''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6565089/1/bThrones_b_of_the_bFour_b_bPillars_b Thrones of the Four Pillars]]'' is a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1489063/Thaeonblade Thaeonblade]].

Synopsis: One year after the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sora, Riku and Kairi prepare for the journey that King Mickey's letter spoke of just as events outside of their world catch up to them. Meeting friends new and old, these friends will have to entrench their strengths and learn new ones as the Darkness once more gathers upon the world... All orchestrated by a familiar foe.

So far, the story has only started to pick up steam with the heroes arriving in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Twilight Town]] after a series of events back on the islands.

The story currently has twenty-two chapters and an additional [[ADayInTheLimelight Gaiden Story]] for the resident [[OriginalCharacter OC]] and his connection to some of the story's characters.
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!!''Thrones of the Four Pillars'' contains the following tropes:
%%* AdaptationalBadass: [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Taran]], he can even wield a Keyblade.
%%* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Both reborn somebodies of Zexion and Marluxia have knowingly and willingly joined Xehanort's side as part of the Thirteen Shrouds of Darkness]]
%%* ApocalypseHow: The fate of several worlds including the Ghibli Hills. [[spoiler: The inevitable side-effect of Xehanort's plans to rewrite the order of the worlds]]
%%* BackFromTheDead: Xehanort. [[spoiler: Lea, Relena (Larxene's Nobody), Xion, a lot of people whose Nobodies and Heartlesses were slain.]]
%%* BashBrothers: Riku and Sora
%%* BarrierWarrior: [[spoiler: Ansem the Wise]]
* BarrierMaiden: Reportedly twelve individuals with pure souls whose light safeguards the seven princesses who also embody the trope. [[spoiler: And now Xehanort wants to twist that light to his own purposes.]]
%%* BattleCouple: Sora and Kairi; [[spoiler: Lea and Relena]]
%%* BigDamnHeroes:
%%** Quite a few get pulled off every now and then.
%%** [[spoiler: Of special note is near the end of the Destiny Islands arc, when Donald, Goofy, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthir, Penelo]], [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Serah]] come to the rescue.]]
%%* BloodierAndGorier: For starters, the new enemy featured in the story. [[spoiler: They bleed when hit and leave behind a body after they die.]]
%%* BrokenBird: Serah.
%%* CallBack: Nearly one per every chapter.
%%* CombatPragmatist: Thaeon shows this trait a lot and later [[spoiler: Lea approves of this approach in defense of Serah chastising Gurgi's habit of running away]]
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: To clarify, one set of enemies can be best described as soulless flesh and blood bodies animated by hearts corrupted by darkness. Which means that they bleed when cut and will usually leave behind a body once vanquished. Sora and Riku even had to take a moment to vomit after their first encounters with one such creature known as Restless. The second set of enemies are ghosts who are also controlled by hearts corrupted by darkness. Worst yet is that some can directly attack a victim's soul to get to their heart. Some of these creatures known as Breathless, are also mostly invisible to the naked eye.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Riku still retains a few powers of darkness while Thaeon specializes in the usage and understanding of darkness, but both are prominently on the heroes' side.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: [[spoiler:Prominent when Lea and Serah are talking to each other and also seen with]] Between Sora and Riku, or Riku and several other characters especially Taran.
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:[[Anime/CastleInTheSky Pazu]] eventually breaks down when this fact hits him.]]
%%* EvilPlan
* FisherKing: Each of the four Keyblade Orders safeguarded a key aspect of the cosmos. [[spoiler: When Xehanort destroyed the Order of Darkness; Set off the events that made the Order of Light disappear; and unleashed the Heartless invasion... things went from worse to nightmarish before Sora received the Keyblade]]
* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler:Xehanort's gatekeeper practically enjoyed rubbing the events of and leading up to ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' into Aqua's face and even accused her of allowing things to get worst after that.]]
%%* KnightInSourArmor: Thaeon.
%%* LampshadeHanging: Chapter 14 gives us this gem:
%%--> '''Lea''': "It's like he just pushes a button and instant improbable reaction happens!"
* LongestPrologueEver: It has taken ten chapters for the crew to leave the Destiny Islands.
%%* MindScrew: Many of the dreams that the heroes experience.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Once Aqua learned about the damage that Xehanort committed, she feels responsible for not stopping him in the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'']]
%%* OhCrap: Plenty with a special note of when [[spoiler:The [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Mysterious Figure]] appears on the islands]] and [[spoiler:when Aqua and Thaeon figure out that Xehanort has returned]]
* OriginalCharacter: Thaeon[[spoiler:/Tobias]]. He also hails from Radiant Garden, was trapped in the Realm of Darkness as long as Aqua or Ansem, and apparently also carries a vendetta against Xehanort.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Gurgi always wisely flees at the first sign of trouble.
-->"Ah Oh! Trouble! Good bye!"
%%* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Xehanort calls out the whole main cast for acting as this in some way, even if some of their actions helped his own plans.]]
%%* TeamMom: [[spoiler:Aqua again]]
%%* TheApprentice: [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Taran]] [[spoiler:to Mickey Mouse]]
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Essentially the primary intention of Xehanort's plans.]]
%%* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Oswald]]
%%* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack's]] somehow gotten a Keyblade between the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' and this fic.]]
%%* VillainTeamUp: It just wouldn't be Kingdom Hearts without one...[[spoiler: or two]]
%%* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:He was only doing it as a taunt, but Xehanort's remarks to Aqua qualify as this.]]
%%* XanatosGambit: Xehanort's specialty above all else.
%%* XanatosSpeedChess: Xehanort's well-backed claim.