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Times have been tough for [[Butt Monkey|Frederic]] ever since his father, Rael Bladeoath, was executed for alleged treason against the King. Frederic believes that his father must have been framed, but before he can find out the truth, he's ambushed and critically injured by [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up|Temonz]], a member of a rival family. With [[An Arm and A Leg|his right arm torn off]] and bleeding to death, it looks like the end for Frederic...

...[[First Episode Resurrection|Except not]], as he's approached by the demon [[Evil Overlord|Krotus]] and accepts his [[Deal With the Devil|offer]] to be [[The Undead|resurrected]] [[Our Liches Are Different|as a powerful lich]] in exchange for his [[Undying Loyalty]] to Krotus. After demonstrating to [[Asshole Victim|Temonz]] [[Who's Laughing Now?|that he's no weakling anymore]], he begins settling into his new unlife as [[Villain Protagonist|Frederone]], [[Evil Feels Good|happily]] using his [[The Evil Genius|talents]] and [[Necromancer|newfound powers]] to further Krotus's goal of [[Take Over the World|conquering the warring Northel and Southea lands]].

...[[First-Episode Resurrection|Except not]], as he's approached by the demon [[Evil Overlord|Krotus]] and accepts his [[Deal With the Devil|offer]] to be [[The Undead|resurrected]] [[Our Liches Are Different|as a powerful lich]] in exchange for his [[Undying Loyalty]] to Krotus. After demonstrating to [[Asshole Victim|Temonz]] [[Who's Laughing Now?|that he's no weakling anymore]], he begins settling into his new unlife as [[Villain Protagonist|Frederone]], [[Evil Feels Good|happily]] using his [[The Evil Genius|talents]] and [[Necromancer|newfound powers]] to further Krotus's goal of [[Take Over the World|conquering the warring Northel and Southea lands]].

All is not well for our [[Villain Protagonist]], however, as aside from the obvious problem of being reviled by the human race he used to belong to, he also has to deal with the [[Ill Girl|terminal illness]] of his childhood friend Rosetta who he still loves, the presence of [[Doppelganger Replacement Love Interest|Marliene]] if he fails to save Rosetta, and the [[The Starscream|scheming]] of various other servants to dispose of him and/or Krotus. And perhaps in the end, his own lingering conscience.

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* [[Evil Overlord]]: Krotus, and Frederone in some endings.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Frederone completes his [[Humiliation Conga]] of Temonz by impaling his newly bony fingers with the eyes of his slain henchmen. Fortunately, we don't get to see an image of ''that'' ourselves.

* [[First Episode Resurrection]]

* [[First-Episode Resurrection]]

* [[Flower Motifs]]: Rosetta's association with roses is the most obvious, but [[Word of God]] says that the hair colors of Rosetta, Marliene and Metheus were based on the rose-related meanings for them: Rosetta's pink represents grace, Marliene's red love, and Metheus's yellow friendship.

* [[Go Out ~~With~~ a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Marliene and Krotus}} in the True ending.

* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Marliene and Krotus}} in the True ending.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Metheus gets himself killed while protecting Frederone from his new master, but Frederone is able to resurrect him afterwards. A more final one occurs in the True ending with {{spoiler|Marliene, Metheus, and Frederone himself}}.

* [[Hundred Percent Completion]]: Getting all of the game's endings unlocks the Staff Room, which provides more backstory to the game and explanations for several questions left unanswered by the game.

* [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]: Getting all of the game's endings unlocks the Staff Room, which provides more backstory to the game and explanations for several questions left unanswered by the game.

* [[I Ate What?]]: In the darkest ending, {{spoiler|Frederone forces Zewoe to eat the chopped-up remains of Marliene's body for dinner}}.

* [[Ill Girl]]: Rosetta.

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* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: [[Meaningful Name|Rose]]tta.

* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: Temonz, which makes him ripe material for an [[Asshole Victim]].

* [[Shout Out]]: While [[Word of God]] says that any ''[[Star Wars]]'' parallels between {{spoiler|Palpatine and Darth Vader}} and {{spoiler|Krotus and Frederone}} were purely coincidental, the resemblance of the rose monster Frederone uses to keep Rosetta alive to the one in ''[[Castlevania]]'' was intentional.

* [[Shout-Out]]: While [[Word of God]] says that any ''[[Star Wars]]'' parallels between {{spoiler|Palpatine and Darth Vader}} and {{spoiler|Krotus and Frederone}} were purely coincidental, the resemblance of the rose monster Frederone uses to keep Rosetta alive to the one in ''[[Castlevania]]'' was intentional.

* [[The Starscream]]: Several of Krotus's undead minions actively plot against him throughout the game, Jubeist being the most notable of them.

* [[Take Over the World]]: {{spoiler|It's subverted in some endings, though.}}