History Literature / TheArchivesOfAnthropos

** Mad is able to revive Aguilla after she is killed by Nicholas Slapfoot.

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* InsistentTerminology: Mab insists on being referred to as a seer or a prophet, rather than magician, sorcerer, or wizard. Its implied he does this to distinguish himself from the other magic user who went rogue.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Lord Lunacy's dragon form is beaten off-screen in ''The Sword Bearer'' and is seen crawling away wounded by John.

* BackFromTheDead: Like his inspiration, Gaal after being slain

* AbusiveParents: Eleanor [=McFarland=]'s father, who chases her out into the night brandishing a knife in one of his drunken rages and is implied to frequently abuse her. It's mentioned her mother often sends her to stay at the neighbors and was going to send her to stay with her aunt in Winnipeg.

* CallBack: Or CallForward depending on the order its read. ''Gaal the Conqueror'' has John, Eleanor, and Ponty traversing the same tunnels that Lisa will use to escape from Bamah, with the obstacles she faced in reverse.

* CoolSword: Imrah, the Sword of Geburah, which is wielded by John, Wesley, and Kurt.

** The Greek Pan also shows up in ''Gaal the Conqueror'' also referred to by his Roman name Faunus. He's shown as wild and is banished when John removes Eleanor's enchanted jewelry causing a shout of ''Pan is Dead''.

** Gaal for Aslan as the Jesus analogue who sacrifices himself.
** For a non-Narnia case, the Qadar as shadow beings on winged monsters who spread terror and serve a Dark Lord are inspired by the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Nazgûl]]. The prequel add to this with the reveal they were once men.

* MeaningfulName: Several befitting the author's scholarly background.

** Nicholas Slapfoot is referred to as Old Nick another name for the Devil.

* ScaledUp: Mirmiah transforms into a dragon after her overthrow.

** The death of Kardia, is one to Literature/{{Beowulf}}, where an elderly king is mortally wounded by a dragon which is then slain by his younger companion.

* [[TokenHeroicOrc Token Heroic Dragon]]: Pontificator is the sole heroic dragon we meet.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Rabbie [=McFarland=] is acknowledged as this in-universe, with Ian noting that Rabbie used to be a good man in their army day compared to the drunken AbusiveParent he is in the present.

* TheUsurper: Hocohino, imprisoned Kardia and took over his kingdom.

* CrossoverCosmology: The Greek god Poseidon shows up in the second book. However it's shown he's actually a puppet controlled by little goblins.

* InsistentTerminology: Mab insists on being referred to as a seer or a prophet, rather than magician, sorcerer, or wizard.

* AffectionateNickname: Lisa calls Princess Sunadeis, Sun.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Mab the Seer is really John Wilson's father Ian McNab

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: The Matmon, a stocky people who are master smiths and great warriors who delight in mining and treasures. There is a clan who are renowned as great sailors, something unusual for dwarves.

* TheDragon: Archimago serves as this for Mirmiah.

** Uncle John for Diggory Kirke as the hero of the prequels and the guardian the children are living with.

** For a non-Narnia case, the Qadar as shadow beings on winged monsters who spread terror and serve a Dark Lord are inspired by the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Nazgûl]]

** Lord Lunacy disquises himself as a giant uncannily beautiful man but is really a red dragon.

* FreudianExcuse: A lot of Mary's issues can be chalked up to her mother who alternated between being affectionate and neglectful.

* LaResistance: Against Hocohino's regime led by Chochma and Kardia.

* MeaningfulRename: The Matmon Goldson is re-branded as Goldcoffin after he kills Rathson.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Goldcoffin.

* OrphansPlotTrinket: John's locket, a gift from his missing father.

* ''The Iron Sceptre'' (1981)

* BigBad: Hocohino for the first book, Mimiah for the second, Shagah for the fourth, Lord Lunacy for the fifth
* BigGood: Gael the Shepard, the local Jesus analogue.

* BlueIsHeroic: Blue light is associated with manifestations of Gael.
* CoolSword: Imrah, the Sword of Geburah, which is wielded by Wesley, Kurt, and John.

** Uncle John for Diggory Kirke as the hero of the prequels.

** Gael for Aslan as the Jesus analogue who sacrifices himself.

** Theophilus means lover of God in Greek and the individual to whom the ''Literature/GospelOfLuke'' and the ''Literature/ActsOfTheApostles'' are addressed.

