History Fanfic / FairiesOfTheShatteredMoon

* DramaticIrony: Yang's plan to [[spoiler:use Raven's Semblance through their kindred link to get the heroes straight into the heart of Salem's fortress in the Grimmlands is actually not that bad...but unbeknownst to her and everyone on the good guy side, Salem's faction knows ''exactly'' how it works because Summer is on their side. It turns out Salem has a magical barrier around her castle which interferes with spatial distortions like Raven's semblance. It doesn't stop them but Raven has difficulty getting to where she wants to go. ]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Yang after hearing the fully story of Cinders past shows zero sympathy for her simply stating that 'Horrible Shit happens to Everyone' and calls her worthless. Notably Mercury who both dislikes Cinder and isn't the most empathetic person himself is actually somewhat angry at Yang for this (much to his own surprise).

** [[spoiler:Yang [[FaceHeelTurn has become a]] FallenHero, willingly joining Salem's gates so as to get revenge on Weiss for killing Summer, no longer able to trust her former "friends" or even sister. Wendy and Oscar have meanwhile become [[TheMole plants]] in Salem's group with Happy's assistance, Wendy undergoing a MemoryGambit thanks to Irene and Oscar claiming he wants Oz out of his body in exchange.]]

** [[spoiler:The mishap with Neo-Hell's Core had Jaune absorb Ren using Franmalth's power before going berserk, and is now left comatose. Lucy meanwhile [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself]] to stop E.N.D., only surviving thanks to a Fairy Sphere, and likewise comatose. And just prior, in order to summon the Celestial Spirit King, she had to break Leo's Key, [[PutOnABus removing Loke from the story.]]]]

* BrokenAce:[[spoiler:Esper Rosenflos/ Summer Rose]] is considered by Ozpin to have been an even more talented student at Beacon then ''Pyrrha'' (who in this universe received training from [[spoiler:Erza]]) In addition, she is a master tactician and strategist and a skilled manipulator both of people and public opinion.[[spoiler: Her death however, which accomplished nothing but causing her family pain and the dissolution of her beloved team, combined with learning that Ozpin, her mentor and father figure, had been lying to her for years about who and what Salem is and being unable to approach her friends and family without risking the timeline, shattered her idealism. This has led her to believe that Heroes can't save the world and caused her to use methods which she admits are amoral and she has come to view herself as a necessary monster.]]

** A literal case happens in Chapter 66. Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and Gray come across Jaune's ascension and, thinking that he is being tortured, break the Ascension Chamber holding him. This results in Jaune getting both Aries and Franmalth in his head driving him insane, which leads to him absorbing Ren with Franmalth's curse. What's even worse, it kickstarts the most brutal battle so far between Salem's Circle and Fairy Tail that ends up having [[Wham Episode severe consequences for both sides]].

** In [[WhamEpisode Chapter 71]], [[spoiler: Yang's]] TraumaCongaLine throughout the story combines with [[spoiler: Summer being killed by Weiss right before her eyes in a HeroicSacrifice to save Ruby]] to send her completely over the edge, destroying her faith in her friends and sending her on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against [[spoiler: Weiss]] that she's more than willing to go through over former allies to accomplish.

** In [[Wham Episode Chapter 71]], [[spoiler: Yang's]] TraumaCongaLine throughout the story combines with [[spoiler: Summer being killed by Weiss right before her eyes in a HeroicSacrifice to save Ruby]] to send her completely over the edge, destroying her faith in her friends and sending her on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against [[spoiler: Weiss]] that she's more than willing to go through over former allies to accomplish.

