History Manhwa / CavalierOfTheAbyss

** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not that fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor when he defends himself to survive. Currently allied with Caladbolg of the Night Clan and possibly became RomanticRunnerUp to Xix, as his failed arrange marriage with Yuan but is shown to be developing ties with Siana. It's shown in later chapters he may in fact be Iffrita's second child, not her first as people are lead to believe, and both the fact that Just uses his blood successfully for the blood seal ritual and becomes an undead after dying proves he is actually Nex's son after all.]]

** Xix: An Undead and HeartbrokenBadass whose entire village was massacred at Nex's orders, thus he has a vendetta against Nex and made a deal with Oski to gain power to try to kill Nex. He is completely thunderstruck when he discovers that he may be Nex's son after a blood ritual. This is after Nex defeats, tortures, and nearly kills him. [[spoiler: He was left at the village by a beautiful woman in flashbacks drawn looking like Serin and left with her family's magical artifact Semek. He was actually killed and then resurrected by Siana in previously mentioned massacre. After said resurrection, he proceeds in a daze to tear out Siana's heart and take it into his own body.... then we learn of a prophecy saying that Jae Huk's first son with Serin would be lost to him.]]

* RivalTurnedEvil: Iffrita and Serin were once friendly rivals for Jae Hyuk's affection, and she even declared that he should "follow his heart" and supported Serin at one point, ''against'' her father's (and surprisingly, [[spoiler:Serin's father's]]) wishes. Today? She hates the Demon clan, and especially Serin, with a passion, and it's implied she had a heavy hand in getting Serin imprisoned. [[Later, it's revealed she took Serin's son and passed him off as her own in the form of Ninoorta.]]

** Nex [[spoiler:after Ninurta kills himself because he killed Iffrita. This is before we found out that he's actually [[TheUndead an undead.]]

* RivalTurnedEvil: Iffrita and Serin were once friendly rivals for Jae Hyuk's affection, and she even declared that he should "follow his heart" and supported Serin at one point, ''against'' her father's (and surprisingly, [[spoiler:Serin's father's]]) wishes. Today? She hates the Demon clan, and especially Serin, with a passion, and it's implied she had a heavy hand in getting Serin imprisoned.

* {{Yandere}}: The flashback arc reveals Iffrita [[spoiler: set Serin up to get Nex to herself.]] Caladbolg is also an excellent example, [[spoiler:with how he is obsessed with his brother, to the point of wanting to remove Serin, and how he also happily tries to turn Siana's childhood bully into an abomination.]]

** Serin is locked in a box, heavily sedated, and subjected to an eternal nightmare, punishment for a major betrayal that has yet to come to light. Nex, however, cannot bring himself to killing her. Which of Nex's children she did or did not give birth to while running away from him are a major plot point. [[spoiler: Implied for both Siana and Xix so far.]]

** Iffrita, Nex's wife and the queen, once sweet and a total ditz, now a BitchInSheepsClothing. She secretly hates the Demon clan for executing her mother as a political pawn, it's implied that she manipulated the events that led to Serin's internment and the razing of the Banaan village, and in court she's constantly maneuvering to get herself as close to Nex as possible.
** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not that fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor when he defends himself to survive. Currently allied with Caladbolg of the Night Clan and possibly became RomanticRunnerUp to Xix, as his failed arrange marriage with Yuan but is shown to be developing ties with Siana. It's shown in later chapters he may in fact be Iffrita's second child, not her first as people are lead to believe, and the fact that Just uses his blood successfully for the blood seal ritual proves he is actually Nex's son after all.]]

** Siana: ChildhoodFriends with Xix, and [[spoiler: member of the Night Clan]]. [[spoiler: She is also necromancer and like Xix implied to be the long lost child of Serin and an unknown Night Clan member that Caladbolg/Jae Hoon is convinced is Nex/Jae Hyuk. Xix thought she died when his village was destroyed, but in truth a [[CameBackWrong post-resurrection haze]] Xix tore out her heart to took it into his own body. Afterward her body was taken by Caladbolg and he had his forces work to save her. She reappears later in the present aligned with Caladbolg, and they believe each other to be uncle and niece. Her true body is with the Night Clan and she normally interacts via replicated one her consciousness is tied to.]]

