History FanFic / HalkegeniaOnline

* CameBackWrong:[[spoiler: Aki, this is especially evident in {{Omake}} snippets.]]

%%%%* MagicPants: Averted, to hilarious consequences.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: The Fae as a matter of course.

* AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler:Kirito/Midori is regarded as a stunning beauty by all who meet her]]
** Shiori technically counts as well.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike most [=ZnT=] crossover fics, Saito is actually in this one. He is promptly killed, turned into a zombie, and then killed for good. And the audience doesn't know this until after the fact when ''his real name is put on his gravestone with his SAO handle''.]]

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Probably Kirito's point of view when Yui HACKS Cardinal and upgrades his Beast Form to full Gleam Eyes during his fight with the Raid Boss near the Yggdrasil shoot.]]

* [[TheDividual The Trividual]]: Shiori is a special case, in that she's three Cait Sith, sharing one mind.

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%%%%* EnfantTerrible: Shiori is a set of three of them.

** Shiori is very much aware that her mission is probably one of those. She tries hard not to think about that.

* FromBadToWorse: Asuna and the research subjects. On the upshot, Sugou apparently wasn't logged in when the transfer occurred, and the changes to the game world busted the lock on Asuna's cage and woke up the other [=SAOvivors=]. On the other hand, [[spoiler: their only escape route dumped them in Albion, right in the middle of a civil war.]] Out of the frying pan...

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[spoiler:Louise relives Asuna's memories of getting intimate with Kirito. It is unclear how much she actually saw.]]

* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Lhamthanc the Steel Toothed's second form.]]

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Played with. [[spoiler:Asuna's reunion kiss with Kirito, while the latter is still in his female disguise. Caramella seems all too pleased to have witnessed the sight.]]

* GondorCallsForAid: Downplayed in that Kirito never actually asked for their help, but [[spoiler: a host of SAO survivors including Agil, Klein, Lizbeth, Silica, and Argo followed the rumors of Asuna's appearance in ALO and jumped into Alfheim to help Kirito just before the transport.]]

* HappierHomeMovie: [[spoiler:Brimir's memories that Louise sees. Doubles as a sort of {{Video Will|s}}.]]

* HellHolePrison: La Forace Prison. A secret underground facility built by the order of First Lord Justice of Tristain Lord Aschcroft, right under his home.

* HiddenInPlainSight: How Matilda intends to hide Tiffania in Tristain after getting her out of Albion. Sylphs look a lot like Elves and Half-Elves, so Tiffa can be covered as a Sylph who doesn't like flying.

* HostageSituation: Kirito engineers a situation like this as a show of good faith to the Tristainians, offering himself as a hostage to ensure Colbert's safety in diplomacy with the Sylphs.

* ImplacableMan: Aki seems to be NighInvulnerable.

* OrphanageOfLove: The Fae lords set one up in Arrun for the child players whose parents didn't transition. It is especially vital to players who were "joyriding" their older sibling accounts and are now extremely YoungerThanTheyLook and face possible exploitation. It is staffed by caring volunteers.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Mortimer's reaction to learning that [[spoiler:Morgiana is pregnant and his brother is the father.]]
** [[spoiler:It gets worse when just earlier he implied to be a recovering alcoholic.]]

* AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler:Kirito/Midori.]]

* MamaBear: Morgiana is a frightful adversary under normal circumstances but she gets downright ''scary'' when her guild, Kurotaka, is in lethal trouble.

** [[spoiler:Ephialtes and Sigurd]] also get one in the second arc. [[spoiler: The former is a NEET who despises the other fairies for seeking ways back to the world that rejected him and also for trying to import it here, to what he sees as his escape from "that other world". The latter is just a revenge nut because Sakuya banished him pre-Transition and he just smacked with an uncurable status aliment afterward.]]
* MurderMystery: Poor [[spoiler:Novair.]]

* NoEscapeButDown: How [[spoiler:Wales]] rescues [[spoiler:Caramella]] in York.

