History Literature / GuildHunter

* PraetorianGuard: The Seven. Each Archangel has their own, comprised of their most powerful / loyal / talented subordinates. The Seven does double duty as bodyguards and field agents. Raphael's Seven includes Dmitri (Major-Domo / [[NumberTwo Second-in-Command]]), Jason (TheSpymaster), Ilium, Aodhan, Nassir and Venom.

* TheSpymaster: Jason is Raphael's.

* PraetorianGuard: The Seven. Each Archangel has their own, comprised of their most powerful / loyal / talented subordinates. The Seven does double duty as bodyguards and field agents. Raphael's Seven includes Dmitri (Major-Domo / [[NumberTwo Second-in-Command]]), Jason (Spymaster), Ilium, Aodhan, Nassir and Venom.

** TheReveal: [[spoiler:Jeffrey was adopted by the Devereaux family. His real mother was a Hunter who was killed in front of him by a trio of rogue vampires. This trauma caused him to be prejudiced against Hunters, because he was afraid that his daughter would suffer the same fate.]]

[[AlternateContinuity This is not the world you know]]. It is a world that has been ruled by the Angels since the dawn of humanity[[note]]Or perhaps earlier, [[UnreliableNarrator depending on who you talk to]][[/note]]. In the equivalent to our early 21st century, the Archangel Raphael hires top VampireHunter Elena Devereaux for a very special--and secret--assignment; he wants her to hunt down a FallenAngel. It's gonna be one ''hell'' of a day at the office...

* LightIsNotGood: Angels might look like incredibly beautiful humans... but they're ''not''.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In the most extreme cases (the Ancients), angels can live ''several hundred thousands years'', their lifespan having no natural limit. It also takes them a century to reach adulthood, so an angel will ''always'' looks considerably younger than his age.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Dmitri's ''very'' well hidden, but it exists!

* {{Badass}}: All the main and supporting cast, really. Comes from them being [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Archangels]], [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] and [[VampireHunter Guild Hunters]].
** BadassBiker: Both [[VampireHunter Ransom]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Janvier]].
** BadassFamily: While its members are not technically related, the [[VampireHunter Guild]] certainly fits this trope.
** BadassInCharge: Any [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Archangel]] is this.
** CulturedBadass: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Dmitri]] comes to mind.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Lijuan's "Reborn"... *brrr*

* PraetorianGuard: The Seven. Each Archangel has their own, comprised of their most powerful / loyal / talented subordinates. The Seven does double duty as bodyguards and field agents. Raphael's Seven includes Dmitri (Major-Domo / Second-in-Command), Jason (Spymaster), Ilium, Aodhan, Nassir and Venom.

[[AlternateContinuity This is not the world you know]]. It is a world that has been ruled by the Angels since the dawn of humanity. In the equivalent to our early 21st century, the Archangel Raphael hires top VampireHunter Elena Devereaux for a very special--and secret--assignment; he wants her to hunt down a FallenAngel. It's gonna be one ''hell'' of a day at the office...

* BlueBlood: Elena's father personnifies this trope, at least as far as a human can in this setting.

* CurbStompBattle: What happens to anyone foolish enough to challenge an Archangel without being one themself.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Elena, Raphael, Dmitri, Jason and Ashwini particurlarly come to mind.

** As well as [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Janvier]] and [[VampireHunter Ashwini]]'s.

** For the eighth book, Naasir and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Andromeda]].

** As for vampires, their Making slows down the aging process to the point where it becomes insignificant, so they never seems any older than the age at which they were Made.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Many humans are eager to become vampires, because they want eternal life and eternal youth. But for the angels and already-"Made" vampires, boredom starts to set in after a few centuries...or millennia. Angels have the option of hibernating for centuries (or millenia) in a near-comatose state, which they simply call "the Sleep". Vampires do not have this option.

* ''Archangel's Enigma'' (coming soon)

* VampireHunter: Organized by the Hunter's Guild, their main task is to [[BringItBackAlive bring back alive]] thoses vampires foolish enough to think they can escape their contract to their Angelic masters for punishment. Lethal force is only used in extreme cases, or to hunt down the few who have given in to their bloodlust.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Many humans are eager to become vampires, because they want eternal life and eternal youth. But for the angels and already-"Made" vampires, boredom starts to set in after a few centuries...or millenia. Angels have the option of hibernating for centuries (or millenia) in a near-comatose state, which they simply call "the Sleep". Vampires do not have this option.
* WildChild: Naasir was this, and he's only gotten wilder with age.

* PraetorianGuard: The Seven. Each Archangel has their own, comprised of their most powerful / loyal / talented subordinates. The Seven does double duty as bodyguards and field agents. Raphael's Seven includes Dmitri (Major-Domo / Second-in-Command), Jason (Spymaster), Ilium, and Venom.

* PraetorianGuard: The Seven. Each Archangel has their own, comprised of their most powerful / loyal / talented subordinates. The Seven does double duty as bodyguards and field agents. Raphael's Seven includes Dimitri (Major-Domo / Second-in-Command), Jason (Spymaster), Ilium, and Venom.

** Venom. His eyes have vertical pupils, like a snake, and his fangs can inject poison into a victim. He can even spit poison, like a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_cobra spitting cobra]]. He was Made by Naha, who was trying to incorporate snake-like abilities into her vampires. Venom was her most successful experiment.

[[AlternateContinuity This is not the world you know]]. It is a world that has been ruled by the Angels since the dawn of humanity. In the equivalent to our early 21st century, the Archangel Raphael hires top VampireHunter Elena Devereaux for a very special--and secret--assignment; he wants her to hunt down a FallenAngel. It's gonna be one 'hell'' of a day at the office...

[[AlternateContinuity This is not the world you know]]. It is a world that has been ruled by the Angels since the dawn of humanity. In the equivalent to our early 21st century, the Archangel Raphael hires top VampireHunter Elena Devereaux for a very special--and secret--assignment; he wants her to hunt down a FallenAngel. It's gonna be one hell of a day at the office...

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Angels can turn humans into vampires, in exchange for a [[MagicallyBindingContract contract]] pledging 100 years of servitude. And if the vampires get any funny ideas about breaking the contract, they are reminded to ReadTheFinePrint, often forcefully. These vampires need blood, but they can stand direct sunlight and eat normal food in small amounts. They are not vulnerable to holy items (crosses, bibles, etc.). Younger vampires (under 200 years) can father mortal children with human women, but they cannot make more vampires; only angels can do that.

[[AlternateContinuity This is not the world you know]]. It is a world that has been ruled by the Angels [[TimeAbyss since the dawn of Time]]. In the equivalent to our early 21st century, the Archangel Raphael hires top VampireHunter Elena Devereaux for a very special--and secret--assignment; he wants her to hunt down a FallenAngel. It's gonna be one hell of a day at the office...

It consists of:

* ''Archangel's Enigma'' (upcoming)