Line #302 Sandbox/CavalryOfTheDeadWickCheck


1	Is CavalryOfTheDead just TheCavalry but with undead? ~194 wicks.
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3	[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13590429520A15060100&page=103#comment-2553 The argument]]:
4	-> Aside 1. the support having something personal against the enemy 2. lasting only one battle, which I doubt are common in examples, this is Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific
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6	Check if there's even a personal reason and temporary-ness?
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9	# TheCavalry:
10	--> when undead forces are used to save the day, it is a CavalryOfTheDead.
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12	!!Just undead army
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14	[[folder:Just undead army (55)]]
15	# Awesome.TheBible: Not undead, but sounds more undead. MassResurrection.
16	--> * [[Literature/BookOfEzekiel Ezekiel 37:1-14]]. The Prophet Ezekiel raises a [[CavalryOfTheDead ZOMBIE ARMY]].
17	# MagicTheGathering.FlavorAndStoryTropesAToG:
18	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In "Eldritch Moon", the zombie army Liliana raises turns out to be the only effective resistance against the hordes of Eldrazi-twisted horrors; being fundamentally mindless, the zombies NoSell Emrakul's insanity-inducing influence and successfully go all ZombieApocalypse on the horrifyingly transformed "living".
19	# Literature.TheAscendantKingdomsSaga:
20	--> * CavalryOfTheDead:\
21	** Tormod Solveig's magical talent is necromancy, but he's one of the good guys. In addition to helping lay spirits to rest, he raises armies of the dead to fight for Blaine's alliance of warlords (which includes ''talishte'', who are literally dead during the day).
22	# Literature.TheRecordOfUnusualCreatures:
23	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Two of them in one battle: During the Battle at [[spoiler:Spiral hill in the original version of the Collow Continent]], two undead army appeared. One is composed of [[spoiler:spirits of the devote members of the church buried under Fidelinopolis, who voluntarily followed the church to join the fight]]. The other is composed of [[spoiler:what remains of the brave spirits army that helped the Wardens defend against Lockmarton's influence. They stayed behind when the Wardens evacuated and become extremely mutated by Lockmarton's influence, but stayed loyal to their cause]]. Both army joined the battle when the living forces start to ran out of momentum.
24	# {{Hellgate}}:
25	--> * The Underworld Gates in ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' are scattered all over Japan and usually resemble caverns or holes, sometimes closed by boulders wrapped in shimenawa. Harmless to living humans, they drag in wandering souls and living {{Youkai}}, sending them to the Underworld. Tora mentions seeing the claw marks of a monster outside one of these gates and he's nearly sucked inside one too. During the manga-only ''Mist arc'', they encounter a portal in northern Japan near Tono and use it to dispose of the NighInvulnerable mist Youkai Shumuna. [[spoiler: During the final battle against Hakumen no Mono, the mystic Saya and her ZashikiWarashi open a gate to the Underworld resembling an elaborated Japanese-style door to allow the CavalryOfTheDead to join the battle. A special ritual involving a bonfire and SacredBowAndArrows is required to open it, and the Zashiki has to sacrifice himself to close it from the inside once the battle is over.]]
26	# Characters.FateGrandOrderBerserkersAToF:
27	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The army of his Athanaton Ten Thousand is composed of nothing but ten thousand skeletal warriors, with even his {{War Elephant\|s}} actually being a construct made out of those warriors.
28	# Literature.DoraWilkSeries:
29	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: How [[spoiler:Witkacy defeats Viola]]: the ghosts of hunders of people she's killed are pumped up with power and sent to attack her. Their vengeance done, they cross over to the afterlife.
30	# Literature.TheBloodOfStars:
31	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In the final part of ''Unravel the Dusk'', [[spoiler:Maia's dead brothers arrive with an army of ghosts to counter the shansen's own ghost army.]]
32	# Literature.TheDarkProfitSaga:
33	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In the second book, necromancer-turned-liche Detarr Ur'Mayan raises an army of various kinds of undead and starts moving through Ruskan and the Freedlands, destroying towns and cities, while the dead join their ranks. By the time the army is on approach to Andarun, it's a veritable horde. Even worse, a sizable percentage of town and city defenders are convinced to defect via the use of clever marketing and advertising by the undead. [[https://www.jzacharypike.com/assets/img/undeadArmy.jpg See here for the artwork]]. [[spoiler:After Detarr's defeat, all the remaining undead now follow Detarr's second-in-command - Knight-Commander Tyren Ur'Thos. Tyren resolves to lead the undead out of the city and into a distant marsh, where his ancestral home is located.]]
34	# Monster.TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles:
35	--> [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' army of the undead]]
36	# Sandbox.MonsterTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles:
37	--> [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' army of the undead]]
38	# Characters.TheElderScrollsHistoricalFigures:
39	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: After her armies and those of her allies were defeated, she held out in Solitude in a protracted siege which lasted 10 years. During that time, Potema, a powerful necromancer and practitioner of other [[TheDarkArts Dark Arts]], resurrected many dead bodies to bolster her dwindling forces.
40	# Characters.WarForTheOverworld:
41	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Made up of fallen Empire soldiers who have returned to battle at the beckoning of a Matriarch.
42	# Characters.WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms:
43	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: One of his planned abilities in the Arathi Warfront had him calling upon the ghosts of his ancestors to swarm over Horde attackers, moving in a large line and damaging every enemy in their way. This was scrapped before launch, leaving him with only physical abilities.
44	# HiddenArmyReveal: Sounds like just an undead army.
45	--> In ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'' Aragorn pulls this when he arrives at the battle of Minas Tirith. What appears to be just one man charging at the enemy is suddenly one man followed by an [[CavalryOfTheDead army of ghosts]].
46	# ComicBook.LamentOfTheLostMoors:
47	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Siobhan raises the fallen soldiers from the lost moors to face Bedlam's army.
48	# ComicBook.MoonKnight2021:
49	--> * DidNotSeeThatComing: Zodiac, already annoyed and exasperated with how his feud with Moon Knight has been going, blows a gasket when he and his Zodiac Cartel unexpectedly find themselves being savaged by the Fists of Khonshu in Issue #12.
50	--> '''Zodiac:''' How. How the Hell was I supposed to plan for '''''this?!''''' '''''[['''CavalryOfTheDead''' DAMNED ZOMBIE MOON KNIGHTS!!!]]'''''
