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* FamousAncestor: A bit of a DramaticIrony one, Booth is revealed in ''The Tree of Azathoth'' to be a relative of John Wilkes Booth (despite being Black). However, he's a relative of him through his brother, Edwin Booth, who famously rescued Lincoln's son from death so he is not a VillainousLegacy.
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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Jessica tried to invoke this on John, knowing his crush on her.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Jessica is one of the many killed by John when he destroys New Innsmouth and the Dagonite army invading it. He essentially blocks out his responsibility to keep his sanity.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Jessica is one of the many killed by John when he destroys New Innsmouth and the Dagonite army invading it. He essentially blocks out his responsibility to keep his sanity.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Joseph Curwen was a CompleteMonster and never showed any redeeming qualities in ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard'' while Alan Ward is a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Joseph Curwen was a CompleteMonster pure evil and never showed any redeeming qualities in ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard'' while Alan Ward is a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]
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* TheExile: Alan Ward was exiled from New Arkham for his various atrocities and unnatural practices.
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* MadScientist: It comes with being a Lovecraft character, he's as much scientist as sorcerer.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Alan Ward's atrocities and experiments are all motivated by his twisted desire to preserve the human race at all costs.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: A very DownplayedTrope version. Cthulhu destroyed the Earth, yes, but wasn't necessarily even aware of humanity when destroying it. He certainly didn't pay any attention to the ReligionOfEvil CargoCult types who worshiped him. He also helps destroy the Unimaginable Horror for a second time.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Alan Ward is the man who arranged for the ritual that conceived John.]]
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!! Other Gods
[[folder: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
[[folder: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
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The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is
A powerful New Arkham wizard banished to the
* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Joseph Curwen was a CompleteMonster and never showed any redeeming qualities in ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard'' while Alan Ward is a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]
* {{Antihero}}: According to WordOfGod, Alan Ward's actions all follow a pattern to help humanity survive. They're just horrific to conventional morality. They might not be wrong, though.
* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Alan Ward has the skeleton of the Deep One God, Dagon, in his home base.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Other Gods
[[folder: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
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* {{Antihero}}: According to WordOfGod, Alan Ward's actions all follow a pattern to help humanity survive. They're just horrific to conventional morality. They might not be wrong, though.
* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Alan Ward has the skeleton of the Deep One God, Dagon, in his home base.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Other Gods
[[folder: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
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A powerful New Arkham wizard banished to the Wastelands.
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder:Alan Ward]]
A powerful New Arkham wizard banished toCthulhu]]
The most famous of theWastelands.Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* {{Antihero}}: According to WordOfGod, Alan Ward's actions all follow a pattern to help humanity survive. They're just horrific to conventional morality. They might not be wrong, though.
* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* {{Antihero}}: According to WordOfGod, Alan Ward's actions all follow a pattern to help humanity survive. They're just horrific to conventional morality. They might not be wrong, though.
* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Cthulhu Armageddon'' and architect of a lot of the problems in the setting.
* BlackMagic: His power comes from human sacrifice, worship of the Old Ones, and human experimentation.
* BodyHorror: Alan Ward has been slowly morphing into something ''else'' that covered his chest with mouths as well as alien tongues.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: As his name, Ward, indicates, he's actually Joseph Curwen in disguise. Again.]]
* EvilOverlord: Alan Ward rules a small kingdom from the Black Cathedral and raids nearby settlements.
* EvilSorcerer: Alan Ward is one of the most powerful sorcerers alive, at least among humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alan kills all of the children he kidnapped so he can send their spirits to live in the Dreamlands.]]
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!! Great Old Ones
[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: John despite being a cold hardened soldier from a Wasteland military dictatorship is prone to long and ridiculous uses of speech.
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* TheStoic: John attempts to keep his emotions in check in the face of the existentialist nightmare of the Post-Rising world. Notably, the narration reveals this is just an act [[NotSoStoic and he's frequently terrified.]]
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* {{Archenemy}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
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* {{Archenemy}: {{Archenemy}}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
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* {{Archenemy}}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
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* {{Archenemy}}: {{Archenemy}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
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* ElementalEmbodiments: The Unimaginable Horror exists as energy in every single drop of water on Earth..
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* GodzillaThreshhold: The Unimaginable Horror being freed warrants the protagonists summoning Cthulhu.
