History FanFic / TheDifferenceOneManCanMake

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Craster, the cannibals, some of the wildlings.

* SexyScandinavian: some of the Wildlings. Also, a woman Harry met during [[WalkTheEarth his travel around the world]].

* TheHorde: The Wildling alliance that attacks First Forge.

* SuperWeight: Harry is one a couple of levels above most everything else.

** Harry himself counts as one.

* HadToBeSharp: The Wildlings.

* TheHero: Harry is the protagonist of ''The Difference One Man Can Make'', and much of the story's events centers around him as he uplifts the Free Folk from a barbarian society to a powerful civilization.

* HotConsort: Val.

* HyperAwareness: Harry's magic helps a lot.

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Hardhome.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How Harry takes command of Tormund's Free Folk clan.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: When he met Benjen Stark, Harry had nothing but the clothes on his back, his wand and his knowledge. After amically parting with the Ranger, he goes to find a band of Wildings, gains control over them with AsskickingEqualsAuthority and through [[MagneticHero sheer charisma]], technological innovation and battle prowess, quickly becomes the leader to more than half of all the Free Folk, and is hailed as the new King-Beyong-the-Wall in the Seven Kingdoms.

[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/norfolk_banner_3.jpg]][[caption-width-right:180:'''"We Have no kings here, no lords, except for those we choose. Even then, we never kneel."'''-[[spoiler:Val, explaining the meaning behind the Norfolk words.]]]]

* BadassInCharge: Harry, but before him Tormund counted as this as well.

* WeaponOfChoice: Harry seems to prefer swords and his wand.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Harry and Val.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Quite a few characters in Game of Thrones has at least one of these. Harry himself becomes "The Witch-King-Beyond-the-Wall".

* BelligerentSexualTension: Harry and Val.
* BenevolentBoss: Harry is pretty much seen as this by his clan.

* TheBerserker: Tormund could count as this.

* TheBrute: Tormund.

* ChekhovsSkill: Harry's magic.
* TheChessmaster: Varys does what he does best.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Harry seems to hold to this idea.
* TheChosenOne: Harry is implied to be one once again by [[spoiler:Bloodraven.]]
* CityOfCanals: Braavos.

* CommandingCoolness: Harry.

* TheConsigliere: Val.

* WhatTheHellHero: Stannis flat-out condemns his royal brother's desire to add the Norfolk to the Seven Kingdoms as foolish. No lord or landed knight would accept to leave their warm castles to go [[GrimUpNorth beyond the Wall]], fighting bloodthirsty barbarians only because their king is ''bored''. Also, as Jon Arryn points it, where are they supposed to find the money for the campaign since the realm in already indebted?

* CurbStompBattle: The Norfolk versus the Wildling alliance arranged against Harry. The latter died to a man (those that attacked, that is), while the Norfolk barely lose a couple hundreds of men.

%%** Harry.

* SpiritAdvisor: Bloodraven.

* WildCard: Harry. Bloodraven acknowledges that Harry's actions has completely changed the game of thrones - particularly with the incoming Others' attack.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Alliser Thorne is shot down by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont when he counsels for war with the Norfolk. The Night's Watch is less than a thousand men strong with bad equipment while the Norfolk is around twenty thousand ''at least'' with brand-new steel weapons and a leader actively using witchcraft to cull the enemy. No matter how much you squint, it would be a ''slaughter'' for the Watch.
** When Ned Stark learns the new King-Beyond-the-Wall focuses on making his people strong and more civilized, he waits to see if it would lead to an invasion. Otherwise, a more prosperous Free Folk means less raiding and pillaging in the North, which benefits everyone.
** Stannis flat-out condemns his royal brother's desire to add the Norfolk to the Seven Kingdoms as foolish. No lord or landed knight would accept to leave their warm castles to go [[GrimUpNorth beyond the Wall]], fighting bloodthirsty barbarians only because their king is ''bored''. Also, as Jon Arryn points it, where are they supposed to find the money for the campaign since the realm in already indebted?
** As the Norfolk start to trade with the Seven Kingdoms, their main exportation is really cheap, really abundant foodstuffs. The Reach's economy plummets because they cannot sell as much as they used to the smallfolk.

%%* TheAce: Harry.
%%* ActionDad: Tormund and later Harry.
%%* ActionGirl: Val. Ygritte. Osha.

* AmazonianBeauty: Val and Ygritte.

