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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46780252/chapters/117824977 Only Embers Remain]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mirrond/pseuds/Mirrond Mirrond]] is a ForWantOfANail fanfic of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.

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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46780252/chapters/117824977 Only Embers Remain]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mirrond/pseuds/Mirrond Mirrond]] is a ForWantOfANail PointOfDivergence fanfic of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
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* DisasterDominoes: During one training session, Ochako gets Izuku in the face with a spell, which causes him to stumble into an arrow trap, which then causes him to stumble into a bear trap.
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* BrokenPedestal: With persistent effort from Yoichi and Ochako, and with unintentional help from Arshka, Izuku's admiration of Bakugou is broken since with an actual friend and a proper JerkWithAHeartOfGold, he realises Bakugou has not been his friend in years and will make for a terrible hero.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arshka is abrasive but will put her life on the line to save innocent people because that is the right thing to do.
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: Arshka has a low opinion of non-humans, and she feels the same way about most of her fellow humans.


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* InternalReveal: In Chapter 22, [[spoiler:Lena finds out about Arshka's recovery from soulflame corruption]].


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* NobleBigot: Arshka is the sort of person who is bigoted against elves but will put her life on the line to save elven children, even though there would be no witnesses, because ''it is the right thing to do''.
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* TrainingFromHell: When Arshka declares she will train Izuku and Co, Yoichi gets flashbacks to when Gran Torino trained All Might and the comparison proves true when at the end of the first day, most of them collapse in exhaustion after she puts them through the wringer.
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* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Yoichi and Izuku realise that the Lord of Hell protecting weaker demons from stronger ones is not done out of altruism, but long term selfishness. The soul crystals of weaker demons don't let him get more powerful from devouring them, but if he waits until the demons power up, they can help him get stronger, either from servitude or from being devoured.

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* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Yoichi and Izuku realise that the Lord of Hell archdemons protecting weaker demons from stronger ones is not done out of altruism, but long term selfishness. The soul crystals of weaker demons don't let him them get more powerful from devouring them, but if he waits they wait until the weaker demons power up, they can help him them get stronger, either from servitude or from being devoured.
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* AntiGrinding: A Vessel can't just level up from any soul crystal. The best returns come only from those around their level. A weaker soul crystal just does not provide that much to a stronger soul crystal, which discourages farming them, and a stronger soul crystal could overtake a weaker one, which discourages power-levelling.


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* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Yoichi and Izuku realise that the Lord of Hell protecting weaker demons from stronger ones is not done out of altruism, but long term selfishness. The soul crystals of weaker demons don't let him get more powerful from devouring them, but if he waits until the demons power up, they can help him get stronger, either from servitude or from being devoured.
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* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: [[spoiler:After confirming that Izuku's soulflame healed her own soulflame's corruption, Arshka tries to say thank you but botches it and Astaus has to explain what she is trying to do to Izuku.]]

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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Izuku ends up having to roll with telling [[spoiler:Arshka and Antaus]] that he is [[spoiler:All Might's son and heir]] in order to semi-dodge having to explain their real relationship.



* ThrowItIn: InUniverse, Izuku ends up having to roll with telling [[spoiler:Arshka and Antaus]] that he is [[spoiler:All Might's son and heir]] in order to semi-dodge having to explain their real relationship.

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** [[spoiler:Nana Shimura's spirit]] becomes an angel.



* ArbitrarySkepticism: In a world of magic and where demons are clearly a thing that exists, Tsuyu is rather sceptical of religious explanations for anything, which Tokoyami is quick to call her out for.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: In a world of magic and where demons are clearly a thing that exists, Tsuyu is rather sceptical skeptical of religious explanations for anything, which Tokoyami is quick to call her out for.



