History Fanfic / ASpartanInWesteros

* BigDamnHeroes: Master Chief, Arya, Jon and Will save Sansa and Joffrey from two bears that attack them on the way to King's Landing.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Joffrey, in his usual Jerkass self, complains that Chief saved him from some bears, stating he has shamed him in front of Sansa. Chief puts him in place quite soon.

* BigDamnHeroes: The Spartan, again and again. Particularly standing when he saved Cortana Stark from being burned alive after she castrated Aegon IV - and that, after being thought to be dead in a trap set by Aegon IV.

* ButterflyNets: In spite of the North helping stop the Andal invasion and then remaining independent when Aegon comes calling, the list of Kings of the Five Kingdoms and of Lords[=/=]Kings in the North is pretty much identical to that of the books.

* TheDreaded: The Spartan, south of the Neck. Unfortunately, there's always someone who thinks ''he'' (or she) will be the one to finally defeat him. They soon learn the lesson (most times, it becomes their ''last'' lesson).

* GroinAttack: Aegon IV tried to rape Cortana Stark. She answered by castrating him.

* TheKingslayer: The Spartan has killed three kings (Maegor the Cruel, Aegon II, Aegon IV) in two hundred years.

* NoSell: A good number of dragons tried to burn the Spartan alive. The fire does not even singe his armor, nor that of the Pelican.

** Aegon IV. After the Spartan returns from what seemed to be certain death to save Cortana Stark from being unjustly executed (after Aegon tried to rape her), Aegon proceeded to rant and rave about how he would not stop until both Cortana and the Spartan were dead. He most certainly deserved getting riddled with bullets.

* CelibateHero: Master Chief. JustifiedTrope, because of the treatments he underwent when he became a Spartan. Naturally, every noble in the North immediately tries to rope him into a political marriage. Also, Winterfell's prostitutes frequently try to seduce him to no avail.

* ForWantOfANail: Chief's arrival has changed quite a few things, to say the least.

* OutsideContextProblem: The Master Chief, Cortana, and the crashed wreck of the ''Dawn'', for Westeros. Well, for those inclined to cross them or the Starks - in other words, scheming, ambitious, ruthless, power-grabbing bastards - anyway. Varys is a notable [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], however: this new development could very well throw all of his plans into jeopardy, but he immediately acknowledges that he must and ''should'' adapt to any new factor that is game-changing enough to be such a concern in the first place.

* MedievalStasis: In spite of the Spartan's presence for several millenia, things do not seem to have changed that much. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because neither he nor Cortana can remain for long periods of time out of stasis to lead. He does, however, provide gunpowder weapons during the Dance of Dragons.

* WorthyOpponent: Aemon the Dragonknight for the Spartan. He becomes the only person that can claim to have defeated the Spartan (in a 'first-blood' duel in which the Spartan clearly held back).

** [[invoked]] Robert, too. In predictable contrast to Cersei, he outright ''likes'' that John doesn't kneel before him. [[spoiler:And when Mance reveals himself at Winterfell, Robert is very courteous to him and even offers to go hunting with him. WordOfGod implies this is partly because he doesn't want to provoke the Wildlings and partially because Mance is the only person who could even remotely be considered his equal]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: As Mance explains to Robert, this is how the Free Folk operate - he had to outfight and outwit his rivals in order to unite them and bring them south.

* PinocchioSyndrome: Some of the omakes have Cortana gaining an actual body.

* PinocchioSyndrome: A variation, in that the Spartan puts Cortana's consciousness in Rickon (Cregan's heir) and Rhaena's second child, a girl the parents name Cortana. She acts like a human at first, but slowly appears to regain Cortana's memories.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: How the Spartan killed Aegon II after he demanded the Spartan surrender King's Landing to him and kneel under threat of hiring an army of sellswords to take the city by force. He hit him so hard his {{neck snap}}ped.

A Spartan In Westeros is a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' / ''Series/GameOfThrones'' crossover fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1684724/Agailius Agailius]] (also known as [=Avalor0n=]) on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom.

* ShoutOut: A few with the radio callsigns he hands out to various people. Arya is "Literature/WhiteFang", Tommen is "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Simba]]", Jon is "WesternAnimation/{{Balto}},"and Ned is "[[Literature/TheJungleBook Akela]]".

** The Starks musing over the animal-themed naming of UNSC vehicles and commenting that the warthogs lack the tusks of the creatures they are familiar with, instead saying they share more similarities with the mountain lions, or [[Machinima/RedVsBlue pumas]].
** One chapter begins with two Night Watch men and two Wildlings basically re-enacting the [[Machinima/RedVsBlue "Do you ever wonder why we're here?"]] scene.