* AncientConspiracy: The Maesters of the Citadel have actively tried to eliminate Magic and its influence from the world for centuries, with the exception of Marwyn the Magician and possibly other Maesters who still try to study Magic.
%%* AnimalEyeSpy: The Wargs.
* AnimalMotifs: Most of the Noble Houses such as Stark, Baratheon, and Lannister respectively. The Norfolk get an owl (a tribute to Hedwig, Harry's deceased Owl familiar). Bloodraven's Prophecy about the events to come also has plenty of these.

* AntiMagicalFaction: The Citadel, when rumors that the Norfolk's leader is a sorcerer reach them they send a maester beyond the Wall with the intent to spy on him and assassinate him should the rumors prove to be true.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Quite a few characters in Game of Thrones has at least one of these. Harry himself becomes "The Witch-King-Beyond-the-Wall".

* BadassBoast: Several.

%%* KungFuWizard: Harry.
%%* TheLeader: Harry.

%%* LoveAtFirstSight: When Harry met Val.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11132113/1/The-Difference-One-Man-Can-Make The Difference One Man Can Make]]'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter''/''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' {{Crossover}} fanfic by joen1801, that begins twelve years after the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry decided to WalkTheEarth after learning Ginny was involved with Neville, and upon returning to England, an accident that happens while he helps stop a group of fanatic purebloods from taking over the Department of Mysteries ends up sending him to a cold land in the north of a continent called Westeros.

%%* Action Girl: Val. Ygritte. Osha.

* AHouseDivided: The Seven Kingdoms, particularly as news of Harry's exploits begin to spread to them.
* ALightInTheDistance: Newport builds a lighthouse shortly after the Norfolk's first travel to Braavos.

* AlternateUniverse: To Franchise/HarryPotter at the beginning of the story (Ginny starts a relationship with Neville Longbottom), and to Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire starting on Chapter 2.

* AnimalMotifs: Most of the Noble Houses such as Stark, Baratheon, and Lannister respectively. The Norfolk get an owl (a tribute to Hedwig). Bloodraven's Prophecy about the events to come also has plenty of these.

** Harry ends up making a suggestion to Eddard Stark, making an official betrothal between Trystan and Emer on Harry's side, and Arya and Bran on Ned's, but without expecting either side to commit to it, mostly so Harry will not get bombarded with more offers.

* AStormIsComing:
** House Stark's creed, as in canon.
** Bloodraven's Prophecy pretty much foreshadows the future conflicts, such as the War of Five Kings - although Bloodraven later acknowledges that Harry's arrival has completely offset the board.
** The Others returning. Harry does his best to prepare the Norfolk for the Second War for the Dawn and to make the Seven Kingdoms aware of the threat.

* BenevolentMageRuler: Harry has all the trappings of this, except the title - which he doesn't want. Of course, the Seven Kingdoms think he's more of a SorcerousOverlord.
* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, DO NOT threaten Harry's family, it won't end well for you.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Harry
* BringMyBrownPants

* CoDragons[=/=]NumberTwo: Val and Tormund are considered Harry's by most.

* TheConfidant[=/=]TheConsigliere: Val.

* CountryMatters
* CrapsackWorld: It's Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, this is a given. Harry is trying to make it less so for the Free Folk

* CruelAndUnusualDeath

* TheDeterminator:
** Harry.

* DisproportionateRetribution

** When Daenerys stops him from attacking Harry - which would have led to his death - Viserys nearly attacks her instead.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: The Wildlings are cautious of Harry's magic at first, but quickly get used to it. The Citadel is actively trying to keep it from returning to the world. Varys, for the reason he was castrated.

* ForWantOfANail: Harry's actions have completely changed the history of the Lands Beyond the Wall, and affected that south of it.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: When he met Benjen Stark, Harry had nothing but the clothes on his back, his wand and his knowledge. After amically parting with the Ranger, he goes find a band of Wildings, gains control over them with AsskickingEqualsAuthority and through sheer charisma, technological innovation and battle prowess, quickly becomes the leader to more than half of all the Free Folk, and is hailed as the new King-Beyong-the-Wall in the Seven Kingdoms.
** It can apply to the Norfolk themselves. From disorganized barbarians to well-armed, rapidly advancing nation establishing ties via trading, and it spans on only five years.

* GondorCallsForAid: The Norfolk as the callers, the Seven Kingdoms as the would-be helpers, when the White Walkers' threat is confirmed. So far, only the North and Dorne have answered, other Kingdoms either considering the threat [[FalseFlagOperation an attempt by Harry to the Seven Kingdoms panic and facilitate a takeover]] or believing the Wall will suffice.

* TheGoodKing: Harry is seen as this by some, even if he is not actually a king.

* GoodSamaritan: Benjen does not doubt in helping Harry, even though he knows nothing about him.