51	# ComicBook.SupermanDoomed:
52	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Harrow and the Ghost Soldier summon their entire ghost army to attack Brainiac. [[spoiler:They don't last long.]]
53	# Characters.DarkGatheringGraduates:
54	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: They aren't really an organized force, but the soldier ghosts will attack other ghosts to quench their thirst.
55	# Characters.DeathBattleXCharacters:
56	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: By releasing Level Zero of the Control Art Restriction Systems, he is able to summon all of the 3 million-plus souls he's devoured over the centuries as an army of ghouls.
57	# Pantheon.NecromancyAndReanimation:
58	--> '''[[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Queen Potema Septim]], Goddess of [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Undead Reinforcements]]''' (Wolf Queen Potema, Queen of Solitude)
59	# Pantheon.TheElderScrolls:
60	--> '''[[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Queen Potema Septim]], Goddess of [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Undead Reinforcements]]''' (Wolf Queen Potema, Queen of Solitude)
61	# Recap.TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S02E01:
62	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Klaus is shown summoning an entire ghostly army regiment against the invading Russians.
63	# TabletopGame.InNomine:
64	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Saints of War, over a thousand blessed souls incarnated on Earth to watch and wait for the moment that Michael needs them to scramble.
65	# TheElderScrolls.TropesE:
66	--> [[{{Necromancer}} raising the dead]] on both sides as zombies and skeletons [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' to fight for her]].
67	# TheElderScrolls.TropesNToO:
68	--> Potema replaced her followers with [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' undead minions]]
69	# TheOrderOfTheStick.TropesAToC:
70	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: During [[TheSiege the Battle of Azure City]], Xykon slaughters all the paladins defending the throne room... only to watch them rise up and oppose him as spirits, led by the spirit of legendary paladin Soon Kim, founder of the Sapphire Guard!
71	# VideoGame.BattalionWars:
72	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:In ''1'', Countess Ingrid resurrects the Iron Legion as a desperate gambit to achieve victory for the Xylvanians when the Alliance of Nations are right on their very doorstep. Subverted, however, since they have no loyalty to their descendants and [[CavalryBetrayal immediately try to take over the world again]]. Starting with Xylvania]].
73	# VideoGame.DivideAndConquer:
74	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Aragorn Quest script ends with the Northern Dúnedain getting an army of undead Oathbreakers, who can be used for three battles before disappearing.
75	# VideoGame.Heidelberg1693:
76	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Count Tilly, one of the last bosses, has an attack where he summons a legion of ghost knights into the area. They cannot be harmed, but the ghosts dissappears as quickly as they appeared.
77	# TheLordOfTheRings.TropesSToU:
78	--> The CavalryOfTheDead has the same effect, either because of inherent magic or just the natural reaction to seeing a huge horde of nasty ghosts.
79	# BigBadWannabe.Literature:
80	--> Sauron effectively pins down Gondor with an advance force that is a fraction of his military might and is only defeated with help from a [[CavalryOfTheDead 3,000 year old forgotten ghost army]]
81	# GenocideBackfire.FanWorks:
82	--> Wen Chao destroys Lotus Pier; in doing so, he sets into motion a series of events that culminates in Wei Wuxian mastering demonic cultivation and raising an CavalryOfTheDead. This leads to [[spoiler:the fall of the Qishan Wen clan]].
83	# YourSoulIsMine: Heroic undead army?
84	--> * Just like in the work it's based on, ''Manga/HoshinEngi'' has the Houshindai (Apotheosis Altar) which is used to attract the souls of notable Sendo and mortals inside so that they can be sealed in a different dimension from which they can help but not meddle with humans. Ostensibly the main objective is to prevent Dakki's soul from escaping once she's slain. [[spoiler:In truth, the hidden purpose is to have a '''CavalryOfTheDead''' come to Fukki's aid during his final battle against Jouka, the ultimate enemy.]]
85	# WarriorUndead:
86	--> See CavalryOfTheDead when a character has the ability to summon and control undead warriors ''en masse''.
87	# EvilWillFail:
88	--> * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has the case for Potema Septim, [...] [[{{Necromancer}} raising the dead]] on both sides as zombies and skeletons [[''CavalryOfTheDead''' to fight for her]].
89	# Awesome.HorusHeresy:
90	--> ** When the Emperor sets the Webway ablaze, it's shown that amidst the flames he summons [[CavalryOfTheDead a legion of dead Custodes and Space Marines]] to fight the Daemons, all wreathed in fire and with blackened armor. And at their head is "a giant among giants, its great hands bared and ready as it seared forwards at the crest of the tidal fire. The tenth son of a dying empire, so briefly reborn in his father’s immolating wrath." For the briefest of moments, Ferrus Manus gets to fight for his father from beyond the grave.
91	# Awesome.YesterdayUponTheStair:
92	--> * Izuku giving power to the dead, creating a [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' army of the dead]]
93	# Literature.GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi:
94	--> * GraveRobbing: During the Sunshot Campaign, Wei Wuxian exhumed several graves to add the corpses to his own CavalryOfTheDead.
95	# CharacterDerailment.{{Film}}:
96	--> [[Film/KamenRiderZX Badan]] raises a literal [[CavalryOfTheDead undead army]]
97	# Characters.{{Hellcat}}:
98	--> * ToHellAndBack: She died at least twice, once when an evil Asgardian tried to take over Valhalla with a CavalryOfTheDead
99	# Characters.{{Ninjago}}:
100	--> [[CavalryOfTheDead Ghost Army]]
101	# Characters.TitanQuest:
102	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In ''Atlantis'', the new top-level skill allows them to summon a phantom phalanx to aid them for a short while.
103	# Film.TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing:
104	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In the book, they're ghosts who accompany Aragorn to prove his kingship, inspire fear and awe, and ensure only stone cold badasses are brave enough to fight alongside him and help defeat the Corsairs of Umbar. In the film, they ''are'' the cavalry.
105	# Recap.StarWarsTheCloneWarsNightsistersAndBrothersArc:
106	--> * HollywoodTactics: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", the Separatist droid army lands in an open area with little cover, indicating that the Nightsisters will engage them directly. Instead, Ventress orders the Nightsisters into elevated sniper positions where they will be safe and provides support for a ground counteroffensive by the more hardy and expendable CavalryOfTheDead
107	# TabletopGame.{{Deadlands}}:
108	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Black Regiment is a rare evil example of this, though technically more an example of NightOfTheLivingMooks. They are a regiment of Walking Dead created from fallen soldiers, their uniforms stained a blackish color due to being soaked with half-dried gore (hence the name), who mysteriously appear on battlefields to turn the battle in favor of the losing side with their vicious tactics. Of course, they fight for the Union or the Confederates as they see fit, as their purpose is to basically keep the deadly stalemate between the countries going, and they're perfectly happy to turn on their "allies" of a given battle if they get in the way.
