History Fanfic / Transcendence

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are a ton of named characters from ''World of Warcraft''. And that's not even getting into the OCs...

* ClimbSlipHangClimb: Happens again, and again, [[UpToEleven and again]] when Ichigo repeatedly tries to make his way up to Zaetar's Grove only for Theradras to knock him off each time. Eventually he makes his way onto the floating island after about half a chapter of repeating the process.

** The Highborne nobles take this UpToEleven. They see every other race on Azeroth as being completely beneath them because their empire ruled the world ten thousand years ago.

* SupernaturalFearInducer: Dialed UpToEleven with [[spoiler: C'Thun]], who exudes an aura that causes Ichigo to experience a feeling [[TakeOurWordForIt he can't even accurately describe]] other than it being "beyond fear".

* NoSell: [[spoiler: After resorting to his bankai during the second battle with Abraxus, Ichigo effortlessly blocks a strike from the enormous void terror, Immol’thar, in a manner reminiscent of his first encounter with Yammy Llargo. He then goes on to casually brush off every single attack that Abraxus throws at him]].
* NoodleIncident: We don’t get much detail regarding the event in which Szayelaporro accidently opened a portal to the Twisting Nether, which led to the creation of the special Caja Negación. Apparently it got pretty nasty before the arrancar were able to force the demons back through the portal and close it.

* SlainInTheirSleep: A traitorous Theramore guardsman working for Kul Tiras attempts to assassinate Ichigo in his sleep for having been a witness to the destruction of Shady Rest. He fails miserably when Ichigo, having spent years dealing with his fathers morning sneak attacks, reflexively counterattacks him in his sleep.

* SpannerInTheWorks: As mentioned above, 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.

* HandWave: WordOfGod states that the reason why Ichigo's friends [[spoiler: didn't know about his bankai]] is because he left out this information when he was explaining the nature of his powers to Jaina and Galen. Of course, this raises the question of ''why'' he didn't mention this detail to them, which isn't addressed.

* 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 or force them to change is unacceptable because they are clearly superior, but them killing others is justified because they're just trying to defend themselves from the "lesser races".

* VisualPun: Veles takes the form of 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.

* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: [[spoiler: Ichigo kills both Abraxus and Mildreas with a point-blank Getsuga Tensho. The former is obliterated on the spot, while Mildreas is only kept in one piece thanks to his [[SuperToughness cloak]]]].
* NoSell: [[spoiler: After resorting to his bankai during the second battle with Abraxus, Ichigo casually blocks a strike from the enormous void terror, Immol’thar, in a manner reminiscent of his first encounter with Yammy Llargo. He then goes on to casually brush off every single attack that Abraxus throws at him]].

** 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]]. [[RealityEnsues Mildreas responds by appearing right in front of her and cutting her down.]] The only reason she doesn't die from her injuries is because of [[TheMedic Adelina's]] quick response.

** Maluineth gets a second one from Shandris when the Sentinel comes to arrest her and Tylarwin for their crimes after Theradras is killed and the elemental invasion is taken care of. Maluineth tries to defend herself by reminding her that they helped Ichigo and the others take down Mildreas to stop him from [[spoiler: using the Obelisk of Elune to purge Kalimdor]]. Shandris counters by pointing out that they only switched sides after Mildreas turned to using fel magic and planned to turn on them, and that they were [[MoralMyopia fully on-board with Mildreas' genocidal plans until their lives were at risk]].

** For all of her self-confidence, Maluineth is repeatedly humiliated by nearly everyone she clashes with. Mordent plays her like a fiddle by [[ILetYouWin intentionally losing to her]] at Ethel Rethor as part of a plan to rescue his imprisoned subordinates that goes off without a hitch. Codexia manages to run circles around her, despite being at her weakest. And Shandris verbally destroys her when Maluineth assumes she'll be able to manipulate her into not arresting her. As a result of her general ineptitude, she's treated as more of a nuisance than anyone genuinely dangerous by everyone, including her own allies.

** 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 Mildreas responds by appearing right in front of her and cutting her down.]] The only reason she doesn't die from her injuries is because of [[TheMedic Adelina's]] quick response.

* 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-[[IDidWhatIHadToDo killed]] situations. Played straight by just about everyone else though. Caren doesn't think anything of roasting a group gnolls, which disturbs Ichigo quite a bit.

* 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]].

* 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]].

* 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 draws so many parallels to Masaki's death that Ichigo feels as if he's watching himself crying over his own mothers 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 as half of his hollow mask manifests. Ichigo then goes on a rampage, massacring the traitors at the tower, much to the horror of his friends]].

* 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 [[DeathByAdaptation 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 raise 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]].

* GodzillaThreshold: After retrieving the heart of Veles from the Highborne, Ichigo and his friends take it to Terramok to close the breach into Deepholm and bring an end to the elemental invasion. [[spoiler: Which ends up not working on account of the Highborne having leeched too much power from the heart, leaving it unable to close the breach. With no more ideas left, Ichigo proposes a new plan; Use [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique bankai]] for the second time in one day, travel into the center of Maraudon alone, kill Theradras, and bring back her heart to act as a replacement for Veles'. Everyone points out just what a terrible, suicidal plan this is, but reluctantly go along with it when they realize they have no options left]].

* GratuitousJapanese: It only happens once when Ichigo realizes he's been speaking Common instead of Japanese. He asks Adelina if she can understand him in Japanese, with the sentence being written in full rōmaji.

