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The seventh title in Namco Bandai's ''[[Tales
''Tales Of Legendia'' is split into two halves: the first is the Main Quest, a typical [[Save the World]] story. The second half of the game is comprised of the Character Quests, a series of loosely-connected side stories focusing on the backstories and development of the supporting cast.
The Main Quest begins with a young Alliance Marine called Senel Coolidge drifting on an endless ocean with his [[Not Blood Siblings|adopted sister]] Shirley. With their food and water supplies exhausted, they are on the verge of death when a massive island bursts out of the mist with frightening speed and sweeps their boat up in its wake. When they awaken on its shores, Senel and Shirley discover that the "island" is actually the ''Legacy'', a [[Floating Island|massive ship]] created by a [[Lost Technology|long-lost civilisation]] and now colonised by humanity.
Their new life aboard the ''Legacy'' is soon thrown into chaos when several opposing factions aboard the ship begin to suspect that Shirley is the legendary "[[MacGuffin Girl|Merines]]", a being able to control the ''Legacy'' and its ancient technologies at will.
The Character Quest section focuses on [[The Corruption|an evil force]] that has begun to corrupt the monsters and people of the ''Legacy'', forcing each party member to confront their own [[Enemy Without|dark side]].
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* [[A Boy and His X]] - Moses's character quest is all about his relationship with Giet, his pet Grand Galf.
* [[Action Girl]]: Chloe, Norma, Grune and Shirley.
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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: {{spoiler|The Orerines somehow speak the same language as the Ferines, even though both races were not of the same world. Oddly enough, even though the Ferines know Relares and Old Relares, their native language, they don't use it.}}
* [[All Your Powers Combined]] - Solon, who uses both Iron Eres and Crystal Eres.
* [[
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Senel to Stella, very much.
* [[Always Second Best]]: Shirley, second to her sister, Stella.
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* [[And Man Grew Proud]]: The war between the Orerines and Ferines.
* [[Anime Theme Song]] - "TAO" by Do As Infinity.
* [[Anti
* [[Anti
* [[Apocalypse Maiden]] - Shirley, of course.
* [[Armed Legs]]: Senel, as he fights with both his fists and his feet.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]:
** Unless you turn off several elemental spells, the casters (And Jay considering he deals elemental damage) will have a tendency to spam a particular one. Naturally, this leads to annoying happenings such as Will using Flame Blade on a fire elemental, saying "That didn't seem to work on it", then using it ''again''. Funny considering that he's a [[Bookworm]], but annoying when you find out that this destroys your grade...
** Norma also has a tendency to start off ''every'' battle with Thunder Arrow.
** Grune also unintentionally does some pretty stupid things, partly because she doesn't have that many spells available. During the first part, she only really has Bloody Howling, Aqua Laser, and ''maybe'' Brilliant Lance or Eruption. Because most bosses and trash mobs near the end of the first part are Sea Elemental, this means you'll have to turn off Aqua Laser if you don't want them to absorb it. Then, in the second part, when she learns ''more'' Sea and Curse elemental spells...pretty much all the bosses are weak to sea but resistant/immune to Curse.
* [[As Long
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Alcott/Stingle, Senel, Jay and Will.}}
* [[Awesome but Impractical]] - Tidal Wave, the strongest spell in the game, doesn't have any special requirements to cast it once unlocked, but unlocking it requires [[Randomly Drops|eres stones]] from Dinowyrm enemies. Dinowyrms are a rare variety of monster that are difficult to kill and are only found in the deepest part of the longest dungeon in the game. (Plus, it's learned by Shirley, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|who has an irritating voice]].) Unless you want to go all the way through the Wings of Light again, you're better off just forgetting about it and sticking with Ray, Maelstrom, and Judgment for your strong sea-elemental spells.
** You actually ''do'' have to go through there later on, though. And it ''is'' pretty good, inflicts a lot of hits. It's safe to say you're rewarded for getting it.
* [[Awful Truth]]: {{spoiler|The [[Hannibal Lecture]] given to the party by Maurits, along with Jay's past.}}
* [[Backstory]]: All of the main characters have one.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Most of the Ferines seem to think this way, although it shows most clearly in Walter.
* [[Blade
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Mostly Moses during his Character Quest, but others have their moments, both humorous and serious.
