History Fanfic / Transcendence

* TreacheryCoverUp: [[spoiler: The entire plot of the Kul Tiras arc revolves around Ichigo and his allies trying to uncover one of these. To summarize, the Quarvel’s Raiders in Shady Rest, working with the Kul Tiras members in Theramore, raided Horde caravans along the Gold Road in attempts to weaken the Horde. It all goes sideways when they unknowingly attack a caravan belonging to the Grimtotem tribe, who trace the attack back to Shady Rest and burn it to the ground in retaliation. Kul Tiras, realizing that news of the town’s fate would bring the Alliance to investigate, scramble to remove any trace of their involvement in the town that could expose them, as well as silence any survivors from the attack who might have seen anything. It was their bad luck that one of the survivors just happened to be Ichigo.]]

** Adelina and Colonel Lorena note that Ichigo doesn't have any real form of swordsmanship, and that he instead relies almost entirely on his insane strength, combat instincts, and experience in battle. This actually works out in Ichigo’s favor in some fights, as his lack of a set style makes him unpredictable to lower level opponents.
** Subverted with Princess Theradras. In close combat, all she knows how to do is wildly swing her stone weapons, relying mostly on her immense strength. However, her true power doesn't lie in her fighting skills, but rather in her precise control over [[DishingOutDirt earth]] and [[GravityMaster gravity]]. She later plays it straight when she goes ClippedWingAngel as listed above.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: {{Inverted}}. Almost everything Ichigo encounters on Azeroth generally elicits mild surprise from Ichigo at best, but when he watches Adelina summon a handful of treants, he gapes at them and wonders how a tree can move like a person. Evidently the man who regularly interacts with ghosts and traversed the [[EldritchLocation Twisting Nether]] draws the line at walking trees.

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: When Caldwell realizes he's in the water with a crocolisk after Ichigo kicks him into the marsh, he spends his final moments begging anyone to help him. Too bad the only people in a position to help are those he's tried to kill in his mad quest for vengeance and given every reason to see him dead. His cries go unanswered and he's pulled under by the beast, never to be seen again]].

* BerserkButton: Caren does not like to be reminded of her lack of physical stamina.

* HulkSpeak: The ogres, centaur, and earth elementals are not fans of grammar or proper nouns.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Adelina has very little confidence in her abilities as a druid, and as such, she dismisses her chances of [[spoiler: successfully growing a Great Tree by herself at Druantia's request at Ethel Rethor. When she voices this concern, Ichigo asks her why she thinks she'd fail before trying, pointing out that she's a far better druid than she gives herself credit for. Ichigo manages to convince her to stop doubting herself and "just make the tree grow". After some struggling, she succeeds]].

* GoodIsNotSoft:
** Codexia. She’s trying to help bring balance to the Elements by reuniting the Council of Six, but she does some pretty morally questionable things to advance this goal. [[spoiler: She ends up being a subversion though, as she's only working for the Spirits to give herself [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife a purpose in life]] and [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist isn't actually all that invested in their cause]]]].
** The bronze dragonflight are understandably pretty worried about Ichigo's ability to change Azeroth's main timeline and are trying to put a stop to it before he ends up completely derailing the events that are supposed to transpire, which in turn may lead to something horrible. Unfortunately, they decide that the best method of fixing the problem is to remove whatever barrier he has that nullifies their powers and then [[MurderIsTheBestSolution erase him from existence so he can't alter any more events afterwards]]. Thankfully for Ichigo, the bronze dragons are terrible at finding people without their usual method of tracking them through the timestreams.
** After Codexia and Mordent are captured, Iyeana claims she plans to torture and interrogate the two of them for information on the Highborne's plans. She's stopped when Ichigo intercedes and correctly points out that Codexia and Mordent had already given them all the information they have, and that the Sentinel commander [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist just wants to take out her anger towards the Highborne]] [[SubvertedTrope on the two prisoners]].
** [[spoiler: For all the benevolence they put forth, the Primal Spirits are revealed to be this. Above all else, they are concerned with keeping the Old Gods from returning and the Spirits are willing to do anything to foil whatever schemes they come up with, no matter how many people they have to sacrifice in the process. Their initial plan for defeating Theradras was to sacrifice the majority of the Sentinels against the invading earth elementals in order to buy time for the Highborne nobles to successfully use the Obelisk of Elune to murder everything in the Desolace, which would take care of the elementals and disperse the Spirits' essences. Afterwords, the Spirits would gather their essences inside the Great Trees that they had Codexia plant throughout the Desolace and be reborn from them, at which point the four of them would defeat Theradras themselves. Then they would return to Ethel Rethor, depose the nobles and establish themselves as the caring guides of the Highborne who would welcome the Alliance and Horde with open arms. Those plans went out the window the moment [[SpannerInTheWorks Ichigo]] got involved. While Erebus doesn't like having their plans go off the rails, all of the Spirits agree that Ichigo managing to bring about a peaceful outcome that didn't involve sacrificing the entire Desolace is far better than anything they could have accomplished on their own]].

