History Fanfic / ZeroRequiem

** Lelouch is also this, albeit to a much lesser extant than CiCi. He’s mostly fluent in the languages of Myr, Tyrosh, and Lys (with some knowledge of low and high Valyrian), but individuals from all three Free Cities note that he speaks so perfectly, they’d think he’s a native if they didn’t know better.

* EvilCounterpart: Liomond Lashare proves to be this to Lelouch fairly early in his conquest of Myr; showing himself to be skilled in several disciplines of military, politics, economics, and performance, much like Lelouch. When bartering with others, he even admits that they should trust in his self-interest if not himself personally, just as Lelouch often notes when dealing with people. Difference is Lashare is motivated by nothing but his self-interest, which causes him to [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray every ally he makes as soon as it’s beneficial]], while Lelouch acts out of duty and loyalty to family than just himself.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Having learned from his previous life, Lelouch strives to have this with his subordinates. His charitable acts have given him an excellent reputation among the smallfolk of Driftmark but his cerebral nature and lack of ability or interest in martial pursuits have given him a far shakier reputation among his noble bannermen.
** This comes to a head in Myr, when after Lelouch and his uncle disagree over how to escape the city, two in three men side with Adamm and abandon Lelouch.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Lelouch has achieved this as much as it’s possible for someone in Westeros; having won major and critical victories in battle, saving many knights and lords (if not the whole Westeros army) during the ambush at Naques, endearing himself to the Faith of the Seven with his personal crusade against slavery, and generosity to both slaves and small folk, and making personal friends with both the crown prince and a number of major regional lords. The only ones whom Lelouch doesn’t fully win over by the end are either direct political or personal rivals, and even they can’t help but respect him.]]

* CrossOver

* CultureClash

* SarcasticDevotee: Donnall and Cici to Lelouch.

* EvilCounterpart: Maelys muses [[SelfDeprecation if he is this]] to Lelouch after comparing Aerys to Daemon.

** [[spoiler: By the end of the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Lelouch has achieved this as much as it’s possible for for all of Westeros; having achieved major and critical victories in battle, saving many knights and lords (if not the whole Westeros army) during the ambush at Naques, endearing himself to the Faith of the Seven with his personal crusade against slavery, and generosity to both slaves and small folk, and making personal friends with both the crown prince and a number of regional lords. The only ones whom Lelouch doesn’t fully win over in Westeros are either direct political or personal rivals, and even they can’t help but respect him.]]

* IllBoy: Both Jaron Velaryon and King Jaehaerys. Most people agree that each only has a few years left to live. It's noted that the air in [[WretchedHive King's Landing]] is doing Jaron's health no favours. But his political ambitions make him refuse to leave for long.

* BigStormEpisode : [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Battle beneath the storm]].

* WeatherOfWar : Lelouch utilized the storm against Tyroshi in the aptly named Battle beneath the storm. He tried to do something similar during the earlier Battle in the Bloodstone strait, though the storm had been late at the time.
* WeHaveReserves: This is Westeros' biggest advantage over the Band of Nine. No matter how much more skilled and disciplined the Golden Company are, they are horribly outnumbered and Westeros can easily replace any casualties they suffer. Within the Westerosi warhost, this is a quality of the Reach; even after staggering losses from both the ambush and their disastrous charge at the Battle of Naqes, they still out number the contingents from the other kingdoms.

* WickedStepmother: Adamm's wife Eunice towards Donnall in much the same way Catelyn Stark is to Jon Snow.

* WorthyOpponent: Maelys has a great deal of respect for Lelouch for both his skill as a commander and his willingness to sacrifice and make hard decisions.

** Once the pirates and sellsails Lelouch allies with at Bloodstone get tired of besieging the Golden Company and try to assault their camp Lelouch has his archers fire on both sides while they're fighting. This prevents the pirates from posing a problem for him later if they change sides and he doesn't have to share as much of the loot.
** During The battle of Three Armies Maelys uses Lashare's men to keep Lelouch's army in place before ordering his elephants to go through both of them. An arguably justified case too, as Lashare's trustworthiness is very dubious and Maelys considers this as defeating two enemies in one move.

* AdultFear: Sending his still teenaged son who as far as he knows had no battle experience against an almost twice numerically superior fleet is a very nerve-wrecking experience for Jaron.

