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* [[Privateer]]: Two NPCs are the descendants of a privateer ([[Insistent Terminology|not a pirate]]) who claim he was falsely accused of acting without the correct papers by a governor and hung in order to get at his fortune.

* [[Reforged Blade]]: The first game has the antagonists trying to reforge the eponymous weapon in the belief it will restore their order to glory. The heroes stop them.

* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: ''The Smoking Mirror'' is significantly easier than ''The Shadows of the Templars'', mostly thanks to limiting the number of location screens the characters are allowed to visit to three or four as well as significantly downplaying the risk of death factor; while you can still die every once in a while, it's always obvious that you're in danger and you're given so much time to react accordingly than an overwhelming majority of gamers have never even realized it is possible to die in the very first scene of the second game if you wait long enough. The third game played this trope again, this time in relation to the second, flirting with [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|It's Easy, So It Sucks!]] in the process (at least as far as puzzles go because the action and stealth sequences can be challenging at times), and while ''The Angel of Death'' upped the difficulty again, ''The Serpent's Curse'' was casualized all over again (though it is still significantly harder than ''The Sleeping Dragon'').

* [[Shout-Out]]: George Stobbart's similarity to another famous adventurer fond of ancient semi-mythical artefacts is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the line: "Evil Monks. I hate those guys".

* [[Shut Up and Save Me]]: Nico's response if you choose to talk to her rather than untie her in ''Smoking Mirror''.