Valkyrie Profile: Difference between revisions

I added a spoiler mark to the "Sadly Mythstaken" bit.
m (revise quote template spacing)
(I added a spoiler mark to the "Sadly Mythstaken" bit.)
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 4:
{{quote|''"[[Good Bad Translation|It shall be engraved upon your soul]]! [[Finishing Move|Divine assault,]] [[Limit Break|Nibelung Valesti!]]"''}}
 
''Valkyrie Profile'' is a unique [[Norse Mythology]]-based role-playing game released on the [[Play StationPlayStation]] in 2000 by [[Tri Ace|tri-Ace]] and re-released as ''Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth'' for the [[PSP]] in 2006. In it, you take control of Lenneth the Valkyrie, charged by Odin to amass warriors to fight with the Aesir in the upcoming Ragnarok. To do so, Lenneth must go down to the mortal realm, find souls of slain warriors that are pure and ready to fight for Odin, train them and send them up to Valhalla. Of course, there are things going on behind the scenes that Lenneth doesn't know about, including those also trying to use the mortal realm for their own plans.
 
It was unique in that it had a turn-based battle system that relied on timing attacks well to increase combo hits and thus increase damage. Like other games developed by [[Tri Ace|tri-Ace]] (like ''[[Star Ocean]]'' and ''[[Radiata Stories]]''), it featured extensive voice acting, which resulted in several classic quotes amongst dedicated role-players.
 
The game has spawned a prequel/sequel ([[Timey-Wimey Ball|it's complicated]]), ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria]]'', which was released on the [[Play StationPlayStation 2]] in 2006. A third game, ''[[Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume|Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume]]'' was released for the Nintendo DS in 2009.
 
There is a [[Valkyrie Profile/Characters|character sheet]] for the entire franchise.
Line 15:
 
----
{{tropelist}}
This game provides examples of:
* [[Acquitted Too Late]]: Janus.
* [[A God Is You]]
* [[Animated Armor]]: Grey, his body seemingly destroyed by the time his wife performed a soul exchange, so his soul was fused into a suit of armor to allow him to live. His companions were later confused as to why he never removed his armor, not aware that he is now literally living armor.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Coming right after Bloodbane, Fenrir can be this because of his weakness to fire. Infernas, a sword you pick up much earlier in the game, can kill him in one hit.
Line 23 ⟶ 22:
* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: Justified in that Lenneth expends her power to materialize her Einherjar.
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: Any souls sent to Odin.
* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Lucian}} in the [[Golden Ending]].
* [[Badass]]: Arngrim takes out dozens of soldiers, and dies by committing suicide rather than have a last stand. Considering he's a [[Captain Ersatz]] for Guts, it's about to be expected.
* [[Bag of Sharing]]
Line 29 ⟶ 28:
* [[BFS]]: Primarily Arngrim, though Kashell and Suo have smaller ones.
** The Nibelung Valesti involves 4 massive spears.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Jayle.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Fenrir.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Jayle.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Mystina and possibly Jelanda.
* [[Block Puzzle]]
* [[Blood Knight]]: Arngrim. He became a mercenary not to get a paycheck, but to get a good fight. Badrach too, who was all too happy to be picked up by the valkyrieValkyrie, at least before mentioning his deeds.
* [[Body Horror]]: Jelanda's demon form. Oh God.
* [[Booby Trap]]: Quite annoying with those explosive traps on the chests.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: The bosses in the Seraphic Gate.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The Seraphic Gate.
* [[Booby Trap]]: Quite annoying with those explosive traps on the chests.
* [[Bow and Sword Inin Accord]]: Lenneth. She's actually more useful as an archer most of the time, considered the ''only'' useful archer in the game besides Janus.
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]
* [[Brawn Hilda]]: Averted. All the Valkyries are [[Lady of War|Ladies of War]].
* [[Breakable Weapons]]: Weapons forged by humans, slayer weapons, and staves that allow Great Magic use.
* [[Breast Plate]]: Lenneth and (especially) Aelia have armor that...exaggerate their assets, but otherwise are perfectly adequate plate armor.
** Hrist and Silmeria too, obviously. To say nothing of {{spoiler|the true Valkyrie.}}
* [[Brawn Hilda]]: Averted. All the Valkyries are [[Lady of War|Ladies of War]].
* [[Call a Hit Point a Smeerp]]: HP is called "Divine Materialization Energy" (or DME) in this game, because no one in the party actually has a material form, what with being dead and everything, so they're relying on Lenneth's powers to materialize.