* [[Block Puzzle]] - The Puzzle Booths. For the character quests, they all reset with some new twists to make them look like the same puzzle you solved last time you came through, but are actually quite a bit tougher.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]] - The Ferines are all blonde. {{spoiler|Until they [[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Blood Knight]]: Solon and Cashel.
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Break the Cutie]]:
** {{spoiler|Shirley. Done considerably well, too.}}
** {{spoiler|Jay is also partial to this trope.}}
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** Every Oresoren and Ferines also has a name.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Grune's "Charge!", although the catch phrase was started by Norma.
* [[Character Development]] - Senel and Shirley in the Main Quest, everyone else in the Character Quests. Heck, there's a lot of character development with the others in the mai nquest too.
* [[Chaste Hero]] - Senel. {{spoiler|Although he apparently has reason to believe that he got Shirley pregnant...}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** Everything Vaclav did to the Ferines (including how Shirley met Fenimore) helps to motivate Shirley into becoming a true Merines (as it is stated by Will that the Ferines may believe that Vaclav's actions are the fault of the entire human race). {{spoiler|Stella's death}} is also a partial factor that pushes her to become the Merines.
** Grune's memory loss is mentioned shortly after meeting her, and her entire Character Quest is based upon her memory {{spoiler|and the duties she carries along with those memories}}.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Shirley could qualify (including her obsession with him even ''after'' he tells her his feelings as her brother won't change). Senel doesn't return her feelings, however, as he remains in love with Stella. It is heavily implied that by the end of the game, Senel still thinks of Shirley as a sister {{spoiler|(which she would have been his sister, anyway, if he married Stella)}}.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Grune.{{spoiler|However, she loses the trope after regaining her memories.}}
* [[Color
* [[Combat Medic]]: Will, Norma, and Shirley.
* [[Combination Attack]]: The Climax Combo, or any general combo made from using usual attacks.
* [[Con Lang]]: Relares, the Ferines' native language, explained [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210094554/http://tales.namco.com/legendia/featured.php?p=4 here]. Most of the songs on the game's soundtrack that have vocal parts are in Relares.
* [[Cooldown Hug]]:
** Senel to Shirley: {{spoiler|"I trust you."}}
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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: {{spoiler|Senel, Chloe and Jay. Will and Shirley to an extent.}}
* [[Dark Secret]]: {{spoiler|Senel and Jay have their own respectively. Alcott also hides the fact that he is Stingle up until Chloe's Character Quest.}}
* [[Dark
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jay. True to the form of this trope, he becomes the strategy officer for the war against Crusand.
* [[Death Is a Sad Thing]]: {{spoiler|Harriet and her mother, Amelia, before the story.}}
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Senel, Chloe and Jay. Mostly Senel and Chloe to each other; especially during Chloe's Character Quest. Jay has the help of the whole party, although for the most part, Moses and Senel do the trick.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Vaclav tells his soldiers to activate the Nerifes Cannon. However, once Vaclav is defeated and the group has just saved Stella and Shirley, Vaclav stands up again, and everyone realizes he's had a switch that could fire the cannon the entire time.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - {{spoiler|Schwartz}}, a destroyer of worlds, was beaten by {{spoiler|the positive emotions of the people of ONE island}}
** [[Justified Trope|It does help]] that {{spoiler|they were channeled through Schwartz's equal and opposite half, Grune}}.
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]] - {{spoiler|Fenimore, in Shirley's arms. The scene doubles as Maurits crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]].}}
** {{spoiler|Also, Stella, in Senel's arms.}}
* [[
* [[
* [[The Ditz]] - Grune, of course, though she can also be incredibly perceptive at times.
* [[Dual Boss]]:
** Moses and Giet
** Dark Moses and {{spoiler|Giet}}
** Dark Jay and Solon.
** Dark Senel and Dark Shirley
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: The two rich girls in Werites Beacon couldn't care less if you died saving their lives...
* [[Dying Declaration of Love]]: Happens when {{spoiler|Stella almost dies when she and Senel were younger, telling him she was looking forward to performing the Rite of Feriyen with him}} and again when {{spoiler|she actually ''is'' dying, in which this time, Senel brings the Rite up}}.
