A/N: I was going to write this author's note in order to explain briefly what Cardverse is about before actually starting the fanfiction. It's imperative that one understands the concept in order to understand the fanfic.
That, and I often end up writing a list of the character names.
Character - Name:
America - Alfred F. Jones
Austira - Roderich Edelstein
Belarus - Natalia Arlovskaya
Belgium - Bella Maes
Bulgaria - Milen Hinova
Canada - Matthew Williams
China - Yao Wang
Denmark - Mathias Køhler
Egypt - Gupta Muhammad Hassan
England - Arthur Kirkland
Estonia - Eduard von Bock
Finland - Tino Vainamoinen
France - Francis Bonnefoy
Germania: Vati Beilschmidt
Ludwig - Ludwig Beilschmidt
Greece - Heracles Karpusi
Holland/Netherlands - Tim Maes
Hong Kong - Li Xiao Chun / Leon Kirkland
Hungary - Elizabeta Hedervary
Iceland - Emil Steillson
India - Neeraja Patel
Japan - Kiku Honda
Latvia - Raivis Galante
Liechtenstein - Lily Zwingli
Lithuania - Toris Lorinaitis
Macau - Cheng Wang
Monaco - Germaine Bonnefoy
North Italy/Italy - Feliciano Vargas
Norway - Lukas Bondevik
Romania - Vladimir Popescu
Poland - Feliks Lukasiewicz
Portugal - Alfonso Fernández
Prussia - Gilbert Beilschmidt
Rome - Romanus Vargas
Russia - Ivan Braginski
Sealand - Peter Kirkland
Seychelles - Michelle Mancham
South Italy/Romano - Lovino Vargas
Spain - Antonio Fernandez Carriedo
Sweden - Berwald Oxenstierna
Switzerland - Vash Zwingli
Taiwan - Mei Wang
Thailand - Tai Yodsuwan
Turkey - Sadiq Adnan
Ukraine - Sofia Braginskya
Vietnam - Lien Chung
If you understand the AU, then you don't need to read the rest - please enjoy the fanfic!
Onto the explanation.
Cardverse is an AU where the characters are in positions like what you'd find in a deck of cards. In this fanfiction it includes a standard 52 deck.
The Hearts kingdom, as most authors and artists choose to call the suits, have Italy as the Jack, Japan as Queen and Germany as King.
The Diamonds are Switzerland as the Jack, Liech as the Queen, and France as King.
The Spades have China as Jack, England as Queen and America as King.
The Clubs (or Cloves as a rare few people say) are Austria as Jack, Hungary as Queen and Russia as King.
Jokers are Prussia and Sealand. Many people choose to focus cardverse fics on the Spades kingdom.
Note, very little is cannon in cardverse - just the positions and outfits. Authors and artists can create their own views of what the cardverse AU should be. Most stories centered around cardverse portray it as at least somewhat medieval, and many include magic as a normal or at least a not-unheard-of part of life.
It is commonly acknowledged that the titles of King, Queen and Jack (and Ace in the fics that include them) are merely political and hold no connection to the gender of the person in that position. Kings can be female, Queens can be (and are) male, and there is (usually) no need for King and Queen to be married, although they often are portrayed as such.
In most stories, the King is in charge of the Military, the Queen has the Navy and finances, and the Jack helps with anything else needed.
In this fanfiction, the inclusion of Aces will be purely my own version of it and therefore will probably not follow norms for the Ace card.
Another commonly acknowledged fact of cardverse, though not always, is that there are many wars and battles and that Spades and Clubs do not get along well, more than the others.
With this in mind, I hope that you all enjoy the fanfic and that, if this is your first time reading a Cardverse fanfic, you somewhat understand the concept!
With that lets begin!
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Asymmetry ( Hetalia, Cardverse, USUK/FrUK ) #wattys2017
FanfictionOne thing that the Kingdom of Spades had perfected was power. Domination. The absolute control of their battle-filled motherland. So, when pressed against an outbreak of terrific violence that would destroy the might of their empire - King Alfred of...
