History YMMV / TheStormDragons

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler: Galbatorix has several close brushes with death during ''From White To Black'' most notably late in chapter fifty-six. But then you remember that it's a prequel story...]]

** {{Jossed}}: A significant number of these could be easily attributed to the fact that the fics were written before the publication of ''Brisingr''. There are also instances of IKnewIt, such as Opifex correctly predicting that [[spoiler: Brom is Eragon's real father.]]

* CreatorsPet: Kaelyn, who could very well be Opifex's SelfInsert.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Goes without saying.
* WhatAnIdiot: You seriously begin to suspect after a while that the Rider Elders ''wanted'' to be beaten by Galbatorix.

* MoralEventHorizon: Vrael crosses spectacularly when he [[spoiler: ''suffocates a baby'' just because it's of MixedAncestry]]. Where the Riders as a whole stand on the moral event horizon becomes clear when their long history of genocide is revealed (and again [[spoiler: when it's demonstrated during the dark elf incident.]])

* MagnificentBastard: Even in this series, Galbatorix can't be nice to everyone all the time, but he's always awesome.

* CompleteMonster: Taranis, who regards dragons as nothing more than weapons, enslaves Silarae with psychic torture, uses her as leverage to ensure Ravana's good behavior, feeds them condemned criminals, executes enemies who surrender, and eventually [[spoiler:holds their last remaining egg hostage]].

** Vrael and most of the other Rider elders, who are increasingly revealed as spiteful and hateful people whose only concern is holding onto their own power.

* MoralEventHorizon: Vrael crosses spectacularly when he [[spoiler: ''suffocates a baby'' just because it's a HalfBreed]]. Where the Riders as a whole stand on the moral event horizon becomes clear when their long history of genocide is revealed (and again [[spoiler: when it's demonstrated during the dark elf incident.]])

* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Einas' death. Vander's death, which even made the author tear up while writing it.]]

* ShillingTheWesley: Let's count how many times the characters gush over Kaelyn, shall we?
* TheWesley: Kaelyn, who could very well be Opifex's SelfInsert.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler: Galbatorix's reunion with the Forsworn after his... this troper's lost count how many times-eth brush with dead. And if that weren't enough, we get Laela's rebirth just after that!]]