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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic)

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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic)	comment	A long journey that encompasses loss, love, and the promise of happiness.The To Weather the Dark Collection is a series of fanfics authored by AdraCat on Archive of Our Own. It is nine works long and ongoing. The series covers the five-year gap for Fire Emblem: Three Houses in the Crimson Flower route and post-war stories spanning from Brigid to Sreng. Minor and major alterations to canon are included.Series list: To Weather the Dark: Complete. Pairing Edelgard/Byleth. The monster is unveiled and a war begins. An Emperor moves her soldiers into place as the world tries to intercept. All the while, ghosts of what was and might have been linger. An attempt to bridge the gap between one woman's long sleep and another's struggle for liberation. The Theory of Connection: Complete. Pairings Edelgard/Byleth, Dorothea/Petra. The world is finally as it should be, and love has bloomed in full. An Emperor takes time to visit a vassal state where clouds loom on the horizon. A tale of crisis and devotion in small parts. In water, Their Reflection: Oneshot. A small piece dedicated to Byleth and Jeralt's relationship. A girl wakes and a man talks; between the spaces of dream and reality. A Question of Gifts and Wanting: Oneshot. Pairing Edelgard/Byleth. As an Emperor acts increasingly strange, her beloved General takes notice. An investigation is conducted. On the Merit of Saint Cichol: Complete. Pairings Edelgard/Byleth, Hubert/Ferdinand. A strange Holiday takes hold of Enbarr. The Emperor investigates with some unexpected results. One day, On the Garland Moon: Oneshot. Pairing Edelgard/Byleth. A glimpse of the past told to the present. A comparison of the same day at different times. To Forge and Temper: Complete. Pairing Catherine/Shamir. A journey between two women amid the ashes of war. One chained to the past, the other unwilling to face it. A tale of forgiveness disguised as vengeance. Beneath the Waters: Complete. Pairing Dorothea/Petra. Many revelations come to light as a songstress questions the Queen she loves. The waters are deep and dark with secrets, but is it worth braving the depths? To Herald the Dawn: Complete. Pairings Edelgard/Byleth, Catherine/Shamir. As the Empire settles in the wake of war, whispers of rebellion reach the Imperial throne. The past collides with the present as several ghosts are unearthed. The Spaces Between: In-progress. A series of disjointed one-shots within the series. Pairing Edelgard/Byleth so far. The Captain and Lady Merciful: In-progress. Pairing Ingrid/Mercedes. Unrest stirs in Galatea as its current lord rails against the Emperor and fails to better the region's strife. Ingrid—captain of the Empire foremost—returns to demand his abdication. Among the personal turmoil, her path crosses with an apothecary and her enigmatic protector.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Edelgard has a brief one after she discovers the result of her actions toward the Western Church. See Activist-Fundamentalist Antics above. She gets better but as of To Herald the Dawn, the choice still weighs on her.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_14c791fb	type	Conflicting Loyalty
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_14c791fb	comment	Conflicting Loyalty: Ingrid's arc in To Herald the Dawn has shades of this. In her case, she's divided between the knightly values she once carried, the duty she feels toward her family, and her desire to do what she wants in spite of everything else. Her aunt brutally calls her out for the latter in a nearly deadly confrontation.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_15874e11	type	Faking Amnesia
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_15874e11	comment	Faking Amnesia: It's mentioned Edelgard would pull off this trope whenever Dimitri tried to address their shared past. See Laser-Guided Amnesia below.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_15aa2b3c	type	The Confidant
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_15aa2b3c	comment	The Confidant: Dorothea serves as this for Edelgard in To Weather the Dark.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Sothis never appears in the series, though she's mentioned by Byleth. It's unclear whether she still exists in any capacity. However, she is confirmed to exist in a standalone fic that appears to take place in the same continuity.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: Stated explicitly by Edelgard towards Shamir after she's saved from imprisonment.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1fd2efc9	type	Byronic Hero
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_1fd2efc9	comment	In line with her Byronic Hero nature, Edelgard is not above doing this. In To Weather the Dark she orders Count Charon and his heir to be assassinated so the Kingdom's supply of ore would be halted.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_23a1e2a9	type	Adaptation Deviation
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_23a1e2a9	comment	Adaptation Deviation: The first few fics were written before the DLC Cindered Shadows was released. Because of this, details such as the status and members of House Nuvelle and Patricia's true name are changed.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_262f499f	type	Back from the Dead
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_262f499f	comment	Back Fromthe Dead: Hinted with Rhea's corpse and Thales's plot. While this trope is not confirmed it's discussed by Edelgard, Shamir, and Catherine.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: A few different languages are used to signify different nationalities in the series. All of the words are left untranslated for the reader.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2a3e0069	type	Amazonian Beauty
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2a3e0069	comment	Amazonian Beauty: Catherine's height and physique are often observed by certain characters, mostly from Shamir's point of view. In To Herald the Dawn, her stature seems to be a point of annoyance for Edelgard.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2a6bf668	type	Inadequate Inheritor
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2a6bf668	comment	Inadequate Inheritor: Rufus Blaiddyd believes himself to be one to his deceased brother and nephew, and pins all his hopes on making his infant son a better ruler. But when Thales offers the chance to bring Dimitri back, similar to how he has revived Rhea, by using his own son's blood, Rufus quickly decides to go through with the sacrifice. This proves to be too much for Estrid, who immediately runs Rufus through with her lance and tries to flee with the boy.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2bb06191	type	Adaptational Sexuality
