History Fanfic / TheLionOfIvalice

** The Lucavi are given somewhat of a greater spotlight (with more showing up), letting their motives and individual traits develop a little more. See also AscendedExtra for the characters who recieve more development thanks to the plot.

* BareYourMidriff: Shemhazai prefers to do this while possessing Meliadoul.

** Technically all those that weren't playable in the game: [[EnsembleDarkhorse Izlude]], [[DistressedDamsel Alma]], [[BadassBookworm Olan]], [[LadyOfBlackMagic Valmafra]], [[SmugSnake Gafgarion]], [[ThoseTwoGirls Celia and Lede]] ''&'' [[AmazonBrigade The Lionsguard]], [[KnightTemplar Zalbag]], [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Wiegraf]], [[ByronicHero Delita]].]]

%%* DistressedDamsel: Meliadoul for a while, not to mention Ovelia and Alma.

* KickTheDog: A rather brutal one by [[spoiler: Vormav, who insults Mel ''and'' her mother in the span of two sentences and breaks her spirit]]. ''[[UpToEleven Bonus points]]'' qualify if you go by the theory that it was actually a BatmanGambit to [[spoiler: weaken her resolve so that, when Izlude was killed by Wiegraf, she'd break completely and offer herself to Shemhazai, advancing the Lucavi's plans ''further''.]]

* WesternZodiac: Like the game, but [[UpToEleven able to go above and beyond]] by showing the demons representing all 13 (including Serpentarius). [[spoiler: Also Pashtarot the Knight Star for Cancer's light half.]]

%%* FiveManBand: In flux based on the characters' roles and actions...
%%** '''Part One''' - ''The Southern Sky''
%%*** TheHero - Ramza
%%*** NumberTwo - Izlude
%%*** TheLancer - Meliadoul
%%*** TheChick - Alma
%%*** TheSmartGuy - Olan
%%*** TheMentor - Cid
%%*** TheSixthRanger - Gafgarion and Valmafra
%%*** GuestStarPartyMember - Mustadio, Delita and [[spoiler: Agrias]]
%%** '''Part Two''' - ''The Great Divide''
%%*** TheHero - Ramza
%%*** TheLancer - Meliadoul
%%*** TheChick - Alma and Ovelia
%%*** TagalongKid - Izlude
%%*** TheBigGuy - Cid
%%*** TheSmartGuy - Olan & Valmafra
%%*** TheMentor - Gafgarion
%%*** MissionControl - Zalbag
%%*** TheSixthRanger - Beowulf & Reis; Mustadio, [[spoiler: Agrias, Delita]]
%%*** GuestStarPartyMember - Celia & Lede; Lavian & Alicia; [[spoiler: Wiegraf]]
%%*** TeamPet - Rattletrap
%%** '''Part Three''' - ''The Rising Abyss''
%%*** BigGood - [[spoiler: Ramza]]
%%*** MissionControl - [[spoiler: Delita]]
%%*** TheHero - [[spoiler: Izlude]]
%%*** TheLancer - [[spoiler: Mustadio]]
%%*** SupportingLeader - Zalbag, Beowulf, [[spoiler: Agrias]]
%%*** TheBigGuy - Rattletrap, [[spoiler: Gafgarion, Olan]]
%%*** TheChick - Ovelia, Reis
%%*** TheSmartGirl - Valmafra, Celia & Lede
%%*** NeutralFemale - [[spoiler: Ruvelia]]
%%*** TheSixthRanger - Rafa, Malak, [[spoiler: Wiegraf]]
%%** The Lucavi involved in the final battle:
%%*** [[BigBad The Big Bad]] - [[SealedEvilInACan Altima]]
%%*** TheDragon - [[spoiler: [[ManipulativeBitch Shemhazai]]]]
%%*** TheEvilGenius - [[spoiler: [[EvilSorceror Velius]]]]
%%*** [[TheBrute The Brutes]] - [[MightyGlacier Exodus]] and [[LightningBruiser Famfrit]]
%%*** TheSixthRanger - [[spoiler: [[TheHeavy Hashmal]]]]

* %% BadassCrew: The Knight Blades

* %% BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: [[{{Cliffhanger}} In the end, it was Rattletrap who saved them]].]]

