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Except ... the Covenant siblings aren't quite dead, and they're not happy about Patrick sticking his nose into "family affairs." The Covenant siblings were cursed many years ago when they childishly performed an ancient occult ritual at the nearby Standing Stones, dooming them to madness and death only to be resurrected as nightmarish abominations. Now they seek to awaken the evil being known as the Undying King so he can reclaim his dominion over the earth.
 
But the awakening of such occult forces has also drawn Patrick's nemesis, Otto Keisinger, who wants to use the Covenant estate for his own ends. Before Patrick can end the terrors of the Undying curse, he's going to have to square off with Keisinger once and for all.
 
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{{quote|{{spoiler|Father always said "self-reflection is the key to enlightenment." Allow me to reflect on this day. How could I have saved my father from a slow, painful death? I could have hit him harder.}}}}
* [[Demonic Invaders]]
* [[Determinator]]: Let's face it: Patrick pretty much IS this trope. Let's see here: Survive [[World War OneI]]? Check. Survive at least decades of conflict with Otto Keisinger? Check. Get through Irish customs unnoticed in order to fulfill a life debt? Check. Fight through wave after wave of unspeakable abominations that have racked up quite the kill count? Check. Handle the [[Artifact of Doom]] with fairly marginal damage? Check. Kill off the undead and superhuman Covenant siblings one by one? Check. Go into HELL to defeat Keisinger? Check. Survive {{spoiler|Jeremiah's}} betrayal? Check. Take down the {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]}} that helped cause this godforsaken train wreck in the first place? Check. Basically, by the end, he is pretty much surviving more-or-less because it seems like he can't bloody DIE.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Played with in the {{spoiler|giant hellhound that makes it possible for you to defeat Ambrose.}} It seems like it [[Ass Pull|comes out of nowhere,]] but read Patrick's journal and he'll mention that if you use the Gel'ziabar stone too much; you know, the one {{spoiler|Ambrose}} just stole and is using against you; a "strange dog-like beast" might show up to menace you.
* [[Disposable Woman]]: The maids pretty much exist to get killed by Howlers. The male servants seem a bit better at living.
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Throwing motolov cocktails on humans will make them run around screaming until they die. The player can also amplify the Invoke magic which causes human enemies to kill themselves against their will.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]]: Yes, the remaining servants are doomed. No, that doesn't mean it's okay for you to shoot them.
* [[World War OneI]]: A part of Patrick's and Jeremiah's backstory. The jury is still out (probably forever) on Keisinger (while he certainly doesn't sound it, his name is German, his aristocratic title - if not self-awarded - makes him likely to come from Germany, and he certainly is old enough to have joined).
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler|Jeremiah}} planned to sacrifice Patrick to awaken the Undying King now that {{spoiler|he had unknowingly done all his dirty work}}.
 
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