History FanFic / TheStormDragons

The series ultimately divides itself between two major plotlines: The story of Ravana, the Elder Black Dragons and his family, the titular Storm Dragons, and of Galbatorix. The series makes highly effective use of Galbatorix's constant OffstageVillainy to present his acts either in a positive light, or explained as the work of his underlings who did not properly follow his orders. The series depicts Galbatorix as a fully-fleshed out and refreshing character, with a number of interesting gimmicks, such as the fact he can only sleep comfortably on a hammock.

The other half of the series details the stories of the ancient Black Dragon Ravana and his offspring. Ravana was born alone and suffered a rather well-done fall from naivety due a rather harsh AllOfTheOtherReindeer story. He and his offspring are called Storm Dragons because they can summon and control thunderstorms to protect themselves from other dragons. The two stories become intertwined when Ravana's daughter Skade meets Galbatorix, and the two fall in love.

Another was in the works, called Dragon's Bones, but it was scrapped.

** ''From White To Black'' is essentially one long example of Galbatorix being broken over and over again.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Subverted with Ravana and his black-scaled offspring.
* ContinuityNod: Pops up here and there.
* CombatPragmatist: Galbatorix.
* CurbStompBattle: Galbatorix's fight with [[spoiler:Eragon]] in Farthen Dur
* DarkIsNotEvil: And Galbatorix would like you to get it straight.
* DeadpanSnarker: Galbatorix has a talent for sarcasm.
* DeconstructionFic

** Played straight with the rather horrifying Vervada in Black Dragon.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Galbatorix. Especially after his dragon died.

* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted with Galbatorix.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* ScrewDestiny: Attempted by Elves and Dragons alike, and failed ''spectacularly''.

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Ravana thinks he's one.]] He may be right.
* ShockAndAwe: The special power of Ravana and his offspring.
* ShoutOut: At one point, baby Kullervo does a little dance that involves walking backwards. He proudly names it [[Music/MichaelJackson "The Walk of the Moon."]]

* SmugSnake: Taranis.

* SerialEscalation: How will Galbatorix cheat death next?

* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:Vander, full stop. His death accomplished nothing and deprived Galbatorix of a politically savvy ally and friend.]]
* TakeThat

* ToThePain: The Traitor's death.

* AnyoneCanDie

* BondCreatures

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Subverted. Nothing too explicit is said, but it's hinted that Skade likes it rough and keeps forgetting Galbatorix is a fragile human.

* MixedAncestry: Galbatorix (half dark elf), his daughter by Flell, and Skandar Jr.

This series provides examples of:

* GroinAttack: Galbatorix pulls the move that won his revolution on [[spoiler: Eragon]]. Not like he probably [[CurbStompBattle needed]] to do it, but humiliating him had it's own [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome benefits]].

* TraumaCongaLine: Galbatorix at times makes ''[[CodeGeass Lelouch's]]'' TraumaCongaLine look like nothing but a minor inconvenience. He goes through all the different outcomes at least once as well, but usually he settles on B and D.

* DrivenToVilliany: Let's see, that about... all of them. If not this, then it was DrivenToMadness.

* DrivenToVillian: Let's see, that about... all of them. If not this, then it was DrivenToMadness.

* SlouchofVillainy: Durza does this [[spoiler: on Galbatorix's throne after he takes over the Empire.]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneofExistence: [[spoiler: Galbatorix does this for a brief period of time at the end of ''Dragon's Blood'', but like all of his other apparent deaths, it doesn't last.]]
* AwesomeMomentofCrowning: Aside from the obvious one, we've also got [[spoiler: Ravana]], who basically crowns himself King of Alagaesia at the end of ''Dragon's Blood''. Everyone else just goes along with it.

The series ultimately divides itself between two major plotlines: The story of Ravana, the Elder Black Dragons and his family, the titular Storm Dragons, and of Galbatorix. The series makes highly effective use of Galbatorix's constant OffstageVillainy to present his acts either in a positive light, or explained as the work his underlings who did not properly follow his orders. The series depicts Galbatorix as a fully-fleshed out and refreshing character, with a number of interesting gimmicks, such as a fact he can only sleep comfortably on a hammock.

* ShoutOut: At one point, baby Kullervo does a little dance that involves walking backwards. He proudly names it [[MichaelJackson "The Walk of the Moon."]]

The series is complete and comprises eight sub-stories in the full series:

** BrokenAesop: The Elves are ''always'' Evil, with very few exceptions, HumansAreSpecial, Dragons are just neutral, and several races that made major contributions to the cannon work don't even appear.

''The Storm Dragons'' is a fanfiction series written by Opifex, based on the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', but turned upside-down. The series can be found [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewseries.php?seriesid=120 here]]. The series is several stories long, and ultimately exceeds the length of the actual canon work. Very much a DeconstructionFic, [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructing]] the source material to the hilt.

* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9886 The Lost Dragon]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9887 Skade]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9879 Black Dragon]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9875 From White to Black]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9917 Dragon's Blood]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=10558 The Shadowed Throne]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=11155 Shade Dreams]]
* [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=11203 Shadow's Heir]]

''The Storm Dragons'' is a fanfiction series written by Opifex, based on the ''{{Inheritance Cycle}}'', but turned upside-down. The series can be found [[http://www.shurtugal.com/fanfiction/viewseries.php?seriesid=120 here]]. The series is several stories long, and ultimately exceeds the length of the actual canon work. Very much a DeconstructionFic, [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructing]] the source material to the hilt.

* BlessedWithSuck: Galbatorix's NighInvulnerability becomes a problem, [[spoiler: when he catches a plague. Even though he continually dies from it and resurrects, the plague doesn't go away, so he keeps dying and resurrecting about every week. ]]
** For OVER TWENTY YEARS.

* CantArgueWithElves: Subverted ''big time''.

* ScrewYouElves: Ravana, some of his offspring (especially Skade), and Galbatorix feel this way.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The Elves' and Dragons' constant attempts to kill Ravana turned him into the vengeful creature that would later father the dragons that contributed to the fall of the original Dragon Riders

** There is a herbalist in ''Dragon's Blood'' named [[OldKingdom Sabriel]].

* HalfBreed: Galbatorix (half dark elf), his daughter by Flell, and Skandar Jr.

** For [[{{HighOctaneNightmareFuel}} OVER TWENTY YEARS.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: How will Galbatorix cheat death next?

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Galbatorix leads The Empire and keeps Alagaesia stable to make up for overthrowing the previous ruling party]]
* TheDreaded: After his escape from the Riders halfway through From Black to White, Galbatorix becomes known as 'The Great Betrayer'. After his guerilla attacks against the Riders prove successful people begin to call him 'Rider's Bane'.
* ThePromise: Skade promises to return to Galbatorix someday.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Varden. Being civilized is a job for TheEmpire.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Subverted with the Varden. [[spoiler: Played straight with Galby's revolution against the Dragon Riders, which is treated similarly to how the Varden are in the canon series.]]

* NotSoFastBucko: A villainous-victory version. Oh no, [[spoiler: Eragon killed Galbatorix in the second chapter of ''Dragon's Blood''! This is a combination of it happening inconceivably early, Opifex using ''very'' spoileriffic descriptions for her individual stories (and all of them on the same page, no less) and the mind-boggling number of times that Galbatorix should have already died so far but hasn't.]]

* ShillingTheWesley: Let's count how many times the characters gush over Kaelyn, shall we?