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** [[Making a Splash]] / [[An Ice Person]]: Alaria
** [[Making a Splash]] / [[An Ice Person]]: Alaria
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Currently, the only person with this power is the "punk" that makes up the tutorial battle.
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Currently, the only person with this power is the "punk" that makes up the tutorial battle.
* [[Elemental Rock Paper Scissors]]: Averted. The developers say that they didn't want to base the strategy around this, seeing how it's been done to death in [[Role Playing Games]] already.
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Averted. The developers say that they didn't want to base the strategy around this, seeing how it's been done to death in [[Role Playing Games]] already.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Played straight and subverted at the same time. He's ''literally'' fiery, having [[Playing With Fire|fire-based powers]], but personality-wise, he's quite mellow and laid-back.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Played straight and subverted at the same time. He's ''literally'' fiery, having [[Playing With Fire|fire-based powers]], but personality-wise, he's quite mellow and laid-back.
* [[Good Eyes Evil Eyes]]: There seems to be ''something'' at play here; Edan has gigantic eyes, Alaria has more reasonable-sized ones, and Flynn has tiny eyes.
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: There seems to be ''something'' at play here; Edan has gigantic eyes, Alaria has more reasonable-sized ones, and Flynn has tiny eyes.
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]: Alaria.
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]: Alaria.
** [[Elemental Eye Colors]]
** [[Elemental Eye Colors]]
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* [[Random Encounters]]: Averted.
* [[Random Encounters]]: Averted.
* [[Shout Out]]: At least two of the ultimate talents, as revealed in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKSaSzmAkA&feature=player_embedded this] video. Edan's is "[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]", Flynn's is "[[Master of the Wind (Video Game)|Master of the Wind]]".
* [[Shout Out]]: At least two of the ultimate talents, as revealed in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKSaSzmAkA&feature=player_embedded this] video. Edan's is "[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]", Flynn's is "[[Master of the Wind (Video Game)|Master of the Wind]]".
* [[So Beautiful Its a Curse]]: Spoofed with Flynn, who jokingly cites this as the reason why everyone in the Institute hates him.
* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: Spoofed with Flynn, who jokingly cites this as the reason why everyone in the Institute hates him.
* [[Status Buff]]: Lots.
* [[Status Buff]]: Lots.
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: [[Limit Break|4th-level skills]].
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: [[Limit Break|4th-level skills]].
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** Flynn: [[Simple Staff]]
** Flynn: [[Simple Staff]]
** Alaria: [[Blade On a Stick]]
** Alaria: [[Blade On a Stick]]
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Edan seems to have ''something'' like this going on; the left side of his hair is trimmed with silver.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Edan seems to have ''something'' like this going on; the left side of his hair is trimmed with silver.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: {{spoiler|Ephrian}}. Justified, as {{spoiler|the Raythe were damaging his mind}}.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: {{spoiler|Ephrian}}. Justified, as {{spoiler|the Raythe were damaging his mind}}.
* [[Wizarding School]]: The Institute is a modern form of this.
* [[Wizarding School]]: The Institute is a modern form of this.

Revision as of 10:40, 9 January 2014

Ætherion is a freeware Role Playing Game made in RPG Maker VX by the same team that made Avarice -- Anaryu, Krisanna, and Solitayre. It was made in one month for a contest, the theme of which was surrealism.

The world of Ætherion is in constant danger of the malicious Raythe, evil spirits from another plane. They feed on human emotions and desires, taking the form of whatever their target is most frightened of. To prevent the Raythe from destroying the entire world, the Institute of Æther Research and Containment (ARC) was created. The Institute trains the most skilled magical students in the world to combat the Raythe and hold them at bay. They are constantly researching the Raythe and their strange home dimension, the Æther, to be more effective at fighting them. Their ultimate goal is to destroy the Raythe permanently, though they have a ways to go before accomplishing that.

The story centers around a young man by the name of Edan Mekaisto, a country boy who was recently selected to join the Institute. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he hopes to fulfill ARC's expectations. Things go awry while he tries to find a mentor, however, and he soon finds himself wrapped up in the adventures of two older students, Flynn van Lucia and Alaria Reinhardt. Both of them seem to at odds with one another, and seem to have a Dark and Troubled Past.

Gameplay-wise, Ætherion uses a battle system that is similar to Grandia's. A fast-paced ATB-like system is used, and the casting times of skills are major components of the strategy. Being hit while casting delays the technique, and if the casting energy is completely reduced to zero, the caster loses their turn. Each character also has two sets of skills -- attack and support -- with three skill levels on each. Characters can use weaker low-level skills to build up energy and unleash a powerful third-level skill.

The game can be downloaded here. Due to the game's positive reception, the developers have expressed a desire to continue the storyline with new installments in the future. When this will happen has not been announced, however.


Ætherion provides examples of the following tropes: