History Roleplay / ADragonOfTheNorth

''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-dragon-of-the-north-night-gathers.26822/ A Dragon of the North]],'' is a roleplaying Quest originally created by author Droman and hosted on Website/SufficientVelocityDotCom, following the life and exploits of the PlayerCharacter of the ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Elder Scrolls: Skyrim]]'' in his reincarnation as [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Jon Snow of Winterfell]]. Young Jon Snow grows up haunted by dreams of a fantastic land and a mighty hero with the power of the Thu'um... only to discover early in childhood that he himself possesses that same power.

* RatedMForManly: [[spoiler:Jon suplexing Valonqar eight times while injured, blind and half-naked in the ruined hellscape of King's Landing.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Jon was elevated to Lord of Harrenhal partly on the basis of his obvious loyalty to his brother (his future lord), and partly because he was shaping up to be one of the greatest knights of his generation.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Renly was on the receiving end of this after his [[EpicFail utter failure]] at [[spoiler:fighting Tywin's men.]]

%%* DotingGrandparent: Hoster Tully whenever his grandchildren are brought to visit, such as during Ser Brynden's funeral.

%%* KnightErrant: What [[PoisonousFriend Arthur Dayne]] proposed [[TheChosenOne Jon]] should do to make a name for himself before attempting to take back the Throne.

* PoisonousFriend: Ser Arthur Dayne, who was manipulating and working behind Jon's back from the moment they met, culminating in the ultimate betrayal of causing the death of Ser Bryden Tully. All for Jon's own good, in his eyes.

%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Valyrian Steel blade, Blackfyre.

* AngerBornOfWorry: Ser Brynden to Jon when he arrived just prior to the latter's first TrialByCombat.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Jon considers [[spoiler: Valonqar]] to be this.

** [[spoiler: Arlan Stormcrown himself became the Last Emperor of Tamriel]] due to this trope.

* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: [[spoiler: How Jarlan exorcised Bran from the influence of the Others.]]

** Casterly Rock. An awful shame about the [[spoiler: squid infestation.]]

* BondCreatures: Yohn's eagle, and Ungren's own birds.
** [[spoiler: Jon and Valonqar, his dragon.]]

* BreakTheCutie: It would be easier to count how many characters did not suffer this. However Myrcella Baratheon [[spoiler: (now Myrcella Waters)]] was the most recent example.
* BrokenPedestal: Rhaegar, for Arthur Dayne. Also Arthur Dayne for his sister Ashara, and probably numerous others if the truth of his post-war life ever came out.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: This appear to be the dynamic between [[spoiler: Jon and Margaery Stormcrown.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Not all characters like to mince words, Jon especially.

* ColdBloodedTorture: A staple of the series. It's also how [[spoiler: Bran disposed of Snow-Shod, Arya's dragon.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Jon and Devan Turner. Rolls were not even necessary. [[spoiler: Happened once again against Joffrey]].
** Again with the sack of Salt-tree Keep, with House Perenolde on the receiving end.
** Bards seem to agree that [[spoiler: the war against House Lannister turned into this after Jon assumed command of the army.]]
* DarkMessiah: Both Ungren Greyfeather and [[spoiler: Night King Bran]] view themselves as one.

* DeadpanSnarker: [[WorldOfSnark Many, many characters are this]] but Yohn Featherstone, Amerei Frey and Olenna Tyrell are amongst the best.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:
** Killing Gregor Clegane in the [[TrialByCombat Trial of Seven]] at King's Landing.
** Ditto with [[spoiler:the vampire Euron Greyjoy and his undead dragon Nagga]].

* DotingGrandparent: Hoster Tully whenever his grandchildren are brought to visit, such as during Ser Brynden's funeral.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: It is Planetos. It should be a given that some characters will die, especially in abrupt ways.
* DueToTheDead: Jon is always very quick to pay respects to the fallen, so far even with those [[FalseFriend who have betrayed him.]]
* DuelToTheDeath: While the legally-binding [[TrialByCombat Trials By Combat]] apparently allow for a victor to spare the life of the defeated(and Jon is (in)famous for offering it), in practice most if not all are to the death(and Jon has to kill most of his opponents anyway, simply because no-one who hates him enough to challenge him would suffer the blow to their pride).

* DrowningMySorrows: Robert, after news of Stannis's battle with Euron Greyjoy, and again after news of Mya Stone's murder.
* EnemyMine: Ungren tries to invoke this against Jon at the Twins. [[ShutUpHannibal Jon isn't interested.]]
** [[spoiler: The involvement of Oberyn Martell in crushing Tywin Lannister, depending on how matters proceed.]]

** His deception of [[spoiler: Tyrion]] was a textbook case of this trope.

* FacialHorror: Jon's face undergoes this temporarily after the battle with [[spoiler: Valonqar]].

* FailureKnight: Arthur Dayne. Which led to...

* FireForgedFriends: Jon with Uther Upcliff, Marwyn Belmore and Albar and Robar Royce.
* FirstKiss: According to a flashback Jon gave his to Myranda Royce, a childhood friend .

* ForScience: [[spoiler: The Seeker's motivation]] boils down to this.

* GroinAttack: How [[spoiler: Theon ended up killing Ramsay Snow.]]

* HeHadAName: Jon's reaction to Ungren disparaging Ser Brynden at the Twins.
* HenpeckedHusband: Beric Dondarrion and Jon himself joke that they will become this in time.

* IHaveManyNames: Jon. And the story working as it does, he's only going to gain more.

* KnightErrant: What [[PoisonousFriend Arthur Dayne]] proposed [[TheChosenOne Jon]] should do to make a name for himself before attempting to take back the Throne.

* MagicKnight: Jon is essentially the only one in Westeros, thanks to the power of the Thu'um and the setting's LowFantasy nature.

* ManipulativeBastard: Arthur Dayne.
* MasterPoisoner: Howland Reed.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: For Ser Brynden, the Blackfish.

* MindRape: Arlan did this to the crew members of the Sea Dragon at the Battle of the Whispers.

* MysteriousProtector: Arthur Dayne acted like one prior to revealing his identity to Jon.

* NobleBigot: Jon's new squire, Denys Redwyne.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Olyvar Frey/Rosby and Yohn Greyfeather/Featherstone and the friendship they develop as member's of Jon's retinue.

* NumberTwo: Jon Arryn to King Robert. [[spoiler: Beric Dondarrion to Jon, after being named Hand of the King.]]

** [[spoiler: This is what Joffrey believed was going on with Jon.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: Jon and Uther Upcliff's cavalry charge against Ungren's own cavalry at the battle of Upcliff.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Jon, of Arlan.

* RivalsTeamUp: Jon and Ryman Roote's relationship has turned out to have shades of this.

* SacredHospitality: The rules of Guest-Right, which the players came very close to violating at the Twins.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Jon during his hunt for the Dragonsworn in Crackclaw Point.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Between Jon and Lady Olenna.

* SpiritAdvisor: Arlan regularly acts as this to Jon.

* StraightForTheCommander: Ungren pulled this off against Brynden.
* SwitchingPOV: Not usually, but used in the Trial of Seven at King's Landing.

* TranquilFury: Cersei's reaction to the name of [[spoiler: Jon's dragon (Valonqar)]].
** Jon's reaction to [[spoiler: his "uncle" Renly's justification for the disastrous loss at Acorn Hall.]]

* WarriorPrince: Joffrey wishes he were this. [[spoiler: Jon definitely is]].

* YouMonster: Yohn Greyfeather's reaction to meeting his father at the Twins.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Horn of Joramun and [[spoiler: the original Ice, which was also the blade wielded by the last Night's King.]]

* ConflictingLoyalty: House Martell's major dilemma: [[spoiler:help their supposed nephew Aegon Targaryen to reclaim the Iron Throne for himself or side with Jon Stormcrown the man who killed the Gregor Clegane and let Oberyn execute Tywin Lannister for Elia Martell and her children's fates?]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jon's worse mistakes were related to his inability to realize they were traitors.

* NamedWeapon: Valyrian steel blades, as in canon.

%%* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Valyrian Steel blade, Blackfyre.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Brandon Stark was chosen by the Others to become the new Night King. Fortunately John and Arlan exorcised him.]]

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Garlan and Loras were this according to their childhood stories. [[spoiler: Jon also considers Valonqar to be this.]]

* ArcWords: In keeping with one of the main series's themes, 'There are few true knights', and variants there of.

%%* ArtifactOfDoom: The Horn of Joramun and [[spoiler: the original Ice, which was also the blade wielded by the last Night's King.]]

%%* AssholeVictim: A lot of them [[CrapsackWorld given the quest's setting]].

%%** [[spoiler: Arlan Stormcrown himself became the Last Emperor of Tamriel]] due to this trope.

%%* AwesomeButImpractical: Many of Arlan's Thuum are this out of the sheer devastation they are able to cause.

%%* BackToBackBadasses: Jon and Logain Ninefingers at the Melee of the Tourney of Riverrun.
%%** [[spoiler: Word of God says this is how Stannis Baratheon and Davos Seaworth went out against Odran zo Odran.]]

