Line #7 Literature/Kaduav


1	[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1239929 Kadu'av]] is a web fantasy series written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mistresskabooms/pseuds/Mistresskabooms/works Mistresskabooms]]. The series follows mercenaries Eden and Rachel, as they battle the evil and hateful Gilded Cross.
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3	It has since become a [[Literature/AdventuresOfEdenAndAlessa shared universe]] with ''Literature/AlessasFantasies''.
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5	'''Stories in the original series:'''
6	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16355669?view_full_work=true Kadu'av: the Beginning of the End]]''
7	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17316659?view_full_work=true Kadu'av: Starlight]]''
8	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1304417 3 Days Trilogy]]'' (Crossover with Literature/AlessasFantasies)
9	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18143183/chapters/42899939 Kadu'av: Downfall]]'' (Cancelled)
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11	'''Stories in the remade series:'''
12	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25536472/chapters/61960567 Kadu'av Act 1 Redux]]''
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15	!!Tropes in the series include:
16	* ActionGirl: All of the main characters except for Vashti are women, and each of them are skilled in combat in their own right
17	* ActionMom: Gunari recuses her daughter from execution in ''Starlight''.
18	* AffablyEvil: Maria and Joesph are genuinely polite. They also love each other very much.
19	* BadBoss: Though She is forgiving to a point, Maria eventually kills Windsor after he not only fails to kill Eden and Rachel, but lets Tasaria escape after she betrays him.
20	* BadassInDistress: Tasaria, when she is captured by Joseph and his elites
21	* BigBad: Maria and Joesph are the heads of the Gilded Cross, so they function as this for the whole series. That said:
22	** ''The Beginning of the End'': Windsor.
23	* BigGood: Gunari.
24	* ChildhoodFriends:
25	** Gunari and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Vashti]], shockingly enough.
26	** Rachel and Eden are also childhood friends.
27	* ClusterFBomb: Gunari's introduction is her delivering an angry, swear laden rant to a preacher inciting violence against Roja people.
28	* CoolAirship: The GCAS Fatherland, being incredibly massive and lined with rows of cannons.
29	* CurbStompBattle: Eden and Tasaria vs Joseph. Joseph starts the fight by shooting Eden in the kneecap, incapacitating her. Tasaria is taken out soon after by a shot to the foot before being pistol-whipped.
30	* DarkActionGirl: Maria is more then capable of holding her own, even if her husband and the rest of the Gilded Cross do most of the dirty work.
31	* DarkIsNotEvil:
32	** Gunari, who uses shadow magic, wields a scythe and wears a helmet with raven markings on it, is the [[{{BigGood}} Big Good]] of the series.
33	** Tasaria also uses shadow magic, but she is also a wonderful person.
34	* DirtyCoward: Windsor is sent packing the second Tasaria stands up to him.
35	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Windsor is the BigBad of the first story.
36	* DualWield: Tasaria dual wields a pair of curved blades. Once they are shattered by Windsor, she simply uses shadow magic to recreate them
37	* EasySexChange: Eden manages to turn her body into that of a girl’s by placing a rune on her shoulder.
38	* EliteMook: Joseph's personal guard, who are stated to be vastly more experienced than the normal grunt.
39	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Maria and Joesph are married, and their love is genuine.
40	* FantasticRacism: The Gilded Cross are a Yeshu supremacy movement, and are dedicated to the eradication of any race they deem “inferior”.
41	* FauxAffablyEvil: Windsor is pretty polite when he’s not committing mass murder without remorse or mercilessly beating his partner to the ground for not taking part in the slaughter of a caravan.
42	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Eden alternates between this fighting style and using a staff. She often imbues fire into these attacks as well.
43	* HateSink: Windsor, the StarterVillain, has absolutely nothing likable or cool about him. He is nothing more then a cowardly, abusive, and murderous racist.
44	* HeelFaceTurn: Tasaria begins questioning the ideology of the Gilded Cross from the first time we see her, but it's when she found out they lied to her about her family that she went full face for good.
45	* {{Jerkass}}: The nicest way to describe most of the Gilded Cross.
46	* LightIsGood: Rachel is a practitioner of Light magic, using it to create barriers of light.
47	* LimitBreak: Magic is stated to be this, with most latent magic feeding off of emotions and storing it until it boils over. With enough experience, one can tap into it without the need of emotions, which comes in handy, considering magic intensifies emotions, often to the point where it affects how one fights.
48	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Rachel's shield is a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. It is completely indestructible.
49	* MamaBear: Gunari cuts her way through a Gilded Cross hideout to save Tasaria from being executed.
50	* MeaningfulName:
51	** ''Wind''sor uses ''wind'' magic
52	** Maria and Joseph get their names from The Virgin Mary and Joseph, and lead a group of Catholic extremists.
53	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Gilded Cross is explicitly based off of Nazis, and are introduced commiting genocide.
54	* NiceGuy:
55	** Eden and Rachel are very sweet and compassionate for mercenaries.
56	** Gunari gives Eden and Rachel a place to sleep and eat for nothing in return.
57	** Vashti is pretty laid back and friendly. It helps that he spent most of his life with Gunari.
58	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: If Vashti is anything to go by, Dragons are fully sentient and capable of speech.
59	* OurElvesAreDifferent: The Alayim are very similar in appearance to Tolkeinesque Elves, but their culture draws heavily from UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}.
60	* PlayingWithFire: Eden uses fire to imbue her melee strikes.
61	* PrecisionFStrike: Gunari lets one out when the alarm is set off in Fort Romulus.
62	* SmurfettePrinciple: Inverted. Vashti is the only male character out of the main group.

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