109	# TearJerker.PanopticonQuest:
110	--> * During the rise of the CavalryOfTheDead in Moscow, one of the ghosts appears to recognise a nearby Void Engineer.
111	# VideoGame.TheBattleForMiddleEarth:
112	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Summoning them is the ultimate power of the Good general powers, and a level 10 skill of Aragorn. They also intervene during scripted events, led by Aragorn in both cases: the siege of Minas Tirith in ''BFME'' (both campaigns), and the siege of Rivendell in ''BFMEII'' (end of the Evil campaign). The dead are immune to most weapons or powers. The only ones who can really do damage to them are units with strong area-of-effect attacks such as Sauron, the Witch-king, the Balrog, and flying units like the Eagles and Fell Beasts.
113	# WebVideo.BelkinusNecroHunt
114	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: According to the earliest-dated pages of Kara's journal that the party reads in Session 15, she had actually started work on necromancy during the war, to create one of these and spare mortal lives. However, fear from her superiors led to this plan being refused, which in turn led to [[spoiler:Abigail dying in the war and Kara refocusing her work into resurrecting her sister]].
115	[[/folder]]
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117	!!Zero Context Examples (40+):
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119	[[folder:ZCE wick (20)]]
120	# Fanfic.DigTwoGraves:
121	--> The destruction of Lotus Pier by Wen Chao leads to a series of events that result in Wei Wuxian mastering demonic cultivation and raising a CavalryOfTheDead.
122	# Fanfic.TheEquestrianWindMage:
123	--> * ButForMeItWasTuesday: A heroic example. When the Church of Majora makes their first overt attack on Hyrule, the Hylian soldiers are at first psychologically overwhelmed by the hordes coming their way, but the Equestrians fight back easily. As Rarity explains to a stunned Zelda, [[BewareTheCuteOnes despite their cuddly exterior]], the Mane Six are quite versed in combat, and for them, a CavalryOfTheDead is just Tuesday.
124	# BossArenaIdiocy:
125	--> * ''VideoGame/Heidelberg1693'' have a couple of these - notably, Johann Wilhelm, whose [[AttackItsWeakPoint physical body]] would be too difficult to hit if there isn't a convenient platform you can jump and aim your musket from, and Count Tilly's CavalryOfTheDead who can be avoided thanks to a tall ledge at the corner of the screen.
126	# GalacticConqueror:
127	--> Lady Styx, debuting in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. Originally intended to stand in for Darkseid, whom the writers felt was getting overused, she comes with the impressive distinction of her own CavalryOfTheDead.
128	# VideoGame.Heidelberg1693:
129	--> * BossArenaIdiocy: Count Tilly's CavalryOfTheDead cavalry is impossible to avoid if the stage is fought on ground-level, but there's a ledge you can climb upon.
130	# FantasticLegalWeirdness: Implied as just an undead army:
131	--> A {{necromancer}}, instead of raising a CavalryOfTheDead, might [[CutLexLuthorACheck find legitimate work]] as a consultant dealing with [[WillAndInheritanceTropes probate cases]] or solving murders.
132	# BarredFromTheAfterlife:
133	--> * ''Literature/WarriorCats'':\
134	** Earlier in the series, there was Fallen Leaves. He died in the tunnels during an initiation some unspecified time before the Clans came to the lake, and was unable to even step outside, let alone pass on. Eventually, though, he does get to leave the tunnels, to join the rest of the Ancients in the CavalryOfTheDead in "The Last Hope".
135	# StockScream:
136	--> * ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'' uses it ''twice''. First, during the scene in which Faramir's troops are being pursued by fellbeasts, a Gondorian soldier utters one after a fellbeast drops him. The second one occurs when Legolas knocks a Haradrim off the latter's oliphaunt perch and right into the CavalryOfTheDead.
137	# Awesome.GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi:
138	--> ** The scene where Wei Wuxian arrives in Chongyang is as nightmarish as it is awe-striking. It's only a minute long and nothing actually happens yet, but it leaves one hell of an impression. Wei Wuxian then proceeds to command the CavalryOfTheDead to kill every Wen in sight (with the exceptions of Wen Chao and Wen Zhuliu) before slowly descending from above and personally torture the aforementioned two himself.
139	# Characters.GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShiWenClanOfQishan:
140	--> * WorldsBestWarrior: He effortlessly beat Nie Mingjue into the ground and was hinted to be the strongest cultivator barring immortals like Baoshan-sanren. It took an army of thousands of cultivators, Wei Wuxian's CavalryOfTheDead, [[spoiler:along with some infiltration on Jin Guangyao's part]], to finally take him down.
141	# Characters.{{Kemurikusa}}:
142	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: They show up one last time in the FinalBattle, using all of their remaining strength to defeat the Red Tree and say their goodbyes to Rin.
143	# Characters.MediEvil:
144	--> * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Zarok creates a CavalryOfTheDead, but this is also what brings Sir Daniel back to life, which ultimately leads to his defeat.
145	# Recap.GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationSeason1Episode15Peace:
146	--> * In the novel, Wen Zhuliu got his arm injured and was then strangled to death by Zidian. In this episode, his arm gets twisted off, his Golden Core is destroyed, and he's then EatenAlive by Wei Wuxian's CavalryOfTheDead.
147	# Trivia.TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing:
148	--> ** The role of the CavalryOfTheDead is considered by Jackson to be this due to its StoryBreakerPower and "being unbelievable". If it had appeared any earlier, the Siege of Minas Tirith would have been one-sided and the Ride of the Rohirrim would have been unnecessary.
149	# Recap.AngelS05E06TheCautionaryTaleOfNumeroCinco:
150	--> * RiseFromYourGrave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to [[CavalryOfTheDead fight Tezcatcatl once again]].
151	# StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonOneToSeasonSix.TropesGToZ
152	--> * DoubleSubverted during the Nightsisters and Brothers arc. In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", the Separatist droid army lands in an open area with little cover, indicating that the Nightsisters will engage them directly. Instead, Ventress orders the Nightsisters into elevated sniper positions where they will be safe and provides support for a ground counteroffensive by the more hardy and expendable CavalryOfTheDead
153	# CurbStompBattle.{{Film}}:
154	--> ** The [[CavalryOfTheDead Dead Men of Dunharrow]] at the Battle of Pelennor Fields in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''.
