The Steel Queen Chronicle

A Vivio-centric Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fanfiction series by DezoPenguin, with the main attraction being the novel-length Stahlkönigin. The stories are, in order:


 * The Road Onward
 * Shell Game
 * Steel Wings
 * Memory of a Saint
 * Caramel Milk
 * Stahlkönigin

The series was started before ViVid was released, and is now an AU, but that doesn't detract from the quality at all.


 * Alternate Universe Fic
 * An Axe to Grind: Signum briefly runs afoul of a terrorist wielding a Device of this nature. Very briefly.
 * Beam Spam: 
 * Complete Monster: Sonoma.
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * How does  take   down?   interrupts his quick teleport spell with  . Why? because it was fast and easy.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: See 'Screw Destiny'.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Many of the smaller stories have one, with 'Caramel Milk' being basically one long one, but the one that takes the cake is
 * I Have Your Wife
 * Just in Time: Referenced by Hayate, but averted.
 * Kill Sat:
 * Knife Nut:
 * Never a Self-Made Woman: Subverted. Vivio initially assumes this to be the reason she's being invited into active service before completing her formal education; turns out it's just that she happens to fit a hole in a new squad's lineup.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal:
 * Screw Destiny:
 * Stone Wall: Vivio. Her offensive abilities are paltry compared to most other mages, and her mobility is mediocre, but her defenses are nigh impregnable.
 * They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Hayate contemplates the idea of  Sadly, it doesn't happen.
 * Training From Hell: A mild example in comparison to some, but Vita's 'training' of Vivio is such that broken bones are considered an expectation, rather than a cause for alarm.
 * And then there's Nanoha and her exaggerated reputation for this.
 * Weak but Skilled: Vivio, after a fashion. Despite technically being weaker than most of the canon cast, she's able to keep up very well through general versatility and inventive use of the things she does excel at.
 * Weak but Skilled: Vivio, after a fashion. Despite technically being weaker than most of the canon cast, she's able to keep up very well through general versatility and inventive use of the things she does excel at.