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2bb06191	comment	Adaptational Sexuality: Catherine is written explicitly as only attracted to women. Likewise, Jeritza is explicitly nonbinary and referred to with they/them pronouns.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2c437b06	type	Violently Protective Girlfriend
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2c437b06	comment	Violently Protective Girlfriend: Byleth, tragically so. Shamir occasionally fits the bill.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2dae4381	type	My Master, Right or Wrong
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2dae4381	comment	My Master, Right or Wrong: Invoked by Estrid Galatea, who continues to serve Rufus Blaiddyd after he flees to Sreng and begins his insurrection, due to her devotion to the ideas of chivalry, and tells Ingrid repeatedly her niece will have to kill her, an idea that Ingrid struggles with and hopes to avoid doing. It's averted in the end when Rufus decides sacrificing his son to allow Thales to resurrect Dimitri, and Estrid kills him to protect the baby. She is later convinced by Ingrid and Edelgard to stand down, and not die fighting.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Several characters are given greater complexity and deeper motivations to follow Edelgard.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_30927b2a	type	Granny Classic
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_30927b2a	comment	Granny Classic: To Forge and Temper has a side character named Bothild that embodies this trope. Later in the story, Bothild admits to exaggerating these qualities so Catherine and Shamir would help her village.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_342f0ffa	type	Discriminate and Switch
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_342f0ffa	comment	Discriminate and Switch: Edelgard initially believes Petra's grandfather is against Petra and Dorothea's union because they're both women. The truth is he fears the decline of his heritage and the eventual take-over of Adrestian culture.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_36505b8	type	I Shall Return
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_36505b8	comment	I Shall Return: Edelgard invokes this in chapter 11 of To Herald the Dawn, vowing to save Rufus's infant son.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_371aec84	type	Chekhov's Gift
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_371aec84	comment	In A Question of Gifts and Wanting, Edelgard gives Byleth a ship for her birthday. Crosses with Chekhov's Gift too as of To Herald the Dawn, since it's this gift that teaches her to sail.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_38b33e8d	type	Love Epiphany
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_38b33e8d	comment	Love Epiphany: On two occasions. Edelgard's epiphany occurred once Byleth chose to defend her in the Holy Tomb. Catherine's happened spontaneously after coming to terms with her past... and seeing Shamir partially undressed.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Many of the characters evolve as the stories continue but the most drastic are Byleth, Catherine, and even Edelgard. Byleth in particular has progressed from a logical, stoic woman to a Cloudcuckoolander with a dry sense of humor.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3e8a368e	type	Imaginary Love Triangle
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3e8a368e	comment	Imaginary Love Triangle: Shamir thinks she's in competition with Rhea even after the Archbishop's death. In reality, Catherine just has some awful hang-ups concerning personal agency and deep insecurities because of it.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Christophe toes the line between this and The Unfettered. Catherine both recognizes and admires it. Doesn't stop her from cutting him down when he continues to pursue his plan.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3f70415	type	Because Destiny Says So
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_3f70415	comment	Because Destiny Says So: Edelgard invokes this a few times in To Weather the Dark. Her feelings stem from the loss of her siblings and lead her to believe she alone was destined to change the world. Rufus Blaiddyd appears to be operating off the belief his son is destined to be king given his comments in To Forge and Temper. "...The Goddess blessed him thus, and so he shall sit the throne as King. It is written in the stars.”
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_40cad744	type	Flower Motifs
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_40cad744	comment	Flower Motifs: This is a prominent aspect of the first fic. Notably, Edelgard muses on the color of Byleth's eyes and likens it to cornflower or blue hydrangeas. She proceeds to leave bouquets of the latter atop Jeralt's grave in remembrance.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_424b665e	type	Heroes Gone Fishing
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_424b665e	comment	Heroes Gone Fishing: A minor plot point in To Herald the Dawn is Byleth's desire to go ice fishing. She finally does in chapter 7, convincing a reluctant Catherine to teach her. It's not as humorous as typical examples since it follows a heated misunderstanding between Edelgard and Byleth, and explores her insecurities.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_42c186e	type	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_42c186e	comment	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: A key part of Catherine's backstory is portrayed as this. Rather than obey the orders of the crown, Catherine impulsively sides with innocent Duscur citizens escaping slaughter. She kills several of her countrymen including a noble, leading to her seeking sanctuary at Garreg Mach. In chapter 8 of To Herald the Dawn, Edelgard is blinded by her desire to kill Rufus. This causes her to be taken by Thales.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_460ffa29	type	Transparent Closet
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_460ffa29	comment	Transparent Closet: By the time of The Captain and Lady Merciful, Ingrid's attraction to women is noticeable to many people who are not Ingrid. Estrid especially teases her over it. Ingrid herself realizes it Midway through the story when she accepts she's fallen for Lady Merciful.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_4631e81f	type	Badass in Distress
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_4631e81f	comment	Badass in Distress: Edelgard falls into this occasionally. In the first story, she almost falls to her death after being precision sniped from a pegasus. Luckily, Ingrid swoops in for the save. In the latest installment, To Herald the Dawn, this comes into play again as Edelgard nearly drowns.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: Leonie is revealed to retroactively have one of these pre-timeskip. In The Spaces Between, Leonie reveals to Edelgard that she cut her hair so the bandits wouldn't assault her like another girl. She's very matter-of-fact about it, but Edelgard is horrified.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_465966a3	comment	Drop the Hammer: This is Catherine's go to method in To Herald the Dawn when a sword isn't available.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_471c46f8	type	Allegory