* IncestSubtext: Caladbolg, Nex, Siana, Xix, Miya, Just, Ninurta... to name only a few affected by this. A large problem is due to how this is a story of a really messed up family in-fighting and the fact that we don't know for certain who is related to who.

* KnewItAllAlong: Nex [[spoiler:has known about Ninurta not being his son because of a prophecy all along.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood somehow, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin. [[spoiler: Though this might be a RedHerring, as Siana, who is equally if not more implied to be Serin's daughter and has the necromancy to prove it, resurrecting Xix and him taking her heart. Then again, a prophecy stated his first son would be lost to him, so really it's anyone's guess at this point.]] Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this.

* CockFight: Xix and Ninurta engage in one more than one, the first time over Yuan. [[spoiler:Second and nearly every time there after over Siana.]]

* DeliberatelyCuteChild: [[spoiler: During the flashback]] Caladbolg.

* IncestSubtext: Caladbolg, Nex, Siana, Xix, Miya, Just, Ninurta... to name only a few affected by this. A large problem is due to how this is a story of a really messed up family in-fighting.

* The Corrupter: Caldabolg [[spoiler:quickly turns Rana into a vessel by taking away her fear.]]

** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not that fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor when he defends himself to survive. Currently a allied with Caladbolg of the Night Clan and possibly became RomanticRunnerUp to Xix, as his failed arrange marriage with Yuan but is shown to be developing ties with Siana. It's shown in later chapters he may in fact be Iffrita's second child, not her first as people are lead to believe, and the fact that Just uses his blood successfully for the blood seal ritual proves he is actually Nex's son after all.]]

** Xix: An Undead and HeartbrokenBadass whose entire village was massacred at Nex's orders, thus he has a vendetta against Nex and made a deal with Oski to gain power to try to kill Nex. He is completely thunderstruck when he discovers that he may be Nex's son after a blood ritual. This is after Nex defeats, tortures, and nearly kills him. [[spoiler: He was left at the village by a beautiful woman in flashbacks drawn looking like Serin and left with her family's magical artifact Semek. He was actually killed and then resurrected by Siana in previously mentioned massacre. After said resurrection, he proceeds in a daze to tear out Siana's heart and take it into his own body. ]]

* [[spoiler:KissingCousins: When incest actually did become canon, with Iffrita and Mikhail Noah.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood somehow, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin. [[spoiler: Though this might be a RedHerring, as Siana, who is equally if not more implied to be Serin's daughter and has the necromancy to prove it, resurrecting Xix and him taking her heart.]] Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this.

* SupportingHarem: Complete with incest subtext! All the ladies love Nex but he loves Serin most of all, and Xix has a minor harem too but is clearly being set up with Yuan.

** [[spoiler: Yuan's father, Yongje Yeonoh, Head of the Serpent Clan ]]

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Rana, once possessed by Caldabolg, quickly starts talking about how she isn't afraid anymore and how she was the goddess of the twisted space they were in.]]

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Nex]]

** The fact that a undead can't survive without their heart [[spoiler: Xix is captured and later watches his own heart destroyed early in the series at chapter 10, leading to what should have been Skoll being let lose and his death. Instead he turns up fine seemingly with his heart intact. It isn't until dozens of chapters later in chapter 67 that we found out it is because he had two hearts within him since becoming a Undead. ]]

* [BoyMeetsGhoul Girl Meets Ghoul]: Xix and Yuan.

** Ouroboros, also known as Just, claims to be the son of Nex and Serin as part of a ruse by Serin's father, and is a ManipulativeBastard who takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting his "brother" Ninurta.
*** Ouroboros is also the brother of Skoll, the wolf demon sealed inside Xix.