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[[folder: The Unimaginable Horror]]
The Great Old One that has yet to be freed from its prison. It is an enormous energy cloud that has been merged with Earth's oceans and later the Tower of Zhaal.
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* {{Archenemy}}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
* CompleteImmortality: The Unimaginable Horror cannot be killed like all Great Old Ones.
* ElementalEmbodiments: The Unimaginable Horror exists as energy in every single drop of water on Earth..
* EvilVersusEvil: The Unimaginable Horror is the longstanding enemy of Cthulhu.
* GodzillaThreshhold: The Unimaginable Horror being freed warrants the protagonists summoning Cthulhu.
* MonsterProgenitor: The Unimaginable Horror is a gigantic version of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace.'' Apparently, they're an entire race of energy vampires that it is the father of.
* PhysicalGod: The Unimaginable Horror is a Great Old One and thus qualifies as one of these.
* PowerNullifier: Its presence in the Earth's oceans is why Cthulhu's dreams haven't had a far greater effect on the world.
* RealityWarper: The Unimaginable Horror transforms large portions of the Great Barrier Desert into ocean in its brief freedom from the Tower of Zhaal.
* SealedEvilInACan:
** Cthulhu initially imprisoned the Unimaginable Horror in Earth's oceans.
** The Yith, specifically one of their ranks named Zhaal, imprisoned it in the Tower of Zhaal.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: ''The Unimaginable Horror'' is also the name of a book that contains its history as well as secrets.
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The Great Old One that has yet to be freed from its prison. It is an enormous energy cloud that has been merged with Earth's oceans and later the Tower of Zhaal.
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* {{Archenemy}}: The Unimaginable Horror has long been an enemy of Cthulhu. While initially imprisoned by Cthulhu in the Earth's oceans, The Unimaginable Horror proceeded to block out Cthulhu's psychic powers as well as keep it imprisoned until the stars were right.
* CompleteImmortality: The Unimaginable Horror cannot be killed like all Great Old Ones.
* ElementalEmbodiments: The Unimaginable Horror exists as energy in every single drop of water on Earth..
* EvilVersusEvil: The Unimaginable Horror is the longstanding enemy of Cthulhu.
* GodzillaThreshhold: The Unimaginable Horror being freed warrants the protagonists summoning Cthulhu.
* MonsterProgenitor: The Unimaginable Horror is a gigantic version of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace.'' Apparently, they're an entire race of energy vampires that it is the father of.
* PhysicalGod: The Unimaginable Horror is a Great Old One and thus qualifies as one of these.
* PowerNullifier: Its presence in the Earth's oceans is why Cthulhu's dreams haven't had a far greater effect on the world.
* RealityWarper: The Unimaginable Horror transforms large portions of the Great Barrier Desert into ocean in its brief freedom from the Tower of Zhaal.
* SealedEvilInACan:
** Cthulhu initially imprisoned the Unimaginable Horror in Earth's oceans.
** The Yith, specifically one of their ranks named Zhaal, imprisoned it in the Tower of Zhaal.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: ''The Unimaginable Horror'' is also the name of a book that contains its history as well as secrets.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Nyarlathotep very much enjoys giving people what they want, knowing it's what they least are capable of dealing with.
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* JackassGenie: Nyarlathotep often answers prayers and wishes from his followers in hopes of seeing them destroyed by exactly what they asked for.
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* TalksLikeASimile: Due to the indescribable nature of much of what John is surrounded by, he often makes comparisons and metaphors to comprehend it all.
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* GodzillaThreshhold: Mercury and John end up summoning Cthulhu to deal with the Unspeakable Horror.
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* SealedEvilInACanon: Averted. Cthulhu has already arisen and destroyed the majority of Earth by his very presence.
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* SealedEvilInACanon: ReligionOfEvil: Cthulhu's worshipers are considered insane murderous slavers even by the morally ambiguous survivors of the Wasteland.
* SealedEvilInACan: Averted. Cthulhu has already arisen and destroyed the majority of Earth by his very presence.
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[[folder: Cthulhu]]
The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* BadassFamily: Cthulhu is accompanied by multiple other members of his race in ''The Tower of Zhaal.'' [[spoiler: All of them help kick the Unspeakable Horror's ass.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: John believes it is completely alien and inscrutable so that ascribing it any morality is completely pointless. It is like a hurricane or earthquake.