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Although you ''do'' have items to combat this such as Expert Experience, Lenneth can't leave your party at all, so she'll get all the experience, whereas the rest of your party is likely to be changing depending on who you're training for Valhalla or what characters you have. Not to mention that since only the einherjar on the battlefield gain experience, the other characters often get stuck at whatever level they come at if you don't use them.
** Suo and Gandar get hit particularly hard, because Gandar you can only get in chapter 8, and Suo only joins around Chapter 7.
* [[Can't Drop the Hero]]: For the overwhelming majority of the game, Lenneth has to be in your party. The only times she's not is right at the beginning, when you play as Arngrim, and during part of the [[Golden Ending]]. This fact also ensures that, by the end of the game, [[Can't Catch Up|she'll be at least 10 levels higher than anyone else in your party]].
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Every single character and bosses do this in their PWS.
{{quote|'''Bloodbane:''' [[Most Annoying Sound|FEEL MY FLAMES!]]}}
* [[The Cameo]]: In the PSP rereleasere-release, [[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria|Alicia]] shows up in a cutscene when you go back in time in Dipan, arriving just in time to see {{spoiler|King Barbarossa, her father, be executed}}.
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Although you ''do'' have items to combat this such as Expert Experience, Lenneth can't leave your party at all, so she'll get all the experience, whereas the rest of your party is likely to be changing depending on who you're training for Valhalla or what characters you have. Not to mention that since only the einherjarEinherjar on the battlefield gain experience, the other characters often get stuck at whatever level they come at if you don't use them.
** Suo and Gandar get hit particularly hard, because Gandar you can only get in chapter 8, and Suo only joins around Chapter 7.
* [[Can't Drop the Hero]]: For the overwhelming majority of the game, Lenneth has to be in your party. The only times she's not is right at the beginning, when you play as Arngrim, and during part of the [[Golden Ending]]. This fact also ensures that, by the end of the game, [[Can't Catch Up|she'll be at least 10 levels higher than anyone else in your party]].
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Arngrim is [[Berserk|Guts]] with the serial numbers filed off.
* [[Character Level]]
Line 57 ⟶ 56:
** A most likely unintentional one, but if you hold onto the Infernas sword found in Chapter 5, one of the final bosses in the A ending turns from [[That One Boss]] to a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]].
* [[Combos]]
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Bosses can spam PWS every turn, and can instant-cast great magic PWS.
** The computer is only cheating a little bit; purple gems (dropped when an enemy is hit while knocked down) reduce the wait time your characters suffer after using their own PWS moves. With sufficient skill (plus abusing the extra hits Reverie gives you, which is why its use with melee fighters is a [[Game Breaker]]; similar abuse comes from using Lucian, whose status as top-tier is due almost exclusively to one of his attacks, Shining Bolt, hitting thirteen times in an instant, pulling thirteen purple gems out of one button-press), you can string a large enough combo that you too can dish out a full set of PWS moves, including using one of the really hefty Great Magic spells like Meteor Swarm or Celestial Star, every turn. The only cheating involved is that the computer doesn't have to string together a large combo with plenty of midair hits.
* [[Coup De Grace]]
* [[Crapsack World]]: Children are sold into slavery, monsters are everywhere, amoral or outright evil aristocrats and wizards are doing gods know what to innocent people... Let's face it. Life on Midgard ''sucks''. It's practically a [[Mercy Kill]] that Ragnarok is right around the corner, and you could argue that death, and becoming Einherjar, is the best thing to happen to some of the Valkyrie's party.
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: Notable that if Lenneth is dead for three turns, ''the entire party'' ceases to exist and you get kicked back to the world map (or a [[Game Over]] if you die in the final dungeons). [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that it's Lenneth's energy that permits the other characters to exist in the real world.
* [[Crutch Character]]: Freya, who at Level 2 does absurd amounts of damage and has absurd amounts of HP (though she dodges everything anyway), joins you for the first tutorial dungeon, until you reach the dungeon's boss, at which point she backs off and lets Lenneth's party take him on.
* [[Cutscene]]: Plenty of those, just as you'd expect from tri-Ace.
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]
* [[Crystal Prison]]
* [[Cutscene]]: Plenty of those, just as you'd expect from tri-Ace.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Hrist.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Brahms.
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Given the definition, you could argue that Lenneth is this, for spoiler reasons.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lezard Valeth, when he's not [[Large Ham|chewing the scenery.]]