%%** Wulf, as demonstrated during his duel with Jon.
%%** Loghain, with it being part of the problem necessitating his leaving Winterfell.

* BigEater: [[spoiler: Valonqar. Jon even calls him 'gluttonous little shit'.]]

%%** Casterly Rock. An awful shame about the [[spoiler: squid infestation.]]

* BloodLust: [[spoiler: After being uplifted to a pseudo-Dovah, Valonqar retained both the typical bloodthirstness of his kind and the pride of a typical Elder Scrolls' dragon.]]
%%* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: Supposedly how Ungren murdered Littlefinger.]]

%%* BodyAndHost:
%%** Black Walder and Ungren Greyfeather.
%%** Arguably Jon and Arlan Stormcrown at times, though the partnership is far more equal.

%%* BondCreatures: Yohn's eagle, and Ungren's own birds.
%%** [[spoiler: Jon and Valonqar, his dragon.]]

%%* BreakTheCutie: It would be easier to count how many characters did not suffer this. However Myrcella Baratheon [[spoiler: (now Myrcella Waters)]] was the most recent example.
%%* BrightCastle: Riverrun.
%%* BrokenPedestal: Rhaegar, for Arthur Dayne. Also Arthur Dayne for his sister Ashara, and probably numerous others if the truth of his post-war life ever came out.
%%* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: This appear to be the dynamic between [[spoiler: Jon and Margaery Stormcrown.]]
%%* BrutalHonesty: Not all characters like to mince words, Jon especially.

%%* CombatByChampion: Jon and Wulf.

%%* CurbStompBattle: Jon and Devan Turner. Rolls were not even necessary. [[spoiler: Happened once again against Joffrey]].
%%** Again with the sack of Salt-tree Keep, with House Perenolde on the receiving end.
%%** Bards seem to agree that [[spoiler: the war against House Lannister turned into this after Jon assumed command of the army.]]
%%* DarkerAndEdgier
%%* DarkMessiah: Both Ungren Greyfeather and [[spoiler: Night King Bran]] view themselves as one.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: [[WorldOfSnark Many, many characters are this]] but Yohn Featherstone, Amerei Frey and Olenna Tyrell are amongst the best.

%%* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:
%%** Killing Gregor Clegane in the [[TrialByCombat Trial of Seven]] at King's Landing.
%%** Ditto with [[spoiler:the vampire Euron Greyjoy and his undead dragon Nagga]].

%%* DoorStopper

%%* DotingGrandparent: Hoster Tully whenever his grandchildren are brought to visit, such as during Ser Brynden's funeral.

%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim: It is Planetos. It should be a given that characters will die, especially in abrupt ways.

%%* DramaPreservingHandicap: Essentially why Jon doesn't run around using the Thu'um everywhere openly.

* DrivenToSuicide: After [[spoiler: Bran was freed from the Others' influence, he tried this for his hand in the murder of his sibling Arya]]. [[InterruptedSuicide Fortunately Jon intervened in time]].
%%* DrowningMySorrows: Robert, after news of Stannis's battle with Euron Greyjoy. And Robert, after news of Mya Stone's murder.
%%* EnemyCivilWar: Some readers view [[spoiler: the Dornish civil war between Arianne and Quentyn's "supporters"]] as such.
%%* EnemyMine: Ungren tries to invoke this against Jon at the Twins. [[ShutUpHannibal Jon isn't interested.]]
%%** [[spoiler: Potentially the involvement of Oberyn Martell in crushing Tywin Lannister, depending on how matters proceed.]]

%%* EpicFail: The failed assassination attempt on Ungren.

%%** His deception of [[spoiler: Tyrion]] was a textbook case of this trope.

%%* FacialHorror: Jon's face undergoes this temporarily after the battle with [[spoiler: Valonqar]].

%%* FailureKnight: Arthur Dayne. Which led to...

%%* FireForgedFriends: Jon with Uther Upcliff, Marwyn Belmore and Albar and Robar Royce.
%%* FirstKiss: According to a flashback Jon gave his to Myranda Royce, a childhood friend .

%%* FollowTheLeader: A Dragon of the North actually inspired several other quests, including one focused on the life of Robert Baratheon, and another on Gregor Clegane.
%%* ForScience: [[spoiler: The Seeker's motivation]] boils down to this.
%%* FriendlyRivalry: How Jon and Jaime's relationship seems to be going.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Jon was a notable figure in gossip across Westeros from a young age, but before that barely anyone knew who he was, and if they did it was merely as 'Ned Stark's bastard'. A few years on, he's the [[TheButcher Dread Wolf and Hawksbane,]] [[RedBaron the Stormcrown Knight]] and [[TheLeader Lord of Harrenhal.]] Eventually, he takes this even further, becoming [[spoiler:the Crown Prince, and finally, King.]]
%%* FrontlineGeneral: Jon.

