Line #37 FanFic/TheThreeKingsHunt


1	To the Wizarding community, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin are considered to be the greatest witches and wizards of their age. To that of the Mage society, they are known as the instigators of the largest genocide in recorded history. Rule 65!Atem (which is how it is described in the summary, but really Rule63), bisexual polyamorous relationship, massive AU, warnings inside.
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3	Basically it's a unique crossover between Yu-gi-oh and Harry Potter which deals with the issues of what happens if there are different kinds of magic-users in the hp world. The story deals realistically with issues of abuse, murder, racism and social exclusion. Do not be put off with the warnings of 'bisexual polyamorous relationship'; it barely features in the story.
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5	Completed at 18 chapters, the story is well-written with a well-planned plot and excellent characterization, although it's focus is more on the Yu-gi-oh characters and not on Harry Potter and co. The story also features the Department of Mysteries and provides an explanation for what they actually do [[spoiler: it's not pretty]]
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7	Can be found at: '[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9957906/1/The-Three-Kings-Hunt/ The Three Kings: Hunt]]
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9	!!''The Three Kings: Hunt'' has the following tropes:
10	%% * AbusiveParents: James Andrews, Gozaburo Kaiba
11	%% * AncientEgypt: where it all started
12	%% * AnotherDimension: The Realm of the Gods
13	%% * ArrangedMarriage: between Amane & Blaise Zabini
14	* AssimilationPlot: By Department of Mysteries, who forcefully convert any mage born into an upper class wizarding family into being a wizard. [[spoiler: They kill all the other wizardborn mages]].
15	%% * BecauseImGoodAtIt: Seems to be Keith Howard's excuse for being a mage hunter; [[spoiler: he's having second thoughts]].
16	* BullyingTheDragon: Ryou's classmates think it's a good idea to bully and socially exclude him for being a mage; [[spoiler: after they threaten his sister he cripples 3 of them]].
17	%% * BackFromTheDead: Bakura
18	%% * BadassNormal: Mokuba
19	%% * BerserkButton: Amane to Ryou
20	%% * BigBad: The Department of Mysteries
21	%% * BigScrewedUpFamily: The Andrews Family
22	* BlessedWithSuck: Mages, [[spoiler: who get superpowers but are hunted down and murdered by wizards]].
23	%% * BlindSeer: Serenity Wheeler
24	%% * BlowYouAway: Bakura
25	%% * BrotherSisterIncest: The Gaunt family, averted and subverted with Ryou and Amane
26	%% * CastingAShadow: Rebecca
27	* CurbStompBattle: Bakura is literally particles in the air, but he still kills the wizards chasing down Weevil, Rex and Rebecca with no effort at all.
28	%% * CultureJustifiesAnything: see Fantastic Racism
29	%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Bakura (and Ryou), possibly Keith Howard
30	%% * DeathSeeker: Ryou
31	%% * DirtyBusiness: We get hints that some unspeakables think that there job is something between this and NecessarilyEvil
32	* DiscardAndDraw: Ryou can 'steal' the powers of anyone he beats and keeps them as long as he is not defeated himself.
33	* TheDreaded: Zorc, who mages refuse to refer to by name.
34	* ElementalPowers: Mages seem to sometimes have powers based on the elements. Bakura has power over air and darkness. The Lady Pharoah has power over lightning while the Knight-Commander has power over fire. Rebecca has powers over shadow.
35	%% * EnforcedTechnologyLevels: Wizards have spells that can prevent non-magical tech from working in wizard areas.
36	%% * FailureToSaveMurder: Ryou is this to Keith
37	%% * FamilyHonor: Purebloods tend to be obsessive about this and remaining 'pure'.
38	* FantasticCasteSystem: The 'Sacred 28' at the top of the British wizard world and who are 'royalty'; followed by 'respectable' pureblood families like the Andrews', than most other wizards with the muggleborn at the bottom (who are frequently discriminated against). The lowest in the pile are the wizards who are also partially non-human (werewolves, half-giants etc.)