* MysticalCave: The Cave of Gael which exists outside of time and space, causing those who enter it to see the past and future.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Goldcoffin.

* ScaledUp: Mirmiah transforms into a dragon after her overthrow

** King Kardia for Caspian X as a king fighting against a usurper in the first book and as an old man looking for his lost son who's been kidnapped by a witch in the second who dies and arrives in the afterlife rejuvenated.

* AnachronicOrder: Like his inspiration, White wrote the first two books ''The Tower of Geburah'' and ''The Iron Sceptre'', went back and wrote the two prequels ''The Sword Bearer'' and ''Gaal the Conqueror'' set in the distant past of Anthropos than continued the present story in the last two books.

** Gael is a Hebrew name meaning emancipator or redeemer.

* {{Prequel}}: ''The Sword Bearer'' and ''Gaal the Conqueror'' explain several elements presented in the first two novel, such as the story behind the Tower of Geburah and the origins of Anthropos.

* TheDragon: Archimago serves as this for Mimiah.

** Lisa for Lucy Pevensie as the youngest of her siblings and Jill Pole in her personality.

* NamesToRunAwayFastFrom

* BigBad: Hochino for the first book, Mimiah for the second, Shagah for the fourth, Lord Lanacy for the fifth

* CoolSword: The Sword of Geburah, which is wielded by Wesley and John in the prequel books.

* EvilSorceror: More than a few show up including Hochino, Shagah and Archimago.

** King Kardia for Titian in the first book as the rightful king overthrown and Caspian X in the second as an old man looking for his lost son who's been kidnapped by a witch

** Inkleth derives from Trumpkin as the children's cynical dwarf companion.

* {{Glamour}}: Mimiah uses one to disguise her true shape as an ugly old hag.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Blue is associated with good, Red with evil.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The Lord of Deepest Darkness, the power Shagah and Hochino serve.
* LaResistance: Against Hochino's regime led by Chochma and Kardia.

* NobleWolf: White Fang and his brothers who aid in the fight against Hochino.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: The Mattom, a stocky people who are master smiths and great warriors. There is a clan who are renowned as great sailors, something unusual for dwarves.

* TheUsurper: Hochino, imprisoned Kardia and took over his kingdom.
* UnholyGround: The evil city of Bamah, a place of human sacrifice to the powers of Evil. It's ultimately pulled down and drowned under a lake.

* AnachronicOrder: Like his inspiration, White wrote the first two books ''The Tower of Geburah'' and ''The Iron Sceptre'', went back and wrote the two prequels ''The Sword Bearer'' and ''Gaal the Conqueror'' than continued the present story in the last two books but .

* AnachronicOrder: Like his inspiration, White wrote the first two books ''The Tower of Geburah'' and ''The Iron Sceptre'', went back and wrote the two prequels ''The Sword Bearer'' and ''Gaal the Conqueror'' than continued the present story in the last two books.
* BigBad: Hochino for the first book, Mimiah for the second, Shagah for the fourth.

* LaResistance: The

** Uncle John for Diggory Kirke.

** Gael for Aslan as Jesus analogue who sacrifices himself.
* FantasyWorldMap: Each book features one of Anthropos.

* MeaningfulName: The word Anthropos is Greek for human.

* SealedEvilInACan: Shagah was sealed in the Tower of Geburah until Kurt set him loose.

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* AnachronicOrder: Like his inspiration, White wrote the first two books, went back and wrote the two prequels than continued the present story in the last two.

** King Kardia for Titian in the first book as the rightful king overthrown and Caspian in the second as an old man looking for his lost son kidnapped by a witch

** Wesley for Peter Pevensie as the responsible eldest sibling

** Mary for Eustace as the obnoxious cousin who goes through CharacterDevelopment and becomes nicer.

** Gael for Aslan as Jesus analogue who sacrifices himself.

''The Archives of Anthropos'' is a Christian fantasy series for children written by the British-Canadian author John White. White was very much inspired by Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' as seen by the number of {{Expy}}s and ShoutOuts he includes in his books, but brings enough new ideas to make them stand on their own.

The novels follow Wesley, Kurt and Lisa, their uncle John, and their cousin Mary on their adventures into