** Xix: An Undead and HeartbrokenBadass whose entire village was massacred at Nex's orders, thus he has a death wish against Nex and is completely thunderstruck when he discovers that he may be Nex's son after a blood ritual. This after Nex defeats, tortures, and nearly kills him. [[spoiler: He was left at the village by a beautiful woman in flashbacks drawn looking like Serin and left with her family's artifact Semek. He was actually killed and then resurrected by Siana in previously mentioned massacre. After said resurrection, he proceeds in a daze to tear out Siana's heart and take it into his own body. ]]
*** Also the host of Skoll, a wolf demon related to Ouroboros the snake demon.

* TheCorruption: Apparently the Night Clan can corrupt anything nearby, unintentionally.

* TheCorruption: Apparently the Night Clan can corrupt anything nearby.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Between Nex and the forces of Chaos vs Caladbolg and the Night clan

* HumanShield: Played straight [[spoiler:Ninurta takes his blind companion Lan hostage to avoid capture by Serpent guards. He escapes with her into the main palace where he drops her but encounters the Head of the Serpent clan, Yongje Yeonoh.]] Then subverted [[spoiler:Ninurta is dominated by Yeonoh in the fight and before Yeonoh can finish it he notices if he performs his next attack he will hit Lan who is hiding behind the area where Ninurta is standing and halts his attack, Ninurta not even realizing Lan was behind him, throws out one of his attacks to counter what he thinks is coming, striking Yeonoh in a way he couldn't have done before when Yeonoh had his defenses up.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Seon Yu to Owen and Nex. [[spoiler: He joined the Night Clan because the quarantined his home and led to the point that his entire race was wiped out. Nex does that often.]]

* Yonkoma: As a PrintBonus at the end of some chapters, usually has a lot of LampshadeHanging.

* CreepyCute: The Ghost fires/Will o' wisps.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood somehow, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin. [[spoiler: Though this might be a RedHerring, as Siana, who is totally confirmed as Serin's daughter and has the necromancy to prove it, resurrecting Xix and him taking her heart.]] Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this.

* CockFight: Xix and Ninurta engage in one more than once, the first time over Yuan. [[spoiler:Second over Siana.]]

** There's a lot of evidence that the betrayal was orchestrated by [[spoiler: Iffrita]], and that Nex has long harbored suspicions about it.

* HumanShield: Played straight [[spoiler:Ninurta takes his blind companion Lan hostage to avoid capture by Serpent guards. He escapes with her into the main palace where he drops her but encounters the Head of the Serpent clan, Yongje Yeonoh.]] Then subverted [[spoiler:Ninurta is dominated by Yeonoh in the fight and before Yeonoh can finish it he notices if he performs his next attack he will hit Lan who is hiding behind the area where Ninurta is standing and halts his attack, Ninurta not even realizing Lan was behind him, throws out one of his best attacks to counter what he thinks is coming striking Yeonoh in a way he couldn't have done before when Yeonoh hadhis defesne.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Seon Yu to Owen and Nex. [[spoiler: He joined the Night Clan because the quartined his home and led to the point that his entire race was wiped out. Nex does that often.]]

** Iffrita, Nex's wife and the queen, once sweet and a total ditz, now a BitchInSheepsClothing. She secretly hates the Demon clan for executing her mother as a political pawn, it's very likely that she manipulated the events that led to Serin's internment and the razing of the Banaan village, and in court she's constantly maneuvering to get herself as close to Nex as possible.
** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not that fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor when he defends himself to survive. Currently a allied with Caladbolg of the Night Clan and possibly becoming RomanticRunnerUp to Xix, as he failed with Yuan but is developing a relationship with Siana. It's shown in later chapters he may in fact be Iffrita's second child, not her first as people are lead to believe, and the fact that Just uses his blood successfully for the blood seal ritual proves he is actually Nex's son after all.]]
** Ouroboros, also known as Just, claims to be the son of Nex and Serin, and is a ManipulativeBastard who takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting his "brother" Ninurta.
** Ouroboros is also the brother of Skoll, the wolf demon sealed inside Xix.
** Technically all the beasts are related to Caladbolg, as they are created out of fragments of him.

