager: in return for his own soul, Cabal must gather one hundred others. Placed in control of a [[CircusOfFear diabolical carnival]] - created to tempt to contentiousness, to blasphemy, argumentation and murder, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but one may also win coconuts]] - and armed only with his intelligence, [[HandCannon a very large handgun]], and a total absence of whimsy, Cabal has one year.
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer is followed by JohannesCabalTheDetective and JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute.
Howard has also written a character sheet for Cabal, [[http://wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/20110311 available here]].
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!!''Johannes Cabal the Necromancer'' has examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: In addition to the three main novels (Necromancer, Detective, and Fear Institute,) Johnathan L. Howard has also written several short stories about Cabal. These short stories can be read as standalones, but provide readers of the novels extra insight into Cabal's character. (Good luck finding “Exeunt Demon King” and “Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day” - they were published in a now-defunct magazine.) [[http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-house-of-gears/ The House of Gears,]] the latest Cabal short story is available online.
** Jonathan L. Howard also released a Dungeons and Dragons [[http://wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/20110311 character sheet for Cabal.]] It includes a good amount of additional back-story and even includes ''floor plans'' of Cabal's house.
* AlienGeometries
* AloneWithThePsycho
* AloofBigBrother: Horst Cabal, Johannes's suave older brother.
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Cabal
* AntiHero: Cabal is a Type V, probably.
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'''Cabal:''' Your...founder has given me the task of sending one hundred souls to eternal torment. To be quite frank, I don't think my name is ever going to become a byword for popularity.
* BackForTheDead
* BackFromTheDead
* BadassBookworm: Cabal, though it's more prominent in the second book
* BadassNormal: Frank Barrow
* BetterLivingThroughEvil: Cabal wants to cure death, and will do anything researching how to do that requires.
* BigBad: Whether it's Satan or Cabal depends on who you ask
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Cabal isn't good, but his goal is noble and by the end, we find out that he could be so much worse.
* BodyHorror: Dennis and Denzil, as their bodies decay
* BreakTheCutie
* BreakTheHaughty: The last few chapters for Cabal
* CameBackWrong: Dennis and Denzil
* CarnivalOfKillers: In a more literal sense. Per Horst's suggestions, Cabal summons a variety of demons for is carnival, each with different specialties. Some of them do include killing.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The novel's portrayal of Hell.
* TheCharmer: Horst is noted to have been this in life, and maintains it as a vampire, with the addition of [[CharmPerson a different kind of charm]].
* CirclesOfHell: Arthur Trubshaw's bureaucracy is considered its own circle of hell.
* CombatPragmatist: Cabal prefers certainty over subtlety or style. Hence, the Webley .577, "a weapon of egregious aspect."
* CreepyCemetery
* CuttingTheKnot: Cabal's favored method of dealing with revengers
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Cabal. In his profession, he needs to be in order to stay alive.
* TheDarkArts
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DealWithTheDevil: Deconstructed. Cabal initially sells his soul to Satan in exchange for the secrets of necromancy. Cabal is dissatisfied with his soulless state as he is unable to trust the results of his experiments. He spends the first novel trying to get his soul back via another deal with Satan.
* DeadpanSnarker: Horst and Johannes, but the former is more prone to this.
* DeathByOriginStory
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: Horst, though mostly not his own redemption.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: Cabal genuinely dislikes killing, as it's a waste
* DeathIsCheap: Played with every which way, but ultimately averted.
* DemonicPossession
* DressedAllInRubber: Layla the Latex Lady takes this to entirely new levels...
* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did Cabal Just Have Tea with Satan?]]
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu?
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Satan's avatar.
-->'''Old Man:''' Neat, eh? Goes down a bomb at parties, I can tell you.\\
'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
'''Old Man:''' You haven’t got any friends.\\
'''Cabal:''' I’m not holding a soirée, either. You have a problem with sarcasm, don’t you?
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Horst, again]]
* DysfunctionJunction: The countryside Cabal's train roams has problems with escaped mental patients, murders and a few demons.