* BossArenaIdiocy: [[spoiler:Izuku's plan to defeat Arshka is to trick her into falling on spikes in her territory. Yoichi praises him for this since Yoichi was stuck in the mentality that the world ''completely'' conforms to souls-like game conventions, including being unable to use the battlefield itself against the boss]].
* BrickJoke: In Chapter 13, the description for Arshka's soul crystal says that her previous acquaintances would claim that the chaosflame only warped her body because her mind was already filled with rage. [[spoiler:That description gets its payoff in the very next chapter when the revived, ''healed from chaosflame corruption'' Arshka inflicts overwhelming violence against the Dark Elves]].

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* BossArenaIdiocy: [[spoiler:Izuku's plan to defeat Arshka is to trick her into falling on spikes in her territory. Yoichi praises him for this since Yoichi was stuck in the mentality that the world ''completely'' conforms to souls-like game conventions, including being unable to use the battlefield itself against the boss]].
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* BrickJoke: In Chapter 13, the description for Arshka's soul crystal says that her previous acquaintances would claim that the chaosflame only warped her body because her mind was already filled with rage. [[spoiler:That description gets its payoff in the very next chapter when the revived, ''healed from chaosflame corruption'' Arshka inflicts overwhelming violence against the Dark Elves]].Elves.]]



* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:When Yoichi revives Arshka to fight the Dark Elves, she rampages gloriously, beating boss-level enemies as soon as the Boss HP Bar appears, and every rank-and-file Dark Elf soldier are simply crushed]].

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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:When Yoichi revives Arshka to fight the Dark Elves, she rampages gloriously, beating boss-level enemies as soon as the Boss HP Bar appears, and every rank-and-file Dark Elf soldier are simply crushed]].crushed.]]



* MoodWhiplash: Himiko mentions seeing Ochako's panties while their party is in the middle of a life-or-death situation.

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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
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Himiko mentions seeing Ochako's panties while their party is in the middle of a life-or-death situation.situation.
** Izuku's near-attempt to yell in joy when he learns [[spoiler:All Might is in a potential ally's fortress]] is offset by the rather ''lascivious'' description the person saying this is using.



* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: One of Izuku's aims is to bring together all the "otherworlders" that have been spread around the world they're now in.



* OurElvesAreDifferent: In this setting, elves were originally created as a SlaveRace with one person saying their creators made a highly unnecessary amount of sub-races for them.

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* OurElvesAreDifferent: In this setting, elves were originally created as a SlaveRace with one person saying their creators made a highly unnecessary amount number of sub-races for them.



* ShipperOnDeck: Yoichi ships Izuku and Ochako, to the point of strongly encouraging Izuku to marry her.
* SlaveRace: The elves were created to be nothing more than servants by their creators. When their creators died out, several elven races went extinct with them due to a complete inability to survive on their own. Others found new overlords to be slaves to.
* SoCrazyItMustBeTrue: When Izuku and Ochako tell the first person they encounter that they came from another world, Lena admits she would have called bullshit just a few years back, but her world has become so insane that stranded travellers from other worlds merely sounds par for the course.
* SoulsLikeRPG: Once they reach their first Altar of Egress, Yoichi explicitly explains to Izuku that the world they're in is operating on the logic of soulslike genre games, with his proof being the ''extremely'' difficult boss fight that he and Ochako encountered as their ''first''. Yoichi also warns that the bosses will get harder, as it was the ''second-lowest'' rank of bosses.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Yoichi ships Izuku and Ochako, to the point of strongly encouraging Izuku to marry her.
* SlaveRace: The elves were created to be nothing more than servants by their creators. When their creators died out, several elven races went extinct
her. He also (possibly joking) ships All Might with them due to a complete inability to survive on their own. Others found new overlords to be slaves to.
* SoCrazyItMustBeTrue: When Izuku and Ochako tell the first person they encounter that they came from another world, Lena admits she would have called bullshit just a few years back, but her world has become so insane that stranded travellers from other worlds merely sounds par for the course.
* SoulsLikeRPG: Once they reach their first Altar of Egress, Yoichi explicitly explains to Izuku that the world they're in is operating on the logic of soulslike genre games, with his proof being the ''extremely'' difficult boss fight that he and Ochako encountered as their ''first''. Yoichi also warns that the bosses will get harder, as it was the ''second-lowest'' rank of bosses.
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* SlaveRace: The elves were created to be nothing more than servants by their creators. When their creators died out, several elven races went extinct with them due to a complete inability to survive on their own. Others found new overlords to be slaves to.
* SoCrazyItMustBeTrue: When Izuku and Ochako tell the first person they encounter that they came from another world, Lena admits she would have called bullshit just a few years back, but her world has become so insane that stranded travelers from other worlds merely sounds par for the course.
* SoulsLikeRPG: Once they reach their first Altar of Egress, Yoichi explicitly explains to Izuku that the world they're in is operating on the logic of souls-like genre games, with his proof being the ''extremely'' difficult boss fight that he and Ochako encountered as their ''first''. Yoichi also warns that the bosses will get harder, as it was the ''second-lowest'' rank of bosses.