** Also the host of Skoll, a wolf demon related to Ouroboros the snake demon.
** Siana: ChildhoodFriends with Xix, and [[spoiler: member of the Night Clan]]. [[spoiler: She is also necromancer and like Xix implied to be the long lost child of Serin and an unknown Night Clan member that Caladbolg/Jae Hoon is convinced is Nex/Jae Hyuk. Xix thought she died when his village was destroyed, but in truth a [[CameBackWrong post-resurrection haze]] Xix tore out her heart to took it into his own body. Afterward her body was taken by Caladbolg and he had his forces work to save her. She reappears later in the present aligned with Caladbolg, and they believe each other to be uncle and niece. Her current body that she interacts with is not her real one.]]
** Miya: The only one to get away from this ''relatively'' clean. Indisputably Nex and Iffrita's daughter, she is a sickly little girl who cannot even comprehend how messed up her family is. Xix and Nex both care for her deeply (the former initially in opposition to his own vendetta).

* {{Anti-Hero}}:

** Caladbolg, for all he is set up as the big bad, has had many scenes where he is shown as more heroic than Nex. The fact he has asked for a stop to their conflicts and compromise seriously helps his case, even when he has ultimately evil ends.

** Siana is this for Banaan Village.

** Serin is locked in a box, heavily sedated, and subjected to an eternal nightmare, punishment for a major betrayal that has yet to come to light. Nex, however, cannot bring himself to killing her. Which of Nex's children she did or did not give birth to while running away from him are a major plot point. [[spoiler: Revealed to be Siana.]]

** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor. Currently a allied with Caladbolg of the Night Clan and possibly becoming RomanticRunnerUp to Xix, as he failed with Yuan but is developing a relationship with Siana. It's shown in later chapters he may in fact be Iffrita's second child, not her first as people are lead to believe, and the fact that Just uses his blood successfully for the blood seal ritual proves he is actually Nex's son after all.]]

** Xix: An Undead and HeartbrokenBadass whose entire village was massacred at Nex's orders, thus he has a death wish against Nex and is completely thunderstruck when he discovers that he may be Nex's son after a blood ritual. This after Nex defeats, tortures, and nearly kills him. [[spoiler:He was actually resurrected by Siana in said massacre. After said resurrection, he proceeds in a daze to tear out Siana's heart and take it into his own body, making it likely he is just a red herring who has Siana's blood running through his veins. ]]

** Siana: ChildhoodFriends with Xix, and member of the Night Clan. [[spoiler:A necromancer, the long lost daughter of Serin and an unknown Night Clan member that Caladbolg/Jae Hoon is convinced is Nex/Jae Hyuk. Xix thought she died when his village was destroyed, but in truth a [[CameBackWrong post-resurrection haze]] Xix tore out her heart to took it into his own body. Afterward her body was taken by Caladbolg and he had his forces work to save her. She reappears later in the present aligned with Caladbolg, and they believe each other to be uncle and niece. Her current body is not really hers.]]

** [[spoiler: Iffrita]] is notable as well: although she never appeared in the previous work, an extended flashback from two years after ''Immortal Regis'' shows how she wasn't always an utter manipulative bitch.

** Nex is a cold, bitter, ruthless, jaded tyrant but he's also trying to prevent [[BigBad Caladbolg]] and followers from bringing ruin to ''both'' worlds. This includes ordering entire villages executed because even one is infected.

* ApocalypseMaiden: At one point in the flashback he is told that if chooses Serin in the coming SadisticChoice, all hell will break loose.
** [[spoiler: Sianna is this for Binan Village apparently.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: WordOfGod states that Nex is second in power only to BigBad Caladbolg.