* InsaneTrollLogic: Maluineth ''hates'' Mordent to a ridiculous extreme. Why does she hate him? Because he was placed in charge of the Shen'dralar after his superior, Maluineth's father, was banished following a failed coup against Tortheldrin. Mordent didn't even really want the job, but the fact that he took it is proof to Maluineth that he betrayed her father. Multiple characters, including Tylarwin, her own ally, call her out on how utterly stupid her grudge is.

* MoralMyopia: The Highborne, full stop. They view themselves as an oppressed minority living in a world that would love nothing more than to see them dead. Of course, the only real reason anyone else has a problem with them is because they're a bunch of xenophobic, power-hungry racists who willingly continue the practices of a civilization that nearly brought the world to ruin. They also feel that it's unfair to have to change their way of life to fit in with the new world and decide that a better solution is to try and [[spoiler: kill all life on Kalimdor to preserve their culture.]] Naturally, The Highborne see absolutely nothing wrong with this. In their eyes, people trying to kill them is unacceptable because they are clearly superior, but them killing others is justified because everyone else belongs to "lesser races".

* ClippedWingAngel:[[spoiler: After getting thrashed by Ichigo's visored state, Theradras gets back up and unleashes [[IAmNotLeftHanded all of her powers over the earth that she had previously withheld]] against him. Despite going all out, she winds up being far less effective than she was previously in the fight. Her massive boost in raw power comes at the cost of all her skill and versatility to the point that her fighting style is reduced to simply chucking massive boulders around in the hope of crushing Ichigo with sheer size. She also seems to sacrifice most of her durability, as Ichigo notices that her skin isn't as hard as before]].
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Subverted with Mildreas. Most of his power comes from his equipment. Among his arsenal are the [[FlashStep Seven League Greaves]], which allow him to outpace Ichigo's Shunpo [[spoiler: (until he uses his bankai)]], and a cloak made from the fur of the Wild God Ashamane, that [[SuperToughness can't be damaged or penetrated]] by anything short of high-level magic or [[spoiler: Tensa Zangetsu]]. His exceptional skill with a blade and magic is all his own though.

** [[TheEvilPrince Tortheldrin]] is a dangerously unhinged ruler, who hordes all of the arcane power in Eldre'Thalas and only allows the citizens scraps of it to feed their shared arcane addiction. If anyone steps out of line even a little bit, he has them exiled or executed. Because of all this, he's despised by pretty much every single one of his subjects. He's so hated that when he is finally killed by Pained, none of them so much as bat an eye.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Codexia gets an entire four chapter interlude arc showing her efforts to raise the ancient city of Ethel Rethor, leading into the Maraudon arc.

