History Recap / ShadowsOverMeridianChapter30Judgment

* ForcedToWatch: When Metalbeak had Jesekiel Bexley at his mercy, Vera had the misfortune of arriving for a visit. Wanting the Butcher to go through the same pain as the Mogriff parents whose offspring he slaughtered before their eyes, Metalbeak forces him to beg to be killed in Vera's place before

* CreateYourOwnVillain:

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Kage's Jade and Queen halves discuss, the Queen concedes that even though they're full Oni now, they don't want to become like Tarakudo who'd drag Meridian into the Shadow Realm, or Shendu and Drago who enjoy causing destruction ForTheEvulz.

* PragmaticVillainy: The only reason Jade agrees to let Vera live is because while any resistance Idina Bexley can rally would be crushed by the Shadowkhan, it would result in a high number of casualties and make it harder for Phobos to run things in the north.

* ShadowArchetype: The chapter ends with Jade, disturbed at how much Vera is ready to ruin her own life just to have her revenge on Metalbeak, worrying if she could end up exactly the same should she let her own revenge against Elyon and the Guardians overwhelm her.

* VillainousBreakdown: Vera's rage, desperation and SanitySlippage have turned her to a raving maniac who cares for nothing else than killing Metalbeak, much to everyone's distraughtness.

* WouldntHurtAChild: When Metalbeak killed Vera's grandfather, he ordered his clanmates not to harm the girl because he didn't want to be a killer of children like the Nest Butcher.

* AltarDiplomacy: Amelia actually asks Ymir if Phobos' alliance with Jade includes them getting married. While she dreads what that could mean to Meridian, Ymir's disturbed by [[AgeGapRomance the implications]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Metalbeak has Vera in his grip and Tinsley tries to rush forward, Jade tells the latter that Vera should have been more careful about what she wanted.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Vera, firmly believing death is preferable to serving as the enemy's amusement as prisoners, dismisses her ex-friends' warnings of her and possibly the rest of them getting executed if she keeps up her disrespectful attitude.
* BigNo: Vera shouted this then years ago when she begged the Mogriffs to stop mangling her grandfather's corpse. She also cries this out several times as she refuses to give up trying to fight Metalbeak.

* BullyingADragon: Vera, consumed in her VillainousBreakdown, furiously continues badmouthing Jade and Metalbeak in their faces as well as attempts to attack the latter despite the odds being against her.
* TheBusCameBack: While Jade meditates, her original personality and [[EnemyWithin the Queen]], who were [[SplitPersonalityMerge combined with each other to create Hisuikage no oni]] before the start of this fic, appear to have a conversation in her mind.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Deconstructed. When Vera complains that Elyon isn't using her powers to help the rebellion directly, Tinsley and Alan point out that she's a teenaged girl who only recently became acquainted with their world and her throne, so it's too unreasonable to expect her to be able to make all their problems disappear, no matter how much power she may possess.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Vera's utter let-down with Elyon is rooted in her interpretation that the young queen's decision to evacuate the north instead of staying to fight the powerful enemy is ungratefulness towards all the years of pain and sacrifice her people suffered rather than an attempt to prevent them from dying for nothing.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Discussed as a solution to the dilemma involving Vera; Jade decides that since the Bexley heir is [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou too valuable to be killed]], but also needs to be punished in a way that'll satisfy the Mogriffs, a Leech Khan will partially eat her shadow, leaving her living in a state which Jade describes as [[YourSoulIsMine losing one's soul]] and is alluded to be similar to having a lobotomy. This sentence is ultimately not carried out though when Metalbeak and Jade agree that since Vera has already ruined her own life, imprisoning her will do.

* BigNo: Vera shouted this then years ago when she begged the Mogriffs to stop mangling her grandfather's corpse.

** Despite Vera's actions, Jade and Metalbeak both end up feeling sorry for the girl who has ruined her own life in her obsession to avenge her grandfather. Metalbeak in particular admits that by killing Vera's grandfather in front of her eyes, he set her on this path.

* BigShutUp: Vera yells this at her former friends when they try to talk her out of trying to fight Metalbeak in her current state. She also says this to Jade when the latter mocks her

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their biased opinions on Mogriffs, Vera's ex-friends are all disturbed to learn her grandfather wasn't above [[WouldHurtAChild slaughtering hatchlings and crushing eggs]] in front of their mothers' eyes before killing them too.