** Serin is locked in a box, heavily sedated, and subjected to an eternal nightmare, punishment for a major betrayal that has yet to come to light. Nex, however, cannot bring himself to killing her. Which of Nex's children she did or did not give birth to while running away from him are a major plot point. [[spoiler: Including Xix and possibly Siana.]]
** Caladbolg, supposed God of Chaos who [[PuppeteerParasite possesses and continues to identify]] as Jae-Hoon, Nex's little brother. Due to this, a large plot point is how there's no clear distinction between both personalities. Even though he is the BigBad he comes off [[AffablyEvil far more compassionate]] than Nex, acting as a foil. [[spoiler:Later it is shown he has taken Siana under his wing, and who he confirms is his niece.]]
** Iffrita, Nex's wife and the queen, once sweet and a total ditz, now a BitchInSheepsClothing. She secretly hates the Demon clan for executing her mother as a political pawn, it's very likely that she manipulated the events that led to Serin's internment and the razing of the Bannana village, and in court she's constantly maneuvering to get herself as close to Nex as possible.
** [[WellDoneSonGuy Ninurta Noah]], the prince and purportedly the son of Nex and Iffrita, although Nex is said to have accepted him without actually checking if this is true; it's implied he's actually the son of the queen and Mikhail Noah, as he bears little resemblance to his father. [[spoiler:Nex is [[TheUnfavourite not fond of him]], and when he is captured by a dragon-bourn Siana, Nex orders his men to fire at him and declares him a traitor. Currently a guest of Caladbolg on Earth.]]

** [[spoiler:Xix, whose entire village was razed and childhood friend killed at Nex's orders, has a death wish against Nex and is completely thunderstruck when he discovers that he is Nex and Serin's son. This after Nex defeats, tortures, and nearly kills him. He was actually resurrected by Siana. After said resurrection, he proceeds in a daze to tear out Siana's heart and take it into his own body. ]]
** [[spoiler:Siana, childhood friend of Xix and a necromancer, been born as the child between a woman(implied to be Serin in Chapter 66) and an unknown Night Clan member that Caladbolg/Jae Hoon is convince is Nex/Jae Hyuk. Xix thought she died when his village was destroyed, but in truth a [[CameBackWrong post-resurrection haze]] Xix tears out her heart to take it into his own body. Afterward her body was taken by Caladbolg and he had his forces work to save her. She reappears later in the present aligned with Caladbolg, who she calls "uncle" and he calls her his niece. Her current body is not really hers.]]
** Miya, the only one to get away from this ''relatively'' clean. Indisputably Nex and Iffrita's daughter, she is a sickly little girl who cannot even comprehend how messed up her family is. Xix and Nex both care for her deeply (the former initially in opposition to his own vendetta).

* IncestSubtext: Caladbolg, Nex, Siana, Xix, Miya, Just, Ninurta... to name only a few affected by this.

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin (though this might be a RedHerring, it turns out that Xix had Siana's heart implanted, and possibly her blood). Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this. Siana is possibly Serin's daughter as well.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Just about everyone from Miya to a dragon goddess ships Xix and Yuan.

** Nex is somewhere between a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV and Type V]], as he's a cold, bitter, ruthless, jaded tyrant but he's also trying to prevent [[BigBad Caladbolg]] and followers from bringing ruin to ''both'' worlds. This includes ordering entire villages executed because even one is infected.

** Xix is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II]] with some [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]] moments; Driven by his desire for revenge against Nex and is not afraid to play dirty, but a good person at heart.

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin (though this might be a RedHerring). Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this. Siana is possibly Serin's daughter as well.]]

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Xix and Nex are related by blood, and it is confirmed that Xix is actually the long lost child of Jae Hyuk and Serin. Neither Xix or Nex are particularly happy about this. Siana is possibly Serin's daughter as well.]]