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* VillainKiller: For the first few chapters, the Wolf goes around killing the worst villains that Westeros has to offer (the Mountain, Ramsay Bolton, Littlefinger, Euron Greyjoy...), not out of any sense of justice [[KickTheSonOfABitch but because the Chaos gods ordered him to]]. Then he's caught trying to [[spoiler:steal the Iron Throne]] and reappears later demanding that the entirety of the Seven Kingdoms gather their armies to fight him.
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* VillainKiller: For the first few chapters, the Wolf goes around killing the worst villains that Westeros has to offer (the Mountain, Ramsay Bolton, Littlefinger, Euron Greyjoy...), not out of any sense of justice [[KickTheSonOfABitch but because the Chaos gods ordered him to]].to. Then he's caught trying to [[spoiler:steal the Iron Throne]] and reappears later demanding that the entirety of the Seven Kingdoms gather their armies to fight him.
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* AssholeVictim: Apart from unnamed soldiers, the Wolf's victims are people very few readers are likely to cheer for.
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* AssholeVictim: Apart from unnamed soldiers, Several Dark Elf slavers are taken prisoner by the Wolf's victims are people very few readers are likely Wolf and sold off to cheer for.[[spoiler:Skaven and Chaos Dwarfs]]. It's hard to feel bad for them.
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* KarmicInjury: The Wolf repeatedly ([[KickTheSonOfABitch but unintentionally]]) inflicts Karmic Injuries on his enemies. Justified since he's sacrificing them to the Chaos gods (of rage, hedonism, betrayal, and decay respectively) and tries to make the victim's death match the intended god:
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* KarmicInjury: The Wolf repeatedly ([[KickTheSonOfABitch but unintentionally]]) (but unintentionally) inflicts Karmic Injuries on his enemies. Justified since he's sacrificing them to the Chaos gods (of rage, hedonism, betrayal, and decay respectively) and tries to make the victim's death match the intended god:
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** The Wolf makes it clear he doesn't know or care what his victims did, only that he is to kill them. That he gives them a KarmicDeath is entirely coincidental.
** Several Dark Elf slavers are taken prisoner by the Wolf and sold off to [[spoiler:Skaven and Chaos Dwarfs]]. It's hard to feel bad for them.
** The Wolf makes it clear he doesn't know or care what his victims did, only that he is to kill them. That he gives them a KarmicDeath is entirely coincidental.
** Several Dark Elf slavers are taken prisoner by the Wolf and sold off to [[spoiler:Skaven and Chaos Dwarfs]]. It's hard to feel bad for them.
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* OrphanedPunchline: The Wolf is heard telling Tyrion the last part of a saucy joke involving a man without enough seats for the guests at his wedding, who die when the bride comes in. It's a Scandinavian tale where [[spoiler:the man uses his GagPenis as a bench for the dozen guests, who get catapulted towards the ceiling and break their necks when he gets a RagingStiffie]].
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* OrphanedPunchline: The Wolf is heard telling Tyrion the last part of a saucy joke involving a man without enough seats for the guests at his wedding, who die when the bride comes in. It's a Scandinavian tale where [[spoiler:the man uses his GagPenis as a bench for the dozen guests, who get catapulted towards the ceiling and break their necks when he gets a RagingStiffie]].RagingStiffie on seeing his bride]].
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** Meanwhile, several of the people he saved correspond to the same: Varys and Tzeentch, Qyburn and Nurgle, Sandor and Khorne, and both Jaime and Cersei for Slaanesh.
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** Meanwhile, several of the people he saved correspond to the same: Varys [[spoiler:Varys and Tzeentch, Qyburn and Nurgle, Sandor and Khorne, and both Jaime and Cersei for Slaanesh. Slaanesh.]]
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** One of the Chaos mutants is obviously [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-weekly-roll/ch-29-fireball-fireball/viewer?title_no=358889&episode_no=31 this Plague MArine-inspired thing]] from ''Webcomic/TheWeeklyRoll''.
