History FanFic / TheDifferenceOneManCanMake

* CassandraTruth: In spite of the proof showed to him, Allister Thorne still thinks that the Others are a tale made up by the Norfolk to cause panic in the Seven Kingdoms, and continuously advocates for their destruction. [[spoiler:It is unknown what his reaction after the close encounter with a bunch of wights and an Other will be.]]
* TheCavalry: Harry is trying to make one for the Wildlings.

* AlternateUniverse: to Franchise/HarryPotter at the beginning of the story, and to Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire starting on Chapter 2.

** Doran Martell attempts to arrange the marriage between Trystan and one of the Sand Snakes. Harry rejects it as well, as he needs to keep Trystan close to teach him how to use magic.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Craster.]]

* BagOfHolding: Harry has one, where he keeps many things.

** Stannis Baratheon, who is so strong-willed that he manages to break through Harry's compulsion charm.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper

* DuelToTheDeath

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

* {{Expy}}

** Even when they deal with them they cannot help avoid this. Tywin Lannister offers Harry a Lannister girl's hand for his son, and either Tarbeck Hall or Castamere to Harry's subordinates, in exchange of Harry's (and the Norfolk's) support against Tywin's enemies. Harry points out that it makes for a piss-poor offer, since the only Lannister girls are a bastard girl or from the minor branches, the aforementioned keeps are in ruins and Tywin is not offering the one thing Harry needs, which is support when the Others come.

* FrontlineGeneral: Harry.

* 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.

* GoodOldWays: The Wildlings are believers of this. Harry builds a society that takes apart the worst details of their culture and strengthens the best.

* HadToBeSharp

* HeroicResolve
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mance Rayder, who was trying to unite the Wildlings knowing that the Others were coming, before learning of Harry.

* IronicNickname
* IShallTauntYou

** [[spoiler:Grandmaester Pycelle is mysteriously killed in a way that makes it look like it was completely natural.]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:When it becomes obvious that the mixed Black Watch-Norfolk-Mormont group is going to get killed, the Norfolk bring out the portkey Harry gave them and grab the others to escape.]]

* TheLostWoods

* LoveRuinsTheRealm: Invoked by Olenna Tyrell when she suggests to her granddaughter to seduce Harry, in order to gain control over the Norfolk which trading policies - selling foodstuffs cheaper - start to negatively impact the Reach.

* MinoredInAssKicking: Harry, with a major in magic.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Harry's attempt to improve the lot of the Wildlings 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.

** Despite his uneasiness regarding the Wildlings, Robert praises their alchol-brewing skills after he gets a taste of vodka.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Harry might be the leader of the Norfolk, but he always listens to what others say, and makes sure to explain the reasons behind his decisions.

* SexyScandinavian: some of the Wildlings. Also, a woman Harry met during his travel around the world before the accident that brought him to Westeros.

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Viserys.]]

* 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.

* {{Unobtanium}}: Dragonsteel. [[spoiler:After many attempts, Harry manages to make something that ''might'' be this.]]

* WeirdnessMagnet: Harry, just like in his books.

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

*** That said, Tywin later acknowledges that his offer was stupid and accepts Harry's offer of a dragonsteel sword.
** [[spoiler:Viserys thought he could easily convince (or not even have to try to) Harry and the Norfolk to invade the Seven Kingdoms, so as to place him on the throne.]]

** Olenna Tyrell believes Margaery would be able to get Harry to abandon Val.

** Doran Martell attempts to arrange the marriage between Trystan and one of the Sand Snakes. Harry rejects it as well, pretty much for the same reason as Tywin's.

* CassandraTruth: In spite of the proof showed to him, Allister Thorne still thinks that the Others are a tale made up by the

* ChekhovsGunman: Wulf's murderer. The Targaryan children. Syrio Forel. Tywin Lannister and his son Tyrion. Melisandre also shapes to be this.

** [[spoiler:When this fails as Gareth [[GoingNative gets assimilated]], Grand Maester Pycelle hires the Faceless Men to do the deed.]]

* CoolSword: Harry makes several swords made of an alloy of steel and obsidian. [[spoiler:He offers Tywin Lannister a sword for his family as an apology for not accepting his marriage offer, which Tywin accepts.]] He sells weapons made of this material to the North.

* CrapsackWorld: It's Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, this is a given.

* CoolSword: Harry makes several swords made of an alloy of steel and obsidian. [[spoiler:He offers Tywin Lannister a sword for his family as an apology for not accepting his marriage offer, which Tywin accepts.]]

