Sandbox / Cavalry Of The Dead Wick Check

Is Cavalry of the Dead just The Cavalry but with undead? ~194 wicks.

The argument:

Aside 1. the support having something personal against the enemy 2. lasting only one battle, which I doubt are common in examples, this is The Same, but More Specific

Check if there's even a personal reason and temporary-ness?

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1. The Cavalry:
   when undead forces are used to save the day, it is a Cavalry of the Dead.

Just undead army

Just undead army (55)

1. Awesome.The Bible: Not undead, but sounds more undead
   * Ezekiel 37:1-14. The Prophet Ezekiel raises a ZOMBIE ARMY.
2. MagicTheGathering.Flavor And Story Tropes A To G:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In "Eldritch Moon", the zombie army Liliana raises turns out to be the only effective resistance against the hordes of Eldrazi-twisted horrors; being fundamentally mindless, the zombies No-Sell Emrakul's insanity-inducing influence and successfully go all Zombie Apocalypse on the horrifyingly transformed "living".
3. Literature.The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga:
   * Cavalry of the Dead:
   ** Tormod Solveig's magical talent is necromancy, but he's one of the good guys. In addition to helping lay spirits to rest, he raises armies of the dead to fight for Blaine's alliance of warlords (which includes talishte, who are literally dead during the day).
4. Literature.The Record Of Unusual Creatures:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Two of them in one battle: During the Battle at Spiral hill in the original version of the Collow Continent, two undead army appeared. One is composed of spirits of the devote members of the church buried under Fidelinopolis, who voluntarily followed the church to join the fight. The other is composed of what remains of the brave spirits army that helped the Wardens defend against Lockmarton's influence. They stayed behind when the Wardens evacuated and become extremely mutated by Lockmarton's influence, but stayed loyal to their cause. Both army joined the battle when the living forces start to ran out of momentum.
5. Hellgate:
   * The Underworld Gates in Ushio and Tora are scattered all over Japan and usually resemble caverns or holes, sometimes closed by boulders wrapped in shimenawa. Harmless to living humans, they drag in wandering souls and living Youkai, sending them to the Underworld. Tora mentions seeing the claw marks of a monster outside one of these gates and he's nearly sucked inside one too. During the manga-only Mist arc, they encounter a portal in northern Japan near Tono and use it to dispose of the Nigh-Invulnerable mist Youkai Shumuna. During the final battle against Hakumen no Mono, the mystic Saya and her Zashiki-warashi open a gate to the Underworld resembling an elaborated Japanese-style door to allow the Cavalry of the Dead to join the battle. A special ritual involving a bonfire and Sacred Bow and Arrows is required to open it, and the Zashiki has to sacrifice himself to close it from the inside once the battle is over.
6. Characters.Fate Grand Order Berserkers A To F:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The army of his Athanaton Ten Thousand is composed of nothing but ten thousand skeletal warriors, with even his War Elephant actually being a construct made out of those warriors.
7. Literature.Dora Wilk Series:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: How Witkacy defeats Viola: the ghosts of hunders of people she's killed are pumped up with power and sent to attack her. Their vengeance done, they cross over to the afterlife.
8. Literature.The Blood Of Stars:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In the final part of Unravel the Dusk, Maia's dead brothers arrive with an army of ghosts to counter the shansen's own ghost army.
9. Literature.The Dark Profit Saga:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In the second book, necromancer-turned-liche Detarr Ur'Mayan raises an army of various kinds of undead and starts moving through Ruskan and the Freedlands, destroying towns and cities, while the dead join their ranks. By the time the army is on approach to Andarun, it's a veritable horde. Even worse, a sizable percentage of town and city defenders are convinced to defect via the use of clever marketing and advertising by the undead. See here for the artwork◊. After Detarr's defeat, all the remaining undead now follow Detarr's second-in-command - Knight-Commander Tyren Ur'Thos. Tyren resolves to lead the undead out of the city and into a distant marsh, where his ancestral home is located.
10. Monster.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
    [[Cavalry of the Dead army of the undead]]
11. Sandbox.Monster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
    [[Cavalry of the Dead army of the undead]]
12. Characters.The Elder Scrolls Historical Figures:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: After her armies and those of her allies were defeated, she held out in Solitude in a protracted siege which lasted 10 years. During that time, Potema, a powerful necromancer and practitioner of other Dark Arts, resurrected many dead bodies to bolster her dwindling forces.
13. Characters.War For The Overworld:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Made up of fallen Empire soldiers who have returned to battle at the beckoning of a Matriarch.
14. Characters.Warcraft The Alliance Human Kingdoms:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: One of his planned abilities in the Arathi Warfront had him calling upon the ghosts of his ancestors to swarm over Horde attackers, moving in a large line and damaging every enemy in their way. This was scrapped before launch, leaving him with only physical abilities.
15. Hidden Army Reveal: Sounds like just an undead army.
    In The Return of the King Aragorn pulls this when he arrives at the battle of Minas Tirith. What appears to be just one man charging at the enemy is suddenly one man followed by an army of ghosts.
16. ComicBook.Lament Of The Lost Moors:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Siobhan raises the fallen soldiers from the lost moors to face Bedlam's army.
17. ComicBook.Moon Knight 2021:
    * Did Not See That Coming: Zodiac, already annoyed and exasperated with how his feud with Moon Knight has been going, blows a gasket when he and his Zodiac Cartel unexpectedly find themselves being savaged by the Fists of Khonshu in Issue #12.
    Zodiac: How. How the Hell was I supposed to plan for this?! [[Cavalry of the Dead DAMNED ZOMBIE MOON KNIGHTS!!!]]
18. ComicBook.Superman Doomed:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Harrow and the Ghost Soldier summon their entire ghost army to attack Brainiac. They don't last long.
19. Characters.Dark Gathering Graduates:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: They aren't really an organized force, but the soldier ghosts will attack other ghosts to quench their thirst.
20. Characters.Death Battle X Characters:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: By releasing Level Zero of the Control Art Restriction Systems, he is able to summon all of the 3 million-plus souls he's devoured over the centuries as an army of ghouls.
21. Pantheon.Necromancy And Reanimation:
    Queen Potema Septim, Goddess of [[Cavalry of the Dead Undead Reinforcements]] (Wolf Queen Potema, Queen of Solitude)
22. Pantheon.The Elder Scrolls:
    Queen Potema Septim, Goddess of [[Cavalry of the Dead Undead Reinforcements]] (Wolf Queen Potema, Queen of Solitude)
23. Recap.The Umbrella Academy 2019 S 02 E 01:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Klaus is shown summoning an entire ghostly army regiment against the invading Russians.
24. TabletopGame.In Nomine:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The Saints of War, over a thousand blessed souls incarnated on Earth to watch and wait for the moment that Michael needs them to scramble.
25. TheElderScrolls.Tropes E:
    raising the dead on both sides as zombies and skeletons [[Cavalry of the Dead to fight for her]].
26. TheElderScrolls.Tropes N To O:
    Potema replaced her followers with [[Cavalry of the Dead undead minions]]
27. TheOrderOfTheStick.Tropes A To C:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: During the Battle of Azure City, Xykon slaughters all the paladins defending the throne room... only to watch them rise up and oppose him as spirits, led by the spirit of legendary paladin Soon Kim, founder of the Sapphire Guard!
28. VideoGame.Battalion Wars:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: In 1, Countess Ingrid resurrects the Iron Legion as a desperate gambit to achieve victory for the Xylvanians when the Alliance of Nations are right on their very doorstep. Subverted, however, since they have no loyalty to their descendants and immediately try to take over the world again. Starting with Xylvania.
29. VideoGame.Divide And Conquer:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The Aragorn Quest script ends with the Northern Dúnedain getting an army of undead Oathbreakers, who can be used for three battles before disappearing.
30. VideoGame.Heidelberg 1693:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Count Tilly, one of the last bosses, has an attack where he summons a legion of ghost knights into the area. They cannot be harmed, but the ghosts dissappears as quickly as they appeared.
31. TheLordOfTheRings.Tropes S To U:
    The Cavalry of the Dead has the same effect, either because of inherent magic or just the natural reaction to seeing a huge horde of nasty ghosts.
32. Big Bad Wannabe.Literature:
    Sauron effectively pins down Gondor with an advance force that is a fraction of his military might and is only defeated with help from a 3,000 year old forgotten ghost army
33. GenocideBackfire.Fan Works:
    Wen Chao destroys Lotus Pier; in doing so, he sets into motion a series of events that culminates in Wei Wuxian mastering demonic cultivation and raising an Cavalry of the Dead. This leads to the fall of the Qishan Wen clan.
34. Your Soul Is Mine!: Heroic undead army?
    * Just like in the work it's based on, Hoshin Engi has the Houshindai (Apotheosis Altar) which is used to attract the souls of notable Sendo and mortals inside so that they can be sealed in a different dimension from which they can help but not meddle with humans. Ostensibly the main objective is to prevent Dakki's soul from escaping once she's slain. In truth, the hidden purpose is to have a Cavalry of the Dead come to Fukki's aid during his final battle against Jouka, the ultimate enemy.
35. Warrior Undead:
    See Cavalry of the Dead when a character has the ability to summon and control undead warriors en masse.
36. Evil Will Fail:
    * The Elder Scrolls has the case for Potema Septim, [...] raising the dead on both sides as zombies and skeletons [[Cavalry of the Dead' to fight for her]].
37. Awesome.Horus Heresy:
    ** When the Emperor sets the Webway ablaze, it's shown that amidst the flames he summons a legion of dead Custodes and Space Marines to fight the Daemons, all wreathed in fire and with blackened armor. And at their head is "a giant among giants, its great hands bared and ready as it seared forwards at the crest of the tidal fire. The tenth son of a dying empire, so briefly reborn in his father’s immolating wrath." For the briefest of moments, Ferrus Manus gets to fight for his father from beyond the grave.
38. Awesome.Yesterday Upon The Stair:
    * Izuku giving power to the dead, creating a [[Cavalry of the Dead army of the dead]]
39. Literature.Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Mo Dao Zu Shi:
    * Grave Robbing: During the Sunshot Campaign, Wei Wuxian exhumed several graves to add the corpses to his own Cavalry of the Dead.
40. CharacterDerailment.Film:
    Badan raises a literal undead army
41. Characters.Hellcat:
    * To Hell and Back: She died at least twice, once when an evil Asgardian tried to take over Valhalla with a Cavalry of the Dead
42. Characters.Ninjago:
    Ghost Army
43. Characters.Titan Quest:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: In Atlantis, the new top-level skill allows them to summon a phantom phalanx to aid them for a short while.
44. Film.The Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: In the book, they're ghosts who accompany Aragorn to prove his kingship, inspire fear and awe, and ensure only stone cold badasses are brave enough to fight alongside him and help defeat the Corsairs of Umbar. In the film, they are the cavalry.
45. Recap.Star Wars The Clone Wars Nightsisters And Brothers Arc:
    * Hollywood Tactics: In "Massacre", the Separatist droid army lands in an open area with little cover, indicating that the Nightsisters will engage them directly. Instead, Ventress orders the Nightsisters into elevated sniper positions where they will be safe and provides support for a ground counteroffensive by the more hardy and expendable Cavalry of the Dead
46. TabletopGame.Deadlands:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The Black Regiment is a rare evil example of this, though technically more an example of Night of the Living Mooks. They are a regiment of Walking Dead created from fallen soldiers, their uniforms stained a blackish color due to being soaked with half-dried gore (hence the name), who mysteriously appear on battlefields to turn the battle in favor of the losing side with their vicious tactics. Of course, they fight for the Union or the Confederates as they see fit, as their purpose is to basically keep the deadly stalemate between the countries going, and they're perfectly happy to turn on their "allies" of a given battle if they get in the way.
47. TearJerker.Panopticon Quest:
    * During the rise of the Cavalry of the Dead in Moscow, one of the ghosts appears to recognise a nearby Void Engineer.
48. VideoGame.The Battle For Middle Earth:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Summoning them is the ultimate power of the Good general powers, and a level 10 skill of Aragorn. They also intervene during scripted events, led by Aragorn in both cases: the siege of Minas Tirith in BFME (both campaigns), and the siege of Rivendell in BFMEII (end of the Evil campaign). The dead are immune to most weapons or powers. The only ones who can really do damage to them are units with strong area-of-effect attacks such as Sauron, the Witch-king, the Balrog, and flying units like the Eagles and Fell Beasts.
49. WebVideo.Belkinus Necro Hunt
    * Cavalry of the Dead: According to the earliest-dated pages of Kara's journal that the party reads in Session 15, she had actually started work on necromancy during the war, to create one of these and spare mortal lives. However, fear from her superiors led to this plan being refused, which in turn led to Abigail dying in the war and Kara refocusing her work into resurrecting her sister.

