History FanFic / ThronesOfTheFourPillars

* AdaptationalBadass: [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Taran]], he can even wield a Keyblade.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Both reborn somebodies of Zexion and Marluxia have knowingly and willingly joined Xehanort's side as part of the Thirteen Shrouds of Darkness]]
* ApocalypseHow: The fate of several worlds including the Ghibli Hills. [[spoiler: The inevitable side-effect of Xehanort's plans to rewrite the order of the worlds]]
* BackFromTheDead: Xehanort. [[spoiler: Lea, Relena (Larxene's Nobody), Xion, a lot of people whose Nobodies and Heartlesses were slain.]]
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: Aqua to Xehanort in chapter 21 and then reversed soon afterwards]]
** BadassCrew
* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler: Ansem the Wise]]
* BashBrothers: Riku and Sora
* BarrierWarrior: [[spoiler: Ansem the Wise]]

* BattleCouple: Sora and Kairi; [[spoiler: Lea and Relena]]
* BerserkButton: Taran and Pazu are handily punished when they argue to the point of annoying Riku
** As a more serious example, Lea is a walking berserk button for Serah
*** [[spoiler: As Thaeon found out in an argument driven fight, Sora doesn't like being taunted about his mother.]]
*** [[spoiler: Nor does Thaeon like to be mocked about the unborn child which he lost.]]
*** [[spoiler: The gatekeeper of Xehanort's umbris was deliberately pressing everyone's buttons, especially Aqua's]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Quite a few get pulled off every now and then.
** [[spoiler: Of special note is near the end of the Destiny Islands arc, when Donald, Goofy, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthir, Penelo]], [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Serah]] come to the rescue.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: For starters, the new enemy featured in the story. [[spoiler: They bleed when hit and leave behind a body after they die.]]
* BrokenBird: Serah.
* CallBack: Nearly one per every chapter.
* CombatPragmatist: Thaeon shows this trait a lot and later [[spoiler: Lea approves of this approach in defense of Serah chastising Gurgi's habit of running away]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: The new enemies and one described way of which they are born.
** To clarify, one set of enemies can be best described as soulless flesh and blood bodies animated by hearts corrupted by darkness. Which means that they bleed when cut and will usually leave behind a body once vanquished. Sora and Riku even had to take a moment to vomit after their first encounters with one such creature known as Restless.
** The second set of enemies are ghosts who are also controlled by hearts corrupted by darkness. Worst yet is that some can directly attack a victim's soul to get to their heart. Some of these creatures known as Breathless, are also mostly invisible to the naked eye.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Riku still retains a few powers of darkness while Thaeon specializes in the usage and understanding of darkness.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[spoiler: Prominent when Lea and Serah are talking to each other and also seen with]] Between Sora and Riku, or Riku and several other characters especially Taran.
* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Homeworld]]: [[spoiler: [[Anime/CastleInTheSky Pazu]] eventually breaks down when this fact hits him.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Kairi still can't remember much from her childhood. [[spoiler: Ansem is piecing together his memory after escaping from the Realm of Darkness and Xion hardly remembered her own name.]]
** [[spoiler: Namine has somehow been forgotten, in spite of KHII Final Mix's added scenes.]]
** [[spoiler: Sora also can't remember Roxas or answer any questions relating to the events within Castle Oblivion]]
* EvilPlan

* HeroicBSOD: Sora goes through a short one [[spoiler: when he discovers the nature of the new enemy.]]
** Now he's in the midst of another one, [[spoiler: due to an encounter with Roxas]]
* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Xehanort's gatekeeper practically enjoyed rubbing the events of and leading up to ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' into Aqua's face and even accused her of allowing things to get worst after that.]]
* KickTheDog: Xehanort is already too much of a monster for the following to count as an [[MoralEventHorizon MEH]], but [[spoiler: destroying the [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki Hills of Ghibli]] would certainly qualify as this.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: Thaeon.
* LampshadeHanging: Chapter 14 gives us this gem:
--> '''Lea''': "It's like he just pushes a button and instant improbable reaction happens!"

* MindScrew: Many of the dreams that the heroes experience.
** [[spoiler: Sora envisions a confrontation with a bitter Roxas, who he doesn't remember.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Once Aqua learned about the damage that Xehanort committed, she feels responsible for not stopping him in the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'']]
* OhCrap: Plenty with a special note of when [[spoiler: The [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Mysterious Figure]] appears on the islands]] and [[spoiler: when Aqua and Thaeon figure out that Xehanort has returned]]
* OriginalCharacter: Only one so far, Thaeon[[spoiler:/Tobias]]. [[spoiler: He also hails from Radiant Garden, was trapped in the Realm of Darkness as long as Aqua or Ansem, and apparently also carries a vendetta against Xehanort.]]
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: A heavy-handed one is given to Sora [[spoiler: by Roxas]]
** [[spoiler: "So how can you even say that your victories against Xehanort were of your own strength? Can you really say that it was your own heart that defeated Ansem the Seeker of Darkness, or was it actually a leftover boast from when your girlfriend was inside you? Did you defeat Ansem? If so, then why did your friend Riku have to overcome him? Everything you've done has been done through the pain and sacrifice of others. How can you dare say that you have any strength of your own?...Your friends are your power, right?...That's naive kid. Your friends aren't your power, they are your shield. The shield upon which all of your pain and sorrow is painted. Sooner or later, the shield wears out and you just go to the next one. Just like you did with your mother...Hell...look at you...Is that Keyblade even formed from the strength of your heart?...Those who dwell within you...If all of them were gone, what would be left?"]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Gurgi always wisely flees at the first sign of trouble, "Ah Oh! Trouble! Good bye!"
* [[HesBack She's Back]]: [[spoiler: Ladies and Gentlemen, [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Master Aqua]]]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Xehanort calls out the whole main cast for acting as this in some way, even if some of their actions helped his own plans.]]
* TeamMom: [[spoiler: Aqua again]]
* TheApprentice: [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Taran]] [[spoiler: to Mickey Mouse]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Essentially the primary intention of Xehanort's plans.]]
* TheResenter: [[spoiler: Oswald]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack's]] somehow gotten a Keyblade between the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' and this fic.]]
** [[spoiler: Ansem the Wise.]] To quote the man himself, [[spoiler: "I may not be able to fight, but I can defend!]]
* VillainTeamUp: It just wouldn't be Kingdom Hearts without one...[[spoiler: or two]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: If Xehanort is back then where is Terra?]]
** [[spoiler: Oswald's apprentices find him and...it's not pretty]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: He was only doing it as a taunt, but Xehanort's remarks to Aqua qualify as this.]]
* XanatosGambit: Xehanort's specialty above all else.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Xehanort's well-backed claim.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron Taran]], he can even wield a Keyblade.

* TheApprentice: [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron Taran]] [[spoiler: to Mickey Mouse]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6565089/1/bThrones_b_of_the_bFour_b_bPillars_b Thrones of the Four Pillars]]'' is a KingdomHearts fanfic written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1489063/Thaeonblade Thaeonblade]].

Synopsis: One year after the end of VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII, Sora, Riku and Kairi prepare for the journey that King Mickey's letter spoke of just as events outside of their world catch up to them. Meeting friends new and old, these friends will have to entrench their strengths and learn new ones as the Darkness once more gathers upon the world... All orchestrated by a familiar foe.

** [[spoiler: Of special note is near the end of the Destiny Islands arc, when Donald, Goofy, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthir, Penelo]], [[CrisisCore Zack]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Serah]] come to the rescue.]]