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** The Thalmor kill most of the Thieves Guild in retaliation for Brynjolf's job with Elisif.
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** Like in canon, the Dark Brotherhood is eventually subjected to this. However, instead of the Dragonborn or the Penitus Oculatus, it's the Blades who assault the Sanctuary and massacre the assassins using intel provided by Cicero and Brynjolf.
** In retaliation for Brynjolf working for Elisf, the Thalmor lay one to the Thieves Guild. By the time Brynjolf and Etienne get back to the Cistrin, they discover Sapphire and Delvin are the only survivors (with the latter being healed by Karliah).
** Like in canon, the Dark Brotherhood is eventually subjected to this. However, instead of the Dragonborn or the Penitus Oculatus, it's the Blades who assault the Sanctuary and massacre the assassins using intel provided by Cicero and Brynjolf.
** In retaliation for Brynjolf working for Elisf, the Thalmor lay one to the Thieves Guild. By the time Brynjolf and Etienne get back to the Cistrin, they discover Sapphire and Delvin are the only survivors (with the latter being healed by Karliah).
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: When Elisif's party visits Blackreach for the first time, her POV narration describes the underground cavern as being so vast that multiple Solitudes could fit inside.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jarl Balgruuf really lets Elisif have it upon learning that [[spoiler:she teamed-up with the Forsworn to take down Ulfric and handed over Windhelm to Madanach, who as far as Balgruuf is concerned is a psychopathic terrorist out to enslave/exterminate the Nords. Elisif gets Balgruuf to back off by revealing that she is the one who killed Ulfric and is more than capable of killing Madanach if he tries to manipulate or double-cross her as Balgruuf fears.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jarl Balgruuf really lets Elisif have it upon learning that [[spoiler:she teamed-up with the Forsworn to take down Ulfric and handed over capture Windhelm to Madanach, who and made Madanach its new Jarl, a man who, as far as Balgruuf is concerned concerned, is a psychopathic terrorist out to enslave/exterminate the Nords. Nords, and Elisif might as well have handed the man an entire city of Nords to play with. Elisif gets Balgruuf to back off by revealing that she is the one who killed Ulfric in a duel (establishing that she is no gullible maiden) and rightfully boasting that she is more than capable of killing Madanach if he tries to manipulate or double-cross her as Balgruuf fears.]]
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* BigNo: Eola in Chapter 39 when she sees [[spoiler:Odvan get his [[NeckSnap neck snapped]] by a Wispmother.]]
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Elisif at the start of the story when she insists on seeing the body of the dragon that was killed in the marketplace of her city.
-->'''Elisif:''' I. Want. To. See it.
-->'''Elisif:''' I. Want. To. See it.
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* CrusadingWidower: Elisif is one, having her husband murdered by Ulfric. She's partially motivated to avenge Torygg's death. [[spoiler:She eventually succeeds in Chapter 30.]]
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* CrusadingWidower: CrusadingWidow: Elisif is one, having her husband murdered by Ulfric. She's partially motivated to avenge Torygg's death. [[spoiler:She eventually succeeds in Chapter 30.]]
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* NoJustNo: Elisif's response to Ulfric's [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe proposal]] in Chapter 4.
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* RousingSpeech: Rikke and Elisif deliver one to the defending Imperial army as they get ready for the Battle for Whiterun.
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** Heavily downplayed with Erikur, who was canonically a corrupt and arrogant snob with criminal ties in canon. However, here he [[spoiler:is revealed to have been the one who hired the Dark Brotherhood to assassinate Elisif.]]
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** Heavily downplayed with Erikur, who was canonically a corrupt and arrogant snob snob, but sided with criminal ties in canon.the Imperials during the civil war. However, here he [[spoiler:is revealed to have been the one who hired the Dark Brotherhood to assassinate Elisif.]]
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* PostVictoryCollapse: [[spoiler:After killing Ulfric in a duel, Elisif falls to the ground and starts blacking out due to exhaustion and the emotional shock from killing someone.]]