* CompleteImmortality: Nyarlathotep says that Cthulhu and all other Great Old Ones are impossible to kill, period.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: The original squamus horror in all of his squid-dragon glory.
* DraconicAbomination: Is repeatedly compared to a dragon as well as a squid.
* TheDreaded: The statues of Cthulhu are treated as greatly ominous and he terrifies even the jaded half-insane survivors of Earth.
* EvilIsBigger: Cthulhu is over a mile tall in his manifestation on Earth.
* EvilVersusEvil: His conflict with the Unspeakable Horror can be framed as this.
* ExtraEyes: He has six eyes in circles of three, just like the original.
* GodzillaThreshhold: Mercury and John end up summoning Cthulhu to deal with the Unspeakable Horror.
* MonsterProgenitor: Nyarlathotep says that Cthulhu is the first being he elevated to Great Old One status.
* PhysicalGod: Great Old Ones are a specific class of being elevated to godhood by Nyarlathotep.
* RealityWarper: Is capable of changing reality around himself at will, just by thinking it.
* SealedEvilInACanon: Averted. Cthulhu has already arisen and destroyed the majority of Earth by his very presence.
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The most famous of the Great Old Ones. He has awakened and destroyed the majority of humanity, wandering around the galaxy at will.
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* BadassFamily: Cthulhu is accompanied by multiple other members of his race in ''The Tower of Zhaal.'' [[spoiler: All of them help kick the Unspeakable Horror's ass.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: John believes it is completely alien and inscrutable so that ascribing it any morality is completely pointless. It is like a hurricane or earthquake.
* CompleteImmortality: Nyarlathotep says that Cthulhu and all other Great Old Ones are impossible to kill, period.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: The original squamus horror in all of his squid-dragon glory.
* DraconicAbomination: Is repeatedly compared to a dragon as well as a squid.
* TheDreaded: The statues of Cthulhu are treated as greatly ominous and he terrifies even the jaded half-insane survivors of Earth.
* EvilIsBigger: Cthulhu is over a mile tall in his manifestation on Earth.
* EvilVersusEvil: His conflict with the Unspeakable Horror can be framed as this.
* ExtraEyes: He has six eyes in circles of three, just like the original.
* GodzillaThreshhold: Mercury and John end up summoning Cthulhu to deal with the Unspeakable Horror.
* MonsterProgenitor: Nyarlathotep says that Cthulhu is the first being he elevated to Great Old One status.
* PhysicalGod: Great Old Ones are a specific class of being elevated to godhood by Nyarlathotep.
* RealityWarper: Is capable of changing reality around himself at will, just by thinking it.
* SealedEvilInACanon: Averted. Cthulhu has already arisen and destroyed the majority of Earth by his very presence.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Nyarlathotep claims that he is actually responsible for the creation of the Great Old Ones and each of them is actually the result of him ascending a member of their race to godhood. This is a reference to ''Literature/TheSilverKey.''
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Nyarlathotep claims that he is actually responsible for the creation of the Great Old Ones and each of them is actually the result of him ascending a member of their race to godhood. This is a reference to ''Literature/TheSilverKey.''The Silver Key.''
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* DealWithTheDevil: John made one of these but he's not sure what he actually promised Nyarlathotep or what the latter could possibly want. [[spoiler: It's actually the ancient Katro'vaal, R’thugh’cruan, who made the deal and John is his reincarnation.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: John is the reborn R’thugh’cruan from the {{Retgone}} Kastro'vaal race.]]
* RomancingTheWidow: Most of Gamma Squad seems interested in this possibility but she shows no interest. [[spoiler: At least until ''The Tower of Zhaal.'']]
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!! Other Gods
[[spoiler: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
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* BlasphemousBoast: Nyarlathotep actually claims that all gods worshiped everywhere are just worshiping one of his avatars and when someone is worshiping something nonexistent, he's likely to create a new one.
* CharacterFilibuster: Nyarlathotep will often go into these, talking about the true nature of the universe and how it is all about elevating those mortals capable of transcending it into Greater Old Ones. Mostly because he decided to do it that way.
* DealWithTheDevil: He loves making these with a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor caveat. [[spoiler: His deal with R’thugh’cruan to save his species is one example as he proceeds to have the man reincarnated as a human.]]