* OrphanageOfLove: The Fae lords set one up in Arrun for the child players whose parents didn't transition. It is especially vital to players who were "joyriding" their older sibling accounts and are now extremely YoungerThanTheyLook and face possible exploitation.

* FairFolk: Many humans in Halkegenia see the players-turned-Fae as the classic archetype. These unnaturally beautiful humanoids appeared out of nowhere from another world (LandOfFaerie, perhaps?). They wield a type of magic alien to their own which can be beguile the mind of their victims or turn themselves into beasts. The fact they, by the Fae's own admission, created an entire illusory reality ''for fun'' only furthers the perception.

* NobodyPoops: As a result of RealityEnsues, this trope is discussed. Klein (to Leafa's scandal) asks Yui if she has to poop now since she has become a physical existence. She does, and finds it inconvenient but "just biology" and nothing to be embarrassed about.

* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler:The Church is keeping birth records and investigating mages claimed to be failures to find users of the void, and has been doing so for generations.]]

* FantasticRacism: The Tristainians are deathly afraid of elves, and the fairies happen to look like elves with wings. It takes some fast talking and good diplomacy on multiple fronts to keep this from being applied to the fairies as a whole, but it works for the most part.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: All over the place.
* HomingProjectile: See RidingTheBomb below.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler:Ephialtes and Sigurd do this to Sakuya in Chapter ten of the second arc, in a twist they do this while being totally oblivious to the fact that their plans are being ruined utterly.]]

* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:Fernand]] has one of these in the Tarbes Arc.
** [[spoiler:Ephialtes and Sigurd]] also get one in the second arc.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Just in case you weren't sure that Ephialtes and Sigurd weren't evil, they both openly gloat about how they are going to rape Sakuya before killing her. Ephialtes also wants to do the same to Leafa.]]

%%%%* RousingSpeech: Given in an official address by Lady Sakuya.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Kirito is forcing Asuna to take one post-Dunkirk for the sake of her sanity.

* WhatTheHellHero: Sakuya's response to Mortimer's plan [[spoiler:to capture Rio in order to interrogate him for information regarding Rip Jack]]
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 10, Part 7 of the second arc [[spoiler:Louise casting explosions, with more power and control than ever, using Fae chanting.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The Reconquista Rebels and the Albion Royalists. Some of the people fighting on both sides truly believe in their causes but many of their leaders are evil and do nasty things to the commoners whether they be friend, enemy, or neutral. It becomes less ambiguous as we get a closer look at Albion society in v3.0. King James is confirmed to indeed be a tyrannical ruler, whose abuse of power and neglect of the lower classes is the driving force behind the civil war. It changes the moral dynamic somewhat in that the Reconquista Rebels actually become pretty justified, [[UnwittingPawn and are just the victims of opportunists]], while the Royalists are [[JustFollowingOrders mindlessly following a tyrannical regime]] and seemingly have no real excuse. Then it comes back into the grey for the Rebels though, when you consider that Prince Wales was near-universally loved by the people and would have made an excellent monarch. But he was still on the kill list.

* GenderEqualsBreed:[[spoiler: Averted. WordOfGod says that all natural born Fae will take after the [=race/faction=] of the mother.]]

%%%%* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Sayuri.
* UselessUsefulSpell: In the original series, Louise's default explosions only did some non-lethal damage and destroyed the surroundings. [[spoiler:During the Tarbes arc, she blows up a [[{{Kaiju}} boss]] that required a small army to fight. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome With a single spell.]]]]

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: So said Asuna unto Suguha. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming And all was right with the world.]]

* MyGodYouAreSerious: Karin's reaction to being told about the plan to attack York to assume the men are goofing off; they are, after all, using ''kitchen utensils'' in a supposed combat map. Then she finds out they are serious and so looks deeper into it.

* ItsRainingMen: It's Raining ''Faeries'' over York during Operation Dunirk, [[RidingTheBomb and they guiding high explosives!]]

* DynamicEntry: Kirito rescuing Asuna.
** The assault on [[spoiler: La Forace prison]].
* EliteMook: The zombie Fae.