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157	[[folder:Zero Context in trope list (5)]]
158	# Literature.TheWorldOfM:
159	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Aelis and her people and, in an odd way, [[spoiler:the Memories. They turn up en masse at the battle in the Arctic.]]
160	# VideoGame.HighNoonDrifter:
161	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Summoned by the Dead Radio.
162	# Recap.WarriorCatsTheLastHope: Just tons of proper names with implications:
163	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Dark Forest is a villainous variation of this. [=StarClan=] and The Tribe of Endless Hunting pull this for the Clans, along with Midnight.
164	# WarriorCats.Tropes0ToG: Just tons of proper names with implications:
165	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Dark Forest is a villainous variation of this. In ''The Last Hope'', [=StarClan=] and The Tribe of Endless Hunting pull this for the Clans, along with Midnight.
166	# Fanfic.AvengersOfTheRing:
167	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In ''Methteilien'', during the final battle [[spoiler:against Morgoth, the Allies are aided not only by the return of those killed in the Snap, but also the return of those killed just before the Snap, such as Boromir and Sif, sustained in the Astral Dimension by the power of the Silmaril until they know that their greatest enemies have fallen]].
168	[[/folder]]
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170	[[folder:Zero Context Pothole (15)]]
171	# YouAndWhatArmy:
172	--> * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' (Extended Edition): The Corsair captain asks Aragorn this question when he, Legolas and Gimli board their ships. Aragorn's response? "''[['''CavalryOfTheDead''' This army]].''"
173	# NightmareFuel.Destiny2:
174	--> * [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' The Taken]] still being around is already bad enough
175	# NightmareFuel.TheDCU:
176	--> ComicBook/BlackestNight has the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Black Lanterns]] winning
177	# Pantheon.CharacterAdaptations:
178	--> [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' witch-zombies]]
179	# NoBodyLeftBehind.LiveActionFilms:
180	--> It also happens to the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Army of the Dead]] when [[WarriorPrince Aragorn]] declares that their oaths to Isildur have been fulfilled for helping him defeat the armies of Mordor.
181	# TheOrderOfTheStick.TropesGToI:
182	--> The battle is heavily based on attrition warfare, with any losses being simply [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' zombified]]
183	# BreatherLevel:
184	--> For all the game hyping it up, Evil version of Minas Tirith is an absolute breather in terms of difficulty. Enemy does not attack you at all, allowing the player to take over pretty much all the resourses on the map, the Rohan reinforcements are easily dealt with with the usage of pikemen, and when Aragorn comes with the [[CavalryOfTheDead Army of the Damned]], said army will vanish ''way'' before it can hurt you much at all. Sadly Minas Tirith is also the final level of the campaign.
185	# ChildSupplantsParent:
186	--> * ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': After finally [[FaceHeelTurn becoming evil]] and joining the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Scourge]] he used to fight against
187	# Film.FindingOhana:
188	--> [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Nightmarcher's]] protection
189	# Warhammer40000.W40kTropesQToZ:
190	--> * WreathedInFlames: The [[CavalryOfTheDead Legion of the Damned]] Space Marines
191	# Awesome.CatchYourBreath:
192	--> * Wei Wuxian's first appearance in the story is during ''his'' independent hunt for Wen cultivators in the backwoods of Yunmeng. Tomoe is the one who runs into him first and instantly realizes he has the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' kind of power]] that [[OneManArmy can turn the tide of the war]].
193	# Fridge.{{Cuphead}}:
194	--> * Well, considering that he's a decorated soldier, based on the background of his stage... [[CavalryOfTheDead Perhaps Werner's fellows still got his back]].
195	# FinalBattle:
196	--> * ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'' has Rin and Wakaba [[spoiler:with [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Riku, Ryo and Ryoku]] joining midway trough]] against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Red Tree]]]].
197	# UniversallyBelovedLeader: Undead army?
198	--> * Iskander, better known as Alexander the Great in ''Literature/FateZero''. He's ''not'' a moral character by modern standards, but his subjects -- especially his army -- loved him in life and would have followed him to the ends of creation. [[ThePowerOfFriendship These feelings]] are are what form his greatest Noble Phantasm: Ionioi Hetairoi, a [[MentalWorld Reality Marble]] which calls forth an entirely new landscape alongside his army, who prove they're all too happy to [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' fight for their king even in death]].
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201	[[folder:Quotes wicking. Zero Context (2)]]
202	# Quotes/BadassArmy:
203	--> ''My peerless army! [[CavalryOfTheDead Their bodies may return to ash, but their spirits still hear my call! These men are my legendary heroes]] – [[UndyingLoyalty my loyal followers!]]They’re my true friends - breaking the rules of space and time to fight once more at my side! They are my treasure within treasures; they’re my right to rule! They make up my mightiest Noble Phantasm -- [[GratuitousGreek Ionian Hetairoi!!]]''
204	-->-- '''Rider ([[spoiler:Alexander the Great]])''', ''Literature/FateZero''
205	# Quotes/HollywoodExorcism:
206	--> ->''"You come to conquer.\
207	You come in fury.\
208	You come bearing ancient weapons.\
209	You come with a [[EvilWeapon sword of the Ninth House]].\
210	You come to claim a body. This is all we know. You helpless ghost, this is not supplication... [[CavalryOfTheDead We came]] at invitation; whither did ''you''? I am a spirit-caller of the House of the Fifth. I am Abigail for my mothers, Pent for my people. I who died am come in the fullness of my power, at the bidding of the Lyctor you [[GrandTheftMe seek to supplant]]. I will sever the thanergetic link you have to this woman, and I bid you--get the ''[[PrecisionFStrike hell]]'' out."''
211	-->-- '''Abigail Pent''', ''Literature/HarrowTheNinth''
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	!!Follows TheCavalry's definition:
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216	[[folder:TheCavalry but with undead made from the heroes' allies (7)]]
217	# Literature.TollTheHounds:
218	--> * BackupFromOtherworld: Hood's CavalryOfTheDead arrives in the nick of time to [[spoiler:guard the wagon within Dragnipur against the Army of Chaos.]]