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** One of the Chaos mutants is obviously [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-weekly-roll/ch-29-fireball-fireball/viewer?title_no=358889&episode_no=31 this Plague MArine-inspired Marine-inspired thing]] from ''Webcomic/TheWeeklyRoll''. ''Webcomic/TheWeeklyRoll''.
** The Wolf was apparently present for Literature/TheTrojanWar.
** The Wolf was apparently present for Literature/TheTrojanWar.
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* TraumaticHaircut: After the Wolf's Dothraki fail to kill Goro (because [[spoiler:Littlefinger had conspired to have them kill their leader]], he cuts off their braids himself and delivers them to the khal, who orders them dumped in the sea.
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** The Wolf requets the Westerosi find "the jaw of a wolf, broken in two and stolen by a lion", believing it to be a literal bone. The Westeros characters immediately pick up that it refers to the swords made from Ned Stark's broadsword, but don't tell him this in the hopes of using it against him.
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** One of the Chaos mutants is obviously [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-weekly-roll/ch-29-fireball-fireball/viewer?title_no=358889&episode_no=31 this Plague MArine-inspired thing]] from ''Webcomic/TheWeeklyRoll''.
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* BrushOffWalkOff: The Wolf often turns his back on people to leave, sometimes in the middle of a conversation. The people he does it to wonder if it's a deliberate insult on his part (in which case it's working) or part of the way he acts to pick a fight with anything and anyone.
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* HammyVillainSeriousHero: The Wolf is a huge, loud, obnoxiously friendly Champion of Chaos whose every other sentence is a FisticuffProvokingComment. By contrast, everyone on the heroic side barely tolerates his presence while he's allied with them and are usually in TranquilFury after he shows his true colors. Tyrion in particular dreads him because the Wolf gets it in his head that Tyrion is the worthiest man he's met in Westeros due to his feats of killing a man with a shield or freeing a pair of dragons, never referring to him as anything but Shield-slayer and inviting him to join his crew.
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* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: For most of the story, the BigBad is the Wolf, a LaughablyEvil LargeHam who is genuinely friendly with some of the Westeros characters (even if they find his friendship obnoxious and overbearing) and whose dislikes tend to overlap with the audience's (most of those he kills are Series/GameOfThrones villains). Then Sigvald the Magnificent comes along and takes charge of the Chaos forces, who is portrayed as a whiny PsychopathicManchild with no real ability to lead but able to cut down any challenge to his authority.
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* SteppingOutToReact: When the Wolf learns there will be no battle with the Iron Fleet, he storms out of the tent, there's a screeching noise, and the hapless guard comes in with the twisted remains of his helmet. [[spoiler:It's an act, as the Iron Fleet now obeys him and he made it clear that they were to stay away.]]
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* LyingByOmission: When trying to reassure Tyrion as to his sister's fate (since Cersei's body is nowhere to be found in the ruins of King's Landing), the Wolf tells him it's certain Cersei is aboard a ship (implying she's halfway to Essos by then). He should know, [[spoiler:he abducted Cersei the day of the attack and she's currently held prisoner onboard the Wolf's ship]].
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* FakeDAngerGambit: A variation when the Iron Fleet is spotted off Dragonstone while Daenerys is still AWOL: The Wolf is known to be RunningBothSides and participates in the defensive planning, but then the fleet sails away without explanation. As he explains later, he set up the threat of the fleet to ensure Daenerys' armies wouldn't disperse in her absence but stay to defend the city (and had the fleet disobeyed him and actually attacked, he would have joined in without hesitation).
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* FakeDAngerGambit: FakeDangerGambit: A variation when the Iron Fleet is spotted off Dragonstone while Daenerys is still AWOL: The Wolf is known to be RunningBothSides and participates in the defensive planning, but then the fleet sails away without explanation. As he explains later, he set up the threat of the fleet to ensure Daenerys' armies wouldn't disperse in her absence but stay to defend the city (and had the fleet disobeyed him and actually attacked, he would have joined in without hesitation).