%%** FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler: Shemhazai again]]

** The Lucavi are given somewhat of a greater spotlight, letting their motives and individual traits develop a little more. See also AscendedExtra for the characters who recieve more development thanks to the plot.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: So now Altima and her 12 Lucavi generals have been slain AND sealed back into hell, Ivalice still stands, and Delita, now king, has given the country a democratic reform with the commoners able to vote for their representatives to speak issues alongside the nobility. The only downsides is that a good deal of Lucavi escaped beyond Ivalice and some of their friends, including [[TheHero Ramza]], are dead.]]

** Meliadoul, who [[spoiler:heard her (possessed) father call her "[[WordOfGod and her mother a tramp in one sentence, and then tells her she is a disgrace]]". Ramza nearly had to drag her [[HeroicBSOD distraught self]] out of there alive. If that wasn't bad enough, she arrives back to Orbonne Monastery to see her brother dead, still not recovering from the bitter words her father said.]] What happens next leads to [[spoiler:the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds entry below.]]

** The epilogue indicates that [[spoiler:while they aren't exactly FireForgedFriend, Ramza's comrades - especially Meliadoul, due to their being NotSoDifferent - have set aside their differences and quandries with Wiegraf, chosing to let go of the past and move on. It helps that his actions and sacrifices during the Lucavi War have largely redeemed him of his sins.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Meliadoul and Wiegraf]], crucially noted by the former in the epilogue as the reason why they should let each other's scars heal instead of hating each other.

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* BiTheWay: Celia and Lede are heavily suggested to be this, as they ''both'' shared a past relationship with Valmafra.

%%* FiveBadBand: The Lucavi involved in the final battle:
%%** [[BigBad The Big Bad]] - [[SealedEvilInACan Altima]]
%%** TheDragon - [[spoiler: [[ManipulativeBitch Shemhazai]]]]
%%** TheEvilGenius - [[spoiler: [[EvilSorceror Velius]]]]
%%** [[TheBrute The Brutes]] - [[MightyGlacier Exodus]] and [[LightningBruiser Famfrit]]
%%** TheSixthRanger - [[spoiler: [[TheHeavy Hashmal]]]]

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* GenreSavvy:
** [[spoiler: After losing a duel with Ramza, the Aries stone calls out to Wiegraf. Instead of just listening to the stone convince him to take over his body, Ramza slaps the stone away when it's in view. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] that unlike the original scene in the game, Ramza has seen AND killed enough of the Lucavi to know how they work.]]
** Another example involving the Holy Stones is [[spoiler: Mel's possession by Shemhazai. Ramza caught on immediately when he heard Meliadoul speaking, but was unable to get to her in time.]]

** There have been several hints that the Lucavi's incredible magic and abilities are a result of them being able to manipulate and control [[VagrantStory the Dark]].

* AloofAlly: [[spoiler: Wiegraf]].

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Zalbag and Agrias Beoulve]]

* BadassCrew: The Knight Blades

* BashBrothers: Ramza and Izlude
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Agrias and Zalbag]].
* BetaCouple: Izlude/Alma, Delita/Ovelia & [[spoiler: Zalbag/Agrias]]

* {{BFG}}: The Peacemaker

* BigBadassBattleSequence: The Siege of Lesalia and all of Part 3, The Rising Abyss
* BigBrotherMentor: Ramza, to Izlude.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: [[{{Cliffhanger}} In the end, it was Rattletrap who saved them]].]]

* BossBattle: All the Lucavi fit at least one video-game boss trope:
** ClimaxBoss: Mateus
** DamageSpongeBoss: Zodiark, [[spoiler: Exodus round 2]]
** DualBoss: [[spoiler: Adramelk & Queklain]]
** DuelBoss: Velius, [[spoiler: Hashmal]], [[spoiler: Shemhazai (sorta)]]
** FinalBoss: Altima [[spoiler: ([[TrueFinalBoss her second form anyway]])]]
** FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler: Shemhazai again]]
** SequentialBoss: [[spoiler: Velius, Exodus, and Famfrit all at once]]
** [[TeleportSpam Teleport Spammer]]: [[spoiler: Altima]]
** WakeUpCallBoss: Zeromus
** WarmUpBoss: Chaos
** ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler: Zalera]] ([[SincerityMode no, I kid you not]]).

