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[[File:qfg4box_7197.png|frame|Oi, Hero. [[No Peripheral Vision|Behind you]].]]
'''''Quest for Glory IV: Shadows
The land is called Mordavia
Because
But suddenly, the castle of Mordavia's former ruling family is inhabited again, and unknown to all, a new evil force has made its way into the valley to finish the ritual that would unleash [[Sealed Evil in a Can|
This was the first game of the series with voice acting (including narration by [[John Rhys Davies]] and [[Jennifer Hale]] in her first [[Video Game]] role as Katrina). The game is often regarded as the best of the series, combining a gripping plot with colorful characters and a pleasant atmosphere. It's also known for being [[Game Breaking Bug|the buggiest]].
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: When you tell the Ultimate Joke to {{spoiler|Ad Avis}}, he sneers and claims it's not even funny, but begins laughing uncontrollably after another second.
* [[
* [[Alliteration]]: "In a bitter battle you were better than the Badders. You kicked some butt, too."▼
* [[Affably Evil]]: Baba Yaga, the Rusalka.
▲* [[Alliteration]]: "In a bitter battle you were better than the Badders. You kicked some butt, too."
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Lampshaded by the Narrator: "In what country did your luggage end up in THIS time?" {{spoiler|You never see any of your equipment again, and have to get replacements for everything but your armor.}}▼
* [[Balancing Death's Books]]: Erana's staff has the power to exchange the life of one person for that of someone they love. {{spoiler|Toby ultimately uses it to resurrect Tanya.}}▼
▲* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Lampshaded by the Narrator: "In what country did your luggage end up in THIS time?"
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Ad Avis uses this to kill Katrina by manipulating her feelings for the main character}}. He also fails badly at an earlier one: {{spoiler|after capturing you, he chains you up in brittle chains and leaves a stake and mallet directly in front of you, allegedly to "taunt you with your ineffectualness." When you inevitably escape, the only way out leads you directly into Katrina's chambers. While you have the option to kill her (which in turn kills you) it's fairly obvious that this is a setup.}}▼
▲* [[Balancing Death's Books]]: Erana's staff has the power to exchange the life of one person for that of someone they love.
▲* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ad Avis}}
▲* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Ad Avis uses this to kill Katrina by manipulating her feelings for the main character}}. He also fails badly at an earlier one: {{spoiler|after capturing you, he chains you up in brittle chains and leaves a stake and mallet directly in front of you, allegedly to "taunt you with your ineffectualness." When you inevitably escape, the only way out leads you directly into Katrina's chambers. While you have the option to kill her (which in turn kills you), it's fairly obvious that this is a setup
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: Done for you by Erasmus in the end.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Toby is this giant, furry, hulking, red-eyed, fanged, ill-tempered monstrosity. However, he's just protective of his ward to the point where he will
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: {{spoiler|[[Femme Fatale|Katrina]], also known as [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|
▲* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Toby is this giant, furry, hulking, red-eyed, fanged, ill-tempered monstrosity. However, he's just protective of his ward to the point where he will {{spoiler|sacrifice himself to bring her back to life}}. He's like a hulking, red-eyed Chewbacca.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: [[Mad Scientist|Doctor Cranium]], whose goal for re-animating dead bodies (think Frankenstein) seems to be to create a living sex toy for himself...
* [[Dream Sequence]]: Sleep at Erana's Staff in town, or at Erana's Garden, for some [[Dreaming of Times Gone By|meaningful]] (and occasionally [[Bad Dreams|disturbing]]) dreams. Seems that [[Dream Weaver|a trapped spirit]] is trying to [[Talking in Your Dreams|communicate with you
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: Trying to kiss or even "cop a feel" on a sleeping vampire woman. She's not happy when you [https://web.archive.org/web/20200108015330/http://zarla.comicgenesis.com/d/20040630.html wake her up with a boobhonk
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: The villagers, since they don't know you from Adam. You have to earn their respect. It certainly doesn't help that you tell them that you walked out of the cursed cave that has been the bane of their existence for a generation. A cave that has been closed for at least that long. A cave that quite literally bodes no good.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The Dark One's Cave. {{spoiler|It actually IS the Dark One, in a state of partial summoning
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Katrina.
* [[Fortune Teller]]: Magda the gypsy.
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** While arguably one of the best games in the series, ''Shadows of Darkness'' suffered from numerous bugs that would crash the game at important points. This wasn't fixed when rereleased in an anthology, even.
** The floppy version had a particularly terrible bug for the Thief: after completing all the various quests, the beginning of the endgame is contigent on a particular note showing up in your room at the inn. For the Thief, and only the Thief, that note would never, ever show up if you missed one very easy to miss and normally completely optional sequence.
