History Fanfic / AChanceForANewDawn

** While investigating the plague, Bernadetta was assaulted by a vengeful mother who blamed her son's death on her, arguing that her son's passing could have been prevented if he'd never had any delusions of befriending a noble, referring back to a similar tale detailed in Bernadetta's supports with Dorothea.

** Though not shown directly, she suffers a particularly intense night terror where she apparently murders Byleth with his own weapon. [[spoiler:The theory that Bernadetta holds Sothis' archenemy Sahrius makes this [[DreamingOfThingsToCome possible foreshadowing]]]].

* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler:"Those who slither in the dark"/the Agarthans are given the name Ouroboros by Rhea.]]

** Though not shown directly, she suffers a particularly intense night terror where she apparently murders Byleth with his own weapon.

** [[spoiler: Monica's sudden genuine concern for Bernadetta starting in Chapter 10 may be a result of Monica mistaking her for another disguised Agarthan.]]

* InvisibleToNormals: Sothis, naturally. It gets subverted in Chapter 14 when [[spoiler: both versions of Sothis are seen by their opposing hosts... as well as Jeralt. Byleth rewinds time before his father can fully understand what is going on.]]

* LookBehindYou: Bernadetta does this to Claude so she can escape the embarrassment of Claude knowing her crush towards Byleth.

** Almost ''everyone'' who knows Bernadetta are very alarmed due to her sudden shift in behavior, not knowing she's gone through around 7 years of CharacterDevelopment and knowing what will come to pass.

* OriginalCharacter: The von Varley butler Rowan has no game counterpart.
* OutOfFocus: Edelgard disappears starting Chapter 12. In Chapter 16, Monica mentions that she hasn't seen Edelgard at all that day which Seteth finds troubling.

* TomatoInTheMirror: Chapter 20 reveals [[spoiler:Bernadetta is half-Agarthan]].

** Chapter 20 reveals major skeletons in the Varley family closet. [[spoiler:Bernadetta is half-Agarthan on her mother's side, and is a distant product of a long-running attempt to produce a successor to Sahrius, a man worshiped by the Agarthans as a god. Bernadetta also has a maternal half-sister who was killed in her mother's escape from the City of Sin, a paternal half-sister who died in a plague, and a stillborn twin sister; her twin's death was the catalyst for her father's abusive treatment of her.]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Bernadetta's mother tries to justify her father's abusive behavior with some vague notions of him having a hard life, but Bernadetta retorts that none of that justifies his treatment of her.

* WhamEpisode: Chapters 9-11 send the situation that Bernadetta is familiar with clean off the rails as [[spoiler:Lonato becomes the first Demonic Beast fought by the students via usage of a copy of a Hero's Relic, Agarthans living lives away from Ouroboros are discovered, Monica seems to show genuine compassion for Agarthan civilians and Bernadetta, and Rhea publicly outs the Society to the students.]]
* WhamLine: In Chapter 9, when the heroes confront Lord Lonato.
-->'''Dimitri:''' Why is Lord Lonato [[spoiler:wielding the Lance of Ruin]] of all things?

* CanonWelding: The story implements elements from the ''VideoGame/KisekiSeries'', most notably the Ouroboros and the Erebonian Empire, although the author has stated the story will take place entirely in Fodlan and no named characters from the ''Kiseki'' games will make any direct appearances.

-->'''Monica''': I dunno what your Goddess has against free travel, but that sure makes it a pain for me to go back and see my family whenever I want!
** There's only one route to reach Count Varley's mansion which is placed on an obscure valley with ragged cliffs. While Flayn and Ignatz explain the relation of the area to Saint Indech, Bernadetta counters that it's mostly to do with Count Varley hating unannounced visitors.

** At the end of Chapter 11, Rhea concludes her speech to the officer's academy by declaring that [[VideoGame/TalesofBerseria "the only blade that can dispel calamity is one forged from unshaking reason, and the iron will to do what must be done."]] Monica mocks this shortly afterward, saying [[VideoGame/TalesofSymphonia "Wow. That was an amazingly corny speech."]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Rhea comes across as somewhat less sympathetic [[spoiler:due to her advocating the genocide of the Agarthans, despite it being shown that many of them are innocent of the crimes committed by Ouroboros.]]

** Lysithea is personally offended by the village of Weiler's adverse treatment of Bernadetta for her father's actions, believing that there is nothing more foolish than blaming the child for the actions of their parents.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Monica/[[spoiler:Kronya]] shows a much more empathetic side when [[spoiler:Agarthan civilians]] come into play. Somewhat justified by her AdaptationalEarlyAppearance and more frequent appearances giving more opportunities for her character to be explored. Though it should be noted that she isn't remotely sympathetic at all in her depiction in ''Fire Emblem Heroes''.

