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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Harvey Neil is in charge of the Esoteric Cavalry as well as a black man.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: BaldOfAuthority: Harvey Neil is a balc black man in charge of the Esoteric Cavalry as well as a black man.Cavalry.
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Successfully outfoxing the Nazis and Traum Kult, Andrew Doran makes off with the ''Scroll of Eibon.'' Unfortunately, a secret government organization called the Esoteric Calvary Cavalry indicates that neither side will allow him to keep it and plan to launch a massive attack against Miskatonic University to get it back.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Harvey Neil is the head of the Esoteric Calvary despite only being a Sergeant.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Harvey Neil is the head of the Esoteric Calvary Cavalry despite only being a Sergeant.
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* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Esoteric Calvary is a branch of the US military formed during the Wild West to fight the supernatural.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. The Esoteric Calvary was made during Reconstruction and integrated early, unlike the US military as a whole. Andrew also comments this is strange.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. The Esoteric Calvary Cavalry was made during Reconstruction and integrated early, unlike the US military as a whole. Andrew also comments this is strange.
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* TheRemnant: The Esoteric Calvary is a shadow of its former self and not even the primary supernatural fighting force of the US government.
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* TheRemnant: The Esoteric Calvary Cavalry is a shadow of its former self and not even the primary supernatural fighting force of the US government.
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* TheCalvary: [[spoiler: Not just the Esoteric Calvary itself but Leo makes a surprise return appearance to kick some nightmare ass.]]
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Hyperborea is another world that Earth turns out to have multiple portals to. {{Averted}} at the end when Andrew needs it most.
* DealWithTheDevil: Andrew makes one of these with [[spoiler: Nyarlathotep.]] It doesn't end well.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Hyperborea is another world that Earth turns out to have multiple portals to. {{Averted}} at the end when Andrew needs it most.
* DealWithTheDevil: Andrew makes one of these with [[spoiler: Nyarlathotep.]] It doesn't end well.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: The shoggoth inside Jack becomes uncontrollable and tries to kill everyone.]]
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* PhysicalGod: Icthosthau is a Great Old One (or Elder God) has a body once he manifests fully in the Dreamlands.
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* TheReveal: Timothy was [[spoiler: Nyarlathotep]] all along.
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* {{Expy}}: Anita Blumenthal is a DistaffCounterpart of Belloq or an evil Lara Croft.
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* {{Expy}}: Anita Blumenthal is a DistaffCounterpart of Belloq [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Belloq]] or an evil [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft.Croft]].
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* {{Ghostoppo}}: The Ahnenerbe has stepped in to replace the Traum Kult as the Nazi's occult army. Unlike the latter, they don't have any divided loyalties and are a branch of the SS.
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* {{Ghostoppo}}: {{Ghostapo}}: The Ahnenerbe has stepped in to replace the Traum Kult as the Nazi's occult army. Unlike the latter, they don't have any divided loyalties and are a branch of the SS.
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* YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime: The Nazis tried to do this to the Traum Kult but found that they were stronger than they appeared.
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* EvilVersusEvil: The Ahnenerbe and the Traum Kult are enemies after the failure of the latter in ''The Statement of Andrew Doran.''
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: A villainous version. Andrew Doran notes that it is June 7th, 1943, which means it's a little under a year until D-Day happens and the United States invades Europe to deal with the Nazis. While Andrew has only the vaguest idea of this happening, he notes the Nazis will become ever more desperate as the full brunt of the United States prepares to come down on them. This will lead them to explore more extreme occult methods.
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* YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime: The Nazis tried to do this to the Traum Kult but found that they were stronger than they appeared.
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Successfully outfoxing the Nazis and Traum Kult, Andrew Doran makes off with the ''Scroll of Eibon.'' Unfortunately, a secret government organization called the Esoteric Calvary indicates that neither side will allow him to keep it and plan to launch a massive attack against Miskatonic University to get it back.
Andrew soon finds his university under siege and himself outgunned as well as outmatched in the greatest battle of his career.
Andrew soon finds his university under siege and himself outgunned as well as outmatched in the greatest battle of his career.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[spoiler: Anita Blumenthal manages to somehow become the Dean of Miskatonic University in Andrew's place.]]
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[[caption-width-right:324:The nightmare begins.]]
The Literature/AndrewDoran series is a Franchise/CthulhuMythos TwoFistedTales action adventure series by Matthew Davenport. Doctor Andrew Doran is an Adventurer Archaeologist in the employ of Miskatonic University during the build-up to World War 2. An expert on the Cthulhu Mythos and its various monsters, he is shocked and horrified to discover the Nazis have started using the occult in their plots to Take Over the World.
Rather than a CosmicHorror story, the Andrew Doran series is a mostly BlackAndWhiteMorality tale of our arrogant protagonist working to engage in larger-than-life battles agaisnt supernatural monsters. The resemblance to Franchise/IndianaJones is deliberate and frequently homaged in-universe.