* AchillesHeel: Arcane and fel magic both wind up being this to Ichigo. A clash between spiritual powers is straightforward; a stronger spiritual force will always triumph over a weaker one. Arcane and fel magics don't follow this rule, so Ichigo can't simply brute force his way past magically protected beings or tank spells the same way he can against spiritual and physical entities. As a result, he has a much harder time dealing with magic users than he does with any other opponents.

** Mordent Evenshade, who is involved in a single quest in ''World of Warcraft'', plays a huge role in the Maraudon arc.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted with most of the Highborne nobles, but played straight with Mildreas and A'orean. Out of all the corrupt nobles, Mildreas is the only real credible threat. Beneath his petty attitude, he's actually an extremely capable mage and swordsman, to the point that Ichigo believes that he surpasses Byakuya Kuchiki in terms of pure skill. A'orean is stated to be an exceptionally powerful mage, although we never get to see it [[spoiler: before Mildreas kills him]].
* BadBoss: Abraxus is an absolute dick to the demons serving under him, treating all of them like dirt. Naturally, his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first appearance]] has him blowing off one of his soldiers arms simply for [[ShootTheMessenger bringing him some bad news]].

* BargainWithHeaven: After Ichigo’s bankai heavily damages his body, the Spirit of the Wilds agrees to heal him in exchange for Adelina’s help in the future. After the heroes help stop the Elemental invasion in the Desolace, Druantia asks Adelina to repay her [[spoiler: by using her druidic powers to grow a Great Tree at Ethel Rethor]].

** The dreadlord Abraxus wants so badly to prove to rest of the Burning Legion that he is a demon to be feared and respected. Unfortunately for him, he's nowhere near powerful or competent enough to really back up his ambitions, and while he manages to serve as an ArcVillain, he's ultimately just a wannabe with an [[SmallNameBigEgo over inflated ego]]. His plans to conquer Azeroth by summoning reinforcements from the Nether quickly draw the attention of the Alliance and Horde, who dismantle his plans before Ichigo [[spoiler: makes quick work of the demon after he uses his bankai]]. Even more telling of his wannabe status is the fact that he immediately tries to take over Azeroth through force instead of using subterfuge and manipulation like the much more successful dreadlords who participated in the Third War.

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: After the battle with Abraxus at Dire Maul, Aegwynn offers to teach Ichigo how to more properly control his spiritual power to compensate for his diminished state.
* BrokenBird: Codexia is eventually revealed to be one. [[spoiler: [[DarkAndTroubledPast She lost both of her parents in some sort of attack on her hometown that left her with deep emotional scars]]. Afterwards, she was manipulated by Erebus into becoming a primalist, a role she only continues to play because she really doesn't have anything else in her life. Over the course of her FreakOut in chapter 61, she admits that Codexia isn't even her birth name, and that she can't remember her real one.]]
* BrokenTears:[[spoiler: Codexia breaks down into a sobbing mess after Veles gives her a thorough [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dressing]] [[BreakThemByTalking down]] and forces her to admit her [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife actual motivation]] for being a primalist]].

** The orc blademasters under Mairne's command think it's a good idea to surround Ichigo and try to stare him down. Thankfully, Ichigo ends up being more amused than anything else. He even compares their posturing to Ganju's behavior from when Ichigo first met him.
* CastingAShadow: As a shadowpriest, Codexia can use shadow magic, or so she says. It later turns out that she’s actually a primalist channeling the power of Erebus, the Spirit of Decay.
* CharacterShilling: Just about everyone shills Codexia during her interlude, with all of them remarking about how mysterious, dangerous, powerful, or smart she apparently is. It dies down almost completely after she loses most of her powers.
* CheerfulChild: Jimmy Hyal is probably the most cheerful, happy character in the entire story when he's introduced. Then the [[spoiler: Grimtotem]] [[BreakTheCutie burn down his hometown]].
* ChekhovsGun: [[LightEmUp Allaminar]] is initially just the weapon of Sylerian, but its powers of illusion end up being the key to helping Codexia and Mordent sneak back into Ethel Rethor without setting off the city's new defenses.