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_471c46f8	comment	Allegory: The author has these in multiple fics. A shorter list would be which fics don't.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: An incident is detailed in The Theory of Connection where, as a young girl, Byleth kills a boy because she doesn't understand the moral consequences of it. After becoming fully human and recalling this, she is naturally horrified by her past actions. Briefly discussed between Catherine's sister and Shamir when the former is initially uncompliant. However, this is ultimately revealed to be a bluff when Shamir explicitly says she wouldn't in a later chapter.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_48ca7c29	type	Broken Ace
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_48ca7c29	comment	Broken Ace: What Catherine is depicted as in the series. In the first fic, she's a cocky and terrifying zealot as you would expect. Yet in To Forge and Temper, she's revealed to be a horribly flawed and beleaguered woman haunted by regret.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: In her confrontation with Dimitri, Edelgard is revealed to fight like this. She wins by using the dagger he gave her to stab him in the leg and punch his throat.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_4dc13d51	comment	Grand Romantic Gesture: A few are given throughout the fics. In To Weather the Dark, Edelgard receives a book with an altered fairytale ending, one that ends happily for her and the 'wolf'. In A Question of Gifts and Wanting, Edelgard gives Byleth a ship for her birthday. Crosses with Chekhov's Gift too as of To Herald the Dawn, since it's this gift that teaches her to sail. In To Forge and Temper, Catherine gives Shamir a bangle she forged from the dagger her former partner gave to her.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_50ca4422	type	Unresolved Sexual Tension
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_50ca4422	comment	Unresolved Sexual Tension: Shamir and Catherine have this in spades. A lot of it is because of various internalized issues on Catherine's behalf. Luckily, she gets over it towards the latter half of To Forge and Temper.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_51beab21	type	Good Old Fisticuffs
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_51beab21	comment	Good Old Fisticuffs: Twice in To Herald the Dawn. The first is a spontaneous emotion-filled brawl involving Catherine and Byleth. The second is during a brutal duel.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_52d1f46e	type	Not What It Looks Like
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_52d1f46e	comment	Not What It Looks Like: In On the Merit of Saint Cichol, Edelgard mistakes the city celebration to be a disguised conspiracy. Hubert and Ferdinand get in on the theory, as they discuss whether the Crest of Cichol is a coded message.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5539b84f	type	Corrupt Church
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5539b84f	comment	Corrupt Church: Explored thoroughly and unflinchingly with little sympathy for the Central or Western Church.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_55d2dd16	type	Hiding Your Heritage
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_55d2dd16	comment	Hiding Your Heritage: Sylvain does this in To Herald the Dawn to disguise he's part Srengian
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_57be3cd5	type	Anchored Ship
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_57be3cd5	comment	Anchored Ship: The persistent dynamic of Shamir and Catherine in To Forge and Temper.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Dorothea/Petra in To Weather the Dark and Ferdinand/Hubert in On the Merit of Saint Cichol.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5a28b615	type	Fuzz Therapy
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5a28b615	comment	Fuzz Therapy: Early in the first story, Edelgard is given a kitten by Bernadetta. Edelgard is hesitant until she sees the cat's eyes, which remind her of Byleth. Touched, she calls the cat 'Professor' from then on. Once Byleth returns, the cat's name changes to 'Tiny Professor'.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5b0e992	type	Guilt Complex
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5b0e992	comment	Guilt Complex: Edelgard has this throughout the series. A past conversation with Byleth reveals she believes the burden of guilt to be on the people with the most authority. This leads to her continually taking the blame for any setbacks or tragedies that take place, including the major example below.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5d414804	type	Just Friends
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5d414804	comment	Just Friends: Invoked across To Forge and Temper. It's more Catherine insisting upon this than Shamir, who is very upfront about her feelings throughout the fic. It's subverted by the end of course.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5f49ac76	type	Single-Target Sexuality
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_5f49ac76	comment	Single-Target Sexuality: While not written explicitly, there isn't a hint of Edelgard expressing attraction to anyone except Byleth. The same can be said about Byleth for Edelgard.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: Three of them. The first is a melancholic goodbye between Edelgard and her childhood memory of Dimitri. The second is a nightmare Catherine has where she fights Shamir as Fhirdiad burns. This one also has elements of Erotic Dream, though it's more agonised and fraught than typical examples. The third is the majority of In Water, Their Reflection between a dreaming Byleth and Jeralt. The Captain and Lady Merciful opens with what appears to be a memory of Ingrid at the Academy and talking with Mercedes about her transferring to the Black Eagles, but then turns into a representation of Mercedes dying at Tailtean, revealing it as a dream Ingrid is having.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_64edb99c	type	Always Save the Girl
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_64edb99c	comment	Always Save the Girl: Shamir has a knack for always digging Catherine out of trouble even at the risk of her life. This trope is lampshaded heavily when the latter is taken captive in Charon.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_65c0f3fa	type	Dance of Romance
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_65c0f3fa	comment	Shamir has several moments during her and Catherine's Dance of Romance and afterward.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_67d722d8	type	A Storm Is Coming
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_67d722d8	comment	A Storm Is Coming: Happens frequently, particularly in To Weather the Dark and To Forge and Temper to coincide character growth/conflict.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_68424916	type	Eating the Eye Candy
