History FanFic / Portalborn

Confirmed to be part of the same MemoryVerse as [[Fanfic/Draknophobia Drakonophobia]]

Confirmed to be part of the same MemoryVerse as [[FanFic/Draknophobia Drakonophobia]]

* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Mentions of this are spread regarding the Dragonborn, makes sense given that shes a human with the soul of the dragon.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Aperture has a new function in which it can block out the flow of magicka, preventing anyone from using their spells.

* MissingTime: Between Sandra and Diga, they both feel like they've missed something. [[spoiler: this is because the two are the same.]]

* MechaMooks: The Turrets that serve whomever's in charge in Aperture. [[spoiler: Wheatley temporarily gets these in Chapter 46 when he's stuck in Blackreach and somehow manages to control the Dwemer machinery.]]

* AGodIAmNot: PlayedWith, The Silver-Hand think [[spoiler: GLaDOS is a God.]] while Lydia thinks [[spoiler: She's a Daedra.]] Of course, we know they're neither. They never make comment on it, or they don't really care.
* AIIsACrapshoot: GLaDOS, at first as she teams up with the Silver-Hand and the Brandobaris [[spoiler: Then the group find GLaDOS as a human in Chapter 27.]]

* BadassInDistress: The Dragonborn/Diga gets knocked out quite a few times, one time she gets kidnapped by the Silver Hand who have for some reason aligned with [[spoiler: GLaDOS]] and it takes a mentally ill man, a moron and a competent Housecarl to save her. [[spoiler: [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Chell]]]]

** GLaDOS needs Doug alive for his scientific mind. [[spoiler: When GLaDOS becomes human, they need her alive.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: GLaDOS doesn't really want to kill Doug as she knows he is one of the only smart ones out there.

** GLaDOS mentions the room with the screaming robots in Chapter 11 that she talked about in Portal 2

* ForScience: GLaDOS[[spoiler: /Caroline]]'s main goal. After [[spoiler: turning human]] she takes advantage and works to remake Aperture so she can do this once more.

** This also happens to the Oracle Turret and [[spoiler: GLaDOS]]

* TheNicknamer: GLaDOS hardly calls anyone by their real name. The Dragonborn is the Draconic Lycanthrope, Wheatley is the Moron, Chell is the Mute, Doug is the Schizophrenic.

* PoweredArmor: In a strange representation in a fantasy game, GLaDOS had constructed power armor for the Dragonborn that offers her higher resistance to fire, not to mention having a function that allows her to wear the armor even when in Werewolf form.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In Chapter 14 as the Dragonborn discusses GLaDOS with Jarl Balgruuf, Wheatley runs in and tells them that a Dragon is attacking the city. The Dragonborn, having done this many times before, just tells everyone to sit tight. Moments later, she returns with nary a scratch, a casual stride, then sheaths their sword....then...

-->'''Jarl Balgruuf''': So who do you believe can take down this creature? (refering to GLaDOS)

* GenreSavvy: Doug in general is this. Sometimes.
** In Chapter 4, The Dragonborn and Doug come across a treasure chest in a room with coffins while exploring a nordic ruin. Doug knows whats up:
-->'''Doug''': Why do I feel like we're about to get ambushed?

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->-- '''The Dragonborn''', Chapter 8

-->'"I don't know what way you guys do it from where you've been, but in Skyrim, it's all about survival. Once a threat becomes a apparent to us, we must eliminate it."
--->--'''The Dragonborn''', Chapter 8

* MacGuffinGirl: Cassandra.

The Dragonborn [[spoiler: known as Diga as of Chapter 49]] is a proud nord woman, thrust upon in her duties as the foretold saviour of Skyrim. She's loud and vicious with a slight hunger for power, but her heart is in the right place, proven as the Thane of Whiterun [[spoiler: And Falkreath and Solitude as we discover]] and as Harbinger of the Companions.

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Mercey Frey to Daryn]]

** [[spoiler: Mercey Frey]] becomes Chells as she joins the Thieves Guild and finds out what they've been doing.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The amulet gives to Chell. Goodness knows what he's enchanted with, but part of it allows her to sense him from afar.

* TheAtoner: Wheatley, who still recalls the acts he did during [[VideoGame/Portal2]] and wants to make it up to Chell for what he did. Due to Chell being TheVoiceless, it isn't clear whether or not she has forgiven him or not. We do take some looks into her thoughts and feelings, but overall it's never revealed for him to be considered forgiven.

* TheAtoner: Wheatley, who still recalls the acts he did during [[VideoGame/{{Portal2}}]] and wants to make it up to Chell for what he did. Due to Chell being TheVoiceless, it isn't clear whether or not she has forgiven him or not. We do take some looks into her thoughts and feelings, but overall it's never revealed for him to be considered forgiven.

* CompanionCube: The real thing, manly Dougs, is said to be in the dungeons beneath Winterhold College but for what ever reason it isn't safe to go under there and grab it.