* TheDragon: Ratuth Slabuth to Satan
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: When angered, Satan's rage creates intense cold and freezing wind around him, and is even powerful enough to temporarily freeze parts of Hell.
* EvilIsHammy: Ratuth Slabuth loves a good entrance. Rufus Maleficarus also one for dramatics - a fact that Cabal is happy to take advantage of.
* EvilOldFolks: Satan's avatar the "Little Old Man" is this, essentially the Platonic ideal of a crusty old man.
* EvilPlan: Satan's, until [[spoiler: Cabal proves to be a SpannerInTheWorks.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Many.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Several, Cabal and Horst chief among them.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan, his avatar the Little Old Man and the construct Mr. Bones are all characterized as having a front of charm and bonhomie that covers their actual cruel and demonic nature.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Horst, who has the lions' share of morals between the Cabal siblings.
* FunctionalMagic: Played with. Magic exists, but it's not particularly functional.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the carnival's constructs
* GenreSavvy: Horst, when asking Cabal for some blood:
-->'''Horst:''' Look, what's bothering you? It's the homoerotic aspect, isn't it? (Runs after Cabal) Well, don't flatter yourself. It's just a transfusion, for crying out loud.
* [[spoiler: GirlInABox]]
* GhostTown
* GirlNextDoor: Leonie Barrow. Beautiful country girl that Cabal is drawn to at first sight, [[spoiler: or bothers him by looking familiar]], she is also the only female in the book that is portrayed in a truly positive light, especially when compared to FemmeFatale Layla or [[WeakWilled Nea Winshaw]].
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Cabal concludes that this must be the case, since Hell consists of eternal torment run by a bored sadist, and those who go to Heaven [[{{instrumentality}} lose their individuality and become a sort of loving/worshipful mass of light]].
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Maleficarus, though he wasn't the picture of mental health beforehand.
* GrotesqueGallery
* GuileHero: Horst, arguably
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Leonie Barrow
* HandCannon: The Webley .577.
* HeelRealization: Played with. Cabal knows he's not a hero and that what he does is evil, but he considers it necessary. [[spoiler: Until Horst's suicide shows him he's gone too far.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Frank Barrow plays this role in the later part of the novel.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HiddenDepths: Cabal proves this by the end.
* HilarityEnsues
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Satan]]
* HoYay: In universe Horst suspects this is why Cabal is uncomfortable with being Horst's blood donor.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Leonie Barrow
* InfantImmortality: Averted, [[spoiler: then played straight with Nea Winshaw's baby.]]
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* IWishedYouWereDead: Horst and Cabal alternate with this for each other
* KarmaHoudini: Cabal, because Satan finds that he causes more chaos alive than dead.
* KarmicDeath: While not exactly death, victims who signed their souls over to damnation were usually tempted by vices that they already had.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cabal does this to Maleficarus, among others. Arguably happens to him a few times, too.
* LastNameBasis: Johannes Cabal is most often simply known as 'Cabal,' while Horst Cabal goes by his first name.
* TheLegionsOfHell
* LovecraftCountry
* LovecraftLite
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]: Cabal's ultimate motivation.
* MadScientist: Played with with Cabal
* MonsterClown: After they reach a certain point of decay, Dennis and Denzil have their horrible faces masked by paint and are enlisted as clowns, because people like clowns, right?
* MoralDilema
* MoralityChain: Horst tries to serve as this for Cabal
* MyGreatestFailure
* NecessarilyEvil: How Cabal sees his work
* NervesOfSteel
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Satan to Cabal
* NotSoStoic: Cabal at times
* {{Necromancer}}: Cabal.
* {{Necromantic}}
* NoodleIncident
-->'''Horst:''' (to Johannes) Good God, you’re not still bitter about that time at Conrad’s party, are you? I’ve apologised for that a dozen times over. It was a joke.
