History Fanfic / FairiesOfTheShatteredMoon

* NecessarilyEvil: Esper/[[spoiler:Summer]] views the death of innocents to be this. She posits such sacrifices should only be made when absolutely necessary for the betterment of many more or the greater good. [[spoiler:It's why she schemes the death of Ironwood and uses Klein as a sacrificial piece, but is absolutely ''furious'' when Watts hijacks the plan early and ends up killing Willow in the Schnee Manor bombing as well. She reiterates to him when all is said and done by way of [[KickTheSonOfABitch taking his body over with Macro and then slamming him hard into a desk]] that the next time he hijacks her plans and gets someone who didn't need to die killed, she'll [[ImpliedDeathThreat send him back to Hell's Core the hard way]] as a lesson.]]

** Sienna herself also counts. Though she freely considers violence the only option for the Faunus to achieve their equality, she draws the line at attacking the Huntsmen Academies since it only reinforces the public image as villains and it only weakens ''everyone'' in the fight against the Grimm, preferring to keep it their violence aimed at [[KickTheSonOfABitch obviously unjust businesses and institutions to maintain public sympathy]]. [[spoiler:While she agrees to lend White Fang troops to the sacking of Haven Academy after allying with Salem, it's only after it's confirmed Salem's intent is to retrieve the Relic of Knowledge rather than the destruction of the academy itself, along with the fact Lionheart will have emptied the place of students and faculty to prevent unnecessary deaths that would reflect badly upon them.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:Adam Taurus was a utter piece of work in life whose rap sheet includes being a bigot (albeit [[TragicBigot tragic]]), abusive, kill-happy, and treacherous, but by the end Weiss only felt sympathy for him when she saw his brand and how he was unceremoniously shot in the head by Eleanor. And then Watts raised him from the dead to make him an attack dog and has no problem brutally beating him to remind him he's nothing but a tool and puppet to be used by a human, an act that leads to Weiss ''demanding'' Watts to stop tormenting him. It's made clear by both Weiss and the narrative whatever Adam's sins in life don't justify what he's being forced to endure now.]]
** End wiping out a whole Tribe sounds awful until you remember that the Brawnen Tribe were murderers and thieves who have been raiding villages killing innocents and leaving the survivors vulnerable to the Grimm. Needless to say only Raven and to a very limited extent Qrow are upset over their fate.
** Salem's faction send Adams remaining followers to their deaths at Haven. This sounds horrible but they are Faunus supremacist zealots who would like to start a genocidal war with humanity and the Albain brothers are schemers who wanted to murder Blake's family so one of them could become chieftain as well as kill Ilia who they acknowledge has been a faithful ally to them.

*** Cinder possesses, in addition to the Fall Maiden's powers [[spoiler:until she loses them when she's forced to kill herself to escape the Vault of the Spring Maiden]], the powers of [[spoiler:[[ArcherArchetype Sagittarius]] and [[MagicEnhancement Kyouka]].]] [[spoiler:She also used to have Silver Eyes and possesses Golden Eyes now, but she has personal hang-ups on actually relying on them.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Salem calls herself one of the most powerful beings in history and it shows. She is noted to be stronger then any of the Gates and only End is considered to be on her level.
** Salem's two highest ranking warriors also count. End is the most powerful Etherious to be created stronger then even Zeref, has Fire powers that make Natsu's look like a candlelight in comparison and can walk off attacks by Devil and Dragon Slayers.
** [[spoiler: Esper Rosenfloss/Summer Rose]] is an extremely skilled and powerful fighter held by Ozma to be one of the most talented huntresses to ever enter Beacon and who has access to both Gate and Maiden powers and whom forced Weiss, Penny, Winter and Gray to flee when she goes all out.

** Hazel was already AffablyEvil even in ''RWBY'' canon, but he's received a noticeable shift in his reasoning for joining Salem. [[spoiler: While the death of his sister still happened, instead of [[RevengeBeforeReason swearing vengeance on Ozpin for that alone]] he went on a suicide charge to the Grimmlands to try and defeat Salem on his own, and it was learning the AwfulTruth of the conflict from her and Ozpin's role in it all that convinced him to join her side, determined to put an end to the "game" by destroying the Grimm once and for all and thus ensuring no more Huntsmen have to die in the future fighting a ForeverWar.]]

* MasterSwordsmen: Probably the greatest is Erza but the list also includes Pyrrha, Qrow, Cinder, and [[spoiler: Happy.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Yang declares to Leo that he and the students of Haven will be disposed of when Salem has no more use for them. Leo denies this claiming that Salem does not dispose of pawns. Leo surprisingly enough seems to be correct as it fits into Salem's BenevolentBoss tendencies and [[spoiler:Summer one of Salem's most trusted and highest ranked followers goes back to get him when Haven is on fire despite Eleanor Tremaine claiming he wont be much use after the attack.]]

