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* AndIMustScream: Heydrich has Mengele harvest the brains of Seers, keepign them alive to create his own mental web; alive, conscious and in agony.

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* AndIMustScream: Heydrich has Mengele harvest the brains of Seers, keepign keeping them alive to create his own mental web; alive, conscious and in agony.


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* CallForward: Sigfried Gunmarson from ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' is mentioned a few times, being allied with the Nazis.


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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Reinhard dies offpage, when he is assassinated the same way his real life counterpart did. Subverted when he reveals himself to be alive as he a seer]].
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* CharmPerson: The NAzi Seer duo are able to trick the minds of others. Elazar and Eliza do it to far less harmful extents as well.

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* CharmPerson: The NAzi Nazi Seer duo are able to trick the minds of others. Elazar and Eliza do it to far less harmful extents as well.
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* FascistButInefficient: As in real life, the Nazi bureaucracy is insanely inefficient and corrupt.


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* LesCollaborateurs: Many find it best to simply ally with Nazis for wealth, power or to protect people close to them. Adam is only too happy to kill those he finds.
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* ObligatoryWarCrimesScene: Heydrich's tenure in Prague is introed by his ''Einsatzgruppen'' having massacred people with corpses swinging from galows.

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* ActionGirl: Jeanne Dreyfuss is a talented French Seer who is just as capable as any fighter.



* AndIMustScream: Heydrich has Mengele harvest the brains of Seers, keepign them alive to create his own mental web; alive, conscious and in agony.



* BrainFood: Manfred and Klaus, the Nazi Seers, happily devour the minds of their victims.



* CharmPerson: The NAzi Seer duo are able to trick the minds of others. Elazar and Eliza do it to far less harmful extents as well.



* {{Dehumanization}}: With Nazis around, what do you expect? Entire races of people are reduced to ''untermenschen.''



* EvilIsPetty: Heydrich enjoys tormenting people under him, even little gestures like reminding Dietrich he outranks him after the rank ''Obergruppenfuhrer'' is introduced.



* FantasticRacism: Interestingly, one of the ''heroes'' is subject to it: Eliza holds Seers in high regards, believing them beautiful and special beings. The idea Seers can be just as venal, evil and prejudiced as humans truly rattles her.



* FinalSolution: The literal one. Heydrich is seen planning out the Holocaust.
* ForGreatJustice: Discussed. Grete, above all else, truly believes in justice and seeks it in her quests and battles.



* KilledOffscreen: Bryon, one of Adam's followers, is introduced as dead, having died in his sleep.

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** Heydrich, of all people, is killed by the Partisan resistance in 1942 as in real life.


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* TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar: Just as in real life, the Nazis vehemently disregard anything resembled civilized warfare to slaughter wantonly in Poland Czechoslovokia.


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* MasterOfIllusion: Eliza, Adam, Elazar and Jeanne all excel in fooling the sight of humans with their Seer powers.
* MindProbe: Done by most Seers to check the minds of those they interrogate here.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Saviri, of course. He admits he loathes humanity for all he has seen and fights to help them regardless for the sake of Adam and the rest.
* {{Necromancy}}: Adam calls a deceased Nazi's soul back for horrible torture in an effort to interrogate him.


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* ObligatoryWarCrimesScene: Heydrich's tenure in Prague is introed by his ''Einsatzgruppen'' having massacred people with corpses swinging from galows.


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* PuppeteerParasite: Klaus and Manfred use an elderly woman named Darcia as a mind-crushed puppet.


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* SoProudOfYou: Eliza doesn't hesitate to inform Grete, her daughter in all but blood, how proud she is of her. Nor her student Jeanne who takes well after her.


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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Klaus von Richter and Manfred Eberhard are a pair of Nazi Seers who could almost be mistaken for twins for how close they are.


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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: Heydrich has the supernatural community targeted by his forces as well, to wipe out any potential rivals with the unseen aid of the evil werewolf Siegfried Gunmarsohn.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among the Nazis, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, and Dietrich Boehmer all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments. [[spoiler:Things are made even more complicated when Dietrich's wife Helga is revealed to be the Shadows' Consultant seeking revenge.]]