* CoolAirship: "Welcome to the Valefor."
* CoolSword: The Shadow Sword, last Touten blade in Ivalice. Other swords include TG Cid's {{Excalibur}} and Elmdore's [[KatanasAreJustBetter Masamune]].

** Dark Knights. A whole town of them.

* DeathByAdaptation: Read the KilledOffForReal entry for specifics.
* DeathSeeker: Gafgarion, for reasons connected to his past revealed in Chapter 20.

* DistressedDamsel: Meliadoul for a while, not to mention Ovelia and Alma.

* DualBoss: Non-game example: [[spoiler: Adramelk ''and'' Queklain]]. Unfortunately, the fight was over rather quickly (narrative-wise) and as a result, it feels rather like an AntiClimaxBoss.
* DuelBoss:
** Gafgarion and [[spoiler: Wiegraf, just like in canon]]. Also kind of seen in "Ramza versus [[spoiler: Dycedarg/Adramelk]]".
** Two others in Chapter 35: [[spoiler: Valmafra vs Kletian]] and [[spoiler: Wiegraf vs Velius.]]
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Besrodio Bunanza]] in Chapter 37. See ICannotSelfTerminate below.

* EleventhHourSuperPower: [[spoiler: Ramza bonding with Pashtarot in the climatic final battle with Altima.]]

* FailureKnight: Agrias, when [[spoiler: Wiegraf kidnaps Ovelia while she's under the Lionsguard's protection.]]
* FiveBadBand: The Lucavi involved in the final battle:
** [[BigBad The Big Bad]] - [[SealedEvilInACan Altima]]
** TheDragon - [[spoiler: [[ManipulativeBitch Shemhazai]]]]
** TheEvilGenius - [[spoiler: [[EvilSorceror Velius]]]]
** [[TheBrute The Brutes]] - [[MightyGlacier Exodus]] and [[LightningBruiser Famfrit]]
** TheSixthRanger - [[spoiler: [[TheHeavy Hashmal]]]]
* FiveManBand: In flux based on the characters' roles and actions...
** '''Part One''' - ''The Southern Sky''
*** TheHero - Ramza
*** NumberTwo - Izlude
*** TheLancer - Meliadoul
*** TheChick - Alma
*** TheSmartGuy - Olan
*** TheMentor - Cid
*** TheSixthRanger - Gafgarion and Valmafra
*** GuestStarPartyMember - Mustadio, Delita and [[spoiler: Agrias]]
** '''Part Two''' - ''The Great Divide''
*** TheHero - Ramza
*** TheLancer - Meliadoul
*** TheChick - Alma and Ovelia
*** TagalongKid - Izlude
*** TheBigGuy - Cid
*** TheSmartGuy - Olan & Valmafra
*** TheMentor - Gafgarion
*** MissionControl - Zalbag
*** TheSixthRanger - Beowulf & Reis; Mustadio, [[spoiler: Agrias, Delita]]
*** GuestStarPartyMember - Celia & Lede; Lavian & Alicia; [[spoiler: Wiegraf]]
*** TeamPet - Rattletrap
** '''Part Three''' - ''The Rising Abyss''
*** BigGood - [[spoiler: Ramza]]
*** MissionControl - [[spoiler: Delita]]
*** TheHero - [[spoiler: Izlude]]
*** TheLancer - [[spoiler: Mustadio]]
*** SupportingLeader - Zalbag, Beowulf, [[spoiler: Agrias]]
*** TheBigGuy - Rattletrap, [[spoiler: Gafgarion, Olan]]
*** TheChick - Ovelia, Reis
*** TheSmartGirl - Valmafra, Celia & Lede
*** NeutralFemale - [[spoiler: Ruvelia]]
*** TheSixthRanger - Rafa, Malak, [[spoiler: Wiegraf]]

* GottaCatchEmAll: The Zodiac Stones of course.
* TheGunslinger / GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Celia and Lede when facing Elmdore]]
* TheHeavy: Vormav/Hashmal [[spoiler: until Chapter 24, where Meliadoul/Morrigan/Shemhazai takes over.]]

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Ramza in Chapter 28. [[SubvertedTrope THANK GOD it was just a joke]].]]