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_68424916	comment	Eating the Eye Candy: Edelgard does this a few times in The Theory of Connection. Shamir has several moments during her and Catherine's Dance of Romance and afterward. The biggest offender of this is Catherine. She often ruminates on Shamir's appearance even before they get together, usually when Shamir is bathing.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6c37fc23	type	Draconic Abomination
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6c37fc23	comment	Draconic Abomination: The way the Immaculate One is described leans heavily into this. Even Catherine, knowing it's someone she admires, cannot stop herself from being unnerved. It gets even worse when Rhea is reanimated by Thales into a mindless beast to use against the Empire, as there's nothing left of the woman she was.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6c3f8ca8	comment	Drama Queen: Invoked by Catherine regarding Byleth and Edelgard.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6c75e0e4	type	Beware the Silly Ones
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6c75e0e4	comment	Beware the Silly Ones: Byleth's Character Development has her occasionally making fantastic conclusions, spinning into unrelated tangents, or simply being too curious for her own good. However, she's still a skilled fighter and strategist. Byleth even casually threatens Catherine in To Herald the Dawn. In the same chapter, she expresses how far she would go to avenge Edelgard if something happens to her. "...Warfare was the teat I grew upon and blood my milk. I would make sure Blaiddyd knew what that meant. And if this country served him, so would they." Later, when Edelgard is taken, Byleth is shown to be just as ruthless as she previously threatened.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6ceb0471	comment	Unrequited Love: Edelgard initially believes this to be her situation with Byleth. She is content to merely have her returned to them, but thankfully this trope is subverted by the end. Shamir also suffers from this with Catherine, though her situation is more severe because of her belief Catherine is in love with Rhea.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6d036d9c	comment	Covered in Scars: Like most fanworks, this series depicts Edelgard's scarring from the crest experimentation. Yet the most significant one To Weather the Dark harks back on is only tangentially related to torture. Turns out, she partially degloved her hand trying to escape from the chains. Ouch. Mercedes did not escape her assumed death at Tailtean without getting some scars of her own, and now wears a veil as Lady Merciful both as a means to hide her identity and also cover at least some of them.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6ee10e0	type	My Greatest Failure
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_6ee10e0	comment	My Greatest Failure: This is what Catherine perceives killing Christophe to be. This spurs her to join the church and forfeit her agency. After the events of To Forge and Temper, she changes Fhirdiad to be her greatest shame.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_72a6bff0	type	Eloquent in My Native Tongue
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_72a6bff0	comment	Eloquent in My Native Tongue: Downplayed but still present with Petra and Shamir. Shamir especially has poetic and clever insights when she thinks in 'Dagdan'.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_730d3664	type	Adaptational Angst Upgrade
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_730d3664	comment	Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Byleth. Mostly in the second work of the series, The Theory of Connection, but there are hints of it throughout. Catherine is also hit with this hard in To Forge and Temper as her actions in Fhirdiad and her dedication to Rhea are explored.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: The core goals of Edelgard are portrayed heroically, but her methods can be undeniably under-handed in the series. Similarly, her enemies are written with varying degrees of sympathy. No one is depicted as unambiguously right or wrong with the exception of Rhea and Those Who Slither in the Dark.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_733e007a	comment	Unwitting Pawn: Gunnar Galatea was this to the People's King, also known as the Bull. As a guest he convinced Gunnar to reject Edelgard's attempt yo force her reforms on him.and attempt a rebellion, only to be killed by the Bull who seizes his castle, strings Gunnar's corpse up, and takes direct control of the insurrection.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_738d1a0f	type	Because You Were Nice to Me
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_738d1a0f	comment	Because You Were Nice to Me: Edelgard's intense feelings for Byleth are in part due to this. Edelgard even mentions the moment when she fell in love was when Byleth chose her in the Holy Tomb.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_76e24530	type	Delicate and Sickly
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_76e24530	comment	Delicate and Sickly: Rufus' son is in poor health after Thales implants an artificial Major Crest of Blaiddyd. Even after the insurrection is put down, it's a real question how long he has, as his body is outright rejecting the Crest. Fortunately, Shamir points them towards Bothild, who is able to make a tonic that eases the symptoms and causes his health to improve, but it's mentioned he'll have to take it for the rest of his life.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_77473d35	type	God Is Evil
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_77473d35	comment	God Is Evil: Played with. Edelgard vacillates between despising the goddess and acknowledging some people need the extra security of the seirosian religion.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7758b2c5	comment	Protectorate: Rufus Blaiddyd's infant son becomes this to the Faerghan loyalists when his Major Crest miraculously "manifests", but he's this to Estrid Galatea specifically, and keeping him safe from the Empire and other enemies drives her actions throughout the story. She even prioritizes his safety over her own vows of service to Rufus, when she kills him after Rufus decides to go through with sacrificing his son to fuel Thales' resurrection of Dimitri. By the epilogue, he's also become one to Edelgard, who adopts him as her ward following the insurrection, to give him the love and happy childhood she never got.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7b60cf	comment	Supernaturally-Validated Trans Person: Ingrid's aunt has her backstory detailed in chapter 15 of To Herald the Dawn which includes this.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: Byleth delivers one of these to Catherine during the burning of Fhirdiad. "...do you really think the Goddess you know, the one you believe in, would ask this of you?"