* EnfantTerrible: Shiori is a set of three of them.

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Fernand]] loses an eye due to Sayuri's last ditch attack, distracting him long enough for Count Arthur to finish him.

* {{Facepalm}}: Rute, Cardinal Mazarin, and Duchess Valliere's reaction to Ryo's "plan" to [[ArtisticLicenseEconomics distribute the contents of the faction's treasuries to the masses.]]

* FourStarBadass: General Eugene and General Gramont. Prince Wales might also qualify.

* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[spoiler:Or castle in the case of Wales' father.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: Louise's summoning.

* GovernmentInExile: [[spoiler:Having survived, Prince Wales and the royalists are technically this.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The Reconquista Rebels and the Albion Royalists. Some of the people fighting on both sides truly believe in their causes but many of their leaders are evil and do nasty things to the commoners whether they be friend, enemy, or neutral.
** Becomes less ambiguous as we get a closer look at Albion society in v3.0. King James is confirmed to indeed be a tyrannical ruler, whose abuse of power and neglect of the lower classes is the driving force behind the civil war. It changes the moral dynamic somewhat in that the Reconquista Rebels actually become pretty justified, [[UnwittingPawn and are just the victims of opportunists]], while the Royalists are [[JustFollowingOrders mindlessly following a tyrannical regime]] and seemingly have no real excuse.
*** Comes back into the grey for the Rebels though, when you consider that Prince Wales was near-universally loved by the people and would have made an excellent monarch. But he was still on the kill list.

* [[HandCannon Tentacle Cannon]]: Say hello to Kimura, Artillery Slug.

* [[ItsRainingMen It's Raining Faeries]]: [[RidingTheBomb And they have high explosives!]]
* {{Jailbait}}: Klein has to keep reminding himself that even though Leafa the Sylph looks like an adult, Suguha the human isn't.

* LastStand: [[spoiler:King James decides to stay behind in Newcastle and fight to the last.]]
* LethalJokeCharacter: Kino. In SAO his inability to stick to a single set of skills turned him into a MasterOfNone who wasn't worth much in combat and wound up being used by his guild as an errand boy. In Halkeginia, however, his skills have proven to be far more useful, giving him flexibility unmatched by front-runners who specced for full combat builds like Asuna.

%%%%%* MamaBear: Morgiana to her guild Kurotaka.

* MeaningfulName: WordOfGod says that pretty much every new character in the Tarbes arc has some cheap meaning behind their name. For example all of the pixies had their names chosen for their meaning in Hanakotoba. According to the author: "So yeah, I've been on cheap name meaning bent this arc."
** Doubles as a ShoutOut in a few cases.

* MusicalAssassin: The Puca, especially the ones focusing on direct combat rather than support.

* MyGodYouAreSerious: This is Karin's reaction to being told about the plan to attack York.

* OhCrap: What happens to all of the gamers now that ALO is real. Also, to greater extent due to circumstances, Asuna when [[spoiler: she stabs an Albion Rebel in the heart with a dagger, and he chokes for a few seconds before dying without his body disappearing.]]
** Everyone who sees [[spoiler: Kirito's Gleam Eyes form.]]

* PairTheSpares: Kirito's many girls from canon get quite a bit of ShipTease with other characters.

* PlatonicLifePartners: WordOfGod states that Leafa and Klein's relationship will be this, although their banter will inspire people to ship them.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Oh so much. A lot of grief could have been avoided if the relevant parties just sat together and discussed things openly.

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Brimir]]

* PutOnABus: Louise. [[spoiler:After disappearing to Romalia at the end of V2, she does not make a single appearance in V3]]

* RedBaron: Too many to list. Every mage has a runic name they are known by, and many Fae have earned various titles of their own.

* RidingTheBomb: [[spoiler:How the Fae guide their ship-launched bombs down to their targets in York as the opening shots of Operation Dunkirk.]]

* RousingSpeech: Given in an official address by Lady Sakuya.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Arguile is killed by Sir Dunwell]] at the Battle of Skiesedge.

