History Fanfic / RingMaker

* GoodIsNotSoft: As convincing Dragon that trying to take over would be an appallingly bad idea, Annatar warns her Family is in charge of reinforcing Justice, and ticking them off results in sunken continents.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: ''Narrowly'' Averted. After [[spoiler: Noelle's RedemptionEqualDeath, Taylor worries that pursuing her own redemption will result in the same; if her options are limited to dying for her atonement, or becoming a Dark Lord again, than she ''will'' choose the latter]]. Thankfully, [[spoiler: Sophia]] is on hand to talk [[spoiler: her]] down by promising that [[spoiler: they can find redemption ''together'']].

* EldritchAbomination: The Entities, as per ''Worm'' canon, but here [[spoiler: they're implied to be the spawn of ''Ungoliant'']].

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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: When Annatar starts becoming more ruthless, Sophia and Armsmaster leave, the latter looking for the former]].

* {{Mithril}}: It's a fanfic of the TropeNamer after all.

* AppealToObscurity: [[spoiler: Annatar asks Bakuda who Grendel is, and when she can't answer, says that while no one really remembers him, everybody remembers Beowulf, the hero that slew him, and like what happened with Grendel, Annatar would reduce Bakuda to a mere footnote in ''her'' legend]].

* AuraVision: [[spoiler: The Rings allow one to see Leviathan's Core]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: As Bakuda found out, you shouldn't push Annatar too far]].

* CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler: A staple with Noelle's clones, but her attempts to clone Annatar are dead on arrival, and in the form of her previous incarnation's different personas]].

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Taylor saying that she can't Master the wearers of the Rings comes across as this to Armsmaster's lie detector]].

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Auxiliary's Tinker power lets him make Tinkertech modifications to existing devices and machines, allow them to basically do whatever he can think of. However all he makes is centralised, meaning that anything he's tinkered with has a single central core that, if taken out, makes the device inoperable. And this can have lethal results.

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The new Empire Tinker Auxilary is described as a villainous version of Armsmaster]].

* SuperEmpowering: The Rings Taylor gives the Wards enhance their existing powers, Clockblocker can now slow down time around him, but his allies still think at the normal rate, Vista can affect direction; allowing her to say that "down" is say, a spot 5 feet in the air, Aegis gets a HealingFactor, Gallant's EmotionBomb powers get stronger and he has better control that lets him do more than simple blasts, Browbeat gets increased self-control (leading him to be banned from poker with the others), Kid Win's Tinkering and focus are boosted, and Sophia can teleport through shadows.

* {{Crossover}}: See top of page.

** [[spoiler: Echidna creating an Eidolon clone]].

** [[spoiler: Shaper, Amy's Shard]] becomes one after [[spoiler: Noelle's cloning ability gives it a body]].
** [[spoiler: Taylor/Annatar/Mairon]] could be considered this after [[spoiler: getting in touch with her Maia-nature]].

** MadeOfIndestructium: Mithril is nearly indestructible when properly forged.

* {{Seer}}: Taylor, of course.

* AuraVision: [[spoiler: The Rings allow one to see Leviathan’s Core]].
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Emma]] initially only joined the Empire to [[spoiler: gain allies against Annatar]], but it's implied later the Nazism is rubbing off on [[spoiler: her]].

* CelebrityParadox: The author has remained deliberately ambiguous on whether Tolkien, [=LotR=], or his other works exist on Bet at all or in some manner on Aleph.

* CrowningMomentOFAwesome: Annataylor's battle with one of the Entities, which are implied to be the same kind of thing as [[spoiler:''[[EldritchAbomination Ungoliant]]''. No Shard for her.]] See also DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu below.

** [[spoiler: Burzashdurb is deliberately destroyed by Taylor to symbolize her moving past her darkness]].

* AmplifierArtifact: The Seven draw their abilities from their Bearer's own uniqueness, hence why they boost the abilities of the Wards instead of granting entirely separate abilities like the Three.

* CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler: A staple with Noelle's clones, but her attempts to clone Annatar are dead on arrival, and in the form of her previous incarnation's personas]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Bakuda wanted to become immortalized through the memories of others, Taylor killed her in a way that would reduce her to a footnote the legend of Annatar]].

* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Rings work for Taylor because she made them, even if she can’t complement them like a true bearer chosen by the ring could.
* MagicallyBindingContract: If a Ring-Bearer swears on oath on their Ring, they ''have'' to follow it.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Noelle. In this version, she stops her RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and allows Taylor to sever her Shard. The trauma is lethal, but she's glad she gets to [[DyingAsYourself Die As Herself]].

** [[spoiler: Emma]] has seer-like powers and takes the name Oracle after triggering.

** [[spoiler: Annatar, after becoming more of a KnightTemplar, switchers her previous weapons for the mace Burzashdurb, and her armor turns completely black (it's just soot, but it apparently remains for several weeks, and has basically the same effect)]].