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7b7182fe	type	Closet Key
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7b7182fe	comment	Closet Key: Mercedes/Lady Merciful is Ingrid's, who comes to terms with her attraction to women, and Merciful specifically. Played with, in that Ingrid had been just as attracted to Mercedes during their Academy days, but kept rationalizing it away.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_7eb49b31	comment	Almost Kiss: Shamir nearly kisses Catherine in chapter 7 of To Forge and Temper. While it's clear the attraction is mutual, Catherine stops her.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Edelgard can be very hammy at points. Most notably in titular battles where she leads.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Mercedes is revealed to be one in The Captain and Lady Merciful even back during the Academy, believing herself guilty of abandoning Emile when she and their mother fled the Empire. This persists even after being saved by Jeritza and reuniting with them as Lady Merciful, and why she resists telling Ingrid who she really is.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_85ca9dab	comment	Second Love: Catherine fills the role for Shamir. Lady Merciful becomes Ingrid's, but played with in that she is actually Ingrid's first love Mercedes in disguise.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Played with. Catherine doesn't entirely change her opinion of Rhea, but she does come to understand her fallibility. She even admits Edelgard might have been right in some ways.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: Those Who Slither In the Dark are presented this way in the series. Edelgard sometimes muses on Thales's 'otherness' from humanity. In a flashback with a creature wearing her mother's face, Edelgard is so terrified she pushes it down the stairs.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_89fb838b	comment	Cold Ham: Byleth, both Played for Laughs and seriously. She tends to be overdramatic and flowery while remaining utterly nonchalant.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8a9eb844	comment	Perspective Flip: To Forge and Temper is one for the events of Fhirdiad and the aftermath of Crimson Flower.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: The first work explores the five-year gap from Edelgard's perspective. Later in the series, this is used again to explore the burning of Fhirdiad and its aftermath from Catherine and Shamir's perspectives. In To Forge and Temper, frequent flashbacks are utilized.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8becc5c5	type	Existential Horror
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8becc5c5	comment	Existential Horror: Byleth suffers from this in The Theory of Connection.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8c918c9d	type	Broken-System Dogmatist
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_8c918c9d	comment	Broken-System Dogmatist: What Rufus is shaping up to be in To Herald the Dawn. Potentially, Ingrid's aunt as well, but it's unclear what she believes beyond serving her lord.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_921932c7	type	Activist-Fundamentalist Antics
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_921932c7	comment	Activist-Fundamentalist Antics: In the flagship fic, To Weather the Dark, a village is burned to the ground by people exemplifying this trope. Edelgard is horrified since these actions were inadvertently caused by her.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_921cdca8	type	Nothing Personal
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_921cdca8	comment	Nothing Personal: When Shamir explains why she attacked Leonie this trope is invoked.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_93399c3c	type	Patricide
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_93399c3c	comment	Patricide: In a non-villainous example, Edelgard poisons her father so he passes peacefully rather than continuing to suffer the ravages of illness. Later, Felix also invokes the trope by killing his father at Arianrhod.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9438e550	type	The Big Damn Kiss
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9438e550	comment	The Big Damn Kiss: An emotional, alcohol-induced one happens for Shamir and Catherine in chapter 8 of their fic. Yet rather than bring them closer together, it leads Shamir to believe her partner is in love with Rhea.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_95df2bc3	comment	Big Damn Reunion: Between Edelgard and Byleth. The scene is as thoroughly sappy and sweet as you would expect.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_98160158	type	I Hate Past Me
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_98160158	comment	I Hate Past Me: Catherine doesn't like thinking of 'Cassandra' at all and speaks about her as if she was a separate person. On the occasions she does reflect on who she was, it's always with self-loathing. By the end of To Forge and Temper the trope is subverted since Catherine accepts her actions as Cassandra and allows the villagers to call her by that name.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9ba53911	comment	Stranger in a Familiar Land: Discussed in To Forge and Temper when Catherine is visited by her brother. Shamir's insight on it follows this trope.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9c8701b5	comment	A Day in the Limelight: Byleth is not usually the pov character for the series but she gets her chance to shine in In Water, Their Reflection, and A Question of Gifts and Wanting.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9e1e14ea	type	Ambition Is Evil
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_9e1e14ea	comment	Ambition Is Evil: Played with. Some threats the cast encounters after the war is because of political jockeying for power. The titular conflict of To Herald the Dawn is Edelgard fending off a usurper, however, said conflict is only brought to them at the behest of an ambitious baron. Two Brigid's dukes conspire together to seize the throne in Beneath the Waters, though the situation is also irregular.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a0797fb3	comment	Stunned Silence: It isn't often for Edelgard to be at a loss of words here. But after a significant reveal in The Theory of Connection, she has one of these.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a16d511d	type	Insecure Love Interest
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a16d511d	comment	Insecure Love Interest: Edelgard has moments like this, but it's Dorothea who plays the trope straight. She constantly doubts her worth in comparison to Petra. As of To Herald the Dawn, Byleth is revealed to also feel inadequate.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a21d8982	type	Assassination Attempt
