History Fanfic / AGreenSunIlluminatesTheVoid

See ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' and ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' for the tropes of those respective universes. And no, despite what the title says, [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant it has no relation to]] ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.

See ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' and ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' for the tropes of those respective universes.

* TheCorrupter: Marisalon's job. So far, she hasn't been doing that well at it, because Louise is as stubborn and pig-headed as a Conviction 5 person [[ShownTheirWork is expected to be]].
%% Natter and Administrivia/ExampleIndentation problems ** PoisonousFriend: She genuinely has her host's well-being at heart, however, and most of her suggestions seem to be her attempting to advise Louise on a course of action that would make her happy. It just so happens she's saying this from the [[BlueAndOrangeMorality hyper-cynical and self-centered viewpoint of a demon]].
%% Natter and Administrivia/ExampleIndentation problems ** And she's doing it less and less, as she realizes that there is no reason in Creation to go back to Malfeas, given that she's essentially playing backseat driver to someone who will be the most powerful being in the dimension inside of a decade.

* ShoutOut: Several.

* HornyDevil: As a neomah, this is one of the most immediately notable traits of Marisalon. Unfortunately for her, this is running into Louise's repression, and losing.

* ImportantHaircut: Louise cuts off most of her own hair in order to hide among the rebel horses, primarily because the women there all have short hair, but also because having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unusually-colored hair]] is a sure sign of being a mage and noble. She has to use Derflinger to do it, because of the MadeOfIron status she gets from her Exaltation.

A common tendency in Familiar of Zero fanfic is for Louise to summon someone else. ''A Green Sun Illuminates the Void'' by [=EarthScorpion=] takes the rather more unusual path of having her comprehensively fail to summon anything. And such a failure, so epic, so catastrophic, which ruins her destiny and the entire path of the narrative...

Fanfiction.net link [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6654901/1/A_Green_Sun_Illuminates_the_Void here]].

See ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' and ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' for the tropes of those respective universes.

* ImportantHaircut: Louise cuts off most of her own hair in order to hide among the rebel horses, primarily because the women there all have short hair, but also because having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unusually-colored hair]] is a sure sign of being a mage and noble.
** She also has to use Derflinger to do it, because of the MadeOfIron status she gets from her Exaltation.

* LightningBruiser: Mages are stuck within human physical limits, although some seem to be able to enhance themselves. Exalts like Louise and [[spoiler: Scarron]] are decidedly not.
** Irukuwu also qualifies. In human form, she's quite fast, and can kill power armored soldiers with thrown food jars, even before she starts partial shapeshifting. In dragon form, well, she's a Rhyme Dragon. Those are [[TheDreaded scary as all malfeas, even for other dragons.]]

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: This happens to Louise, because she has a long list of powers, and the plot demands their first uses.
** It's also a more general side-effect of being an Exalt; if you've got the XP saved up and you ''need'' a new ability to succeed at whatever you're doing you can generally buy one that is thematically appropriate on the spot.
* NobodyPoops: Louise has learned that one of the perks of becoming a Green Sun Prince is that one no longer sweats, uses a chamberpot, or has [[NoPeriodsPeriod their monthly visitor]]; the trope otherwise appears to be played straight.
** To be more specific, this is the one of the effects of the Ceceylne Charm Transcendent Desert Creature (which Louise had straight out of Exaltation), not a default part of the Infernal Exaltation package.

* WatchingTroyBurn: At the end of Chapter 12.

* UnreliableNarrator: In a manner of speaking; Louise has so far not yet visited the realm of Malfeas in person and so her knowledge of the Yozis is limited solely to what Marisalon tells her (who is certainly an example of this trope, being a neomah), but due to the effects of her Infernal Exaltation, she's developed a schoolgirl crush on Malfeas himself, to possible unfortunate consequences later on.

* PlayingWithFire: So far, most of Louise's Charms seem to be taken from Malfeas (appropriate, given that she's a Slayer) and a good number of them relate to Malfeas' signature green fire. Most of it's for show or related to the Green Sun Prince's anima banner, but she's displayed apt use of Green Sun Nimbus Flare several times. It also appears to be dealing some forms of radiation sickness to certain people, as per canon.

* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Louise may be empowered by the cosmic horse of the creators of linear time and all fixed reality. She still lives for her mother's approval.

** In chapter 9, one of the Griffon Knight only has a [[{{Monty Python and the Holy Grail}} flesh wound]].

%% Natter and ExampleIndentation problems ** PoisonousFriend: She genuinely has her host's well-being at heart, however, and most of her suggestions seem to be her attempting to advise Louise on a course of action that would make her happy. It just so happens she's saying this from the [[BlueAndOrangeMorality hyper-cynical and self-centered viewpoint of a demon]].
%% Natter and ExampleIndentation problems ** And she's doing it less and less, as she realizes that there is no reason in Creation to go back to Malfeas, given that she's essentially playing backseat driver to someone who will be the most powerful being in the dimension inside of a decade.