* NoSocialSkills: Cabal realizes this, but concludes that people are simply unworthy of his time. This comes back to bite him when his wager with Satan requires him to run a carnival. Cabal is grudgingly forced to run to his brother Horst for help.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Arthur Trubshaw. His talents earned him a position in Hell.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Horst]] has both proven and debunked many of myths: sunlight kills him, but he doesn't need the coffin. Vampirism is spread via the mixing of blood and not the bite. He still has a reflection.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* PardonMyKlingon: When English and German cannot sufficiently express his anger, Cabal swears in dead languages.
* PartingWordsRegret
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Cabal does this to Trubshaw and Ratuth Slabuth.
* PerpetualFrowner
* PetTheDog: Cabal gets a few moments of this.
* PhenotypeStereotype
* PocketDimension: Johannes Cabal gets briefly trapped in one.
* PrecisionFStrike: Horst uses one to end an argument with his brother near the end of the novel.
* RefugeInAudacity: How Cabal survives Hell
* ResuscitateTheDog: After [[spoiler: Horst kills himself]]
* ScienceHero: If you believe that Cabal is a hero.
* SerialKiller: One of the prison escapees. He kills people because that is the only way for people to notice him.
* ShoutOut: The "Loofah Lady" is a nod to Bram Stoker's "Bloofer Lady" in ''[[{{Literature/Dracula}} Dracula]]'', and The Rufus Maleficarus episode is an extended ShoutOut to the CthulhuMythos.
* SignificantMonogram: Johannes shares his initials with [[JesusChrist another guy]] who used to resurrect people.
* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: Pretty much the basis for everything.]]
* TheSoulless: Cabal
* SourOutsideSadInside
* SpannerInTheWorks: Several. [[spoiler: Most notably Horst, who steals one of the 100 contracts Johannes needs to get signed in order to win his bet with Satan.]]
* TheSpock: Surprisingly, Cabal's soulless state did little to contribute to this.
* StarfishLanguage: A few of the languages Cabal uses for swearing
* TheStoic: Guess.
* StoicSpectacles
* SwordCane: Cabal has one, concealing a 3-foot steel blade.
* SympathyForTheDevil
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Dennis and Denzel. [[spoiler: Until Cabal kills them and zombifies them with Batch 247.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Again, Dennis and Denzel
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Cabal is mentioned to have several lying about his house.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: As seen throughout the novel, and very poignantly in [[http://mollytanzer.com/2010/08/23/in-which-i-utterly-fail-to-inquisit-johannes-cabal/ this interview,]] Cabal doesn't give a shit about the means, only the ends.
* TranquilFury
* TraumaCongaLine
* TheUnsmile: Cabal practices this all the time daily in order to scare small children and the elderly.
* TheVamp: Layla the Latex Lady
* TheVicar: Cabal meets a stereotypical one toward the end of the story and in a nod to the stereotypical laxness of the Church of England, when Cabal tells him that he is a Satanist, the Vicar simply asks if Cabal is happy with that choice, which has the effect of an ArmorPiercingQuestion on Cabal.
* VillainProtagonist: Possibly also related to the fact that Cabal is a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* WeaponOfChoice: A Webley .577 handgun.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Take a wild guess.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: While Cabal has no problem with committing violent acts of murder, he does not like to.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What the Hell, Hero?]]: Horst to Cabal, often.
* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: At one point, Cabal smiles following a PetTheDog moment, and the narration notes that for once, his smile wouldn't have scared small children.
* WickedCultured: Both of the Cabal brothers.
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Cabal's favored method of human interaction.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Cabal with Maleficarus' horde of sanitarium escapees.
* YouKilledMyFather: Rufus Maleficarus claimed that Cabal killed his father. Cabal claims that it didn't count because, technically, Maleficarus's father was already dead.
* YourSoulIsMine
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Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has [[VillainProtagonist never pretended to be a hero of any kind.]] There is, after all, little heroic about [[GraveRobbing robbing graves]], stealing [[TomeOfEldritchLore occult volumes]], and [[GoKartingWithBowser being on nodding terms with demons.]]
His purpose, however is [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[CameBackWrong monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, [[YouCantMakeAnOmelette some sacrifices are necessary.]] [[DealWithTheDevil One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake - it's not just that he needs it for his research to have validity, but now he realizes [[TheSoulless he needs it to be himself.]]