* ThreesomeSubtext: Sothis explains in Chapter 18 that she experienced the same emotions as Byleth due to fusing with him in the original timeline. This includes the intimate times Bernadetta and Byleth shared together.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Byleth isn't fond of tomatoes.

** Lysithea is personally offended by the village of Weiler's adverse treatment of Bernadetta's for her father's actions, believing that there is nothing more foolish than blaming the child for the actions of their parents.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Monica/[[spoiler:Kronya]] shows a much more empathetic side when [[spoiler:Agarthan civilians]] come into play. Somewhat justified by her AdaptationalEarlyAppearance and more frequent appearances giving more opportunities for her character to be explored. Though it should be noted that she isn't remotely sympathetic in her depiction in ''Heroes''.

* GroinAttack: When Sylvain reads some of Bernadetta's erotic literature, she gives him a critical hit to the gonads.

* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: The route Monica's homeland takes to leave Fodlan is both extremely precise and has a low success rate.

* SixthRanger: Bernadetta wastes no time transferring to the Golden Deer when she arrives in the past. This leads Edelgard to bring in Monica early to make up for the loss in firepower. Despite this, outside of the mock battle and the Holy Mausoleum, Monica often joins the Golden Deer in their missions either due to her or Edelgard's insistence.

* {{Troll}}: Monica, mostly to Bernadetta.

* YouAreNotAlone: The rest of the Black Eagles, with the notable exceptions of [[spoiler: Edelgard, Hubert, and Monica]], follow Bernadetta down to the Holy Mausoleum after she tries to cut off contact with them. When she tells them that they shouldn't have followed her, and that they can't understand what's going on, they respond by telling her that she's still their friend no matter what.

** The butler of the Varley estate is named [[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors Rowan]].

-->'''Sothis''': ''What did I tell you about abusing my power for petty reasons?!''

* NotMeThisTime: When Monica reports that [[spoiler:soldiers in crimson armor (who Bernadetta previously identified as being servants of the Flame Emperor) put Ashe's village to the torch]], the narration describes [[spoiler:Edelgard]]'s surprised reaction as genuine and [[spoiler:Hubert]] subtly responds that they have no clue what she's talking about. Monica/[[spoiler:Kronya]]'s reaction to the event implies it wasn't [[spoiler:"those who slither in the dark"]] either.

* OfficialCouple: Bernadetta and Byleth in the original timeline.

** At the end of Chapter 11, Rhea concludes her speech to the officer's academy by declaring that [[VideoGame/TalesofBerseria "the only blade that can dispel calamity is one forged from unshaking reason, and the iron will to do what must be done."]] Monica mocks this shortly afterwards, saying [[VideoGame/TalesofSymphonia "Wow. That was an amazingly corny speech."]]

** Chapter 14 has Byleth utter the [[{{Anvilicious}} (in)]]famous quote from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' "Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality." In-universe, this comes from a favorite childhood storybook of his. Byleth also remarks how similar Bernadetta is to the main character of that story, most likely referring to ''Dawn of the New World'''s protagonist, [[ShrinkingViolet Emil]].

** In Chapter 9, Bernadetta reads one of Ashe's novels, and the story is a direct reference to ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.

** In Chapter 17, Rowan recounts a tale of Bernadetta'as uncle putting on a play for his niece [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII where he, as a brave knight, protected the sorceress Bernadetta from a fearsome dragon. Only, the dragon actually turned out to be the real deal in the end]]. In addition, near the end of the same chapter, Bernadetta expresses a desire to make the present stand still forever, lamenting that time always finds a way to escape her, no matter how hard she tries to hold on to it.

* MundaneUtility: Bernadetta uses the TimeMaster power of Divine Pulse to redo embarrassing conversations. Sothis calls her out on it.

* ThatCameOutWrong: During their first meeting, Sothis informs Bernadetta that she was inside Byleth in the original timeline. Bernadetta assumes that her lover was already seeing someone else.

* NoodleIncident: Rowan alludes to an [[MyGreatestFailure incident he blames himself for]] that led Allocer to become the bastard he is now.

* CoolOldGuy: Bernadetta's butler is described as quite elderly and is polite and gracious despite the dysfunctional household he serves. He also [[BattleButler pins down Bernadetta's father]] when he strikes Bernadetta speaking out against him, taking the time to call the Count out on his poor behavior.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Monica/[[spoiler:Kronya]] shows a much more empathetic side when [[spoiler:Agarthan civilians]] come into play. Somewhat justified by her AdaptationalEarlyAppearance and more frequent appearances giving more opportunities for her character to be explored.