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1''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8893022/1/The-Heirs-to-the-Mantle The Heirs to the Mantle]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' crossover fanfiction found on Fan Fiction.Net written by Anomynous Member 117. The story currently has 25 chapters.
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3While Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and the UNSC ''Infinity'' make it to the planet Sanghelios for peace talks after being invited by Thel Vadam/Arbiter, a Covenant Storm fleet attack with a glassing beam and the ''Infinity'' must go through Slipspace to regroup at Reach, only for a Storm torpedo to damage the Slipspace drive and instead send the ''Infinity'' to Alagaesia just after the Battle of Farthen Dûr. After hearing of the cruelty of King Galbatorix, John, Thel, and the rest of the ''Infinity'' ally with Eragon and the Varden.
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5Anomynous Member 117 has stated that the story was inspired by Captiosus' ''Fanfic/TurnOfTheTides''.
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8!!''The Heirs to the Mantle'' contains examples of:
9* AnachronismStew: Justified by Galbatorix's nukes, which he created with the radiation from magic.
10%%* AxeCrazy: Galbatorix.
11* BackFromTheDead: Again justified when [[spoiler:Brom]] is brought back to life in chapters 16 and 17, because of how advanced the UNSC's medical technology has become.
12* BigDamnHeroes: John saves Eragon, Saphira, Thel, and Fireteam Crimson from the Shade in chapter 14, [[spoiler:and then kills the Shade]].
13%%* ClusterFBomb: [[spoiler:Brisingr]] seems to love this trope.
14* CurbStompBattle: Taken to an extreme in chapter 16, where the army at Gil'ead has 100,000 soldiers but lose three quarters of their army while not even scratching the UNSC's troops.
15* FantasticNuke: Galbatorix's primitive magical nukes.
16%%* GhostCity: What Dras-Leona becomes in chapter 18 after one of Galby's nukes levels Helgrind.
17* HairTriggerTemper: Galbatorix flies into a murderous rage whenever anything doesn't go his way.
18* LivingWeapon:[[spoiler:Brisingr]] is revealed to be sentient in chapter 20 and speaks telepathically.
19* PoweredArmor: The UNSC create highly advanced combat armor for Saphira.
20%%* SirSwearsALot: [[spoiler:'''''Brisingr''''']].
21%%* SpiderTank: The Scarab and 20 smaller Locusts give the Empire real hell at the Battle of the Burning Plains in chapter 14.
22* TooDumbToLive: The Imperial soldiers seriously think they'll be safer underneath the Scarab, and just before, [[ZergRush they tried to overwhelm it through numbers]].
23* YourHeadAsplode:Chief blows up a Laughing Dead soldier's head with several Needler shots in chapter 14.
24* ZergRush: In chapters 12 and 14, respectively, the Empire tries to overwhelm the Varden and UNSC and then a Scarab and 20 Locusts through sheer numbers.

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