** [[spoiler:The Faceless Man that attempted to kill Harry and his family suffers a very prolonged torture, probably followed by death.]]

* DemotedToDragon: Tormund.

* 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.

* 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 over a thousand Free Folk, and is hailed as the new King-Beyong-the-Wall in the Seven Kingdoms.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mance Rayder, who was trying to unite the Wildlings knowing that the Others were coming.
* HoldingOutForAHero: Harry is trying to make sure the Norfolk don't fully depend on his magic, but it is hard to do things the hard way when you know Harry can do them with less effort and in less time. For example, while Harry is away to meet the Northern nobles, their iron mine suffers a collapse, and some wonder why Harry did not come to get them out: they are told that they cannot expect Harry to solve every problem they have.

* JustTheFirstCitizen: The Free Folk doesn't believe in kings, meaning that Harry is only the guy with magic powers and genius ideas who they decide to obey because hey, these are ''good'' ideas. Harry himself doesn't mind at all, because he dislikes the idea of being a lord.
** {{Averted}} by the Seven Kingdoms, which consider Harry as the King-Beyond-the-Wall, and call him such.

* KungFuWizard: Harry
* TheLeader: Harry

* MassOhCrap

** The Lord Commander Jeor Mormont has to bluntly explain to Alliser Thorne ''why'' going to war with the Norfolk would end up in a disaster for the Watch. Benjen Stark also sues for peace, which let some black brothers accuse him of cowardice and consorting with the Wildlings.

** [[spoiler:The fast-acting nature of the Strangler messes up the Faceless Man's attempts to kill Harry and his family.]]

* 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.

* WouldHitAGirl: The Wildlings and the Norfolk men have no trouble fighting against a woman... but attacking a defenseless woman is ''heavily'' frowned upon [[spoiler:as Viserys discovers when he tries to strike Daenerys for the high crime of preventing him from getting himself killed.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The Archmaesters order Gareth to murder Harry's kids if they ever show signs of being magical. The Faceless Man hired to kill Harry and his family nearly kills Trysan by poisoning him]]
* WrittenByTheWinners: Subverted. [[spoiler:Viserys]] thinks that all the terrible stories about Aerys were made by the Baratheons and their supporters to make Aerys look bad. Harry counters this by pointing out that historical texts in Westeros tend to focus on simple facts rather than giving sensational stories, so Aerys probably (read:unquestionably) was guilty of the atrocities he is often accused of.

** When Robert dreams of adding the Norfolk to the Seven Kingdoms via conquest, his brother Stannis argues that none of his lords or knights would accept to let a warm castle to go fight in a [[GrimUpNorth harsh country]] inhabited by rather aggressive natives because their king wants a fight breaking his existence's monotony. Jon Arryn also points that the treasure is unable to support the war effort.

** During a visit to the Citadel, Harry learns about Stannis' daughter catching greyscale, and he takes a detour to heal the girl. In exchange, he only asks for dragonglass (which Stannis has in abundance and no use for) and the possibility to trade, offering to Stannis the possibility of buying much needed food.
** Despite his uneasiness regarding the Wildlings, Robert praises their alcohol-making skills after he gets a taste of vodka.

* PragmaticHero: Harry, who has no problem with using his magic to ensure he can make his point through.

** Jeor Mormont knows that the Norfolk are a ''potential'' threat, but is unwilling to attack them as long as they are not a ''confirmed'' threat. And, during his visit to First Forge, he sees that Benjen was right.

* ReligionIsMagic: Averted. To Harry, magic is simply part of who he is. Played straight with the Old Gods.

* 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 Triology in Harry's in-story epithet "Witch king".
* ShroudedInMyth: Some of Harry's exploits.

* 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 a few years.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The Archmaesters order Gareth to murder Harry's kids if they ever show signs of being magical.]]

* ShoutOut: Harry likes to tell tales based on stories from Earth. And, of course, there's the occassional one to his own adventures.
* ShroudedInMyth: some of Harry's exploits.

* AmazonBrigade: The Wildling Spearwives.

** The Lord Commander Jeor Mormont has to bluntly explain to Alliser Thorne ''why'' going to war with the Norfolk would end up in a disaster for the Watch.

* 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 over a thousand Free Folk.

** Tywin Lannister offers the hand of a Lannister girl to Trystan (Harry's son) in exchange of an alliance. Harry rejects the offer, as the offered deal gives nothing of use to Harry and would not work on Tywin's side either, since, as Harry is not a lord in the sense of Tywin, none of his men would actually follow him to fight for Tywin.