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among BigBadEnsemble: UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich is the Nazis, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, DragonInChief and Dietrich Boehmer all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments. [[spoiler:Things are made even more complicated when Dietrich's wife Helga is revealed to be true mastermind behind the Nazi conspiracy, while [[spoiler:Helga Boehmer--in actuality the Shadows' Consultant seeking revenge.]]Consultant--is patiently manipulating ''everyone'' in the conspiracy for her own ends while using her husband Dietrich as a figurehead.]]
* BigBadWannabe:
** Dietrich Boehmer distinguishes himself well, but the only reason he's able to play in the league he's in is [[spoiler:because of the Shadows' Consultant, who under the guise of his wife Helga has been empowering him with the City. When Dietrich loses his temper at her, "Helga" makes it ''vividly'' clear who the true power between them is.]]
** Heinrich Himmler himself is ostensibly the mastermind of the supernatural Nazi conspiracy which would nominally place him as BigBad, except his ostensible lesser Heydrich is playing him just as easily as everyone is.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among the Nazis, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, and Dietrich all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among the Nazis, Heinrich Himmler, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, and Dietrich Boehmer all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments.experiments. [[spoiler:Things are made even more complicated when Dietrich's wife Helga is revealed to be the Shadows' Consultant seeking revenge.]]
* TheBrute: Dietrich functions as this to the Nazi conspiracy. Unlike Himmler and Heydrich who tend to stay behind-the-scenes, and [[spoiler:the Consultant, who seems content to use the conspiracy as a front to her own ends,]] Dietrich is right there in the midst of the battlefield, squaring off against the heroes directly in the battlefield to sate his BloodKnight tendencies.



** Chapter 4? Dietrich reveals the Nazis are fighting World War 2 with the power of the ''Eldritch.''

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** Chapter 4? 4: Dietrich reveals the Nazis are fighting World War 2 with the power of the ''Eldritch.''


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** Chapter six reveals what exactly is up with Helga:
-->'''Helga''': [[spoiler:But when you consult with shadows, ''boy'', you must learn to watch your tongue.]]


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* WorthyOpponent: Elazar being Jewish means very little to Dietrich in terms of fighting "as well as any German I have seen." It's entirely one-sided, as Elazar deals him nothing but venomous barbs in return.
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* WarIsHell: The story makes it completely clear war is painful, brutal and horrible.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Eliza, in a moment of pain when conflicted over Aisling, finally tells Hardestadt she loves him and has for a long time.


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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Elazar uses his fight with Dietrich to target the Nazi juggernaut's few vulnerable spots to finish the battle.


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* DeathGlare: When Elazar reveals his [[spoiler:teacher was Aisling Vallee]], Eliza has a genuine shut down over. When Hardestadt learns, he gives Elazar an absolutely furious and terrifying look that makes the Seer freeze.


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* OddFriendship: Misanthropic, withdrawn Saviri seems to actually bond with the more optimistic werewolf Grete.
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* AlienBlood: Dietrich Boehmer now bleeds dark black.


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* CannotSpitItOut: Hardestadt and Eliza's feelings are as obvious as ever, and they're married in all but name now. Hardestadt implies, however, that they've never told one another "I love you" due to a variety of issues and hang ups both still have.
* CombatPragmatist: Elazar the Seer is a skilled, intelligent warrior who showcases swift planning and tricks in battle to coincide with his mental talent.


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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Eliza takes getting shot in the head pretty lightly, and Elazar is likewise blase about getting two bullets put in his body. Justified as they're Seers and their bodies will regenerate as long as their minds are intact.
* NotSoStoic: Dietrich is a vicious brute of a man, but maintains a composed, stoic demeanor. When combat comes or he has a chance to deal pain, that cracks and he reveals how much sanity he lacks.