* HeroicSacrifice:
** [[spoiler: Master Daravon, the teacher of the Dorter academy]], in Chapter 23.
** Followed by [[spoiler: Lavian and Alicia, Agrias's knights]], in Chapter 29.
** And then [[spoiler: Rattletrap, saving Celia & Lede's lives]] somewhere between Chapters 36 & 37. [[spoiler: Only he wasn't quite dead yet...]]

-->'''Zalbag''': "What are you?"
-->'''[[spoiler:Barinten/Zeromus]]''': ''We are the future.''

* InvincibleHero: The author works really hard to avert this with Ramza, who everyone knows can be an [[AlmightyJanitor unstoppable]] [[GameBreaker fighter]], ''especially'' after [[spoiler: his [[TookALevelInBadass Dark Knight training]].]] A few signs of this are when he blacks out after [[spoiler: the fight against Adramelk]] and later is worn out in his fight against [[spoiler: Elmdore]], but [[spoiler: if not for Wiegraf reclaiming his confiscated sword and Zalbag's group showing up when they did, Zodiark could have very well ''killed'' Ramza]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Master Daravon; Lavian & Alicia; "Thunder God" Cid Orlandu; Rafa Galthana; Besrodio Bunanza (Mustadio's father); and Rattletrap]].[[spoiler: Ramza]] looks to have also died, but [[spoiler: his final fate is ambiguous]].

* TheLegionsOfHell: [[spoiler: As of Chapter 29]].

* MyNaymeIs: Valmafra. Everyone else has their names faithful to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version. [[WordOfGod ObsidianDawn made this change because he liked the War of the Lions port version of the name, as opposed to Balmafula.]]

* NoNameGiven: Chaos, the first Lucavi, never verbally introduced himself or was given a name other than his host [[spoiler: Rudvich]]. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when all the other Lucavi afterward were named and mentioned. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that that this was when Obsidian was set on using original Lucavi for the other half of the Zodiac Stones (Chaos was aligned to Taurus, which had no Lucavi representative in [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics the game]]) and [[AscendedFanon eventually went with the suggestion to use the]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII FFXII espers]] to fill in the blanks, and was eventually called Chaos by [[FanNickname the fans]]. The fact that [[spoiler: Adramelk]] and [[spoiler: Queklain]] were the last Lucavi seen until Part 2, and [[WordOfGod the author has taken some creative liberties with some of them, like Zodiark,]] doesn't hurt.
** ''Extra'' subverted when [[spoiler: Morrigan reveals his name to Izlude and his role in the story; to kill Ramza and take over Izlude's body.]]

* NumberTwo: [[spoiler: Agrias]] becomes this to Delita.
* OddFriendship: Between Cid and Gafgarion, mostly seen during Part 2.

* RedemptionEarnsLife: [[WordOfGod Pointed out]] concerning [[spoiler: Wiegraf Folles]].

-->'''Ramza''': "This isn't war! This is a massacre! Delita, this is madness!"
-->'''Delita''': "Madness? [[Film/ThreeHundred This is Ivalice.]]"

* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: '''[[color:gold:Credible]]''', at first. It starts to rise towards '''[[color:red:High]]''' in the second half of Part Two, and becomes firmly stuck there when [[spoiler: [[KnightOfCerebus Shemhazai]]]] shows up.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: Ramza and Wiegraf. Well, more like ''Everyone'' and Wiegraf, but Ramza's the one most commonly seen.]] Justified on both sides: [[spoiler: Ramza killed Wiegraf's sister, and Wiegraf's actions indirectly led to Ramza and Izlude losing their sisters & lovers, and hastened the rise of Altima]]. In the end, [[spoiler: though the most personal parties can't outright forgive each other anytime soon, they've all reached an understanding, especially following Wiegraf's actions protecting Ovelia; Meliadoul in particular won't hold Wiegraf accountable, having also experienced a similar fall into darkness.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: Lavian & Alicia, as well as Celia & Lede.

* TrueCompanions: Ramza and all his companions, made noted in Chapter 30. [[spoiler: Except [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Wiegraf]].]]

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue

* TheWorfEffect: How ''else'' can you view [[spoiler: Elmdore killing ''Thunder God Cid'' of all people]]?