219	* BigDamnHeroes: Right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the wagon within the warren of Dragnipur, Anomander Rake kills [[spoiler:Hood, the to-date God of Death]]. His soul being sucked into Dragnipur opens the way for his CavalryOfTheDead, which consists of all those who have ever died, to swoop in and close with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day.
220	* CavalryOfTheDead: Everyone who ever died is marched out of the Warren of Death and into the Warren within Dragnipur right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the wagon within. The Army of the Dead [[BigDamnHeroes swoops in and closes with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day]].
221	# FlyingDutchman: Undead TheCavalryArrivesLate via potholes:
222	--> * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In "Legion of the Damned", the titular [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Legion]]'s only surviving spaceship (a "Star Fort") appears out of nowhere at [[TheCavalryArrivesLate the last minute]] to [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes destroy the Keeler Comet and obliterate the Chaos armada]] while the Legionnaires [[CurbStompBattle wipe out the planetside Chaos crusaders right on the verge of their victory]].]]
223	# LongDeadBadass: TheCavalry but undead:
224	--> If the character is brought back as an undead to [['''TheCavalry''' assist the heroes]], that's CavalryOfTheDead.
225	# NightOfTheLivingMooks: TheCavalry but undead:
226	--> CavalryOfTheDead, when ''the heroes''' fallen allies rise to aid them as TheCavalry.
227	# ReleasingFromThePromise: Emphasis mine:
228	--> * In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'', Aragorn calls upon the cursed dead men of Dunharrow to serve him as CavalryOfTheDead to '''rescue Minas Tirith''' from Sauron's attack.
229	# SummonBiggerFish:
230	--> * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' has the capital city of Gondor under attack by a BadassArmy of evil orcs and trolls. Fortunately for the good guys, Aragorn gets the CavalryOfTheDead to come to the rescue.
231	# Film.TheLordOfTheRings:
232	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In the book, they're ghosts who accompany Aragorn to prove his kingship, inspire fear and awe, and ensure only stone cold badasses are brave enough to fight alongside him and help defeat the Corsairs of Umbar. In the film, they ''are'' the cavalry.
233	# Warhammer40000.W40kTropesAToD: TheCavalry entry says that it counts.
234	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Legion of the Damned, a Space Marines chapter that got lost in the Warp and became a bunch of spectral beings. They occasionally emerge from the warp to turn the tide of a battle in favor of the Imperium before disappearing again.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	!!Other
238
239	[[folder:Undead that don't fight (7)]]
240	# Characters.SeventhSeaNationsOfKhitai:
241	--> * AncientTomb: Although it's only four-hundred years old, the Great Khan's tomb is a secret that was guarded by his bannermen even after their deaths -- [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' literally]].
242	# TabletopGame.SeventhSeaTheEast:
243	--> * AncientTomb: Although it's only four-hundred years old, the Great Khan's tomb is a secret that was guarded by his bannermen even after their deaths- [[CavalryOfTheDead literally]].
244	# Anime.GingaDensetsuWeed:
245	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:While they're not doing any actual fighting, the spirits of all the past Ohu soldiers (including the recently deceased such as Smith and John) appears at Weed's battle against Hougen, giving Weed the strength to stand up again after he's nearly been defeated, and simultaneously gives Hougen a bad scare by directly speaking to him, apparently only being visible to him and Weed. And when Weed's next Battouga misses, a sudden powerful wind is created to send him spinning straight back towards Hougen. (The manga version is especially intense.)]] In the anime only, they're also implied to have [[spoiler:created the lightning that ultimately kills Hougen.]]
246	# ComicBook.{{Fables}}:
247	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In ''The Good Prince'', [[spoiler:Ambrose]] takes advantage of the fact that all of his subjects from the well are technically ghosts, and summons their forms to take out the Adversary's army by having the ghosts terrify the army into fleeing.
248	# Characters.YoungJusticeAbridgedUnaffiliatedVillains:
249	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The assorted Talons, which they brag about to Batman, a man who has a code against killing. Finding himself up against mooks that don't die from lethal force is overjoying to Bruce.
250	# Recap.StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre:
251	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Old Daka can resurrect the dead Nightsisters to protect the coven. And this army is truly nightmare-inducing!
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:BigDamnHeroes zombies / undead (3)]]
255	# BigDamnHeroes.{{Literature}}:
256	--> In ''Literature/TollTheHounds'', right when the forces of Chaos are about to devour those few still dragging the waggon within the warren of Dragnipur, Anomander Rake kills [[spoiler:Hood, the to-date God of Death]]. His soul being sucked into Dragnipur opens the way for his CavalryOfTheDead, which consists of all those who have ever died, to swoop in and close with the forces of Chaos just in time to save the day.
257	# Characters.TheShadowhunterChroniclesShadowhunters:
258	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Post-mortem, Rupert's soul goes to a very distant afterlife, far enough that even his son Jesse, who is trapped in the in-between world after he succumbs to his first rune-marking ritual, never contacts him. Lucie still manages to bring his ghost into the mortal world to stop Tatiana's rampage in the London Institute.
259	# WesternAnimation.AxeCop:
260	--> * BigDamnHeroes: Probably the only instance of ''[['''CavalryOfTheDead''' zombies]]'' fulfilling this trope. [[spoiler:Liborg]] pulls it off in the pilot, although it's more of a GondorCallsForAid situation.
261	[[/folder]]
262
263	[[folder:Shoehorning because not undead. Mainly MassResurrection (7)]]
264	# Recap.PowerRangersDinoChargeTrickOrTrial:
265	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The rangers' Halloween costumes in this episode include those of a matador, a [[PirateGirl female pirate]], a [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai samurai]], a detective / Sherlock Holmes lookalike, a scarecrow, a vampire, and a female musketeer.
266	# TheElderScrolls.TropesC:
267	# AnimateDead: Not undead.
268	--> * Literature/TheBible: In the Literature/BookOfEzekiel, {{God}} commands His prophet Ezekiel to resurrect [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' a whole army of skeletons]], which were the people of Israel, to reclaim their homes. Unlike any [[DemBones typical skeletal army]], they were [[MassResurrection fully resurrected]] into living beings [[note]]and by modern day RPGMechanicsVerse, it's more closer to ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons True Resurrection]]'' than to this trope[[/note]]. This was done, obviously, [[OlderThanFeudalism before video game necromancy was a thing]].
269	# BackFromTheDead: Not undead.
270	--> In ''Literature/BookOfEzekiel'' 37:1-3, Ezekiel is shown a vision of an ''[['''CavalryOfTheDead''' army]]'' brought back to life with just their [[DemBones scattered bones]] for a starting point.
