Of these expeditions, only to die while examining a crypt with a Horst, concerned by his brother’s mental state, accompanied him on some Grimpen Burial Ground, or the Alhambra Theatre (“Exeunt Demon King”). Investigating sites of reputed supernatural occurrences, such as the Lacking the deep knowledge), Cabal tried to gather the data he needed by He abandoned the life that had been plannedįor him and set himself on the path of necromancy.įirst becoming a necrothologist (a theoretical necromancer, but University and then join a local firm of solicitors.Ī traumatic death changed all that, tipping Johannes into a kind of His future planned out and imposed upon him he would read law at Lot of latitude to find his own way, but the more serious Johannes had Their father Gottfried gave the elder son Horst a Here the intention was for the Cabal brothers to integrate When still a child, his father moved the family Johannes Cabal was born in Hessen, Germany, the 'Cabal’s full history has not been yet revealed in the stories, but This was followed by Exeunt Demon King, in which he recounts a ghost story for Christmas.Īfter a trip into Hell, Johannes Cabal the Necromancer sees Cabal running an evil carnival for the purpose of collecting one hundred souls in the course of a year. His first appearance was in the shortstory Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day, in which Cabal fights an eldritch horror and debates having tea. All the same, it would seem that unpopular practise of Necromancy is the only way to go about his goal. His interest lies in restoring people exactly as they were, not in raising an army of the undead.

He is dedicated to the pursuit of life after death, or rather curing death itself. Convicted criminal and notorious snob, Johannes Cabal considers himself first and foremost a scientist.

Johannes cabal the detective