* EasilyForgiven:
** Averted on two different accounts. The first count is with [[spoiler: Wiegraf, who attacked the Orbonne Monastery while Ramza was away, killed Izlude and kidnapped Alma. This drives Meliadoul further down to instability, as she willingly gives herself up to Shemhazai to resurrect her brother. Ramza then fights and defeats Wiegraf, and even when offered the chance to kill him, he refuses and makes him guide them to where the other Lucavi are. Even when Wiegraf saves Ramza's life later, its clear to both of them they can't forgive the other, both the cause of losing the other's loved ones, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork but decide they have to work together to stop the Lucavi]].]]
** The second is with Delita, [[spoiler: who worked rather closely with the [[CorruptChurch Galbados Church's]] goals and like canon, was willing to ignore it after being made king; even when queen Oveila gets kidnapped by them. He also makes it clear that he would do anything to reach that goal. He even opened the floodgate that accumulated enough blood to reawaken Ajora despite knowing the Church being behind this as well as working with them. It takes Zalbag ''and'' Agrias scolding him to travel with them; after the failed infiltration of Murond City, he openly admits to Ramza this wouldn't have happened if he'd trusted him before and hadn't been ignorant of the Lucavi plot. Izlude threatens him in a similar way as Ramza did towards Wiegraf, and reminds him they're only doing this for their leader, not him.]]
*** Concerning Delita, he (quite understandably) holds a grudge against Zalbag for [[ShootTheHostage the events]] at Ziekden.

* AdaptationDistillation: While certain story elements are expanded upon, the author doesn't go overboard in either description or character explanation, simply opting for the crucial storytelling elements. This is why the battles, conflicts and relationships are streamlined whilst still being plausible, making for a tight yet still-compelling read.

* AdaptationExpansion: The opening battle of the War of the Lions, the Siege of Lesalia, had a single paragraph written about it in the game. This story has an entire chapter devoted to it.

* AscendedExtra: Technically all those that weren't playable in the game: [[EnsembleDarkhorse Izlude]], [[DistressedDamsel Alma]], [[BadassBookworm Olan]], [[LadyOfBlackMagic Valmafra]], [[SmugSnake Gafgarion]], [[ThoseTwoGirls Celia and Lede]] ''&'' [[AmazonBrigade The Lionsguard]], [[KnightTemplar Zalbag]], [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Wiegraf]], [[ByronicHero Delita]].]]
** Those are the good guys. Bad guys include Rudvich, Duke Barinten, and Balk & Rofel of the Templar Knights. [[spoiler: They are all Lucavi hosts.]]
*** Kletian of the Templars as well. [[spoiler: ''Without'' being a Lucavi host, to boot!]] And out of all the Lucavi, [[spoiler: Velius]] manifests in the mortal realm ''without'' a host body. [[spoiler: But this is probably because the Gates of Hell were opened at Murond.]]

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Zalbag and Agrias Beoulve]]

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: Chapter 13, where Ramza [[spoiler: fails to stop Delita from releasing the waters of the Bethla Sluice, drowning most of the Northern Sky forces. This is in stark contrast to the game, where Ramza ''himself'' opened the sluice to ''prevent'' a massacre.]]. It counts even more when [[FridgeBrilliance you realise that]] [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance this probably resulted in enough blood being spilled for the Lucavi to bring back Ajora/Altima without any complications - hence why Hashmal is still around instead of sacrificing himself, and why events actually happen ''much'' more quickly than in canon]].]]

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: So now Altima and her 12 Lucavi generals have been slain AND sealed back into hell, Ivalice still stands, and Delita, now king, has given the country a democratic reform with the commoners able to vote for their representatives to speak issues alongside the nobility. The only downsides is that a good deal of Lucavi escaped beyond Ivalice and some of their friends, including [[TheHero Ramza]], are dead.]]
** [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]: [[spoiler: However, given the determination that everyone made in the war, all of them, including the countrymen, seem to get off a lot better than canon. Not to mention nearly a ''dozen'' characters that normally died in the game [[SparedByTheAdaptation survived though this]]. Ramza as well, [[TheEndOrIsIt or so it is implied]].]]