* ArmyoftheDead: The White Walkers.

* {{Badass}}: A LOT of the characters who live in the Game of Thrones world are required to be this in order to simply stay alive.

''[[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. Since Ginny started a relationship with Neville while Harry was hunting the Horcruxes, he decided to leave England and journey around the world and learning more about magic and other cultures, feeling that he had not lived up to his full potential during his school years.

While visiting England, Harry is asked by Minister for Magic Shacklebolt to help carry out an operation intended to prevent an organization formed by fanatic purebloods to gain access to the Department of Mysteries and take weapons to wage their own war against the post-Voldemort world. During the struggle, Harry is accidentally caught in an explosion that sends him to a cold land in a continent called Westeros.

There, he decides to side with the Free Folk that live north of the Wall, figuring that their society is much more up to his alley, and decides not just to live with them, but to improve their lot while keeping (most of) their customs alive. But when he learns that he is, yet again, the one around whom many people's destinies depend on, he starts to work harder than most would expect...

* TheAce

* AdultFear

* ALightInTheDistance

* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler: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.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Most of the Noble Houses such as Stark, Baratheon, and Lannister respectively. The Norfolk get an owl. [[spoiler:Bloodraven's Prophecy about the events to come also has plenty of these.]]
* AntiMagic: The Wall [[spoiler:keeps anything magical from passing by it directly, as Harry discovered when he tried to fly over it on his broomstick.]]

* AStormIsComing: House Stark's creed and [[spoiler: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.]]

* ButtMonkey: Maester Gareth is this to Harry's Clan due to his trying to "civilize" them. [[spoiler:He later gives up and it gets somewhat better for him.]]

* ChekhovsGun
* ChekhovsSkill: Harry's magic

* ChildrenAreInnocent

* TheConspiracy: The Citadel [[spoiler:tries to get Gareth to poison Harry and his family to prevent them from bringing magic back to Westeros.]]
** [[spoiler:When this fails as Gareth gets assimilated, Grand Maester Pycelle hires the Faceless Men to do the deed.]]

* CrazyPrepared: Harry, and he tries to instill this feeling on others. Of course, considering he knows what is coming, it might actually not be ''enough''.

** Even when they deal with them they cannot help avoid this. Tywin Lannister intends to offer Harry the hand of a Lannister girl for his son, and either Tarbeck Hall or Castamere to one of Harry's subordinates, in exchange of Harry's (and the Norfolk's) support against Tywin's enemies. Harry points out to Tyrion that it speaks quite a lot of Tywin's opinion of the Norfolk: the only Lannister girls are from the minor branches (or a bastard girl), the aforementioned castles are in ruins and there's no mention of Tywin offering to help Harry against the Others, which is what he really needs.

* GenderIsNoObject: A staple of Wildling society, Harry encourages it even more: he makes sure that girls have the same chances as boys when it comes to learning, women and men are part of his army... Theon gets a hard lesson in this when Ygritte beats him in an archery contest.
* TheGhost

* HoldingOutForAHero: Harry is trying to make sure the Norfolk don't fully depend on his magic, but it is hard to do things the hard way when you know Harry can do them with less effort and in less time. For example, while Harry is away to meet the Northern nobles, their iron mine suffers a collapse, and some wonder why Harry cannot come get them out: they get told that they have to do things on their own, and that they cannot expect Harry to solve every problem they have.

* HyperAwareness:

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Craster, the cannibals, some of the wildlings.]]

* LostTechnology: Dragonsteel and Valyrian Steel. Harry tries his best to find the way to replicate these two technologies. [[spoiler:He (possibly) succeeds with the former.]]

* MasterPoisoner: Gareth is considered this due to his knowledge of poisons, [[spoiler:which is why he was picked to go to First Forge and kill Harry if he was magical.]]

* MinoredInAssKicking
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are quite a few Harrys (or similar names) in the Seven Kingdoms, there's also both Trystan (Harry's son) and Trystane Martell.

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

* ActionDad: Tormund [[spoiler:and later Harry]]
* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:Val]]

* AmazonianBeauty: [[spoiler:Val. Ygritte.]]

* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler: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: [[spoiler:The Wargs]]

* ArrangedMarriage: Tywin Lannister offers the hand of a girl from one of the Lannister minor branches to Harry's son in exchange of an alliance. Doran Martell tries to offer one of the Sand Snakes to Harry's son, too. Harry rejects both, as it would be pointless since he is not officially a lord so the arrangement would grant no boon to the southron lords, and does not intend to force his children to marry anyone they don't want. Harry and Ned end up arranging Arya's betrothal to Trystan and Emer's to Bran, telling them that they do not expect them to follow through.

