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* CloningBlues: Played straight with [[spoiler:the protagonist]] who was supposed to carry on the Doctor's work. [[spoiler:It is stated you share 99% of the Doctor's DNA with the implication that the other 1% comes from the anomalies.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Every member of the Council you find dead throughout the game really deserved what happened to them.
** Isable Miller, one of the only potentially good council members, is found dead in the jail. You also find Sam's body, the insane priest, in there who died trying to free her.

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* AssholeVictim: Every member of the Council you find dead throughout the game really deserved what happened to them.
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them, with the exception of Isable Miller, one of the only potentially good council members, is found dead in the jail. You also find Sam's body, the insane priest, in there who died trying to free her.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both have elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell. Furthermore, the school is called HHS, presumably Hanwell High School (despite also teaching very young students there). No school with those initials exist in either Hanwell.

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both have elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. A "minister" is also mentioned in the game. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a in England specifically has the title of minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell. Furthermore, the school is called HHS, presumably Hanwell High School (despite also teaching very young students there). No school with those initials exist in either Hanwell.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell. Furthermore, the school is called HHS, presumably Hanwell High School (despite also teaching very young students there). No school with those initials exist in either Hanwell.

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both have elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell. Furthermore, the school is called HHS, presumably Hanwell High School (despite also teaching very young students there). No school with those initials exist in either Hanwell.
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** The Warden, implied to be Isabel, is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials. She also orders one of her subordinates to look into the unsubstantiated claims that Brett [[spoiler:is doing unspeakable things to some of his students.]]

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** The Warden, implied to be Isabel, is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his his/her employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials. She also orders one of her subordinates to look into the unsubstantiated claims that Brett [[spoiler:is doing unspeakable things to some of his students.]]
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** Isable Miller, one of the only potentially good council members, is found dead in the jail. You also find Sam's, the insane priest's, body in there who died trying to free her.

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** Isable Miller, one of the only potentially good council members, is found dead in the jail. You also find Sam's, Sam's body, the insane priest's, body priest, in there who died trying to free her.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell.

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell. Furthermore, the school is called HHS, presumably Hanwell High School (despite also teaching very young students there). No school with those initials exist in either Hanwell.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and England has the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. You might think that we're talking about the Canadian Hanwell, but the man in charge of the [=DfDCM&S=] is called a minister. Both locations are drastically different from the in-game Hanwell.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are two Hanwells in the world and both elected mayors. One is in Canada and the other is in England. A ministry is mentioned in regards to recreational development. Canada has the
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* UncertainDoom: All of the Council members [[spoiler:are found dead or are killed by your hands]] by the end of the game. While several minor named characters are not found, it can be assumed they escaped. The only exception is a man named Daniel who betrayed the Council to the Doctor. When you go to the Doctor's house, you find a message to Daniel from the Doctor saying that he can hide out in his house and that his loyalty will be rewarded. [[NothingIsScarier All you find is a blood trail]] leading up what is presumably a window covered up by some pretty big curtains and his cell phone in the abandoned in the corner of the room.

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* UncertainDoom: All of the Council members [[spoiler:are found dead or are killed by your hands]] by the end of the game. While several minor named characters are not found, it can be assumed they escaped. The only exception is a man named Daniel who betrayed the Council to the Doctor. When you go to the Doctor's house, you find a message to Daniel from the Doctor saying that he can hide out in his house and that his loyalty will be rewarded. [[NothingIsScarier All you find is a blood trail]] leading up what is presumably a window covered up by some pretty big curtains and his abandoned cell phone in the abandoned in the corner of the room.
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* UncertainDoom: All of the Council members [[spoiler:are found dead or are killed by your hands]] by the end of the game. While several minor named characters are not found, it can be assumed they escaped. The only exception is a man named Daniel who betrayed the Council to the Doctor. When you go to the Doctor's house, you find a message to Daniel from the Doctor saying that he can hide out in his house and that his loyalty will be rewarded. [[NothingIsScarier All you find is a blood trail]] leading up what is presumably a window covered up by some pretty big curtains and his cell phone in the abandoned in the corner of the room.
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** The Warden, implied to be Isabel, is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials.

