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* [[Action Prologue]]

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Auria

** {{spoiler|Resurrection ending, which you get if you don't get the extra allies like the game suggests. Auria gets captured and her soul sucked out by the Virad Lord. Before she dies, you hear Ray swearing vengeance against all Virad.}}

** {{spoiler|Relinquish ending. In this ending, you abandon Vel when she needs your help, and everyone abandons you after calling you out on it. In the end, Auria is stuck in the city cold and alone, with only ghosts to comfort her, and though she cannot die, Ejaro convinces her that she will using his power, and she collapses "dead" while leaving. Also, nothing is done to stop Halo Locks from sucking in the mana of countless innocent people and Auria uses Night Zero on a small village to avoid capture.}}

* [[Duel Boss]]: Several, including every [[Bonus Boss]] except Darxinger.

* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: More than a background event than anything, but the Virad and the Blackguards aren't the best of friends.

* [[Flash Back]]: {{spoiler|The ending of Act I features numerous flashbacks in the style of photographs.}}

* [[Gallows Humor]]: Sandarga in the Act I prologue.

* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: Turns out {{spoiler|Seri joining the Virad and coordinating a coup wasn't so peaceful like she expected.}}

* Gorn: We have the 2d version of it.

* [[Les Yay]]: Subtle hints between Auria and Vel.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: {{spoiler|Kasch, in Act II}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The Remission ending.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Auria gets more bloodthirsty as the story goes...

** Also, bouts of static plague you at a few points in Act I {{spoiler|apparently corresponding to Auria almost remembering things her other personality did}} and are used as a mechanic in one area of Act II (for totally unrelated reasons).

* [[Jerkass]]: Blaise, {{spoiler|still even after he joins you, knowing full well he shot on faulty orders.}}

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Mia}}, And in Act III {{spoiler|Zaqris}}.

* [[The Lancer]]: {{spoiler|Blaise}} in Act II.

* [[Monster Arena]]: Void Arena. Bosses you have defeated throughout the game can be fought again once. However, due to an error, you can't fight the last boss {{spoiler|Darxinger}}

* [[Multiple Endings]]: see [[Downer Ending]] up there, and thats a bit more than half of them.

* [[Older Than They Look]] {{spoiler|Rien is hinted at being older than she seems.}} Also, {{spoiler|Auria's mother turns out to be about 2,000 years old.}}

* [[Player Punch]]: ''Several''. One of the biggest ones must be the fact that {{spoiler|you can't save Noe during your first playthrough. If you try, you will fight Darxinger and lose, triggering a Bad Ending.}}

** First: {{spoiler|There is a memoir by an Atalya who is Vel's ancestor telling about his doubt on why the goddess chose a hertic like Dakura Maladorr as her champion. It turns out he was pretty much forsakened by everyone.}}

** Second:{{spoiler|Memoirs of Kortas Maladorr reveals information about her experiment into "purity" or rather turning humans into gods. The memoir tells that they've reached a point into making a fake, but the real good news is that they can go beyond 4 test subjects now. It goings to the next clip to reveal that after three years if experimentation they succeeded in putting a demonic seed into a female subject who will become the first archon. This has given them the hope that child born from a archon would make a great experimental value. After the archon gives birth to a boy, the demonic seed passes down from generation to generation as the they found the baby from the archon had the seed of his mom. It also seems giving birth is the only way for an archon to regain their mortality. [[Squick|after that was done they plan to re-experiement on her so they can get more archon babies out of it.]]}}

** Fourth: {{spoiler|The Memoirs of Lorria Maladorr(Dakura's mother) showing concern for her son as he's really smart, but also naive of the world. 7 years later Dakura returned to Orka unlike the many others. On his return he lost faith, but became closer to the goddess. Dakura brings pride to the people of Orka and especially House Maladorr by being chosen by the goddess Aisa as he champion. Dakura begins his heresy against the church, yet a majority still support him nonethless because of his overwhemling charisma. The memoir ends with his mother asking why did Dakura leave, and wants him to come back because she loves and misses him.}}

** The last: {{spoiler|Is Auria's mom, yeah so she's now revealed to be 2000 years old...The memoirs of Annelise Edith reveal she planned this from the start. Anneslise starts by explaining a few things to Auria and us. When she was young Annelise volunteered to become one of the first archons because that would mean she wouldn't die. At first it was great she watched all the people she hated slowly age and die, but also there came side effects. Some include nightmares, no idea how you got to this place or that, nightmares about being burned alive. After a while she couldn't hold grudges anymore since everyone always died so fast(of age not being killed), but with this all the friends, family, and lovers also died(again old age). She began to question what she became after repeated years of this. The only clause to the entire procedure was that Annelise should never have children, as it would cause her to become normal again. Then its revealed how and why they were made in the first place. It seems the only way House Maladorr actually kept Zezzorah dead was to seal his soul into the body of an archon. After 2000 years passed Annelise couldn't stand it anymore and conceived Auria, the child that made her mortal again, but at a huge consequence. Auria now carries Zezzorah's soul in her body, which explains her powers and why she's going to have a lot of issues with life and the virad in general.}} phew that took a while to do.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Banette {{spoiler|The same peaceful tune plays even after the massacre that happened}}

* [[Split Personality]]: {{spoiler|Auria and Mia}}

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Vel projects a cheeky, friendly persona, but as Auria suspects, there's clearly something hidden beneath it.

* [[A Taste of Power]]: You have control of the ''villains'' in the prologue.

* [[Tsundere]]: Auria to Rayonne.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: {{spoiler|Auria in Act I (maybe), and either Seri or Vanquish in Act II}}

* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Strangely enough. {{spoiler|Vastale, dreaded lord of the Virad, gets wiped out in both of the main Act III ending routes in a single battle or, even worse, a cutscene. Lampshaded by Rien who says that in the end, Vastale had been a nameless fool who was tempted by power.}}

** There's also never a boss fight with {{spoiler|Sandarga}}, despite seeming like there should be.

* [[We Are Everywhere]]: Good God, where ''aren't'' there Virad?

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The level names/[[Boss Subtitles|subtitles]] in the final dungeon: {{spoiler|Attachment to Life, Attraction to Death (with Trials of Isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance), Eternal Punishment and Contention Core}}. This does an excellent job of masking the true meaning of {{spoiler|the seals in Eternal Punishment}} until it's far too late.

 

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