%%* GhostMemory: Arlan and Jon's first meeting involved this.

%%* GroinAttack: How [[spoiler: Theon ended up killing Ramsay Snow.]]

%%* IHaveManyNames: Jon. And the story working as it does, he's only going to gain more.

%%* KneelBeforeZod: Arlan at the Battle of the Whispers.

%%* KnightTemplar: Reginald Turner.

%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

%%* MagicKnight: The only one in Westeros, thanks to the power of the Thu'um and the setting's LowFantasy nature.

%%* ManipulativeBastard: Arthur Dayne.
%%* MasterPoisoner: Howland Reed.

%%* MentorOccupationalHazard: For Ser Brynden, the Blackfish.

%%* MindRape: Arlan did this to the crew members of the Sea Dragon at the Battle of the Whispers.

%%* MysteriousProtector: Arthur Dayne acted like one prior to revealing his identity to Jon.

%%* NobleBigot: Jon's new squire, Denys Redwyne.
%%* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Olyvar Frey/Rosby and Yohn Greyfeather/Featherstone and the friendship they develop as member's of Jon's retinue.

%%* NumberTwo: Jon Arryn to King Robert. [[spoiler: Beric Dondarrion to Jon, after being named Hand of the King.]]

%%* OriginalCharacter: Quite a few, unsurprisingly.

%%** [[spoiler: This is what Joffrey believed was going on with Jon.]]

%%* PyrrhicVictory: Jon and Uther Upcliff's cavalry charge against Ungren's own cavalry at the battle of Upcliff.

* RatedMForManly: [[spoiler:Jon suplexing Valonqar eight times while half-naked in the ruined hellscape of King's Landing.]]
%%* RedBaron: [[MeaningfulName The Stormcrown Knight]].
%%** Narbert Grandison, 'The Black Lion'.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The friendship between Beric Dondarrion and Narbert Grandison has shades of this.

%%* {{Reincarnation}}: Jon, of Arlan.

%%* {{Retcon}}: A minor one occurred after a player discovered that Fair Walda was the heir to the Twins ahead of her Vance cousins.
%%* RivalsTeamUp: Jon and Ryman Roote's relationship has turned out to have shades of this.

%%* SacredHospitality: The rules of Guest-Right, which the players came very close to violating at the Twins.
%%* SadisticChoice: The Quest is filled with these.
%%* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Jon during his hunt for the Dragonsworn in Crackclaw Point.

%%* SnarkToSnarkCombat
%%* SnoopingLittleKid: How the enmity with House Turner originally began.

%%* StraightForTheCommander: Ungren pulled this off against Brynden.
%%* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: This is essentially how Jon's made his fortune so far.

** In Oldtown Jon proved himself the finest jouster in all the realm and won the hand of Margaery Tyrell in doing it.
%%* TemporalParadox: The Dragonbreak. (Actually a retcon by Droman that changed...very little.)

%%* TranquilFury: Cersei's reaction to the name of [[spoiler: Jon's dragon (Valonqar)]].
%%** Jon's reaction to [[spoiler: his "uncle" Renly's justification for the disastrous loss at Acorn Hall.]]

%%* UnrealisticBlackHole: A Shout that Jon learns is essentially this.
%%* UnwittingPawn: Gregor Clegane is implied to be this at King's Landing, for Cersei.

%%* WarriorPrince: Joffrey wishes he were this. [[spoiler: Jon definitely is]].

%%* YouMonster: Yohn Greyfeather's reaction to meeting his father at the Twins.

''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-dragon-of-the-north-night-gathers.26822/ A Dragon of the North]],'' is a roleplaying Quest originally created by author Droman, following the life and exploits of the PlayerCharacter of the ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Elder Scrolls: Skyrim]]'' in his reincarnation as [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Jon Snow of Winterfell]]. Young Jon Snow grows up haunted by dreams of a fantastic land and a mighty hero with the power of the Thu'um... only to discover early in childhood that he himself possesses that same power.

* AChildShallLeadThem:
** Jon Snow/Stormcrown, on many occasions. He was knighted at twelve and led men in battle in Ungren's Rebellion, and became Lord of Harrenhal at fourteen.
** [[spoiler: This was the case in Riverrun after the death of Hoster Tully. First Brandon Stark became his heir, and later Jon's former squire Samwell Roote would inherit the castle.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: Jon cares for his men more than the average lord; after Dragonsworns tortured some of them and desacrated their corpses he hunted the Targaryen loyalists down as revenge.

