History Fanfic / TheFlightOfTheImp

** Hoster Tully dies by unknown means, since the Blackfish has to light his funeral boat along with Edmure’s.

** Brienne of Tarth is stabbed by Loras Tyrell immediately after Renly’s death.

* FromBadToWorse: This story is this comparative to canon, as named characters drop left and right much earlier than in canon, CivilWar breaks out in the Vale, and Lord Plumm’s negotiations with Dorne fail.

* SecretKeeper: The Blackfish is the only one who knows of Robb’s connection to Grey Wind and how Grey Wind’s death takes a physical toll on Robb.

** Since Tyrion Lannister is killed before Catelyn’s party reaches the Eyrie, Ser Vardis Egen survives into the early stages of the War of the Five Kings.

* NotSoDifferent: Catelyn recalls that her father would have had the same strategy that Lysa uses: just hunker down in a castle and wait for a problem to blow over.

"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13101679/1/The-flight-of-the-Imp The flight of the Imp]]" is a ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic where Tyrion Lannister is killed while in the Vale and the resulting chaos that ensues.

* AndThisIsFor: Jaime says “For Tyrion” after executing Edmure
* AscendedExtra: Brynden “Blackfish” Tully, Smalljon Umber, Steelshanks Walton, Yohn Royce, Varys, Littlefinger, Stannis Baratheon, The Hound, Loras Tyrell, and Olenna Tyrell are POV characters.
* BaitAndSwitch: It initially looks as if Jamie was killed after Grey Wind mauled him and ripped his arm off with the narration even saying that his last thoughts were of Cersei. A later chapter however reveals that he still lived and much like in canon he was captured by the Starks.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Ned Stark’s head isn’t just displayed on a spike, his body is split into seven pieces and each put at an entrance to King’s Landing.

** Nestor Royce was killed in the Vale’s CivilWar.

** Kevan is sent to King’s Landing as acting Hand of the King.

* InSeriesNickname: Instead of “The Young Wolf”, Robb receives the nickname “One-eyed Wolf”.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Smalljon Umber and Eddard Karstark become heads of their respective houses when their fathers are killed in battle.

* TeaserOnlyCharacter: Tyrion himself, as the prologue opens as he falls to his death off a mountain in the Vale.

* CivilWar: The Vale has a short one when the Lords Declarant led by Yohn Royce rebel to join the War of the Five Kings as a preemptive measure when Tyrion is killed.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Tyrion is killed when he misjudges a bush to find cover and realizes that it was hiding a precipice and falls to his death.

* ForWantOfANail: The nail in this case is Catelyn Stark refusing to give Tyrion a weapon, forcing him to find cover. The tree he tries to hide behind turns out to be hiding a precipice, and Tyrion falls to his death.

** Stevron Frey survives the Battle of Oxcross.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Robb loses his left eye and the use of his right arm in the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Jamie gets his even faster then in canon. Not a few moments after he permanently disables Robb's sword arm and destroys his eye he is tackled away by Grey Worm before he can finish the deed and has his arm ripped off by the angry Direwolf.

** Tywin Lannister outlives both of his sons.

** Rickard Karstark dies killing Stafford Lannister at the Battle of Oxcross.

“[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13101679/1/The-flight-of-the-Imp The flight of the Imp]]” is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ fanfic where Tyrion Lannister is killed while in the Vale and the resulting chaos that ensues.

* AscendedExtra: Brynden “Blackfish” Tully, Smalljon Umber, Steelshanks Walton, Yohn Royce, Varys, Littlefinger, Stannis Baratheon, The Hound and Loras Tyrell are POV characters.

** Rickard Karstark dies killing Stafford Lannister at the Battle of the Oxcross.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Tywin Lannister outlives both of his sons.

** Since Tyrion Lannister is killed before Catelyn’s party reaches the Eyrie, Ser Vardis Egen survives into the early stages of the War of the Five Kings.

** Jaime Lannister kills Greatjon Umber and is subsequently mauled to death by Grey Wind.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Eddard Karstark survives the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Robb loses the use of his right arm in the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

* DisabledByTheAdaptation: Robb loses the use of his right arm in the Battle of the Whispering Wood.