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* ThisExplainsSoMuch: PlayedForLaughs - when Yoichi declares that the elf accompanying [[spoiler:Arshka]] is clearly a husbando and that Izuku should consider tapping into that, Izuku approaches the realization that All for One may have had a point in burning the world after spending too much time with Yoichi.
* ThrowItIn: InUniverse, Izuku ends up having to roll with telling [[spoiler:Arshka and Antaus]] that he is [[spoiler:All Might's son and heir]] in order to semi-dodge having to explain their real relationship.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Some elven sub-races are so bad they are killed on sight by everybody else, even other elves. Mountain elves for example worship dragons and feed soul crystals to them. Soul crystals they get by murdering foreign Vessels, and with plenty of collateral damage to non-Vessels along the way. Their Warlord also wears the skin of his enemies, and "enemies" include innocent civilians. This is why a local sheds no tears over finding the corpse of a Mountain Elf that was clearly tortured while they were alive.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Some elven sub-races are so bad they are killed on sight by everybody else, even other elves. Mountain elves for example worship dragons and feed soul crystals to them. Soul crystals they get by murdering foreign Vessels, and with plenty of collateral damage to non-Vessels along the way. Their Warlord also wears the skin of his enemies, and "enemies" include innocent civilians. This is why a local Arshka sheds no tears over finding the corpse of a Mountain Elf that was clearly tortured while they were alive.



* BerserkButton: Mustard explodes in rage when Ochako asks if he named himself after the condiment, when it's meant to be the gas, and then if there was no better nickname.



* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Mustard]] hates heroes, but is willing to work with the U.A. students because [[spoiler:Tsuyu]] saved him.



* HorrifyingTheHorror: When Tokoyami asks if Mustard's Quirk allows him to spawn mustard in his enemies' lungs, Mustard admits Tokoyami scares him a little.



* InstantExpert: Downplayed. When Izuku picks up a sword, he find himself instinctively knowing how to use it. Not to the level of true experts, but certainly better than a complete novice would be.

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* InstantExpert: Downplayed. When Izuku picks up a sword, he find finds himself instinctively knowing how to use it. Not to the level of true experts, but certainly better than a complete novice would be.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In canon, Himiko was a villain who was enemies with Izuku and his friends. Here, she's an ally because her canon insanity is reversed.
** In a similar vein, Mustard becomes an ally of the Hero Students because Tsu saved him.



** Ibara becomes a dryad.

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** Ibara becomes a dryad.hamadryad.


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* AndIMustScream: For fifteen minutes, Mustard was drowning and ''fully aware'' the entire time before Tsuyu saved him.
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** Ibara becomes a dryad.


