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Nominally'''''Scepter of Darkness''''' by Helltanz98 is usednominally becausea with''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Time Travel]] fan fiction. "Nominally" because outwithout reading the prequel (which the author has yet to repost, though continues to promise to do so hasn't yet) it's hard to determine if it ''is'' time travel or just an [[Alternate Universe]]. Another reason is because of the fact it crosses with multiple different series.
Scepter of Darkness is nominally a Harry Potter time travel fan fiction.
 
Nominally is used because with out reading the prequel which the author has yet to repost, though continues to promise to do so hasn't yet. Another reason is because of the fact it crosses with multiple different series.
Anywho long story short time traveling knights led by {{spoiler|Harry Potter}} under an assumed name arrive in 1930 along with most of their gear and decide the best way to prevent the extreme damage done to earth in their OTL is to basically force a massive development of weapons technology, this leads to keeping the Nazis in control of Europe while allowing world war II to play out leading to a bloody stalemate.
 
Anywho long story short time traveling knights led by {{spoiler|Harry Potter}} under an assumed name arrive in 1930 along with most of their gear and decide the best way to prevent the extreme damage done to earth in their OTL is to basically force a massive development of weapons technology, this leads to keeping the Nazis in control of Europe while allowing world war II to play out leading to a bloody stalemate.
The fic is apparently undergoing a rewrite but is still pretty heavy on tropes
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Prequel Summary: (divided into parts per the author's recent poll)
 
Prequel Summary: (divided into parts per the author's recent{{when}} poll)
* Part I comprises the Beginning, and the Elysium War
* Part II comprises the Eurasian Wars
* Part III comprises the Damnation War and the Preparations for the Great Journey
 
''Scepter of Darkness'' can be read [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3674583/1/Scepter-of-Darkness here].
Part II comprises the Eurasian Wars
 
Part III comprises the Damnation War and the Preparations for the Great Journey
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]
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* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Subverted.
** Elite troops are more effective in groups.
*** Any time a drachenorden force of battallion strength numberwise takes the field well... the enemy is [[Precision F -Strike|fucked]] no matter how many there are.
* [[Cool Airship]]
** the German Sturm class.
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* [[Invocation]]: The Drachenorden have a specific branch of magic that involves around this.
** Actually it's shown the Battle Incantions don't require it.
* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: Happens a few times in varying forms and by different characters.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Subverted. Only the Japanese use katanas, everyone else uses appropriate cultural blades.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: Get into a fight with Radu and he'll do this, also most the Drachenorden are capable of pulling this off via incantation sorcery, or by other means for older knights.
* [[Knight Templar]]: The actual stereotypical SS, and others.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]] the Entire Drachenorden are this, particularly since lower level order knights rely on longer incantation spells they have to be able to fight hand to hand
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* [[Master Race]]: Younger members of the orden, and rather commonly their children, some wizarding groups, certain mutants, the SS.
* [[Masquerade]]: The wizarding world's International Statute of Secrecy, which Harry really hates leading to the [[Broken Masquerade]] in Imperial Countries.
* [[Mega Crossover]]: This author is notoriously bad about them. This fic is allegedly one, but no other works contributing to it have been identified.
* [[Might Makes Right]]: The Drachenorden early on, and origin to modern the Orden's Duchy, military governing, system.
* [[Middle-Eastern Coalition]] The UAS, which excludes Egypt, and other North African states, but did previously contain Iran before they separated
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* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: There are a number of different vampire species.
* [[Orcus Onon His Throne]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Harry}} hates this and would much rather lead from the front lines and frequently does.
* [[Overly Long Name]]
** Radu Barvon, Baron of Luxor, Ifrit of the Empire, Lord of fire, Lord of Smoke, Lord of Ash, Senior Lord of the Drachenorden, etc.
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** Isaak is magic.
* [[Playing Both Sides]]: The Order of the Dragon gladdly supplies everyone from behind the scenes as a prelude to world war II/
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Radu Barvon the Baron of Luxor is known as the Ifrit of the Order (or the Empire), and Lord of Fire.
* [[Power Levels]] occasionally mentioned with [[Muggle|Muggles]] and regular wizards being the bottom
* [[Power of the Void]] Harry, as befitting his early [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] attitude, Kemmler, and later Harry teaches Zero amongst others wield this
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* [[Reality Warper]] Wizards in general are very weak ones, but Harry is a [[Reality Maker]], as is Cypher to a lesser extent
* [[Rewriting Reality]]
* [[Rooting for Thethe Empire]]: Depending on your persuasions it's possible for someone to root for any one of the superpowers.
** USSR is portrayed as a relatively benign communist nation, who is unlikely to collapse thanks to improved trade allowing them to vastly increase social programs.
** Even the South African Superstate by 1980, if you're a rabid anti-colonialist, by which point they've mellowed out a bit from their earlier batshit tendencies.
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