* BreakTheCutie: Meliadoul, who [[spoiler:heard her (possessed) father call her "[[WordOfGod and her mother a tramp in one sentence, and then tells her she is a disgrace]]". Ramza nearly had to drag her [[HeroicBSOD distraught self]] out of there alive. If that wasn't bad enough, she arrives back to Orbonne Monastery to see her brother dead, still not recovering from the bitter words her father said.]] What happens next leads to [[spoiler:the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds entry below.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Protagonists aside - and they get plenty of growth, of course - a number of characters with rather predictable personalities were given more depth than they had in canon (see AlternateCharacterInterpretation). Ruvelia, for example, is a BrokenBird who ended up in a loveless marriage and grew resentful of both her position and of her former lover Cid, who refused to fight for their relationship. Gafgarion is a DeathSeeker plagued by guilt for causing [[spoiler: the death of a young Dark Knight named Cerra, who was like a daughter to him]]. Not to mention Olan, Valmafra, Mustadio's... the list goes on.

* ContinuityNod: All the new Lucavi not shown in the game? They are the Scions of Darkness from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Knights. A whole town of them.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Having bested Gafgarion [[spoiler: and later Wiegraf]] in a [[DuelToTheDeath one-on-one duel]], Ramza instead forces the loser to help him. Gafgarion teaches him Dark Sword techniques and helps him rescue Mel, [[spoiler: Wiegraf leads them to the city of Murond. He gets much less trust and leeway than Gafgarion did, though with good reason given his actions caused much more trouble.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Rafa and Malak get relatively minor roles compared to the others, and Mustadio almost fell in with them. Beowulf and Reis also suffer, but they're secret characters anyway. Heresy Examiner Zalmour Rusnada (whom Ramza fought twice in the game) got mentioned in one sentence, and never appeared proper in the story. The non-FFT cameos, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthier]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 Luso]], are COMPLETELY absent.

*** In-universe when [[spoiler: Vormav/Hashmal pretty much gets kicked to the curb by Shemhazai. In more ways than one.]]

* DualBoss: Non-game example: [[spoiler: Adramelk ''and'' Queklain]].
** Unfortunately, the fight was over rather quickly (narrative-wise) and as a result, it feels rather like an AntiClimaxBoss.
* DuelBoss: Gafgarion and [[spoiler: Wiegraf, just like in canon]]. Also kind of seen in "Ramza versus [[spoiler: Dycedarg/Adramelk]]".

* EasilyForgiven: Averted on two different accounts. The first count is with [[spoiler: Wiegraf, who attacked the Orbonne Monastery while Ramza was away, killed Izlude and kidnapped Alma. This drives Meliadoul further down to instability, as she willingly gives herself up to Shemhazai to resurrect her brother. Ramza then fights and defeats Wiegraf, and even when offered the chance to kill him, he refuses and makes him guide them to where the other Lucavi are. Even when Wiegraf saves Ramza's life later, its clear to both of them they can't forgive the other, both the cause of losing the other's loved ones, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork but decide they have to work together to stop the Lucavi]].]]

* [[spoiler: EleventhHourSuperPower: Ramza bonding with Pashtarot in the climatic final battle with Altima]]

* FlashStep: How Ramza, Celia and Lede used the Teleport skill when confronting Elmdore and his samurai.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Elmdore calls out Ramza [[HannibalLecture for being the one to endanger Bervenia and Meliadoul]], saying it was all his fault they got injured or killed. [[spoiler: Ironically, Mel also calls out on him [[WhatTheHellHero that Izlude died because of his faith in him]]. She then is lost from him, giving herself to Shemhazai in order to resurrect Izlude.]]

* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: After losing a duel with Ramza, the Aries stone calls out to Wiegraf. Instead of just listening to the stone convince him to take over his body, Ramza slaps the stone away when it's in view. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] that unlike the original scene in the game, Ramza has seen AND killed enough of the Lucavi to know how they work.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: Ramza in Chapter 28. [[SubvertedTrope THANK GOD it was just a joke]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: Meliadoul has one [[spoiler: in Chapter 23; coupled with her beliefs being shattered much earlier and her brother's death in the chapter ''immediately after'', it leads to her making the monumentally stupid decision to give herself to Shemhazai in exchange for her brother. Things just [[FromBadToWorse get worse]] after that]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Master Daravon, the teacher of the Dorter academy]], in Chapter 23.

