History FanFic / HalkegeniaOnline

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The easiest way to kill a dragon is to strike at the base of the skull. Now about getting there...

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[[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/halkegenia-online-thread-24-please-stand-by.17386/ Halkegenia Online]] ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8903072/1/Halkegenia-Online Fanfiction.net]]) is a ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''/''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' crossover fanfic by Triggerhappy, a product of Spacebattles' continued mission to cross over [=ZnT=] with absolutely everything ever. Notable for awe-inspiring weekly update speed paired with above-average quality, strong characterization, and smooth pacing.

See ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' and ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' for tropes related to the original works.

* DeconstructionCrossover: The fic deconstructs one of the central themes of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline, that it is possible to create a virtual world that can perfectly copy reality.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** [[GenderBender "Midori"]] has difficulty fighting at first because her new body has a different "reach" than her real one.
** A lot of spells and effects in ALO also work differently in the "Real world" of Halkegenia. For example:
*** Faction Disguise. Who you scan for races that did not exist in ALO is important now. See [[GenderBender "Midori"]].
*** Chugging ALO potions will have adverse effects on humans because Fae are biologically different than 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 given to Karin 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.)
*** There are now no Immortal Objects, which means destruction of terrain is now a real thing. Cue all kinds of speculation both in-story and out of it. One more or less aborted arc involves the Fairies trying to clear the Guardians using this change, by destroying their spawn points. There is at least one mage whose spells have entered Overpowered territory because of this: enemies used to be able to hide behind Immortal Objects cover...
*** Mobs now have intelligence. Even if most have animal-levels of instinctive intelligence this causes problems initially as the Fairies used to fixed attack patterns got themselves surprised, and later when boss monsters use their new smarts on Mob-extermination groups. Also, Pixies.
*** On a related note, both the Fairies and mobs are now real, physical creatures, with a need to eat and all. Besides making gaining a steady supply of food a priority, this means that there are no health bars, and that both Fairies and mobs, [[BorderPatrol even ones like the effectively unbeatable ones the game designers used to keep players away from the edges of the map]], can be killed without needing to whittle their health down first with the help of right weapons, strategies, and/or spells, regardless of their SuperToughness.
*** The mobs and other flora and fauna have caused some ecological reshuffling.
*** In theory, transformation spells like Kirito's Metamorphosis Baphomet form possess identical stats to the user's Faerie form, which made unpopular in both high and low level characters. Now that they're in the real world, these spells are more useful, due to simple applications of strength, size, leverage, and mass. It can have some downsides as well though, like being a bigger target.
** A recurring theme throughout the fic is that no virtual environment can truly emulate reality, as shown by the contrasts between the Aincrad and Pre-Transition [=ALfheim=], and the very real world of Halkegenia. Even the death game of Akihiko Kayaba, for all of the mad genius's attention to detail, contained obvious marks to show that it wasn't real. Indeed, the fact that Kirito spent two years in SAO is what allowed him to first notice the lack of these marks in the world Post-Transtion, making him the first to suspect that they were no longer in a virtual world.
** Put a bunch young people together in super model grade bodies, and they start screwing like rabbits. Unfortunately, many of them have forgotten about birth control and as a result, the Fae now have a bit of a Baby Boom on their hands. Isn't that right [[spoiler: Eugene and Morgiana?]]

** One story, ''Fanfic/HalkegeniaOnlineZeroHour'', about Sinon and her life where the ALO incident causes her to never meet Kirito, ended up expanding into its own series which outgrew the [=HalO=] forum threads [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/halkegenia-online-gaiden-story-zero-hour.17011/ and has been given its own]]. Which now is spawning its own fanfiction stories, [[UpToEleven making them fanfics of a fanfic of a fanfic]].

* BattleTrophy: Morgiana [[NiceHat has a new hat]].

* 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." It doubles as a ShoutOut in a few cases.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Between the former ALO players, Halkegenians and pixies, the story now features upwards of fifty named characters, about 80% of them major.

* LikeThatShowButWithMecha: According to one Website/FanFictionDotNet reviewer, the fic is very much like, ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' with Faeries and Magic.

* GenderIsNoObject: The Fae have both genders fighting together. Depending on how ALO was coded, there might be virtually no difference in the base builds for male and female in regards to power.

*** Doubles as a shoutout to the author of [[Fanic/FairyDanceOfDeath another well-loved SAO fanfic]].

*** Doubles as a shoutout to the author of [[FairyDanceOfDeath another well-loved SAO fanfic]].

The third arc, [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/halkegenia-online-thread-24-please-stand-by.17386/ Halkegenia Online v3.0]] ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10063397/1/Halkegenia-Online-v3 Fanfiction.net]]) is in progress.