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* IdealistVsPragmatist: The Wolf repeatedly comes into conflict with his own side several times due to his pushing for ever-less restrained action, most notably over how the siege of King's Landing should be handled. He seems convinced that Daenerys has a goal and personality typical of a Chaos warlord, and seems genuinely confused that she wouldn't try to act like one. His sheer size and strength keep the confrontations from becoming physical, and while he's never truly convinced by Tyrion or Daenerys, he only takes out his frustration at being contradicted on inanimate objects.
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** The Wolf repeatedly comes into conflict with his own side several times due to his pushing for ever-less restrained action, most notably over how the siege of King's Landing should be handled. He seems convinced that Daenerys has a goal and personality typical of a Chaos warlord, and seems genuinely confused that she wouldn't try to act like one. His sheer size and strength keep the confrontations from becoming physical, and while he's never truly convinced by Tyrion or Daenerys, he only takes out his frustration at being contradicted on inanimate objects.
** The Wolf repeatedly comes into conflict with his own side several times due to his pushing for ever-less restrained action, most notably over how the siege of King's Landing should be handled. He seems convinced that Daenerys has a goal and personality typical of a Chaos warlord, and seems genuinely confused that she wouldn't try to act like one. His sheer size and strength keep the confrontations from becoming physical, and while he's never truly convinced by Tyrion or Daenerys, he only takes out his frustration at being contradicted on inanimate objects.
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* InjuredSelfDrag: One of the Wolf's men is found having managed to drag himself against a wall despite his wounds, trying to unsheathe a dagger. Grey Worm kills him so he dies without a weapon in hand, which is a big deal for Norscans.
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* AThicketOfSpears: The Westerosi forces are unpleasantly surprised to find the Chaos invaders don't (just) rely on great big mobs to attack, as there are enough spears to prevent a straight-up cavalry charge. However, once the formations break apart they're able to charge, inflicting considerably more damage (although they still take heavy losses, as the Norscans' size, ScaryImpracticalArmor and Chaos mutations give them huge advantages in one-on-one fights).
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* SinisterNudity: One Chaos warrior named Kruissla Iron-skin is always naked, his name comes from the fact that his skin is so thoroughly pierced with tiny iron barbs in the shape of Slaanesh's symbol ([[GroinAttack including his nether regions]]) that from a distance he seems to be wearing armor. According to the Wolf there's one for every kill he made (not necessarily against a WorthyOpponent either).
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* AdaptationDrift: The Wolf's effect on the plot of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' increases as time goes by:
** The early chapters mostly feature the Wolf showing up and killing GOT characters shortly before they would have died in canon ([[spoiler:Gregor Clegane, Ramsay Bolton, Petyr Baelish]]) and then leaving, so he has very little effect on the overall plot. Only after the Battle of Winterfell does he start having a broader effect on the world and other characters ([[spoiler:his meddling causes Theon Greyjoy to survive the battle and join him as a Champion of Chaos, Beric is still alive, Varys is abducted before he can be killed, his pulling a KillAndReplace on Euron Greyjoy ensures the Golden Company's WarElephants are in Westeros]]).
** While the next few chapters still follow the show's plot, it happens for different reasons: [[spoiler:he abducts Jaime, Qyburn and Cersei so their bodies are never found, Daenerys accepts King's Landing surrender so he makes it look as though Cersei used magic to attack Daenerys and make her burn down the city, Daenerys is killed when she catches the Wolf trying to steal the Iron Throne]].
** After the Wolf interrupts an important moment in the show's finale ([[spoiler:instead of a council banishing Jon Snow for the murder of Daenerys, Jon is now the Hand of the King]]), it goes into completely different territory: [[spoiler:the Unsullied stay in Westeros to fight the Wolf; Missandei, Varys, Jaime, Qyburn and Cersei are his prisoners; Arya is nearly killed by Khornate cultists, and the mostly-united Seven Kingdoms lay siege to Harrenhal with help from the Unsullied, Dothraki and the Red Priests of R'hllor to drive back the forces of Chaos]].
