History Fridge / DustAnElysianTail

* During the war sequence- no matter how vicious his fighting gets- Dust never [[FriendlyFire strikes]] allied NPCs. However, this is also an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Ahrah is a compassionate being, and (if Dust's ability to jump higher while attacking a target is any indication) is directing Dust's attacks to some extent. Of course he wouldn't attack allies!

* Why does [[spoiler:the evil presence in the box]] attach itself to Dust instead of Fidget, who [[spoiler:opened the box]]? Because [[spoiler:Dust's twinned souls make him demonbait]], so of course it'd go for the tasty one.

* Why does [[spoiler:the evil presence in the box]] attach itself to Dust instead of Fidget, who [[spoiler:opened the box]]? Because [[Dust's twinned souls make him demonbait]], so of course it'd go for the tasty one.

* According to Elder Gray-Eyes, everything Dust did was ([[GambitRoulette somehow]]) JustAsPlanned. Including killing [[spoiler: Fuse]]. ''Coincidentally'', Elder Gray-Eyes is also the one who, to save his life, [[spoiler: gave Fuse his magitech prosthetic armor that tragically induced CyberneticsEatYourSoul and turned him into a rampaging genocidal madman who needed to be put down]]. Now what about Bopo's father's illness, and [[spoiler: the unexplained "darkness" that ALSO turned Lady Tethys into... *drumroll* a cackling genocidal madwoman who needed to be beaten with a sword until it magically went away.]]

* During the war sequence- no matter how vicious his fighting gets- Dust never [[FriendlyFire strikes]] allied * ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hoo'' boy. Between 2e AD&D and 4e, there are too many incidents of the game being screwed over by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Lorraine Williams]] and its other publishers to fit here. A somewhat-comprehensive list appears on the trope page.. However, this is also an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Ahrah is a compassionate being, and (if Dust's ability to jump higher while attacking a target is any indication) is directing Dust's attacks to some extent. Of course he wouldn't attack allies!

* During the war sequence- no matter how vicious his fighting gets- Dust never [[FriendlyFire strikes]] allied NPCs. However, this is also an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Ahrah is a compassionate being, and (if Dust's ability to jump higher while attacking a target is any indication) is directing Dust's attacks to some extent. Of course he wouldn't attack allies!

* Why do the Trolks have shields? They're invulnerable even if hit in the back unless you parry them. GameplayAndStorySegregation?

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeOfBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table. Remember, [[{{Manga/Monster}} Johan]] seems like a pretty nice, reasonable guy straight up until he murders someone, too. Seeming like a normal person when not committing atrocities doesn't necessarily imply said atrocities are justified.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeOfBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table. Remember, [[{{Manga/Monster}} Johan]] seems like a pretty nice, reasonable guy straight up until he murders someone, too, and he's ''the'' CompleteMonster poster boy. Seeming like a normal person when not committing atrocities doesn't necessarily imply said atrocities are justified.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeOfBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table. Remember, [[{{Manga/Monster}} Johan]] seems like a pretty nice, reasonable guy straight up until he murders someone, too. Seeming like a normal person when not committing atrocities doesn't necessarily imply said atrocities are justified.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeOfBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table. Remember, [[Manga/Monster Johan]] seems like a pretty nice, reasonable guy straight up until he murders someone, too. Seeming like a normal person when not committing atrocities doesn't necessarily imply said atrocities are justified.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeOfBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys. Or ALighterShadeofBlack, at the very least, given that the other side has genocide on the table.

*** Well, they're ''allegedly'' the good guys, at the very least.

* Going back to older cutscenes after TheReveal, realising that [[spoiler:Ahrah has been lying to Dust literally from the minute he came into the world as a conscious entity, gave him a name based on ''what'' he is, and has been manipulating him the whole game to assure that he's a suitable LaserGuidedTykeBomb to take out Gaius.]]. And these are the ''good'' guys.

* Going back to older cutscenes after TheReveal, realising that [[spoiler:Ahrah has been lying to Dust from the start, gave him a name based on WHAT he is, and has been manipulating him the whole game to assure that he's a suitable LaserGuidedTykeBomb]]. And these are the ''good'' guys.

! Fridge Horror

! Fridge Brilliance

* The way this game handles making choices is actually brilliant in hindsight; you're not just making a choice, [[spoiler: you're deciding between which of Jin and Cassius' courses of action you wish for Dust to take]].

* The way this game handles making choices is actually brilliant in hindsight; [[spoiler: You're deciding between which of Jin and Cassius' courses of action you wish for Dust to take]].

* In order to be able to buy forge-able materials in the shops, you have to take the material from a monster you killed, then sell it to a merchant. This is fine and all, until you realize that one of these items is a [[spoiler: Dog Tag]]. How the merchant gets his hands on these can only be left to the imagination.