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* WeakButSkilled: Eliza weaponizes this. She's no fighter, but her skill with the Remeditary is second to none, and she undoes thousands of seals laid by Dietrich in Chzeg without much effort.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Dietrich has incorporated pieces of the City of Never into himself. Whatever he is, he barely qualifies as a human being any further.


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* BackToBackBadasses: Hardestadt and Adam fight the monstrous ''soldat'' creatures nearly back to back, in an exceptional display of teamwork.
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** Chapter 4? Dietrich reveals the Nazis are fighting World War 2 with the power of the ''Eldritch.''
** Chapter 5, when Elazar reveals his teacher: [[spoiler:Eliza's former lover and LostLenore, Aisling Vallee.]]
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* BodyHorror: People in the town of Chzeg are implanted with City spawn that gruesomely burst from their victims.



* IHaveAFamily: One of the collaborations Adam kills tries this on him. It doesn't work at all.



* MadScientist: Dr. Kurt Sindermann is Dietrich's, involved in creating "slag-pits" within concentration camps where he experiments with City-beasts known as slag-fathers.

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* MadScientist: LiteralMinded: Adam can take things quite literally. When Hardestadt asks him for 'a second,' Adam gives him exactly that.
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** Josef Mengele is introduced as a creepy little bastard experimenting with humans and monsters alike.



* ShootTheDog: Adam hunts down collaborators to the Nazis in Poland and executes them, regardless of how sympathetic their reasons.



* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Dietrich Boehmer and Reinhard Heydrich are quiet men, but are devious, cruel sadists who find joy in the pain of honors.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Dietrich Boehmer and Reinhard Heydrich are quiet men, but are devious, cruel sadists who find joy in the pain of honors. others.


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* WarIsGlorious: Dietrich Boehmer believes war makes people stronger, and he's willing to kill countless innocents for his own glory.

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* AssholeVictim: In chapter 3, a Nazi named Karl Silvan is thrown to the City-Beasts called Slag-Fathers as a snack. As he was a cruel Nazi, not many tears are shed on this one.



* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Helga Boehmer is a gorgeous woman with flawless face and figure. She's a willing participant in Dietrich's monstrous schemes and upon being rejected at an attempt to seduce Hardestadt, she eats a young guard alive, revealing she's far from human.
* FangsAreEvil: Helga Boehmer is a wicked nonhuman and has a set of monstrous fangs to prove it.
* FedToTheBeast: Karl Silvan is punished by Dietrich Boehmer for 'ruining' a Jewish prisoner by being fed to the monstrous slag-fathers.



* TheInfiltration: Hardestadt and Eliza pose as a Count and Countess to infiltrate a Nazi ball in Berlin and get the intelligence they can from the highest ranking Nazis they can find.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** Reinhard Heydrich and most of the Nazi high command believe in the extermination of the 'undesirables.' They're Nazis, what do you expect?
** Dietrich Boehmer is different, but no less revolting. He views Jews and other undesirables as 'animals,' fit to be livestock and servants, and should be treated as such.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Played with in the case of Dietrich Boehmer. He regards Jewish prisoners as useful livestock and is annoyed at men mistreating them...except then he shoots the abused prisoner and feeds the guard who hobbled him to the monstrous slag-fathers.



* TakeThat: Creator/HPLovecraft is noted as a "prejudiced, terrified, vile little wreck of a human being".

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* TakeThat: SlasherSmile:
** Dietrich Boehmer has a habit of grinning disturbingly when he views the death agony of others.
** His wife Helga bears a wicked fanged one when converging on her own prey.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Dietrich Boehmer and Reinhard Heydrich are quiet men, but are devious, cruel sadists who find joy in the pain of honors.
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** This story is not shy about what it thinks of the Nazis at all.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Dietrich Boehmer stands at a massive 6'6 and is a high-ranking SS officer as well as one of the chief villains of the story.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among the Nazis, Himmler, Heydrich, and Dietrich all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Among the Nazis, Heinrich Himmler, Heydrich, UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, and Dietrich all seem to be in cooperation with one another in their strange {{Ghostapo}} experiments.
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* MadScientist: Dr. Kurt Sindermann is Dietrich's, involved in creating "slag-pits" within concentration camps where he experiments with City-beasts known as slag-fathers.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Dietrich Boehmer, an officer of the Third Reich, is introduced overlooking a horrific experiment involving City Beasts, only to grin chillingly when he views the work.
** Reinhard Heydrich is introduced leading the Gestapo, and uses the 'Heil Hitler' greeting to entrap a Jewish man for answering automatically. He then seems to let the other go with a HopeSpot, only to have him dragged along as well.
* {{Ghostapo}}: The Nazis are using the supernatural, including the City of Never.


