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[[File:Drakan.jpg|frame|Meet Rynn and Arokh]]

''[[Drakan]]'' is a series of [[Action Adventure]] games developed by Surreal Software before they brought us ''[[The Suffering]]''. It consists of two titles to date, ''Drakan: Order of the Flame'' and ''Drakan: The Ancients' Gates'', but appears to be an [[Orphaned Series]] by now. The first game was released for PC in 1999, and the second, for [[PS 2]] in 2002.

''[[Drakan]]'' is a series of [[Action Adventure]] games developed by Surreal Software before they brought us ''[[The Suffering]]''. It consists of two titles to date, ''Drakan: Order of the Flame'' and ''Drakan: The Ancients' Gates'', but appears to be an [[Orphaned Series]] by now. The first game was released for PC in 1999, and the second, for [[Play Station 2]] in 2002.

In the first game, we are introduced to the main character Rynn, the resident [[Action Girl]] with a [[Instant Expert|talent to use any weapon that falls into her hands]]. However, when Rynn's brother Delon gets kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]] Navaros' [[Legions of Hell]], she realizes the need for [[More Dakka]] and seeks out the [[Our Dragons Are Different|ancient petrified dragon]] Arokh, who already [[The Time of Myths|fought Navaros centuries ago]]. In fact, Arokh was part of the [[Title Drop|Order of the Flame]], a fraternity of [[Dragon Rider|dragon-riding]] knights, which dissolved after Navaros was (seemingly) defeated. Hearing the latest news, Arokh (reluctantly) agrees to perform a [[Synchronization|Bond]] with Rynn, allowing her to ride him and thus [[Order Reborn|resurrecting the Order]]. From there on, they proceed to kick much ass all over the world, defeating Navaros' minions to fight their way to him and Delon.

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* [[Bag of Spilling]]: The second game starts Rynn off with naught but the clothes on her back, her humble dagger, and Arokh.

* [[Big Bad]]: Navaros in the first game, Jasaad in the second.

* [[Bigger On the Inside]]: Averted; buildings ''are'' as big on the outside as their interiors make them appear, although the long corridors that lead to the inside of Surdana's houses and shops might feel out of place.

* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: Averted; buildings ''are'' as big on the outside as their interiors make them appear, although the long corridors that lead to the inside of Surdana's houses and shops might feel out of place.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The ending to the first game revels in this. Delon, Rynn's younger brother that you are trying to save the whole time {{spoiler|ends up being possessed by the spirit of [[Big Bad|Navaros]], and she has to fight him in order to snap him out of it. She succeeds, but he falls off the edge of the area, and into the abyss of the Rift, screaming his sister's name. What we see after that is Rynn, who is laying on the ground and looking over the edge, muttering about how sorry she was for failing to save him.}} It is then that we get the actual final boss fight with [[Big Bad|Navaros]] in his true form. After he is defeated, we get the final cutscene with Rynn and Arokh {{spoiler|trying to find Delon.}} We never know his fate until the second game, though, where {{spoiler|he is revealed to be dead.}}...Excuse me for a moment, [[Tear Jerker|I think I need a tissue...]]

* [[Bond Creatures]]: The two protagonists.

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* [[Friendly Fireproof]]: Rynn is impervious to Arokh's firebreath, even though Arokh generally won't use it if there's a risk of hitting her anyway. On the other hand, spells and projectile weapons are ''not'' friendly-fireproof: You can get caught in the blast radius of your own spells if you're not careful, but you can also position yourself so that tha arrows or spells from one enemy will strike an enemy in front of you.

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: And between dragons.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: During the final boss in the second game:

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: During the final boss in the second game:

** {{spoiler|After Jasaad is knocked off the hand of the Pain Golem (his main weapon) by Rynn and Arokh's attacks, he is too weak to get away on time when he hits the ground, and it falls on him, crushing him.}}

* [[Hot Chick ~~With~~ a Sword]]: Rynn, especially at the later stages where [[BFS|BFSs]] become the only effective means to advance the plot.

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Rynn, especially at the later stages where [[BFS|BFSs]] become the only effective means to advance the plot.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Runeblade, which belonged to Arokh's original rider Heron, in the original game; and the Mournbringer in the sequel.

* [[Instant Expert]]: Rynn is immediately proficient with all weapons she finds, from daggers, through maces, to [[BFS|claymores]].

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* [[More Dakka]]: Arokh is able to reduce even the toughest non-aerial enemies to ash in mere seconds... provided, of course, you can lure them into his breathing range.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: The Desert Lords appear to have detached heads with three faces, one of them being a skull.

* [[Oh Crap]]: We get a pretty good one from Jasaad in the second game before {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard|the Pain Golem falls on him.]]}}

* [[Oh Crap]]: We get a pretty good one from Jasaad in the second game before {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard|the Pain Golem falls on him.]]}}

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: Some enemies... really take their time to die.

** Though this does not stop you from, say, hacking an arm off an enemy in the first game, which causes them to bleed to death even if you do nothing else.