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* [[Dysfunction Junction]]
* [[Early
* [[Easily Forgiven]] :{{spoiler|Maurits, Alcott/Stingle, Shirley, Senel, Jay, and Chloe}} all get easily forgiven then some crap they pulled at some point or other. In some cases, like with {{spoiler|Jay, who was blackmailed}}, it's completely reasonable, in others, like with {{spoiler|Maurits, who was evil by choice}}, it's highly confusing.
* [[Elemental Powers]]
* [[Elemental Rock
* [[Eleventh
** The Quiet Nerifes gives these (story-wise) to everyone else so they can use them on the surface where nobody else can use Eres.
** Grune and Shirley. Grune doesn't join until ''very'' late in the main quest and only comes with a couple spells for most of it. Shirley likewise doesn't join until the character quests but this is ''especially'' true with Tidal Wave, since by the time you get it, the game is maybe 90%+ done.
* [[Enemy Scan]]: The Magic Lens'.
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: Walter. {{spoiler|He fights you a couple times before the Ferines ally with the Orerines... only to start the enemy cycle all over again once the alliance is broken.}}
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Vaclav and Solon are ''full'' of them.
* [[The Exile]]: {{spoiler|Will suffered from this pre-game.}}
* [[Expy]] - Many of the character designs are based on those from the designer's previous works, ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]''. Moses, Will and Chloe, for one, are very similar facially to [[Samurai Champloo|Mugen, Jin and Fuu]].
* [[Extended Gameplay]]: The Character Quests section.
* [[Facial Markings]]: Senel
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Both humans and Ferines are guilty of this. {{spoiler|Even the ''ocean'' gets in on it.}}
* [[The Fatalist]]: Schwartz.
* {{spoiler|[[Fighting Your Friend]]:}} {{spoiler|Giet, who is borderline [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] by the Black Mist, also causing him to begin turning wild.}}
* [[First Town]] - Werites Beacon, the main city in the island.
* [[Five
** Senel ([[The Hero]])
** Will ([[The Smart Guy]])
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** Moses ([[The Big Guy]])
** Jay ([[The Sixth Ranger]])
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
** At the end of chapter 1, Pippo and Quppo give Senel and Shirley a pair of seashells. {{spoiler|These shells are usually used by the Oresoren to represent an engagement. At the end of the main quest, Senel and Shirley inadvertently complete the Right of Feriyen, [[Book Ends|the Ferines engagement ritual]]. The game never actually states that they're engaged after that, so whether they actually are or it was just a symbolic gesture of cooperation between the Ferines and Orerines is up to the player.}}
** You can also see Grune in the bottom of the screen when the Bantam Bouncers meet Senel the first time.
** Also, when Grune says, {{spoiler|"I hope I can stay with you all forever."}}
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: The Ferines having Shirley {{spoiler|perform the Rite of Accession}}, Walter lying to Senel's group to keep them from {{spoiler|finding out about said ritual}} and trying to kill them as well, and the Captain of the Gadorian Knights {{spoiler|trying to arrest Shirley for false reasoning and accusations}}. Then, in chapter six, while Senel's group {{spoiler|begins to find out the truth to their history with the help of the Quiet Nerifes}}, Shirley, Walter and Maurits are {{spoiler|planning for the Wings of Light}}.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Jay and Senel. In Jay's case, Senel hits him on the head to get his attention and {{spoiler|Stop him from crying}}. Happens to Senel rather frequently. One instance being when Chloe slaps him; twice. Most notably when Senel {{spoiler|Sees Stella again for the first time in three years, after going on believing she had died}}. Moses and Will try to pull him back, but ultimately fail.
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* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Fenimore and Thyra
* {{spoiler|[[God Was My Co
* [[God Is Good]] and {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil]]}} - During the Main Quest - The Nerifes of the Fallen/Quiet Lands, and the Nerifes of the surface. Also, {{spoiler|Grune and Schwartz}}.
* [[Going Through the Motions]]
* {{spoiler|[[Good All Along]]:}} {{spoiler|Stingle.}}
* [[Good Is Impotent]]: Shirley.
* [[Good Morning, Crono]] - Senel being wakened by a different person each time is a running gag.
* [[Go Out
* [[Go Through Me]]: Fenimore for Shirley, {{spoiler|when the Captain of the Gadorian Knights attempts to kill Shirley. This, however, results in Fenimore's death.}}
* [[Got Me Doing It]]: Grune picks up on Norma's "Charge!", and it becomes her [[Catch Phrase]]. By the time anyone knows it, ''everyone'' is doing it.