271	# DemBones: Not undead.
272	--> * Literature/TheBible had the story of [[Literature/BookOfEzekiel Ezekiel]] and the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Valley of the Dry Bones that came to life]] and inspired the {{Trope Namer\|s}} "Dry Bones"/"Dem Bones" song. The trope-naming song is based on a Biblical incident involving Ezekiel, who was told by God to create an army of these things with a prophecy. The Bible is surprisingly metal, in places. The bones are immediately [[MassResurrection given flesh and souls]] during their resurrections, [[UnbuiltTrope instead of being a literal skeleton army]] like [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts those]] created by Creator/RayHarryhausen.
273	# MassResurrection: Not undead.
274	--> In ''Literature/BookOfEzekiel'', God commands Ezekiel to [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' resurrect a whole army of skeletons into living beings]] in order to reclaim Israel.
275	# {{Necromancer}}: Not undead.
276	--> * In the Literature/BookOfEzekiel, ''[[{{God}} God Himself]]'' commands Ezekiel to resurrect [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' a whole army of skeletons]], which were the people of Israel, to reclaim their homes. Unlike any [[DemBones typical skeletal army]], they were [[MassResurrection fully resurrected]] into living beings[[note]]and by modern day RPGMechanicsVerse, it's ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons True Resurrection]]'', not AnimateDead[[/note]], subverting the typical expectation of this trope.
277	# Music.{{Sabaton}}: Not undead.
278	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: "The Attack of the Dead Men" plays up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Dead_Men the historical attack by Russians]] through DeadlyGas as if they really were fighting on in undeath to counter-attack the Germans.
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Indexes (10)]]
282	# HauntedIndex
283	# MilitaryAndWarfareTropes
284	# TropesOfTheLivingDead
285	# UndeadIndex
286	# ImageSource.TolkiensLegendarium
287	# JustForFun.TropeEpitaphRenamedTropesNumberToL
288	# QuoteSource.TheBible
289	# AsTheGoodBookSays: Quote Source
290	# Quotes.TheBible
291	[[/folder]]
292
293	[[folder:Just mass SummonMagic of something. Only implied undead, and not a full on regimented army (5)]]
294	# Characters.SaturdayMorninMayhem:
295	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In his Sailor History hyper attack, Popeye summons the spirits of his ancestors and a whale to attack his opponents while flying.
296	# Literature.IslandOfTheLizardKing:
297	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: If you found a magical horn, you can blow in it to summon dead warriors to your side.
298	# Characters.Dota2StrengthNToZ:
299	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: He leads one in the Dead God's name, and can summon them into battle with ''Tombstone''.
300	# AdaptationalBadass.AnimeAndManga:
301	--> * Ryu in ''Anime/StreetFighterAlphaGenerations'' is able to summon the CavalryOfTheDead to fight with him, a power he most certainly doesn’t possess in the games.
302	# Webcomic.ILogInAlone: What is a "soul"? It's presumably a ghost but who knows?
303	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Jung developed the power to summon an army of the souls of players that he collected.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	!!Unsorted:
307
308	# RevivalLoophole: Just an undead army?
309	--> * In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', Mat blows the Horn of Valere, summoning the CavalryOfTheDead to deal with an immediate threat, then learns that he is bound to it and is the only valid hornsounder while he lives.
310	# SupernaturalFearInducer:
311	--> The CavalryOfTheDead has the same effect because of the natural reaction to seeing a huge horde of nasty ghosts. In the book it's left ambiguous whether they can actually hurt people, but they don't need to because the fear is enough.
312	# TheOathBreaker:
313	--> A prime example of what happens to those who are less careful can be found with the CavalryOfTheDead. Isildur cursed them when they swore to help him fight and then refused; three thousand years later, they break the curse by helping Aragorn -- the Heir of Isildur -- instead.
314	# YinYangBomb:
315	--> * [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragons]] in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' universe are supposedly [[PlayingWithFire embodiments of fire]]. [[ZombieApocalypse The]] [[TheUndead White]] [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Walkers]] are supposedly [[AnIcePerson embodiments of ice]]. One would think that according to this logic, [[spoiler:the Night King couldn't [[AnimateDead raise a dragon from the dead]]]]. Oh, how wrong you'd be...
316	# Characters.CupheadAlliesAndEnemies:
317	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Ms. Chalice's Super Art 3 has her summon the spirits of the Calix Animi to lay waste to her opponents.
318	# Characters.CupheadMainCharacters:
319	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Her third [[LimitBreak Super Art]], "Ghostly Barrage", calls in a barrage of souls that hits everything on the screen multiple times.
320	# Characters.CupheadRunawayDebtors:
321	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The third phase has ghost mice backing the Katzenwagen.
322	# Characters.FinalFantasyXIMarquisateOfTavnazia:
323	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:What he is trying to amass]] during the white mage story.
324	# Characters.MagicTheGatheringFactions:
325	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Their mascots are Spirits, which are represented as long-dead souls inhabiting statues that represent them.
326	# Characters.MonicasGangEndOfTheWorldSuperSaga:
327	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: During the fight against the Guardians of the Threshold, the Widow revives all the bodies that drowned in the Sococó da Ema river and commands them to attack the Guardians.
328	# Characters.NarutoOrochimaru:
329	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: During the 4th Shinobi World War, aiding Sasuke's wish to end the war, he uses the Edo Tensei revived Hokages to assist the Shinobi Allied Forces against the overwhelming Ten-Tails.
330	# Characters.OutOfTheAbyss:
331	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: If the players assist him, he can get one of these put together for the Battle of Blingdenstone. While not able to deal damage in the battle, they can fit the role of scouts/messengers quite well, given that walls pose no problem for them, and can distract the enemies during the battle.
332	# Characters.PathfinderUndead:
333	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: A last guard must keep watch until their duties are fulfilled or they are swayed by a compelling call to war, departing to march to battle.
334	# Characters.SCPFoundationOther:
335	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In the Tale [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/when-we-came-home "When We Came Home,"]] the Brothers lead the host of the dead in battle against the Scarlet King while the Library burns around them. [[spoiler:The brothers play a significant role in the Scarlet King's demise, and claim his body upon death]].
336	# Characters.StarWarsDathomir:
337	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Nightsisters have a "[[AnimateDead Chant of Resurrection]]", which allows the user the raise their dead in the graveyard.