{{quote|'''Lezard''': They say you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, so I say, "Nice try."}}
Line 82 ⟶ 83:
** Attack items like "Holy Crystal" pretty much kill everything for the majority of the main game regardless of the user's skill and power, which can make even hard enemies and bosses a breeze.
** Nanami can be recruited as early as chapter 2, and she comes with Lightning Bolt, which is a powerful spell. And returning to her village after recruiting her can net you Dragonbane, a powerful spellcaster weapon. It can't use Great Magic (which ''really'' inflicts damage) but it's unbreakable and has ''quite'' a powerful boost.
** Lorenta comes with Mystic Cross, which is the most powerful magic in the game (And has the most powerful Great Magic), and at that point you might be able to just take out all of {{spoiler|Lezard}}'s health with it, given that in order to fight that boss you ''must'' recruit her.
** Lezard's tower also has a couple items that, through alchemy, can give you ''very'' powerful weapons that you might be using ''until the end of the game''. During the main story, this makes your two polearm users (Lawfer and Aelia) top tier characters, as well as Arngrim and ''maybe'' Kashell since you can get a heavy arms variation, too.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]] - Just because of a single pickpocket, a nobleman sent an army and destroyed the whole town of Gerabellum.
* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Aelia, though this is justified since she is not a human.
Line 89 ⟶ 90:
* [[Doorstopper]]: According to Lezard, the Philosopher's Stone is the mother of all doorstoppers. He calls it a "ten-''billion'' page codex".
* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Most of the characters have this in their battle or victory poses. Mages are particularly prone to standing around looking drafty. For them, at least, it could be justified by them using their magic to look cool.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Arngrim, Yumei, and potentially Lawfer.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Jun.
* [[Dying Declaration of Love]]: Suo.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Without the A ending, the best you can hope for is a "meh". The B ending is pretty anticlimactic.
* [[Easter Egg]]
Line 106 ⟶ 108:
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Lezard, sort of.
* [[Fragile Flower]]: Nanami and Yumei; it's even listed as one of their negative traits.
* [[DyingA DeclarationGod ofIs LoveYou]]: Suo.
* [[Golden Ending]]: Difficult to attain without a FAQ.
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: "It shall be engraved upon your soul!" may have been "I shall annihilate your soul" in the original Japanese. As the original scripts are not available, and the difference between the two is a single character, this may be a case of [[Mis BlamedMisblamed]], however.
** "STEP ON IT PUSH BUTTON", on the other hand...
* [[Gratuitous English]]: The game's subtitle ("Should Deny the Divine Destiny of The Destinies"), and arguably "Purify Weird Soul". It's one reason they replaced it with "Soul Crush" in the [[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria|later]] [[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume|games]].
** It's too bad that they changed it since its original form is a (potentially accidental) [[Genius Bonus]]: one of the archaic definitions of the word "weird" is something like "destiny." As all enemies not specifically stated to be otherwise are "undead" (in VP a catch-all for non-divine immortals; undead also are mentioned in the [[Golden Ending]] to exist outside of fate), and the act of defeating them places their souls back into the system, killing them could be called purifying their soul's weird.
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: The Philosopher's Stone, which is not a [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] despite [[Magnificent Bastard|who owns it]].
Line 119 ⟶ 121:
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Lezard intentionally makes his homunculi of this genetic stock. Divine power + human ability to "grow" = power.
** Yumei is also half human, and thus can turn into either human or merfolk at will.
* [[Hard Mode Perks]]: The dungeons exclusive to hard mode contain top tier equipment that just isn't available in normal or easy difficulties. An unintentional version is how you get characters at level 1, instead of at your current level, in hard mode, which lets you train them more effectively. Between these two points, Hard Mode can be significantly easier than normal if you know what you're doing, while Easy Mode can be much more difficult — and it doesn't let you get the [[Golden Ending]], to boot.
* [[Heel Realization]]: Badrach has something like this during his recruitment, when he seems to realize just how bad a guy he was. Also, in the A ending, {{spoiler|Lenneth. Or rather, she realizes she's been working for a heel when she gets her memories back, and realizes just how little Odin cares for mortals.}}
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] / [[Equivalent Exchange]]: The process of "Soul Exchange".
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: TAJ Productions (A.K.A. the [[4Kids! Entertainment]] cast) dubbed the first game.