* KickTheDog: A rather brutal one by [[spoiler: Vormav, who insults Mel ''and'' her mother in the span of two sentences and breaks her spirit]].
** ''[[UpToEleven Bonus points]]'' qualify if you go by the theory that it was actually a BatmanGambit to [[spoiler: weaken her resolve so that, when Izlude was killed by Wiegraf, she'd break completely and offer herself to Shemhazai, advancing the Lucavi's plans ''further''.]]

* [[spoiler: TheLegionsOfHell: As of Chapter 29]].

* MyGreatestFailure: Gafgarion is haunted by his failure to [[spoiler: protect Cerra, a young Dark Knight who was his most gifted student and surrogate daughter, from the Ordallian forces - something her brother, the Dark Knight [[MythologyGag Cecil]], never forgave him for.]] Cid even notes this to be a key foundation of his DeathSeeker nature.

* MythologyGag: The common name gag of Biggs and Wedge. Two of the knights were named as such in Chapter 7.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Rattletrap didn't die from the airship's collapse after all.]]
** [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope But the golem DID die when]] [[SelfDestructMechanism exploding itself the very next chapter]].]]

* RelationshipUpgrade: It is implied that Ramza and Mel had a LOT of alone time between Parts 1 and 2, and in "The Resistance", Ramza finds himself in bed with her after giving her a thoughtful birthday present.
** They aren't the only ones, as the epilogue shows.

* ShoutOut: In Chapter 12, Ramza says they cannot just [[WalkIntoMordor walk into Igros.]]

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Pretty much fits all the pairings in the story, more or less. Meliadoul for one finds herself attracted to Ramza's unerring justness and refusal to stop doing the right thing no matter the cost, which is in [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism stark contrast to her more pragmatic views on life]].

* [[SparedByTheAdaptation Spared by the Fanfiction]]: A lot more than you would expect: [[spoiler: Izlude, Zalbag, Gafgarion, Olan, Celia, Lede, Wiegraf, Ovelia... even some of the minor characters like Simon and Aliste.]]

* TimeSkip: A few months pass between Chapters 13 and 14 (or more appropriately, between the end of Part 1 and the start of Part 2). A good chunk of Ramza and Meliadoul's relationship development occurs during this "offscreen" period.

*** A minor one also happens between Chapters 8 and 9, where Ramza has just bested Gafgarion and Mel is suddenly captured. [[spoiler: All the time between that is Ramza finding his sister, training under Gaff, and saving Mel with her brother.]]

* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Valmafra ''heavily implied'' that she was in a past relationship with Celia and Lede.

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]: Rather [[ThreeActStructure fittingly]], Chapter 29. To elaborate: [[spoiler: Ramza fails to prevent Ajora being resurrected in Alma's body; Lavian and Alicia pull a HeroicSacrifice via YouShallNotPass to buy everyone more time; and with Ajora rising, Murond sinks into the sea, followed by the Legions of Hell being allowed entrance into Ivalice.]]

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* WomanInBlack: [[spoiler: Meliadoul, as Gaff's third apprentice]] in the epilogue.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6312809/1/The_Lion_of_Ivalice The Lion of Ivalice]]'' is a ''FinalFantasyTactics'' ForWantOfANail fanfiction that alters a key decision in Ramza Beoulve's life: after the events of Fort Ziekden and the deaths of Teta and (supposedly) Delita, he turns down the canon offer of becoming a mercenary and sneaks into the Bethla Garrison instead. Orlandu catches on quickly, and is rather skeptical as to why he wants to join the Southern Sky, suspecting him of being a spy of sorts. Ramza, however, makes it clear he holds more honor as a Beoulve than his brothers, and has no one else to turn to. Seeing Balbanes in him, Orlandu agrees to take him in as a soldier of the Southern Sky.

See ''FinalFantasyTactics'' for tropes surrounding the original game and story.