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
** Some of the Puzzle Booths are pretty hard; even to the point where walkthrough creators couldn't even complete them. However, they are by no means impossible. Getting all the treasure chests in the game is also a pain, because after the Main Quest, all the original ones are replaced and there are actually ''new'' ones on top of that.
** Some of the skits qualify as well, which is annoying since Norma gets a title if you view them all. A few egregious examples: one requires you to have your entire team poisoned. Not just the fighting party, ALL EIGHT CHARACTERS AT ONCE. Another requires you to control Senel, fight a team of weaker monsters, and make the battle last more than 5 minutes in a game where fights against level-appropriate monsters MIGHT last a minute.
* [[Guile Hero]]: Jay.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Will, Norma and Shirley.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Shirley. {{spoiler|Temporarily loses the trope during her [[Face Heel Turn]].}} Also, Stella.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Senel. To the point where he sleeps through earthquakes and falling onto the floor.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Walter, to an extent. He seems to enjoy attacking the party with his [[Hopeless Boss Fight
** {{spoiler|This can be somewhat explained by him being only truly loyal to Shirley; you'll notice that his allegiances tend to align with hers at any given point in the game.}}
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]] - Averted. This is the first [[Tales Of]] game that the main character uses fists as his weapons instead of a sword.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
** Senel's reaction when he does not receive {{spoiler|the blessing of Nerifes}}.
** ''Everyone except Senel'' after {{spoiler|Maurits'}} [[Hannibal Lecture]].
** This happens to each character individually during the Character Quests, save for Senel. Shirley has a slight issue of it during the Interlude. Chloe, Jay and Moses are arguably the worst offenders of this trope; in which case, in the case of Jay's Quest, the group could have avoided getting ready to go after Shirley and Jay if Jay had only [[Poor Communication Kills|taken Moses' advice and told everyone what was bothering him.]] An issue that caused the Oresoren to deal with everything because Jay [[Cannot Spit It Out]].
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
** {{spoiler|Stella}}
** {{spoiler|Fenimore, for saving Shirley}}.
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: The God's Breath spell, which was incorrectly localized as Judgment, takes this to its logical extreme and hits all enemies in range with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|an actual holy hand]].
* [[Hot
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: Very, very frequently.
* [[Human Aliens]]: {{spoiler|The party thinks the Ferines are aliens. Turns out it's the Orerines that came from another planet.}}
* [[Human Resources]]: Eres Stones, as told to Senel by Will during a skit very early on.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Humanity
* [[Humans
* [[Ill Girl]]: Shirley, with her weakness to seawater.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]:
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Jay, to an extent. Averted during and after his Character Quest.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Senel and Stella.
* [[Is That Cute Kid Yours?]]: Senel and Shirley get this treatment from everyone who sees them with the abandoned baby at the start of Will's quest. Amusingly, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Senel is the first one to react with shock and horror when he sees Shirley with a baby in her arms]].
* [[It Got Worse]]: Many times.
* [[
* [[
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* [[It Sucks to Be
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Shirley to Senel, for ''years'', involving her risking her life for him and his first love interest at ridiculous extremes. Eventually subverted,
* [[I Will Definitely Protect You]]: Senel to Stella and Shirley {{spoiler|when they are both being used to fire the Nerifes Cannon.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: Walter takes the cake. Even {{spoiler|with his dying breath, he curses Senel, blaming him for all of his problems even though he brought most of them on himself.}}
* [[Jerk
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Pretty much any scene involving Vaclav or the Terrors involves some dog-kicking.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Walter, Stella, Fenimore.}}
* [[Laser
* [[Leitmotif]]: Moses, Jay, Grune, Vaclav, and Schwartz have one.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Harriet.
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* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: The skit resulting from equipping a Galf Cloak on Norma is definitely in the spirit of this trope.
* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: Inverted - The Iron Erens deal more damage than the crystal erens. The crystal erens still have their use though; especially since if you give them an item that regenerates lost TP (or cuts TP usage down) they'll be able to cast ''all day''.
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]] - Stella made Senel swear never to tell Shirley about his past or why their village got attacked. When Maurits eventually tells her that {{spoiler|Senel was one of Vaclav's [[Child Soldier]] graduates and a spy for Crusand's army}} at the worst possible time, she's ''much'' more upset about being kept in the dark than about what she's actually being told.