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In Chapter 4, after training with the Greybeards, Elisif and her party are ambushed in Ivarstead by Ulfric, who intends to capture Elisif and force her to marry him. Elisif just barely manages to escape Ulfric's men thanks to a combination of Ria and Jordis staying behind to hold them off and an appearance by Aela and Skjor in their werewolf forms.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In Chapter 4, after training with the Greybeards, Elisif and her party are ambushed in Ivarstead by Ulfric, who intends to capture Elisif and force her to marry him. Elisif just barely manages to escape Ulfric's men thanks to a combination of Ria and Jordis staying behind to hold them off off, and an appearance by Aela and Skjor pulling TheCavalry in their werewolf forms.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Elisif kills Ulfric by using the Thu'um during their duel and then striking the latter down while he was in a defenseless state, much like how Ulfric originally killed her husband.]]
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** Jordis bites the bullet here when she pulls a YouShallNotPass to buy time for Elisif to escape a Stormcloak ambush.
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* YouShallNotPass: When Elisif's party is ambushed by Ulfric and his men in chapter 4, Jordis and Ria decide to stay behind and hold the Stormcloaks off while Elisif escapes. She later learns from Aela that the Stormcloaks killed Jordis and captured Ria after she surrendered.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In Chapter 4, after training with the Greybeards, Elisif and her party are ambushed in Ivarstead by Ulfric, who plans to capture Elisif and force her to marry him. Elisif just barely manages to escape Ulfric's men thanks to Ria and Jordis staying behind to them off.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In Chapter 4, after training with the Greybeards, Elisif and her party are ambushed in Ivarstead by Ulfric, who plans intends to capture Elisif and force her to marry him. Elisif just barely manages to escape Ulfric's men thanks to a combination of Ria and Jordis staying behind to hold them off.off and an appearance by Aela and Skjor in their werewolf forms.
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* AdaptationalBadass: This version of Elisif is the Dragonborn.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Eventually sprouts up between [[spoiler:Elisif (who is twenty three) and Madanach (who is fifty nine).]]
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In canon, Njada was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who starts out being unhappy with the Dragonborn being allowed to join the Companions, but [[DefrostingIceQueen gradually warms up to them]] once they complete the Companion questline. Since the Njada in this fic is an Ulfric supporter, she treats Elisif (who is the Dragonborn) with outright hatred that drives her to betray the Companions and defect to the Stormcloaks.
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** In canon, Njada was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who starts out being unhappy with the Dragonborn being allowed to join the Companions, but [[DefrostingIceQueen gradually warms up to them]] once they complete the Companion questline. Since the Njada in this fic is an Ulfric supporter, she treats Elisif (who is the Dragonborn) with outright hatred that drives her to betray the Companions and defect to theStormcloaks.Stormcloaks.
** Heavily downplayed with Erikur, who was canonically a corrupt and arrogant snob with criminal ties in canon. However, here he [[spoiler:is revealed to have been the one who hired the Dark Brotherhood to assassinate Elisif.]]
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** Heavily downplayed with Erikur, who was canonically a corrupt and arrogant snob with criminal ties in canon. However, here he [[spoiler:is revealed to have been the one who hired the Dark Brotherhood to assassinate Elisif.]]
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Elisif's initial reaction to learning that she's the Dragonborn is to run to her bedroom, pull out a bottle of brandy and a glass, fill up the glass, then give up on the glass and instead chug straight from the bottle.
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* TooDumbToLive: Astrid refuses to call off the Dark Brotherhood's contract on Elisif even though she's the only person who can defeat Alduin and killing her would doom the entire world. [[spoiler:This causes Brynjolf (a believer in EvilVsOblivion) to sell Astrid out to the Blades and results in the total annihilation of the Dark Brotherhood.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Astrid refuses to call off the Dark Brotherhood's contract on Elisif even though she's the only person who can defeat Alduin and killing her would doom the entire world. [[spoiler:This causes Brynjolf (a believer in EvilVsOblivion) EvilVersusOblivion) to sell Astrid out to the Blades and results in the total annihilation of the Dark Brotherhood.]]