* LittleGirlsKickShins: Among the members of House Umber, most of whom keep trying to challenge the Master Chief to avenge Greatjon's loss to him in arm-wrestling, Greatjon's daughter Lyara kicks Chief in the shin. As he's a SuperSoldier in high-tech PoweredArmor, this just results in Lyara hurting her foot. Everyone attending becomes less afraid of the [[GentleGiant Spartan]] when he crouches down to see if Lyara didn't hurt herself too badly and agrees with Greatjon when he claims his daughter to be the most fearsome in the North for being able [[ExactWords to bring the Master Chief to his knees]].

-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Jaime Lannister:]]''' "The last I checked, [[LoopholeAbuse we are not under Stark's roof]], peasant."

* WomenPreferStrongMen: Chief gets a lot of [[CelibateHero unwanted]] female attention, from Ros and the rest of Winterfell's prostitutes to nobles trying to get him to marry into their respective families, including House Stark's head chef, even before they see what he looks like under his armor.

* ClarkesThirdLaw: Several characters in Westeros are in awe of Chief's technology due to the huge gap of advancement between their respective worlds. Numerous characters' first impression of the Pelican is that it's a flying creature (such as a dragon). Cortana is assumed to be a mythical being by the people who first meet her. Even lightbulbs have Robert commenting that Chief being considered a sorcerer is not an unreasonable assumption to make.

* LuminescentBlush: When Luwin jokes that the Spartan and Cortana argue LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, Cortana momentarily turns red and pink. The Spartan is left worried because turning red is usually a sign of [[AIIsACrapshoot impeding rampancy]].

** Robert, too. In predictable contrast to Cersei, he outright ''likes'' that John doesn't kneel before him. [[spoiler:And when Mance reveals himself at Winterfell, Robert is very courteous to him and even offers to go hunting with him. [[invoked]] WordOfGod implies this is partly because he doesn't want to provoke the Wildlings and partially because Mance is the only person who could even remotely be considered his equal]].

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Several characters' first impression of the Master Chief is that regardless of his imposing height and armor, he's still just one man, completely unaware of how advanced that suit of armor actually is and in general how advanced the world he comes from that created the SuperSoldier he is.

* WomenPreferStrongMen: Chief gets a lot of [[ChasteHero (unwanted)]] attention from Ros and rest of Winterfell's prostitutes even before they see what he looks like under his armor.

Set after Halo 3 and before the first episode of Game Of Thrones, Master Chief and Cortana finds themselves in the world of Westeros after their ship, ''Forward Unto Dawn'', crashes in the North. Ned Stark, the Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, along with his sons, find the Chief and after some hesitation invites him and Cortana to Winterfell. As the Chief and Cortana tries to find a way to contact the UNSC for rescue while integrating with the locals, his arrival causes a stir within the Seven Kingdoms while a threat from beyond the Wall is coming.

* HiddenDepths: Chief ends up showing philosophical and societal insights that you wouldn't normally expect from a SuperSoldier. Additionally, while he does muse about the [=UNSC=] occupying and uplifting Planetos, he isn't condescending about it. He also treats the Free Folk with respect, even though they are essentially barbarians by ''Planetos'' standards. WordOfGod is that this comes from the exclusive education he received from Halsey that none of the other Spartans had.

** Robert, too. In predictable contrast to Cersei, he outright ''likes'' that John doesn't kneel before him. [[spoiler:And when Mance reveals himself at Winterfell, Robert is very courteous to him and even offers to go hunting with him. WordOfGod implies this is partly because he doesn't want to provoke the Wildlings and partially because Mance is the only person who could even remotely be considered his equal]].

--> [[DeadpanSnarker Jaime Lannister]]: "The last I checked, [[LoopholeAbuse we are not under Stark's roof]], peasant."

** One chapter begins with two Night Watch men and two Wildlings basically re-enacting the [[Machinima/RedVsBlue 'do you ever wonder why we're here']] scene.

* ShutUpGunshot: The Master Chief avoids doing this during the tense meeting between the Night's Watch and Wildlings as it would only worsen the situation by causing everyone to panic and ruining any chance of knowing about the White Walkers. Instead he amplifies his voice to quell any conflict between the two groups.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: How the Spartan killed Aegon II after he demanded the Spartan surrender King's Landing to him and kneel under threat of hiring an army of sellswords to take the city by force. He hit him so hard his [[NeckSnap neck snapped]].

* NotSoDifferent:

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The concept of ''not'' [[RevengeBeforeReason holding grudges]] is pretty damn alien to Westerosi. The concept of [[EnemyMine bitter enemies joining forces to combat common threats]] baffles them even more than the concept that SuicideIsShameful.