Zero Context Examples (40+):

ZCE wick (20)

1. Fanfic.Dig Two Graves:
   The destruction of Lotus Pier by Wen Chao leads to a series of events that result in Wei Wuxian mastering demonic cultivation and raising a Cavalry of the Dead.
2. Fanfic.The Equestrian Wind Mage:
   * But for Me, It Was Tuesday: A heroic example. When the Church of Majora makes their first overt attack on Hyrule, the Hylian soldiers are at first psychologically overwhelmed by the hordes coming their way, but the Equestrians fight back easily. As Rarity explains to a stunned Zelda, despite their cuddly exterior, the Mane Six are quite versed in combat, and for them, a Cavalry of the Dead is just Tuesday.
3. Boss-Arena Idiocy:
   * Heidelberg 1693 have a couple of these - notably, Johann Wilhelm, whose physical body would be too difficult to hit if there isn't a convenient platform you can jump and aim your musket from, and Count Tilly's Cavalry of the Dead who can be avoided thanks to a tall ledge at the corner of the screen.
4. Galactic Conqueror:
   Lady Styx, debuting in 52. Originally intended to stand in for Darkseid, whom the writers felt was getting overused, she comes with the impressive distinction of her own Cavalry of the Dead.
5. VideoGame.Heidelberg 1693:
   * Boss-Arena Idiocy: Count Tilly's Cavalry of the Dead cavalry is impossible to avoid if the stage is fought on ground-level, but there's a ledge you can climb upon.
6. Fantastic Legal Weirdness: Implied as just an undead army:
   A necromancer, instead of raising a Cavalry of the Dead, might find legitimate work as a consultant dealing with probate cases or solving murders.
7. Barred from the Afterlife:
   * Warrior Cats:
   ** Earlier in the series, there was Fallen Leaves. He died in the tunnels during an initiation some unspecified time before the Clans came to the lake, and was unable to even step outside, let alone pass on. Eventually, though, he does get to leave the tunnels, to join the rest of the Ancients in the Cavalry of the Dead in "The Last Hope".
8. Stock Scream:
   * The Return of the King uses it twice. First, during the scene in which Faramir's troops are being pursued by fellbeasts, a Gondorian soldier utters one after a fellbeast drops him. The second one occurs when Legolas knocks a Haradrim off the latter's oliphaunt perch and right into the Cavalry of the Dead.
9. Awesome.Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Mo Dao Zu Shi:
   ** The scene where Wei Wuxian arrives in Chongyang is as nightmarish as it is awe-striking. It's only a minute long and nothing actually happens yet, but it leaves one hell of an impression. Wei Wuxian then proceeds to command the Cavalry of the Dead to kill every Wen in sight (with the exceptions of Wen Chao and Wen Zhuliu) before slowly descending from above and personally torture the aforementioned two himself.
10. Characters.Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Mo Dao Zu Shi Wen Clan Of Qishan:
    * World's Best Warrior: He effortlessly beat Nie Mingjue into the ground and was hinted to be the strongest cultivator barring immortals like Baoshan-sanren. It took an army of thousands of cultivators, Wei Wuxian's Cavalry of the Dead, along with some infiltration on Jin Guangyao's part, to finally take him down.
11. Characters.Kemurikusa:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: They show up one last time in the Final Battle, using all of their remaining strength to defeat the Red Tree and say their goodbyes to Rin.
12. Characters.Medi Evil:
    * Hoist by His Own Petard: Zarok creates a Cavalry of the Dead, but this is also what brings Sir Daniel back to life, which ultimately leads to his defeat.
13. Recap.Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Season 1 Episode 15 Peace:
    * In the novel, Wen Zhuliu got his arm injured and was then strangled to death by Zidian. In this episode, his arm gets twisted off, his Golden Core is destroyed, and he's then Eaten Alive by Wei Wuxian's Cavalry of the Dead.
14. Trivia.The Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King:
    ** The role of the Cavalry of the Dead is considered by Jackson to be this due to its Story-Breaker Power and "being unbelievable". If it had appeared any earlier, the Siege of Minas Tirith would have been one-sided and the Ride of the Rohirrim would have been unnecessary.
15. Recap.Angel S 05 E 06 The Cautionary Tale Of Numero Cinco:
    * Rise from Your Grave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to fight Tezcatcatl once again.
16. StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonOneToSeasonSix.Tropes G To Z
    * Double Subverted during the Nightsisters and Brothers arc. In "Massacre", the Separatist droid army lands in an open area with little cover, indicating that the Nightsisters will engage them directly. Instead, Ventress orders the Nightsisters into elevated sniper positions where they will be safe and provides support for a ground counteroffensive by the more hardy and expendable Cavalry of the Dead
17. CurbStompBattle.Film:
    ** The Dead Men of Dunharrow at the Battle of Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King.