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* UnholyMatrimony: One of the main villains is Dietrich Boehmer, a high-ranking Nazi officer, who is married to an equally villainous woman named Helga who knows all about the City of Never.
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* PassedInTheirSleep: Byron dies before the story begins. He passes of pneumonia, peacefully in his sleep.


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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Adam has a hard time identifying emotion at times, particularly care for others. He tries to understand the grief he has at the death of Byron, his adopted son.
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* DueToTheDead: The Sodality holds a respectful funeral for Byron after he dies.
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* ThoseWhackyNazis: Nazi Germany is introduced as a major threat, and 1935 has Hitler announcing German Re-armament.

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* TheComicallySerious: Adam's utter stoicism can make for darkly hilarious moments, like interrupting Hardestadt and Eliza in while being totally blase about it, commenting only that he 'should have knocked' before ''then'' knocking on the door...and then standing there when they ask that he let them dress before conversation.


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* DayOfTheJackboot: The Nazis are already in charge, but the story begins not too long after the Night of the Long Knives, when the Nazis purged their enemies.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Adam loves the Sodality, who revere him as a father in turn.
* CommonLawMarriage: Hardestadt and Eliza have been living together for years, and are a married couple now in all but name.


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* ParentalSubstitute: Adam is a father to those of the Sodality of the Aberrant, but he raised Byron from infancy and considers him and Saviri as his true sons.


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* RelationshipUpgrade: Since the 1700s, Hardestadt and Eliza are now a loving, happy and committed couple.


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* ThoseWhackyNazis: Nazi Germany is introduced as a major threat, and 1935 has Hitler announcing German Re-armament.
* TheStoic: Adam is as relaxed and unemotional as ever.
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''The Wolves'' is a [[WebOriginalFiction supernatural horror story]] by Scraggle and Lightysnake, and officially the third entry in the crossover between ''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' and ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils,'' the ''Lonely Dreams Cycle.'' It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3338635/1/The-Wolves-of-War here]].

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''The Wolves'' Wolves of War'' is a [[WebOriginalFiction supernatural horror story]] by Scraggle and Lightysnake, and officially the third entry in the crossover between ''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' and ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils,'' the ''Lonely Dreams Cycle.'' It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3338635/1/The-Wolves-of-War here]].
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''The Wolves'' is a [[WebOriginalFiction supernatural horror story]] by Scraggle and Lightysnake, and officially the third entry in the crossover between ''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' and ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils,'' the ''Lonely Dreams Cycle.'' It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3338635/1/The-Wolves-of-War here]].

Almost 170 years after Blatna, Eliza and Hardestadt have built a life as one. The growing fires of World War II ensure they cannot remain content for long, and when Adam returns to them with news of a horrific conspiracy in the heart of Germany, the two must travel to the heart of Nazi territory amidst the burgeoning war, to stop a dark plot that threatens to envelop the world.

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* InterruptedIntimacy: Adam psychically announces his intentions to visit Hardstadt and Eliza, only to show up immediately before they can get dressed. Both of them are shocked even though they normally think little of privacy.
* KilledOffscreen: Bryon, one of Adam's followers, is introduced as dead, having died in his sleep.
* PiggybackingOnHitler: Hardstadt, Adam, and Eliza discuss the rise of Hitler, and Adam notes that "there is something else there, using this as a backdrop".
* TakeThat: Creator/HPLovecraft is noted as a "prejudiced, terrified, vile little wreck of a human being".
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