* EldritchAbomination: One of the "true" gods, he is a terrifying inscrutable monster that is close enough to humanity to understand it.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Nyarlathotep chooses to appear as the various races he consults but {{Subverted}} that he often appears as aliens just to mess with the species he deals with.
* HumanoidAbomination: He is capable of assuming humanoid forms as he desires with the Black Soldier being one with John.
* ItAmusedMe: Nyarlathotep says this is his primary motivation and John compares it to a child pulling the wings off flies.
* JerkassGods: John states that the other gods have an excuse of being alien and inscrutable. Nyarlathotep is just an asshole.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Nyarlathotep claims that he is actually responsible for the creation of the Great Old Ones and each of them is actually the result of him ascending a member of their race to godhood. This is a reference to ''Literature/TheSilverKey.''
* MotiveRant: Suggests that his ultimate purpose is to provide beings across the universe with someone to blame for their problems.
* TheOmnipotent: Nyarlathotep is effectively all-powerful and can do anything he desires from rewriting the universe at will to altering time. He is limited only by either his avatar, his own boredom at cheating, and the power of the other Outer Gods (one of whom is mindless).
* PalsWithJesus: Nyarlathotep has taken an unhealthy interest in John and decided to play with him in ways that are sometimes helpful but usually not.
* PhysicalGod: He can appear as such at will but is omnipresent as well.
* RealityWarper: Nyarlathotep is capable of altering or recreating matter at will.
* RedBaron: All of his names are actually ones given to him by mortals, including Nyarlathotep.
* TheTrickster: Nyarlathotep actually feels like his pranks should have some meaning to them and be capable of teaching lessons, though what 'wisdom' he imparts is questionable.
* UnreliableNarrator: Nyarlathotep freely admits his avatars are affected by the perceptions of his mortal associates so anything they say is usually what they ''want'' to hear.
* {{Troll}}: A lot of his existence is defined just by screwing with individuals across space and reality.
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!! Great Old Ones
[[spoiler: Nyarlathotep]]
The Crawling Chaos. The Black Soldier. The God with 1000 Faces. He is the messenger of the Outer Gods.
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* BlasphemousBoast: Nyarlathotep actually claims that all gods worshiped everywhere are just worshiping one of his avatars and when someone is worshiping something nonexistent, he's likely to create a new one.
* CharacterFilibuster: Nyarlathotep will often go into these, talking about the true nature of the universe and how it is all about elevating those mortals capable of transcending it into Greater Old Ones. Mostly because he decided to do it that way.
* DealWithTheDevil: He loves making these with a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor caveat. [[spoiler: His deal with R’thugh’cruan to save his species is one example as he proceeds to have the man reincarnated as a human.]]
* EldritchAbomination: One of the "true" gods, he is a terrifying inscrutable monster that is close enough to humanity to understand it.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Nyarlathotep chooses to appear as the various races he consults but {{Subverted}} that he often appears as aliens just to mess with the species he deals with.
* HumanoidAbomination: He is capable of assuming humanoid forms as he desires with the Black Soldier being one with John.
* ItAmusedMe: Nyarlathotep says this is his primary motivation and John compares it to a child pulling the wings off flies.
* JerkassGods: John states that the other gods have an excuse of being alien and inscrutable. Nyarlathotep is just an asshole.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Nyarlathotep claims that he is actually responsible for the creation of the Great Old Ones and each of them is actually the result of him ascending a member of their race to godhood. This is a reference to ''Literature/TheSilverKey.''
* MotiveRant: Suggests that his ultimate purpose is to provide beings across the universe with someone to blame for their problems.
* TheOmnipotent: Nyarlathotep is effectively all-powerful and can do anything he desires from rewriting the universe at will to altering time. He is limited only by either his avatar, his own boredom at cheating, and the power of the other Outer Gods (one of whom is mindless).
* PalsWithJesus: Nyarlathotep has taken an unhealthy interest in John and decided to play with him in ways that are sometimes helpful but usually not.
* PhysicalGod: He can appear as such at will but is omnipresent as well.
* RealityWarper: Nyarlathotep is capable of altering or recreating matter at will.
* RedBaron: All of his names are actually ones given to him by mortals, including Nyarlathotep.
* TheTrickster: Nyarlathotep actually feels like his pranks should have some meaning to them and be capable of teaching lessons, though what 'wisdom' he imparts is questionable.
