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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
...[[First-Episode Resurrection|Except not]], as he's approached by the demon [[Evil Overlord|Krotus]] and accepts his [[Deal
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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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Frederone becomes this in the game's darkest route, with a cult worshipping him and performing human sacrifices in his name.}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: Krotus might be an undead conqueror, but his official goal is to end the long war between Northel and Southea and he treats Frederone better than most people ever did during his lifetime. The True ending even has him {{spoiler|congratulate Frederone after he defeats him and give him one last smile before dying}}.
* [[An Arm and
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Frederone, in some endings.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Temonz is killed by the newly Frederic-turned-Frederone near the beginning of the game, but considering that he was the one who brutally mocked Frederic, tore off his right arm and left him for dead, you probably won't feel ''too'' sorry for him.
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* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Frederone reunites with his childhood love Rosetta partway into the game. Of course, his new identity as the Frozen Lich, not to mention her [[Ill Girl|terminal illness]], complicates things between them.
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Krotus claims to only want to end the perpetual war between Northel and Southea by conquering one or both of them. {{spoiler|[[Word of God]] reveals that this actually is probably true, as he was summoned by Frederone's father [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|with the express purpose of giving both sides of the war a common enemy to unite against]].}}
* [[Deal
* [[Doppelganger Replacement Love Interest]]: Marliene was literally created for this purpose, but Frederone can subvert it by refusing to accept her.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Rosetta will commit suicide some time after her resurrection if Frederone isn't there to prevent it. Marliene will also kill herself if Frederone coldly rebukes her advances.}}
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* [[Multiple Endings]]: Eight of them, mainly determined by whether Federone acts more like a [[Complete Monster]] or an [[Anti-Villain]] throughout the game and his actions with Rosetta and Marliene.
* [[Necromancer]]
* [[No Canon for
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: One of the game's [[Multiple Endings|eight endings]] feels more like this, as it comes from picking wrong on the very first choice of the game and results in an unglorious death for Frederone.
* [[Our Liches Are Different]]
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