History Fanfic / ShadowsOverMeridian

** In Chapter 38, seeing how Kur is treating all the non-humans of Everdeen while allegedly acting in Elyon's name makes Aldarn start to realize that by aiding and abetting such actions is making him no better than Phobos and Cedric.

** In Chapter 39, Julian tells Elyon about an incident in Phobos' youth when the heir of House Dolloway brought to his homecoming party a living Mogriff as a trophy of war. Phobos offended the hosts by bluntly voicing his opinion that it's wasteful to keep fighting outdated wars with species that could be made useful as subjects, and the nobility considered that one of the first signs of Phobos being bad news to Meridian. After hearing the story, however, Elyon asks what exactly her brother did wrong that night since she sees nothing wrong about the idea of peacefully integrating a different race into Meridian as an alternative to needless warring.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler:As Jade's Oni wrath towards Vera reaches its peak in the Stone Nest, she summons a tornado of shadows and opens massive portals to the Shadow Realm with the intention of burying Vera in its deepest debths. Everyone present is scared – except for Tyrian who's practically swooning over the sight of his goddess' might and realm.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: Discussed as some people, like Sult and Flora, have a low opinion on Meridian's old nobility and recall them exploiting commoners before Phobos wiped them out. Flashbacks from Phobos' youth show that there were many bigoted nobles who already thought ill of him, which [[ThenLetMeBeEvil contributed to him becoming the monster they assumed him to be]]. Kur is revealed to be a survivor of the massacred nobility, and he's reclaimed his title of a Lord as he works in the Swamplands to wipe out the local shapeshifters and other "monstrous" races.

ZigZaggedTrope

** In Chapter 39, Julian tells Elyon about an incident in Phobos' youth when the heir of House Dolloway brought to his homecoming party a Mogriff as a trophy. Phobos bluntly voiced his opinion that it's a waste of time and money to continue some old war with a species that could be made useful as subjects, with many of the nobility finding the idea of

** The Mogriffs as a whole qualify for this status, as canonically they only appeared in one episode.

** Nerissa spent years manipulating the Rebellion and Phobos to get the Heart of Meridian. But Jade defeats her, putting her in a coma by means of a Leech Khan, and reveals her plans to everyone, meaning all of her years of manipulation and sacrifice have become meaningless.

** Upon learning that the army she's part of has not only been repulsed from claiming Snowpoint by Jade and Phobos' forces, but is being pulled back to the capital by Elyon as part of a consolidation to deal with the new threat, Vera views it all as an utter failure of all the years of training and fighting she put towards her goal of revenge on the Mogriffs, putting her into a HeroicBSOD [[spoiler:and driving her to go rogue to get her revenge regardless. Not only does her attempt to find and assassinate Metalbeak fail, but it leads to her and five other heirs of prestigious northern families (who she lied to in order to get them to agree to join her by saying it was an official mission, costing her any friendship she had with them when the truth comes out) being taken captive, which is advantageous in securing the north for Phobos, while she herself loses the functionality of one of her arms after she angers Jade one too many times]].

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When Jade explains that she insisted on helping Cedric and Miranda just because she wanted to help, they just stare back at her, unable to believe she has no ulterior motives.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Played with like in the ''W.I.T.C.H.'' cartoon. Jade takes Nerissa out of the game before the sorceress can gain her first canon power-up, and it's only thanks to her help that Phobos is able to threaten Meridian again. She's personally less vile than either of them (though certainly terrifying when enraged), and her currently worst intentions boil down to fulfilling Raythor's wish to put Phobos back on Meridian's throne and getting even with the people who declared her their enemy on sight. Regardless, she becomes the heroes' most challenging enemy until now thanks to her vast [[EliteMooks Shadowkhan]] armies that are an OutsideContextProblem in the ''W.I.T.C.H.'' universe, resources that enable Phobos' troops to seriously step up in the game, her plan that aims to emotionally bring the heroes down by destroying their very esteem in everyone's eyes, and their own awareness of it being their fault she's become their enemy.

** [[spoiler:The [[SuperPersistentPredator Frostbiter]] that chases Vera's team turns out to have some measure of intelligence. When it realizes Caroline's repellent that's keeping it outside the team's cave has been sprinkled all over the snowy ground, it starts digging the ground to remove this obstacle before Vera's lure distracts it. It also understands Jade's message that she's giving it meat in exchange for returning home, and after pondering on its changes against her and the shadow serpents, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm it decides that while it didn't catch Caroline, it has meat anyway and leaves]].]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When some of Phobos' loyalists loot a noble's tent in the abandoned camp of the rebels' northern army, Tyrian tries to make them hand over the valuables as tribute to Jade despite not being ordered to do so. When Captain Ymir, aware Jade doesn't want to be worshipped as a goddess by Tyrian, tells the crazy fanatic that Jade is not the type to covet after jewels, Tyrian facepalms, says it was stupid of him to think that material riches would interest a goddess and decides he must show his devotion through other means like a HumanSacrifice.

* ItCanThink: Though mute and unquestionably loyal to Jade, the Shadowkhan turn out to be capable of wordlessly conversing with each other and internal disagreements. [[spoiler:When the fight over Cavigor is at its end and Vathek is surrounded by the Razor Khan, he asks them to tell Jade that Elyon wants to bury the hatchet and make amends with her. The Shadowkhan actually take the time to hear him out and silently debate on whether to just follow the orders of Frost, who's able to summon them only because Jade allows it, or take Vathek to their Queen and let her decide if his words are worth her time; they choose the latter option when it becomes clear that Frost having his way with the rebels would clash with Jade's desires. When the Razor Khan bring Vathek to Snowpoint, the Ninja Khan angrily demand to know their reasoning and suspect Vathek's surrender could be a ploy to lure their queen into a trap. The two Shadowkhan tribes nearly come to blows before Jade arrives to hear Vathek out.]]