History Fanfic / CrucibleMassEffect

You can find it [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8688354/1/Crucible here]].

* TheLifestream: The Song, the place where all souls come from and return to. Billion and billion of universes floating in it, tied to it but mortal cannot see it, only hear its sings

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Herz, Trebia's mortal form, was the original ancestor of the 5 clans (one of which was the Vakarian). Kadisa, who married into the clan was a friend of [[spoiler: Deathl]], who's been manipulated his daughter Jane [[spoiler: to become what she was today to be the one who push Trebia's plans into actions]]. Jane later marries Garrus, Kadisa's grandson. Their son Gaius's best friend Tiberius is the son of Victus and Miranda. Tib's lost love Emi is a daughter of Jack, who designed Shepard's nanites. Alt.Gaius's wife Amata is daughter of Andrei, his mother former mentor and crush. And Jane's father died from saving Anderson's life.

** In the alt.timeline, it gets to the point that , there's bill that forbidden Hybrids from wearing clan mark, and another bill in the making that would allow the Hierarchy to kill whichever child they want when their numbers are too numerous, or take them away from their parents without reasons. Even before that, there are daily mobs attacks on hybrid families and kill them while the government all but officially allows it. Basically, Hybrids are viewed to have less rights than cattle and their parents aren't allowed to leave the planet to act as breeding stocks.

* OneSteveLimit: Quite realistic that many characters share the same name.

* DemoteToExtra: Many characters from the original series are either play smaller roles or not mention at all (like Jack, Grunt, Samara, etc.)

Jane Shepard has ended the Reaper War but sometimes the end is just the beginning as a ship from [[BadFuture a future]] appears to save her from the ruin of the Crucible. As Shepard meets leader of the ship, Lantar Sidonis together with his crews of [[HalfHumanHybrid turian-human hybrids]], one of which is Gaius, her and Garrus's son; she discover that not only there is a force that's not only even more powerful than the Reapers is lurking to devour this universe but the world is also consisting of many things that most mortals cannot understand. [[spoiler: And one of those forces is tied closely to her in a way she cannot image]].

A companion fic named ''Interference'' depicts the events of the Alternate BadFuture can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9194901/1/Interference here]].

* BadDreams: Gaius often has them which is hardly surprise considering everything he's been through.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Amata's death. General Marius's end is also counted.
* DeathSeeker: Alt!Gaius. And judging by how [[spoiler: Zaeed betrayed Gaius and then letting the hybrid kill him without a fight, he was one too]].

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Aside from the obvious Garrus/Shepard, we have so many other couples who really enjoy their partner regardless their ages like Miranda/Victus, Avitus/Kari, Crassus/Sarah, Gaius/Amata.

* HeroicSacrifice: Alt. Jane saved her child and died in the process. Jarkus, one of the Ad Astra crew pulls one later. And after that, [[spoiler: Alt. Gaius choose to stay to save Tib and Garrus. Thankfully, it does't stick]].

** Poor Amata suffered from this twice. The first time she lost her son. The second time, she was killed and her daughter didn't survive for long either.

** Future!Gaius imprinted on his mother Shepard and Sidonis's family while Garrus, his real father was virtually a stranger. In the present, Garrus arrives at the birth just right on time and successfully makes baby!Gaius imprint on him.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Shepard and Gaius has the ability to see and interact normally with dead people.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Kaidan eventually comes to term with the fact that Shepard is happiest when she's with Garrus and wish her nothing but happiness.
** Alt.Gaius decides to do this after realizing that his constant sabotage Amata's dating life but doesn't make a move on her himself is the same as destroying her happiness.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Gaius lost it when Amata and little Gaius died. He even said that the real him has died together with them that day.