Oh, and separate from the [[FluffyTheTerrible potentially apocalyptic terror in the form of a cute pink-haired girl]], ''A Green Sun Illuminates the Void'' also rebuilds large amounts of the setting using historical research on 1600s Europe, and a cynical viewpoint on the nature of power and its use, recreating the contrast between gritty fantasy and horrific power that {{TabletopGame/Exalted}} is famous for.

* SuperpowerLottery: Louise and Tabitha won the jackpot. Louise got a [[{{Exalted}} Infernal Exaltation]], while Slyphid/Irukuwu is vastly more powerful and intelligent than any other familiar.

** In chapter 9, one of the Griffon Knight only has a [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail flesh wound]].

** Foquet makes a proclamation about how the heroes will remember this as [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean the day they almost caught her]].

%%* OutsideContextVillain: Sheffield has finally figured out that Louise is not a mage. Unfortunately for her, she thinks Louise is a [[HalfHumanHybrid Godblood]] Familiar, because she doesn't know Exalted exist.

** In chapter 9, one of the Griffon Knight only has a [[Film /{{Monty Python and the Holy Grail}} flesh wound]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: Louise and Montmorency are in the early stages of this, a friendship born of [[DefeatMeansFriendship putting each other in the hospital]].

* OutsideContextVillain: Sheffield has finally figured out that Louise is not a mage. Unfortunately for her, she thinks Louise is a [[HalfHumanHybrid Godblood]] Familiar, because she doesn't know Exalted exist.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Louise may be empowered by the cosmic horse of the creators of linear time and all fixed reality. She still lives for her mother's approval.

** PoisonousFriend: She genuinely has her host's well-being at heart, however, and most of her suggestions seem to be her attempting to advise Louise on a course of action that would make her happy. It just so happens she's saying this from the [[BlueAndOrangeMorality hyper-cynical and self-centered viewpoint of a demon]].
** And she's doing it less and less, as she realizes that there is no reason in Creation to go back to Malfeas, given that she's essentially playing backseat driver to someone who will be the most powerful being in the dimension inside of a decade.

* [[OutsideContextVillain Outside Context Protagonist]]: Sheffield has finally figured out that Louise is not a mage. Unfortunately for her, she thinks Louise is a [[HalfHumanHybrid Godblood]] Familiar, because she doesn't know Exalted exist.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: Louise may be empowered by the cosmic horse of the creators of linear time and all fixed reality. She still lives for her mother's approval.

* DishingOutDirt: The exact list of Louise's Charms isn't spelled out in the fic itself, but she has one of Cecelyne's defensive Charms (namely Sand Through Fingers Defense), possessing the ability to burst into Cecelyne's signature sands. Also she has picked up Sandstrike Blast, which conjure the silver sands with the horse of..well [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sandblaster]]. At one point, she's mugged by hired thugs and employs this to accidentally shred one of their faces to bloody gibs.

* MagicKnight: Incredibly common. Wardes and the Griffon Knights are explicitly mage-knights in-setting, and any mage who learns how to fight as well as cast counts as one. Louise is also ending up as an example of this trope; as a Slayer, she naturally picks up skill in use of weaponry inhumanly quickly.

* DishingOutDirt: The exact list of Louise's Charms isn't spelled out in the fic itself, but she has one of Cecelyne's defensive Charms (namely Sand Through Fingers Defense), possessing the ability to burst into Cecelyne's signature sands. Also she has picked up Sandstrike Blast, which conjure the silver sands with the force of..well [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sandblaster]]. At one point, she's mugged by hired thugs and employs this to accidentally shred one of their faces to bloody gibs.

* ImportantHaircut: Louise cuts off most of her own hair in order to hide among the rebel forces, primarily because the women there all have short hair, but also because having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unusually-colored hair]] is a sure sign of being a mage and noble.

** Irukuwu also qualifies. In human form, she's quite fast, and can kill power armored soldiers with thrown food jars, even before she starts partial shapeshifting. In dragon form, well, she's a Rhyme Dragon. Those are [[TheDreaded scary as all hell, even for other dragons.]]

* MagicalGirlWarrior: Through a twisted, hellish lens, this is Louise's status in the story. A teenage girl, empowered by a strange being to work towards "fixing" the world, given special powers to do so even as she confronts the travails of growing up and society's expectations. It's the bit where she's a hell-empowered neo-titan, is where things get a bit less normal.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Marisalon, as a neomah, plays a role similar to a succubus. However, from hints dropped about her past, she bought her citizenship in hell with bribes and profits made from trade with Creation. Louise has also summoned a sesselja, which is basically a smart animal which likes eating poisons and mending flesh.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: Louise may be empowered by the cosmic force of the creators of linear time and all fixed reality. She still lives for her mother's approval.