* 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. ''Dealing'' with the waste is also a major concern.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: As part of the general RealityEnsues, this is averted. Medicine that was designed for Fae is HarmfulHealing to humans because of the difference in biology. For instance, [[spoiler: the resurrection potion given to Wales revived him from a critical chest wound but the shock of it almost killed him anyways.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** [[GenderBender "Midori"]] has difficulty fighting at first because her new body has a different "reach" than her real one.
** A lot of spells and effects in ALO also work differently in the "Real world" of Halkegenia. For example:
*** Faction Disguise. Who you scan for races that did not exist in ALO is important now. See [[GenderBender "Midori"]].
*** Chugging ALO potions will have adverse effects on humans because Fae are biologically different than 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 given to Karin 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.)
*** There are now no Immortal Objects, which means destruction of terrain is now a real thing. Cue all kinds of speculation both in-story and out of it. One more or less aborted arc involves the Fairies trying to clear the Guardians using this change, by destroying their spawn points. There is at least one mage whose spells have entered Overpowered territory because of this: enemies used to be able to hide behind Immortal Objects cover...
*** Mobs now have intelligence. Even if most have animal-levels of instinctive intelligence this causes problems initially as the Fairies used to fixed attack patterns got themselves surprised, and later when boss monsters use their new smarts on Mob-extermination groups. Also, Pixies.
*** On a related note, both the Fairies and mobs are now real, physical creatures, with a need to eat and all. Besides making gaining a steady supply of food a priority, this means that there are no health bars, and that both Fairies and mobs, [[BorderPatrol even ones like the effectively unbeatable ones the game designers used to keep players away from the edges of the map]], can be killed without needing to whittle their health down first with the help of right weapons, strategies, and/or spells, regardless of their SuperToughness.
*** The mobs and other flora and fauna have caused some ecological reshuffling.
*** In theory, transformation spells like Kirito's Metamorphosis Baphomet form possess identical stats to the user's Faerie form, which made unpopular in both high and low level characters. Now that they're in the real world, these spells are more useful, due to simple applications of strength, size, leverage, and mass. It can have some downsides as well though, like being a bigger target.
** A recurring theme throughout the fic is that no virtual environment can truly emulate reality, as shown by the contrasts between the Aincrad and Pre-Transition [=ALfheim=], and the very real world of Halkegenia. Even the death game of Akihiko Kayaba, for all of the mad genius's attention to detail, contained obvious marks to show that it wasn't real. Indeed, the fact that Kirito spent two years in SAO is what allowed him to first notice the lack of these marks in the world Post-Transtion, making him the first to suspect that they were no longer in a virtual world.
** Put a bunch young people together in super model grade bodies, and they start screwing like rabbits. Unfortunately, many of them have forgotten about birth control and as a result, the Fae now have a bit of a Baby Boom on their hands. Isn't that right [[spoiler: Eugene and Morgiana?]]

* DemotedToExtra: Due to loss of the Harem Comedy elements from the ZnT half of the source material, Siesta's relevance to the plot has been reduced to effectively nothing. She has a few appearances in the first arc where she is tending to Louise immediately after the Transition and appears in one omake as the Kirigayas' housekeeper, but she hasn't been seen since the Tarbes arc.

* {{Jailbait}}: Klein has to keep reminding himself that even though Leafa the Sylph looks like an adult, Suguha the human isn't. Specifically, she is Kirito's sister, ''younger'' sister.

* EliteMook: The zombie Fae have all the same superhuman abilities as their living counterparts but with additional FeelNoPain, fearlessness, and zealous determination.
* ElephantInTheRoom: Alicia is forced during the debate to publicly point out the really big one: That the Fae of [=ALfheim=] might be here forever.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** [[spoiler:Louise relives Asuna's memories of getting intimate with Kirito. It is unclear how much she actually saw.]]
** Shiori locked herselves in a room one night and didn't come out until morning. [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman They were getting used to their new bodies.]]

* AllOrNothing: Operation Dunkirk. If it succeeds, the rebels will be set back for months. If it fails, Tristain will be left with virtually no air force.

* ManEatingPlant: The aptly named Venus Man Eater.

* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler:The true BigBad of the Tarbes arc is actually Fernand, Count Arthur's butler and friend.]]

* TentacleMonster: The Venus Man Eater is a giant plant, that eats people.
* TheBard: The entire Puca race, who provide assistance in combat using song magic.
* TheMenFirst: Botan states that if worse comes to worst, she will volunteer for the new wilting procedure to ensure it's safe before she lets any of her sisters undergo it.