** Jayle, Aelia, and Fuyuki sound almost ''exactly'' like [[Pokemon|Ash Ketchum]]! Mystina sounds ''exactly'' like Jessie, Jelanda sounds ''exactly'' like Misty, and Lucien is pretty much Brock.
*** Which makes it hilarious to have Jayle, Jelanda, and Lucien in the party at the same time. [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|In Midgard, Valkyries train YOU!]]
** Not to mention probably the most distracting case: Lezard Valeth, an amoral, psychopathic, and sexually depraved character, who sounds almost exactly like Meowth.
* [[Holding Out for a Hero]]
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: Freya and Brahms are supposed to be this, as they're massively powerful and nearly immune to your attacks, but it is possible to beat them. Beating Freya doesn't change [[Nonstandard Game Over|the outcome]], but beating Brahms makes the game act as if you had decided not to fight him.
* [[Hundred-Percent100% Completion]]
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: Though to be fair, they sometimes mix it up with bags full of loot instead.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Swords, actually. And staves. And spears. And...
Line 162 ⟶ 160:
** Actually, sometimes if you have a good rating, Freya give some of them back during sacred phase.
*** Thankfully, as long as you send up at least one person in each chapter, your rating gets reset to 100 (or 98 if you don't have the ring on) on sacred phases, so unless you purposefully clear out 5+ dungeons in a single chapter (which is only really possible if you skip some of them over in a previous chapter) and keep every item, you don't have to give up any of them.
** Also, if you transfer Lyseria, you WILL NOT get her back (unlike most other einherjarEinherjar) due to a glitch.
*** Then again, though, that's if you actually want her; she can be good, but a lot of people decide that since Mystina's at a much higher level, that it's not worth it to use anyone but her.
* [[The Lost Woods]]
Line 177 ⟶ 175:
* [[Non-Human Undead]]: Zombie dragons as bosses and subbosses.
* [[Non-Linear Sequel]]: ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria]]'' manages to be a sequel and a prequel at the same time without crossing over into the first game's timeline. A [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] is involved.
** Likewise, because of the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]], ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume]]'' chronologically takes place before ''Lenneth'', but after Silmeria is sealed in Brahms' castle, but "before" Lezard's little time traveling expedition, as {{spoiler|Odin is still alive}}.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Ending C.
* [[Off-Model]]: Minor version in the PSP rereleasere-release, by virtue of the CGI cutscenes. Lenneth's "Meril" disguise is clearly wearing a different dress depending on whether you see her in sprite form or CGI <ref>for example, the sprite looks more eastern inspired, while the CGI form is a more European style</ref>, and when Jelanda is transformed into a monster, the CGI cutscene shows her in her [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink]] [[Pimped-Out Dress]], while the sprite shown just before is the much simpler outfit she wears as an einherjarEinherjar.
* [[Optional Party Member]]: Everyone except Lenneth, Arngrim, and Jelanda, who you get no matter what. Mystina and Lucian are also necessary for the [[Golden Ending]].
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Obviously happens to those that [[Can't Catch Up]]. Several champions you get early in the game, like Belenus, Janus, and Jun also aren't bad<ref>Janus is considered the ''only'' useful archer in the game ''besides'' Lenneth.</ref>, but they're often sent up to Valhalla, since in the early chapters of the game, you really don't have much of a choice.
** This also happens to many sorceresses, and Gandar. Mystina's considered the top tier sorceress, and since you only really need one, a lot of people don't bother with the others until Freya asks for you to send someone up to Valhalla. However, Lorenta and Nanami come with a [[Disc One Nuke]], and it's very likely you'll get Might Reinforce with Shiho first.
* [[Paint It Black]]: Hrist.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Mostly the monsters, but also {{spoiler|Hrist, when she takes over Lenneth's body in the A ending.}}
Line 191 ⟶ 189:
* [[Randomly Drops]]
* [[Ranged Emergency Weapon]]: Lenneth's ability to equip bows. While there's no enemies that are impossible to engage in melee range, an early boss battle (and some later battles) pits the party against a powerful mage protected by damage-soaking goons. The game advises you to switch Lenneth to a bow to take out the mage first, just in case you don't have a dedicated archer for one reason or another.
** Well, granted; you might have ''one'' because the other archer you have falls into [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]] territory, and Lenneth is better with bows than with swords for most of the game.
* [[Really Dead Montage]]: Nearly every character that joins Lenneth's party gets one of these. Yumei has a particularly long one, which is either a [[Tear Jerker]] or simply [[Wangst|wangsty]] depending on the player.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Jelanda.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Played straight ''and'' inverted.