** Odran zo Odran and Hugor of the Hill for Odran/Bizuneh, Maester Ruben Vance for Van Ropen, Roderick Snow for Andy50, Barbara Bracken for Charcolt, and others.

* TheResenter: Robert Baratheon's feelings towards Eddard Stark, both for [[spoiler:hiding Jon's parentage and dying before him]], though he still cares deeply for Ned.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
** After Thalmor agents killed [[spoiler:Arlan's lover Serana [[WhatTheHellHero he first fed the Psijic Order to Hermaeus Mora in order to learn new knowledge to create new Dragon Shouts]] ''then'' he used them to scourge and sank the Summerset Islands with the help of the last remaining dragons.]]

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Valyrian Steel blade, Blackfyre.

* AlcoholInducedStupidity: [[spoiler: Robert Baratheon's attempt to sway the Wildlings to his side to fight the Others would have succeeded if not for a malus to his roll for being totally drunk.]]

* AndIMustScream: This is the fate that suffered those who were put under examination by [[spoiler: the Seekers at Oldtown. Not only the bodies were exposed in layers of different layers of organic matter, ''they were still alive during the entire process''.]]
** [[spoiler: What Euron Greyjoy did to Arlan Stormcrown. To quote Droman's description: "Arlan Stormcrown yet lives, some might say, yet no man would call it living, to be fed upon, to be preyed upon as Euron Greyjoy has done".]]
* AncestralWeapon: Blackfyre again. As Jon is secretly the son of Rhaegar Targaryen, it's his own ancestors' weapon.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Garlan and Loras were this according to their childhood stories. [[spoiler: Jon also considers Valonqar to be this.]]
* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Tywin Lannister.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: WordOfGod is that Bad Endings exist and that he won't pull any punches if the choices of the players result in one.

* ArcFatigue: AvertedTrope. The Oldtown arc was supposed to flesh out characters even more but Droman cut it down because it would have to be spread over 44 updates ''at minimum''.
* ArcWords: In keeping with one of the main series's themes,'There are few true knights', and variants there of.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler: Renly was on the receiving end of this after his [[EpicFail utter failure]] at fighting Tywin's men.]] Doubles as a TakeThatScrappy moment.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Horn of Joramun and [[spoiler: the original Ice, which was also the blade wielded by the last Night's King.]]
* AscendedExtra: a good number of characters that had minor roles or were merely mentioned in the original series became much more important in A Dragon of the North.

* AssholeVictim: A lot of them [[CrapsackWorld given the quest's setting]].

** [[spoiler: Arlan Stormcrown himself became the Last Emperor of Tamriel]] due to this trope.
* ApocalypseHow: A more meta example of this trope was narrowly averted. [[spoiler: The dice barely spared King's Landing from turning into the second coming of the Doom of Old Valyria.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Many of Arlan's Thuum are this out of the sheer devastation they are able to cause.

* BackToBackBadasses: Jon and Logain Ninefingers at the Melee of the Tourney of Riverrun.
** [[spoiler: Word of God says this is how Stannis Baratheon and Davos Seaworth went out against Odran zo Odran.]]

* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: [[spoiler: How [[FanNickname Jarlan]] exorcised Bran from the influence of the Others.]]

* BerserkButton: Droman has placed a ban on waifu discussion, 'Shouts solve everything!' posts, and puns.
** Insulting Brynden Tully, harming Jon's men, or touching his money is a good way to end up dead.

** Wulf, as demonstrated during his duel with Jon.
** Loghain, with it being part of the problem necessitating his leaving Winterfell.

* BigFancyCastle: Harrenhal most notably; it ''is'' the largest castle in Westeros, and in even in it's current state of disrepair it provokes awe.
** Casterly Rock. An awful shame about the [[spoiler: squid infestation.]]

* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: Supposedly how Ungren murdered Littlefinger.]]

* BodyAndHost: Black Walder and Ungren Greyfeather.
** Arguably Jon and Arlan Stormcrown at times, though the partnership is far more equal.

* BondCreatures: Yohn's eagle, and Ungren's own birds.
** [[spoiler: Jon and Valonqar, his dragon.]]

* [[BreakoutMookCharacter Breakout Mook Characters]]: House Vance at the Tourney of Riverrun. The high number of their members that placed high in the various events impressed Droman enough that he noted that he might have to use them more in the future.

* BreakTheCutie: It would be easier to count how many characters did not suffer this. However Myrcella Baratheon [[spoiler: (now Myrcella Waters)]] was the most recent example.
* BrightCastle: Riverrun.
* BrokenPedestal: Rhaegar, for Arthur Dayne. Also Arthur Dayne for his sister Ashara, and probably numerous others if the truth of his post-war life ever came out.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: This appear to be the dynamic between [[spoiler: Jon and Margaery Stormcrown.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Not all characters like to mince words, Jon especially.