Unfortunately, his soul now rests within the festering bureaucracy of Hell. {{Satan}} may be cruel and capricious but, most dangerously, he is bored. It is Cabal's unhappy lot to provide him with amusement.
In short, a wager: in return for his own soul, Cabal must gather one hundred others. Placed in control of a [[CircusOfFear diabolical carnival]] - created to tempt to contentiousness, to blasphemy, argumentation and murder, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but one may also win coconuts]] - and armed only with his intelligence, [[HandCannon a very large handgun]], and a total absence of whimsy, Cabal has one year.
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for JonathanLHoward's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer is followed by JohannesCabalTheDetective and JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute.
Howard has also written a character sheet for Cabal, [[http://wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/20110311 available here]].
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!!''Johannes Cabal the Necromancer'' has examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: In addition to the three main novels (Necromancer, Detective, and Fear Institute,) Johnathan L. Howard has also written several short stories about Cabal. These short stories can be read as standalones, but provide readers of the novels extra insight into Cabal's character. (Good luck finding “Exeunt Demon King” and “Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day” - they were published in a now-defunct magazine.) [[http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-house-of-gears/ The House of Gears,]] the latest Cabal short story is available online.
** Jonathan L. Howard also released a Dungeons and Dragons [[http://wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/20110311 character sheet for Cabal.]] It includes a good amount of additional back-story and even includes ''floor plans'' of Cabal's house.
* AlienGeometries
* AloneWithThePsycho
* AloofBigBrother: Horst Cabal, Johannes's suave older brother.
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Cabal
* AntiHero: Cabal is a Type V, probably.
-->'''Old Man:''' You're not nice.\\
'''Cabal:''' Your...founder has given me the task of sending one hundred souls to eternal torment. To be quite frank, I don't think my name is ever going to become a byword for popularity.
* BackForTheDead
* BackFromTheDead
* BadassBookworm: Cabal, though it's more prominent in the second book
* BadassNormal: Frank Barrow
* BetterLivingThroughEvil: Cabal wants to cure death, and will do anything researching how to do that requires.
* BigBad: Whether it's Satan or Cabal depends on who you ask
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Cabal isn't good, but his goal is noble and by the end, we find out that he could be so much worse.
* BodyHorror: Dennis and Denzil, as their bodies decay
* BreakTheCutie
* BreakTheHaughty: The last few chapters for Cabal
* CameBackWrong: Dennis and Denzil
* CarnivalOfKillers: In a more literal sense. Per Horst's suggestions, Cabal summons a variety of demons for is carnival, each with different specialties. Some of them do include killing.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The novel's portrayal of Hell.
* TheCharmer: Horst is noted to have been this in life, and maintains it as a vampire, with the addition of [[CharmPerson a different kind of charm]].
* CirclesOfHell: Arthur Trubshaw's bureaucracy is considered its own circle of hell.
* CombatPragmatist: Cabal prefers certainty over subtlety or style. Hence, the Webley .577, "a weapon of egregious aspect."
* CreepyCemetery
* CuttingTheKnot: Cabal's favored method of dealing with revengers
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Cabal. In his profession, he needs to be in order to stay alive.
* TheDarkArts
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DealWithTheDevil: Deconstructed. Cabal initially sells his soul to Satan in exchange for the secrets of necromancy. Cabal is dissatisfied with his soulless state as he is unable to trust the results of his experiments. He spends the first novel trying to get his soul back via another deal with Satan.
* DeadpanSnarker: Horst and Johannes, but the former is more prone to this.
* DeathByOriginStory
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: Horst, though mostly not his own redemption.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: Cabal genuinely dislikes killing, as it's a waste
* DeathIsCheap: Played with every which way, but ultimately averted.
* DemonicPossession
* DressedAllInRubber: Layla the Latex Lady takes this to entirely new levels...
* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did Cabal Just Have Tea with Satan?]]
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu?
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Satan's avatar.