* NoodleIncident: We don’t get much detail regarding the event in which Szayelaporro accidently opened a portal to the Twisting Nether, which led to the creation of the special Caja Negación. Apparently it got pretty nasty before the arrancar were able to force the demons back through the portal and close it.

* SlainInTheirSleep: A traitorous Theramore guardsman working for Kul Tiras attempts to assassinate Ichigo in his sleep for having been a witness to the destruction of Shady Rest. He fails miserably when Ichigo counterattacks him in his sleep due to being so used to his father waking him up in the morning by attacking him. Thanks, Isshin.

* 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 unlike Lothar, he isn't a commonly known name. Ichigo concludes that she's probably greatly exaggerating on account of how much she looks up to the man.

** Ichigo, having only had his shinigami powers for a few months, doesn't have any real form of swordsmanship and instead relies almost entirely on his insane strength, combat instincts, and experience to carry him through his battles. 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 skills with a weapon, but rather in her precise control over [[DishingOutDirt earth]] and [[GravityMaster gravity]]. She later plays it straight when she goes ClippedWingAngel as listed above.

* 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 have been given every reason to want him dead. His cries go unanswered and he's pulled under by the beast, never to be seen again]].

* 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-[[IDidWhatIHadToDo killed]] situations. Played straight by just about everyone else though, which disturbs Ichigo quite a bit.

* TreacheryCoverUp: The entire plot of the Kul Tiras arc revolves around Ichigo and his allies trying to uncover one. [[spoiler: To summarize, the Quarvel’s Raiders in Shady Rest, working with the the traitorous guardsmen in Theramore, raided Horde caravans along the Gold Road in attempts to weaken the Horde. Their operation went sideways when they unknowingly attacked a caravan belonging to the Grimtotem tribe, who traced the attack back to Shady Rest and burned it to the ground in retaliation. The traitors, 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 [[HeKnowsTooMuch 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.]]

** After Mildreas is taken down and the elemental invasion is resolved, both the Sentinels and the tauren seek to hold the entire Highborne population accountable for all that happened in the Desolace. This is in spite of the fact that everything bad that happened in the region was caused exclusively by the Highborne nobles and their direct subordinates, while the rest of the Highborne were [[LockedOutOfTheLoop kept in the dark about everything]]. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the two concerned parties, any Highborne who fill the new leadership roles could be just as bad as the nobles so they could easily be just as guilty too. Baine also mentions that the tauren are so enraged over how many of their people have died due to the nobles actions, that most of them don't care about who actually caused everything and just want the entirety of the Highborne to pay.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are a ton of named characters from World of Warcraft. And that's not even getting into the OCs…

* MarkedByTheSupernatural: [[spoiler: 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]].

* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Even after being defeated, Caldwell is confident that Jaina and the other military leaders of Theramore [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou won't execute him if he can still give them information on the remaining Kul Tiras members]]. He smugly tells Ichigo that capturing him means nothing and he fully expects that his fellow traitors will eventually break him out so he can resume his schemes. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, [[GenreSavvy Ichigo also expects this to happen]], so he lets Caldwell get eaten alive to ensure it doesn't. Ichigo later lampshades this to Pained, pointing out that they wouldn't have been able to keep Calwell imprisoned as the traitor knew exactly how to manipulate them.]]

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Adelina and Caren frequently fall into this role. Both of them are surprisingly capable in combat for a druid and mage that are still in training. The problem is simply that they're friends with [[OneManArmy Ichigo]], who is far more powerful than either of them. The two of them usually tend to fade into the background any time Ichigo really starts to make use of his shinigami powers in battle.

* 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 regarding his whereabouts]].

* DontFearTheReaper: On Azeroth, 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.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Mildreas starts out as simply an unpleasant and petty member of the Highborne nobility. Then over the course of the Maraudon arc, he [[spoiler: proposes the plan to use the Obelisk of Elune to wipe out all life in the Desolace, empowers himself and his followers with Fel magic, and murders his best friend and leader in cold blood. Mildreas goes from being a jerk to a monster all in a few days.]]

* LightEmUp: Sylerian's runeblade, Allaminar, which can use light to [[MasterOfIllusion cast illusions]], [[{{Invisibility}} cloak it's user]], [[DoppelgangerAttack create copies of it's wielder]] made of HardLight, and blind opponents at close range. Codexia mentions that it would be a very dangerous weapon if it weren't in the hands of an amateur.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ichigo to Adelina, by virtue of being her first real friend in ages. She muses that she wouldn't really know what to do without him around, and as such, she finds herself extremely conflicted with his desire to return home.

* LightIsNotGood: The Highborne knight, Sylerian, wields [[LightEmUp Allaminar]], loves going on about the power of light, and is a completely murderous {{Jerkass}}.

* PublicDomainArtifact: The Seven League Greaves used by Mildreas are from English mythology, only renamed as greaves instead of boots.

** Maluineth ''hates'' Mordent to a ridiculous extreme and would love nothing more than to see killed. Why? 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 [[IsaneTrollLogic is proof to Maluineth that he betrayed her father]]. Multiple characters, including her own allies, call her out on how utterly stupid and nonsensical her grudge is.
** After Mildreas is taken down and the elemental invasion is resolved, both the Sentinels and the tauren seek to hold the entire Highborne population accountable for all that happened in the Desolace. This is in spite of the fact that everything bad that happened in the region was caused exclusively by the Highborne nobles and their direct subordinates, while the rest of the population were [[LockedOutOfTheLoop kept in the dark about everything]]. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the two concerned parties, any Highborne who fill the new leadership roles could be just as bad as the nobles so they're guilty too.

* 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 [[HeKnowsTooMuch 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.]]