Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance - actress4Him - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]

Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance

Series Metadata

Creator:

actress4Him

Series Begun:

2023-01-28

Series Updated:

2025-10-03

Description:

Her whole life was destroyed by a war her people, the Vaya, never should have been affected by. Now she’s fighting as an assassin, known to most only as The Shadow of Death, in that same war, intent on getting revenge on those who slaughtered her family. It doesn’t matter to her what she has to sacrifice to do so.

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Stats:

Words:: 17,962
Works:: 19
Complete:: No

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Attack at Dawn by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
03 Oct 2025
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Everyone in this war knows about The Shadow of Death. An assassin, possibly the best that’s ever lived. No one’s ever seen his face, at least no one who has lived to tell about it.

An introduction to the series.

Series
- Part 1 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 1 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,100

Chapters:

2/2

Kudos:

10

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

117
Survivor's Guilt by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
28 Jan 2023
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Kamaria - a half-human, half-Vaya (original fantasy race) woman with a dark past and darker present - visits the land where she grew up, before the majority of her people were destroyed.

Series
- Part 2 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 2 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

602

Chapters:

1/1

Kudos:

9

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

86
Beautiful by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
27 Oct 2023
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The story of how Kamaria got the scar on her face.

Series
- Part 3 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 3 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

773

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

7

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

89
Flashback by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
29 Jan 2023
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Kamaria has a flashback to the night her village was burned down

Series
- Part 4 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 4 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

273

Chapters:

1/1

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

86
Hidden Injury by actress4Him for Siegrrun

Fandoms: Original Work
03 Apr 2025
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She can’t look anything but perfectly normal, because he will notice.

Series
- Part 5 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 5 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

260

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

3

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

115
Stabbed by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
30 Mar 2023
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Written in 8 small parts for Whumptober, Kamaria struggles to survive and return to camp after being stabbed

Series
- Part 6 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 6 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

2,195

Chapters:

9/9

Collections:

1

Comments:

2

Kudos:

13

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

300
Monster by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
07 Oct 2023
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Kamaria carries out an assignment that is a bit more personal than usual.

Series
- Part 7 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 7 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,102

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

87
Please Don't Touch Me by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
- Mature
- Rape/Non-Con
- Gen
- Complete Work
20 Nov 2023
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Kamaria has an encounter with Roderick, her main tormentor.

Series
- Part 8 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 8 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,541

Chapters:

1/1

Kudos:

8

Bookmarks:

3

Hits:

220
Whipping by actress4Him for Siegrrun

Fandoms: Original Work
20 Feb 2025
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She knew immediately that she couldn’t follow through with the mission, just as strongly as she knew she would pay dearly for it.

Series
- Part 9 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 9 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,684

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

8

Kudos:

17

Bookmarks:

3

Hits:

477
Traitor to Ethorcon by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
21 Feb 2025
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A smile spreads across his face as if he can read her thoughts. “I’ve got a very special surprise for you.”

Whatever this is, it’s clearly something he’s never done before. All she knows is that it’s going to be awful.

Series
- Part 10 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 10 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,551

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

9

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

211
One of These Days by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
08 Oct 2023
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Kamaria dreams of one day getting her revenge against Roderick.

Series
- Part 11 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 11 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
- Part 10 of Shadow of Death - Modern with Romance
- Part 10 of Shadow of Death - Modern No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

192

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

138
She Watches Over Me by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
09 Oct 2023
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Kamaria feels her mother's presence and wonders what she'd think of her now.

Series
- Part 12 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 12 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

299

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

6

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

86
Panic by actress4Him for VVSmydiamonds

Fandoms: Original Work
03 Apr 2025
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Kamaria can’t hold the panic off any longer. It consumes her.

Series
- Part 13 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 13 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

358

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

3

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

36
Stitches by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
03 Apr 2025
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Kamaria takes care of a gash on her arm.

Series
- Part 14 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 14 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

357

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

3

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

39
Aches and Pains by actress4Him for VVSmydiamonds

Fandoms: Original Work
02 Apr 2025
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It’s a bad pain day.

Series
- Part 15 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy with Romance
- Part 15 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

313

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

2

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

60
We Will Rise - Part 1 by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
01 Dec 2024
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Kamaria is attacked by strange men who seem to want to take her alive.

Series
- Part 16 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

803

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

93
We Will Rise - Part 2 by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
02 Dec 2024
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Kamaria is kidnapped by men with dubious plans for her.

Series
- Part 17 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

561

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

3

Kudos:

5

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

122
We Will Rise - Part 3 by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
03 Dec 2024
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Kamaria is transported by her kidnappers, and finds out more about what they want with her.

Series
- Part 18 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

1,273

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Kudos:

6

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

151
We Will Rise - Part 4 by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work
01 Jan 2025
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As the last of the drugs leave Kamaria's system, she makes plans to attempt an escape.

Series
- Part 19 of Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance
Language:

English

Words:

2,725

Chapters:

1/1

Collections:

1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

6

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

105

Shadow of Death - High Fantasy No Romance

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Attack at Dawn by actress4Him

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Survivor's Guilt by actress4Him

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Beautiful by actress4Him

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Flashback by actress4Him

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Hidden Injury by actress4Him for Siegrrun

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Stabbed by actress4Him

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Monster by actress4Him

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Please Don't Touch Me by actress4Him

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Whipping by actress4Him for Siegrrun

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Traitor to Ethorcon by actress4Him

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One of These Days by actress4Him

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She Watches Over Me by actress4Him

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Panic by actress4Him for VVSmydiamonds

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Stitches by actress4Him

Fandoms: Original Work

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Aches and Pains by actress4Him for VVSmydiamonds

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We Will Rise - Part 1 by actress4Him

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