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a21d8982	comment	Assassination Attempt: In line with her Byronic Hero nature, Edelgard is not above doing this. In To Weather the Dark she orders Count Charon and his heir to be assassinated so the Kingdom's supply of ore would be halted. Brigid as a whole is revealed to be rife with similar methods. Petra herself is the one who killed Count Charon and later does away with a prospective usurper. She doesn't enjoy the task but it's also necessary considering her culture and position. In To Forge and Temper, Christophe attempts to assassinate Archbishop Rhea. While his reasons are understandable, Catherine doesn't hesitate to turn him in.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a3912d0e	type	Sexy Discretion Shot
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a3912d0e	comment	Sexy Discretion Shot: While characters are depicted in intimate situations, it is never explicit. The implications can toe the line though.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Various family members only briefly mentioned in canon make an appearance. Petra's grandfather is given a name and characterization in The Theory of Connection and Beneath the Waters. Ashe's deceased brother, Christophe Gaspard, plays a major role in To Forge and Temper. Catherine's family is also described and expanded upon in great detail. Ingrid's father Gunnar is given more characterization, and his fraught relationship to both Ingrid and Estrid is given a closer examination. Even moreso in The Captain and Lady Merciful where Gunnar's refusal to comply with Edelgard's reforms is what kickstarts the plot.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a7559b25	comment	Dark Fic: The canon material is already serious, but the series takes bleak twists with Byleth's character, religious extremism, and Fodlan's eugenics.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_a9b10a62	comment	Think Nothing of It: Invoked by Catherine after she helps Lysithea fend off invaders of an empire-controlled fortress.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_aceca6cc	type	Light Equals Hope
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_aceca6cc	comment	Light Equals Hope: Light is used as frequent symbolism in the series, coinciding with Dark Is Evil. Edelgard in particular embodies this, and the trope is played straight once she receives Aymr from Thales.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Shamir counts but her snark is usually reserved for Catherine. Otherwise, it's mostly contained in her thoughts. Edelgard's portrayal in the series is noticeably snarky. Her enemies take the brunt of this.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_aec63727	type	Pragmatic Hero
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_aec63727	comment	Pragmatic Hero: Edelgard. Arguably more than in canon. She does many questionable things in the pursuit of her goals, including assassination and intimidation. Petra can be just as pragmatic for similar reasons, though it weighs on her.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_af5f2180	type	Avenging the Villain
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_af5f2180	comment	Avenging the Villain: Catherine attempts this for the Archbishop. It doesn't end well.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: It's subtle, but a few characters have verbal tics. The most prominent of them is Catherine, who frequently says Ha! when amused or incredulous.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b12a1907	comment	Heroism Incentive: Once Edelgard discovers Catherine and Shamir, she offers them a deal in exchange for their potential freedom. Should they assist her in capturing Rufus at least. The caveat here is that she needs to be satisfied with their service, but it's left ambiguous whether she intends to honor it. Considering Shamir and Byleth's dialogue in chapter 8, Shamir recognizes it's a flimsy assurance at best. That doesn't stop her from doing everything she can to secure Catherine's freedom, including putting her life at stake. It pays off, as Edelgard pardons Catherine at the end of the story, recognizing she's not the same woman who burned Fhirdiad, and allows her and Shamir to live in obscurity.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b6cc7fc0	type	Dysfunctional Family
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b6cc7fc0	comment	Dysfunctional Family: Multiple examples from canon are fleshed out and new dynamics are written. Edelgard is given a tenser relationship with her father. She still loves him, but also holds him accountable for his ineffectiveness and her own tragic circumstances. Catherine's family plays this trope straight. Her brother resented her position as their father's favorite, her step-mother loathed her husband's first children, and her father cared little for the children who didn't have crests. The only healthy relationships in the family are her sister, Melaina, and youngest brother. Sylvain has a blatantly strained relationship with his family in To Herald the Dawn. Ingrid has a much more strained relationship with her father, who is presented as being much more overbearing and uncaring about her own desires. It's mentioned that her brothers are either ineffective or take after their father in that regard as well. Estrid also describes her relationship with him as almost non-existent, as Gunnar couldn't accept Estrid after her transition.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b7042372	type	Cycle of Revenge
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b7042372	comment	Cycle of Revenge: Discussed in To Forge and Temper. The twist here is Catherine has mostly moved on from any notions of revenge when the topic pops up. Nonetheless, she considers joining a potential uprising out of a lingering sense of duty to the Archbishop.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b983a56b	type	Came Back Wrong
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_b983a56b	comment	Came Back Wrong: Rhea, or rather the Immaculate One becomes this at the climax of To Herald the Dawn when it's revealed Thales spirited her corpse away from Fhirdiad to Sreng. When he reanimates her, it becomes clear that no trace of Rhea's original personality or intelligence remains, leaving only a rampaging monster driven solely by rage and instinct. Even Edelgard expresses some pity for what Rhea has been reduced to.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_bb2fa590	type	Fool for Love