* NoNameGiven: Chaos, the first Lucavi, never verbally introduced himself or was given a name other than his host [[spoiler: Rudvich]]. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when all the other Lucavi afterward were named and mentioned. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that that this was when Obsidian was set on using original Lucavi for the other half of the Zodiac Stones (Chaos was aligned to Taurus, which had no Lucavi representative in [[FinalFantasyTactics the game]]) and [[AscendedFanon eventually went with the suggestion to use the]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII FFXII espers]] to fill in the blanks, and was eventually called Chaos by [[FanNickname the fans]]. The fact that [[spoiler: Adramelk]] and [[spoiler: Queklain]] were the last Lucavi seen until Part 2, and [[WordOfGod the author has taken some creative liberties with some of them, like Zodiark,]] doesn't hurt.

* MyNaymeIs: Valmafra. Everyone else has their names faithful to the PlayStation version. [[WordOfGod ObsidianDawn made this change because he liked the War of the Lions port version of the name, as opposed to Balmafula.]]

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: Chapter 13, where Ramza [[spoiler: fails to stop Delita from releasing the waters of the Bethla Sluice, drowning most of the Northern Sky forces. This is in stark contrast to the game, where opening the sluice ''prevented'' a massacre.]]. It counts even more when [[FridgeBrilliance you realise that]] [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance this probably resulted in enough blood being spilled for the Lucavi to bring back Ajora/Altima without any complications - hence why Hashmal is still around instead of sacrificing himself, and why events actually happen ''much'' more quickly than in canon]].]]

** Worker/Construct 8 is named "Rattletrap" in a pretty clear reference to [[tfwiki.net/wiki/Rattletrap the Transformers character]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the AN of Chapter 35, the author mentioned that among the plans which changed, he'd originally intended for Izlude to return to the Templars during Part 1 or 2, and end up paired with Wiegraf just like in canon (with unspecified plot differences as well). Instead, Izlude ended up being a key member of Ramza's FiveManBand.
** [[WordOfGod Word of Me:]] Here's a little more on that. After [[spoiler: the Hokuten were slaughtered]] at Bethla, Izlude and Ramza were both originally intended to go to the Templars for aid. This arc was changed early on due to it seeming out of character for the more independent Ramza of the story, though it would have been interesting to see how it played out, especially with Wiegraf within the ranks as well.

* ShoutOut / MythologyGag: The common name gag of Biggs and Wedge. Two of the knights were named as such in Chapter 7.
** Also [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil]] the Dark Knight in Chapter 20. Shadow, Ramza's sword, was also a weapon wielded by [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil.]]
** The airship which appears in Chapter 19 is dubbed "The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Valefor]]" by Mustadio. [[spoiler: His new one in the Epilogue is called The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Ixion]].]]

* NoNameGiven: Chaos, the first Lucavi, never verbally introduced himself or was given a name other than his host [[spoiler: Rudvich]]. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when all the other Lucavi afterward were named and mentioned. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that that this was when Obsidian was set on using original Lucavi for the other half of the Zodiac Stones (Chaos was aligned to Taurus, which had no Lucavi representative in [[FinalFantasyTactics the game]]) and [[SureWhyNot eventually went with the suggestion to use the]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII FFXII espers]] to fill in the blanks, and was eventually called Chaos by [[FanNickname the fans]]. The fact that [[spoiler: Adramelk]] and [[spoiler: Queklain]] were the last Lucavi seen until Part 2, and [[WordOfGod the author has taken some creative liberties with some of them, like Zodiark,]] doesn't hurt.

* SureWhyNot: The author had first been planning to use original Lucavi to fill in for the other Zodiac stone demons until a few readers reminded him about FFXII's Espers. Good thing too, as it turns out all of them, in particular [[spoiler: Shemhazai]] perfectly fit the roles that otherwise would have gone to [=OCs=].
** Regarding the above: [[spoiler: Shemhazai is an incredibly fortuitous fit because one, she is the only female Esper besides Ultima, and two, she is aligned with the Sagittarius sign. Both these factors combine to make her the perfect being to possess Meliadoul: namely, because Meliadoul is a woman, and in a stroke of pure luck, she is also the holder of the Sagittarius stone!!]]
** The same for the ThreeActStructure - originally, Chapter ''24'' was the final segment of "Part Two", but after some recommendation and thought the author decided that [[WhamEpisode Chapter 29]] was a better cut-off point. Of course, it helps that "Part Three" in particular ''grew'' in the telling, battles being expanded on and divided into multiple chapters contrary to the author's initial intentions.