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** In ''The Severed Streets'', the words on the sign [[spoiler:on the gates of Hell: "It's everyone who ever lived in London"]].
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** In ''The Severed Streets'', the words on the sign [[spoiler:on the gates of Hell: "It's everyone who ever lived in London"]].London"]].
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* TheModernGods: Unlike other gods and monsters in the series, The Smiling Man is a relatively new manifestation, being the personification of the modern days evils of greed, corruption, exploitation and the general cruelty of urban living, usurping the antiquated Lucifer and his ancient rule over Hell.
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* MagicalHomelessPerson: PlayedWith. Whilst not necessarily homeless, due to how magic largely works either through sacrifices or through tapping into cities memories, a sizable portion of the London magical community both genuine and wannabe's (the actual line blends to the point that its unclear if their really is is one) live simple, often spartan lives in near squalor and utilise old, often threadbare clothes hoping it will give them access to the magic. As Lisa notes in "Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?" whilst attending the Circle of Hands convention, many members are dressed effectively in rags hoping to impress the City with their poverty.
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* MagicalHomelessPerson: PlayedWith. Whilst not necessarily homeless, due to how magic largely works either through sacrifices or through tapping into cities memories, a sizable portion of the London magical community both genuine and wannabe's (the actual line blends to the point that its unclear if their really is is one) live simple, often spartan lives in near squalor and utilise old, often threadbare clothes hoping it will give them access to the magic. As Lisa notes in "Who ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?" Holmes?'' whilst attending the Circle of Hands convention, many members are dressed effectively in rags hoping to impress the City with their poverty.
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* ImmortalAssassin: The Witch of West Ham in ''London Falling'', who uses magic to murder targets who are otherwise unreachable. After she kills Toshack, the team finds her mystic sigil outside the police station. When they check the police files, they find the same mark left at the scene of multiple unrelated murders and wonder if they dealing with a SerialKiller. Until they find the earliest case in the files, which occurred early in TheEdwardianEra. [[TheMasquerade As yet unaware of the existence of magic]], the team dismiss the idea of a SerialKiller, and wonder if it could be the CallingCard of a MurderInc organisation. However, the Witch has actually been doing this since [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor the Tudor Era]].
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* BlowGun: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', the killer recreates the scene from ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'' by shooting one the victims with a poison dart from a blowgun.
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* BlowGun: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', the killer recreates the scene from ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'' ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'' by shooting one the victims with a poison dart from a blowgun.
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* MagicalHomelessPerson: PlayedWith. Whilst not necessarily homeless, due to how magic largely works either through sacrifices or through tapping into cities memories, a sizable portion of the London magical community both genuine and wannabe's (the actual line blends to the point that its unclear if their really is is one) live simple, often spartan lives in near squalor and utilise old, often threadbare clothes hoping it will give them access to the magic. As Lisa notes in "Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?" whilst attending the Circle of Hands convention, many members are dressed effectively in rags hoping to impress the City with their poverty.
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* CityOfTheDamned: Under the rule of the Smiling Man, Hell is a facsimile of Victorian era London.
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* IntangiblePrice: Members of London's magical community often trade in intangibles. In ''The Severed Streets'', Ross exchanges [[spoiler:her capacity to ever feel happiness]] for being allowed to study the auction's ledger for 15 minutes.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''The Severed Streets'' [[spoiler:Russell Vincent]] becomes the final victim of [[JackTheRipper the Ripper]] - the spirit he had turned loose to murder his enemies - after he loses control it (due to the efforts of the team).
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''The Severed Streets'' [[spoiler:Russell Vincent]] becomes the final victim of [[JackTheRipper [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper the Ripper]] - the spirit he had turned loose to murder his enemies - after he loses control it (due to the efforts of the team).
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* JackTheRipper: In ''The Severed Streets'', the team think they may be dealing with a spirit of Jack the Ripper conjured by London's collective remembrance of him. The truth is somewhat more complicated.
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* JackTheRipoff: In ''The Severed Streets'', the killer dresses up his murders with the the theatrics of Jack the Ripper as a deliberate smokescreen.
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* JackTheRipoff: In ''The Severed Streets'', the killer dresses up his murders with the the theatrics of Jack the Ripper as a deliberate smokescreen.
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* SexMagic: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?", Kev is able to cast a detection spell by causing Joe to ejaculate at the cardinal points of the magical circle he has set up. Kev notes that this is probably the minimum form of 'sacrifice' that London will accept, and only works because it is a very minor spell.
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* SexMagic: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?", Holmes?'', Kev is able to cast a detection spell by causing Joe to ejaculate at the cardinal points of the magical circle he has set up. Kev notes that this is probably the minimum form of 'sacrifice' that London will accept, and only works because it is a very minor spell.
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* SexMagic: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?", Kev is able to cast a detection spell by causing Joe to ejaculate at the cardinal points of the magical circle he has set up. Kev notes that this is probably the minimum form of 'sacrifice' that London will accept, and only works because it is a very minor spell.
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* BlowGun: In ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', the killer recreates the scene from ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'' by shooting one the victims with a poison dart from a blowgun.
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* EasyRoadToHell: In ''The Severed Streets'', Quill discovers that under the rulership of the Smiling Man, [[spoiler:everyone who has ever lived in London]] is damned to Hell.
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* HellHasNewManagement: By the end of ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', the team have evidence that the Smiling Man has killed (or otherwise disposed of) Satan and taken over Hell; twisting it to fit his own ends.
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** ThemeSerialKiller: The killer in ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'' uses the murders in the Sherlock Holmes stories as their theme.
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* FakingTheDead: Very late in ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', the team realise that [[spoiler:the ghost of Sherlock Holmes]] actually faked their 'murder', and is the really the killer they are hunting.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: In "Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', Sefton realises that the cryptic clues planted in the Sherlock Holmes Museum were a deliberate blind so that the police would focus on them, and not on what was missing. Quill even refers to it as "an orgy of evidence".
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* OrgyOfEvidence: In "Who ''Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?'', Sefton realises that the cryptic clues planted in the Sherlock Holmes Museum were a deliberate blind so that the police would focus on them, and not on what was missing. Quill even refers to it as "an orgy of evidence".