* UnreliableNarrator: Nyarlathotep freely admits his avatars are affected by the perceptions of his mortal associates so anything they say is usually what they ''want'' to hear.
* {{Troll}}: A lot of his existence is defined just by screwing with individuals across space and reality.
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!! Great Old Ones
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[[folder: Jessica O'Reilly]]
An Arkham Ranger and member of John's squad that he considers his closest friend.
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* ActionGirl: She's an Arkham Ranger and John's near-equal in ass-kicking ability.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Jessica feels this way after her failed attempt to save John from becoming a monster.]]
* CrusadingWidow: Jessica lost her husband and two sons to the Color when it attacked. John doesn't know how she manages to keep on afterward.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Jessica tried to invoke this on John, knowing his crush on her.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Jessica is one of the many killed by John when he destroys New Innsmouth and the Dagonite army invading it. He essentially blocks out his responsibility to keep his sanity.]]
* TheLadette: Is a drinking, smoking, cursing ActionGirl that intimidates most others in her squad.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Attempts to do this to John when he's transforming into a monster. John doesn't appreciate it, or the method she chooses to strike.]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: John is a lot more emotionally intimate with Jessica than he is with his wife or even Mercury after their RelationshipUpgrade. [[spoiler: It is destroyed by her attempt to kill him.]]
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An Arkham Ranger and member of John's squad that he considers his closest friend.
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* ActionGirl: She's an Arkham Ranger and John's near-equal in ass-kicking ability.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Jessica feels this way after her failed attempt to save John from becoming a monster.]]
* CrusadingWidow: Jessica lost her husband and two sons to the Color when it attacked. John doesn't know how she manages to keep on afterward.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Jessica tried to invoke this on John, knowing his crush on her.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Jessica is one of the many killed by John when he destroys New Innsmouth and the Dagonite army invading it. He essentially blocks out his responsibility to keep his sanity.]]
* TheLadette: Is a drinking, smoking, cursing ActionGirl that intimidates most others in her squad.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Attempts to do this to John when he's transforming into a monster. John doesn't appreciate it, or the method she chooses to strike.]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: John is a lot more emotionally intimate with Jessica than he is with his wife or even Mercury after their RelationshipUpgrade. [[spoiler: It is destroyed by her attempt to kill him.]]
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* TrueCompanions: Gamma Squadron, though with elements of VitrolicBestBuds.
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* TrueCompanions: Gamma Squadron, though with elements of VitrolicBestBuds.VitriolicBestBuds.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: “Under an alien sky where gods of eldritch matter rule, the only truth is revenge.” - is the tagline. The first book is all about John seeking revenge against Alan Ward for killing his squad.
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* BodyHorror: John is slowly becoming a monster and all his attempts to arrest the process fail miserably. [[spoiler: In the end, he embraces his nonhuman status and becomes a mixture of himself and a long-dead alien.]]
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* BadPowersGoodPeople: John develops quite a few abilities, including the power to become a monster, over the course of his journey.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Despite being a interrogator for New Arkham, her knowledge of the Wasteland is almost nonexistent. At least at first.
* TookALevelInBadass: Mercury has gone from a helpless NaiveEverygirl TortureTechnician ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it makes sense in context]]) to a badass BlackMagicianGirl.
* TookALevelInBadass: Mercury has gone from a helpless NaiveEverygirl TortureTechnician ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it makes sense in context]]) to a badass BlackMagicianGirl.
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* MalignedMixedCouple: Mercury and John develop this for both a combination of racism and hatred of monsters.
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* MalignedMixedCouple: HookerWithAHeartofGold: Mercury becomes one after the second book, managing a brothel as a madame while also being the town dentist.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Mercury and John develop this for both a combination of racism and hatred of monsters.
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* FantasticRacism: Comes with the setting but is a DownplayedTrope as she gets to know more monstrous beings.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Mercury averts this. [[spoiler: Though has questions as she did it out of fear her child with John would be a monster.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Mercury averts this. [[spoiler: Though has questions as she did it out of fear her child with John would be a monster.]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** Is John a ShellShockedVeteran who is suffering an existential crisis from living in the last days of humanity or is he a self-absorbed asshole who is barely any better than the monsters he fights? Both?
