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''Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits'' is the fourth game in the ''[[Arc the Lad (Video Game)|Arc the Lad]]'' series. The narration begins with Kharg, a young man who happens to be descended from noble blood, training with his mentor, [[The Obi-Wan|Lloyd.]] Everything is fine and happy, and we meet up with two other characters (his friend Paulette and a forest-dwelling child named Maru) before monsters called [[Our Demons Are Different|Deimos]] attack one of the nearby mines for their main source of power, Spirit Stones.
 
After that, the story switches over to a [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-human half-Deimos]] young man named Darc, who is enslaved by a froggy hag named Geedo. Needless to say, he doesn't get treated very well. After meeting up with an Orcon named Delma, her brother Densimo, and {{spoiler|being betrayed by both Densimo and Geedo to his father's murderers}}, he claims that his ambition is to become King of the Deimos.
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=== Tropes used in this game include: ===
 
* [[A Nazi Byby Any Other Name]]: Dilzweld is rather [[Anvilicious]] about it.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Ganz, and possibly Volk. His weapon's rather unusual.
* [[Badass]]: A good deal of the main characters, though [[Mighty Glacier|Ganz]] deserves mention.
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* [[Cheerful Child]]: Maru. Bebedora, [[Creepy Child|on the other hand....]]
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Peisus Library contains books that reference the events of the previous games.
* [[Cosmic Keystone]]: The Five Great Spirit Stones, plus the Ark that [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|holds the Divine Ruler's power.]]
* [[Cree Summer]]: Plays Tatjana.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The battle against two (yes, ''two'') Dilzweld soldiers, just before you recruit Bebedora. {{spoiler|She's just been unsealed and is now controlling their brains. Bet she didn't expect Darc and crew to be so tough.}}
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Lord of the Black Abyss' [[One-Winged Angel|final form.]]
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Each of the protagonists is aligned with one of the elements, and Ganz gets accessories that add these onto his basic attacks.
* [[The Empire]]: [[A Nazi Byby Any Other Name|Dilzweld]]
* [[Exploding Barrels]]: Several battlefields are littered with them.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Densimo, if he could even be considered a hero at all in the first place.}}
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Kharg, after {{spoiler|Nafia dies.}}
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Played almost ridiculously straight.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Where to begin? [[Kingdom Hearts|Axel]] as Kharg, [[Steve Blum]] is Volk, Lilia is voiced by [[Grey DelisleDeLisle]], [[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron|Jimmy Neutron]] is Bebedora, the guy who makes the noises for [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Appa and Momo]] voices Densimo, and [[Knights of the Old Republic|Bastila]] is now a Tsundere Orcon. And that's not even half of them....
** [[Tiny Toons Adventures|Monty Max and Elmira]] once again find themselves on the same team!
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Kharg comes across this way, especially taking into account some of his battle quotes:
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Taste the windblade of fury! }}
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Tatjana. Having Cree Summer's sexy, sexy voice doesn't help.
* [[How Dare You Die Onon Me!]]: Darc to his mother, Nafia.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: Hoo, boy. [[Anvilicious|Are]] [[Fantastic Racism|they]] [[Science Is Bad|ever.]]
** Probably zig-zagged.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Several. Bebedora uses her stuffed animal and Delma uses a couple of pokers she found. However, Paulette takes the cake with her weapon, called a "Sling knife". She swings it around in circles to build up momentum and attacks by sending the bladed part into enemies. That's more or less the...only way to describe it. Best part is, she's an attacker; and possibly one of the most flexible characters so you'll see it a lot. You can at least excuse Delma's pokers.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The names of the lakelta brothers. {{spoiler|Tsee, Tsaw, and Fulkrum. Didn't get it? Say them out loud.}}
* [[Kill It Withwith Water]] / [[An Ice Person]]: Volk
* [[Lady of War]]: Camellia.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: [[The Rival|Droguza]] claims to be this.
* [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: Maru has a habit of doing this. A good example is when he's at critcal health, one of his quotes is "My turn already?"
* [[Light'Em Up]]: Tatjana. Also a [[Heel Face Turn|temporary]] straight-playing of [[Light Is Not Good]].
* [[Limit Break]]: Used with the Tension Gauge mechanic. When it fills up, an aura appears around the character and you can unleash team-up attacks [[For Massive Damage]].
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** Sadly, this is [[Aborted Arc|completely abandoned]] in ''End of Darkness.''
* [[Parenthetical Swearing]]: One of Camellia's kill quotes is "May you rest in ''peace.''" She puts a... special emphasis on that last word.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Paulette and Delma.
* [[People Puppets]]: Bebedora is frighteningly good at this.
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Played with to the point of [[Zig -Zagging Trope]]. {{spoiler|Kharg gains the ability to learn magic early in the game, but doesn't know why; when it's revealed later in the game that his magic is a result of his Half-Deimos lineage, the shock causes him to grow a pair of wings, which he rips from his back in disgust, making him both a justified case of the trope, and an aversion. Darc is an inversion; he begins the game with wings and spellcasting abilities, but shortly after his wings are torn off, he finds a human sword and decides to incorporate human martial arts into his fighting style.}}
* [[Puzzle Boss]]: The Meshimgen.
* [[Reliable Traitor]]: Darc welcomes Delma back into his service even after she stabs him in the back and tries to steal control of his clan from him.
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