* SpitefulSpit: Vera spits while calling Elyon a coward.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite Vera's actions, Jade and Metalbeak both end up feeling sorry for the girl who has ruined her own life in her obsession to avenge her grandfather. Metalbeak in particular admits that by killing Vera's grandfather in front of her eyes, he set her on this path.

* SuddenlyShouting: Vera does this with her ShutUpKirk

When Vera breaks free and Jade asks what she could actually do, Vera

* BullyingADragon: Vera furiously continues badmouthing Jade and Metalbeak in their faces as well as attempts to attack the latter despite the odds being against her.

** Vera asks this when Jade's sentence if having a part of her soul taken away makes her feel fear for a moment.

* KickTheDog: When the Mogriffs left Vera behind in her grandfather's burning farm, one of them decided to warn her against messing with them and tore in half the dress Jesekiel was planning to give her as a gift.

* VillainousBreakdown: Vera's so mad and desperate to kill Metalbeak

* AChildShallLeadThem: Deconstructed. When Vera complains that Elyon isn't using her powers to help the rebellion directly, Tinsley and Alan point out that she's a teenaged girl who, no matter how powerful, only recently became acquainted with their world and her throne, so it's too unreasonable to expect her to be able to make all their problems, no matter how much power she may possess.

demanding

too unreasonable to demand miracles from a teenaged girl who, no matter how powerful, only recently became acquainted with their world and her throne.

and her team's argument; when she rages at Elyon for not using her powers

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Vera's utter let-down with Elyon is rooted in her interpretation that her decision to evacuate the north instead of charging at the enemy headlong

she's a coward who's disrespecting her people's years worth of pain and sacrifices by ordering

* FlatWhat: This is Tinsley's initial reaction to learning about Vera's lies. Alan also says this when Amelia informs him that Vera would have gladly left him behind after he got wounded.

* OhCrap: Learning that they unknowingly deserted the army fills Philip with dread about the potential repercussions from their superiors' side. He and the others also freeze upon learning that the Land of Eternal Shadows exists and is allied with Phobos.

* BullyingADragon: Vera continues badmouthing Jade and Metalbeak in their faces as well as attempts to attack the latter unarmed.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Kage's Jade and Queen halves discuss, the Queen concedes that even though they're full Oni now, they don't want to become like Tarakudo who'd engulf Meridian into the Shadow Realm, or Shendu and Drago who enjoy causing destruction ForTheEvulz.

* EvilMinions: The red-robed Ninja Khan that first appeared in Chapter 9 in the reviews explained to serve as non-fighting record keepers to the Shadow Realm's ruler. The authors explain that they're basically linked to Kage more directly; they have access to her memories while she meditates and write things down for her to use later.

* LoudGulp: Caroline gulps as she tries to tell her friends who Jade is.

* FlatWhat: This is Tinsley's initial reaction to learning about Vera's lies.

* BreakTheCutie: Tinsley sobs her heart out because of Vera's betrayal.

* InternalReveal: The rest of the Sky Hunter nobles are brought

* OhCrap: Learning that they unknowingly deserted the army fills Philip with dread about the potential repercussions from their superiors' side.

Vera and her team are taken before Jade as she and Metalbeak intend to decide Vera's fate.

* EtTuBrute: Amelia exposes Vera's deception to her friends, and they're just as upset about it as she is.

* IndignantSlap: Amelia eventually delivers this to Vera when the latter continues insulting her and the other noble heirs without shame.

* LetMeGetThisStraight: Alan sums up everything he and his friends learn in their meeting with Ymir.

* CryIntoChest: As Tinsley cries from learning about Vera's deception, Caroline holds her in her arms.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Discussed as a solution to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou the dilemma involving Vera]]; Jade decides that since the Bexley heir is too valuable to be killed, but also needs to be punished in a way that'll satisfy the Mogriffs, a Leech Khan will partially eat her shadow, leaving her living in a state which Jade describes as [[YourSoulIsMine losing one's soul]] and is alluded to be similar to having a lobotomy. This sentence is ultimately not carried out though when Metalbeak and Jade agree that since Vera has already ruined her own life, imprisoning her will do.

* LetMeGetThisStraight: Alan sums up everything he and his friends in their meeting with Ymir.

Vera and her group are taken before the shadow queen where the fate of the lead hunter will be decided.

-->'''Philip''': Two words... [[MamaBear Idina Bexley]].

* KickTheDog

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Metalbeak unnecessarily enacted his revenge on her grandfather in front of her just to make the old man suffer more.