History Fanfic / FateHeroAndSword

** Jircniv to Nero -- both are emperors of a Roman/Romanesque empire and are shrewd politicians that are/were viewed as tyrants. While Jircniv relies primarily on fear to rule, though, Nero is focusing more on being loved and [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberately plays up her image of]] ThePerformerKing to make her enemies underestimate her and earn the affection of everyone else.

** Nero has memories of the pain and suffering the real Nero went through and

* MuggingtheMonster: [[spoiler:Narberal Gamma treats Shirou as should would any other human ([[HumansAreInsects like an insect]]), unaware that he is a Player, and thus implicitly on the same power level as ''Ainz'']].

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Narberal Gamma treats Shirou as should would any other human ([[HumansAreInsects like an insect]]), unaware that he is a Player, and thus implicitly on the same power level as ''Ainz'']].

** Shirou and the Holy City Camelot are this to Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick -- while the Floor Guardians and Ainz are all Level 100 characters able to give a raid team a challenge, the NPC characters of the Holy City are ''World Bosses'' who could give ''the 41 Supreme Beings as a whole'' enormous challenges. Just to compare one pair of characters, Ainz himself is an amazingly powerful lich, but he can't compare with Merlin, who has [[{{Seers}} EX Rank Clairvoyance]]. [[spoiler:Case in point, when Cu fights Ainz, Cocytus, Deimurge, and Albedo, he only dies due to luck and a very convoluted strategy on Ainz' part, and [[TakingYouWithMe kills Cocytus before being slain]]]].

* BullyingADragon: Narberal Gamma treats Shirou as should would any other human ([[HumansAreInsects like an insect]]), unaware that he is a Player, and thus implicitly on the same power level as ''Ainz''.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shirou and the Holy City Camelot are this to Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick -- while the Floor Guardians and Ainz are all Level 100 characters able to give a raid team a challenge, the NPC characters of the Holy City are ''World Bosses'' who could give ''the 41 Supreme Beings as a whole'' enormous challenges. Just to compare one pair of characters, Ainz himself is an amazingly powerful lich, but he can't compare with Merlin, who has [[{{Seers}} EX Rank Clairvoyance]]. [[spoiler:Case in point, when Cu fights Ainz, Cocytus, Deimurge, and Albedo, he only dies due to luck and a very convoluted strategy on Ainz' part, and [[TakingYouWithMe kills Cocytus before being slain]]]].

* TheDreaded: Gilgamesh is ''the'' most dangerous boss that Shirou created in YGGDRASIL, with his skills and powers outright making him undefeatable -- indeed, ''he never lost a fight before the game ended''. The fact that he might be roaming the new world terrifies Ainz a lot.

** Da Vinci is one of the NPC characters in Camelot, and runs a tavern (similar to how she runs the shop in ''Grand Order'').

** Shirou is ''really'' protective over his Saber NPC, to the point of secretly modifying her into a world boss and maxing out her stats to prevent her from being killed. He also made an NPC version of Gilgamesh and gave him the Gate of Babylon, [[ItAmusedMe because seeing him trounce other players was amusing]]. It's also been made clear that he's caught on to his ChickMagnetStatus and is starting to get annoyed with it.

* TheDreaded: Gilgamesh is a raid boss who is basically unbeatable who has never been defeated the fact that he might be roaming the new world terrifies Aizin a lot.

** Shirou is ''really'' protective over his Saber NPC, to the point of secretly modifying her into a world boss and maxing out her stats to prevent her from being killed. He also made an NPC version of Gilgamesh and gave him the Gate of Babylon, [[ItAmusedMe because seeing him trounce other players was amusing]].

* ATrueHero: Surprisingly, YGGDRASIL actually had "Hero" as a secret class, which Shirou managed to gain a rank in through being a genuinely nice player who helped out others in need. Rather notably, he didn't gain more than two levels in it before being sent to the New World because [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he chose to keep a low profile and avoided acknowledgement for being a hero]], and leveling the "Hero" class is heavily dependent on reputation.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shirou and the Holy City Camelot are this to Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick -- while the Floor Guardians and Ainz are all Level 100 characters able to give a raid team a challenge, the NPC characters of the Holy City are ''World Bosses'' who could give ''the 41 Supreme Beings as a whole'' enormous challenges. Just to compare one pair of character, Ainz himself is an amazingly powerful lich, but he can't compare with Merlin, who has [[{{Seers}} EX Rank Clairvoyance]]. [[spoiler:Case in point, when Cu fights Ainz, Cocytus, Deimurge, and Albedo, he only dies due to luck and a very convoluted strategy on Ainz' part, and [[TakingYouWithMe kills Cocytus before being slain]]]].

* ChickMagnet: Shirou is still this -- while in Northern Roble, ''five'' maids "coincidentally" fall onto him, and only the last one is indicated to be a genuine accident. And it's made clear Shirou has finally caught on to being a ChickMagnet, unlike in canon.

* BecomingTheMask: It's heavily implied that the [=NPC=]s that Shirou created based on the servants he had seen in the Grail War actually amalgamated with their selves on the Throne of Heroes when Shirou and the Holy City Camelot was brought in the New World.

* {{Foil}}: Shirou to Ainz -- both were YGGDRASIL players, but while Ainz joined and eventually became leader of Ainz Ooal Gown, Shirou was a solo player. Ainz dove into YGGDRASIL to fight off the burden of being a lonely SalaryMan, while Shirou joined on advice of a friend, and then stayed because he had the opportunity to be with a facsimile of Saber that he had created. Ainz is now fighting for the shadow of the Guild he once belonged to while Shirou works to fix the New World [[ForGreatJustice because being a hero is who he is]].

* GeekyTurnOn: While Jircniv appreciates Nero's beauty, the biggest reason he desires her is that she is just as politically minded as he is and is very good at proving this to those who think her as their lesser.

* DramaticIrony: Ainz notices Nero's presence and makes plan to recruit her, unaware she's already on Shirou's side.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shirou and the Holy City Camelot are this to Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick -- while the Floor Guardians and Ainz are all Level 100 characters able to give a raid team a challenge, the NPC characters of the Holy City are ''World Bosses'' who could give ''the 41 Supreme Beings as a whole'' enormous challenges. [[spoiler:Case in point, when Cu fights Ainz, Cocytus, Deimurge, and Albedo, he only dies due to luck and a very convoluted strategy on Ainz' part, and [[TakingYouWithMe kills Cocytus before being slain]]]].

* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Narberal Gamma is increasingly shocked when she not only sees just how powerful Shirou is, but how much respect Ainz shows him]].

* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Naberal Gamma is increasingly shocked when she not only sees just how powerful Shirou is, but how much respect Ainz shows him]].

* {{Irony}}: The Cu in ''Fate'' never got to die in a fight against a WorthyOpponent due to various circumstances. [[spoiler:The NPC Cu Shirou brought with him only dies after a long, drawn out battle against Ainz and manages to kill Cocytus before he falls]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Nero ends up hiring Arche to work for her, with Arche then recruiting the rest of Foresight as guards, ensuring that they will never embark on the doomed mission to Nazarick.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shirou and the Holy City Camelot are this to Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick -- while the Floor Guardians and Ainz are all Level 100 characters able to give a raid team a challenge, the NPC characters of the Holy City are ''World Bosses'' who could give ''the 41 Supreme Beings as a whole'' enormous challenges.

** Calca, Remedios and Kelart are reduced to StunnedSilence when they see the arriving Knights of the Round Table, all of whom [[DistractedByTheSexy are distractingly attractive]].