* TheGoodShepherd: The current High Septon. A humble and pious man who willingly blesses a bastard, care for the needy and try his best to oppose slavery.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Steffon rarely ever interacts with Lelouch despite ostensibly being part of the same group of friends since Steffon never quite forgave lelouch for his treatment of Rhaella and Lelouch is fully aware of this fact. Later proven to be more serious on Steffon's part as while deep down he does acknowledge Lelouch's accomplishments, he also fears [[CantCatchUp that he can't compete against him]] and is slowly being replaced among Aerys' circle of friends.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Steffon rarely ever interacts with Lelouch despite ostensibly being part of the same group of friends since Steffon never quite forgave lelouch for his treatment of Rhaella and Lelouch is fully aware of this fact. Later proven to be more serious on Steffon's part as while deep down he acknowledges Lelouch's accomplishments, he also fears [[CantCatchUp that he can't compete against him]] and of being replaced among Aerys' circle of friends.

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Cici usually stays in Lelouch's cabin or tent and is implied to even share his bed as well. Small wonder everyone assumes she's his mistress.

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Cici seems to stay either in the same cabin or tent as Lelouch, and is implied to share his bed as well. Small wonder everyone assumes she's his mistress.

* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Lelouch realizes that this is the dynamic between King Jaehaerys and his Hand Ormund.

* EarnYourTitle: Lelouch's epithet of "Seafyre" originally comes from the name of his ship with Lord Neleus Royce being the first man who uses that epithet in mockery. It becomes a genuine nickname after the battle of Seafyre where Lelouch wins his first glorious victory using plenty of fire.

* NotSoDifferent: Lelouch finds something of a kindred spirit in sellsword captain Maz Aleximar. The latter believes him to be a dangerous sorcerer who can command storms, wildfire and can even steal thoughts, but meets with him in person anyway because "[He] needs to know if the gods sent [Lelouch] as a friend or foe to my men. If I do not do this, who will?"

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Jon Arryn and Emmon Frey]] die in the war.

* MightMakesRight: Nine Eyes' desire of taking Pentos despite having zero claim of the city is based on this principle. Oddly enough he's aware that the reverse is true as well and agrees with it too just fine. Once he lost all of his power base and taken prisoner he simply accepts the fact and is surprisingly a good sport about it.

** This comes to a head in Myr, when after Lelouch and his uncle disagree over how to escape the city, two in three men side with Addam and abandon Lelouch.

** A few of the smaller Crownlands houses ask about Donnall for their daughters as, even though he is a bastard, he is Lelouch's cousin and right-hand man.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Lelouch's uncle Addam and his wife Eunice.

* CombatPragmatist: Addam makes it clear to Donnall, when training him and Lelouch to fight at sea, that the only thing that matters in a fight is not dying and that spears and knives are better weapons on a ship than swords.

* CoolUncle: Addam Velaryon to Lelouch. Lelouch is probably closer to Addam than he is to his own father. When Addam's failed escape attempt from Myr ends with him getting captured by Lashare, rescuing him is Lelouch's driving motivation throughout the entire war. [[spoiler: Sadly, Lelouch fails and Addam is [[MadeASlave given as a slave]] to the Dothraki.]]

* DistressedDude: Addam was taken prisoner by Lashare early in the story, with Lelouch making it his number one duty to rescue him and taking revenge on Lashare a close second. Addam's situation becomes much worse later on when Lashare sold him to the Dothraki before Lelouch could rescue him.

* ImmigrantPatriotism: Jon Wells is a second generation Northern lord sworn to House Velaryon who, during the fall of Myr, is the only person aside from Donnall to side with Lelouch over his Uncle Adamm simply due to loyalty.

* TheLancer: Donnall and Cici share this role for Lelouch. The former shows more loyalty to his cousin than his own father and dismisses the idea of becoming a Kingsguard knight or even meeting his own mother because it would mean leaving Lelouch's side. The latter shares with him a bond they carry from their past lives and so knows his thoughts best, leading to her being the person he confides in the most and regularly undertaking critical missions on his behalf.

* SilentScapegoat: Ormund Baratheon takes responsibility for the failure at Naques, telling Aerys that the lords will be clamoring to blame someone and, with the commander of the sentries dead, the fault must lie with him so that it cannot be attributed House Targaryen. He then hands over command of the armies to Gerold Hightower and returns home to muster more levies.

* WickedStepmother: Addam's wife Eunice towards Donnall in much the same way Catelyn Stark is to Jon Snow.