History FanFic / LifeAfterHayate

* DreamTeam: We have the Wolkenritter in their prime to do the heavy lifting, and the series' resident innovative genius Chrono Harlaown to command them. Nobody has picked a direct fight with them yet for a very good reason.

* MilitarySalute: The story makes a point of noting adherence, or non-adherence, to proper protocol. The Bureau appears to have different rules about "cover" from the norm, however.

* MilitarySalute: The story makes a point of noting adherence, or non-adherence, to proper protocol.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality:
** The Wolkenritter's Belkan Knight morality has very little in common with that of anyone else currently alive.

** Zafira's almost-angry reaction to Due not having instantly recognized him as a Wolkenritter, instead treating him as a common familiar, may stem from the same reasons.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Wolkenritter's Belkan Knight morality has very little in common with that of anyone else currently alive.

*** Zafira's almost-angry reaction to Due not having instantly recognized him as a Wolkenritter, instead treating him as a common familiar, may stem from the same reasons.

* CreepyGood: Muhammad al-Faddil, Head of Naval Counterintelligence. Chrono describes him as the sort of person who makes people check their closets and under their beds. Zafira goes beyond not turning his back on Muhammad: he refuses to stand "at ease" in Muhammad's presence. That would require Zafira putting his hands behind his back and making himself more vulnerable.

* TheUnfettered: The Wolkenritter. Other Belkan-era constructs that pop up as well. From implications to outright statements, it becomes clear quickly that Belkan Knights do not have ''rules'', they have ''loyalties''. They are trained not to be concerned with whether an action on the battlefield is moral, just, or honorable and care only for the approval of their lord/lady and the efficiency with which it destroys the enemy. Off the battlefield, they may be different...or they may not. Some appear to have very loose definitions of battlefield as well.

* WorthyOpponent: Signum discusses Clyde Harlaown, Chrono's father, with a great deal of affection. Why? He beat the Wolkenritter twice, something no one else had ever done.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's been implied the Wolkenritter's Belkan Knight morality and outlook on life may not share very much in common with ''anyone else currently alive''.

* TheUnfettered: The Wolkenritter. Other Belkan-era constructs that pop up as well. From implications to outright statements, it becomes clear quickly that Belkan Knights do not have ''rules'', they have ''loyalties''. They are trained not to be concerned with whether an action on the battlefield is moral, just, or honorable. Only the approval of their lord or lady for their battlefield actions is to be considered. Off the battlefield, they may be different...or they may not. Some appear to have very loose definitions of battlefield as well.

* TheUnfettered: The Wolkenritter. Other Belkan-era constructs that pop up as well. From implications to outright statements, it becomes clear quickly that Belkan Knights do not have ''rules'', they have ''loyalties''. They are trained not to be concerned with whether an action on the battlefield is moral, just, or honorable. Only the approval of their lord or lady for their battlefield actions is to be considered. Off the battlefield, they may be different...or they may not.
** Do not injure the master or mistress of a Knight beyond awareness, yet leave them alive. The Knights will revert to their training of no rules, no quarter, no retreat. The results are invariably much more bloody.

** Do not injure the master or mistress of a Knight beyond awareness, yet leave them alive. The Knights will revert to their training; no rules, no quarter, do or die.

* TheUnfettered: The Wolkenritter, to an extent. Other Belkan-era constructs that pop up as well. From implications to outright statements, it becomes clear quickly that Belkan Knights do not have ''rules'', they have ''loyalties''. They are trained not to be concerned with whether an action on the battlefield is moral, just, or honorable. Only the approval of their lord or lady for their battlefield actions is to be considered. Off the battlefield, they may be different...or they may not.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's been implied the the Wolkenritter's Belkan Knight morality and outlook on life may not share very much in common with ''anyone else currently alive''.

* CreepyGood: Muhammad al-Faddil, Head of Naval Counterintelligence. Chrono describes him as the sort of person who makes people check their closets and under their beds. Zafira goes beyond not turning his back on Muhammad: he refuses to stand "at ease" in Muhammad's presence. That would require Zafira putting his hands behind his back and making himself more vulnerable.

* MoralDissonance: It's been implied the the Wolkenritter's Belkan Knight morality and outlook on life may not share very much in common with ''anyone else currently alive''.
** Signum casually threatens to murder Tiida Lanster, because he's hitting on her. She apparently means it.
** Signum and Shamal are required to offer their, ah, ''services'' to Chrono, as Knights of the opposite sex from their Master and past puberty.

* TheConspiracy: The Bureau Council/Jail Scaligetti/Regius Gaiz teamup that [[NanohaStrikerS Striker S]] only hinted at is in full effect here, though its public face in the story so far is Auris Gaiz, who is haplessly trying to get a look at Hayate's personal possessions.

** Signum and Shamal are required to offer their, ah, ''services'' to Chrono, as Knights of the opposite sex of their Master and past puberty.

** Signum and Shamal are ''required'' to offer their, ah, ''services'' to Chrono, as knights of the opposite sex of their Master and past puberty.

* ArtificialHuman: Wolkenritter are ''very good'' copies of humans, even when copying a human this well doesn't quite make sense for what the Wolkenritter are supposed to do. But they're not actually human.

Another Nanoha story by @/{{Night}}.

* CreepyGood: Muhammad al-Faddil, Head of Naval Counterintelligence. Chrono describes him as the sort of person who makes people check their closets and under their beds. Zafira goes beyond not turning his back on Muhammad: he refuses to stand "at ease" in Muhammad's presence. That would require putting Zafira his hands behind his back and making himself more vulnerable.

* ContemplateOurNavels: Relatively in the story, Chrono and Zafira have a conversation about how perfect Hayate was for the Wolkenritter and why Chrono can't be a second Hayate for them.

* DreamTeam: We have the Wolkenritter in their prime to do the heavy lifting, and the series' resident innovative genius Chrono Harlaown to command them. Nobody has picked a direct fight with them yet for a ''very good reason''.

* OhMyGods: Chrono swears by the Sankt Kaiser. It's implied that's about all the religion he's got in him.

MustMakeAmends: Zafira states he thinks one of the reasons Hayate gave the Wolkenritter to Chrono was that the Wolkenritter had killed Chrono's father, and any chance to make direct amends (no matter how small) means a great deal to them.

* RevealingCoverup: Altering the mission reports surrounding Hayate Yagami's death turns the incident from merely suspiciously like it was a planned attempt to kill Hayate into a note signed "The Bad Guys, PS YOU SAW NOTHING". Vita even mocks it.
-->"Conspiracy amateur hour."