History DarthWiki / GuardiansLegacyCageOfTheEarthsCore

* KickTheSonOfABitch - Happens to all of the Greek pantheon.

* {{Bishonen}} - Merlin's [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm regular form]].

Upon coming of age Asteria soon [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the call]] to her supernatural heritage, seeking the thrill and excitement that this adventure against all sorts of weird monsters is sure to bring out, not really knowing of the [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength unfortunate reputation]] she's picked up as a wandering monstrosity. She soon comes to the island of Skyros where she meets with two new [[PowerTrio travelling companions]], the [[CuteBruiser cute]] and [[GenkiGirl feisty]] young [[FieryRedhead Pyrrha]] and her friend and relative [[StraightMan Straight Girl]] [[TheChick Deidameia]]. Although, there is something a bit [[DudeLooksLikeALady off]] about Pyrrha...

* GoodBadGirl - Elisha at times, justifed as she's part-[[HornyDevils lilim]].

* ThoseTwoGuys - Lilith's '[[HenpeckedHusband husbands]]', [[CasanovaWannabe Asmodeus]] and [[IneffectualLoner Samael]]. Could be those ThoseTwoBadGuys if they weren't [[EnemyMine on the Guardian's side]] more often than not due to their lady's wishes, and were ever... [[HarmlessVillain genuinely evil]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss - Sun Ce.
* GenkiGirl - Ruomei.

* {{Cult}}

* BloodierAndGorier

* AllMythsAreTrue

* FeministFantasy - What we're aiming for here.
* GenreShift

* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci - A favourite trope of Lilith's.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys - [[ChessMotifs White Knight and Black Bishop]], two other [[EldritchAbomination escapees from the cage]] who, in great contrast to [[DarkMessiah L'Excuse]], are hugely enthusiastic about the possibilities of 'existence', which however only lead them to view humans as their [[PsychopathicManchild personal playthings]] or [[MadScientist experimental guinea pigs]]...

* HumanMomNonhumanDad - Played straight for the second and eighth Guardians, subverted with the seventh Guardian, not really applicable for the tenth Guardian, and inverted for all the others.

Taking place during [[KingArthur Arthurian times]], or more correctly just before Arthurian times [[DarkAgeEurope during the reign of Uther Pendragon]] and [[TimeSkip later]] during the leaderless period before Arthur pulled out the Sword in the Stone. A [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/143578/absurdres-blanc_neige-highres-shining_tears-taka_t young]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/186147/absurdres-black_legwear-blanc_neige-boots-breasts- woman]] (who [[IAmWho unbeknownst to her]] is [[OurFairiesAreDifferent half-faerie]]) has [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday suddenly been developing]] incredible magic powers yet has hardly any at all how to control them. It is then recommended she head out to receive tutoring from the wizard Merlin, however along the way she meets a mysterious red-haired woman who tells her to seek out the ancient warrior woman [[Myth/CelticMythology Scathach]] instead.

Set in ImperialChina during the [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Three]] [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Kingdoms]] [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing Era]], chronicling the life of a young [[FantasticFoxes foxgirl]] (well, half-foxgirl) named [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/719584/animal_ears-black_legwear-caster_-fate-extra-fate- Ruomei]] and her adventures around her village in southeastern China, whether helping people out or [[TricksterArchetype causing trouble]] for them.

* UsefulNotes/{{Taoism}}

* BiggerBad - This is the first Arc where L'Excuse never appears onscreen [[NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat (for good reason)]], but its [[PredecessorVillain influence]] is still definitely felt.

* BadassGrandpa - Pedro Romero, Merlin would be this if he ever showed his true age.
* BiggerBad - L'Excuse sits this one out too, though s/he does turn out to be credited as one of the original founders of the Doctors' Association (likely becuase s/he wanted to kill off any potential allies of the Guardian or veen the Guardian herself). This is partly due to what happened at the end of the last Arc, and also due to what's going to happen in the next Arc...

* BigBad / BiggerBad - L'Excuse alternates between the two depending on the Arc, if it isn't present in an Arc it will still likely be responsible for what goes on in it. Plus there's also the Cage-creatures in general, though tehy often seems to look up to L'Excuse as some form of leader figure.

Flash forward over a thousand years now, to TheTimeOfMyths in AncientGreece. The new Guardian here is [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/425198/alf874-axe-barefoot-breasts-feet-highres-horns-min Asteria]], a minotauress created when a king thought that the infamous half-bull would surely be a great addition to his armies. Enraged when the child born was a girl, Asteria only managed to escape being put to death when she discovered a hidden reserve of magical energy within [[TheChosenOne herself]].

* TerribleTrio - Either [[BurnTheWitch Sun Ce]], [[TheStoic Sun Quan]] and [[BadassPrincess Sun Shangxiang]] with [[PosthumousCharacter Sun Jian]] as the higher-up, or Sun Quan, Sun Shang Xiang and [[TheStrategist Zhou Yu]] with Sun Ce as the higher-up.

It's TheSixties, and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and TheSpaceRace are now launching ahead with full power. Seeking to escape from her kooky dad who constantly claims he was abducted by aliens, [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/330688/aya_brea-blonde_hair-gun-lowres-parasite_eve-sigeo the Guardian]] signs up as a secret agent only to find herself in the middle of a very unusual SpyDrama, one where the tension isn't just between East and West but Outer Space and Beneath the Earth as well...

