History Fanfic / AWolfInTheGarden

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Chaos Gods themselves. In canon, though they [[InformedAttribute rarely come up]], they ''do'' have positive concepts and emotions attached to them as well: honour for Khorne, resilience and determination for Nurgle; hope for Tzeentch and love for Slannesh. Here, they completely lack those sides to them since they've actively purged those aspects from themselves and [[SealedGoodInACan imprisoned]] [[HelplessGoodSide them]] behind The Veil, consequently being FAR more vile and depraved.

* GeniusBonus:
** Khorne says that the "fruit" Leman is seeking is found in the "Halls of Hesperides." The Hesperides, in Greek mythology, is a group of nymphs said to guard a grove of golden apples. Sources also vary on whether there are three of them, or four, much like the gods themselves went from a trio to a quartet when Slaanesh came into existence.
** It's revealed that Admu's name is short for "Tadmushtum." In Babylonian mythology, Tadmushtum is the name of one of the many children of the god Nergal.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The 'Veil Gods', being that they're literally the 'good' aspects of their Chaos counterparts, are FAR more benevolent and caring than the 'Big Four' of 40K have ever been in canon.

* GodIsGood: Yes, these ones really are!
* GoodCounterpart: All the gods of the world Leman enters are essentially the "good" parts of the four Chaos gods that were cast off and imprisoned by them shortly before Old Night. Thus Nurgle is a kindly and paternal nature god tending to his groves with his children; Slaanesh is a loving, motherly patron of the arts; Khorne is an honorable and noble warrior; and Tzeentch is a goofy, scatterbrained tech-geek. To say that they're unhappy with what they're counterparts have been getting up to is an understatement.

''A Wolf In The Garden'' is a ''Tabletopgame/Warhammer40000'' FanFic exploring the idea of the oft-hinted at but rarely seen ''positive'' aspects of the Chaos Gods. It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-wolf-in-the-garden-warhammer-40k.1004284/ here]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14058608/1/A-Wolf-in-the-Garden here]], and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38129713/chapters/95253487 here]].

!!''A Wolf In The Garden'' provides examples of:

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Immense height aside, Admu looks like a normal young farm girl, and not someone you'd expect to be ''that'' strong. Yet she effortlessly carries immense logs that even Leman struggles to lift, and [[spoiler: throws Grizhka, one of Khorne's champions who is undefeated and nearly beat Leman, so hard it knocks her unconscious. ''While holding back.'']] The fact that she's [[spoiler: the daughter of Nurgle and Isha, and therefore a full-blown Warp-god like them (even if she doesn't know it)]] probably explains it.

* GildedCage: The world within the veil is an unquestionable paradise, though parts of it can be dangerous; pretty much every soul there lives blissful, flawless lives under the watch of the gods, who themselves are each free to craft their realms to their own personal definition of paradise. However, at the end of the day, they're still trapped behind the Veil, and forced to live with the knowledge of what their Chaos counterparts are doing to the galaxy beyond.