* ClippedWingAngel:[[spoiler: After getting thrashed by Ichigo's visored state, Theradras gets back up and unleashes [[IAmNotLeftHanded all of her powers over the earth that she had previously withholding]] against him. Despite going all out, she winds up being far less effective than she was previously in the fight. Her massive boost in raw power comes at the cost of all her skill and versatility to the point that her fighting style is reduced to simply chucking massive boulders around in the hope of crushing Ichigo with sheer size. She also seems to sacrifice most of her durability, as Ichigo notes that she's even easier to wound than before]].
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Subverted with Mildreas. Most of his power comes from his equipment. Among his arsenal are the [[FlashStep Seven League Greaves]], which allow him to outpace Ichigo's Shunpo [[spoiler: (until he uses his bankai)]], and a cloak made from the fur of the Wild God, Ashamane, that [[SuperToughness can't be damaged or penetrated]] by anything short of high-level magic or [[spoiler: Tensa Zangetsu]]. His exceptional skill with a blade and magic is all his own though.

** Abraxus finds himself on the receiving end of one after Ichigo [[spoiler: uses his bankai. It takes everything the dreadlord has just to fight a defensive battle, and even then it's clear that Ichigo isn't actually trying]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Chromie tries to hunt down Ichigo in order to erase him from time so he can't cause any more changes to the proper timeline. However, she can't simply find him by tracking him through the timestream like she normally would, so she takes a different approach: wandering around in the hopes of bumping into him. After about of month of this, Chromie realizes that she's so disconnected from the rest of the world that she [[EpicFail never considered]] just [[MundaneSolution asking around for information about him to find his location]].
* TheDogBitesBack: Mildreas disowned his son, Caelyb, but still forces him to act as his personal errand boy. Caelyb not only willingly joins Mordent's and Ichigo's cause in taking down his father, he winds up being the one to reveal Mildreas' crimes in front of the entire Highborne population.

** The dreadlord Abraxus wants to prove himself so badly to the Burning Legion by conquering Azeroth. Unfortunately for him, he’s taken out almost immediately after he’s ready to set his plans in motion. Even more telling of his wannabe status is the fact that he tries to conquer Azeroth through force rather than subterfuge and manipulation like other more successful dreadlords, such as Balnazzar and Mal’Ganis.
** For all of his skill and ambition, Mildreas falls firmly into this category. Despite all his scheming, his plans are quickly foiled by the [[EnemyMine alliance]] of Ichigo's and Maluineth's groups, and he's killed off before the end of the Maraudon arc. Had he been the only threat to Ichigo and the others, he might have been the central ArcVillain. Too bad he's competing with Theradras and [[spoiler: her master]]. [[spoiler: Not only that, but his ambitions were doomed from the start, as even if his plan to purge the Desolace of life had succeeded, he would have been killed by the Primal Spirits when they eventually reformed]].

* ForWantOfANail: A significant plot point of the story is that Ichigo's very existence on Azeroth is the nail. Thanks to his involvement, certain events begin to play out differently than in canon; He and Adelina save Lynn and Jimmy Hyal from the [[spoiler: Grimtotem]] tauren when they attack Shady Rest, although James Hyal dies instead. His tenacity in finding the culprits behind the attack on the village leads to Lieutenant Caldwell's crimes being exposed, keeping relations between the Alliance and the Horde from worsening. him aiding Codexia at Dire Maul results in her awakening the Spirit of the Wilds into a corporeal elemental form, which paves the path for Codexia to raises the ruins of Ethel Rethor from the ocean. The Highborne then take over the city and unwittingly instigate an elemental invasion by disturbing Princess Theradras, which draws the attention of the Alliance and Horde and culminates in the Highborne [[spoiler: switching from arcane magic to shamanism/primalism with the help of the Primal Spirits and effectively allying with the tauren instead of eventually reconciling with the night elves]]. The twist is that none of this was actually supposed to happen. Unbeknownst to everyone other than the bronze dragonflight, the Primal Spirits, and [[spoiler: the Old Gods]], these events were supposed to play out exactly like they do in canon, but Ichigo is somehow [[ScrewDestiny altering fate]] [[SpannerInTheWorks simply by interacting with the world]]. The bronze dragonflight are extremely concerned with this because he's completely derailing the timeline they're in charge of maintaining, which is severely affecting their ability to observe the timestream. [[spoiler: The Old Gods on the other hand are very interested in seeing Ichigo continue to act as the nail]].