* TheButcher: Jon Stormcrown's moniker of 'The Dread Wolf'.
** [[spoiler: After the surrender of Lannisport he earned a new one: 'the Woe of the West'.]]

* ChildProdigy: Jon, probably the greatest of the knightly sort in Westerosi history. [[CombatByChampion Winning a duel with a tribal warlord]] at eleven, winning a Tourney at twelve and being knighted and spending the next few years cultivating his reputation as a [[TheButcher terrifyingly competent]] MasterSwordsman who [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge eradicated an ancient noble House out of revenge]] for a ChildhoodFriend will do that.
** As will killing the [[WorldsStrongestMan Mountain That Rides.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Jon objects loudly and vehemently to [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Arthur Dayne's offer to kill]] [[TheUsurper Robert Baratheon]] [[WhatTheHellHero and his children.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Of course, at the time Jon didn't know]] that one of those children [[spoiler:had helped plot the murder of his friend Mya Stone, purely to spite Jon and Robert.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: a staple of the series. It's also how [[spoiler: Bran disposed of Snow-Shod, Arya's dragon.]]
* CombatByChampion: Jon and Wulf.

* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler: House Martell's major dilemma: help their supposed nephew Aegon Targaryen to reclaim the Iron Throne for himself or side with Jon Stormcrown the man who killed the Gregor Clegane and let Oberyn execute Tywin Lannister for Elia Martell and her children's fates?]]

* CurbStompBattle: Jon and Devan Turner. Rolls were not even necessary. [[spoiler: Happened once again against Joffrey]].
** Again with the sack of Salt-tree Keep, with House Perenolde on the receiving end.
** Bards seem to agree that [[spoiler: the war against House Lannister turned into this after Jon assumed command of the army.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier
* DarkMessiah: Both Ungren Greyfeather and [[spoiler: Night King Bran]] view themselves as one.

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: Arya Stark. The text implies Bran mutilated her corpse to avoid her eventual resurrection as a Wight.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: [[WorldOfSnark Many, many characters are this]] but Yohn Featherstone, Amerei Frey and Olenna Tyrell are amongst the best.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Killing Gregor Clegane in the [[TrialByCombat Trial of Seven]] at King's Landing.
** Ditto with [[spoiler:the vampire Euron Greyjoy and his undead dragon Nagga]].

* DemonSlaying: [[spoiler: At Oldtown Jon slayed the three Seekers of Hermaeus Mora that were accidentally summoned by Lord Leyton Hightower, Lady Malora and Maester Marwyn]].
* [[DidntSeeThatComing Didn't See That Coming]]: Droman is fond of these. Perhaps most notably, the players' reaction to meeting Black Walder at the Twins.

* DoorStopper

* DotingGrandparent: Hoster Tully whenever his grandchildren are brought to visit, such as during Ser Brynden's funeral.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: It is Planetos. It should be a given that characters will die, especially in abrupt ways.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Essentially why Jon doesn't run around using the Thu'um everywhere openly.

* DrowningMySorrows: Robert, after news of Stannis's battle with Euron Greyjoy. And Robert, after news of Mya Stone's murder.
* EnemyCivilWar: Some readers view [[spoiler: the Dornish civil war between Arianne and Quentyn's "supporters"]] as such.
* EnemyMine: Ungren tries to invoke this against Jon at the Twins. [[ShutUpHannibal Jon isn't interested.]]
** [[spoiler: Potentially the involvement of Oberyn Martell in crushing Tywin Lannister, depending on how matters proceed.]]

* EpicFail: The failed assassination attempt on Ungren, to MemeticMutation levels.

** His deception of [[spoiler: Tyrion]] was a textbook case of this trope.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: Blackfyre certainly didn't look like a Sword of Kings when Jon found it. Which of course, [[WhatAPieceOfJunk is the only reason he was able to buy it to begin with.]]

* {{Expy}}: Too many to count. Characters have been made who reference Warcraft, the First Law series, Dragonlance, and even the players.

* FacialHorror: Jon's face undergoes this temporarily after the battle with [[spoiler: Valonqar]].

* FailureKnight: Arthur Dayne. Which led to...

* FireForgedFriends: Jon with Uther Upcliff, Marwyn Belmore and Albar and Robar Royce.
* FirstKiss: According to a flashback Jon gave his to Myranda Royce, a childhood friend .