* TheHero: if you have to ask, you have not been paying attention.
* HeroicResolve:

* LoveRuinsTheRealm: Invoked by Olenna Tyrell when she suggests to her granddaughter to seduce Harry, in order to gain control over the Norfolk, when their trading policies - selling foodstuffs cheaper, thanks to their ability to produce more and them not rotting as fast - start to negatively impact the Reach.

* TheMagicComesBack: It was already doing so, but Harry's arrival certainly sped things up a bit.

* MeaningfulName: First Forge is named after the forge in the city's center, the first of its kind north of the Wall. Newport is called this because it is the new port of Harry's people [[spoiler:being renamed from Hardhome]].

* TheMedic: several among the Norfolk, improved thanks to some of Harry's ideas.
* TheMentor: Harry, to his many apprentices.

* [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Morally Ambiguous Cannot Comprehend Good]]: No one south of the Wall, save for the Starks, the Martells and a few others, believes that neither Harry nor the Norfolk want to go south. They also do not understand that Harry is simply not interested in joining the game of thrones.

* MinoredInAssKicking: Harry, with a major in magic - which he also uses to kick ass.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Harry's attempt to improve the lot of the Wildlings and finish their raiding south of the Wall ends up earning him the wrath and jealousy of several other Wildling leaders and a potential attack by the Seven Kingdoms, who fear he is organizing them to assault the Wall.

* OddFriendship: Arya and Daenerys, youngest daughters of Eddard Stark and Aerys Targaryen, surprisingly hit it off quite well. [[spoiler:They even capture a Faceless Man together!]]

* OnlySaneMan

* PapaWolf: Harry is one, threaten or harm his children and he'll make you experience a FateWorseThanDeath before killing you.
* PetTheDog
** When he first meets Craster, he gives one of the girls (who turns out to be Gilly) a flower that never wilts and curses Craster to suffer great pain whenever he tries to rape one of his "wives".
** He also comforts a young Daenerys Targaryen when she and her brother are told to leave Braavos.

* PrettyBoy

* ProperlyParanoid: Harry. Of course, he knows the Others are coming soon.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* ShoutOut: Harry likes to tell tales based on stories from Earth, and, of course, there's the occassional one to his own adventures. An indirect shout-out to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy in Harry's in-story epithet the "Witch King Beyond-The-Wall".

* SorcerousOverlord: How the Seven Kingdoms consider the Witch-King-Beyond-the-Wall. Magic powers, check. His powerbase in a deathly cold country, check. Ruling over bloodthirsty barbarians, check. Possible ambitions to come South of the Wall, check. Of course, after meeting Harry himself and visiting his city, the Lord Commander and Eddard Stark can see that Harry is just a NiceGuy trying to improve his people's lives - and prepare for a future crisis that can mean TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if not fought.

* TookALevelInBadass: The Norfolk. From nomad people whose best weapons are old and rusty, to people with three large self-sufficient cities, armed and armored in steel (or better) and kicking ass like no one's business, in just a few short years.

* VillainRespect: Well, calling Jeor Mormont a villain is certainly stretching a bit, but he's certainly an antagonist to Harry and the Norfolk at the beginning. He's not happy about Wildlings becoming better organized and armed under a competent and powerful leader, but he nonetheless feels grateful towards Harry for killing Alfyn Crowkiller - who murdered many Black Brothers - and acknowledges him as the most serious candidate to the mantle of King-Beyond-the-Wall - not to mention the fact that it is growingly possible that their intentions to remain where they are are true.

* WrongGenreSavvy

* EndlessWinter: The Lands Beyond-the-Wall. UpToEleven with the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Lands Of Always Winter]].

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11132113/1/The-Difference-One-Man-Can-Make The Difference One Man Can Make]]'' is a Franchise/HarryPotter-Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire {{Crossover}} fanfic by joen1801, that begins twelve years after the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry decided to WalkTheEarth after learning Ginny was involved with Neville, and upon returning to England, an accident that happens while he helps stop a group of fanatic purebloods from taking over the Department of Mysteries ends up sending him to a cold land in the north of a continent called Westeros.

* KungFuWizard: Harry.
* TheLeader: Harry.

* TheLostWoods: The Haunted Forest.
* LoveAtFirstSight: When Harry met Val.

* MamaBear: Val.

* TheAce: Harry.
* ActionDad: Tormund and later Harry.
* ActionGirl: Val. Ygritte. Osha.

* AdultFear: Seeing your child choke because of poison is certainly a horrible experience.

* AnimalEyeSpy: The Wargs.