** Though the ''why'' isn't clear, [[spoiler:it turns out all of the Zodiac Spirits aside from Leo and Ophiuchus have willingly joined Salem's crusade.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Salem/Sitara's life after arriving in Earthland is one trauma after the next with any brief periods of happiness being taken away cruelly.[[spoiler: She starts off as someone who just wants to visit the humans world but the minute she gets there she is kidnapped and experimented on by Mard Geer. Then she gets rescued and prepares to go back home only for Ankhseram to exile her from her home, family and friends. Still she makes the best of her new life on Earthland and falls in love with Ozma only for him to die shortly afterwards. Then she goes to the brothers and begs them to return her love to her. Eventually she sees him again only for them to take him away immediately afterwards and curse her with immortality preventing her from reuniting with him in the afterlife. She then spends the next few centuries trying to find a way to erase her existence. Eventually she make friends with Team RWBY the first ones she had in centuries only for them to accidentally go back to Remnant soon afterwards. Then she decides to join Fairy Tail only for the Guild to be disbanded when she works up the courage to join. Then later on inspired by her friends she leads a rebellion against the brothers and they wipe out almost all humans leaving her alone being constantly stalked by Grimm for centuries. Then she is reunited with her love Ozma and has 4 daughters whom she loves with all her heart. But of course, her husband tries to take them away from her triggering Seram's Madness causing her to unintentionally kill them.]] It sucks to be Salem. Both Jaune and Ozpin think her trauma is affecting her judgement.
** Yang's life after returning from Earthland has not been pleasant either. First she loses her hand to Blake whose take over magic was out of control during the Fall of Beacon forcing her to stay behind to recover when the others set out to Haven. She also has to deal with the mounting insecurity about possibly turning into a Demon as a result of her Devil Slayer magic and what affect this could have on her relationship with her loved ones. Then she meets Raven who abandons her ''again'' to save her own skin and gets crushed by End. This is particularly devastating for Yang as she had been prepared to give Raven the benefit of the doubt for her reasons for leaving. During the battle at Haven she ''cuts off her other arm'' in order to get free and join the battle. [[spoiler: Eventually things start to look up for her as she is reunited with her beloved foster mother who was actually alive all these years only for things to go to hell during the battle in the Grimmlands. First Carla a friend and someone she trusts takes advantage of that trust to lie and manipulate her and then Summer is killed right in front of her eyes by Weiss. What makes it worse is that she was prepared to let Summer face justice for what she did but all she wanted was more time with her. Needless to say she snaps abandons Fairy Tail and tries to kill Weiss.]]

* RoaringRampageofRevenge: Weiss shows this against [[spoiler: Summer and ultimately succeeding in getting revenge. Summer's adoptive daughters return the favor and are currently trying to get revenge on Weiss.]]

** A literal case happens in Chapter 66. Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and Gray come across Jaune's ascension and, thinking that he is being tortured, break the Ascension Chamber holding him. This results in Jaune getting both Aries and Franmalth in his head driving him insane which leads to him absorbing Ren with Franmalth's curse. Whats even worse it kickstarts the most brutal battle so far between Salem's Circle and Fairy Tail that ends up having sever consequences for both sides.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Salem is an unkillable sorceress whose only competition as the most powerful being on Remnant, [[TheDragon End]], is on her side. Despite this, she has not left her castle in the Grimmlands. It's explained that while she would like to take the field herself to retrieve Team RWBY and the other Fairy Tail wizards, it's only her presence that keeps the Grimm from destroying her castle the Neo-Hell's Core within, forcing her to act through the Gates. Watts is currently working on a backup Core which will allow her to leave Castle Evernight.

** When Sitara is kidnapped by Mard Geer her father the Celestial Spirit King immediately has several trusted Celestial Spirit Mages summon him to the area he's taken her to and spends the entire day hammering on the shield surrounding the tower. He later openly and harshly condemns both Ankhseram and Ankh for their cruelty to her and 300 years later he still has a serious grudge against Mard Geer.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Jaune described End as a ''Natural Disaster Waiting to Happen'' and him just showing up is enough to cause any area he is in to feel much hotter. He obliterates the Brawnwen tribe with a single attack and when he later loses control during the Battle of Haven, he nearly burns the Academy to the ground. This is actually a problem for him. His powers are so destructive that he has to severely restrict them to keep from killing people or destroying places he doesn't want to. Salem at one point states he could have handled the Haven mission by himself but it would require him to use too much power and would destroy the school which she doesn't want. This allows opponents who are much weaker then him like Jaune and Wendy to hold him off for some time. When he activates his Etherious form it gets much worse his very presence causes the surrounding lands to turn to lava and Hazel believes that only Salem's Etherious form and the Celestial Spirit King can avoid being incinerated while in his vicinity.

* WrongAssumption: In the aftermath of Jaune (unwittingly) destroying Salem's castle. both Yang and Weiss make some wild leaps in logic to blame the person the ''want'' to have been responsible.

* TheAce: End, Yang openly calls him Salem's Ace. It his job to take care of any threat that the Gates can't handle by themselves and its noted by the author that his base form alone is more powerful then any of the Gates released ones. His powers include Fire Curses that can obliterate an entire tribe, SuperStrength, SuperToughness, AntiMagic, and he is an ImmortalBreaker. End is also immune to all forms of Fire Magic including Devil Slayer Fire Magic which should be especially effective against demons like him. He also shows immense skill and precision with his Fire Curses as well as being able to use them far more creatively then Natsu ever used his Fire Magic. His feats include wiping out the Branwen tribe in one move, Curbstomps Yang and Raven, and later at the battle of Haven he defeats both Jaune and Wendy while the latter is in Dragon Force and Jaune distracting him is the only reason he didn't kill all the Fairy Tail Wizards. He later defeats Erza in the Grimmlands and manages to melt Gray's Devil Ice Slayer Magic.