** As mentioned above, after Ichigo saves everyone in Feathermoon Stronghold by obliterating the Rah'zesh and most of his naga subordinates, Shandris has her sentinels point weapons in his face and threatens to kill him unless he explains what exactly he is.
** After Ichigo [[spoiler: reveals his bankai]], he notices that the Horde warriors who were present for his battle with Abraxus and Immol'thar begin to look at him as if he were their enemy. Ichigo mentally facepalms when he realizes that they're more caught up in the possibility that he might be a new SuperSoldier for the Alliance rather than the fact that he had just saved their lives from two powerful demons.

* UnreliableExpositor: According to Caren, her grandfather was one of the most important heroes of the First War and was second only to Anduin Lothar in terms of heroism and fame. Except he isn't exactly a household name. Ichigo concludes that she's probably greatly exaggerating on account of how much she looks up to the man and doubts most of her stories about his feats.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: {{Inverted}} when Ichigo watches Adelina summon a handful of treants. All he can do is gape at them and wonder how a tree can move like a person. Evidently the man who regularly interacts with ghosts and traversed the [[EldritchLocation Twisting Nether]] draws the line at walking trees.

** Theradras turns into a ranting mess when [[spoiler: Ichigo's visored state]] proves too much for her to handle.

* VisualPun: Veles appears as a massive stone tauren, and as the Primal Spirit of Earth, one of the things he represents is stubbornness. In other words, he's bull-headed.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Averted. Ichigo is very mindful of the fact that the people he sometimes has to kill are sapient beings with lives and reasons for opposing him. Most of his early CharacterDevelopment revolves around him coming to terms with this and the fact that he will find himself in [[GoodIsNotSoft kill-or-be-killed]] situations. Played straight by just about everyone else though, which disturbs Ichigo quite a bit.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Other than his [[SwordBeam Getsuga Tensho]], [[FlashStep shunpo]], and [[SuperMode Bankai]], Ichigo doesn't have any other special abilities or techniques to utilize. When Aegwynn points this out, Ichigo freely admits that she's right.

* CheerfulChild: James Hyal is probably the most cheerful, happy character in the entire story when he's introduced. Then the [[spoiler: Grimtotem]] [[BreakTheCutie burn down his hometown]].

* MarkedByTheSupernatural: Ichigo possesses some sort of seal on him that manifests as an image of Mimihagi on his chest that can only be perceived by a few such as Codexia and members of the green dragonflight. What the seal is and why it's there have yet to be revealed.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Ichigo is able to somehow cause permanent changes to Azeroth’s carefully maintained main timeline instead of simply creating a branching timeline, something he is totally unaware of. His actions have led to the survival of Adelina and Codexia, who were supposed to die at Feathermoon Stronghold and Dire Maul respectively, and it’s hinted that his presence may affect the fates of Varian Wrynn, Darion Mograine, and Bolvar Fordragon as well. The bronze dragonflight are more than a little freaked out about this.

* StarterVillain: Rah'zesh, the leader of the Hatecrest naga who attack Feathermoon Stronghold is Ichigo's first real opponent on Azeroth. He doesn't have any magical powers or special weapons. He's just a larger than average naga. Compared to later villains, he's nothing more than an EliteMook.