Successfully outfoxing the Nazis and Traum Kult, Andrew Doran makes off with the ''Scroll of Eibon.'' Unfortunately, a secret government organization called the Esoteric Calvary indicates that neither side will allow him to keep it and plan to launch a massive attack against Miskatonic University to get it back. Andrew soon finds his university under siege and himself outgunned as well as outmatched in the greatest battle of his career.
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''Andrew Doran and the Scroll of Nightmares'' contains the following tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: Harvey Neil is the head of the Esoteric Calvary despite only being a Sergeant.
* ArtifactOfDoom: ''The Scroll of Eibon'' which turns out to be not a TomeOfEldritchLore but a SealedEvilInACan.
* BaldBlackLeader: Harvey Neil is in charge of the Esoteric Calvary as well as a black man.
* BigBad: Icthosthau is the Prisoner God and a Great Old One or evil Elder God.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Hyperborea is another world that Earth turns out to have multiple portals to.
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: Almost literally so as Nyarlathotep possesses Andrew Doran's arm to send Nancy through a portal back to Hyperborea.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: They manage to successfully reimprison Icthosthau but he was only in danger of escape because Andrew Doran liberated the scroll from Eibon's tomb in the first place. Nancy is lost, Andrew has lost all of his magic, and he's fired as Dean of Miskatonic University.]]
* {{Expy}}: Anita Blumenthal is a DistaffCounterpart of Belloq or an evil Lara Croft.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Esoteric Calvary is a branch of the US military formed during the Wild West to fight the supernatural.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. The Esoteric Calvary was made during Reconstruction and integrated early, unlike the US military as a whole. Andrew also comments this is strange.
* TheRemnant: The Esoteric Calvary is a shadow of its former self and not even the primary supernatural fighting force of the US government.
* SealedEvilInACan: Icthosthau is a Great Old One (or Elder God) who was imprisoned in a scroll by the wizard Eibon. He is a complete asshole.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Icthosthau's primary power is the ability to turn nightmares into reality.
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[[caption-width-right:324:The nightmare begins.]]
The Literature/AndrewDoran series is a Franchise/CthulhuMythos TwoFistedTales action adventure series by Matthew Davenport. Doctor Andrew Doran is an Adventurer Archaeologist in the employ of Miskatonic University during the build-up to World War 2. An expert on the Cthulhu Mythos and its various monsters, he is shocked and horrified to discover the Nazis have started using the occult in their plots to Take Over the World.
Rather than a CosmicHorror story, the Andrew Doran series is a mostly BlackAndWhiteMorality tale of our arrogant protagonist working to engage in larger-than-life battles agaisnt supernatural monsters. The resemblance to Franchise/IndianaJones is deliberate and frequently homaged in-universe.
Successfully outfoxing the Nazis and Traum Kult, Andrew Doran makes off with the ''Scroll of Eibon.'' Unfortunately, a secret government organization called the Esoteric Calvary indicates that neither side will allow him to keep it and plan to launch a massive attack against Miskatonic University to get it back. Andrew soon finds his university under siege and himself outgunned as well as outmatched in the greatest battle of his career.
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''Andrew Doran and the Scroll of Nightmares'' contains the following tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: Harvey Neil is the head of the Esoteric Calvary despite only being a Sergeant.
* ArtifactOfDoom: ''The Scroll of Eibon'' which turns out to be not a TomeOfEldritchLore but a SealedEvilInACan.
* BaldBlackLeader: Harvey Neil is in charge of the Esoteric Calvary as well as a black man.
* BigBad: Icthosthau is the Prisoner God and a Great Old One or evil Elder God.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Hyperborea is another world that Earth turns out to have multiple portals to.
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: Almost literally so as Nyarlathotep possesses Andrew Doran's arm to send Nancy through a portal back to Hyperborea.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: They manage to successfully reimprison Icthosthau but he was only in danger of escape because Andrew Doran liberated the scroll from Eibon's tomb in the first place. Nancy is lost, Andrew has lost all of his magic, and he's fired as Dean of Miskatonic University.]]
* {{Expy}}: Anita Blumenthal is a DistaffCounterpart of Belloq or an evil Lara Croft.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Esoteric Calvary is a branch of the US military formed during the Wild West to fight the supernatural.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. The Esoteric Calvary was made during Reconstruction and integrated early, unlike the US military as a whole. Andrew also comments this is strange.
* TheRemnant: The Esoteric Calvary is a shadow of its former self and not even the primary supernatural fighting force of the US government.
* SealedEvilInACan: Icthosthau is a Great Old One (or Elder God) who was imprisoned in a scroll by the wizard Eibon. He is a complete asshole.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Icthosthau's primary power is the ability to turn nightmares into reality.
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