* FollowTheLeader: A Dragon of the North actually inspired several other quests, including one focused on the life of Robert Baratheon, and another on Gregor Clegane.
* ForScience: [[spoiler: The Seeker's motivation]] boils down to this.
* FriendlyRivalry: How Jon and Jaime's relationship seems to be going.
* FriendToAllChildren: Jon seems to get on quite well with all sorts of children, even [[SpoiledBrat Robert Arryn]] prior to his mother's CharacterDevelopment.
** This trend continues when he meets Myrcella and Tommen, where his easy hand with them lightens Jamie's opinion of the young Stormcrown.

* FrontlineGeneral: Jon.

* GhostMemory: Arlan and Jon's first meeting involved this.

* GroinAttack: How [[spoiler: Theon ended up killing Ramsay Snow.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Jon suffered this in response to his betrayal by [[BodyguardBetrayal Arthur Dayne]] and the murder of [[ChildhoodFriend Mya Stone]] by Devan Turner.

* ICantDance: Jon, in the words of Uther Upcliff, 'the great warrior of the age, but unable to dance a jig'.
** This is echoed in a later conversation between Jon and Tyrion.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Jon was forced to [[spoiler: escape King's Landing with the royal family and the Arryns while leaving behind hundreds of commoners]].

* IHaveManyNames: Jon. And the story working as it does, he's only going to gain more.

* InJoke: A few have popped up over the game's run.
** One of the most prevalent is 'Stannis Baratheon, the one true god of Westeros'. After Stannis vanished at sea fighting Euron Greyjoy, player's swiftly came to the conclusion that he had merely swam down to the Drowned God's kingdom and usurped his throne, and is now merely waiting for the Lannister's to step out of line. This has been compounded by the stunning performance of Ser Narbert Grandison, previously one of Stannis's knights, who curbstomped the Mountain in the King's Landing tourney, which prompted the response 'The Mannis Protects'.
* InsistentTerminology: Can also be used as an example of the above trope. After Jon singlehandedly clambers onto a ship with nothing but his pants and a sword to take it over, an crew member states that he's "not dying on this ship to a naked madman", prompting Jon's response that he's only half-naked. This gag continues when Jon returns to shore, and is still referenced by the players whenever problems need to be solved violently.

* IronicDeath: [[spoiler:The feud between Jon and Joffrey started because the spoiled prince wanted to possess Blackfyre; in the end he got it...in his throat. Jon himself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades the fact]] right before he kills him.]]

* KneelBeforeZod: Arlan at the Battle of the Whispers.

* KnightTemplar: Reginald Turner.
* TheLadysFavour: Lady Roslin gave Jon her scarf at the Tourney of King's Landing.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* MagicKnight: The only one in Westeros, thanks to the power of the Thu'um and the setting's LowFantasy nature.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Thanks to Healing Shout Jon can survive situation that would turn a normal human into toothpaste.

* ManipulativeBastard: Arthur Dayne.
* MasterPoisoner: Howland Reed.

* MeaningfulName: Stormcrown. As far as anyone in Westeros knows, it was chosen as a way to honour King Robert Baratheon. In actuality however, it has a more important meaning for a Dragonborn.
** [[spoiler: Valonqar, Jon's dragon,]] counts for this as well. He was named due to an IC reason of Jon seeing him as a little brother, and an OOC reason to, well...see below.

* MemeticMutation: "[insert name here] DP Sink" is considered one after the players passed upon the chance to foster Bran at Harrenhal because many complained his training would hog most of the Destiny Points available to them.
** "Plan Friendship" became a common mockery after a vote not named according to the rules brought to the loss of twenty two Destiny Points (the sheer amount of vitriol and spite over that vote certainly didn't help either).
* MentorOccupationalHazard: For Ser Brynden, the Blackfish.

* MindRape: Arlan did this to the crew members of the Sea Dragon at the Battle of the Whispers.

* MoneyFetish: Maester Ruben Vance. In this regard he is just like the poster he is an Expy of, Van Ropen.

* MysteriousProtector: Arthur Dayne acted like one prior to revealing his identity to Jon.

* NobleBigot: Jon's new squire, Denys Redwyne.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Olyvar Frey/Rosby and Yohn Greyfeather/Featherstone and the friendship they develop as member's of Jon's retinue.

** Basically, the Hangover. Only more ridiculous, because it's medieval and magic and shit is being involved.

* NumberTwo: Jon Arryn to King Robert. [[spoiler: Beric Dondarrion to Jon, after being named Hand of the King.]]

** The players [[HolyShitQuotient reacted in this way too many times to count]] during the quest.

* OriginalCharacter: Quite a few, unsurprisingly.
* ParanoiaFuel: The very existence of the Crimson Sept is this. Every candidate for High Septon has been suspected, as well as virtually every named character in the Vale.

