#johannes cabal

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Could Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, survive the horrors?

Points in favor:

Regularly punches above weight class. Has, to date, outwitted Satan and Nyarlathotep, among others.

Clever and brutally pragmatic. He's a planner that can think on the fly and is not afraid to get his hands dirty to get what he wants.

Capable of surprising feats of athleticism. While he's definitely more on the nerd side of the spectrum and still very human, he's gotten very good at running.

Is very hung up on the death of his fiancée, to the point where he's willing to try and conquer death to bring her back. Attempts to seduce him tend to fall very, very flat.

Has a vast array of knowledge on a variety of obscure topics, particularly medicine; despite being a necromancer he's more of a science (anti-)hero than a magic one.

Regularly deals with the supernatural, including vampires. In fact, his brother is one.

Points against:

Regularly mouths off to things that could squish him like bug (see: Satan, Nyarlathotep). Part of the reason he has so many enemies is because he's a sarcastic bastard.

Decent liar, but tends to go with brutal honesty, even when lying would definitely be better socially.

Has the emotional intelligence of a tea spoon, especially when his brother isn't around to translate and act as conscience.

Has a smile that would make children and small animals flee in terror.

I didn't recognize the name (so, apparently, too little infamy) so I consulted with yet another of my niche media contacts who said:

Dracula, thinking a Johannes is practically a Jonathan, this'll be easy-- -smash cut to him gawping as Cabal summons a demon in his dining room to confirm what parts of a Scholomance students he needs for his next resurrection formula-

I am getting the impression that Mr Cabal outclasses Dracula rather severely. It sounds like he would be quite unimpressed by Dracula and make no effort to hide that fact. They'd hate each other and fight like cats evil wizards in a sack. I think this guy might do real well in a saw trap.

Who would win in a fight tends to be the least interesting question this blog can answer. Dracula's got the dubious aid of three subordinate vampires who also hate his guts. Cabal can apparently summon demons who likely outrank Dracula in the infernal hierarchy. Eh? Maybe the better question is who can be the bigger asshole.

Cabal's mission (? vocation? driving force?) is to fight Death, and Dracula seems very pleased to style himself the anthropomorphic personification thereof. But can he actually beat Death? Or has he doomed himself to endless striving? Is his formula ever going to work? Or is the impossibility of his task the whole point?

It sounds like Johannes Cabal can't really play the game but also doesn't really need to. They're interacting on a very different level. I appreciate that he's a good runner. He's not going to choose certain death. And if Actual Satan hasn't murdered him I daresay Dracula might have trouble as well.

So I'll go ahead and say Johannes Cabal, a necromancy of some little infamy, can survive Castle Dracula

I have read he is a good planner. I am not qualified to speculate as to what sort of plan will get him out, but I encourage those who know him better to take up the task

#johannes cabal #a necromancer of some little infamy #wizards and spellcasters #inventors

[agarthanguide]

“Waste not.”

I wanted to draw his forearm, so I rolled up his sleeve, but then I couldn’t imagine him walking around without a jacket, so I left it half on. And looking at it now I’m tickled by the plot implications.

#my art #fanart #johannes cabal #yup finally calling it done #sorry for posting it 4 times on the way here lol

[see-arcane]

Little doodle of two of my favorite blorbos from my books, Johannes Cabal and Jonathan Harker.

Johannes Cabal and the series named after him is the first and only book series I've read and loved in its entirety. 100/10 if you like cagey necromancers, jovial vampiric siblings, alternate timeline period pieces with devilish and eldritch elements, and an ongoing thread of humor cutting through the horrors. (Also, look up the digital short stories!)

Johannes himself is very, very different in temperament compared to Jonathan...apart from certain matters of the heart and what each man will resort to for the sake of love. For the purposes of the above image, I expect they have a common enemy on that front. Or at least some irritating party trying to take over and/or end the world or whatever, ughhh. Always something.

#it seems my top three favorite characters are Jonathan (Harker) Jonathan (Sims) and Johannes (Cabal) (written by Jonathan L. Howard) #just a coincidence I'm sure #johannes cabal #johannes cabal the necromancer #jonathan harker #dracula #jonathan l. howard #bram stoker

[thedevilscarnival]

still absolutely fucking gobsmacked that mr howard wrote an entire short story where johannes sees potential futures for himself and one of them is a woman. how do you expect me to take anything from this besides transgender. completely normal thing to write for your definitely cis character.

