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The game takes place in Palatinus (north of Zenobia) and stars Magnus Gallant, a young nobleman who, instead of choosing to stick around the wealthy Central Division and live a life of ease in nobility, decides to make a name for himself by joining the military academy and eventually be recruited into the Southern Division army. What starts as Magnus merely trying to quell some rebels turns into a full blown revolution of the Palatinus kingdom, striking back against the Lodis Empire, and even prevent the second Ogre Battle.

* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: Or three, or five. Sometimes two, in the earlier missions.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: In-game dialogue between Magnus and Yumil would seem to indicate this.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: {{spoiler|Danika is very similar to Persephone of [[Classical Mythology]]. Both were daughters of a Earth Goddess (Demeter/Berthe) who were lured to the Underworld and made Queen of it by another God residing there (Hades/Diablo) and trapped there once they ate a fruit grown there. Only difference is while Hades is actually quite just by Ancient Greek standards, Dialbo is evil, and Danika was corrupted by them, but gets better after you defeat her}}.

* [[Character Portrait]]: Even the messengers have a portrait.

* [[Combination Attack]]: With high enough morale and correct elemental typing, caster classes can do this. Soldiers in the same row attacking the same target can combine attacks too.

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The computer has access to certain classes despite said characters never meeting the prerequisites of said classes. You'll see Paladins and Black Knights of a level WAY lower than that necessary to meet the class requirements. The computer is also not limited in his number of squads to deploy the way you are.

* [[Escort Mission]]: You have one where you must escort protect Yumil, but thankfully he does have four Black Knights protecting him, a high level melee class that you won't get until much later in the game, so he's not in much danger.

* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: It's one thing to summon denizens of the underworld to serve you, but to ''willingly'' give a person who doesn't like being used by you the powers of a demigod? The Holy Lodission empire ain't exactly run by geniuses.

* [[Flash of Pain]]: The color is different depending on the element of the attack, too.

* [[Geo Effects]]: Certain units fight better and move quicker through different terrain, and a unit occupying a stronghold gets a defensive bonus.

* [[Monster Allies]]: Wyverns, dragons, hellhounds, and plenty more.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: There are many different endings, with scenes depending on which characters you recruited throughout the game. The [[Golden Ending]] depends upon having a middling to high Chaos Frame.

* [[No Bulk Discounts]]: You'll end up buying a lot of Heal Leaves and Power Fruits for your army, and though you may have saved the entire region from a cruel and tyrannical oppression, you won't be getting a price cut.

* [[No Campaign for The Wicked]]: Like it or not, you're going to {{spoiler|join the rebellion}}. Averted, though, in that you can make Magnus chaotic or play with a low chaos frame, capturing cities instead of liberating them.

* [[The Six Stats]]: Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, Mentality, Agility, Dexterity.

* [[Traveling At the Speed of Plot]]: You can spend years traveling from region to region between missions, and nothing in the plot will change. In fact, since Magnus receives rare items for every birthday that's a multiple of 10, it's beneficial to wander around until Magnus is 99 years old.

* [[Units Not to Scale]]: Towns are like little sandboxes for your units to wade in.

* [[Visible Silence]]: Magnus does this often.