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{{quote| ''Knights really isn't too different from [[Overly Narrow Superlative|the other]] [[Nintendo DS|stylus-driven]] [[Bullet Hell
The third installation of Sting's ''[[Dept Heaven]]'' cycle--confusingly designated "Episode IV" and chronologically placed between ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' and ''[[Riviera the Promised Land|Riviera]]''--and released for the Nintendo DS, ''Knights in the Nightmare'' tells the story of a mortal kingdom suffering a sudden influx of demons, which have killed most of the realm's knightly defenders. Compounding matters, the good King Wilmgard has vanished, and his political opponents seem to consider this a wonderful time to make their moves.
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* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: Each scene has its own limit, but most of the problem comes because you can only have 4 equipment slots.
* [[The Archer]]: Aquina, {{spoiler|the villainous version of this trope.}}
* [[As Long
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Wilmgard. {{spoiler|Not even death stops him from kicking ass.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Mellia.
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* [[Cute Witch]]: Vienna and {{spoiler|Pamela}}. Many of the Priestesses also qualify.
* [[Dead to Begin With]]: It would be easier to list who isn't dead by the time game starts. Here's a hint: The wisp's soldiers are all deceased knights which it can briefly materialize to attack its enemies. Before each new level, we usually get to see a flashback cutscene of the new knights in that area and what they went through just before they died.
* [[Deal
* [[Dem Bones]]: One of the possible monsters.
* [[Demonic Possession]]
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* [[Fusion Dance]]: {{spoiler|Melissa and Zolgonark do this to become Melad Margus, the being of heresy.}}
* [[Generic Cuteness]]: see also [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[Genre Busting]]: You are unlikely to be able to classify what, exactly, this game ''is.'' You may even struggle to properly describe what its ''components'' are. Let's try: A little bit of [[Bullet Hell]] mixed with [[Interface Screw]] (the enemy is shooting at the wisp, YOUR CURSOR, rather than the soldiers you animate), some [[Real Time Strategy]] with [[Turn
** You want a shorter description that includes comparable games? Here it is: ''[[Ikaruga]]'' meets ''[[Persona 3]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''. Put it in a blender, add the [[Interface Screw]], subtract "Bullet Absorb" from ''Ikaruga'', and you got this game. [[Mind Screw|Don't think too hard on it.]]
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Maria has incredibly low VIT (7.77), despite her physical strength. She's the only character that recovers it between chapters, though.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The player can power up any character by sacrificing others.Although it's not that big of a deal, since almost every character is already dead to begin with, and the whole Transoul action is basically merging two souls to make a mightier one...
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Mellia. She's just so over-the-top that you can't help but cheer for whatever insane thing she's doing. {{spoiler|There is also the fact that she [[Rage Against the Heavens|can pull a successful Nessiah]] without manipulating several countries first...}}
* [[Hoist
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: ''Everyone'', especially the main heroine(s). How do they move around in that getup?
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Surprisingly enough, {{spoiler|inverted -- while we only see Wilmgard and Algiery reunited in the best endings, those darn [[All There in the Manual|side materials]] have it that ''almost everyone'' was fine; the knights never died in the first place, after all. Only the characters who were explicitly killed stay dead}}.
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* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Zolgonark and {{spoiler|Melad Margus}}.
* [[Optional Party Member]]: Everyone, technically. Most stages have a default group of knights the Wisp can use; to permanently recruit any character, the player has to find an item connected to them hidden in a previous stage, with the exception of the first, of course.
* [[Orcus
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]
* [[Our Souls Are Different]]: Look no further than the Wisp.
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** {{spoiler|Arguably, those endings where Melad Margus is allowed to go on her destruction spree are a ''literal'' [[Reset Button]] for the entire universe -- this is implied in a Marietta flashback at the end of Mellia's route.}}
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: At the end of Mellia's route, as long as you didn't defeat Scoppio. Which is more important to you -- order or friendship? And no, you can't [[Take a Third Option]].
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Many. The most popular are "Get all the knights" and "continually [[New Game+]] from Easy Mode to Nightmare Mode [[No Casualties Run|without ever using Transoul]]". ...Also, [[Meaningful Name|Nightmare Mode]] is ''in itself'' a [[Self-Imposed Challenge]].
* [[Shipper
* [[Smug Snake]]: Capehorn and Yelma.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: PSP version, [[Yggdra Union|as]] [[Blaze Union|usual]].
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Wilmgard and Algiery. Also, Piche and Nordich.}}
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