#korro.txt #johannes cabal #i Know that the alternative is it being For Comedic Effect and the specter of that possibility haunts me like something evil which i hate #but. i would like to elect that not. considering the fairly nonjudgemental way zarenyia & her magnetizing sapphic energy is handled #in regards to the rest of the cast (both male & female) liking her #to this i say! you will pry trans girl johannes from my cold dead hands #women who 100% can and will make the worlds first DIY HRT in the vaguely nebulous years of ''it might be the 1900s. what are you a cop?''

[beedokart]

Quick redraw of a meme (not that one, another one that’s a reference to that one), but it’s Leonie/Zarenyia/Ms. Smith.

For Fem/February as well.

#johannes cabal #zarenyia #leonie barrow #miss smith #spider centaur woman #fem/february #femslash february

[lightaphorism]

A little treat for me; I also love when the people at the till talk to you about the books you’re buying it’s very sweet smile :)

#bookworm #booklover #bookblr #annotating books #dark academia #light academia #classic academia #book academia #frankenstein #mary shelley #mary shelly's frankenstein #donna tartt #the little friend #tsh #the secret history #the queens gambit #jonathan strange and mr norrell #johannes cabal #the necromancer #joe abercrombie #the first law #library haul #book haul #grimdark #gothic literature #classic literature

[megneato]

Johannes Cabal

#johannes cabal #these books are fantastic i highly recommend #also po4 johannes is my little meow meow #and ive had this art in my brain for so long #po4 #myart

[wrowimages]

A study of Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy

(glassesless version + reference image under cut)

#johannes cabal #johannes cabal the necromancer #fanart #2023 #wrow.png

[charactersmashorpass-2]

"Tall, blond, handsome, cold, logical, genius, necromancer. Searching for a means of truly resurrecting the woman he loves. Will not tolerate man, demon, or eldritch horror that get in his way."

#johannes cabal #the johannes cabal series #smash or pass #tumblr polls

[abstract-personnel]

thinking about. how the whole of the johannes cabal series hinges on him trying to bring his wife/fiancé back from the dead, but we don't actually know anything about her. I'm on the 4th book and we don't even know her name. she's such an important character but she's not a character at all. the narrator of the book is so distant from the characters' minds that even when she's brought up, we don't get to see johannes think about her smile, or horst look back on how (relatively) happy johannes always looked next to her. she's nothing. she's a concept. she's written like she's dead; the audience doesn't have enough of her to latch onto. she's blonde, she's pretty, according to the hallucination in fear institute she's kind and dislikes evil. there's nothing there.

#I'm sure we learn her name in the fifth book because I see people on tumblr talking about her with it but I haven't read that #but like. she's been dead so long the story doesn't even make you sympathise with cabal for wanting to save her. do you see my vision #johannes cabal #toby speaks

[zhuzhka]

In the wake of the revelation that the elusive “Christmas at Maple Durham” may or may not be sitting quietly on Howard’s Patreon (as pointed out in the tags of this post), here, have some more lesser-known Cabal content you may or may not be aware of:

1) “The Commission of The Philosophical Alembic” - Howard’s short story about a mother-daughter duo of adventurers/booksellers that features a cameo by our favourite somewhat infamous necromancer.

2) Alternative beginning of “Johannes Cabal the Necromancer“ that goes way into detail about the backstory of some random hapless soul in Hell.

3) “The Inquisition of Johannes Cabal“ - an in-character interview spread out through several blogs, many of which have gone defunct by now, so Internet Archive is your friend here.

Part one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine (the last one, as far as I’m aware).

4) Ask The Necromancer: Dark Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - aka “That one time Cabal brothers briefly ran an agony aunt column”. Yes, seriously.

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Fellow fans (all five of you), feel free to add some more obscure Cabal-related tidbits, if you know of any.

#Johannes Cabal

[tourma-lines]

spider form worm on a string zarenyia and zarenyia and miss smith holding hands? worm tails? the worm equivalent of hands. yeah

#johannes cabal fanart #zarenyia #miss smith #miss smith cabal #worm on a string #johannes cabal #johannes cabal zarenyia #unironically love these so much LOL its so silly

[agarthanguide]

Doodling something Johannes Cabal flavored and goddamit it is fucking midnight.

#my art #fanart #johannes cabal #well #idk if this will get more #I accidentally merged my line layers into the color so it lacks definition

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #Johannes Cabal the Necromancer #Johannes Cabal #Jonathan L. Howard #poll #result: no

[thedevilscarnival]

never read a book called johannes cabal because the word "necromancer" will be ruined for you forever. i see him, blonde and imposing, in the corner of my eye. judging me. always.

#korro.txt #johannes cabal #i dont think i can ever read gtn now im sorry women

[beedokart]

Johannes Cabal silliness.

You do not want to know what Zarenyia said.

#johannes cabal #zarenyia