** Stella never specifically MADE him swear he wouldn't tell her. It was what he thought was her {{spoiler|dying wish}}, and promised her that he wouldn't tell Shirley.
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* [[Love Martyr]]: Shirley. [[Yandere|Eventually, she gets fed up.]]
* [[Love Triangle]]: Chloe and Shirley both love Senel... except Senel loves Stella.
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: Grune likes ALL the male characters
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'''Grune:''' Hm... I guess that would be Senel.
'''Chloe and Shirley:''' * gasp*
'''Grune:''' And Will, and Moses, and Jay... Oh, and I couldn't forget [[Team Pet|Giet]], too.
'''Chloe and Shirley:''' * sigh of relief*
'''Norma:''' You just love everybody, don't you? }}
* [[Mad Lib Fantasy Title]]
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Maurits}} gets extra points when you realize how he manipulated the heroes. First he {{spoiler|he stops Walter from saving Fenimore in order to give Shirley that final prod to become the Merines.}} And for the grand finale, {{spoiler|he kept the fact that Senel had originally been a member of Vaclav's army, and had originally been sent to her village as [[The Mole]] before his change of heart, to himself just as a secret weapon in case Senel's group managed to successfully break through her nature as the Merines.}}
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Grune does this to both Senel and Moses.
* [[Master of None]]: Shirley appears to be the only "Hybridized" character in the game, being able to combo with a ranged weapon but also cast a lot of great spells. But she doesn't really excel at those as every one of her spells is already known by any of the three casters...until Tidal Wave, that is.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: "I get anxious when another person and I are good at the same things. I always feel I simply must find out which one is truly better," said by Jay. Initially to coax Senel into a boat race. Repeated later to tear down Cashel's confidence and underestimation of the party's strength.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: All the Ferines' surnames are combinations of Relares words, and have something to do with their personalities or abilities. And then there's Grune<ref>German for green</ref> {{spoiler|and Schwartz<ref>German for black</ref>}}.
* [[The Messiah]]: Shirley. She's the Ferines' [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]], something of [[The Antichrist]] where the Orerines are concerned, spends a short time as an [[Anti
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|Much of the population of Werites Beacon, including Will and the Bantam Bouncers, are actually agents of the Holy Rexalian Empire.}}
* [[Mons]]: Walter uses his Teriques to attack the Senel and/or the party when he cannot attack them directly. A few other Ferines attack the party with their Teriques, though they never fight you directly.
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* [[More Than Mind Control]]: {{spoiler|Nerifes}} does not actually completely take control of {{spoiler|Shirley's}} actions. {{spoiler|Shirley willingly turns against Senel and the others after what seems to be some convincing from Nerifes (and with no help from Maurits.) By definition, the Merines is the Nerifes' emmisary rather than puppet, though once the choice is made to serve Nerifes, it's hard to go back, as Shirley does try and fail to break free of her new mental state later on.}}
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Any of the playable girls can qualify, thanks to their tight outfits showing off their bodies, but Grune is arguably the worst offender.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Chloe. While she remains loyal to Gadoria, she certainly isn't a follower of the [[Jerkass|Captain of the Gadorian Knights]], who tells her to {{spoiler|kill the Merines}}.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Senel is far from excited when Norma gives him the nickname "Senny"/"Sene-Sene" (English, Japanese) upon their first meeting. Will and Chloe are also not pleased when Norma also nicknames them. Type D.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Grune
* [[New Game
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
** Senel's infamous decision {{spoiler|to reject Shirley's romantic feelings and "stay with Stella," even though Stella is dead. This is one of the factors in Shirley's decision to complete the [[Face Heel Turn|Rite of Accession]] and become [[Brainwashed and Crazy]].}}
** Also, at once point in his character quest, Harriet ''finally'' tries to accept Will as her father and bond with him. However, something goes terribly wrong, and Will's angry reaction ends up making Harriet hate him again. [[What the Hell, Hero?|Nice job re-breaking your relationship with your daughter, Will!]] {{spoiler|Thankfully, things are finally mended at the end of the quest.}}
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Norma.