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** The Warden, implied to be Isabel, is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials. She also orders one of her subordinates to look into the unsubstantiated claims that Brett [[spoiler:is doing unspeakable things to some of his students.]]
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** The school master, Brett, evacuated the school before the mayor ordered it. [[spoiler:This didn't stop him from trafficking some of the children.]]

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** The school master, Brett, Brett Chambers, evacuated the school before the mayor ordered it. [[spoiler:This didn't stop him from trafficking some of the children.]]

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** Isable Miller, one of the only potentially good council members, is found dead in the jail. You also find Sam's, the insane priest's, body in there who died trying to free her.
* BadAssNormal: Walter Young, the power plant engineer, managed to kill at least 9 anomalies by himself. You find his corpse in a room where he's piled up their bodies.



** The Warden is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials.

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** The Warden Warden, implied to be Isabel, is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials.
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** The school master, Breit, evacuated the school before the mayor ordered it. [[spoiler:This didn't stop him from trafficking some of the children.]]

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** The school master, Breit, Brett, evacuated the school before the mayor ordered it. [[spoiler:This didn't stop him from trafficking some of the children.]]
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The Doctor likes to experiment with creatures called "anomalies". Forul use in the experiments, the Council will only give him prisoners who have been found guilty in a fair trial. When they run out of condemned prisoners, the doctor resorts to kidnapping people off the streets.

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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The Doctor likes to experiment with creatures called "anomalies". Forul For use in the experiments, the Council will only give him prisoners who have been found guilty in a fair trial. When they run out of condemned prisoners, the doctor resorts to kidnapping people off the streets.
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You wake up in a underground laboratory and have no idea how you got there. You find find notes from a mysterious man only known as [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate The Doctor]]. You find hints throughout the game and you decide to find out what happened in the town of Hanwell.

Created by Nathan Seedhouse, ''The Council of Hanwell'' is a survival horror game that was released in 2017. You explore the [[TownWithADarkSecret titular town of Hanwell]]. ''Welcome to Hanwell'' is the demo of the full game where you wake up in a cell at Hanwell's jail and try to escape the prison.
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You wake up in a underground laboratory and have no idea how you got there. You find find notes from a mysterious man only known as [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate The Doctor]]. You find hints throughout the game and you decide to find out what happened in the [[TownWithADarkSecret town of Hanwell.

Hanwell]].

Created by Nathan Seedhouse, ''The Council of Hanwell'' is a survival horror SurvivalHorror game that was released in 2017. You explore the [[TownWithADarkSecret titular town of Hanwell]]. 2018 on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. ''Welcome to Hanwell'' is the 2017 demo of the full game where you wake up in a cell at Hanwell's jail and try to escape the prison.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: The town of Hanwell is home to many monsters designated as "anomalies". [[spoiler:It turns out that many of the creatures were either created by or captured by the Council for the supposed purpose of furthering mankind, but it's really so the Doctor can create an army and give himself powers.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: At least one Council kills herself probably to avoid being [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled murdered by an anomaly]]. You find [[spoiler:Taylor Walsh hanging from the ceiling in her office in the hospital.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: At least one Council member kills herself probably to avoid being [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled murdered by an anomaly]]. You find [[spoiler:Taylor Walsh hanging from the ceiling in her office in the hospital.]]
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* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Council is more or less united except [[DragonWithAnAgenda The Doctor]] and one of the Council members who suspects the Doctor.

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* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Council is more or less united except [[DragonWithAnAgenda The Doctor]] and one of the Council members members, Isabel Miller, who suspects the Doctor.
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* AssholeVictim: Every member of the Council you find dead throughout the game.

