History VideoGame / ShadowOfTheComet

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Lord Boleskin, especially if you read the additional information that came with the boxed version of the game where he is revealed to be very violent at times and even does permenant damage to one of the doctotrs trying to treat him.

* MyBelovedSmother: Miss Picott certainly seems to be this towards Gloria if you listen to their conversations. While she clearly does care for Gloria and is good intentioned, she is also very controlling and overly strict. She is also constantly trying to push Gloria into marriage, but disapproves of all Gloria's own choices and seemingly would prefer it if Gloria would marry a man of [[ArrangedMarriage her choosing]], despite Gloria's protests.

* EvilTwin: Despite Curtis being described as the younger brother he and Wilbur were conceived/born on the same night and are twins. Wilbur is clearly very high up in the Cults order (after Narakamous) and he and his family are one of the more dangerous families you have to cross. Curtis meanwhile just wants you to leave him alone. He won't help you, but he isn't out to harm you, or anyone else either.

* EvilOldFolks: Averted with most of the older characters, most of them mean the main character no harm and are just minding their own business, and one will even befriend and try to help you, but played straight with both Wilbur Hambleton and William Coldstone, they are both elderly (if immortal) and evil.

* BritishEnglish: All the characters talk like this, accent as well, despite the story being set in America.

* WhiteSheep: Curtis became this after helping Boleskin as a 12 year old child, then being scared half to death when one of the gods manifested in the sky and Boleskin subsequently went mad. Curtis escaped with his sanity, (possibly because he isn't entirely human himself?) but the experience traumatised and shook him up enough that he no longer wanted to have anything to do with the cult, causing him to be thrown out by his father, cursed by his brother, and forced to live in squalor for the rest of his life (he's 88 by the time the game is set). He is not hostile or antagonistic to the hero at all, or in general, and even has friends among the normal villagers, but he doesn't appreciate the protagonist bringing up the past trauma and is too afraid to help anyway. Even before leaving the cult he appears to have been a nice and normal acting child according to the information you find.

* WhiteSheep: Curtis became this after helping Boleskin as a 12 year old child, then being scared half to death when one of the gods manifested in the sky and Boleskin subsequently went mad. Curtis escaped with his sanity, (possibly because he isn't entirely human himself?) but the experience traumatised and shook him up enough that he no longer wanted to have anything to do with the cult, causing him to be thrown out by his father, cursed by his brother, and forced to live in squalor for the rest of his life (he's 88 by the time the game is set). He is not hostile or antagonistic to the hero at all, or in general, and even has friends among the normal villagers, but he doesn't appreciate the protagonist bringing up the past trauma and is too afraid to help anyway. Even before leaving the cult he appears to have been relatively nice and normal acting child according to the information you find.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Illsmouth is this despite it seeming like a pretty and quiet little fishing town at first glance. Even the
locals who aren't involved in the cult, are aware of or feel its influence to some extent.

* [[WhenThePlanetsAlign When The Stars Are Right]] : The passing of Halleys Comet every 76 years happens to coincide with an astral conjuncture of stars and planets, which is needed to open the portal to let the Eldritch gods return to Earth.

* MyBelovedSmother: Miss Picott certainly seems to be this towards Gloria if you listen to their conversations. While she clearly does care for Gloria and is good intentioned, she is also very controlling and overly strict. She is also constantly trying to push Gloria into marriage, but disapproves of all Gloria's own choices and seemingly would prefer it if Gloria would marry a man of her choosing, despite Gloria's protests.

* ConvenientDecoyCat: The ptotagonist uses this ploy to sneak into a guarded building at one point.

* Fish People: The Deep Ones are this. Curtis and Wilbur are half Deep One (although its more noticeable on Wilbur) and if you look closely at either of them, they both have webbed hands.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The game has a rare positive ending for a game (or anything really) based on Lovecraft, but given what the protagonist has to go through to get there, they've really earned it by then.
* EvilOldFolks: Averted with most of the older characters, most of them mean the main character no harm and are just minding their own business, and one will even befriend and try to help you, but played straight with both Wilbur Hambleton and William Coldstone, they are both elderly (if immortal) and evil.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Why Lord Boleskin went insane, he saw the face of the evil gods and slowly went crazy despite attempting to run away

* {{Nephewism}} Nieceism, but Gloria is clearly living with, and is implied to have been largely raised by her Aunt.

* {{Bookworm}}: Tobias Jugg who works at the Town Hall and is responsible for the town archives and records. He is an avid reader and has lots of books at his house an even [[spoiler: a secret library]]

* {{Bookworm:}} Tobias Jugg who works at the Town Hall and is responsible for the town archives and records. He is an avid reader and has lots of books at his house an even [[spoiler: a secret library]]

* Bookworm: Tobias Jugg who works at the Town Hall and is responsible for the town archives and records. He is an avid reader and has lots of books at his house an even [[spoiler: a secret library]]
* British English: All the characters talk like this, accent as well, despite the story being set in America.

* HumanoidAbomination: The Mi-Go and Ghouls are this, they're pretty horrifying, but have a basic human shape.

* [[WhenThePlanetsAlign When The Stars Are Right]] : The passing of Halleys Comet every 76 years happens to coincide with an astral conjuncture of stars and planets, which is needed to open the portal to let the Eldritch gods return to Earth.

* [[ WhenThePlanetsAlign When The Stars Are Right]] : The passing of Halleys Comet every 76 years happens to coincide with an astral conjuncture of stars and planets, which is needed to open the portal to let the Eldritch gods return to Earth.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Necronomicon is this, you will need to read it at some point, but carrying it around is not a good idea.

--> ""Mr Parker"": Excuse me, Madam
--> ""Miss Picott"": You mean Miss, my good fellow. Miss Picott.

* TomeOfEldritchLaw: The Necronomicon is this, you will need to read it at some point, but carrying it around is not a good idea.

-> ''76 years ago renowned scientist Lord Boleskin travelled to Illsmouth to witness the passing of Haleys Comet... instead he stubbled upon the dark secrets of an evil cult. He escaped with his life, but at the cost of his sanity, and he spent the rest of his life locked up in an asylum, his findings dismissed as the ravings of a madman. Now Haleys comet is returning and photographer/astronomer John Parker is travelling to Illsmouth to uncover the truth for himself. Following the footsteps of Lord Boleskine, can he now succeed in dispelling the Shadow of the Comet?.''

* {{Nephewism}} Nieceism, but Gloria is clearly living with, and is implied to have been largely raised by her Aunt.