** Gaius does it to a group of children infected by the Aegrus.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Herz, Trebia's mortal form, was the original ancestor of the 5 clans (one of which was the Vakarian). Kadisa, who married into the clan was a friend of [[spoiler: Deathl]], who's been manipulated his daughter Jane [[spoiler: to become what she was today to be the one who push Trebia's plans into actions]]. Jane later marries Garrus, Kadisa's grandson. Their son Gaius's best friend Tiberius is the son of Victus and Miranda. Tib's lost love Emi is a daughter of Jack, who designed Shepard's nanites. Gaius's wife Amata is daughter of Andrei, his mother former mentor and crush. And Jane's father died from saving Anderson's life.

* OneSteveLimit: Quite realistic that many characters share the same name.

** Alt!Gaius's son is also named Gaius and his daughter's name is Jane after his grandmother Jane Shepard.

* OrphanageOfFear: The Mondala, an orphanage in name only since many children there were taken away from their parents by the government. They torture, train and starve the kids to turn them in killing machine. At one point, the jailers even planned to make the starving but still strong children kill the weaker ones to [[ImAHumanitarian use them as food]]. Luckily Sidonis managed to save them all before that happens.

* PosthumousCharacter: Amata, Emillie. Aside from Emi's only appears once in the present as a baby, both of them are already dead by the time the Ad Astra travels back in time.

* TragicKeepsake: Gaius's pictures and vids of his family.

* TraumaticCSection: This was done to Amata, the wife of Gaius. She was still alive when her stomach was cut open and her daughter was ripped out of it, still kicking and screaming before the Quarians shot the mother in the head (they also killed her son before that). After that the baby was taken to a lab to be experimented on. Judging from [[NauseaFuel hundreds of dead Hybrid babies' bodies being tested,]] [[NightmareFuel cut apart]] [[MoralEventHorizon and preserved in that place]], Amata was not the first or only victim.

* YourCheatingHeart: The bad future has many examples of this trope. Alt!Garrus had one with Perdita with resulted in his other son Hadrian and a broken relationship with Alt!Shepard; at least in his case, he thought Shepard was dead at the time when it happened. Tiberius unsure about Emi prompted him to sleep with Mira and indirectly caused Emi's death.

A ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic set after the third game by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4286077/SirArthurNudge SirArthurNudge]].

A companion fic named ''Interference'' depicts the events of the Alternate Future can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9194901/1/Interference here]].

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Hybrids. They mainly have turian-liked appearance but with human 5-fingered hands, ape-liked foots. Because of their far suprior turian strength and human flexibility, not to mention all are born-biotic, they're either feared or hunted by other races.

** One of the Ad Astra crew is name Marcus, the same first name of general Atilius.

** But due to [[spoiler: Sam, Aunties and their "employers"]]'s intervention, a new future, different [=CrucibleVerse=] is created by pulling the bad future backwards and, as it can't survive on its own, branching off from the main timeline like a Siamese twin. In new time line, [[spoiler: the souls of those time travellers from the BadFuture]] are put into their younger bodies while alt.Jane [[spoiler: meet her main counterpart to know everything that happened in the now disappeared bad future to change the new twin universe for the better]].

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "You loved her... spirits help me... you were in love with Emi."]]

** Jane and Gaius's ability to see and talk to ghosts.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Herz, Trebia's mortal form, was the original ancestor of the 5 clans (one of which was the Vakarian). Kadisa, who married into the clan was a friend of [[spoiler: Deathl]], who's been manipulated his daughter Jane [[spoiler: to become what she was today to be the one who push Trebia's plans into actions]]. Jane later marries Garrus, Kadisa's grandson. Their son Gaius's best friend Tiberius is the son of Victus and Miranda. Tib's lost love Emi is a daughter of Jack, who designed Shepard's nanites. And Jane's father died from saving Anderson's life.

* YourCheatingHeart: The bad future has many examples of this trope. Alt!Garrus had one with Perdita with resulted in his other son Hadrian and a broken relationship with Alt!Shepard; at least in his case, he thought Shepard was dead at the time when it happened. Alt!Gaius slept with other women and got caught by Amata while they were just starting to date which almost ended in disaster. Tiberius unsure about Emi prompted him to sleep with Mira and indirectly caused Emi's death.