** Even Wheatley gets a go of this. He tries to be brave but then it ends up looking worse for wear. [[spoiler: Chapter 46 exhibits an ability to control Dwemer robots thanks to magitech.]]

* TheVoiceless: Chell, also, Atlas and P-Body.* WorthyOpponent: The Dragonborn considers Chell this. [[spoiler: But she makes the effort for the two of them to become allies, even friends]]

--> ''''The soul of the slain Dragon is then absorbed into the Dragonborn from afar, who is then covered in an ethereal, only for her to pull her hair away from her face''''
-->'"Jarl Balgruuf"': So who do you believe can take down this creature? (refering to GLaDOS)

-->'''Jarl Balgruuf"': Can we continue?
--> *The soul of the slain Dragon is then absorbed into the Dragonborn from afar, who is then covered in an ethereal, only for her to pull her hair away from her face*

'''The Dragonborn''': I'm the Dragonborn bitch! FUS RO DAH!

-->'''Jarl Balgruuf": Can we continue?
--> "The soul of the slain Dragon is then absorbed into the Dragonborn from afar, who is then covered in an ethereal, only for her to pull her hair away from her face*

--->--'''The Dragonborn''' Chapter 8

--> ''Dragonborn'': (To Galar) The only thing I want to see coming from your mouth is my sword up your gullet.

-> "Syndia": Dear Sithis: [[spoiler: Diga.]]

-->''Doug'': Why do I feel like we're about to get ambushed?

--> "Brynjolf": I found her lost on one of my jobs. A client wanted something back that they had lost in a bet. So we obliged and went on our merry way. It was in Windhelm and she was sheltered in the dread that was the Grey quarter, even though she was clearly not an Elf. She had unusual markings and clothes and was very...hostile...stubborn even. The clothes on her back weren't giving her proper protection, and she was freezing. She was wearing peculiar shoes and I asked her where she had gotten them from. Of course, she didn't answer and...whacked me in the face.

>''The Dragonborn'' I'm the Dragonborn bitch! FUS RO DAH!

-->"Jarl Balgruuf": Can we continue?
--> "The soul of the slain Dragon is then absorbed into the Dragonborn from afar, who is then covered in an ethereal, only for her to pull her hair away from her face"
-->"Jarl Balgruuf": So who do you believe can take down this creature? (refering to GLaDOS)

--->--''The Dragonborn'' Chapter 8

* SkeweredPriorities: When Doug is in the clutches of a Dragon in chapter three while in Winterhold, the Dragonborn is in the Inn at the time. She can hear the Dragon's roar and thinks more on the fact that more Dragon bones mean more money than thinking about Doug's livelihood. Then she sculls her drink, then goes to save him in the most hammiest way possible, but not before she identifies it as a Frost Dragon.

* TryFittingThatOnToABusinessCard: The Dragonborn. [[spoiler: Diga Arch-Fire]] The Knight of Orphans, Thane of Whiterun [[spoiler: Thane of Solitude, Thane of Falkreath]] Draconic Lycanthrope

-->"Jarl Balgruuf": So who do you believe can take down this creature? (refering to GLaDOS)* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: When Doug takes the Control Program, he takes control of Aperture. Doug wasn't entirely sane to begin with, but this just made it a hundred times worse.]]

* GenreSavvy:

* ProperlyParanoid: In one of Doug's flashbacks, particularly in Chapter 9, Doug coincidentally walks passed an interview room and sees a woman inside the room.
A co-worker who was in there hands him a folder and tells him to file away. Said folder is the profile of the woman, stamped with the word rejected. Upon observation of the woman (implied to be Chell) and her documents, he decides to file it away for himself for reasons he can't even figure out. This may have been impacted due to the fact his superior, Henry, had just shown him the Master AI that they had in development just previously made him rather anxious.

** [[spoiler: The Dragonborn/Diga has this issue later on, as her SplitPersonality becomes evident but she's not wholly aware of it.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In Chapter 14 as the Dragonborn discusses GLaDOS with Jarl Balgruuf, Wheatley runs in and tells them that a Dragon is attacking the city. The Dragonborn, having done this many times before, just tells everyone to sit tight. Moments later, she returns with nary a scratch, a casual stride, then sheaths their sword....then...
->"Jarl Balgruuf": Can we continue?
--> "The soul of the slain Dragon is then absorbed into the Dragonborn from afar, who is then covered in an ethereal, only for her to pull her hair away from her face"
->"Jarl Balgruuf": So who do you believe can take down this creature? (refering to GLaDOS)

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: When Doug takes the Control Program, he takes control of Aperture. Doug wasn't entirely sane to begin with, but this just made it a hundred times worse.]]
* WorthyOpponent: The Dragonborn considers Chell this. [[spoiler: But she makes the effort for the two of them to become allies, even friends]]
* TheVoiceless: Chell, also, Atlas and P-Body.