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''[[The Legend of Kyrandia]]'' is an [[Adventure Game]] trilogy made by Westwood Studios. It consists of the following titles:
* ''The Legend of Kyrandia, Book One: Fables
* ''The Legend of Kyrandia, Book Two: Hand of Fate'' (1993)
* ''The Legend of Kyrandia, Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge'' (1994)
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The series happen in a [[High Fantasy]] setting, in the fictional land of Kyrandia.
King William and Queen Katherine have been murdered by the [[Villainous Harlequin|court jester]]
The second game is about Zanthia, a young female wizard who has been asked by the alchemists to go to the center of the Earth to retrieve a magical anchor since Kyrandia has been disappearing piece by piece. A giant [[White Gloves|glove]], The Hand, seems to be behind all this.
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* [[Cannibal Tribe]]: Met by Zanthia in the second game. It's a good thing they enjoy sandwiches more than "Mystic soup".
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Subverted in the third game. Anthropomorphic cats are reduced to slavery by mean anthropomorphic dogs.
* [[Clear My Name]]: {{spoiler|Malcolm in ''Malcolm's Revenge'', accused of murdering King William and Queen Katherine. In ''Fables
* [[Cool Boat]]: Subverted in ''Malcolm's Revenge''. Jean-Claude Barbecue's boat looks really lame. On the cover, it looks more like a traditional "pirate ship".
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The cover of ''Fables
* [[Cut and Paste Environments]]: The "Dark forest" areas in ''Fables
* [[Enemy Mime]]: One that will kill Malcolm if provoked.
* [[Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels]]: Malcolm kills a squirrel by blowing up a tree in the first game's intro. Squirrels are featured more prominently in the third game. In the first screen, there is a squirrel in the dump, and if Malcolm tries to annoy it too much by speaking to it, it will kill ''him'' and drag his corpse. He can also bait it and
** [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|...Or feed it to a dragon, or cram it into a toy-making machine and turn it into a leather ball, or...]]
*** ... put it inside a magic cauldron to make a potion that turns momentarily whoever drinks it into a humanoid squirrel or put it inside a sandwich machine to make... squirrel cream sandwich!
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** He also controls the source of all the magic in the land and denied the other wizards access for years upon years.
* [[Fish People]]: Malcolm meets many of them in the Kingdom of Limbo in the third game. There are also [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Merfolk]] around.
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: In the third game, Malcolm has a bad angel called Gunther who frequently appears to comment on his actions. The introduction shows that Malcolm's good angel
* [[Guide Dang It]]: The games don't give you a clue on several of the puzzles.
* [[Have a Nice Death]]: Kind of subverted. Whenever Brandon, Zanthia or Malcolm dies, there is a screen that says ''"Rest in peace, [name of player]..."''.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Malcolm near the end of ''Malcolm's Revenge''}}.
* [[Helium Speech]]: ''Malcolm's Revenge'' had an sound option that made every character's voice squeaky and high-pitched.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Malcolm is turned into a statue by his own reflecting spell in the end of ''Fables
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Malcolm kills a squirrel in the first game's intro just for fun. Not to mention he destroys dozens of trees just for the heck of it.
* [[La Résistance]]: On the Isle of Cats in the third game, there is a cat resistance leader called Fluffy fighting against the dog invaders.
* [[Light and Mirrors Puzzle]]: At the end of ''Fables
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Malcolm gets freed from his statue spell by a thunderbolt in the opening of ''Malcolm's Revenge''.
** Strongly alluded to by the [[The Stinger|after-the-credits clip]] of ''Hand of Fate''. In fact, the leap from lushious hand-painted 2D to very early and primitive pre-rendered 3D shows off the [[Off-Model|major art derailment]].
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* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: In the Kingdom of Limbo are mainly [[Fish People]], but also a few Merfolk who stay around the Queen.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Malcolm can dress up with just a leather coat or a squirrel hat, and some characters like the Fish Cream Bar bartender, Darm and Vince will not recognize him. Zanthia is harder to fool, as both the coat and squirrel hat are required for her to mistake Malcolm as a Farmer called Brown.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: ''Hand of Fate'' has a pub full of these. Apparently, they've reformed and now just sit around drinking and hosting Pirate Poetry Nights.
** Drinking [[Frothy Mugs of Water|root beer]].
* [[Scary Scarecrows]]: Not a scary one. Zanthia makes a scarecrow come to life in ''Hand of Fate'', causing his owner to pursue him through the fields and he is later found in a bar brawl.
* [[Scoring Points]]: ''Malcolm's Revenge'' gives points both for solving puzzles and for finding interesting ways to mess around with people and objects, but the points are quite useless and mostly serve as extra humor.
* [[Shrine to Self]]: In ''Fables
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Malcolm turns a lot of characters into stone in ''Fables
* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]: Several of the puzzles, including the mazes from the first and the third games.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Zanthia has a spell for this.
** Not truly unlimited, since she does mention near the end of the game that the wardrobe gem she uses is running out of clothes. Still a pretty extensive set of outfits
* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: In ''Fables
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Malcolm.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: One of the potential deaths in the second game, if you eat and drink too much. Complete with passing out in the puddle of puke.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Okay, just how the heck did the {{spoiler|Enchanted Knife happen to be with William and Malcolm? Malcolm thinks about it when exploring an old temple on Cat Island and suspects Kallak may be the one behind all this}}, but it is never given a conclusion.
* [[White Gloves]]: The Hand in ''Hand of Fate'' is an animated sentient giant white glove.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: At least in the second game, especially with some of the spell ingredients.
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