Zero Context in trope list (5)

1. Literature.The World Of M:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Aelis and her people and, in an odd way, the Memories. They turn up en masse at the battle in the Arctic.
2. VideoGame.High Noon Drifter:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Summoned by the Dead Radio.
3. Recap.Warrior Cats The Last Hope: Just tons of proper names with implications:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Dark Forest is a villainous variation of this. StarClan and The Tribe of Endless Hunting pull this for the Clans, along with Midnight.
4. WarriorCats.Tropes 0 To G: Just tons of proper names with implications:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Dark Forest is a villainous variation of this. In The Last Hope, StarClan and The Tribe of Endless Hunting pull this for the Clans, along with Midnight.
5. Fanfic.Avengers Of The Ring:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In Methteilien, during the final battle against Morgoth, the Allies are aided not only by the return of those killed in the Snap, but also the return of those killed just before the Snap, such as Boromir and Sif, sustained in the Astral Dimension by the power of the Silmaril until they know that their greatest enemies have fallen.

Zero Context Pothole (15)

1. You and What Army?:
   * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition): The Corsair captain asks Aragorn this question when he, Legolas and Gimli board their ships. Aragorn's response? "[[Cavalry of the Dead This army]]."
2. NightmareFuel.Destiny 2:
   * [[Cavalry of the Dead The Taken]] still being around is already bad enough
3. NightmareFuel.The DCU:
   Blackest Night has the [[Cavalry of the Dead Black Lanterns]] winning
4. Pantheon.Character Adaptations:
   [[Cavalry of the Dead witch-zombies]]
5. NoBodyLeftBehind.Live Action Films:
   It also happens to the [[Cavalry of the Dead Army of the Dead]] when Aragorn declares that their oaths to Isildur have been fulfilled for helping him defeat the armies of Mordor.
6. TheOrderOfTheStick.Tropes G To I:
   The battle is heavily based on attrition warfare, with any losses being simply [[Cavalry of the Dead zombified]]
7. Breather Level:
   For all the game hyping it up, Evil version of Minas Tirith is an absolute breather in terms of difficulty. Enemy does not attack you at all, allowing the player to take over pretty much all the resourses on the map, the Rohan reinforcements are easily dealt with with the usage of pikemen, and when Aragorn comes with the Army of the Damned, said army will vanish way before it can hurt you much at all. Sadly Minas Tirith is also the final level of the campaign.
8. Child Supplants Parent:
   * Warcraft III: After finally becoming evil and joining the [[Cavalry of the Dead Scourge]] he used to fight against
9. Film.Finding Ohana:
   [[Cavalry of the Dead Nightmarcher's]] protection
10. Warhammer40000.W40k Tropes Q To Z:
    * Wreathed in Flames: The Legion of the Damned Space Marines
11. Awesome.Catch Your Breath:
    * Wei Wuxian's first appearance in the story is during his independent hunt for Wen cultivators in the backwoods of Yunmeng. Tomoe is the one who runs into him first and instantly realizes he has the [[Cavalry of the Dead kind of power]] that can turn the tide of the war.
12. Fridge.Cuphead:
    * Well, considering that he's a decorated soldier, based on the background of his stage... Perhaps Werner's fellows still got his back.
13. Final Battle:
    * Kemurikusa has Rin and Wakaba with [[Cavalry of the Dead Riku, Ryo and Ryoku joining midway trough]] against The Red Tree.
14. Universally Beloved Leader: Undead army?
    * Iskander, better known as Alexander the Great in Fate/Zero. He's not a moral character by modern standards, but his subjects — especially his army — loved him in life and would have followed him to the ends of creation. These feelings are are what form his greatest Noble Phantasm: Ionioi Hetairoi, a Reality Marble which calls forth an entirely new landscape alongside his army, who prove they're all too happy to [[Cavalry of the Dead fight for their king even in death]].

Quotes wicking. Zero Context (2)

1. Badass Army:
   My peerless army! Their bodies may return to ash, but their spirits still hear my call! These men are my legendary heroes – my loyal followers!They’re my true friends - breaking the rules of space and time to fight once more at my side! They are my treasure within treasures; they’re my right to rule! They make up my mightiest Noble Phantasm — Ionian Hetairoi!!
   — Rider (Alexander the Great), Fate/Zero
2. Hollywood Exorcism:
   ->"You come to conquer.
   You come in fury.
   You come bearing ancient weapons.
   You come with a sword of the Ninth House.
   You come to claim a body. This is all we know. You helpless ghost, this is not supplication... We came at invitation; whither did you? I am a spirit-caller of the House of the Fifth. I am Abigail for my mothers, Pent for my people. I who died am come in the fullness of my power, at the bidding of the Lyctor you seek to supplant. I will sever the thanergetic link you have to this woman, and I bid you—get the hell out."
   — Abigail Pent, Harrow the Ninth

Follows The Cavalry's definition:

The Cavalry but with undead made from the heroes' allies (7)

1. Literature.Toll The Hounds:
   * Backup from Otherworld: Hood's Cavalry of the Dead arrives in the nick of time to guard the wagon within Dragnipur against the Army of Chaos.