39	%% * FantasticRacism: the Wizards against everyone who isn't one of them
40	%% * FinalSolution: the wizards' way of dealing with the mages
41	%% * FlashStep: Bakura
42	%% * GrayAndGrayMorality: Ryou's relationship with his sister is not healthy and he attacks his classmates
43	* HereThereWereDragons: WordOfGod is that in the time of Camelot around 3 in 10 of the human population had some form of magical power. Needless to say this is no longer the case
44	* HermeticMagic: Spellcasting mages seem to have a form of this or/ and of RitualMagic. Wizards seem to rely more on FunctionalMagic (ie. Inherent Rule Magic plus Alchemy)
45	* HonorRelatedAbuse: James Andrews was not happy to have a mage son. At all.
46	* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: when Ryou disintegrates and returns as Bakura,]] Pegasus instead of having a OhCrap moment thinks that the Millenium Ring is destroyed and so the return of the Three Kings is unlikely to happen.
47	%% * INeedAFreakingDrink: Keith Howard
48	* InnocentBigot: Muggle in this fic is a derogatory term used by all wizards (even those who are in favour of non-magical rights or have non-magical relatives) for all non-magical people.
49	* KillTheGod: Many wizards believe that they've killed the gods a 1000 years ago, might be a subversion and more a case of GodsHandsAreTied by whatever the wizards did during the Fall of Camelot
50	* KleptomaniacHero: Ryou, who steals cutlery and [[spoiler: Snape's potion supplies]] repeatedly.
51	%% * LivingLieDetector: Mai
52	* MageSpecies: The wizards who were magically genetically engineered as such by the Peverell brothers.
53	* MagicVersusScience: Played with; wizards don't do science, mages on the other hand have adopted the information/ internet age with all its advantages and are finally able to mount some sort of effective resistance against the wizards.
54	* MedievalMorons: Played with; the story is in the 21st century and the mages and non-magicals are most definitely not morons and neither are the wizards; but their society is extremely stagnant with no innovation for the past 400 years - for example Heliocentrism isn't mentioned in Hogwarts Astronomy lessons because it's a 'muggle' discovery
55	%% * MoralityPet: Ryou is this for Keith
56	%% * MoralMyopia: The Unspeakables and most wizards regarding the mages
57	%% * MugglesDoItBetter: two words - 'The Internet'
58	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler: Thief King Bakura, child of the moon and the night and the air. The Master of Souls. The blood born survivor of Kul Elna]]
59	%% * OlderThanDirt: Bakura and all the mages who cycle
60	%% * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Seto can transform into one
61	%% * PhysicalGod: WordOfGod is that Bakura is this
62	* PurpleIsPowerful: The 3 Kings' purple eyes seem to symbolize their magical power.
63	* ReleasedToElsewhere: Sometimes mage children born to wizards who are not 'converted' are sent to 'camp' in order to keep them away from 'proper' wizards. [[spoiler: They're actually killed by the Unspeakables]]
64	%% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Keith Howard when he tried to help Ryou escape from the Island
65	%% * ShiningCity: San Francisco for the mages
66	%% * ShoutOut: to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Merlin Merlin]]
67	%% * SlaveToPR: James Andrews who cares more about his family's reputation than his son's supposed death.
68	%% * SuperStrength: Rex
69	* SympatheticMurderer: Keith Howard, who is a subversion in that none of his victims deserved, it but the fic portrays Keith in a sympathetic light. Keith seems to be undergoing a HeelFaceTurn.
70	* TechnicolorEyes: All 3 Kings have purple eyes.
71	* TheTimeOfMyths: 5000 years ago when the 3 Kings were around. Mages used to have more power than, [[spoiler: but recently these powers (such as their ka manifestation) have been returning]]
72	* UndergroundRailroad: Mages try to find other mages and warn them about the danger they're in, as well as try to get them to safety.
73	* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: Most wizards think that mages are monsters, and the prejudice against them is insane.
74	* WrittenByTheWinners: Wizarding history was rewritten after the statute of secrecy, to quote the fic: [[spoiler: "Heroes were made of murderers and murderers were made of heroes. And for nearly two hundred years, wizard-kind was left to revel in its own secretly assumed superiority."]]
75	%% * YouCantFightFate: The Thief King comes back from the dead despite the Department's attempts to prevent such an outcome.

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