* TheTeam: Asuna's Treetoppers [[spoiler:(or more properly, the Knights of Blood)]] quickly develop into one of these. Asuna is [[TheLeader the formal leader]] and Arguile used to be [[NumberTwo her subordinate in the game]], and so he continues that in Halkegenia. Caramella is a strong and determined fighter. [[TheBigGuy Asuna can count on her to do heavy lifting.]] Kimura, the slug, used to be an [=ALO=] admin and so he can [[TheSmartGuy provide Asuna with information about the world.]] Kino, thanks to being unable to settle on a single build in the game, [[JackOfAllTrades can do a little of everything.]] Asuna can basically say "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Kino, do the thing]]" and he will be able to do it.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Midori, [[spoiler:Kirito in his GenderBender disguise]], delivers one to Guiche pertaining to his philandering ways, telling him that he basically whores himself out.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Many of the fae are children who were playing ALO with adult avatars.

* 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, especially her "kids" in Kurotaka. She notes that Sayuri has become the Fae Noblewoman for real without noticing it.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Played with, with the former ALO players turned Faeries filling the role of the elves. The Fae, due to originally being humans from the modern world, are generally more open-minded and educated than the people of Halkegenia, and after receiving a bit of time to recreate some of modern Earth's technology, are more advanced, too. Amusingly, the native elves of Halkegenia get hit with this in an omake, the ALO players having out-elved them.

*** On a related note, both the Fairies and mobs are now real, physical creatures, with a need to eat and all. Besides making gaining a steady supply of food a priority, this means that there are no health bars, and that both Fairies and mobs, even ones like the effectively unbeatable ones the game designers used to keep players away from the edges of the map, can be killed without needing to whittle their health down first with the help of right weapons, strategies, and/or spells, regardless of their SuperToughness.

Go to [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/halkegenia-online-story-only-refactored-and-reloaded.20442/ sufficent velocity]] for the latest updates on the "Refactored and Reloaded" version.

* ExactWords: Asuna gets Kirito to promise to get an outfit that isn't black. He promptly buys a dark blue outfit so close to black that it looks black to everyone who sees it other than Yui.
** [[spoiler:Digby swears that Richmond will not be harmed by any man or woman under his command. He then immediately relieves Ephi from his service.]]

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Mathilda's plan to get Tiffa out of Albion revolves around this.]]

** Wales's disguise at Ragdorian Lake.

* NonActionGuy: Guiche has no fighting experience, and what can do is limited to golem creation. He makes two game-changing contributions in other ways, such as intel gathering.

* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler:Kirche attempts to reboot Louise from her HeroicBSOD at the end of the second arc. Only to have both of them step on each other's respective emotional wounds, causing Kirche to reveal the truth about the Transition to her in the worst possible matter in front of Koko, the worst possible person to hear it. In doing so, she only manages to push Louise even closer to the DespairEventHorizon, making her a perfect mark for Julio to manipulate into delivering herself into the Church's clutches. Though let's not forget that Karin's decision to more or less banish Louise to her basement for the rest of her life is what crashed her in the first place.]]

* 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, and run by a kind and motherly caregiver, Irene Sensei.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Played with, with the former ALO players turned Faeries filling the role of the elves. The Fae, due to originally being humans from the modern world, are generally more open-minded and educated than the people of Halkegenia, and after receiving a bit of time to recreate some of our world's technology, are more advanced, too. Amusingly, the native elves of Halkegenia get hit with this in an omake, the ALO players having out-elved them.

*** In theory, transformation spells like Kirito's Metamorphosis Baphomet form possess identical stats to the user's Faerie form, which made them not very popular. Now that they're in the real world, these spells are more useful, due to simple applications of strength, size, leverage, and mass. It can have some downsides as well though, like being a bigger target.

* SoProudOfYou: King James of Albion to Wales just before sending him off, and Karin to Louise after Dunkirk.

* TimeTravelTenseTrouble:[[spoiler:Skuld's narration from much of her first appearance in the 2.0 epilogue is in the conditional tense due to her not really existing the present until she loses her connection to the future.]]

* 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. With a single spell.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Sakuya's response to Mortimer's plan [[spoiler:to capture Rio in order to interrogate him for information regarding Rip Jack]] is to scold him for being too heavy-handed and too oblivious to backlash of such an action.

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

* OriginalCharacter: Lots...and though it may be surprising, [[TropesAreNotBad the fic wouldn't be as good without them.]]