• Big Damn Heroes: Right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the wagon within the warren of Dragnipur, Anomander Rake kills Hood, the to-date God of Death. His soul being sucked into Dragnipur opens the way for his Cavalry of the Dead, which consists of all those who have ever died, to swoop in and close with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day.
• Cavalry of the Dead: Everyone who ever died is marched out of the Warren of Death and into the Warren within Dragnipur right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the wagon within. The Army of the Dead swoops in and closes with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day.

1. Flying Dutchman: Undead The Cavalry Arrives Late via potholes:
   * Warhammer 40,000: In "Legion of the Damned", the titular [[Cavalry of the Dead Legion]]'s only surviving spaceship (a "Star Fort") appears out of nowhere at the last minute to destroy the Keeler Comet and obliterate the Chaos armada while the Legionnaires wipe out the planetside Chaos crusaders right on the verge of their victory.
2. Long-Dead Badass: The Cavalry but undead:
   If the character is brought back as an undead to [[The Cavalry assist the heroes]], that's Cavalry of the Dead.
3. Night of the Living Mooks: The Cavalry but undead:
   Cavalry of the Dead, when the heroes' fallen allies rise to aid them as The Cavalry.
4. Releasing from the Promise: Emphasis mine:
   * In The Return of the King, Aragorn calls upon the cursed dead men of Dunharrow to serve him as Cavalry of the Dead to rescue Minas Tirith from Sauron's attack.
5. Summon Bigger Fish:
   * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has the capital city of Gondor under attack by a Badass Army of evil orcs and trolls. Fortunately for the good guys, Aragorn gets the Cavalry of the Dead to come to the rescue.
6. Film.The Lord Of The Rings:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In the book, they're ghosts who accompany Aragorn to prove his kingship, inspire fear and awe, and ensure only stone cold badasses are brave enough to fight alongside him and help defeat the Corsairs of Umbar. In the film, they are the cavalry.
7. Warhammer40000.W40k Tropes A To D: The Cavalry entry says that it counts.
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Legion of the Damned, a Space Marines chapter that got lost in the Warp and became a bunch of spectral beings. They occasionally emerge from the warp to turn the tide of a battle in favor of the Imperium before disappearing again.

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Undead that don't fight (7)

1. Characters.Seventh Sea Nations Of Khitai:
   * Ancient Tomb: Although it's only four-hundred years old, the Great Khan's tomb is a secret that was guarded by his bannermen even after their deaths — [[Cavalry of the Dead literally]].
2. TabletopGame.Seventh Sea The East:
   * Ancient Tomb: Although it's only four-hundred years old, the Great Khan's tomb is a secret that was guarded by his bannermen even after their deaths- literally.
3. Anime.Ginga Densetsu Weed:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: While they're not doing any actual fighting, the spirits of all the past Ohu soldiers (including the recently deceased such as Smith and John) appears at Weed's battle against Hougen, giving Weed the strength to stand up again after he's nearly been defeated, and simultaneously gives Hougen a bad scare by directly speaking to him, apparently only being visible to him and Weed. And when Weed's next Battouga misses, a sudden powerful wind is created to send him spinning straight back towards Hougen. (The manga version is especially intense.) In the anime only, they're also implied to have created the lightning that ultimately kills Hougen.
4. ComicBook.Fables:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In The Good Prince, Ambrose takes advantage of the fact that all of his subjects from the well are technically ghosts, and summons their forms to take out the Adversary's army by having the ghosts terrify the army into fleeing.
5. Characters.Young Justice Abridged Unaffiliated Villains:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The assorted Talons, which they brag about to Batman, a man who has a code against killing. Finding himself up against mooks that don't die from lethal force is overjoying to Bruce.
6. Recap.Star Wars The Clone Wars S 4 E 19 Massacre:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Old Daka can resurrect the dead Nightsisters to protect the coven. And this army is truly nightmare-inducing!

Big Damn Heroes zombies / undead (3)

1. BigDamnHeroes.Literature:
   In Toll the Hounds, right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the waggon within the warren of Dragnipur, Anomander Rake kills Hood, the to-date God of Death. His soul being sucked into Dragnipur opens the way for his Cavalry of the Dead, which consists of all those who have ever died, to swoop in and close with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day.
2. Characters.The Shadowhunter Chronicles Shadowhunters:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Post-mortem, Rupert's soul goes to a very distant afterlife, far enough that even his son Jesse, who is trapped in the in-between world after he succumbs to his first rune-marking ritual, never contacts him. Lucie still manages to bring his ghost into the mortal world to stop Tatiana's rampage in the London Institute.
3. WesternAnimation.Axe Cop:
   * Big Damn Heroes: Probably the only instance of [[Cavalry of the Dead zombies]] fulfilling this trope. Liborg pulls it off in the pilot, although it's more of a Gondor Calls for Aid situation.