* AwesomeButImpractical: End's Etherious Form makes him all but invincible buts its so indiscriminately destructive that his allies have to run for their lives to avoid the blast radius making it impractical to use in any situation where someone he doesn't want dead in within a few miles of him.

* AmbiguousAllegiance: [[spoiler: While his primary goal is to get Natsu back Happy's exact loyalty is difficult to determine. On the one hand he has been working for Salem for 50 years and is friends with her, End and Summer. He also genuinely dislikes Qrow to the extent that he wished his jupiter canon had killed him and tells Yang that he prefers working for Salem over Ozpin. However he also passes up a chance to capture an unconscious Wendy and instead gives her a letter with important information and admits that he planned for Yang to use the teacup he gave her as a lock-pick and he threw his fight with Ruby. There is also the fact that many of his Pro-Salem comments are put within ear shot of End who has UndyingLoyalty to the Queen.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Jaune described End as a ''Natural Disaster Waiting to Happen'' and him just showing up is enough to cause any area he is in to feel much hotter. He obliterates the Brawnwen tribe with a single attack and when he later loses control during the Battle of Haven, he nearly burns the Academy to the ground. This is actually a problem for him. His powers are so destructive that he has to severely restrict them to keep from killing people or destroying places he doesn't want to. Salem at one point states he could have handled the Haven mission by himself but it would require him to use too much power and would destroy the school which she doesn't want. This allows opponents who are much weaker then him like Jaune and Wendy to hold him off for some time.

* TheAce: End, Yang openly calls him Salem's Ace. It his job to take care of any threat that the Gates can't handle by themselves and its noted by the author that his base form alone is more powerful then any of the Gates released ones. His powers include Fire Curses that can obliterate an entire tribe, SuperStrength, SuperToughness, AntiMagic, and he is an ImmortalBreaker. End is also immune to all forms of Fire Magic including Devil Slayer Fire Magic which should be especially effective against demons like him. He also shows immense skill and precision with his Fire Curses as well as being able to use them far more creatively then Natsu ever used his Fire Magic. His feats include wiping out the Branwen tribe in one move, Curbstomps Yang and Raven, and later at the battle of Haven he defeats both Jaune and Wendy while the latter is in Dragon Force and Jaune distracting him is the only reason he didn't kill all the Fairy Tail Wizards. He later defeats Erza in the Grimmlands.

* InvincibleVillain: Salem and End are seen as this though WellIntentionedExtremist is probably more accurate then villain. Both of them are regarded by many who know of them as unbeatable and Raven even laughs at that the very idea of beating them. After seeing him in action at Haven Wendy doubts that even if she, Erza, Gray, and Lucy were to all gain semblances they still couldn't defeat End alone. Erza who is generally fearless admits that trying to take on Salem and End at once would not end well for them. No one has any idea how they can be defeated with Gray's suggestion of trying to put Natsu back in control of End's body being dismissed an impractical since he can just burn the enchantment.

** End also is shown to be deeply loyal to Salem and is firmly devoted to her plans. As Salem saved him from Lucy, gave him back control of his body and is probably the first friend he ever had this is unsurprising.

** Yang seriously underestimates just how insanely powerful End is thinking she could take him when they first meet. She is brutally disabused of this when he easily crushes her and Raven. Gray later suggests that he may be able to defeat End but Wendy quickly warns him that even if they all fought him together its unlikely they could win.

* AwesomButImpractical: End's Etherious Form makes him all but invincible buts its so indiscriminately destructive that his allies have to run for their lives to avoid the blast radius making it impractical to use in any situation where someone he doesn't want dead in within a few miles of him.

