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Johannes Cabal has [[Villain Protagonist|never pretended to be a hero of any kind.]] There is, after all, little heroic about [[Grave Robbing|robbing graves]], stealing [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|occult volumes]], and being on nodding terms with demons.
 
His purpose, however is [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|noble]]. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as [[Came Back Wrong|monstrosities]] but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, some sacrifices are necessary. [[Deal With the Devil|One such sacrifice was his own soul]], but now he sees that was a mistake - it's not just that he needs it for his research to have validity, but now he realizes [[The Soulless|he needs it to be himself.]]
 
Unfortunately, his soul now rests within the festering bureaucracy of Hell. [[Satan]] may be cruel and capricious but, most dangerously, he is bored. It is Cabal's unhappy lot to provide him with amusement.
 
In short, a wager: in return for his own soul, Cabal must gather one hundred others. Placed in control of a [[Circus of Fear|diabolical carnival]] - created to tempt to contentiousness, to blasphemy, argumentation and murder, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|but one may also win coconuts]] - and armed only with his intelligence, [[Hand Cannon|a very large handgun]], and a total absence of whimsy, Cabal has one year.
 
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is the first novel written for Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series. Before the novel, Howard has written several short stories in the Cabalverse. JC the Necromancer is followed by [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JohannesCabalTheDetective Johannes Cabal the Detective].
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* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Horst Cabal, Johannes' suave older brother.
* [[Ambiguously Evil]]: Cabal
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Cabal is a Type V, probably.
{{quote| '''Old Man:''' You're not nice.<br />
'''Cabal:''' Your...founder has given me the task of sending one hundred souls to eternal torment. To be quite frank, I don't think my name is ever going to become a byword for popularity. }}
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* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Ratuth Slabuth loves a good entrance. Rufus Maleficarus also one for dramatics - a fact that Cabal is happy to take advantage of.
* [[Evil Plan]]: Satan's, until {{spoiler|Cabal proves to be a [[Spanner in The Works]].}}
* [[Family -Unfriendly Death]]: Many
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Layla the Latex Lady
* [[Functional Magic]]: Played with. Magic exists, but it's not particularly functional.
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* {{spoiler|[[Girl in A Box]]}}
* [[Ghost Town]]
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Leonie Barrow. Beautiful country girl that Cabal is drawn to at first sight, {{spoiler|or bothers him by looking familiar}}, she is also the only female in the book that is portrayed in a truly positive light, especially when compared to [[Femme Fatale]] Layla or [[Weak -Willed|Nea Winshaw]].
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Maleficarus, though he wasn't the picture of mental health beforehand.
* [[Grotesque Gallery]]
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* [[Karmic Death]]: While not exactly death, victims who signed their souls over to damnation were usually tempted by vices that they already had.
* [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]]: Cabal does this to Ratuth Slabuth and Trubshaw.
* [[Last -Name Basis]]: Johannes Cabal is most often simply known as 'Cabal,' while Horst Cabal goes by his first name.
* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Evil]]}}: Cabal's ultimate motivation.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Played with with Cabal
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* [[Starfish Language]]: A few of the languages Cabal uses for swearing
* [[Sword Cane]]: Cabal has one, concealing a 3-foot steel blade.
* [[The Un -Smile]]: Cabal practices this all the time daily in order to scare small children and the elderly.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Dennis and Denzel. {{spoiler|Until Cabal kills them and zombifies them with Batch 247.}}
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Again, Dennis and Denzel
* [[Totalitarian Utilitarian]]: As seen throughout the novel, and very poignantly in [http://mollytanzer.com/2010/08/23/in-which-i-utterly-fail-to-inquisit-johannes-cabal/ this interview,] Cabal doesn't give a shit about the means, only the ends.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Possibly also related to the fact that Cabal is a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]].
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A Webley .577 handgun.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Take a wild guess.
* [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life]]: While Cabal has no problem with committing violent acts of murder, he does not like to.
* [[What the Hell Hero|What the Hell, Hero?]]: Horst to Cabal, often.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Both of the Cabal brothers.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him|Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Cabal's favored method of human interaction.
* [[You Kill It You Bought It]]: Cabal with Maleficarus' horde of sanitarium escapees.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Rufus Maleficarus claimed that Cabal killed his father. Cabal claims that it didn't count because, technically, Maleficarus's father was already dead.
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