** It seems to be a running thing with Shandris. First Ichigo saves her and everyone in Feathermoon Stronghold from a surprise naga attack and she thanks him by having weapons pointed in his face. At Dire Maul, Ichigo convinces her not to start a fight with the Horde when they have the more pressing issue of Abraxus and his army of demons to deal with. Instead of thanking Ichigo for reminding her of the matter at hand, [[NeverMyFault or even so much as acknowledging her mistake]], Shandris just chastises him for getting involved and insists that the Horde are just as much their enemies as the demons are.

* PaperTiger: Sylerian acts incredibly high and mighty and is initially presented as being an elite warrior… only to be revealed as a complete and utter novice in combat one chapter after he’s introduced. The only reason he’s able to (just barely) hold his own against both Codexia and Ichigo during their three-way fight is due to the combination of his runeblade, his heavily enchanted armor, and his HealingFactor. And even then, he still spends the majority of the fight being manhandled by both of them.

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** Chromie is [[OhCrap horrified]] to learn that her temporal powers have no effect on Abraxus thanks to his [[PowerNullifier temporal lock]] when she confronts him at Dire Maul. With her main powers rendered useless, the dreadlord handily defeats her off page and very nearly kills her.

* KarmaHoudini: Subverted when Maluineth has over a dozen innocent Highborne mages murdered so she can usurp control of the Shen'dralar and helps [[spoiler: imprison the Primal Spirits]]. After Mildreas' defeat, she winds up as one of the three central leaders of the remaining Highborne along with Mordent and Tylarwin, and looks like she'll get no comeuppance for this. In her next appearance though, it's clear that nobody has forgotten what she did or forgiven her, and while she never receives any real punishment for her actions, she's put on the shortest leash possible, with Shandris and the Sentinels keeping a close eye on her.

* BloodKnight: Ichigo admits to himself that his [[EvilmeScaresMe distaste for his Hollow mask]] stems from the fact that using it brings out an instinctual desire to dominate his enemies, or "prove he's the king" as his Inner Hollow would put it.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Maluineth and her magi followers manage to defeat and imprison [[spoiler: Druantia, Thetis, and Erebus]] so they can use [[spoiler: the spirits]] as batteries to power their artifacts and leech off their powers. It's a ''heavily'' downplayed example though, since it's clear that they were only able to defeat them in the first place due to [[spoiler: the spirits]] being severely weakened at the time, and even then they just barely win.

* DontFearTheReaper: In the ''Warcraft'' universe, entities tied to death are almost always evil or amoral, with very few exceptions. Everyone who learns about Ichigo's status as a soul reaper is more than a little unnerved at first and then surprised at how unambiguously heroic he is.

* MakingASplash: Thetis, the Spirit of Water, has enough power over water to raise an entire city from the ocean floor. She later [[SuperEmpowering empowers]] Codexia with a small bit of her power, so that she manipulate water as well.

* HulkSpeak: The ogres, centaur, and earth elementals rarely speak in complete sentences.

* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Ichigo finds the young James Hyall from Shady Rest and his mortally wounded mother at Lost Point Tower, the two of them having been targeted by Kul Tiras for being witnesses to the tauren attack on the town. [[spoiler: The sight of the boy crying over his mother triggers memories to the moment of his own mother’s death. This proves to be too much for Ichigo’s already fragile state of mind and he completely [[UnstoppableRage snaps]], allowing his Inner Hollow to influence him through his rage. Ichigo then goes on a terrifying rampage, massacring the traitors at the tower, much to the horror of his friends]].

* WhatTheHellAreYou: More than one villain in the story yells this at Ichigo.

** Captain Vimes tears into Ichigo when he learns that the soul reaper had directly confronted Drekhve and his fellow tauren about the attack on Shady Rest, alerting the most likely suspects of the massacre to their investigation. Vimes makes sure to drive home just how utterly idiotic Ichigo's decision was.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Aegwynn points out that Ichigo has no other special abilities to use in combat other than his Getsuga Tensho and Shunpo, a fact Ichigo fully acknowledges.

