Curse of the Reapers
is a Harry Potter fanfiction by deanine.
In an alternate universe where the world is ruled by the tyrannical Emperor Turpin, Muggles are treated as cattle, lorded over by the "second tier", the wizards. The wizards are in turn ruled by Turpin's inner circle, the immortal third tier of society. On the fringes of society, a rebellion led by Governor Albus Dumbledore attempt to overthrow the regime. But how do you defeat someone who cannot die?
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Curse of the Reapers provides the following tropes:
- Baleful Polymorph: Lily
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Emily Dickinson is referred to as having been a Squib.
- Death by Woman Scorned: Oscasia mentions in passing that Avaritia has a habit of murdering her lover Fastosus.
- Death Faked for You: Harry and Isobel. Isobel again, thanks to the false plague Rutilus Terminus.
- Disproportionate Retribution: George skips school for three days. His mother spends three months in a Siberian prison, one for each day he was gone.
- Fantastic Racism: Muggles are treated like animals, and werewolves are hunted on full moon nights.
- Foreboding Architecture: Ron describes the dormitory building as looking like a mouth full of teeth.
- For Want Of A Nail: Lily almost steps inside the London Group Home at Christmas, but refuses. If she had gone inside, odds are she would have seen her daughter Isobel.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Thoroughly frowned upon. Students can hex a different person every day for their entire school career, but one punch is enough to get a person declassified.
- Groin Attack: Sirius pulls a doozy on Peter while searching for the traitor in the rebellion.
- Heroic BSoD: Several, notably Lily and Harry.
- I Don't Like the Sound of That Place: Vociferor, also known as The Killing Field.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Oscasia. And she loves it.
- Older Than They Look: All of the third tier members, but special mention goes to Spero, who looks 15 but is centuries old.
- Painful Transformation: How people become Reapers.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: What James thinks happened to Lily in Vietnam.
- Urban Legends: What most people regard the Reapers as. Unfortunately, they are very much real.
