History Fanfic / TheTyrantAndTheHero

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod, Chapter 25 would have included a segment from Tamamo's perspective, which would have shown [[spoiler: her identity as one of the Six Ancestors]] and her defence of Yamatai from a vampire army. The actual chapter only has these events described second-hand.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The position of Monster Lord goes to the strongest monster. It is effectively hereditary, though, since this has always been someone from the same family.

* HornyDevils: Succubi are one of the races of monsters. The first one to appear, Akame Artiste, doesn't have the libido associated with this trope, but later ones certainly do.

* NotSoDifferent:
** In a dark way, human and monster criminals are shown to be similar. This is most apparent when [[spoiler:human bandits attack a village, killing the men and boys and taking the women and girls as sex slaves. Then they are attacked in turn by insect monsters, who take ''them'' as sex slaves.]]
** Angels to monsters. As Lucifina points out, while most angels claim to be higher beings, they also have sexual desires.

''The Tyrant and the Hero'' is a ''Monster Girl Quest'' fanfiction by Fish on Land. It can be found on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12774266/1/The-Tyrant-and-the-Hero Fanfiction.net]] or [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-tyrant-and-the-hero-monster-girl-quest.600149/ Spacebattles]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: The fic has monsters in general be more heroic, but nowhere is this more apparent than with Black Alice. Canonically a playfully sadistic, cannibalistic, rapist megalomaniac, here she starts out as a WideEyedIdealist.

** When thinking to herself, Black Alice reasons that [[spoiler:the war]] was started by humans and monsters, and unlike in the stories, [[spoiler:Ilias]] didn't have anything to do with it.

* GenerationXerox: Like in the original Monster Girl Quest, the two main characters are a Monster Lord and a human hero who's initially unaware of the former's true nature (and later gains the power of the Four Spirits). However, one difference is that the Monster Lord in this story starts out naive and is also the one who initially handles the fighting, whereas the human is the (relatively) more wordly one. WordOfGod states that this was intentional.

* IHaveManyNames: As in the source material, Black Alice has this nickname in addition to her official name of Alipheese "Alice" Fateburn VIII. However, this story has her originally being named Mary (see AliceAllusion above) and also take on the pseudonym Alicetroemeria (and after that, Alice) when disguised as a human. This article uses Black Alice to avoid confusion, since it's the name most known to fans.

* MonsterProgenitor: The Six Ancestors, the ancestors of monsters, are described in Chapter 30 (and occasionally mentioned in earlier chapters). Only five of them have been named: the sixth is only described as the ancestor of beasts and someone who caused the downfall of several nations, though MGQ fans will know that this is [[spoiler:Tamamo.]]

** The Artiste family of succubi is mentioned to practice necromancy (along with spiritualism and puppeteering), although the only member to be shown so far, Akame, is more interested in studying living things. [[spoiler:In contrast, her mother is dedicated to the art, and doesn't let anything like ''ethics'' stand in her way...]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/57130900/ Apparently]], Chapter 25 would have included a segment from Tamamo's perspective, which would have shown [[spoiler: her identity as one of the Six Ancestors]] and her defence of Yamatai from a vampire army. The actual chapter only has these events described second-hand.

* YinYangBomb: [[spoiler:After gaining the power of all four classical elements (wind, earth, fire, water), Heinrich invents techniques that use all four of them at once. The one shown so far, Element Spica, is powerful enough to utterly obliterate a hill. There's a second one that has yet to be named or shown (though based on the source material, it's presumably the even more powerful Quadruple Giga).]]

* DatingCatwoman: Essentially the premise of the story, with the caveat that the Catwoman in this case isn't a villain (at least at first).

* ElectiveMute: Subverted in the case of Gnome. In canon, Gnome doesn't speak [[spoiler:except for one time at the end of the original trilogy]]. Here she does, though she's described as speaking in a slow and quiet voice.