Jane Shepard has ended the Reaper War but sometimes the end is just the beginning as a ship from [[BadFuture a future]] appears to save her from the ruin of the Crucible. As Shepard meets leader of the ship, Lantar Sidonis together with his crews of [[HalfHumanHybrid turian-human hybrids]], one of which is Gaius, her and Garrus's son; she discover that not only there is a force that even more powerful than the Reapers is lurking to devour this universe but the world is also consisting of many things that mortals cannot see. [[spoiler: And one of those forces is tied closely to her in a way she cannot image]].

* AdultFear: This fic can be basically called Adult Fear - The Series. See in this [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AdultFear/FanWorks main page]] here for more details.
* {{Badass}}: The normal characters in the originals games are this trope and so does almost all the hybrids (thanks to having the best traits of both species.

** HeartBrokenBadass: Maybe around half of the cast are this

* BadFuture: The Ad Astra crew and the antagonists came from a version of future where everything has gone so much wrong. Jane and Garrus didn't married due to his shotgun wedding with a racist general's daughter. When they managed to get together again, she was killed, Garrus was forced to abandon their son to Sidonis. The hybrids were hunted to be war machines or lab rats or slaves. Miranda was tortured to death by Cerberus's remains while Victus was killed in the 2nd Krogan rebellion. Gaius's family was destroyed in the worse way possible. And that was just the short version.

* DeathSeeker: Alt!Gaius. And judging by how [[spoiler: Zaeed betrayed Gaius and then letting the hybrid kill him without a fight, he's one too]].
* DotingParent: If some one who is a parent but not abusive, chance is they're this trope. Biggest examples would be Miranda and Garrus. Makerm himself used to be one until his daughter's death turned him into a KnightTemplarParent.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During chapter 75, Herz mentions somethings about everyone owe a death. More than 20 chapters later, Death appears for real and is planning to take what he wants.

* HeroicBSOD: Many cases but it seems Gaius and Garrus fall victims to this tropes the most. Must be running in the family.
* HeroicSacrifice: Alt. Jane saved her child and died in the process. Jarkus, one of the Ad Astra crew pulled one later. And after that, [[spoiler: Alt. Gaius chose to stay to save Tib and Garrus. Thankfully, it didn't stick]].

* InfantImmortality: Averted to hell and back with all the numbers of dead children and babies. Unless you're baby!Gaius, chances are you're gonna die a horrible death.

* ImperiledInPregnancy: A bunch of women who was pregnant with Hybrid babies were kidnapped by the Quarians. Luckily for them, Garrus and Avitus managed to find them thanks to the help of one of the boyfriends.

* LoveHurts: Not only romantic love but also every other kinds of love. Almost everyone suffer from this trope, even [[spoiler: Mira]].

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Herz, Trebia's mortal form, was the original ancestor of the 5 clans (one of which was the Vakarian). Kadisa, who married into the clan was a friend of [[spoiler: Deathl]], who manipulated his daughter Jane [[spoiler: to become what she was today to be the one who push Trebia's plans into actions]]. Jane later married Garrus, Kadisa's grandson. Their son Gaius's best friend Tiberius was the son of Victus and Miranda. Tib's lost love Emi was daughter of Jack, who designed Shepard's nanites. And Jane's father died from saving Anderson's life.

* YourCheatingHeart: The bad future has many examples of this trope. Alt!Garrus had one with Perdita with resulted in his other son Hadrian and a broken relationship with Alt!Shepard; at least in his case, he thought Shepard was dead at the time when it happened. Alt!Gaius slept with other women and got caught by Amata which almost ended in disaster. Tiberius unsure about Emi prompted him to sleep with Mira and indirectly caused Emi's death.

* HalfBreedDiscrimination: As Vega puts it, the Hybrid have it even worst than the Quarians. They're hated simply for existing by the majority of people.

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Hybrids and unfortunate for them, the racism is still too strong between the two race for them to live in peace.

