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• The Darkness Before the Dawn by VictoriaSkyDancer

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  22 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Iguro Obanai
  • Kaburamaru | Iguro Obanai's Snake
  • Iguro Obanai's Mother
  • Iguro Obanai's Surviving Cousin
  • Iguro Family (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Serpent Demon Worshipped by Iguro Obanai's Family (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Rengoku Shinjurou
  • Kakushi Ensemble (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Iguro Obanai-centric
  • Pre-Canon
  • Moves into Canon
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Warped Family Dynamics
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Child Neglect
  • Child Abandonment
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • implied infanticide
  • Implied Child Sacrifice
  • Miscarriage
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Telepathy
  • Not Beta Read
  • Longtime Writer First Time Poster
  • Read and Heed the Tags!

  Summary

  For centuries, the women of the all-female Iguro clan have known unparalleled wealth and freedom, but at a cost: every other girl born to the clan is "offered" to their demon "Matron."

  Then a rare boy is born.

  Though he seems to be destined to have a tragically short life, his birth marks the beginning of the end, not just for his corrupt family, but eventually for the Demon King (Kibutsuji Muzan) himself.

  This is the first story of the life of the Serpent Hashira, Iguro Obanai.

  -->aiming for Wednesday updates<--

  Series

  • Part 1 of Serpent Tales

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,214

  Chapters:

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