** A literal case happens in Chapter 66. Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and Gray come across Jaune's ascension and, thinking that he is being tortured, break the Ascension Chamber holding him. This results in Jaune getting both Aries and Franmalth in his head driving him insane which directly leads to him absorbing Ren with Franmalth's curse. Whats even worse it ends up kickstarting the most brutal battle so far between Salem's Circle and Fairy Tail that ends up having sever consequences for both sides.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The war between Salem and Ozpin is this with Ozpin having good reasons to fear that Remnant will be destroyed if Salem wins and Salem having good reasons to fear that it will be destroyed if she doesn't. Fairy Tails arrival doesn't change that with both sides having good reason to do the things they do. Notably Grey Morality is something Fairy Tail has never dealt with before as they are used to fighting people like Mard Geer and Acnologia and are clearly struggling dealing with opponents who make several compelling points about what they do with some members at times wondering if they are the ones in the right.

* SuperpowerLottery: Salem wins this easily as she has the largest arsenal of sorcery of anyone on Remnant. When she was first created she was given the ability to command the Zodiac which after her becoming part Umbral Spirt extends to nearby Grimm. She can also use multiple Elemental Magics all of which are superior to the Maidens powers. She can use the Metria spells far better then Lucy can (Unsurprising considering she invented at least one of them). Salem is also a competent is not master healer and enchanter. In addition she has physical strength on the same level as the Gates and is extremely fast as well. Her Transitive Curse means that she can cast any magic as a curse and any curse as magic which means that she doesn't need a Maiden nearby to utilize her magic fully in addition to be incredibly useful against opponents like Acnoligia or Franmalth who are immune to Magic. The Queen also has access to all the LovecraftianSuperpower she has in canon meaning she can spawn Grimm arms from anywhere and is a RubberMan which she uses in conjunction with her SuperStrength. If that weren't enough she still has her complete immortality and a Deadpool level healing factor from canon which means that she can recover from any attack now matter how devastating in seconds and either doesn't feel pain from them or is capable of ignoring it. The only attacks that are somewhat effective on her are Spirit Slayer Magic and End's Fire and she still recovered from a point blank blast from former in a less then a minute. Finally and most devastatingly she has her Eclipse Etherious form a giant 12 headed hydra that can fight evenly with Acnologia one on one for a considerable period of time a feat only Igneel managed. Salem wasn't exaggerating when she called herself one of the most powerful beings in history and the immense fear she inspires is clearly justified.

* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:Summer]] and Salem both act as her parental figures and were heavily involved in her upbrining and training. Cinder in turn tries to emulate both of the them on and off the battlefield.

** A literal case happens in Chapter 66. Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and Gray come across Jaune's ascension and, thinking that he is being tortured, break the Ascension Chamber holding him. This results in Jaune getting both Aries and Franmalth in his head driving him insane which directly leads to him absorbing Ren with Franmalth's curse.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Like in ''Fairy Tail'' canon, Devil Slayers run the risk of this due to their magic. Gray has long since gotten his under control as per canon. [[spoiler:Yang, however, seems to be diving headfirst off the slope as she taps deeper into her powers and doesn't take certain personal revelations about her loved ones well with no time to healthily process them. She solidifies it when Weiss kills Summer, attempting to actually kill Weiss, and threatening to do the same to Blake if she gets in her way.]]

*** {{Subverted|Trope}} later on for [[spoiler:Juvia and Jellal. While both were initially believed to have died in the battle with the White Witch, Ruby noticed that Juvia didn't actually have a gravestone. When she went back in time, she was initially confused why a RealityBreakingParodox didn't occur until she attempted to ''leave'', upon which she realized it was a StableTimeLoop, and she was meant to bring Juvia and Jellal back with her to the maintain the loop, Mest having to use his magic on the others, Loke included, to make sure a paradox wouldn't occur.]]

** [[spoiler:Zeref Dragneel. He was the creator of Mard Geer Tartaros, who kidnapped and corrupted Sitara in Zeref's name, which eventually led to her becoming Salem who has been terrorizing Remnant for centuries. Salem then began using the Curses from Zeref's books for her own agenda. All of Remnant's problems could thus, be traced back to Zeref.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jacques, Willow, Ironwood, Harriet, Elm, Vine and Pietro are all killed by around the fic's equivalent of Volume 4, all consequences of the Gates' intent of conquering Atlas for Salem. The entire Branwen Tribe also bites it courtesy of End during the events of Volume 5.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Like in ''Fairy Tail'' canon, Devil Slayers run the risk of this due to their magic. Gray has long since gotten his under control as per canon. [[spoiler:Yang, however, seems to be diving headfirst off the slope as she taps deeper into her powers and doesn't take certain personal revelations about her loved ones well with no time to healthily process them.]]

* GoodStepmother: [[spoiler: Summer may consider herself a monster but her two adopted kids Yang and Cinder both think the world of her and they both tell her that she is better person then she considers herself to be.]]