** The early chapters mostly feature the Wolf showing up and killing GOT characters shortly before they would have died in canon ([[spoiler:Gregor Clegane, Ramsay Bolton, Petyr Baelish]]) and then leaving, so he has very little effect on the overall plot. Only after the Battle of Winterfell does he start having a broader effect on the world and other characters ([[spoiler:his meddling causes Theon Greyjoy to survive the battle and join him as a Champion of Chaos, Beric is still alive, Varys is abducted before he can be killed, his pulling a KillAndReplace on Euron Greyjoy ensures the Golden Company's WarElephants are in Westeros]]).
** While the next few chapters still follow the show's plot, it happens for different reasons: [[spoiler:he abducts Jaime, Qyburn and Cersei so their bodies are never found, Daenerys accepts King's Landing surrender so he makes it look as though Cersei used magic to attack Daenerys and make her burn down the city, Daenerys is killed when she catches the Wolf trying to steal the Iron Throne]].
** After the Wolf interrupts an important moment in the show's finale ([[spoiler:instead of a council banishing Jon Snow for the murder of Daenerys, Jon is now the Hand of the King]]), it goes into completely different territory: [[spoiler:the Unsullied stay in Westeros to fight the Wolf; Missandei, Varys, Jaime, Qyburn and Cersei are his prisoners; Arya is nearly killed by Khornate cultists, and the mostly-united Seven Kingdoms lay siege to Harrenhal with help from the Unsullied, Dothraki and the Red Priests of R'hllor to drive back the forces of Chaos]].
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* SaneBossPsychoHenchmen: After the Wolf's victims are brought back as hideously mutated champions of the Chaos gods (a CombatSadomasochist, a mindless berserker, etc.), he makes his contempt for them clear, beating down any attempts at rebellion and assigning them to humiliating roles instead of letting them fight (watching the supplies of wine for [[spoiler:Ramsay]], being apprenticed to Sven for [[spoiler:Littlefinger]]).
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* ResurrectedMurderer: The Wolf's victims are resurrected as hideously deformed Champions of Chaos by their respective Chaos Gods, including [[spoiler:sadistic nobles and war criminals Ramsay Bolton and Gregor Clegane]]. However, the Wolf has just as much contempt for them as he did when they were alive, and quickly slaps down any attempt at rebellion from them. [[spoiler:Ramsay]] in particular is threatened with total sensory deprivation (the worst punishment possible for a Slaaneshi SenseFreak), and is given a logistics job instead of fighting (which results in him being handed over to [[spoiler:Sigvald]] for punishment when he screws that up).
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* ProductDeliveryOrdeal: The Wolf's longship can go through the Warp to bring him anywhere he wants, at the price of having to fight off demons the entire way.
** First seen when Euron Greyjoy [[spoiler:actually Theon in magical disguise]] claims to have a way to bring the Golden Company's WarElephants to Westeros fast enough to make a difference in the upcoming siege of King's Landing, bringing Harry Strickland along to organize the trip. While it certainly does work, the experience is a harrowing one, involving going through a realm of horrible demons twice. [[spoiler:It's all part of the Wolf's plan to make the confrontation between Cersei and Daenerys as huge and bloody as possible, although he's disappointed in that regard.]]
** Repeatedly occurs onscreen and offscreen, allowing the Wolf to deliver (among other things) Wilding tribes south of the Wall, dragonstone to Chaos Dwarves, gift his besiegers with huge amounts of meat to remind them he can't be starved out, and show the Dothraki khal that his homeland is vulnerable to the Wolf.
** First seen when Euron Greyjoy [[spoiler:actually Theon in magical disguise]] claims to have a way to bring the Golden Company's WarElephants to Westeros fast enough to make a difference in the upcoming siege of King's Landing, bringing Harry Strickland along to organize the trip. While it certainly does work, the experience is a harrowing one, involving going through a realm of horrible demons twice. [[spoiler:It's all part of the Wolf's plan to make the confrontation between Cersei and Daenerys as huge and bloody as possible, although he's disappointed in that regard.]]
** Repeatedly occurs onscreen and offscreen, allowing the Wolf to deliver (among other things) Wilding tribes south of the Wall, dragonstone to Chaos Dwarves, gift his besiegers with huge amounts of meat to remind them he can't be starved out, and show the Dothraki khal that his homeland is vulnerable to the Wolf.
