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* ArcWords: "Live". It's the last word Abe's mother spoke to him on his deathbed, and [[spoiler:becomes Abe's own last word to Henry when he likewise dies for good.]] Creator/MarkTwain's ruminations of living fully also helps break Henry out of his own funk, and he helps [[spoiler:Creator/HowardHughes]] in his work to find a cure out of a desire to have the semblance of a human - and thus, more fulfilling - life.
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* ArcWords: "Live". It's the last word Abe's mother spoke to him on his her deathbed, and [[spoiler:becomes Abe's own last word to Henry when he likewise dies for good.]] Creator/MarkTwain's ruminations of living fully also helps break Henry out of his own funk, and he helps [[spoiler:Creator/HowardHughes]] in his work to find a cure out of a desire to have the semblance of a human - and thus, more fulfilling - life.
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* TheChessmaster: The mysterious A. Grander VIII spends ''centuries'' on their goal of destabilizing human society, being responsible for manipulating various figures throughout history to achieve their aims. The most notable element is the revelation that nearly ''every'' major assassination of a political figure over the past two hundred+ years was orchestrated by Grander, who chose and trained the assassins responsible, right up to the murder of [[spoiler:President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy]].
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* TheChessmaster: The mysterious A. Grander VIII spends ''centuries'' on their goal of destabilizing human society, being responsible for manipulating various figures throughout history to achieve their aims. The most notable element is the revelation that nearly ''every'' major assassination of a political figure over the past two hundred+ 200+ years was orchestrated by Grander, who chose and trained the assassins responsible, right up to the murder of [[spoiler:President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy]].
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** [[spoiler:Rasputin's famously prolonged death is shown in detail, with Tesla's prototype "Death Ray" (basically a portable microwave emitter) playing the most active part, literally ''frying'' Rasputin from the inside. Special mention to Henry also castrating Rasputin with his bare hands during their final struggle.]]
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** [[spoiler:Rasputin's famously prolonged death is shown in detail, with Tesla's prototype "Death Ray" (basically a portable microwave emitter) playing the most active part, literally ''frying'' Rasputin from the inside. Special mention to Henry also [[GroinAttack castrating Rasputin with his bare hands hands]] during their final struggle.]]
* HumansAreBastards: When Henry [[spoiler:and Abe]] infiltrate the Nazi rally [[spoiler:in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler]], they're shocked to realize that he's just an ordinary human and not secretly a vampire like they'd believed. There's no mind-control or other supernatural influence at work in stirring these people into mouth-frothing hatred; they are ''willingly'' abandoning any sense of humanity they might have left.
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* ImmuneToBullets: While it seemed to be the case during ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', here it's explained that bullets actually CAN kill vampires, you just need to use a LOT of them. It wasn't as much of an issue before and during the Civil War, when firearms were mostly limited to ball-and-powder muskets or single-shot pistols and rifles, but then machine-guns were invented...
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* ImmuneToBullets: While it seemed to be the case during ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', here it's explained that ordinary bullets actually CAN kill vampires, you just need to use a LOT of them. It wasn't as much of an issue before and during the Civil War, when firearms were mostly limited to ball-and-powder muskets or single-shot pistols and rifles, but then machine-guns were invented...
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** [[spoiler:Creator/HowardHughes]] was killed in the test flight of one of his planes, but the American government decided he was too valuable a resource, and recruited another vampire to resurrect him the same way [[spoiler:Henry resurrected Abe]].[[note]]They initially asked Henry, but he refused to do it.[[/note]] Howard was '''''not''''' happy about this, and spent the next several years extensively studying vampire physiology in an attempt to develop a cure.
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** [[spoiler:Creator/HowardHughes]] was killed in the test flight of one of his planes, but the American government decided he was too valuable a resource, and recruited another vampire to resurrect him the same way [[spoiler:Henry resurrected Abe]].[[note]]They initially asked Henry, but he refused to do it.[[/note]] Howard [[spoiler:Howard]] was '''''not''''' happy about this, and spent the next several years extensively studying vampire physiology in an attempt to develop a cure.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Eliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt (and every subsequent President after him), J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]], and John D. Rockefeller. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire, and is rather shocked to discover that [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]] ''isn't'' one.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Eliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt (and every subsequent President after him), J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]], Oswald]], and John D. Rockefeller.Rockefeller]]. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire, and is rather shocked to discover that [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]] ''isn't'' one.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Elliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]]. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire, and is rather shocked to discover that [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]] ''isn't'' one.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Elliot Eliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt (and every subsequent President after him), J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]].Oswald]]]], and John D. Rockefeller. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire, and is rather shocked to discover that [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]] ''isn't'' one.