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* AssholeVictim: Every member of the Council you find dead throughout the game.game really deserved what happened to them.
* BenevolentBoss: The mayor calls the other Council members many times to remind them to get out of town. She does force essential personnel to stay in the science facility up to an hour before the anomaly outbreak, but it seems that left them enough to escape. She is the only one who stays behind in the facility [[spoiler:besides for the Doctor]]. Doesn't make her less evil, though.
** The Warden is also benevolent, complaining about how decrepit the jail is and that his employees are disgusted by the conditions there. The lot of them are annoyed that the Council is getting a bigger and bigger budget but that they only seem to use it to make their lives more comfortable. The guards and the Warden also listen to the prisoners' complaints and they unhappy that the prisoners aren't getting timely trials.
** The school master, Breit, evacuated the school before the mayor ordered it. [[spoiler:This didn't stop him from trafficking some of the children.]]
** Taylor Walsh made sure all of the patients in the hospital were evacuated and transferred out of the city before the anomaly event.


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* DrivenToSuicide: At least one Council kills herself probably to avoid being [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled murdered by an anomaly]]. You find [[spoiler:Taylor Walsh hanging from the ceiling in her office in the hospital.]]


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* TheQuietOne: Your character never speaks except in the text logs in between levels. [[spoiler:The Mayor quips that the 1% of doctor DNA that you didn't inherit is his tendency to talk.]]


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* SmugSuper: The Doctor is this by the end, arrogant in the extreme. [[spoiler:He uses powers very much like the Witch near the end.]]
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: At least one of the anomalies decided to turned against the Doctor. [[spoiler:It's you. As his designated successor, he is furious.]]
* WhiteSheep: The Doctor's clone, [[spoiler:you,]] is the only good anomaly. [[spoiler:It probably helps that you are more human than anomaly.]]

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* AbandonedHospital: One level of the game takes place in the hospital. While much of the town has slightly out of date buildings, most locations like the hospital are relatively modern.

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* AbandonedHospital: One level of the game takes place in the hospital.Hanwell General Hospital. While much of the town has slightly out of date buildings, most locations like the hospital are relatively modern.


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* GhostTown: The City of Hanwell has recently been evacuated due to an outbreak of anomalies. Unlike most examples, they knew the exact time and date that the outbreak would occur so most people made it out in time.
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You wake up in a underground laboratory and have no idea how you got there. You find find notes from a mysterious man only known as [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate The Doctor]]. You find hints throughout the game and you decide to find out what happened in the town of Hanwell.

Created by Nathan Seedhouse, ''The Council of Hanwell'' is a survival horror game that was released in 2017. You explore the [[TownWithADarkSecret titular town of Hanwell]]. ''Welcome to Hanwell'' is the demo of the full game where you wake up in a cell at Hanwell's jail and try to escape the prison.
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* AbandonedHospital: One level of the game takes place in the hospital. While much of the town has slightly out of date buildings, most locations like the hospital are relatively modern.
* AssholeVictim: Every member of the Council you find dead throughout the game.
* CloningBlues: Played straight with [[spoiler:the protagonist]] who was supposed to carry on the Doctor's work. [[spoiler:It is stated you share 99% of the Doctor's DNA with the implication that the other 1% comes from the anomalies.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: This small town can somehow afford a huge science facility to research the anomalies.
* GottaCatchThemAll: You will be collecting Witch eyes and Doctor DNA throughout the game.
* HumanTraffickers: The school headmaster has a chamber for displaying [[spoiler:kidnapped children in the school]] basement. [[spoiler:He is murdered by one of the kids who was transformed into an anomaly.]]
* LaserHallway: The science facility has several. [[spoiler:They are used to kill escaped anomalies as much as to kill intruders.]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The Doctor likes to experiment with creatures called "anomalies". Forul use in the experiments, the Council will only give him prisoners who have been found guilty in a fair trial. When they run out of condemned prisoners, the doctor resorts to kidnapping people off the streets.
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Council is more or less united except [[DragonWithAnAgenda The Doctor]] and one of the Council members who suspects the Doctor.
* PragmaticVillainy: The Council only uses condemned prisoners for experiments, refusing to use people who haven't yet had a trial. The Doctor gets impatient waiting for the justice system.
* SinisterMinister: The church in town [[spoiler:has a sacrificial chamber in the basement]] and it's implied the local religion in someway includes the anomalies.
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