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* ArbitrarySkepticism: In a world of magic and where demons are clearly a thing that exists, Tsuyu is rather sceptical of religious explanations for anything, which Tokoyami is quick to call her out for.
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* {{Unobtainium}}: Hatsume gushes about the Moon Tears, a material that when used in construction, acts to prevent or reverse deformation. Swords stay sharp indefinitely and large infrastructures need less maintenance than otherwise.
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: The party agrees to use the Soul Crystals of the defeated Dark Elves since they all agree that out of their options, that is objectively the least immoral one. What else are they going to do? The authorities will just execute them or use the crystals for themselves, and keeping them in crystal limbo is a FateWorseThanDeath.
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* PlayerHeadquarters: Once unlocked, an Altar of Egress is where Vessels, the new worlds equivalent of PCs, gets to do various PC activities such as checking their status window or equipment, warping to other Altars, or using Soul Crystals. Being in an Altar of Egress also refills a Vessel's Health and Mana bars.

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* PlayerHeadquarters: Once unlocked, an Altar of Egress is where Vessels, the new worlds equivalent of PCs, PlayerCharacters, gets to do various PC activities such as checking their status window or equipment, warping to other Altars, or using Soul Crystals. Being in an Altar of Egress also refills a Vessel's Health and Mana bars.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [[spoiler:Arshka]] is dumbfounded to learn that the price Tokoyami has to pay for his demon summoning is the low one of ''apples''.

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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [[spoiler:Arshka]] is dumbfounded exasperated to learn that out of all the thematically fitting prices a contractor has to pay, the price Tokoyami specifically has to pay for his demon summoning is the low one of ''apples''.
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* BrickJoke: In Chapter 13, the description for Arshka's soul crystal says that the chaosflame only warped her body because her mind was already filled with rage. [[spoiler:That description gets its payoff in the very next chapter when the revived, ''healed from chaosflame corruption'' Arshka inflicts overwhelming violence against the Dark Elves]].

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* BrickJoke: In Chapter 13, the description for Arshka's soul crystal says that her previous acquaintances would claim that the chaosflame only warped her body because her mind was already filled with rage. [[spoiler:That description gets its payoff in the very next chapter when the revived, ''healed from chaosflame corruption'' Arshka inflicts overwhelming violence against the Dark Elves]].
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Some elven sub-races are so bad they are killed on sight by everybody else, even other elves. Mountain elves for example worship dragons and feed soul crystals to them. Soul crystals they get by murdering foreign Vessels, and with plenty of collateral damage to non-Vessels along the way. Their Warlord also wears the skin of his enemies, and "enemies" include innocent civilians. This is why a local sheds no tears over finding the corpse of a Mountain Elf that was clearly tortured while they were alive.

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* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Arshka]] warns Tokoyami that demon contractors with prices that aren't that bad were at best tolerated. They are not very popular even in the best of circumstances and the current apocalypse the world is going through does not improve the situation.

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** Elves are split into several sub-races, and there is a lot of intra-elven bigotry and bigotry between the elves and other races, with varying degrees of tolerance. This is largely the elves' fault because a large portion of the elven sub-races made themselves willing servants of really evil beings, and partially the fault of their original creators who made them that way to begin with.


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* OurElvesAreDifferent: In this setting, elves were originally created as a SlaveRace with one person saying their creators made a highly unnecessary amount of sub-races for them.


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* SlaveRace: The elves were created to be nothing more than servants by their creators. When their creators died out, several elven races went extinct with them due to a complete inability to survive on their own. Others found new overlords to be slaves to.
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* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Arshka]] warns Tokoyami that demon contractors with prices that aren't that bad were at best tolerated. They are not very popular even in the best of circumstances and the current apocalypse the world is going through does not improve the situation.


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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:Arshka]] warns Tokoyami that because he is a demon contractor, he makes a convenient target for other people to blame the apocalypse everyone is going through on, either in spite of or because of the fact the price he has to pay is only apples.


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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [[spoiler:Arshka]] is dumbfounded to learn that the price Tokoyami has to pay for his demon summoning is the low one of ''apples''.

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