History Fanfic / GospelOfTheLostGods

* AllWebbedUp: Weavers tactic of disarming and trapping opponents with spider-silk.

* AllWebbedUp: Weavers tactic of disarming and trapping opponents with Spider-silk.

** Until Romp saw a Dragon skull, the Wards believed the talks of Dragons to simply be exaggerations of Dinosaur fossils.

* ArmorIsUseless:
** [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] All of the Wards have spider-silk armor in addition to their costumes (Grace wears light-armor studs, Golem has various hard materials as armor, and Cuff walks around with [[spoiler:Valyrian steel]] armor). Olly imbues his armor with his power as well.
** That being said, if you're on the opposing side of Grace, Cuff, Weaver, Annex, Golem, or Tecton, there isn't much plate metal can do to protect you.

* CrossOver: Between ''{{Literature/Worm}}'' and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/{{Ward}}''
-->'''Wanton:''' "I'm not leaving."\\
'''Grace:''' (shocked) ''"Fucking why?"''

* StarfishAlien: The Shards that grant parahumans their powers.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The entire Chicago Ward's team in Westeros.

* ActionGirl: Quite a few. Weaver, Cuff, Grace, and Romp all get their times to shine.
* AdultFear: When getting their first settlers into Oldstone, more than a few of the adults are blatantly nervous about their children interacted with people they consider "Gods".

* FantasticRacism: Slavery is still going strong in this universe, much to Annex's ire.

* RealityEnsues: Holding up to their superhero ideals and morals is a respectful goal. In reality though, it clashes heavily with a society based on ancient traditions and morality, resulting in more than a few headaches for the team.
** The Wards first make their money by selling Weaver's silks to local merchants in a remote and poorly guarded town. Silks are an incredible rarity in Westeros, so this ends up attracting hordes of bandits to steal and resell them, resulting in multiple civilian casualties.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/gospel-of-the-lost-gods-asoiaf-worm.760033/ Gospel Of The Lost Gods]]'' by [=ManMagnificent=] is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' crossover, starring a revolving point of view from every Ward member as they struggle with Westero's Medieval-Fantasy setting.

* ShoutOut: To ''{{Literature/Ward}}''

** When [[spoiler: rescuing the Baratheon children from King's Landing]], Cuff, Wanton, Romp, Poltergeist, and Cuff face down a small army of Knights who have surrounded them. Despite making it a fighting retreat, the Wards wipe the floor with the army and only face a short obstacle in slowing down [[spoiler: Olly]].

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Melisandre forces Annex out of his breaker state.]]

-->'''Annex:''' "I'm not leaving."\\

* Drama-PreservingHandicap: Weaver and Tecton are arguably the strongest members of the Wards. Their powers would likely allow them to make short work of most of the trouble the rest of the group get into in King's Landing. However, because Tecton is a tinker who needs access to a lab and Weaver's surveillance and silk production are the only things that allow Oldstone's infrastructure to function, neither of them can leave to solve the group's issues themselves.

* IKnowYou'reWatchingMe: Subverted. Knowing several of the Wards can turn invisible, Varys pulls this at one point, stopping when he think he's alone and declaring he knows they're there. He's absolutely right, but they don't fall for it, however. [[spoiler: Double subverted that he then pretends to go to bed, and then slips away when the Ward stops paying attention to him.]]

* IKnowYou'reWatchingMe: Subverted. Knowing several of the Wards can turn invisible, Varys pulls this at one point, stopping when he think he's alone and declaring he knows they're there. He's absolutely right, but they don't fall for it, however.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] All of the Wards have spider-silk armor in addition to their costumes (Grace wears light-armor studs, Golem has various hard materials as armor, and Cuff walks around with [[spoiler:Valerian steel]] armor). Olly imbues his armor with his power as well.

* KarmaHoudini: Circe is proven "innocent" via Trial by Combat and thus remains Queen, along with getting to keep her remaining children safe.

->“I am Weaver,” I said through my bugs. “Goddess of Silk and Honey.\\

* ActionGirl: Quite a few. Weaver, Cuff, Grace, and Romp all get their times to shine

* ArbitrarySkepticism: {{Played With}}. This being Westeros, there are inhabitants who don't believe the Wards are gods, but rather just people who can perform magic. None of the Wards believe in magic and chalk up what magic they do see as simply the appearance of Powers.

* ArmorIsUseless: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] All of the Wards have spider-silk armor in addition to their costumes (Grace wears light-armor studs, Golem has various hard materials as armor, and Cuff walks around with [[spoiler:Valerian steel]] armor). Olly imbues his armor with his power as well.

* AGodAmI: Barden, a young peasant boy the Wards take in when he Triggers and gains telekinesis (codename: Poltergeist), is thoroughly convinced he and the Wards are gods.

* TheDreaded: The Wards or "Lost Gods" are seen by this by many of the Westerosi politicians, both for their incredible powers, but also for their often unintentional upheavals of the social order.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pretty much any time a character notices how Romp behaves around Jofferey and his attempts to not be caught up in her pace.

* MuggingTheMonster: Anytime bandits think they can target the Wards allies without repercussions

** Cuff can no sell any metal attack aimed at her
** Grace's invulnerability also grants her limited power immunity
** Olly was defeated by Grace, but his armor meant he was essentially left unharmed

* PowerMisidentification: On several levels. The Wards powers are mistaken for spirits, gods, and magic priests. The Wards meanwhile chalk up every weird bit of magic like greenseers or priestly miracles as superpowers.

-->'''Annex:''' “I’m not leaving.”\\
'''Grace:''' (shocked) ''“Fucking why?”''

* BadassFamily: As expected from A Song of Ice and Fire, the Lannisters, Baratheons, and Starks all earned this reputation.

* CrossOver: Between {{Literature/Worm}} and {{Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire}}

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/gospel-of-the-lost-gods-asoiaf-worm.760033/ Gospel Of The Lost Gods]]'' by ManMagnificent is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' crossover, starring a revolving point of view from every Ward member as they struggle with Westero's Medieval-Fantasy setting.

* ArmorIsUseless: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] All of the Wards have spider-silk armor in addition to their costumes (Grace wears light-armor studs, Golem has various hard materials as armor, and Cuff walks around with ||Valerian steel|| armor). Olly imbues his armor with his power as well.

* ActionGirl: Quite a few. Weaver, Cuff, Grace, and Romp all their times to shine