* HeroicSacrifice: Alt. Jane saved her child and died in the process. Jarkus, one of the Ad Astra crew pulled one later. And after that, [[spoiler: Alt. Gaius chose to stay to save Tib and Garrus. Thankfully, it didn't stick]]

* ISeeDeadPeople: Shepard and Gaius has the ability to see and interact normally with the deads.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:

* TheMentor: Andrei Zakharov, Shepard's former mentor and crush
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Herz, Trebia's mortal form, was the original ancestor of the 5 clans (one of which was the Vakarian). Kadisa, who married into the clan was a friend of [[spoiler: Deathl]], who manipulated his daughter Jane [[spoiler: to become what she was today to be the one who push Trebia's plans into actions]]. Jane later married Garrus, Kadisa's grandson. Their son Gaius's best friend Tiberius was the son of Victus and Miranda. Tib's lost love Emi was daughter of Jack, who designed Shepard's nanites. Also, Gaius married Amata, daughter of Jane's first crush. And Jane's father died from saving a young Anderson's life.

* OrphanageOfFear:

* PosthumousCharacter: Amata, Emille

* UnresolvedSexualTension:
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend:

* TransferableMemory: The visions of alt. future, the potential future and the past are constantly appear, sometimes can be seen by different people at the same time.

A companion fic named ''Interference'' depicts the events of the Alternate Future can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9194901/1/Interference her]].

* DeathSeeker: Alt!Gaius. And judging by how [[spoiler: Zaeed betrayed Gaius and then letting the hybrid to kill him without a fight, he's one too]].

* HeroicSacrifice

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Her father smiled at her. "I've got you, Baby-doll. I've always got you."]]

** Jane's mention about [[spoiler: her father]].

* OneDegreeOfSeparation:

** In Garrus's cases, he's name after his grandfather just like his uncle.

* TransferableMemory:

* WhamLine:

* BadDreams:
* BattleCouple:
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim:
* ChekhovsGun:
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
* DaydreamSurprise:
* FaceDeathWithDignity:
* FemmeFatale: Mierin, Garrus used this exact word to describe her.
* FirstLove: [[spoiler: Nihlus]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex:
* HeroicBSOD:
* HiddenDepths:
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Shepard certainly thought so. There are reasons for her to prefer turians to humans.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Shepard and Gaius has the ability to see and interact normally with the dead.

* ItDoesntMeanAnything:
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Garrus and Shepard are this to each other.
* LoveHurts: Enough said.
* LovingAShadow:

* TheMentor:
** {{MentorShip}}/{{TeacherStudentRomance}}:
* RuleOfSymbolism:
* PapaWolf: Too many to count but the most obvious examples would be Garrus, Avitus, Adrien, Gaius, Tiberius, Makerm and [[spoiler: the bare-faced turian]]. Turian fathers in general and many of the male characters who are in a interspecies relationships also run very strong on this trope.
* PosthumousCharacter:
* OneDegreeOfSeparation:

* TragicKeepsake: Garrus doen't burn the paper Shepard gave him. Instead, he keeps it for the next two years.

* YourCheatingHeart: The bad future has many examples of this trope. Alt!Garrus had one with Perdita with resulted in his other son Hadrian and a broken relationship with Alt!Shepard; at least in his case, he though Shepard was dead at the time when it happened. Alt!Gaius slept with other women and got caught by Amata. Tiberius unsure about Emi prompted him to sleep with Mira and indirectly caused Emi's death.

Jane Shepard has ended the Reaper War but sometimes the end is just the beginning as a ship from [[BadFuture a future]] appears to save her from the ruin of the Crucible. As Shepard meets leader of the ship, Lantar Sidonis together with his crews of [[HalfHumanHybrid turian-human hybrids]], one of which was her and Garrus's son Gaius; she discover that not only there is a force that even more powerful than the Reapers is lurking to devour this universe but the world is consisting of many things that mortals cannot see. [[spoiler: And one of those forces is tied closely to her in a way she cannot image]].

A companion fic named ''Interference'' depicts the events of the Alternate Future can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9194901/1/Interference here ]]