History FanFic / SecretWar

* {{Sadist}}: Serghar Kaltos is just yet another embodiment of this [[spoiler: in Upon Blood Sands after he [[CurbStompBattle utterly defeats]] Attelus in their first encounter by [[ImpailedWithExtremePrejudice stabbing Attelus through the guts]] Attelus manages to stab him in the face with a [[KnifeNut throwing knife]] Serghar then proceeds to pull out the sword then kicks Attelus in the open wound again and again, smiling the whole time. When [[TheApprentice Adelana]] [[TheLoveInterest Helgen]] begs him to stop, saying he'll kill him. Serghar just does it more [[SpitefulBastard enraged]] by Adelana telling him what to do.]]

** Attelus too.

* CorporateSamurai: The main characters, Attelus Kaltos, included, begin as this, and they even report to the big man himself, Taryst, on a daily. Although Attelus and Elandria are outsourced from Glaitis' organisation so whether they're Taryst's or Glaitis' Corporate Samurai is up to debate.

* ThePowerOfLove: A more subtle example, but it's heavily implied [[spoiler: this was what allowed [[BeyondTheImpossible Attelus to take control of his body after being taken over by the daemon]] of the [[EvilWeapon Sword of Kalncerak]] when he was about to kill [[LoveInterest Adelana.]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Karmen Kons, Elandria and Adelana Helgen, respectively. But [[spoiler: Karmen is a bottle blonde as she's really Estella Erith, Attelus' war buddy and former aristocrat of Varander: their home country.]]

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Quite a few; the best example would be [[spoiler: in Secret War when Attelus manages to prevent what might've been a daemonic incursion almost single-handed and goes through complete hell to do it. Then he's sitting eating food in a cafeteria, and finally opening up to his friends, Torris and Garrakson, about his [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrible past.]]]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Attelus' extreme skill of accurately throwing things, and Hayden's hacking ability.

* CorporateSamurai: The main characters, Attelus Kaltos included, begin as this, and they even report to the big man himself, Taryst, on a daily. Although Attelus and Elandria are outsourced from Glaitis' organisation so whether they're Taryst's or Glaitis' Corporate Samurai is up to debate.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Or Woman behind the woman or [[spoiler: The Xenos Behind the Woman as it seems that Glaitis owes allegiance to the Eldar for reasons as yet unknown]]

* MoodWhiplash: One example from one moment Attelus is lamenting how much of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack universe]] it is and in the next second, making not to subtle joking InnocentInnuendo with Elandria.

** Yes it does, and it's frigging taken up to eleven [[spoiler: when it's revealed that pict led directly to the complete destruction of Omnartus a Hive world what has billions upon billions of people living on it.]]

* SelfDeprecation: Feuilt's WhatTheHellHero speech could also be taken as a TakeThat to the author and the plot Secret War as a whole.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: played straight and averted, Glaitis seemed to have no intention to help Attelus through his epic [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] instead using it to manipulate him, but his friends, Garrakson, Torris and Castella Lethe seem to be acting as his much needed therapists now.

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene

--> '''Raloth Arlyandor:''' "But yet, can you blame him? Really? Our races have had a long, chequered history. You hate us, do not trust us, and much of us look down on you, deem you a lesser species. We have used you and manipulated you for our own ends for millennia. So I, for one, think your hatred and mistrust is well founded. "So when you know this, can you blame Attelus here for being scared? For being hesitant in telling you of our alliance? I do not think so. In fact, I know so. I am here. We are here to put that behind us. We are here Because of a common cause. Believe is or not we are not here to manipulate or use you, we are here on equal footing. As allies. Because it does not matter who is better or who is lesser. In essence, of all things, we are equal. We are nothing but ants in the vast cosmos. Our existences mere eye blinks in this universe. I think we eldar who stand before you here, believe that we have done things the wrong way. We believe that if our races are to survive in this grim, dark universe, we will do so by cooperating-"
* TheApprentice: Attelus and Adelana seems to be shaping up to be his.

** Also, right from the start we get the line: "That's the understatement of the century/millennium/millennia" that is used by numerous characters all the to The Annihilation Plague, most especially by Attelus.

* CorporateSamurai: The main characters, Attelus Kaltos, included, begin as this, and they even report to the big man himself, Taryst, on the daily. Although Attelus and Elandria are outsourced from Glaitis' organisation so whether they're Taryst's or Glaitis' Corporate Samurai is up to debate.

* Hypocrite: Attelus in Upon Bloods Sands, first, despite his cynicism towards "Epic Awe Inspiring Speeches", he uses one and later, despite his contempt [[spoiler: of combat drugs, he's forced to use them so they can complete their mission.]]

* DownerEnding: In Secret War [[spoiler: ends with the utter destruction of the hive world of Omnartus, a fate the protagonists fought like hell to prevent but, in the end, utterly failed to prevent and which Attelus Kaltos was inadvertently indirectly [[NiceJobBreakingItHero responsible]] for. They do get some measure of justice in the end by managing to kill Inquisitor Torathe, who ordered the Exterminatus, but he was just a pawn for [[TheManBehindTheMan Etuarq]], but they have no real leads on how to find him]] In Secret War: Upon Blood Sands [[spoiler: after one of the most [[PyrrhicVictory pyrrhic victories]] in 40k as a whole, Attelus is taken over by the daemon [[EvilWeapon sword Kalncerak]] and slaughters many good comrades that he'd fought alongside including the Omnartisian Survivors: Helma, Jelket, and Verenth against his will. He only overcomes it when he almost kills [[LoveInterest Adelana]] due to the PowerOfLove. But they do manage to find a lead. But only after the deaths of hundreds of skilled, loyal soldiers of the Imperial Guard.

* DeadPanSnarker: Castella Lethe, Glaitis has a few too.

* EyeScream: Attelus throws a knife into a mercenary's eye during the storming of [[spoiler: Edracian's]] mansion. Then he does it again [[spoiler: to a Space Marine! Allowing him an opening to stick a primed grenade into the Marine's [[YourHeadASplode screaming mouth.]]]]