** [[spoiler: This is what Joffrey believed was going on with Jon.]]
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While he was reluctant at first, the day of Yohn's marriage to Fair Walda Frey he appeared rather ecstatic at the development.

* PragmaticHero: What the players usually try to play Jon as.
** After acquiring the [[IdidWhatIHadToDo Ruthless Pragmatism trait]] Jon is now both this and an UnscrupulousHero.
* PyrrhicVictory: Jon and Uther Upcliff's cavalry charge against Ungren's own cavalry at the battle of Upcliff.
** [[spoiler: Only time will tell if the defeat of Tywin Lannister will prove to be this, as the Others come ever closer.]]
* PurposelyOverpowered: Arlan, as befitting a Dragonborn who lived for centuries and [[spoiler: wiped out the Thalmor]]. [[GameBreaker He is able to wipe out continents with words alone]] so he's mostly relegated to an AllPowerfulBystander position by Droman.

* "TheReasonYouSuck": Yohn had some choice words for his father when they meet again after the former has joined Jon's retinue.

* RedBaron: [[MeaningfulName The Stormcrown Knight]].
** Narbert Grandison, 'The Black Lion'.
* RedOniBlueOni: The friendship between Beric Dondarrion and Narbert Grandison has shades of this.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Jon, of Arlan.
* {{Retcon}}: A minor one occurred after a player discovered that Fair Walda was the heir to the Twins ahead of her Vance cousins.
* RivalsTeamUp: Jon and Ryman Roote's relationship has turned out to have shades of this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Jon to Devan Turner, at Redfort.
** And yet this pales compared to Arlan's: to wit, [[spoiler: after Thalmor agents killed his lover Serana [[WhatTheHellHero he first fed the Psijic Order to Hermaeus Mora in order to learn new knowledge to create new Dragon Shouts]] ''then'' he used them to scourge and sank the Summerset Islands with the help of the last remaining dragons.]]

* RunningGag: The players continuously failing to achieve 'Legendary' status with the Sword and Shield style.
** The streak of which was finally broken with Gregor Clegane's death.
* SacredHospitality: The rules of Guest-Right, which the players came very close to violating at the Twins.
* SadisticChoice: The Quest is flled with these.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Jon during his hunt for the Dragonsworn in Crackclaw Point.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat
* SnoopingLittleKid: How the enmity with House Turner originally began.

* SuccessionCrisis: This nearly happened with Riverrun following the [[spoiler: possession of Brandon Tully]]. It was fortunately resolved by very few people actualy wanting the castle at that point.

* TheSquire: Jon squired for Ser Brynden Tully, the Blackfish, Knight of the Bloody Gate.

* StraightForTheCommander: Ungren pulled this off against Brynden.
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: This is essentially how Jon's made his fortune so far.

* TemporalParadox: The Dragonbreak. (Actually a retcon by Droman that changed...very little.)

* TranquilFury: Cersei's reaction to the name of [[spoiler: Jon's dragon (Valonqar)]].
** Jon's reaction to [[spoiler: his "uncle" Renly's justification for the disastrous loss at Acorn Hall.]]

* UnrealisticBlackHole: A Shout that Jon learns is essentially this.
* UnwittingPawn: Gregor Clegane is implied to be this at King's Landing, for Cersei.

* WarriorPrince: Joffrey wishes he were this. [[spoiler: Jon definitely is]].

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The players, who can sometimes just about be Jon's greatest enemies.

* WhatTheHellHero: Jon doesn't take kindly the revelation that Arlan [[spoiler: fed the Psiijc Order to Hermaeus Mora to learn new Shouts for the purpose of essentially genociding the Thalmor]].

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: Robert ''really'' gets on well with Jon. This causes enmity with [[TheUnfavourite Joffrey.]]
** In the conclusion to the Oldtown event, [[spoiler:after Joffrey is disinherited and humiliated, he madly rants about Cersei's mistaken theory that Jon actually was Robert's son. This makes Robert figure out that Jon is Rhaegar's son by Lyanna, and after talking over the truth with him, decides to ''actually'' make Jon his heir under cover of that idea, since rumors regarding his parentage would spring up anyway - thus giving him an heir he can be proud of]].

* YouMonster: Yohn Greyfeather's reaction to meeting his father at the Twins.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Jon, who can easily be mistaken for a fully-grown man (if still a young one) in his early teens. Multiple characters have their own theories as to why this is...

* BadassGrandpa: Wulf, a mountain warlord who nearly got the better of Jon despite the later using time-manipulating magic, and Brynden Tully again, who as in canon fought in the War of the Ninepenny Kings.