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** How Henry kills [[spoiler:Virginia definitely deserves mention. He stabs both of her eyes out with a scalpel, slits her throat, ''pulls her tongue through the hole'' before cutting it off, ''scalps her'' and then throws her into a furnace to finish the job (cutting her fingers off in the process by slamming the furnace door on them).]] Suffice to say, Henry may be a "good" vampire, but if he believes you deserve it, he ''will'' make you suffer.
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** How Henry kills [[spoiler:Virginia [[spoiler:Virginia]] definitely deserves mention. He stabs both of her eyes out with a scalpel, slits her throat, ''pulls her tongue through the hole'' before cutting it off, ''scalps her'' and then throws her into a furnace to finish the job (cutting her fingers off in the process by slamming the furnace door on them).]] Suffice to say, Henry may be a "good" vampire, but if he believes you deserve it, he ''will'' make you suffer.
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* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Virginia Dare]], and ''how''. She manages to savagely assault and kidnap [[spoiler:''Abraham Lincoln,'' one of the most skilled and capable vampire hunters on the planet, who, in addition to his previous skills, is also a ''vampire himself'' at this point, with all of the strength and speed that comes with it.]] She easily hands Henry's ass to him in their first showdown, and would have prevailed were it not for the fact they they were on the Hindenburg and Henry just so happened to have a lighter...
--->'''Henry:''' She was the best fighter I’d ever faced. Ten times more powerful than Rasputin, despite being half his size. She was, to put it mildly, kicking my ass.
--->'''Henry:''' She was the best fighter I’d ever faced. Ten times more powerful than Rasputin, despite being half his size. She was, to put it mildly, kicking my ass.
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* SignificantAnagram: After years of parsing the name of the mysterious "A. Grander VIII", Henry is horrified to learn (courtesy of John D. Rockefeller) that it's actually an anagram for [[spoiler:Virginia Dare]].
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Elliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]]. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Many historical characters were really vampires. [[spoiler: Besides Abe Lincoln, there's John Wilkes Booth, Rasputin, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Virginia Dare, and Creator/HowardHughes. Also, Series/TheUntouchables were really Henry and Abe helping Elliot Ness.]] Humans that associate with vampires include [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, Creator/BramStoker, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]]]]. Henry speculates that Creator/WilliamShakespeare may have been a vampire.vampire, and is rather shocked to discover that [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]] ''isn't'' one.
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: Due to their placement on the page, some of the "historical" photographs spoil the identity of certain characters right before they're properly introduced in the text. A couple of the footnotes do this also.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: If Henry's narration is to be believed, he and various associates played significant behind-the-scenes roles in just about every major event from 1865 forward, except for the Titanic. He claims to be the one who blew up the Hindenburg.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: If Henry's narration is to be believed, he and various associates played significant behind-the-scenes roles in just about every major event from 1865 forward, except for the Titanic. He claims to be have killed [[spoiler:Jack the Ripper]] and helped kill [[spoiler:Rasputin]], as well as being the one who blew [[spoiler:blew up the Hindenburg.]]
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* UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk: Henry, along with Nikola Tesla, helps assassinate Rasputin, a seriously tough vampire himself.
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* SirSwearsALot: William Duell never met a profanity he didn't like, and proceeds to use pretty much all of them during his time in the story. His parting words to Henry are even "Fuck off".
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: William Duell embodies this trope due to his being a vampire who was turned as a sixteen-year-old, and looks a lot younger than that. He states that the only two things he lives for are "feeding and fucking".
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The novel ends with Henry, having retired to a life of semi-seclusion, opening his safe after seeing the events of 9/11 to find Alex Romanov's business card, implying that he will go back to work as an agent for the Union.]]
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** [[spoiler:Rasputin's famously prolonged death is shown in detail, with Tesla's prototype "Death Ray" (basically a portable microwave emitter) playing the most active part, literally ''frying'' Rasputin from the inside. Special mention to Henry also castrating Rasputing with his bare hands during their final struggle.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Part of the Whitechapel portion of the story seems to imply that Jack the Ripper is actually [[spoiler:Abraham Lincoln]], who had survived his transformation into a vampire but had become a crazed murderer looking for revenge against Henry. It instead turns out that the Ripper is [[spoiler:Thomas Crowley, the vampire who created Henry.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Although ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' was quite dark and violent, this novel one-ups it significantly, featuring much more graphic violence, a surprising amount of swearing, and even a bit of sex. This can be attributed to Henry being the novel's POV character, as he's seen and been involved with a ''lot'' over the centuries, compared to Lincoln. He's also shown to be a lot more willing to be vulgar in his narration, as opposed to the very mannered and well-spoken Abe.
