History Fanfic / FinishingTheFight

*** It makes sense that the UNSC's forces don't take many losses, as the five characters that initially travel to Faerun include two SPARTANs (one I and one II), An AI (capable of analyzing thousands of tactics per second), Commander Keyes (who helped lead the UNSC to victory multiple times with her tactical insight, and rarely gets involved in the battles personally), and the Arbiter, a mighty warrior who used to be in command of an unbelievably huge warfleet. Out of all the people who could have been sent, these individuals would stand the best chance of surviving, adapting, and ''thriving'' in these new situations.

** Mephasm. He's literally Neeshka's grandfather, and he's one of the more powerful Balors.

* HeroKiller: Gromph Baenre who manages to kill [[spoiler: Revajik, Lady Alustriel, and the Hunter Denos]], probably because he's DangerouslyGenreSavvy.

* OutsideContextVillain: Inverted. Chief and co. are Outside Context ''Heroes''.

** The five elements of the assault forces are [[WorldWarII Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword.]]

* DoesntLikeGuns: Drizzt is this in ''spades'' (mainly because such weapons make his ImplausibleFencingPowers utterly obsolete). He does carry and use firearms as the story progresses, but with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. [[UnstoppableRage Usually.]]

* ShoutOut: [[Film/TheMatrix "I had seen them punch through stone walls and soldiers empty entire power packs at them and hit nothing but air."]]

** "[[{{Gettysburg}} There are times when a Lord's life does not count.]]"

* GodOfEvil: Several, but Lolth and Demogorgon are the most prominent.

* CanonImmigrant: Numerous characters from all over the Forgotten Realms' expanded universe make appearances, not least of whom are [[NeverwinterNights2 Neeshka]] and [[Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy Drizzt]], who share main character status with Chief and the crew.

--> [[spoiler: '''Helm''': "I was born more than a hundred thousand years ago, on a planet long since blasted to ash and dust… There, on that day, at that time, I was given the name [[{{Halo}} Arias Didact]]." ]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Helm''': "I was born more than a hundred thousand years ago, on a planet long since blasted to ash and dust… There, on that day, at that time, I was given the name [[{{Halo}} Arias Didact]]." ]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The entire fic noticably treats the fluff and lore of both the Halo EU and the Forgotten Realms as canon to the storyline, while ignoring the crunch of the Halo games and [[DungeonsAndDragons DnD]] 3rd Edition - especially noticable in how Spartans are depicted as far more capable than their ODST allies in combat, rather than [[Videogame/Halo3ODST roughly equal]], with Spartans having a [[RegeneratingHealth slight]] [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth edge]].

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, none of the Forgotten Realms characters understand English, or French, German, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Latin, and Old English for that matter. Cortana manages to decipher it, allowing them to communicate. [[spoiler:She later does the same for the Neo-Covenant, and they later act as translators when the UNSC shows up.]]

** [[{{Scarface}} "Say hello to my little friend!"]]

* GhengisGambit: Part of Helm's plan involves putting the rest of the Good pantheon into a corner so they'll HAVE to put aside their petty squabbling and unite together against Lolth and Demogorgon

* VilliansDyingGrace: Gromph decides in the final moments before Menzoberranzan's destruction to save Triel rather than himself with his last bit of teleportation magic. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Neither of them can figure out why he did it.]]

* ChekovsGun: MC gives Bruenor a grenade before the battle for Mithral Hall, so he can commit suicide if he thinks he'll get captured. This proves crucial during the fight with Matron Baerne, where he uses it to great effect.

* KilledByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Alustriel, killed by Gromph during the Drow Assault on Mithril Hall. Also, Bane during the Time of Troubles.]]

* TeleportSpam: Used by [[spoiler: the Forerunners, Helm and Lolth]].

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Several chapters were dedicated to Helm/Diadact's flashback to the Forerunner/Flood war, writing in whole events which were only alluded to or briefly explained in the Halo games (before the Forerunner Saga books came out and made his fanon obsolete (Yet still unbelievably cool)).