Shoehorning because not undead (7)

1. Recap.Power Rangers Dino Charge Trick Or Trial:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The rangers' Halloween costumes in this episode include those of a matador, a female pirate, a samurai, a detective / Sherlock Holmes lookalike, a scarecrow, a vampire, and a female musketeer.
2. TheElderScrolls.Tropes C:
3. Animate Dead: Not undead.
   * The Bible: In the Book of Ezekiel, God commands His prophet Ezekiel to resurrect [[Cavalry of the Dead a whole army of skeletons]], which were the people of Israel, to reclaim their homes. Unlike any typical skeletal army, they were fully resurrected into living beings ^note and by modern day RPG Mechanics 'Verse, it's more closer to True Resurrection than to this trope. This was done, obviously, before video game necromancy was a thing.
4. Back from the Dead: Not undead.
   In Book of Ezekiel 37:1-3, Ezekiel is shown a vision of an [[Cavalry of the Dead army]] brought back to life with just their scattered bones for a starting point.
5. Dem Bones: Not undead.
   * The Bible had the story of Ezekiel and the [[Cavalry of the Dead Valley of the Dry Bones that came to life]] and inspired the Trope Namer "Dry Bones"/"Dem Bones" song. The trope-naming song is based on a Biblical incident involving Ezekiel, who was told by God to create an army of these things with a prophecy. The Bible is surprisingly metal, in places. The bones are immediately given flesh and souls during their resurrections, instead of being a literal skeleton army like those created by Ray Harryhausen.
6. Mass Resurrection: Not undead.
   In Book of Ezekiel, God commands Ezekiel to [[Cavalry of the Dead resurrect a whole army of skeletons into living beings]] in order to reclaim Israel.
7. Necromancer: Not undead.
   * In the Book of Ezekiel, God Himself commands Ezekiel to resurrect [[Cavalry of the Dead a whole army of skeletons]], which were the people of Israel, to reclaim their homes. Unlike any typical skeletal army, they were fully resurrected into living beings^note and by modern day RPG Mechanics 'Verse, it's True Resurrection, not Animate Dead, subverting the typical expectation of this trope.
8. Music.Sabaton: Not undead.
   * Cavalry of the Dead: "The Attack of the Dead Men" plays up the historical attack by Russians through Deadly Gas as if they really were fighting on in undeath to counter-attack the Germans.

Indexes (10)

1. Haunted Index
2. Military and Warfare Tropes
3. Tropes of the Living Dead
4. Undead Index
5. ImageSource.Tolkiens Legendarium
6. JustForFun.Trope Epitaph Renamed Tropes Number To L
7. QuoteSource.The Bible
8. As the Good Book Says...: Quote Source
9. Quotes.The Bible

Just mass Summon Magic of something. Only implied undead, and not a full on regimented army (5)

1. Characters.Saturday Mornin Mayhem:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In his Sailor History hyper attack, Popeye summons the spirits of his ancestors and a whale to attack his opponents while flying.
2. Literature.Island Of The Lizard King:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: If you found a magical horn, you can blow in it to summon dead warriors to your side.
3. Characters.Dota 2 Strength N To Z:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: He leads one in the Dead God's name, and can summon them into battle with Tombstone.
4. AdaptationalBadass.Anime And Manga:
   * Ryu in Street Fighter Alpha: Generations is able to summon the Cavalry of the Dead to fight with him, a power he most certainly doesn’t possess in the games.
5. Webcomic.I Log In Alone: What is a "soul"? It's presumably a ghost but who knows?
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Jung developed the power to summon an army of the souls of players that he collected.

Unsorted:

1. Revival Loophole: Just an undead army?
   * In The Wheel of Time, Mat blows the Horn of Valere, summoning the Cavalry of the Dead to deal with an immediate threat, then learns that he is bound to it and is the only valid hornsounder while he lives.
2. Supernatural Fear Inducer:
   The Cavalry of the Dead has the same effect because of the natural reaction to seeing a huge horde of nasty ghosts. In the book it's left ambiguous whether they can actually hurt people, but they don't need to because the fear is enough.
3. The Oath-Breaker:
   A prime example of what happens to those who are less careful can be found with the Cavalry of the Dead. Isildur cursed them when they swore to help him fight and then refused; three thousand years later, they break the curse by helping Aragorn — the Heir of Isildur — instead.
4. Yin-Yang Bomb:
   * Dragons in the Game of Thrones universe are supposedly embodiments of fire. The White [[Cavalry of the Dead Walkers]] are supposedly embodiments of ice. One would think that according to this logic, the Night King couldn't raise a dragon from the dead. Oh, how wrong you'd be...
5. Characters.Cuphead Allies And Enemies:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Ms. Chalice's Super Art 3 has her summon the spirits of the Calix Animi to lay waste to her opponents.
6. Characters.Cuphead Main Characters:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Her third Super Art, "Ghostly Barrage", calls in a barrage of souls that hits everything on the screen multiple times.
7. Characters.Cuphead Runaway Debtors:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The third phase has ghost mice backing the Katzenwagen.
8. Characters.Final Fantasy XI Marquisate Of Tavnazia:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: What he is trying to amass during the white mage story.
9. Characters.Magic The Gathering Factions:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Their mascots are Spirits, which are represented as long-dead souls inhabiting statues that represent them.
10. Characters.Monicas Gang End Of The World Super Saga:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: During the fight against the Guardians of the Threshold, the Widow revives all the bodies that drowned in the Sococó da Ema river and commands them to attack the Guardians.
11. Characters.Naruto Orochimaru:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: During the 4th Shinobi World War, aiding Sasuke's wish to end the war, he uses the Edo Tensei revived Hokages to assist the Shinobi Allied Forces against the overwhelming Ten-Tails.
12. Characters.Out Of The Abyss:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: If the players assist him, he can get one of these put together for the Battle of Blingdenstone. While not able to deal damage in the battle, they can fit the role of scouts/messengers quite well, given that walls pose no problem for them, and can distract the enemies during the battle.
13. Characters.Pathfinder Undead:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: A last guard must keep watch until their duties are fulfilled or they are swayed by a compelling call to war, departing to march to battle.
14. Characters.SCP Foundation Other:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: In the Tale "When We Came Home," the Brothers lead the host of the dead in battle against the Scarlet King while the Library burns around them. The brothers play a significant role in the Scarlet King's demise, and claim his body upon death.
15. Characters.Star Wars Dathomir:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The Nightsisters have a "Chant of Resurrection", which allows the user the raise their dead in the graveyard.
16. Characters.TFS At The Table Natural Oneders:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Pirates, but they still count, aiding the party against the glabrezu, and then offering their services against the Onrush, especially after learning the benevolent truth behind their Unfinished Business.
17. Characters.The Forges Of Dawn:
    * Big Damn Heroes: Arrives with her Cavalry of the Dead in time to save Moyo from the Pale ones.
18. Characters.Ushio And Tora Villains:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: His spirt joins his siblings saving them from the Kokuen during the final battle.
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Shows up alongside Nagare, Hyo and the manga-only Tokuno to help Ushio against Hakumen.
19. Characters.Warhammer 40000 Asuryani:
    * Worf Had the Flu: After the 5th Edition rulebook stated that the Imperium had given up on attacking Craftworlds directly, due to the horrific losses that typically result in such assaults, the 5th Edition Codex: Space Marines, released a few months later, stating that Craftworld Idharae was destroyed by a single Astartes Chapter seemed to be contradictory until a latter supplement stated that the Craftworld's warhosts had been severely depleted fighting against the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Naga, while another stated that the Invaders would still would have been defeated if it hadn't been for the last minute intervention of the [[Cavalry of the Dead Legion of the Damned]].
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Wraith constructs are artificial constructs carrying the spirits of dead Aeldari so that they can continue to fight in defence of the living. As the creation of these ghost warriors is considered an abomination, most Craftworlds only use them in the gravest of emergencies, most famously during Hive Fleet Kraken's invasion of Iyanden where the Craftworlders had suffered so many casualties that, by the time the Tyranids had been driven off, there were more Ghost Warriors walking the domes of the craftworld than living Aeldari.
20. Characters.Yu Gi Oh Duel Terminal:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Their key card is Rekindling, which brings back all of them at once for a turn, before they are banished.
21. ComicBook.Wrath Of The First Lantern:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The Indigo Lanterns channel the black ring energy in order to bring forth an Army from the Dead Zone composed of Volthoom's victims, with Hal Jordon at the head!
22. DyingMomentOfAwesome.Real Life:
    * The Attack of the Dead Men. An army of 7000 German soldiers attacked a Russian-controlled fortress with poison gas, killing most of the Russians as they didn't have gas masks. When the Germans charged the fortress, 100 dying Russians decided to take as many Germans down with them as they could and launched a countercharge. The Germans mistook the badly burned Russians for a Cavalry of the Dead
23. EvilIsPetty.Video Games:
    * In Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion, Spooky has a rather lofty goal: conquer the world with an Cavalry of the Dead culled from the mansion's many victims.
24. Fanfic.A Young Vampires Everyday Life:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Twelve legions of dead Romans, led by the recently deceased Lucius Cornelius Sulla, respond to the Gallic invasion led by Lepidus.
25. Fanfic.The Roboutian Heresy:
    * Cavalry of the Dead:
    ** In the final stages of the Siege of Terathalion, as Ragnar Blackmane attempts to invade the sanctum, Iskandar Khayon awakens the Rubric Marines, a long-held secret of the Thousand Sons, to unleash a brutal and devastating counter-attack against the invaders. Said army is currently still in action.
    ** The Dark Angels try for an evil version, by unleashing the Lord of Wraiths (an undead, brainwashed Ibram Gaunt) on Ciaphas Cain and his forces, which works...for about two minutes before Cain becomes a Living Saint and breaks their control, causing the entire Tanith First and Only to have a Heel–Face Turn and become another straight example.
26. Fridge.The Lord Of The Rings:
    * The scene where the Corsairs of Umbar (well, their ships anyway) arrive at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields shows the orcs showing an Oh, Crap! expression when Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas step off seems a bit comical at first, since they're essentially showing fear of three people (remember, they don't even know about the Cavalry of the Dead thing yet).
27. Literature.Dr Greta Helsing:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Invoked in the Paris Catacombs when the fight against the Big Bad Corvin and his vampire coven turns against the protagonists. Unfortunately for Corvin, the coven desecrated a lot of bodies to make their lair, and Greta's allies include two Psychopomps who offer the affronted spirits a chance to vent their displeasure.
28. Literature.Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: The "shades" of Voldemort's victims give Harry a vital few seconds during his escape.
29. Literature.His Dark Materials:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: When Will and Lyra emerge from the Land of the Dead, the spirits of various dead characters and other onetime warriors join the battle between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Republic of Heaven on the side of the Republic, countering the Spectres who had until then been consuming souls unchecked.
30. Literature.Masks Of Mayhem:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: If you slay the Kraken, the souls of the great warrior Galrin and his men will be released from their torment and swear to come to your aid if you find yourself in danger. Their help is essential to destroying Morgana's Golems.
31. Literature.Oddly Enough:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Brion, the protagonist of "With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm", leads one against enemy soldiers who've been sent to raid his kingdom. Unusually, the dead don't attack the living — they just point out what it'll be like to be dead, and the soldiers decide they'd rather go home and live as long as possible.
32. Literature.The Crippled God:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: At the climactic Battle of the Spire for the heart of the Crippled God, the tide turns when the dead Bridgeburners — now essentially the Gods of Death — ride into the battle.
33. Literature.The Dark Profit Saga:
    * Foe-Tossing Charge: Johan single-handedly carves a path through the Cavalry of the Dead to get to Detarr Ur'Mayan in the second book. Detarr notes how predictable Johan is.
    * Our Liches Are Different: After being slain by the great Hero Johan decades prior, the noctomancer/necromancer Detarr Ur'Mayan makes his return as an undead liche, using the Crown of Iron Thorns to raise and control a Cavalry of the Dead.
34. Manga.Saint Seiya:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: In "Hades Arc", Hades brings back to life fallen Gold Saints of Athena, granting them 12 hours to bring him her head. If they do so, he may bring them back to life for good. It turns out that they remained loyal to their Goddess nonetheless and only accepted Hades' deal to warn her about the upcoming Holy War and give her crucial intel, while killing some members of Hades' army in the process. Once the 12 hours delay expired, they disappeared to return to the Underworld (where they join again with the still living Gold Saints to fire a super Combined Energy Attack).
35. Morrowind.Tropes A To C:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: Practiced on a small scale by the Dunmer. Their religious beliefs include significant ancestor worship, believing that their ancestors stick around to watch over their living kin. They've summoned the bodies and spirits of their honored ancestors as guardians and protectors for ages. They consider this practice different from true necromancy, which they consider absolutely blasphemous, though outlanders will point out the hypocrisy.
36. Music.Exodus Bob Marley Album:
    * Cavalry of the Dead: "The Heathen":

