History Literature / TheReturnOfMephistophelesWorldWarIII

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The Stone Cutters chose that name to commemorate their success in besieging the seemingly indestructible fortress of the [[LizardFolk Naga]] emperor Takshaka.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: How the story begins.

* {{Knighting}}: Zasedis and Sastiana do this to Demetrios in the ending.

* {{Mordor}}: Ira's evil aura is turning the Kalahari Desert into this.
* NewOldFlame: Demetrios and Lily are this to each other.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Mephistopheles does this to Demetrios a lot during their final battle.

* RealityIsOutToLunch: Animus's lair.
* RevengeOfTheSequel

** The Stone Cutters' white elephants.

* ThatsNoMoon: See "Weird Moon" below.

** This trope might explain why even though Jenna is a werehyena, she turns into the unrelated ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenodon Hyaenodon]]'' instead of a regular hyena. Of course, [[JustifiedTrope she's also an assassin]], so she needs a powerful form to do the job.

* UnrealisticBlackHole: One of these serves as the entrance to Animus's throne room/meditation chamber. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Animus can [[RealityWarper warp reality]], so for him, “unrealistic” ''is'' realistic.

* YearInsideHourOutside: Related to "Reality Is Out To Lunch" above. Demetrios and company are inside Animus's lair for a painfully long time, but when they defeat him and return to the real world, Ashur's watch says they were only in there for one minute.

* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Chapter 12 combines this with a [[QuestioningTitle Questioning Title]]: "More Demonic Possession?!"

* AerithAndBob: Among the Stone Cutters, we have the names Zasedis, Sastiana, Zecadea...and Lily. She even had that name back in her Atlantean days.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler:When William gets sent to hell for the second time, [[YouHaveFailedMe the punishment Satan sentences to him for being defeated]] is to spend eternity ice-skating with Hitler. As William is being dragged out of the throne room, [[AnythingButThat he starts kicking and shouting "NO!" a lot like it's the cruelest punishment ever invented]], while Satan [[EvilLaugh laughs]] [[BadBoss like it's the cruelest punishment ever invented.]]]]

* GenreSavvy: When Atrocitas tries to fake out Demetrios and company with an attack from a painting of the HeadlessHorseman, Ruby recognizes the tactic as a JumpScare.

* TropicalRetirement: Well, not so much a retirement as the Champions of the Light moving in to Kinardas City as their new home.

* ProducePelting: The Stone Cutters throw vegetables at Theodore during his duel with Demetrios.

* WeirdMoon: Not just weird. Atrocitas magically replaced it with a demon's face.

''The Return of Mephistopheles: World War III'' is the second volume in the series ''TheSpectralChronicles''.

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* TransformationIsAFreeAction: For Atrocitas. Demetrios and company try to attack him while he's preparing his [[Scaled Up dragon form]], but the attacks are ineffective.

* SarcasmMode: Usually said in reply to one of Michael's negative comments/observations.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The Stone Cutters chose that name to commemorate their success in besieging the seemingly indestructible fortress of the [[TheReptilians Naga]] emperor Takshaka.

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Since Umbra can meld with and escape into the darkness, Anne-Marie [[PlayingWithFire sets his chamber on fire]] to fill it with light, diminishing his powers. Umbra has a counter-strategy of his own, however; he blows the fire out with the wind from his wings, plunging his chamber back into darkness.

* HauntedCastle: Atrocitas's lair looks like "just about every haunted castle ever described in the fairy tales." Upon seeing it, Ruby even says "Man oh man, these avatars' bases are getting weirder and weirder."

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The Stone Cutters chose that name to commemorate their success in besieging the seemingly indestructible fortress of the [[ReptilianHumanoids Naga]] emperor Takshaka.