* ElementalPowers: Two different systems of elements are mentioned. The first is based on the elemental system of the original ''Monster Girl Quest'' trilogy, with the six elements of fire, water, earth, wind, light and darkness. The second system is based on that in ''Monster Girl Quest: Paradox'', with the same six elements but also adding in ice and lightning.
* FantasticRacism: Many humans hate and fear monsters, which are portrayed in their religion as the mortal enemies of humanity. This isn't universal, though, as it's mentioned that human ambassadors occasionally visit the monster leadership. And it turns out that it's restricted to the Noah region, with other areas being better off (note that the story takes place before the Slaughter of Remina, which was the reason for the poor relations in canon).

* InternalReveal: At the end of Chapter 7, [[spoiler:Black Alice reveals her true identity to Heinrich.]]

* ManChild: Black Alice, but without the [[PsychopathicManChild psychopathy]] that she had in canon. She wears a "dress that wouldn’t have looked out of place on someone ten years younger" and owns a teddy bear.
* MarsNeedsWomen: Since monsters are all-female, they need human men to reproduce. This is the motivation for a gang of insect monsters who kidnap men as sex slaves.

** The Artiste family of succubi is mentioned to practice necromancy (along with spiritualism and puppeteering), although the only member to be shown so far, Akame, is more interested in studying living things.

* TimeSkip: There's one between Chapters 8 and 9, covering most of the time that the main characters spend in Yamatai Village.

** Black Alice, after sneaking out of their inn room, hopes that Heinrich is sleeping well. The section immediately prior to this had Heinrich notice her sneaking out.

* FantasticRacism: Many humans hate and fear monsters, which are portrayed in their religion as the mortal enemies of humanity. This isn't universal, though, as it's mentioned that human ambassadors occasionally visit the monster leadership.

* IHaveManyNames: As in the source material, Black Alice has this nickname in addition to her official name of Alipheese "Alice" Fateburn VIII. However, this story has her originally being named Mary (see AliceAllusion above) and also take on the pseudonym Alicetroemeria (and after that, Alice) when disguised as a human. Confusingly, the narration refers to her using Alicetroemeria while her own thoughts have her still call herself Mary (this article uses Black Alice to avoid confusion).

* PaperThinDisguise: Black Alice's disguise causes her to stand out in multiple ways. Her dress initially has a CleavageWindow, which Heinrich eventually convinces her to patch over. She casually throws around enough power to easily defeat groups of humans or monsters without killing them. She carries around various expensive items like a sword and books. Even the fake name she uses is overly long and complicated (and still contains the name used by the Monster Lords, so it fails on all counts). Notably, many monsters she meets are immediately aware that she's a monster, though they don't know of her status.

* IHaveManyNames: As in the source material, Black Alice has this nickname in addition to her official name of Alipheese "Alice" Fateburn VIII. However, this story has her originally being named Mary (see AliceAllusion above) and also take on the pseudonym Alicetroemeria when disguised as a human. Confusingly, the narration refers to her using Alicetroemeria while her own thoughts have her still call herself Mary (this article uses Black Alice to avoid confusion).

* ShownTheirWork: The fighting in the arena of Grand Noah has several aspects of Roman gladiatorial combat. The fighters are required to [[{{Kevlard}} build up a layer of fat for protection from attacks]] and the arena itself has a sand floor to soak up blood.

* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Black Alice tries to seduce information a pair of guards. The result can only be described as an EpicFail. Not only do the guards maintain their professionalism, but Black Alice is embarrassed at the mere thought of the seduction techniques she's learned about and runs away.

* LineOfSightName: Black Alice takes on the name "Alicetroemeria" when disguised, this being a portmanteau of "Alice" and "alstroemeria" (a type of flower which she happened to see at the time).

* {{Hammerspace}}: Black Alice carries her luggage in a magical cabinet that uses space-time magic, allowing her to shrink it until it can fit on her palm.