* [[Noble Demon]]: {{spoiler|Schwartz is actually trying to ''save'' the world by destroying it. By destroying the world as it was, she would end all suffering, which was her main goal. She even leaves Senel's group alive after their second to last encounter with her because she wasn't there to kill them.}}
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** {{spoiler|She was also trying to fulfill the wish of Nerifes.}}
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'''Grune''': There is more than one way to {{spoiler|free people from their suffering}}. }}
* [[No
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[No Sense of Humor]]: Walter.
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* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]: Melanie and Solon. In Melanie's case, she literally says, "This can't be happening!" after the party defeats her.
* [[Not So Different]]: Senel and Walter.
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: There is a journal Senel keeps in which he writes down events as they happen. The rest of the party also eventually begins to write, so it's all written in first person, with the author of the entry at the top.
* [[Numerical Hard]]: Especially when dealing with four or more Eggtopus monsters...
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Solon. It doesn't help that he, literally, stops and stares at Senel and Shirley when you first see him at Port-on-Rage before he continues on his way.
* [[Official Couple]]: Senel and Stella.
* [[Onee
* [[One Head Taller]]: Grune.
* [[Only in It For
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]: Averted QUITE ridiculously, almost enough to Wow someone with the final Quiz Grandpa's only question, "What is my name"?, with his name right at the top of the dialogue box.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: Very likely a deliberate example of this trope: Jay's bell. There is even a flashback with Jay where he states that it may be a clue to finding his family.
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* Percussive Maintenance
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Walter.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Moses' gang doesn't seem to do much stealing... although that could be because [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Senel kicked the ever-loving crap out of them after they kidnapped Shirley]].
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Shirley, so very much. {{spoiler|Even during her [[Face Heel Turn]].}}
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: The Wings of Light.
* [[Power Glows]]: An eren's fingernails glow when they use eres. The Ferines's hair glows when they're submerged in water. {{spoiler|Shirley's hair glows continuously after she completes the Rite of Accession.}}
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Used to convince Shirley to stop the cataclysm...}}
* [[Purity Sue]]: In-universe, Senel considers Stella to be this. It's soon shown, however, that he's an [[Unreliable Narrator]] and [[Jerk
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Terrors.
* [[Railroading]]: If a player tries to wander too far on the World Map, a character will stop you, basically telling you that you have no reason to go that way. This keeps players from visiting unrevealed locations at that point in the game. This actually becomes annoying when one is trying to find treasure chests on the map, as it makes you wait to get any chests beyond that point.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Alcott}} feels this is true. {{spoiler|He doesn't get it, though.}}
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Fenimore and her identical twin sister Thyra. {{spoiler|Fenimore dies in the main quest.}} Then Thyra comes in the character quests. She's mad at first and {{spoiler|blames Shirley for Fenimore's death (which really wasn't her fault),}} but after she gets over that, she's pretty much a clone of her sister.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Walter loves delivering these to Senel, and all Orerines in general.
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]: Both Crusand and Gadoria are guilty of this.
* [[Right in Front of Me]]: Senel, before he finds out about Will and Jay's occupations. He also has this issue with Curtis. In the case with Curtis...
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* [[Romantic Two
* [[Running Gag]]: Senel's heavy sleeping habits.
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Stella}} and {{spoiler|Fenimore}}.
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* [[Scripted Battle]]: Many.
* [[Shadow Archetype]]: {{spoiler|Schwartz is this to Grune, in addition to being an Evil Twin.}}
* [[Shipper
* [[Ship Sinking]]: {{spoiler|Senel and Chloe during the character quests.}}
* [[Shout
** "STELLA!" may be one to ''[[A Streat Car Named Desire]]''.
** [[Kenichi Suzumura|Maybe it's because of his seiyuu]] [[Gundam Seed Destiny|and who he voiced.]]
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* [[Smug Snake]]: [[Big Bad Wannabe|Cashel]] and [[Complete Monster|Solon]].
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: The Puzzle Rooms. There's never any storyline explanation as to why they even exist, which in and of itself creates a ton of [[Fridge Logic]] as to why places like a bandits' hideout would have one. On top of that, they're not even required to be solved. At any point during the puzzle, you can elect to solve it automatically and move on. Seeing as how all you get for clearing the puzzles without help is [[Bragging Rights Reward|a title for Senel]], there's really no good reason to go through with the puzzles unless you're trying for [[One Hundred Percent Completion]].