    Rise oh fallen fighters/rise and take your stands again.
    * Cavalry of the Dead:
    ** The Dunmer practice significant ancestor worship in their religion, believing that their ancestors stick around to watch over their living kin. On a relatively smaller scale, they've summoned the bodies and spirits of their honored ancestors as guardians and protectors for ages. They consider this practice different from true necromancy, which they consider absolutely blasphemous. Then, during the Oblivion Crisis, they resurrected the massive skeleton of an Emperor Crab (large enough to hold an entire city district inside its shell) to fight back against the Daedric hordes.
    ** King Gortwog of Orsinium, home of the Orcs who (as the Orsimer or "Pariah Elves") who seem to be eternally Fighting for a Homeland, was said to be considering whether to hire necromancers to supplement Orsinium's forces with the dead against their many powerful enemies. No word on whether or not he went through with it, but Orsinium itself would fall during the Time Skip between Oblivion and Skyrim.
    ** In the series' backstory, Queen Potema of Solitude (known as " the Wolf Queen") caused one of the bloodiest wars to ever hit Tamriel in an attempt to get her son proclaimed as the rightful heir to the Imperial throne. After her armies and those of her allies were defeated, she held out in Solitude in a protracted siege which lasted 10 years. During that time, Potema, a powerful necromancer and practitioner of other Dark Arts, resurrected many dead bodies to bolster her dwindling forces.

Not clearly human:

1. Characters.Samurai Shodown Other:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Summons Yomotsu, a battleship from the land of the dead full of revenants - and Shiro Tokisada - , to complete his plans.

Other:

1. RenamedTropes.A To E
2. Army Of The Dead: Disambig
3. Laconic.Cavalry Of The Dead

Just mentioning as comparison

1. Backup from Otherworld:
   Compare Cavalry of the Dead, where this trope is applied to an entire fighting force.
2. Animate Dead
3. Ghost Invasion
4. Mass Resurrection

Unintentional undead army

1. Literature.Maresi:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In the climax to Red Mantle, the dead themselves come from the silverwood trees where they've been buried to stop the nádor's men from slaughtering their still living descendants.

Something else resurrects, and singular resurrectee

1. Literature.Bloodbones:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: If you defeat the Ghost Pirate Captain Velyarde, you can enlist his help to pursue Cinnabar's ship, the Virago.

No statement of undead-ness.

1. Literature.Corum:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Margrave's crew chase off Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
2. VideoGame.Shadow Of The Tomb Raider:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: They're not exactly undead (and it's unclear what they are, possibly merely strange humans with an unusual origin), but the Yaaxil serve this purpose in the finale, suddenly joining forces with Lara. Once they do, they defeat the remaining Trinity forces with relative ease.

Not warrior undead

1. Recap.Grimm S 6 E 13 The End:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The ghosts of Kelly Burkhardt and Marie Kessler return to help Nick and Trubel defeat the Zerstörer.
2. The Necrocracy:
   The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: In the backstory, the city of Solitude turned into one when the "Wolf Queen" Potema replaced her followers with [[Cavalry of the Dead undead minions]] after they deserted her.
3. Music.Ayreon:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: In "The Castle Hall", everyone that the Barbarian and the Knight had slain comes back from the dead to haunt them.
4. Literature.The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga:
   * Cavalry of the Dead:
   ** Blaine's younger brother Carr, who is captured by Pollard and commits suicide by cutting his wrists, turns out at the beginning of book four to be protecting his brother from the malevolent spirits of his father and the warden of Velant. His shade appears in the real world during the final battle and shields Blaine and Kestel from hostile magic.

Just using small numbers / individual undead against enemies.

• Anime.Kemurikusa:
  * Cavalry of the Dead: Episode 12 has the dead sisters, Riku, Ryoku and Ryou returning one last time for the final battle. They vanish soon after, not without saying their goodbyes.

1. StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonOneToSeasonSix.Tropes A To F
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Nightsisters are able to revive the corpses of their fallen to battle on their behalf. Though effective against the Separatist droids, Grievous treats them like only a nuisance.
2. VideoGame.Heidelberg 1693:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: The Moon King can summon a ghost knight pulling behind a horse-drawn carriage. Which can One-Hit Kill you.

Unclear resurrection as undead or full regular body.

1. Literature.Commonweal:
   * Cavalry of the Dead: Literally: everyone who dies latched to a Standard of the Line will be necromantically preserved and still active within the Standard. Chloris and the other students are told that they'll eventually learn how to raise skeletons.

Non-temporary resurrection?

1. Animate Dead:
   * An Army of the Dead: Sorcerer-Captain Emorc resurrects a whole army. Interestingly enough, that army is the heroes of the story.

Just mentions:

• Pantheon.Toxicity:
  * Portfolio: Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever, Cavalry of the Dead

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