* SilkHidingSteel: How Titania was originally written in ALO lore. She was the patron and protector of the small folk (along with roughly half of the the Fae races), and argued and fought with Oberon on their behalf as often as she supported him in his endeavours.

* SleepCute: After the events of her kidnapping and going to Mortimer's infirmary room while resting from the events, Sakuya falls asleep right on top of him.

* StormingTheCastle: The battle of Newcastle.
* StuffBlowingUp: Happens at TRIST regularly. To the point where the staff has yet to purchase any 2s for the "Number of days since last accident" signs.

* SuicideMission: Operation Dunkirk. Lord Mortimer and General Gramont are working very hard to increase the odds as much as possible.

* SuperToughness: All of the Fae have this to a varying degree. They are nowhere near immortal, however.

* TakeThat: Against [[spoiler:reviewers who kept asking about Saito]]. See: WhamLine.
* [[spoiler:TheButlerDidIt]]: [[spoiler:The true BigBad of the Tarbes arc is actually Fernand, Count Arthur's butler and friend.]]

* BattleButler: Lawrence Maison, Wales' butler. While he doesn't physically fight, he's nevertheless the Eagle's XO.

* BecomingTheMask: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. Morgiana says she is willing to become her faerie persona for real if that's what it takes to keep the fae safe. Also the fae are starting to manifest more and more "racial" traits as time goes on.

* NonActionGuy: Guiche. Doesn't stop him from making two game-changing contributions.

* PlayerGuidedMissile: The [[spoiler:"smart bombs" used in York.]]

** [[GenderBender "Midori"]] has difficulty fighting at first because her new body has a different "reach" than her real one. Also, see below.

*** Chugging ALO potions will have adverse effects. Especially on humans. For example, a Resurrection potion, and the shock to the system it causes, has just as much chance of killing a human as saving them. A note elsewhere advised not to drink more than 2 potions and it would be better if no potions are drunk at all. (And this for a batch of "mundane, common MMO" Mana potion, Haste potion, and 2 different Heal potions.)

* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Sayuri.

* WeaponizedTeleportation: The Blink spell.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sayuri

* FantasyContraception: One of the most commonly used but least talked about uses for water magic.

* [[spoiler:GenderEqualsBreed]]:[[spoiler: Averted. WordOfGod says that all natural born Fae will take after the [=race/faction=] of the mother.]]

* [[spoiler:GladToBeAliveSex]]: [[spoiler:Heavily implied in the aftermath of the Dunkirk victory celebration. Morgiana doesn't mind.]]

* HearMeMoney: Leafa is able to expose an attempt to falsely incriminate a fellow fae into indentured servitude by clinking together the supposedly stolen silver candlesticks using this method. As Fae have a heightened sense of hearing, this actually works as opposed to being a gimmick.

* [[spoiler:AncientConspiracy]]: [[spoiler:The Church is keeping birth records and investigating mages claimed to be failures to find users of the void, and has been doing so for generations.]]

* AuthorAppeal: Many of the female fae have bodies that [[Franchise/AttackOnTitan Mikasa Ackerman]] would be proud to own. WordofGod says that he actually likes that body shape.
* AwesomeButImpractical: According to WordOfGod, this is how the refitted Thunderchild will end up.

* BackToFront: Argo's dream flashback.

* [[spoiler:BedmateReveal]]: [[spoiler:Morgiana wakes up the night after Dunkirk to find herself in bed with Eugene after a [[GladToBeAliveSex night of partying.]]]]

* [[spoiler:HumongousMecha: The omake-only POE-Ms are this for their pixie pilots.]]

* LittleMissBadass: Shiori, again.

* LowerDeckEpisode: The story frequently gives a "commoner eye's view" of the situation, if a minor character is involved. Especially prominent during the attack on York.
* MadScientist: Hyuuga has her moments.

* MagicPants: Averted, to hilarious consequences.
* MamaBear: Morgiana to her guild Kurotaka.

* BossBattle: At least once per arc.
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong]]:[[spoiler: Aki, this is especially evident in {{Omake}} snippets.]]

* ScienceFantasy