** Is Mercury a victim of circumstance forced into a job she hates or a monster who is a KarmaHoudini that escaped the consequences of her actions by fleeing New Arkham?
* EscapistCharacter: John is a superpowered post-apocalyptic cowboy that seems to have no end of beautiful capable women attracted to him.
* GeniusBonus: The Rangers are often interchangeably referred to a squad and squadron. This makes no sense until you remember they're a military force descended from soldiers living on an Air Force Base.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Literature/TheTowerOfZhaal'' is considered to be a better novel than the original by a significant amount.
** Is John a ShellShockedVeteran who is suffering an existential crisis from living in the last days of humanity or is he a self-absorbed asshole who is barely any better than the monsters he fights? Both?
** Is Mercury a victim of circumstance forced into a job she hates or a monster who is a KarmaHoudini that escaped the consequences of her actions by fleeing New Arkham?
* EscapistCharacter: John is a superpowered post-apocalyptic cowboy that seems to have no end of beautiful capable women attracted to him.
* GeniusBonus: The Rangers are often interchangeably referred to a squad and squadron. This makes no sense until you remember they're a military force descended from soldiers living on an Air Force Base.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Literature/TheTowerOfZhaal'' is considered to be a better novel than the original by a significant amount.
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[[folder: John Henry Booth]]
A former New Arkham Ranger on a
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* BerserkButton: John has this reaction to slavers and considers that anyone keeping a slave or dealing with them worthy for killing. This also applies to those who hurt children as someone who does so is
* TheExile: He is sentenced to the
* TheGunslinger: John Henry Booth is
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* HalfHumanHybrid: John is actually the child of [[spoiler: a Kastro'vaal or Eyes of Yog-Sothoth.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: He is revealed to be one of these in ''The Tower of Zhaal.'']]
* PalsWithJesus: A peculiar example given Lovecraft's CosmicHorrorStory universe but actually something with precedent in HPL's works. John has a weird relationship with Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos and Other God. Nyarlathotep seems to find him slightly more interesting than other mortals and has placed his "mark" on him.
* SoleSurvivor: He is the sole survivor of Gamma Squadron when Alan Ward slaughters them.
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[[folder: Mercury Takahashi]]
A former torturer for New Arkham who flees with John.
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* TheAtoner: Mercury wishes to become this but doesn't quite realize how difficult it's going to be in the Wasteland.
* BlackMagicGirl: Learns sorcery from the books recovered from the Black Cathedral.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Everyone from New Arkham considers her a
* TortureTechnician: This was her job at New Arkham despite being a trained doctor. Mercury was forced into
* EscapistCharacter: John is a superpowered post-apocalyptic cowboy that seems to have no end of beautiful capable women attracted to him.
* GeniusBonus: The Rangers are often interchangeably referred to a squad and squadron. This makes no sense until you remember they're a military force descended from soldiers living on an Air Force Base.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Literature/TheTowerOfZhaal'' is considered to be a better novel than the original by a significant amount.
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** Is John a ShellShockedVeteran who is suffering an existential crisis from living in the last days of humanity or is he a self-absorbed asshole who is barely any better than the monsters he fights? Both?
** Is Mercury a victim of circumstance forced into a job she hates or a monster who is a KarmaHoudini that escaped the consequences of her actions by fleeing New Arkham?
* EscapistCharacter: John is a superpowered post-apocalyptic cowboy that seems to have no end of beautiful capable women attracted to him.
* GeniusBonus: The Rangers are often interchangeably referred to a squad and squadron. This makes no sense until you remember they're a military force descended from soldiers living on an Air Force Base.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Literature/TheTowerOfZhaal'' is considered to be a better novel than the original by a significant amount.
** Is John a ShellShockedVeteran who is suffering an existential crisis from living in the last days of humanity or is he a self-absorbed asshole who is barely any better than the monsters he fights? Both?
** Is Mercury a victim of circumstance forced into a job she hates or a monster who is a KarmaHoudini that escaped the consequences of her actions by fleeing New Arkham?
* EscapistCharacter: John is a superpowered post-apocalyptic cowboy that seems to have no end of beautiful capable women attracted to him.
* GeniusBonus: The Rangers are often interchangeably referred to a squad and squadron. This makes no sense until you remember they're a military force descended from soldiers living on an Air Force Base.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Literature/TheTowerOfZhaal'' is considered to be a better novel than the original by a significant amount.