338	# Characters.TFSAtTheTableNaturalOneders:
339	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Pirates, but they still count, aiding the party against the glabrezu, and then offering their services against the Onrush, especially after learning the benevolent truth behind their UnfinishedBusiness.
340	# Characters.TheForgesOfDawn:
341	--> * BigDamnHeroes: Arrives [[spoiler:with her '''CavalryOfTheDead''']] in time to save [[spoiler:Moyo]] from the Pale ones.
342	# Characters.UshioAndToraVillains:
343	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler: His spirt joins his siblings saving them from the Kokuen during the final battle.]]\
344	* CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler: Shows up alongside Nagare, Hyo and the manga-only Tokuno to help Ushio against Hakumen.]]
345	# Characters.Warhammer40000Asuryani:
346	--> * WorfHadTheFlu: After the 5th Edition rulebook stated that the Imperium had given up on attacking Craftworlds directly, due to the horrific losses that typically result in such assaults, the 5th Edition ''Codex: Space Marines'', released a few months later, stating that Craftworld Idharae was destroyed by a single Astartes Chapter seemed to be contradictory until a latter supplement stated that the Craftworld's warhosts had been severely depleted fighting against the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]] of Hive Fleet Naga, while another stated that the Invaders would still would have been defeated if it hadn't been for the last minute intervention of the [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' Legion of the Damned]].\
347	* CavalryOfTheDead: Wraith constructs are artificial constructs carrying the spirits of dead Aeldari so that they can continue to fight in defence of the living. As the creation of these ghost warriors is considered an abomination, most Craftworlds only use them in the gravest of emergencies, most famously during [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Hive Fleet Kraken]]'s invasion of Iyanden where the Craftworlders had suffered so many casualties that, by the time the Tyranids had been driven off, there were more Ghost Warriors walking the domes of the craftworld than living Aeldari.
348	# Characters.YuGiOhDuelTerminal:
349	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Their key card is [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Rekindling Rekindling]], which brings back all of them at once for a turn, before they are [[DeaderThanDead banished.]]
350	# ComicBook.WrathOfTheFirstLantern:
351	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Indigo Lanterns channel [[GodzillaThreshold the black ring energy]] [[spoiler: in order to bring forth an Army from the Dead Zone composed of Volthoom's victims, with Hal Jordon at the head!]]
352	# DyingMomentOfAwesome.RealLife:
353	--> * The Attack of the Dead Men. An army of 7000 German soldiers attacked a Russian-controlled fortress with poison gas, killing most of the Russians as they didn't have gas masks. When the Germans charged the fortress, 100 dying Russians decided to [[TakingYouWithMe take as many Germans down with them]] as they could and launched a countercharge. The Germans mistook the badly burned Russians for a CavalryOfTheDead
354	# EvilIsPetty.VideoGames:
355	--> * In ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'', Spooky has a rather lofty goal: [[spoiler:conquer the world with an CavalryOfTheDead culled from the mansion's many victims]].
356	# Fanfic.AYoungVampiresEverydayLife:
357	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: '''Twelve''' legions of dead Romans, led by the recently deceased Lucius Cornelius Sulla, respond to the Gallic invasion led by Lepidus.
358	# Fanfic.TheRoboutianHeresy:
359	--> * CavalryOfTheDead:\
360	** [[spoiler: In the final stages of the Siege of Terathalion, as Ragnar Blackmane attempts to invade the sanctum, Iskandar Khayon awakens the Rubric Marines, a long-held secret of the Thousand Sons, to unleash a brutal and devastating counter-attack against the invaders. Said army is currently still in action.]]\
361	** [[spoiler:The Dark Angels try for an evil version, by unleashing the Lord of Wraiths (an undead, brainwashed Ibram Gaunt) on Ciaphas Cain and his forces, which works...for about two minutes before Cain becomes a Living Saint and breaks their control, causing the entire Tanith First and Only to have a HeelFaceTurn and become another straight example.]]
362	# Fridge.TheLordOfTheRings:
363	--> * The scene where the Corsairs of Umbar (well, their ships anyway) arrive at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields shows the orcs showing an OhCrap expression when Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas step off seems a bit comical at first, since they're essentially showing fear of three people (remember, they don't even know about the CavalryOfTheDead thing yet).
364	# Literature.DrGretaHelsing:
365	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: {{Invoked\|Trope}} in the Paris Catacombs when the fight against [[spoiler:the BigBad Corvin and his vampire coven]] turns against the protagonists. Unfortunately for Corvin, the coven [[spoiler:[[DesecratingTheDead desecrated a lot of bodies]] to make their lair, and Greta's allies include two {{Psychopomp}}s who offer the affronted spirits a chance to vent their displeasure.]]
366	# Literature.HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire:
367	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:The "shades" of Voldemort's victims]] give Harry a vital few seconds during his escape.
368	# Literature.HisDarkMaterials:
369	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:When Will and Lyra emerge from the Land of the Dead, the spirits of various dead characters and other onetime warriors join the battle between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Republic of Heaven on the side of the Republic, countering the Spectres who had until then been consuming souls unchecked.]]
370	# Literature.MasksOfMayhem:
371	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: If you slay the Kraken, the souls of the great warrior Galrin and his men will be released from their torment and swear to come to your aid if you find yourself in danger. [[spoiler:Their help is essential to destroying Morgana's Golems.]]
372	# Literature.OddlyEnough:
373	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Brion, the protagonist of "With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm", leads one against enemy soldiers who've been sent to raid his kingdom. Unusually, the dead don't attack the living -- they just point out what it'll be like to be dead, and the soldiers decide they'd rather go home and live as long as possible.
374	# Literature.TheCrippledGod:
375	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: At the climactic Battle of the Spire for the heart of the Crippled God, the tide turns when the dead Bridgeburners -- now essentially the Gods of Death -- ride into the battle.
376	# Literature.TheDarkProfitSaga:
377	--> * FoeTossingCharge: Johan single-handedly carves a path through the CavalryOfTheDead to get to Detarr Ur'Mayan in the second book. Detarr notes how predictable Johan is.\
378	* OurLichesAreDifferent: After being slain by the great Hero Johan decades prior, the noctomancer/necromancer Detarr Ur'Mayan makes his return as an undead liche, using the Crown of Iron Thorns to raise and control a CavalryOfTheDead.