-->'''Old Man:''' Neat, eh? Goes down a bomb at parties, I can tell you.\\
'''Cabal:''' Really? I’ll have to hold a soirée just to impress my friends.\\
'''Old Man:''' You haven’t got any friends.\\
'''Cabal:''' I’m not holding a soirée, either. You have a problem with sarcasm, don’t you?
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Horst, again]]
* DysfunctionJunction: The countryside Cabal's train roams has problems with escaped mental patients, murders and a few demons.
* TheDragon: Ratuth Slabuth to Satan
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: When angered, Satan's rage creates intense cold and freezing wind around him, and is even powerful enough to temporarily freeze parts of Hell.
* EvilIsHammy: Ratuth Slabuth loves a good entrance. Rufus Maleficarus also one for dramatics - a fact that Cabal is happy to take advantage of.
* EvilOldFolks: Satan's avatar the "Little Old Man" is this, essentially the Platonic ideal of a crusty old man.
* EvilPlan: Satan's, until [[spoiler: Cabal proves to be a SpannerInTheWorks.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Many.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Several, Cabal and Horst chief among them.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan, his avatar the Little Old Man and the construct Mr. Bones are all characterized as having a front of charm and bonhomie that covers their actual cruel and demonic nature.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Horst, who has the lions' share of morals between the Cabal siblings.
* FunctionalMagic: Played with. Magic exists, but it's not particularly functional.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the carnival's constructs
* GenreSavvy: Horst, when asking Cabal for some blood:
-->'''Horst:''' Look, what's bothering you? It's the homoerotic aspect, isn't it? (Runs after Cabal) Well, don't flatter yourself. It's just a transfusion, for crying out loud.
* [[spoiler: GirlInABox]]
* GhostTown
* GirlNextDoor: Leonie Barrow. Beautiful country girl that Cabal is drawn to at first sight, [[spoiler: or bothers him by looking familiar]], she is also the only female in the book that is portrayed in a truly positive light, especially when compared to FemmeFatale Layla or [[WeakWilled Nea Winshaw]].
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Cabal concludes that this must be the case, since Hell consists of eternal torment run by a bored sadist, and those who go to Heaven [[{{instrumentality}} lose their individuality and become a sort of loving/worshipful mass of light]].
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Maleficarus, though he wasn't the picture of mental health beforehand.
* GrotesqueGallery
* GuileHero: Horst, arguably
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Leonie Barrow
* HandCannon: The Webley .577.
* HeelRealization: Played with. Cabal knows he's not a hero and that what he does is evil, but he considers it necessary. [[spoiler: Until Horst's suicide shows him he's gone too far.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Frank Barrow plays this role in the later part of the novel.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HiddenDepths: Cabal proves this by the end.
* HilarityEnsues
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Satan]]
* HoYay: In universe Horst suspects this is why Cabal is uncomfortable with being Horst's blood donor.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Leonie Barrow
* InfantImmortality: Averted, [[spoiler: then played straight with Nea Winshaw's baby.]]
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* IWishedYouWereDead: Horst and Cabal alternate with this for each other
* KarmaHoudini: Cabal, because Satan finds that he causes more chaos alive than dead.
* KarmicDeath: While not exactly death, victims who signed their souls over to damnation were usually tempted by vices that they already had.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cabal does this to Maleficarus, among others. Arguably happens to him a few times, too.
* LastNameBasis: Johannes Cabal is most often simply known as 'Cabal,' while Horst Cabal goes by his first name.
* TheLegionsOfHell
* LovecraftCountry
* LovecraftLite
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]: Cabal's ultimate motivation.
* MadScientist: Played with with Cabal
* MonsterClown: After they reach a certain point of decay, Dennis and Denzil have their horrible faces masked by paint and are enlisted as clowns, because people like clowns, right?
* MoralDilema
* MoralityChain: Horst tries to serve as this for Cabal
* MyGreatestFailure
* NecessarilyEvil: How Cabal sees his work
* NervesOfSteel
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Satan to Cabal
* NotSoStoic: Cabal at times
* {{Necromancer}}: Cabal.