* AStormIsComing: House Stark's creed and [[spoiler:Bloodraven's Prophecy pretty much foreshadows the future conflicts, such as the War of Five Kings.]]
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Quite a few characters in Game of Thrones has at least one of these. [[spoiler:Harry himself becomes "The Witch-King-Beyond-the-Wall".]]

* BadassFamily: Tormund Giantsbane's family could count as this. [[spoiler:And maybe Harry's family later on.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Harry and [[spoiler:Val]]

* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, DO NOT threaten [[spoiler:Harry's family,]] it won't end well for you.

* BestHerToBedHer: A Wildling Tradition. [[spoiler:Reversed with Harry and Val]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Threaten Harry's loved ones, see what happens.

* TheBlacksmith: Harry learns how to be this from [[spoiler:Magical VIKINGS!]]

* BoringButPractical: Most of the things Harry does with his magic for the inhabitants of [[spoiler:First Forge.]]

* TheClan: Harry's people, the inhabitants of [[spoiler:First Forge.]]

* TheConfidant[=/=]TheConsigliere: [[spoiler:Val]]

* CoolSword: Harry makes several swords made of an alloy of steel and obsidian. [[spoiler:He offers Tywin Lannister a sword for his family as an apology for not accepting his mariage offer, which Tywin accepts.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One cannibal threatens to eat Harry's [[spoiler:children]] and rape [[spoiler:Val, his spouse]]. Harry rewards him with torture under the Cruciatus curse and finishes it off by burning him alive with Fiendfyre.

** Stannis Baratheon, who is so strong-willed that he manages to break through one of Harry's compulsion charms.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Harry tells Viserys that the Norfolk will never fight to place him on the Iron Throne. Viserys tries to kill Harry - if it were not for Daenerys, he would have been killed for that.

* EatingtheEyeCandy: Harry has a moment of this with [[spoiler:Val]].

* EntitledBastard: [[spoiler:Viserys]] expects the Norfolk to help [[spoiler:him]] reconquer Westeros. They give [[spoiler:him]] the proverbial finger, though they do allow [[spoiler:him and Daenerys]] to stay in First Forge some time for [[spoiler:their]] protection.

* FamousLastWords

* GargleBlaster: Played with when Harry introduces Vodka to the world. Tyrion who is known for his ability to hold his drink can't handle his first mouthful of the stuff.

* GoodOldWays: The Wildlings are believers of this. Harry tries to create a mix of these and some new things that eliminate the worst things about their society.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler:Harry and Val.]]

* HappilyMarried: Tormund. [[spoiler:Harry and Val]].

* HoldingOutForAHero: Harry is trying to make sure the Norfolk don't fully depend on his magic, but it is hard to do things the hard way when you know Harry can do them with less effort and in less time. For example, while Harry is away to meet the Northern nobles, the iron mine suffers a collapse, and some wonder why Harry cannot come get them out: they get told that they have to do things on their own, and that they cannot expect Harry to solve every problem they have.

* HotConsort: [[spoiler:Val.]]

* IWasBeatenByAGirl: [[spoiler:Harry was stolen by Val. Not that he was complaining.]]
* KarmicDeath: That cannibal that threatened to eat [[spoiler:Harry's children]] certainly got it.

* LoveAtFirstSight: When Harry met [[spoiler:Val.]]

* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Val.]]

* PapaWolf: Tormund. [[spoiler:Harry.]]

** Despite his uneasiness regarding the Wildlings, Robert praises their wine-making skills after he gets a taste of vodka.

** Ned Stark and Doran Martell. Both of them offer to help Harry should the need arrive, but point out that they can hardly commit any soldiers to a fight against something that, as far as they know, is only a legend.

** [[spoiler:Viserys thought he could easily convince (or not even that) Harry and the Norfolk to invade the Seven Kingdoms, so as to place him on the throne.]]

* EntitledBastard: [[spoiler:Viserys]] expects the Norfolk to help [[spoiler:him]] reconquer Westeros. They give [[spoiler:him]] the proverbial finger, though they do allow [[spoiler:him and Daenerys]] to stay in the First Forge for [[spoiler:their]] protection.

* CoolSword: Harry makes several swords made of an alloy of steel and obsidian. [[spoiler:He offers Tywin Lannister a sword for his family as an apology for not accepting his offer.]]