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* WorfEffect: You know Gregor Clegane? The eight-foot tall psycho-knight built like a great big brick shithouse who decapitates horses with a single blow, single most dangerous thing in Westeros in single combat short of the Night King himself? [[spoiler:Wulfrik butchers him like a pig in the first goddamned chapter.]]
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* WorfEffect: You know Gregor Clegane? The eight-foot tall psycho-knight built like a great big brick shithouse who decapitates horses with a single blow, single most dangerous thing in Westeros in single combat short of the Night King himself? [[spoiler:Wulfrik butchers him like a pig in the first goddamned chapter.]]]]
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* DangerousInterrogative: After the Wolf learns the Iron Fleet won't be attacking King's Landing after all, his bloodthirsty grin stays but becomes far less amenable, and he gives a "What." before demanding an explanation. When the unfortunate messenger confirms it, the Wolf shakes him angrily and tromps off, venting his rage by flattening a soldier's helmet. It's all an act, as the Iron Fleet now obeys his orders and he needed them to keep Daenerys' armies in King's Landing without threatening them.
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** The Wolf's repeated belittling of Littlefingers' NonActionGuy status triggers Baelish's memories of losing the fight that sent him down his ManipulativeBastard path, resulting in Baelish attacking the Wolf in blind fury... [[ZeroChops and when it wears off, he realizes he only made himself look stupid]] (as evidenced by Arya laughing herself sick).
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** The Wolf's repeated belittling of Littlefingers' NonActionGuy status triggers Baelish's memories of losing the fight that sent him down his ManipulativeBastard path, resulting in Baelish attacking the Wolf in blind fury... [[ZeroChops [[WimpFight and when it wears off, he realizes he only made himself look stupid]] (as evidenced by Arya laughing herself sick).
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* PersonalizedPledge: The Wolf swears "by the skull of Torgald" (a rival Chaos champion whose skull he keeps on the pommel of his sword) that [[spoiler:Missandei]] will remain unharmed for AYearAndADay, after which he'll throw her to his men if Grey Worm doesn't do what he wants.
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Giants are known for their love of meat, so Wulfrik is thrown for a loop when Tormund informs him that Wun Wun is a vegetarian.
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* AscendedMeme: [[spoiler:Sigvald the Magnificent]] is often referred to as "Joffrey all grown up" in the Warhammer fandom, due to their shared traits ([[spoiler:narcissistic sadists born of BrotherSisterIncest]]). When he shows up in the fic, the onlookers (including [[spoiler:Cersei]]) think it's Joffrey returned from the dead.
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* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: The Wolf tends to use Bretonnians (''Warhammer''[='=]s FantasyCounterPartCulture to Arthurian french myths) when looking for an unfavorable comparison. Note that the author is [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales French himself]].
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* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: The Wolf tends to use Bretonnians (''Warhammer''[='=]s FantasyCounterPartCulture to Arthurian french French myths) when looking for an unfavorable comparison. Note that the author is [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales French himself]].
* ProphecyArmor: The Wolf is furious that there are no Houses from the Reach facing him, as he says (according to his seer's claims) the siege won't end until the full Seven Kingdoms (technically nine) are there to fight for their continued existence. As he's on the inside of the siege with little opportunity for the RapePillageAndBurn that Chaos specializes in, he makes it clear that he won't stand for this.
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** The Wolf sends a long-winded letter of insults to the Dothraki's new khal remeniscent of the fabled [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks]].
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** The Wolf sends a long-winded letter of insults to the Dothraki's new khal remeniscent reminescent of the fabled [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks]].
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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse. The Wolf seems unaware that all bastards in a kingdom share the same surname, leading him to think Jon and Ramsay are actual brothers. He also mistakes Bronn for Bran and vice versa.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Wolf mentions his sorcerer using an orange powder to enchant a blade to be rustproof (at the request of a warrior named [[PunnyName Kromsiss]]) and using that same powder to slowly poison a dark elf. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_dichromate Sodium dichromate is a carcinogenic orange chemical containing hexavalent chromium that can be used to prevent steel from rusting]].