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_bb2fa590	comment	Fool for Love: Shamir's depiction in the series has shades of this. Despite the loss she suffered from her previous partner, she ends up hopelessly in love with Catherine. This serves as the catalyst for most of her actions.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c271fe08	comment	Machiavelli Was Wrong: The major conflict of Beneath the Waters is resolved by Dorothea expressing compassion for the leader of an insurgent faction.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c276fba0	comment	Martyrdom Culture: Discussed and deconstructed with Faerghus. The opposing characters in To Herald the Dawn are a prime example. Ingrid's pov sections also discuss this.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c2c2671	comment	One-Sided Arm-Wrestling: Averted. The cast briefly has a small encounter where Catherine arm wrestles Leonie and Byleth. Rather than display this trope, Catherine realistically has the advantage.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c3648b87	comment	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: A major aspect of To Herald the Dawn is how Edelgard and company clash with Catherine and Shamir during their reluctant truce. It's as fraught with tension as you would expect, particularly with Byleth and Catherine. Though mostly on the latter's side.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c601fc37	comment	Professional Killer: Before Shamir joined the knights, it's revealed she was hired to assassinate the Archbishop. However, Rhea spares her life and in return orders Shamir to kill her noble client. From Rufus's dialogue, this was likely the main role she filled during her service.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c83cd6b8	comment	The Nicknamer: Dorothea follows this like in canon, but Catherine joins her with some unflattering nicknames for Byleth and Edelgard as of To Herald the Dawn.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c8d6d621	comment	I Will Wait for You: In the last year of the time skip, Edelgard harbors hope Byleth will return. She expresses this trope in a story she tells to Dorothea, Petra, and Lysithea. Later, her resolve is so infectious Leonie comes to believe too.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The first encounter between the Imperial army and Rufus's forces has a squadron of pegasi recruits impaled by ballistas. Ingrid is understandably horrified. In a later chapter of To Herald the Dawn, Sylvain is impaled with Ingrid's relic by her aunt. Poor woman just can't catch a break.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's not clear if Byleth's dream about fishing with Jeralt and the ensuing heart-to-heart during In Water, Their Reflection, is really just a dream, or if Jeralt's spirit is genuinely making contact with her via some implied off-screen string-pulling from Sothis. There's some suggestion it might be the latter, but nothing is ever outright confirmed. Either way, it helps Byleth get some much-needed closure regarding her relationship with her father.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_cbd0ac32	comment	Environmental Symbolism: Occasionally across all the author's works but heavily invoked within To Herald the Dawn. After a difficult and exhausting battle during the night, Byleth likens dawn to Edelgard. Since Edelgard returns in the same chapter it's very fitting.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ccc9d8b0	comment	Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: Ferdinand/Hubert and Byleth/Edelgard respectively. Though it's made clear the former's bickering is more playful than Edelgard assumes.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: Christophe attempts to convince, ironically, Cassandra (Catherine) of the Central Church's corruption. Sadly, this impassioned plea leads to his death at her hands.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d028e0da	comment	An Arm and a Leg: Played with. Byleth shreds Catherine's leg in Fhirdiad and the wound later rots. The narrative seems ready to head in this direction but Catherine ends up keeping the leg. However, the events still leave her unable to fight or walk without a limp. By To Herald the Dawn, she appears to have regained most of her mobility.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d250df04	type	Creation Myth
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d250df04	comment	Creation Myth: This series contains two crafted myths to flesh out the cultures of Brigid and Dagda.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d32cd9f5	type	Cast Full of Gay
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d32cd9f5	comment	Cast Full of Gay: All the significant pairings and protagonists are w/w or m/m. The only prominent heterosexual couples are those established by canon.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d3a96fd2	type	Come with Me If You Want to Live
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_d3a96fd2	comment	Come with Me If You Want to Live: After a tense sequence where Edelgard narrowly escapes Thales in To Herald the Dawn, Shamir displays this trope. Though they don't exchange words, she pulls Edelgard atop her horse and they flee.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_da4f8f0	type	The Blacksmith
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_da4f8f0	comment	The Blacksmith: Catherine, under an alias at the time, apprentices under one. Later, this becomes her new career.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: With most of the main cast being female, this is a large focus.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_db39ccfd	comment	Battle Couple: Both Edelgard/Byleth and Catherine/Shamir fit the bill in To Herald the Dawn.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dbd2c15e	type	Everyone Can See It
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dbd2c15e	comment	Everyone Can See It: After Byleth's return in the first work, Edelgard's feelings are an open secret among the Black Eagle Strike Force. All of them conspire in various ways to nudge the two together to Edelgard's embarrassment.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dc89ddb7	type	Epic Ship-on-Ship Action
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dc89ddb7	comment	Epic Ship-on-Ship Action: An action-packed naval battle takes place in To Herald the Dawn. Though it's less ship-on-ship, and more pegasi-on-ship.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dd92bf66	comment	Warrior Prince: In this instance, it's Warrior Princess and later, Warrior Queen. Brigid's warrior culture and Petra's role within it is expanded upon both in The Theory of Connection and Beneath the Waters.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dfa958d7	type	Strength Equals Worthiness