* WarIsHell: Ichigo's time spent fighting alongside the Sentinels in Dire Maul and Maraudon brings him to this conclusion. Of course, it's clear that he never expected war to be anything other than horrible, but it's pointed out that there's a big difference between knowing how awful war is and actually experiencing it firsthand.

** [[spoiler: After being captured by Ichigo and his allies and presented with proof that the Horde was not responsible for the destruction of Shady Rest, Caldwell rants about how it all changes nothing. Even if the Horde had nothing to do with the attack, They're all still monsters who deserve to die and he swears that putting him in prison won't stop him from continuing his crusade against the them, regardless of who gets caught in the crossfire. Ichigo realizes that Calwell is right, as the lieutenant would eventually get his fellow remaining traitors to break him out of his cell. Ichigo decides to takes matters into his own hands and kicks Caldwell down the hill into Dustwallow Marsh where he's dragged under the water by a crocolisk. Had Caldwell just kept his mouth shut, he may have lived]].
** After Caren manages to reprogram the Obelisk of Elune [[spoiler: to only target the invading earth elementals]] during the confrontation with Mildreas, she takes a moment to proudly rub her accomplishment in the insane nobles face while standing completely alone and defenseless, after Mildreas had just shown himself capable of [[FlashStep reaching her in a split second]]. [[WhatAnIdiot It goes about as well for her as you would expect.]] The only reason she doesn't die from her injuries is because of [[TheMedic Adelina's]] quick response.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The summoning ritual that brought Ichigo to Azeroth somehow granted him the ability to speak fluent Common, Azeroth’s most prominent language. This only extends to actually speaking the language though, as Ichigo finds he’s unable to understand written Common and has to learn it on his own time.

* TranslatorMicrobes: The summoning ritual that brought Ichigo to Azeroth somehow granted him the ability to speak fluent Common, Azeroth’s most prominent language. This only extends to actually speaking the language though, as Ichigo finds he’s unable to understand written Common.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Almost every character agrees that winning against Princess Theradras without an army is impossible. [[spoiler: Ichigo, after borrowing a bit of power from Veles, does it by himself]].

** The dreadlord Abraxus wants to prove himself so badly to the Burning Legion by conquering Azeroth. Unfortunately for him, he’s taken out almost immediately after he’s ready to set his plans in motion. Lending even further to his wannabe status is the fact that he tries to conquer Azeroth through force rather than subterfuge and manipulation like other more successful dreadlords, such as Balnazzar and Mal’Ganis.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mildreas is a complete scumbag through and through, but he genuinely cares for A'orean. The two of them are described as being as close as brothers, [[spoiler: and Mildreas even expresses genuine sorrow after he murders him]]. Averted in regards to Mildreas' actual family though, as he treats all of them as little more than disposable tools to further his own goals. When he receives news that Sylerian was killed in Maraudon, Maluineth notes that he's merely annoyed to learn of his sons demise.

** Paval Reethe hates the Horde just as much as any other member of Kul Tiras, but he becomes more and more disgusted with the actions of the group as time goes on. Their attempts to cover up the destruction of Shady Rest proves to be too much for him, and he deserts the group. He winds up killed as a result.
** Being a mercenary, Marta Gearspanner is perfectly willing to get her hands dirty, but even she finds Codexia's callous manipulation of the terrified Highborne to be crossing the line.

** Morganth, the warlock who kidnapped Galen. He boasts about his plan of using his army of ensorcelled gnolls to take over Stormwind and, like most antagonists in the story, treats Ichigo like a minor annoyance that he can easily dispose of. Then Ichigo destroys his abomination and a chunk of his tower with one Getsuga Tensho after a brief fight, at which point Morganth nearly pees himself in horror before he's unceremoniously finished off by Caren and Galen.