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* [[All There in the Manual]]: Sort of. The in-game Civilopedia is less then trustworthy, but there is a PDF manual to help out newbies. And if it's a [[Backstory]] question, go to the forums and ask away.
* [[Altum Videtur]]
* [[Angels, Devils, and Squid]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]]. See Eldritch Abomination.
** The thing is, in this case, the classical angels and devils are the ''source'' of those Eldritch Abominations, and therefore are most likely ''stronger'' than them. [[Fridge Horror|Think about that for a moment.]]
* [[An Ice Person]]: Auric, the reincarnation of the slain God of Winter. And The Illian civilization in general.
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** And the Council of Esus religion has a synergy with this attitude.
* [[Circus of Fear]]: The Balseraph civilization's [[Planet of Hats|hat]]. Occasionally mixed with [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Circles of Hell]]: [[Swamps Are Evil|There]] [[Town With a Dark Secret|are]] [[Hell Is War|six]] [[All
* [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]: The standard military units are represented by a group, but most of the more powerful units depict a single fighter.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Keelyn, who was raised by [[Raised By Wolves|summoned demons]]. Cardith Lorda, though [[A Child Shall Lead Them|basically decent]], is a small child sharing a body with an ancient gold dragon.
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: The safest way to kill [[Physical God|Auric Ascendant]] is with the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Godslayer]], but [[Zerg Rush|sending soldiers en masse]] will suffice.
* [[Disk One Nuke]]: In earlier games, civs with an archmage hero coming reasonably early could [[Mind Rape|Dominate]] [[Cult|Sons of the Inferno]], who have good strength and [[Game Breaker|can summon Fire Elementals]]. It is now significantly harder to do this, but still possible.
* [[Does Not Like Men]]: You play a male leader? You will have a little diplomatic malus with [[Lilith|Os-Gabella]], who [[Double Standard Rape (Divine On Mortal)|has]] [[Averted Trope|her]] [[Attempted Rape|reasons]].
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: While the Fall From Heaven universe is, as the name suggests, [[World Half Empty|usually unpleasant]], some of the civilizations are genuinely decent people... and there's the [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|the Altar of the Luonnotar victory]].
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Octopus Overlords religion is based around worshipping these.
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*** Cute: [[Land of One City|The]] [[City of Adventure|Kuriotates]], [[Pals With Jesus|"children"]] [[Utopia|of]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|the]] [[Square Race Round Class|Gold]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragon]].
** The neutral civilizations:
*** Stout: [[Elaborate Underground Base|The]] [[Shout
*** Fairy: [[Living Forever Is Awesome|The]] [[The Soulless|Sidar]], [[Looks Like Cesare|the]] [[Immortality Seeker|undying]] [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]] [[Unwitting Pawn|of]] [[Crapsack World|Erebus]].
*** Mundane: [[Defector From Decadence|The]] [[God and Satan Are Both Jerks|Grigori]], [[Nay Theist|godless]] [[Badass Normal|heroes]], [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|the]] [[Animal Motifs|Hippus]], [[Hired Guns|mercenary]] [[Cool Horse|horsemen]], and [[True Neutral|the]] [[Chivalrous Pervert|Lanun]], [[Pirate|pirates]] [[Lovable Rogue|and]] [[Boarding Party|rulers]] [[Privateer|of]] [[Not-So-Safe Harbor|the]] [[Religion of Evil|sea]].
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*** Cute: [[Hidden Elf Village|The]] [[Norse Mythology|Ljosalfar]], [[Our Elves Are Better|elven]] [[You Shall Not Pass|defenders]] [[In Harmony With Nature|of]] [[Ghibli Hills|the]] [[The Lost Woods|forest]].
** [[Fantasy Axis of Evil|The evil civilizations]]:
*** Savage: [[Jungle Japes|The]] [[Barbarian Tribe|Clan]] [[Hot
*** Eldritch: [[Another Dimension|The]] [[Demonic Invaders|Infernal]], [[Our Demons Are Different|demonic]] [[The Legions of Hell|harbingers]] [[Circles of Hell|of]] [[Physical Hell|Hell]].
*** Humanoid: [[Psychopathic Manchild|The]] [[Monster Clown|Balseraphs]], [[Crazy Awesome|the]] [[Faux Affably Evil|twisted]] [[Circus of Fear|carnival]].
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** The Balseraph hero Loki is also a good example.
* [[The Heartless]]: The Avatar of Wrath. Born of people's hatred, fury, and despair. Since he's created on [[World Half Empty|Erebus]] during the grand finale of [[The End of the World As We Know It]], it usually takes [[Zerg Rush|a very large army to kill him]].
* [[Hero Unit]]: Not usually a representation of the [[Non
* [[Mind Rape]]: The game includes a [[Deconstructed Trope|very dark portrayal]] of the usually-innocuous [[Charm Person]] spell; essentially, it warps the genuine emotions of love and protection that the target feels for, say, their friends or family, and then maps it to the caster instead. The victim still hates the person who's doing this to them, but the mental manipulation is so great that it leaves the victim [[And I Must Scream|completely unable to fight back or even defend themselves while the caster's allies cut them to ribbons]].
** The domination spell is a better example, gameplay-wise, since it takes the unit over, instead of just stopping it for a turn.
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* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: The orcs of Fall From Heaven are physically like Blizzard orcs ([[Spikes of Villainy|WITH SPIKES!]]), and culturally straddle the line between Blizzard and Tolkien variants; the Clan of Embers is slightly more the former, the barbarians more the latter. Jonas Endain of the Clan is almost a counterpart to [[War Craft|Thrall]], except evil.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: The Calabim, a vampiric aristocracy who [[Dystopia|treat their human subjects]] [[To Serve Man|like cattle]] (or worse). They aren't undead, and the blood-drinking isn't necessary; they [[Deader Than Dead|devour souls]] for [[Immortality Immorality|immortality]].
** It's a bit of a [[Flip
* [[Pals With Jesus]]: The original Bannor [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|who escaped from Hell]] with the aid of the archangel of the god of law.
* [[Personality Powers]]: Each Magic Sphere has such influence on the mage (or the god).
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* [[Sealed Good in A Can]]: Brigit the Shining, ancient archangel of Bhall.
* [[Shadow Dictator]]: Sabathiel is this for the Bannor. {{spoiler|He's quit them a long time before the time of the official scenarios.}}
* [[Shout
** And, according to [[Word of God]], a large part of the Great People names are [[Sdrawkcab Name|anagrams]] of [[The Muppets|Muppets names]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Its exact location depends on what civilizations are involved in any given game, and how well they do. It can go anywhere from [[Lighter and Softer|a peaceful world ruled by fundamentally good people]] to [[Darker and Edgier|a twisted hellscape where evil lunatics fight slightly less evil dictators to determine whether the world will be brutally enslaved or annihilated outright]]. The canonical position, though, is pretty far on the Cynical end.
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