* [[Somebody
** Senel's first mindset is that "If it's not about Shirley, it's none of my business, so don't drag me along with it." Pisses off many people. [[Character Development|He gets better]], though.
** Moses also counts, when he says, "I just wanna stir somethin' up. This ain't my problem."
* [[Spam Attack]]: Vaclav and Stingle seem to enjoy doing this.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: {{spoiler|Chloe stabbing Senel, as she does during her Character Quest}}, the scenes with Shirley's hair being colored blue which features her Merines outfit, the fact that Moses and Jay are ''obviously'' going to interact a lot as they were introduced together, etc.
* [[Stealth
* [[Stellar Name]]: Stella
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Jay. Moses at times, during his Character Quest. Both Type A.
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* [[Surfer Dude]]: The Grand Gaet. So much for "Mighty One"...
* [[Take Over the World]]: Averted. Very averted. Instead, one villain wants to destroy it, one doesn't care ''what'' happens to it, and one just wants to show off the power of the Legacy, whilst trying to destroy Gadoria in the process.
* [[Talking the Monster
* [[Team Mom]]: Grune.
* [[Team Pet]]: Giet, Moses' wolf-like companion
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* [[Time Skip]]: There is a two week timeskip in chapter four, as well as a two month timeskip between chapters seven and eight. Senel is the one who mentions it having been two months.
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: {{spoiler|Stella}}
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trauma
* [[Trial Balloon Question]]: Norma and Chloe say some pretty rude things about the Ferines before they find out Shirley ''is'' actually one of them. This came up from the rumors of her being the Merines.
* [[Trick Twist]]: While researching The Legacy's origins, it appears as if {{spoiler|The Ferines had originally come from outer space}}; it turns out that {{spoiler|it was the ''humans'' who had invaded their planet long ago. Jay had figured out the truth though}}.
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** Also, {{spoiler|Jay in his character quest briefly turns on everyone, because his horrifically evil surrogate father is threatening the Oresorens' lives.}}
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Walter, ''Walter'', '''''Walter'''''.
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** {{spoiler|He later proceeds to try to kill the group again. And even after the Ferines formed an alliance with the Orerines, Walter continues to give the group his usual [[Jerkass]] attitude}}. Honestly, calling him an ungrateful bastard is simply giving him credit by terming it nicely.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - Senel's flashbacks about Stella. If interpreted through Shirley's perspective, we see a completely different side of Stella that Senel didn't know about (or neglected to notice).
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] : Moses and Jay start off hating each other, but they start to switch to this in Moses's character quest (notably when Jay worries about Moses when he fails to rise to Jay's usual [[Deadpan Snarker|snarks]], and by the end of Jay's character quest, they're solidly in this trope (Moses goes as far as informally adopting Jay as his "little brother".)
* [[Warmup Boss]]: Moses and Giet in chapter one.
* [[White
* [[Would You Like to Hear How They Died?]]: Although not hitting this trope on the dot, Solon still manages to hit it with his description of how he ''wants'' to kill the Oresoren.
* [[Yandere]] - {{spoiler|Shirley}} during her mental breakdown and possession by Nerifes. She gets better afterwards, not that [[Die for Our Ship|the fangirls have taken notice...]]
** To be fair, she still has some... moments, even in the Character Quests. There's one in particular towards Norma, but it's [[Played for Laughs]].
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* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Will, who was {{spoiler|exiled from the mainland}}. Also, Shirley, {{spoiler|whose village was burned}}.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Walter says this word-for-word in the Wings of Light.
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]:
** Blue: Grune, {{spoiler|Schwartz}}, and Melanie.
** Green: Csaba.
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]:
** At Mirage Palace. {{spoiler|Senel finally [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|fixed what he broke earlier]] and Shirley thanked him and told him how long she waited to hear that... And then proceeds to announce that she's about to activate the Wings of Light.}}
** Happens yet again in the Wings of Light. {{spoiler|Maurits is presumably dead, Shirley is back to normal, everyone's about to head back to Werites Beacon... And then the lights start pulsing again... Guess Maurits wasn't dead. ''And'' he's taken it upon himself to make sure that the Cataclysm happens one way or another, even if he has to channel Nerifes and activate the Wings of Light himself. Cue final boss of the Main Quest.}}
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Norma.
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