Kane (series)

Kane is a fantasy Anti-Hero or Villain Protagonist appearing in a series of novels and short stories by Karl Edward Wagner.

Not to be confused with Robert E Howard's Solomon Kane. Or Charles Foster Kane. Or the WWE's Kane. Or the Messiah.

Tropes

 * Action Girl: Teres in Bloodstone.
 * Asshole Victim: Ionor in Raven's Eyrie (in an attempt to mitigate a Moral Event Horizon by Kane).
 * Anti-Hero: Kane and some of his companions.
 * Black and Gray Morality.
 * Cain and Abel: Kane is based on Cain from The Bible. Kane was one of the first humans, created by a mad god. Kane was cursed for disobeying the god and killing his brother Abel.
 * The Chick: M'Cori in Darkness Weaves.
 * Cursed With Awesome: Kane is "cursed" with immortality and the ability to heal all wounds. Fortunately, he rarely angsts. He mostly just kicks butt.
 * Eldritch Abomination: The Scylredi in Darkness Weaves, the titular Bloodstone and others.
 * Evil Versus Evil: Kane is often pitted against villains even worse than him.
 * God Is Dead: According to Kane in At First Just Ghostly: "There was a god. I killed him."
 * Kill'Em All: In some stories, almost all named characters die and only Kane survives.
 * Knight Templar: Gaethaa from Cold Light.
 * Left for Dead: in Darkness Weaves.
 * Lost Technology: The Scylredi technology in Darkness Weaves.
 * Made of Iron: Kane can take immense amounts of punishment and still fight on.
 * Magic From Technology: It is suggested that all magic is like this.
 * Precursors: The Scylredi, Krelran and other unnamed "elder races" in Darkness Weaves and Bloodstone.
 * Prophecies Are Always Right: Subverted in Darkness Weaves:
 * Religion of Evil: The cult of Sataki in Dark Crusade.
 * Squick: Kane having sex with Efrel in Darkness Weaves.
 * Villain Protagonist: Kane.
 * The Untwist: In Dark Crusade, the evil god's dark prophet has amassed an army of fanatics. They march to face a vastly superior force of well-armed, well-trained knights and soldiers. The knights are naturally confident that they will easily defeat this rabble.