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_dfa958d7	comment	Strength Equals Worthiness: Brigid lauds strength over everything else. Petra has to demonstrate her right to rule by undertaking a grueling task where she swims around the island before climbing a cliff. Brigid Pride indeed.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e27693	comment	The Coup: In Beneath the Waters a key part of the plot deals with a potential one in Brigid. In To Forge and Temper, Catherine is approached by Rufus Blaiddyd to assist in overthrowing the Empire and reclaiming Faerghus. She refuses, but this doesn't stop him moving forward with it in To Herald the Dawn.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: The author uses these liberally and several characters get this treatment across the series. The most prominent comparisons are- Edelgard and snakes/eagles. Byleth and wolves. Catherine and lions.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: Catherine is left to die in the fires of Fhirdiad, yet she is saved by Shamir in To Forge and Temper. Edelgard and the rest are oblivious to this until To Herald the Dawn.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e769e5b0	type	The Reliable One
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e769e5b0	comment	The Reliable One: Ingrid fits this perfectly. She's unwaveringly loyal from the start, with an understated but capable presence. As of To Herald the Dawn, her role seems to be expanding, as seen in The Captain and Lady Merciful where she becomes the protagonist of her own story.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e7b0229a	type	Laser-Guided Amnesia
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e7b0229a	comment	Laser-Guided Amnesia: Averted. Unlike canon, Edelgard never forgot her time in Faerghus. She is aware of her mother's marriage to King Lambert and her step-sibling tie to Dimitri. Despite this, she remains unwavering in her dedication to dismantling the church.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e81f5639	type	Moe Greene Special
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_e81f5639	comment	Moe Greene Special: Edelgard pulls this off on Thales in chapter 11 of To Herald the Dawn
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: After Edelgard is nearly captured by the Knights of Seiros, Alois saves her alongside Jeralt's remaining mercenaries. It's all the more surprising considering Alois hadn't been seen or mentioned before this.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ee6201b8	type	It Was a Gift
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ee6201b8	comment	It Was a Gift: Shamir receives a dagger from her former partner the moment before he died. She holds onto it up until the events of To Forge and Temper.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_efdb28f1	type	Foreign Fanservice
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_efdb28f1	comment	Foreign Fanservice: Discussed in relation to Shamir. Catherine details occasions where fellow knights lusted after Shamir simply because she was exotic to them. Shamir doesn't linger on the issue but she doesn't dispute it either.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f0c4ce7d	type	The Lost Lenore
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f0c4ce7d	comment	The Lost Lenore: Shamir's deceased partner is mentioned from time to time. She laments his passing but is able to move on as she slowly grows closer to Catherine. She still thinks of him occasionally and remarks on Byleth's similarities to him. Mercedes has become one to Ingrid after the war. Once Ingrid comes go terms with her attraction to Lady Merciful, she mentions not wanting to repeat the mistake of being honest about her feelings. Subverted however, in that Merciful is Mercedes.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f3d5d15f	type	Creepy Child
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f3d5d15f	comment	Creepy Child: What Byleth feared her father saw her as. “I wonder how he really felt about me. This broken thing who should have been a daughter, but wasn’t.”
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f617419c	type	Trial by Combat
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f617419c	comment	Trial by Combat: Byleth is forced to partake in one after she mistakenly kills innocent people from Sreng, thinking they were Rufus's soldiers.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f6dc47f7	type	Ambiguously Related
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f6dc47f7	comment	Ambiguously Related: Ferdinand invokes this in To Weather the Dark. He notices Edelgard and Lysithea's silver hair and concludes the latter must be Ionius's bastard. Edelgard is quick to scold him.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f76842b1	type	The Fundamentalist
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f76842b1	comment	The Fundamentalist: How Rhea is primarily portrayed. Her rage over Edelgard's heresy is depicted multiple times. She continues to have shades of this from Shamir's pov in To Forge and Temper, though her portrayal is more sympathetic there. In Catherine's opinion anyway.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f9876f7e	type	Faking the Dead
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_f9876f7e	comment	Faking the Dead: Mercedes is doing this after apparently having been rescued from Tailtean by Jeritza, and now travels the former Kingdom territory as the apothecary "Lady Merciful", believing that Mercedes von Martritz should stay dead.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_fb3456e	type	Last Words
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_fb3456e	comment	Last Words: Played with in To Herald the Dawn. Luckily the trope is averted as Byleth is saved last minute by some warriors from Sreng.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_fb6b207f	type	You Killed My Father
To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: Catherine explicitly invokes this when she corners Edelgard. However, Edelgard is impressively unrepentant even in the face of possible death.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_fd81c335	comment	Nurture over Nature: Edelgard considers this regarding her father and Thales. In To Weather the Dark she hates how much of the latter has influenced her over the years.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ff24ad1d	comment	Bawdy Song: Caspar sings one in To Weather the Dark, but is quickly stopped by Lysithea.
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To Weather the Dark Collection (Fanfic) / int_ff5b3fd0	comment	The biggest offender of this is Catherine. She often ruminates on Shamir's appearance even before they get together, usually when Shamir is bathing.
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