* [[Revive Kills Zombie]]: X-slayer weapons are terrible except against X, in which case they do massive damage, usually resulting in a kill in one to three hits. It can make certain bosses ''incredibly'' easy. The same applies to weapons with [Insert [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]]/DEATH in its description. Even one of the final bosses will fall in one hit because of this.
* [[Restraining Bolt]]: In the A ending, we learn that {{spoiler|Freya sealed Lenneth's memories to prevent her from straying from her mission.}}
* [[Revive Kills Zombie]]: X-slayer weapons are terrible except against X, in which case they do massive damage, usually resulting in a kill in one to three hits. It can make certain bosses ''incredibly'' easy. The same applies to weapons with [Insert [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]]/DEATH in its description. Even one of the final bosses will fall in one hit because of this.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Lenneth, after regaining her memories and learning of {{spoiler|Lucian's}} death at the hands of {{spoiler|Loki}}. The [[Large Ham|roaring part is literal]] as either [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] or [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: The game is nominally based on Norse mythology. The first wince-worthy moment comes about halfway into the introduction, when the writer fails to have researched ''which'' Norse gods are Aesir and which are Vanir. Odin (an Aesir) is telling Lenneth Valkyrie (the player character, who works for Odin) and Freya (your main point of contact among the gods) how war with the Vanir appears to be inevitable -- but Freya is a Vanir in the original myths!
Line 203 ⟶ 201:
*** Oddly, the Vanir's stronghold in the B ending is still called ''Jotunheim.''
*** Also, the so-called Vanir in the game are obviously giants (just look at how much taller they are than Lenneth as you run through Jotunheim), and during the lead-up to the A ending, Freya calls their enemies "giants." Just do a mental search-and-replace whenever you see the word Vanir, and swap in Jotun instead; it makes the game a bit closer to the actual myths.
*** Even odder, Surt, the final boss in the B ending, is the king of the fire giants. His stronghold is made of ice.
**** There is a throwaway line in the description for one dungeon (the Citadel of Flame) that states that Surt is the lord of Muspelheim, and that he has a volcano named for him. That makes the ice stronghold make even less sense; why didn't the designers just set the last battle there?
** Odin has two eyes, so what did he trade for ultimate wisdom? {{Spoiler|Odin isn't as "All Knowing" as he may seem.}}
** For [[Just for Pun|some ungodly reason]], Valkyrie Profile's Frey (Freyr?) and Mimir are female.
** There were either ''nine'' valkyrieValkyrie, or any number; there were never only three, and they could all be active at once (i.e. they didn't share one body)
* [[Save Point]]
* [[Screw Destiny]]: The point in the A path.
Line 226 ⟶ 224:
* [[Sucking-In Lines]]: Aelia's finishing move.
* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Jayle.
* [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]]: Sort of. In the [[Golden Ending]], {{spoiler|Loki wipes out your party initially, then smugglysmugly scoffs that even the Demon Sword Levantine's power didn't help the Valkyrie}}, with the game apparently assuming that you'd immediately equip Valkyrie with the [[Infinity-1 Sword]] the second you got a hold of it.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Teleportation magic is an ancient, lost, and powerful magic. The fact that Lezard can pull it off is used as a testament to his ability.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Bosses can spam PWS every turn, and can instant-cast great magic PWS.
** The computer is only cheating a little bit; purple gems (dropped when an enemy is hit while knocked down) reduce the wait time your characters suffer after using their own PWS moves. With sufficient skill (plus abusing the extra hits Reverie gives you, which is why its use with melee fighters is a [[Game Breaker]]; similar abuse comes from using Lucian, whose status as top-tier is due almost exclusively to one of his attacks, Shining Bolt, hitting thirteen times in an instant, pulling thirteen purple gems out of one button-press), you can string a large enough combo that you too can dish out a full set of PWS moves, including using one of the really hefty Great Magic spells like Meteor Swarm or Celestial Star, every turn. The only cheating involved is that the computer doesn't have to string together a large combo with plenty of midair hits.
* [[There Are No Tents]]: You have a limited amount of time to adventure before Ragnarok, and healing costs turns. It's generally more economical to use a healing spell in battle.
* [[The Vamp]]: Genevieve, who's also a literal [[Vampires Are Sex Gods|Vamp]].
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Barbarossa, and some of the later bosses do make quite a speech if you defeat them.
{{quote|'''Barbarossa:''' I... I am the king! Had I... had I been in my original body, you would never have defeated me! I... graaaaahh!