** Probably the most ridiculous one: it's possible to have the [[Big Bad]] kill you during the finale... after you've already killed {{spoiler|him
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Between ''
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Toby, the monstrous guardian of {{spoiler|[[Undead Child|Tanya]]}}.
* [[Godiva Hair]]: The Rusalka.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: As a result of the attempt to complete the summoning of the Dark One,
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Magda is described as an older, but still attractive woman, and after a few good deeds, she talks a little about how she'd pursue the
* [[Haunted Castle]]: Castle Borgov.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The Rusalka. {{spoiler|Initially, she tries to drown you because, well, that's what Rusalki do; she doesn't particularly want to, but she's compelled to seduce men and drown them. Giving her flowers convinces her that you're a nice guy, and jump-starts the sidequest that results in her being allowed to move on to the afterlife
* [[Identical Grandson]]: The Paladin Piotyr looks identical to his grandson
▲* [[I Can't Use These Things Together]]: Narrator John Rhys-Davies voices an exasperated ''"That doesn't do ANYTHING"'' each time the player does this.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: A literal example, although also averted with them actually being among the weakest monsters in the game.
▲* [[Identical Grandson]]: The Paladin Piotyr looks identical to his grandson, Dmitri the Burgomeister. Only the latter has a longer beard.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: The Thieves' Guild has an document that lampshades several [[Insecurity System]] tropes such as [[Concealing Canvas]] and [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]], saying they happen because people are too stupid and/or lazy to get really creative with their hiding places and passwords.
* [[Lopsided Dichotomy]]: When the
{{quote|"It's either an award ceremony or a lynch mob."}}
* [[Money for Nothing]]: The other games in the series suffer from this, but none more so than ''Shadows of Darkness''; you will only ever need money for two things:
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Parodied. If the player is a Paladin, he'll refuse to smash open a cabinet containing healing potions because it's wrong to destroy other people's property. Thing is, the cabinet's in a monastery formerly used by a cult worshipping an [[Eldritch Abomination]], and the narrator mentions your character will happily torch the place if he gets the chance (in fact, you get honor if you ''do'' torch the place
* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Tanya to Katrina
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: The Rusalka.
** {{spoiler|[[Fan Disservice]]: Once the Paladin defeats her murderer's Wraith. Yuck. Oh, and he has to kiss her to free her
* [[Nice Hat]]: [[Oracular Head|Bonehead]] wants one.
* [[No Honor Among Thieves]]: Quite literally
* [[Noodle Implements]]: The Ultimate Joke, whom we are only told involves a wizard and a farmer's daughter, will make even a [[Big Bad]] vampire villain bend over in laughter. It's further explained that the joke works only once.
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]: A literal example at Dr. Cranium's house. "Entry by prior appointment or demonstration of superior intelligence only."
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: "Anitra's Dance" by Grieg, plays in the Inn. Dr. Cranium's lab music has [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor]]'s intro.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** You drink from the [[wikipedia:The Cask of Amontillado|Cask of the monk Amon Tillado]].
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: The
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: Very important, and uses an [http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/russian-st-petersburg/ actual tarot deck] and some surprisingly accurate interpretations. It's obvious that the Coles [[Shown Their Work|did their research]].
* [[Together in Death]]: Anna and Nikolai.
* [[Totally Not a Werewolf]]: Gypsies are [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|voluntary shapeshifters]] and scoff at the villagers' fervent belief in the stereotypical werewolf legend (involuntary change, weakness to silver, etc).
{{quote|'''Gypsy''': Gypsies are not werewolves! But we ''are''... ''shapeshifters!''}}
* [[Undead Child]]: {{spoiler|Tanya}}▼
* [[Unfinished Business]]: The Rusalka is forced to haunt the lake and kill people because she was drowned by an unfaithful lover; to release her spirit you have to tell her her real name and avenge her death by calling up the spirit of her murderer and [[Wife-Basher Basher|delivering some holy justice]].▼
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: The only thing you ever find out about 'The Ultimate Joke' is that it involves a wizard and a farmer's daughter.
▲* [[Undead Child]]: {{spoiler|Tanya}}.
▲* [[Unfinished Business]]: The Rusalka is forced to haunt the lake and kill people because she was drowned by an unfaithful lover; to release her spirit, you have to tell her her real name and avenge her death by calling up the spirit of her murderer and [[Wife-Basher Basher|delivering some holy justice]].
* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: The Dark Master.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The gypsies can turn into wolves at will.
* {{spoiler|[[Where It All Began]]: You end where you started, in the Dark One's Cave
* [[You Are Worth Hell]]: Both Anna and Nikolai agree that being ghosts isn't so bad when they have each other.
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