* {{Necromantic}}
* NoodleIncident
-->'''Horst:''' (to Johannes) Good God, you’re not still bitter about that time at Conrad’s party, are you? I’ve apologised for that a dozen times over. It was a joke.
* NoSocialSkills: Cabal realizes this, but concludes that people are simply unworthy of his time. This comes back to bite him when his wager with Satan requires him to run a carnival. Cabal is grudgingly forced to run to his brother Horst for help.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Arthur Trubshaw. His talents earned him a position in Hell.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Horst]] has both proven and debunked many of myths: sunlight kills him, but he doesn't need the coffin. Vampirism is spread via the mixing of blood and not the bite. He still has a reflection.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* PardonMyKlingon: When English and German cannot sufficiently express his anger, Cabal swears in dead languages.
* PartingWordsRegret
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Cabal does this to Trubshaw and Ratuth Slabuth.
* PerpetualFrowner
* PetTheDog: Cabal gets a few moments of this.
* PhenotypeStereotype
* PocketDimension: Johannes Cabal gets briefly trapped in one.
* PrecisionFStrike: Horst uses one to end an argument with his brother near the end of the novel.
* RefugeInAudacity: How Cabal survives Hell
* ResuscitateTheDog: After [[spoiler: Horst kills himself]]
* ScienceHero: If you believe that Cabal is a hero.
* SerialKiller: One of the prison escapees. He kills people because that is the only way for people to notice him.
* ShoutOut: The "Loofah Lady" is a nod to Bram Stoker's "Bloofer Lady" in ''[[{{Literature/Dracula}} Dracula]]'', and The Rufus Maleficarus episode is an extended ShoutOut to the CthulhuMythos.
* SignificantMonogram: Johannes shares his initials with [[JesusChrist another guy]] who used to resurrect people.
* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: Pretty much the basis for everything.]]
* TheSoulless: Cabal
* SourOutsideSadInside
* SpannerInTheWorks: Several. [[spoiler: Most notably Horst, who steals one of the 100 contracts Johannes needs to get signed in order to win his bet with Satan.]]
* TheSpock: Surprisingly, Cabal's soulless state did little to contribute to this.
* StarfishLanguage: A few of the languages Cabal uses for swearing
* TheStoic: Guess.
* StoicSpectacles
* SwordCane: Cabal has one, concealing a 3-foot steel blade.
* SympathyForTheDevil
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Dennis and Denzel. [[spoiler: Until Cabal kills them and zombifies them with Batch 247.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Again, Dennis and Denzel
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Cabal is mentioned to have several lying about his house.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: As seen throughout the novel, and very poignantly in [[http://mollytanzer.com/2010/08/23/in-which-i-utterly-fail-to-inquisit-johannes-cabal/ this interview,]] Cabal doesn't give a shit about the means, only the ends.
* TranquilFury
* TraumaCongaLine
* TheUnsmile: Cabal practices this all the time daily in order to scare small children and the elderly.
* TheVamp: Layla the Latex Lady
* TheVicar: Cabal meets a stereotypical one toward the end of the story and in a nod to the stereotypical laxness of the Church of England, when Cabal tells him that he is a Satanist, the Vicar simply asks if Cabal is happy with that choice, which has the effect of an ArmorPiercingQuestion on Cabal.
* VillainProtagonist: Possibly also related to the fact that Cabal is a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* WeaponOfChoice: A Webley .577 handgun.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Take a wild guess.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: While Cabal has no problem with committing violent acts of murder, he does not like to.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What the Hell, Hero?]]: Horst to Cabal, often.
* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: At one point, Cabal smiles following a PetTheDog moment, and the narration notes that for once, his smile wouldn't have scared small children.
* WickedCultured: Both of the Cabal brothers.
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Cabal's favored method of human interaction.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Cabal with Maleficarus' horde of sanitarium escapees.
* YouKilledMyFather: Rufus Maleficarus claimed that Cabal killed his father. Cabal claims that it didn't count because, technically, Maleficarus's father was already dead.
* YourSoulIsMine
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