'''Wraith:''' It is i..inconceivable! How could pathetic little... I have fallen....[[Big No|NOOOOO!]]... [[Death Cry Echo|RRRAAAAAGH!]]<br />
'''Hrist''': This is impossible! You creatures are but slaves of the gods! Aaagggghh!<br />
'''Surt:''' It can't be! *cough* Evil.. you mean to say evil prospers? I do not accept this.. I do NOT ACCEPT THIS!<br />
'''Loki:''' The power of creation!? THIS CANNOT BE!!! }}
* [[Timed Mission]]: The optional run through Brahm's castle.
* [[Tragic Monster]]: Poor Jelanda. Jun as well.
* [[Training Dummy]]: Accessed from the party menu, immortal versions of the first monsters in the game can be practiced on in order to figure out how to do your combos effectively in order to get out your "Purify Weird Soul" moves. Unfortunately, it's a feature that's lacking in [[Valkyrie Profile 2]].
* [[Tragic Monster]]: Poor Jelanda. Jun as well.
* [[Treacherous Advisor]]: {{spoiler|Loki}} in Ending A. {{spoiler|Not a big shock if you know [[Norse Mythology]].}}
* [[Trick Boss]]: The [[Final Boss]] in the A ending, {{spoiler|Loki}}, can only be substantially harmed by Valkyrie's attacks. The rest of the party is pretty much just there to build up the combo meter for her [[Finishing Move|Purify Weird Soul]] attack.
** If you use Sap Guard on him first, everyone in your party can make a significant dent on him (Though Valkyrie will still deal the most damage)
** Also, if you have Unicorn horn, Mystic Stars can really take a huge chunk of his HP off, but again, not as much as Valkyrie.
* [[Tsundere]]: Jelanda and Mystina, who are [[Hey, It's That Voice!|both voiced by the same person]].
* [[Unbreakable Weapons]]: Most weapons are this.
* [[Underground Level]]
* [[Underground Monkey]]: Played straight and averted with some monsters. Some have a different color scheme to denote they're higher-powered versions of earlier ones, while others look exactly the same, even though they're much more powerful.
* [[The Vamp]]: Genevieve, who's also a literal [[Vampires Are Sex Gods|Vamp]].
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Where Mystina keeps things like {{spoiler|the crystal containing Lenneth's soul}}.
* [[Victory Pose]]
Line 255 ⟶ 251:
* [[Weapon of X-Slaying]]: There's a handful of weapons named [blank]slayer, which when used will kill whatever enemy of that type it hits in one shot. They tend to be [[Breakable Weapons]], making them [[Too Awesome to Use]] except for against bosses. But, because of a bug in the way breakable weapons are tracked<ref>It only checks when the enemy's turn comes up, so if you finish the boss off, it won't check.</ref>, they can easily last you the whole game.
** There's another subset of weapons that have a Death effect based around the elemental weaknesses of an enemy rather than the type. One such sword, acquired about half-way through the game, turns the penultimate boss into a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] for your side.
* [[We Cannot Go on Without You]]: If Lenneth is dead for three rounds, the whole rest of the party goes with her. Justified in that, since they're manifestations from Lenneth herself, if she dies, they do too. Becomes an acceptable bit of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]], too.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: {{spoiler|Lawfer's introduction story does not conclude with Lawfer's death, unlike almost every other playable character in the game, yet he ends up an Einherjar after it's over anyways. How the hell did he die?}}
** Lenneth hears the name of a vampire early that had indirectly resulted in the death of {{spoiler|Belenus}}, one of the first characters you recruit. She then commits this to memory to look out for them, but you never fight them. It's certainly not Genevieve (who herself qualifies in Normal mode, since the final battle with her is in a Hard mode exclusive dungeon).
** {{spoiler|Celia's fate is never detailed; it's likely that she died during Ragnarok}}. Granted, there are a lot of other mortals whose fate is never explained, but you see {{spoiler|Celia}} in ''so'' many recruitment scenes that it seems almost like you'll get them eventually!
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Lenneth just doesn't seem to ''get'' the motivations of some of the mortals, especially the ones who seem to do illogical things for love.
* [[World-Healing Wave]]: The [[Golden Ending]].
Line 269 ⟶ 265:
 
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Play StationPlayStation Portable]]
[[Category:Play StationPlayStation]]
[[Category:Eastern RPG]]
[[Category:Valkyrie Profile]]