History Fanfic / DemonInFodlan

* MistakenForRomance: Despite some of the ShipTease between them, one of the story's RunningGag is people mistaking Byleth and Goetia's interactions to be romantic in nature. [[NotWhatItLooksLike Either from misunderstanding a situation]] between the two or from the duos own [[NoSocialSkills cluelessness in social cues]].
** In the events after [[spoiler: Sitri's attack]], a [[BreakTheHaughty humbled]] and [[TookALevelInKindness mellowed-out]] Rhea's interactions with Goetia in front of the [[spoiler: Black Eagles]] borders on this, which is noticed first by Dorothea when Rhea follows after Goetia out of concern when he walks off after being accidentally reminded of his defeat from Fujimaru.

** Chapter 92 focuses on Goetia's side and his discussions on fashion and Dorothea convincing him to get new clothes, which happens at the same time the Conard Tower arc takes place during Chapter 90-91.

** The Conard Tower arc is essentially one for Sylvain, due to it being a [[ItsPersonal personal mission]] that involves his older half-brother stealing Lance of Ruin. Chapter 81 focuses on Byleth asking Sylvain if he had any issues with the mission while Chapter 91 focuses on the full battle itself [[spoiler:ending with Sylvain being the one to kill Miklan]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Lonato starts an insurrection against the Church in retaliation for his son's death, even willing to beat Ashe, his adopted son, to death when the latter stood against him. Lonato ends up being beaten to death himself by a furious Goetia in retaliation for Lysithea being fatally stabbed]].

*** Thanks to Lemegeton's offer from many chapters back, [[spoiler: during the Conand Tower arc, Miklan takes to the field to confront the Blue Lions with the stolen Lance that he can use to its full potential without suffering from the deadly consequences of holding a Relic without a Crest. ]]

** Chapter 81, "The woes in our hearts", refers to Byleth making attempts to have Sylvain confide to her or anyone any trouble her has over fighting his half-brother in the upcoming Lance of Ruin retrieval mission. It also refers to Byleth's own troubles about the truth of her origins, particularly that the was even troubled by it is because her father was affected by it the most.

** After learning that Goetia may be the last of his breathrens, Byleth asks Sothis on what it is like to lose someone, not knowing that experience of loss before. Readers familiar with Three Houses and Three Hopes will know that whenever Jeralt dies, [[NotSoStoic Byleth will not]] handle his death well and will [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge go on a rampage]] [[YouKilledMyFather against his killer]].

** Chapter 83 has Goetia seeking out Claude as a potential asset to Abyss due to the latter's status as the future leader of the Leicester Alliance. The reasons Goetia gave is because the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus [[KnightTemplar barely tolerates heretics and outcasts]] while the Adrestian Empire is [[AristocratsAreEvil with corruption in the aftermath of the Insurrection of the Seven]], leaving the Alliance as the only viable option for Abyss. Goetia also unknowingly dodged a bullet since the Leicester Alliance is the only kingdom [[spoiler:that doesn't have an Agarthan agent within their ranks]], thus prevent them from getting access to Abyss for now.

** After defeating the golems when searching for the Chalice of Beginnings, Goetia and the others notice that golems are fueled by a mysterious silver liquid that is only activated through a Crest stone. [[spoiler:According to Lemegeton, the silver liquid is 'the blood of the Goddess', which he offers to Miklan in order to cure his lack of a Crest]].

** In Chapter 87, After Goetia's [[BrutalHonesty encouraging pep-talk]], Rhea accompanies the Black Eagles and Goetia to visit Enbarr or the capital of Adrestia to check on the current state of affairs there which never happens in the game proper.

** Rhea's sudden decision to accompany the Black Eagles on the trip to Enbarr unnerves Edelgard, who assumes her motivation to be out of [[CorruptChurch political or religious power-play]] reasons. [[spoiler: She is unaware of Rhea's motivation is out of [[TheAtoner willingness to fix her mistakes]] thanks to Goetia's prodding.]]

* TemptingFate: In Chapter 87, Goetia learns that Anna is making a trip to Enbarr to restock, with the Black Eagles acting as her escort. He decides to join, seeing this as nothing more than a routine trip to the Imperial capital with nothing the Black Eagles should be too concern about. Then a [[HesBack rejuvenated]] Rhea decides to join them on the trip as well in order to pass her blessings to the clergy and the current Emperor, significantly increasing the weight of the escort mission, not to mention the presence of the [[KillAndReplace undercover Agarthans in the Empire's higher-ups.]]

** Rhea's sudden decision to accompany the Black Eagles on the trip to Enbarr unnerves Edelgard, who assumes her motivation to be out of [[CorruptChurch political or religious power-play]] reasons. She is unaware of Rhea's motivation is out of [[TheAtoner willingness to fix her mistakes]] thanks to Goetia's prodding.

-->'''Rhea''': Goetia.

-->'''Goetia''': Hmmm?
-->'''Rhea''': Thank you for visiting me.
-->'''Goetia''': [[BrutalHonesty Your relationship with your kin must truly be awful if you consider this a meeting worthy of gratitude.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Goetia invokes this to a

** Chapter 83 has Goetia seeking out Claude as a potential assest to Abyss due to the latter's status as the future leader of the Leicester Alliance. The reasons Goetia gave is because the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus [[KnightTemplar barely tolerates heretics and outcasts]] while the Adrestian Empire is [[AristocratsAreEvil with corruption in the aftermath of the Insurrection of the Seven]], leaving the Alliance as the only viable option for Abyss. Goetia also unknowingly dodged a bullet since the Leicester Alliance is the only kingdom [[spoiler:that doesn't have an Agarthan agent within their ranks]], thus prevent them from getting access to Abyss for now.

* SimultaneousArc: The Lance of Ruin arc occurs at the same time Goetia joins the Black Eagles in an escort mission, guarding both Anna and Rhea during the trip to Enbarr.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Byleth and Goetia are first employed by the Church, [[spoiler: the Agarthans]] dismiss them as just a mercenary and a vagrant foreign mage respectively. Even after Goetia easily dispatched the enhanced Demonic Beast that [[spoiler: the Agarthans]] sent to kill the Golden Deer class, they still view him as an insect that can be dealt with later.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: In contrast with Goetia and Sothis' [[SnarkToSnarkCombat banter]], Goetia and Rhea's interactions would drip with obvious subtext, backhanded compliments and critiques at the other, largely because of Goetia's indifference towards the Scripture of Seiros and that [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow both know]] that the other is hiding their real appearance from the other but refuse to confront them about it.

* TemptingFate: In Chapter 87, Goetia learns that Anna is making a trip to Enbarr to restock, with the Black Eagles acting as her escort. He decides to join, seeing this as nothing more than a routine trip to the Imperial capital with nothing the Black Eagles should be too concern about. Then a [[HesBack rejuvenated]] Rhea decides to join them on the trip as well in order to pass her blessings to the clergy and Emperor, significantly increasing the weight of the escort mission.

* EscortMission: Chapter 87 has Goetia joining the Black Eagles in escorting Anna safely to Enbarr to restock on her supplies. The mission soon escalates when Rhea decides to travel to Enbarr as well, the Black Eagles, Goetia and Shamir now task in guarding both Anna and Rhea during the trip.

* BrickJoke: Chapter 32 has Claude bring up a book that he's recently read titled 'Tale of the Lone Swordsman', with Hilda recalling that it was the character often slewed birds. Come Chapter 44, one of the books The Gatekeeper/Harold reads in Abyss Library is called 'The Daring Adventures of Kasaki Sojirou, the Pigeon Slayer'.