379	# Manga.SaintSeiya:
380	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In "Hades Arc", Hades brings back to life fallen Gold Saints of Athena, granting them 12 hours to bring him her head. If they do so, he may bring them back to life for good. [[spoiler:It turns out that they remained loyal to their Goddess nonetheless and only accepted Hades' deal to warn her about the upcoming Holy War and give her crucial intel, while killing some members of Hades' army in the process. Once the 12 hours delay expired, they disappeared to return to the Underworld (where they join again with the still living Gold Saints to fire a super CombinedEnergyAttack).]]
381	# Morrowind.TropesAToC:
382	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Practiced on a small scale by the Dunmer. Their religious beliefs include significant ancestor worship, believing that their ancestors stick around to watch over their living kin. They've summoned the bodies and spirits of their honored ancestors as guardians and protectors for ages. They consider this practice different from true necromancy, which they consider absolutely blasphemous, though outlanders will point out the hypocrisy.
383	# Music.ExodusBobMarleyAlbum:
384	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: "The Heathen":
385	---> ''Rise oh fallen fighters/rise and take your stands again.''
386	--> * CavalryOfTheDead:\
387	** The Dunmer practice significant ancestor worship in their religion, believing that their ancestors stick around to watch over their living kin. On a relatively smaller scale, they've summoned the bodies and spirits of their honored ancestors as guardians and protectors for ages. They consider this practice different from true {{necromancy}}, which they consider absolutely blasphemous. Then, during the Oblivion Crisis, they resurrected the massive skeleton of an [[GiantEnemyCrab Emperor Crab]] (large enough to hold ''an entire city district'' inside its shell) to fight back against the [[LegionsOfHell Daedric hordes]].\
388	** King Gortwog of Orsinium, home of the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] who (as the Orsimer or "Pariah Elves") who seem to be eternally FightingForAHomeland, was said to be considering whether to hire necromancers to supplement Orsinium's forces with the dead against their many powerful enemies. No word on whether or not he went through with it, but Orsinium itself would fall during the TimeSkip between ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''.\
389	** In the series' backstory, Queen Potema of Solitude (known as " the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Wolf Queen]]") caused one of the [[CivilWar bloodiest wars]] to ever hit Tamriel in an attempt to get her son proclaimed as the rightful heir to the Imperial throne. After her armies and those of her allies were defeated, she held out in Solitude in a protracted siege which lasted 10 years. During that time, Potema, a powerful {{necromancer}} and practitioner of other [[TheDarkArts Dark Arts]], resurrected many dead bodies to bolster her dwindling forces.
390
391	!!Not clearly human:
392	# Characters.SamuraiShodownOther:
393	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Summons Yomotsu, a battleship from the land of the dead full of [[RevenantZombie revenants]] - and Shiro Tokisada - , to complete his plans.
394
395	!!Other:
396	# RenamedTropes.AToE
397	# ArmyOfTheDead: Disambig
398	# Laconic.CavalryOfTheDead
399
400	!!Just mentioning as comparison
401	# BackupFromOtherworld:
402	--> Compare CavalryOfTheDead, where this trope is applied to [[ExaggeratedTrope an entire]] fighting force.
403	# AnimateDead
404	# GhostInvasion
405	# MassResurrection
406
407	!!Unintentional undead army
408	# Literature.{{Maresi}}:
409	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:In the climax to ''Red Mantle'', the dead themselves come from the silverwood trees where they've been buried to stop the nádor's men from slaughtering their still living descendants.]]
410
411	!!Something else resurrects, and singular resurrectee
412	# Literature.{{Bloodbones}}:
413	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: If you defeat the Ghost Pirate Captain Velyarde, you can enlist his help to pursue Cinnabar's ship, the Virago.
414
415	!!No statement of undead-ness.
416	# Literature.{{Corum}}:
417	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Margrave's crew chase off Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
418	# VideoGame.ShadowOfTheTombRaider:
419	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: They're not exactly undead (and it's unclear what they are, possibly merely strange humans with an unusual origin), but the [[spoiler:Yaaxil]] serve this purpose in the finale, suddenly joining forces with Lara. Once they do, [[spoiler:they defeat the remaining Trinity forces with relative ease]].
420
421	!!Not warrior undead
422	# Recap.GrimmS6E13TheEnd:
423	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The ghosts of Kelly Burkhardt and Marie Kessler return to help Nick and Trubel defeat the Zerstörer.
424	# TheNecrocracy:
425	--> ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': In the backstory, the city of Solitude turned into one when the "[[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Wolf Queen]]" Potema replaced her followers with [['''CavalryOfTheDead''' undead minions]] after they deserted her.
426	# Music.{{Ayreon}}:
427	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: In "The Castle Hall", everyone that the Barbarian and the Knight had slain comes back from the dead to haunt them.
428	# Literature.TheAscendantKingdomsSaga:
429	--> * CavalryOfTheDead:\
430	** [[spoiler:Blaine's younger brother Carr, who is captured by Pollard and commits suicide by cutting his wrists, turns out at the beginning of book four to be protecting his brother from the malevolent spirits of his father and the warden of Velant. His shade appears in the real world during the final battle and shields Blaine and Kestel from hostile magic.]]
431
432	!!Just using small numbers / individual undead against enemies.
433	* Anime.{{Kemurikusa}}:
434	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler:Episode 12 has the dead sisters, Riku, Ryoku and Ryou returning one last time for the final battle. They vanish soon after, not without saying their goodbyes.]]
435	# StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonOneToSeasonSix.TropesAToF
436	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Nightsisters are able to revive the corpses of their fallen to battle on their behalf. Though effective against the Separatist droids, Grievous treats them like only a nuisance.
437	# VideoGame.Heidelberg1693:
438	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: The Moon King can summon a ghost knight pulling behind a horse-drawn carriage. Which can OneHitKill you.
439
440	!!Unclear resurrection as undead or full regular body.
441	# Literature.{{Commonweal}}:
442	--> * CavalryOfTheDead: Literally: everyone who dies latched to a Standard of the Line will be necromantically preserved and still active within the Standard. Chloris and the other students are told that they'll eventually learn how to raise skeletons.
443
444	!!Non-temporary resurrection?
445	# AnimateDead:
446	--> * ''Literature/AnArmyOfTheDead'': Sorcerer-Captain Emorc resurrects a [[CavalryOfTheDead whole army]]. Interestingly enough, that army is the ''heroes'' of the story.
447
448	!!Just mentions:
449	* Pantheon.{{Toxicity}}:
450	--> * Portfolio: AttackOfThe50FootWhatever, CavalryOfTheDead

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