*** [[spoiler:Jaune]] has the powers of [[spoiler: [[TheAssimilator Franmalth]] and [[Aries]].

*** [[spoiler:Jaune]] has the powers of [[spoiler: [[TheAssimilator Franmalth]] and [[Aries]].]]

** Ozma has a spell called, ''Arc of Time: Double Accel,'' which shares its name and effects with a spell used by the main protagonist of ''LightNovel/FateZero''.

* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:Summer]] and Salem both act as her parental figures and were heavily involved in her upbringing and training. Cinder in turn tries to emulate both of the them on and off the battlefield.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating Esper Rosenflos/[[spoiler: Summer Rose]] has this being enormously popular with the people of Mantle due to the proposing many bills to support them as well as openly opposing Ironwood's embargo which devastates their economy. She is also highly respected by the people of Atlas with even Ironwood himself and Jacques Schnee respecting her.[[spoiler: As such when she assumes emergency powers in the aftermath of the fake coup with Ironwood's corpse, it's to widespread cheer and she is shortly afterward elected First Citizen of Atlas making her a dictator in all but name. Even Robyn, who is initially suspicious of her rise to power and not a fan of dictatorship in general, is quickly reassured and convinced to join the new administration in part due to the fact that she 'wants' to believe Esper's on the up-and-up]].

* NamedWeapons: Aside from Crescent Rose, Ruby named plenty of her new armaments, such as [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Tulip's Aegis]], [[HeroesPreferSwords Waxing Petal]], [[RoyalRapier Waning Thorn]], [[{{BFG}} Full Magnolia]], and [[KnightInShiningArmor Reaper's Rose]]. [[spoiler: Tragically, a great many of these, including [[WeaponOfChoice Crescent Rose]], are destroyed during Ruby's battle with Summer]].

* BeYourself: [[CoolTeacher Juvia and Gray's]] critique of Weiss' fighting style after her spar with the former. While Weiss has expertly learned the techniques that Gray has taught her, she ultimately does not create much beyond them as years of highly disciplined Schnee style of fighting. This is detrimental when using Maker Magic, which relies on creativity. Indeed, the closest Weiss came to challenging Juvia was when she combined Ice-Make Lance with her time dilation glyphs to create [[UpToEleven Ice-Make Phalanx]].

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Jaune described End as a ''Natural Disaster Waiting to Happen'' and him just showing up is enough to cause any area he is in to feel much hotter. He obliterates the Brawnwen tribe with a single attack and when he later loses control during the Battle of Haven, he nearly burns the Academy to the ground. [[DeconstructedTrope This is actually a problem for him]]. His powers are so destructive that he has to severely restrict them to keep from killing people or destroying places he doesn't want to. Salem at one point states he could have handled the Haven mission by himself, but it would require him to use too much power and would destroy the school which she doesn't want. This allows opponents who are much weaker than him like Jaune and Wendy to hold him off for some time. When he activates his Etherious form, it gets [[UpToEleven much worse]]. His very presence causes the surrounding lands to turn to lava and Hazel believes that only Salem's Etherious Form and the Celestial Spirit King can avoid being incinerated while in his vicinity.

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* KnifeNut: Esper Rosenflos/[[spoiler:Summer Rose]] is mainly seen using knives in combat, as while her [[SelfDuplication blade clone Semblance]] can presumably work with just about any blade, knives are just so convenient in their size to carry around in number and concealment.

* AdultFear: All over the place, but one of the biggest ones is realizing your loved ones are now being targeted by a shadowy organization and there's nothing you can do to protect or just help them fight simply because you don't have the skills or power to stand with them. [[spoiler:And for Taiyang and Qrow, the extra realization that their daughters and nieces are going up against the same group that already took their mother from them.]]

* AmbiguousAllegiance: [[spoiler: While his primary goal is to get Natsu back Happy's exact loyalty is difficult to determine. On the one hand he has been working for Salem for 50 years and is friends with her, End and Summer. He also genuinely dislikes Qrow to the extent that he wished his Jupiter Cannon had killed him and tells Yang that he prefers working for Salem over Ozpin. However he also passes up a chance to capture an unconscious Wendy and instead gives her a letter with important information and admits that he planned for Yang to use the teacup he gave her as a lock-pick and he threw his fight with Ruby. There is also the fact that many of his Pro-Salem comments are put within ear shot of End who has UndyingLoyalty to the Queen.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Yang after hearing the fully story of Cinders past shows zero sympathy for her simply stating that 'Horrible Shit happens to Everyone' and calls her worthless. Notably Mercury who both dislikes Cinder and isn't the most empathetic person himself is actually somewhat angry at Yang for this (much to his own surprise). [[spoiler:Crops up again after she witnesses Weiss kill Summer with hints of ItsAllAboutMe. While she ''knows'' that Summer had crimes to answer for and that Weiss had a reason to kill her, she doesn't give a shit, caring more about how Weiss denied her more time to be with Summer before then, and is now hellbent on killing Weiss and anyone that gets in her way.]]