[[SugarApocalypse Unfortunately]], word of this mischievous half-''huli jing'' soon reaches the ears of the Court of Wu and its famed warlord [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Sun Ce]], [[BurnTheWitch known hater of anything supernatural]]. It isn't log before his armies arrive to attack the small village, but Ruomei is suddenly able to fend them off and avert DoomedHometown by [[EleventhHourSuperpower suddenly discovering]] a hidden reserve of powerful magic within her. From there, [[GenreSavvy you should be able to guess what happens]].

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy - After what happened to the Babylonian amnd Greek Gods, the Norse pantheon is far less trusting of L'Excuse.

Set in ImperialChina during the [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Three]] [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Kingdoms]] [[DynastiesFromShangToQing Era]], chronicling the life of a young [[FantasticFoxes foxgirl]] (well, half-foxgirl) named [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/719584/animal_ears-black_legwear-caster_-fate-extra-fate- Ruomei]] and her adventures around her village in southeastern China, whether helping people out or [[TricksterArchetype causing trouble]] for them.

The original concept was something along the lines of a female-oriented equivalent of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', well for more than just one Arc, but in retrospect apart from the multiple parts in various time periods and [[GenreShift genres]] following a particular 'legacy' and a fair bit of action, the two don't really have that much in common (in fact it may now be more comparable to ''LiveALive'', which wasn't my brother's original intention but he doesn't mind too much). The sub-titular Cage was also roughly inspired by the 80s series ''The Trapdoor'', though on a more global scale.

Myria, Esther, Merlin and Nimue are then joined by Egyptology enthusiast Kate, religious university student [[{{Literature/Carmilla}} Joseph Sheridan]] and RetiredBadass matador Pedro Romero Martinez who has come to England for his own reasons. Of course, being the Guardian your slightly subverted HammerHorror monsters and their KnightTemplar hunters will hardly be the most dangerous foes Myria will face...

* HammerHorror

* ClassicalMythology

* NorseMythology

Taking place during [[KingArthur Arthurian times]], or more correctly just before Arthurian times [[DarkAgeEurope during the reign of Uther Pendragon]] and [[TimeSkip later]] during the leaderless period before Arthur pulled out the Sword in the Stone. A [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/143578/absurdres-blanc_neige-highres-shining_tears-taka_t young]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/186147/absurdres-black_legwear-blanc_neige-boots-breasts- woman]] (who [[IAmWho unbeknownst to her]] is [[OurFairiesAreDifferent half-faerie]]) has [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday suddenly been developing]] incredible magic powers yet has hardly any at all how to control them. It is then recommended she head out to receive tutoring from the wizard Merlin, however along the way she meets a mysterious red-haired woman who tells her to seek out the ancient warrior woman [[CelticMythology Scathach]] instead.

* TheChosenOne - The Guardian, though highly subverted. For one, it's outright stated that pretty much anyone with a high enough power level and knowledge of them should be able to take on the monsters from the Cage (e.g. [[CelticMythology Scathach]]), the Guardian just makes it her mission that's all. Plus pretty much every documented Guardian is some form of AntiHero.

Set in ImperialChina during the [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Three]] [[DynastyWarriors Kingdoms]] [[DynastiesFromShangToQing Era]], chronicling the life of a young [[FantasticFoxes foxgirl]] (well, half-foxgirl) named [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/719584/animal_ears-black_legwear-caster_-fate-extra-fate- Ruomei]] and her adventures around her village in southeastern China, whether helping people out or [[TricksterArchetype causing trouble]] for them.

* MesopotamianMythology

It's TheSixties, and the ColdWar and TheSpaceRace are now launching ahead with full power. Seeking to escape from her kooky dad who constantly claims he was abducted by aliens, [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/330688/aya_brea-blonde_hair-gun-lowres-parasite_eve-sigeo the Guardian]] signs up as a secret agent only to find herself in the middle of a very unusual SpyDrama, one where the tension isn't just between East and West but Outer Space and Beneath the Earth as well...

Heading forwards now into the [[JidaiGeki Sengoku Period]], where miles below the ocean's surface the [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/724443/bishamon-blue_hair-genderswap-japanese_clothes-kat half-dragon princess]] of the kingdom of Ryujin has been constantly troubled by news of a horrible war on the lands above. Determined to intervene she then ascends to the world above to see if there is any way to quell the horrible fighting. However, the first thing she hears is that warlord OdaNobunaga is dead, and the hunt is on for his killer AkechiMitsuhide.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy - Sun Ce, the whte hair being explained as caused by his paranoia.

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes - Elisha's Type 3, occasionally even Type 4 though sometimes she'll reign it back to Type 2.

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes - Asteria can sometimes be an [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidental]] Type 4, Pyrrha is bordering on Type 5.

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes - Ruomei is Type 2, occasionally even Type 3.

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes - The Guardian here can be Type 3, sometimes even Type 4 when provoked.

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes - This Guardian's all the way up at Type 5, maybe Type 4 on a good day.

* StraightArrow - Deidameia.