History Fridge / KnightsOfTheOldRepublic

* Atton actually gives you a subtle bit of Foreshadowing early on in Peragus. When you run up with Kreia, he somehow manages to identify Kreia as a Jedi. Yeah, understandable how he assumes the exile is the jedi...anyone with a brain could have figured out the Jedi Exile was indeed the jedi people were talking about in the base. However, when the Exile and Kreia walks up, he immediately [[spoiler:Mis]]identifies her as a Jedi, too. How would he know that? [[spoiler:Cause he used to hunt Jedi and was force sensitive, of course - makes sense he'd be able to recognize them.]]

* As a male character in KOTOR 1, you can be invited to a Sith party- only for them to get super drunk enough to pass out, leaving their Sith armor for the taking. Now, this is just a side quest, but BioWare still placed a foreshadowing even for this! Just talk to some of the citizens in the Upper City cantina and one of them will say something about Tarisian ale being an extremely alcoholic drink...

* One of my favorite part of KOTOR was the the use of Charisma skill that can be uber helpful especially if you want to persuade other characters and NPCs on your ideas or stances on certain morales. Now, my favorite class is the Soldier (yes, very generic I know) and at first I was kind of confused why the Scoundrel class gets plus points on the charisma ability, but then I realized: of course they would! After all, Scoundrels are GenreSavvy and cunning individuals who are quick-witted and perceptively street smart. Being charismatic is practically their second nature!

* Multiple NPCs comment on the Exile's talent with creating Force Bonds, connecting with people through the Force. This implies empathic abilities. Place an empath next to a traumatic event, say the destruction of Malachor V, and they will be damaged. - RomanticPessimist

* Multiple NPCs comment on the Exile's talent with creating Force Bonds, connecting with people through the Force. This implies empathic abilities. Place an empath next to a traumatic event, say the destruction of Malachor V, and they will be damaged.

* Why did [[spoiler:Kreia]] spend all of KotOR II trying to [[spoiler:"kill" the Force]] anyways? It's obvious once you put the pieces together. It's not just some personal vendetta against the Jedi[[spoiler: and the Sith, but rather an act of intended benevolence. Exhibit A: the point early on when Atton suggests that the Jedi's reliance on the Force makes them weaker in the long run compared to those who have to survive without it. Exhibit B: The Yuuzhan Vong have been "cut off" from the Force. Exhibit C: As mentioned above, Kreia evidently knew enough of the Yuuzhan Vong to know that they were coming, and quite possibly knew a number of details about them. It's therefore probable that Kreia was trying to even the playing field more or less, especially if her visions told her that the actual Yuuzhan Vong invasion wouldn't occur for millennia, plenty of time for the galaxy to adapt to more Mandalorian means of fighting off the extra-galactic invaders.]] Which would mean that in a very twisted sense, the "Big Bad" is really an extremely misunderstood([[spoiler:which is all her fault]]), and possibly also misguided, anti-villain.

--> ''Crazy Old Kook'': Listen to me, people! There is a terrible scourge sweeping the planet! Heed my warning, before it's too late!

--> ''Crazy Old Kook'': The evil walks among us! The enemy is here!

* On Taris, you get to meet a crazy old kook out on the streets preaching about his [[FantasticRacism hatred for aliens]]. After repeated playthroughs, ThisTroper thought that this was just a waste for pixels and all, but what he says ''actually makes sense out of context''! Two things he says stands out:
--> Crazy Old Kook: Listen to me, people! There is a terrible scourge sweeping the planet! Heed my warning, before it's too late!
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--> Crazy Old Kook: The evil walks among us! The enemy is here!
--->

* Carth, your first "real" party member, frequently states that he doesn't trust you, finds your placement on the Endar Spire suspicious, finds what the Jedi are doing suspicious, and frequently gets angry about what he perceives as getting the runaround. He comes off as a total jerk and whiner...until TheReveal comes out. Turns out he was ''dead right'' about ALL his suspicions, just not in the way he expected! The comics and the second game add a few more layers. He encountered a Jedi coverup before, as he helped Zane Carrick escape from the Covenant. In the second game, Disciple is reporting directly to Carth. Given Carth's trust issues, Mical's reservations (even Exile, his childhood hero, has to be careful when prying info out of him), and how important the Ebon Hawk is...there's likely some strong history between Mical and Carth, meaning Carth may also know about the Jedi than he let on.

** More a case of clever story telling, but this only just occured to me so I'm putting it here. At the very beginning of the first game your soldier is apparently unfamiliar with the details of a war they have supposedly been fighting, and is unable to perform basic tasks which should be second nature. Just the game teaching you how to work it right? Wrong. [[spoiler:Your memories have been tampered with, and so any inability on your part to perform simple tasks or remember very important details, it's all because your memory has been blanked.]] This also neatly sidesteps StoryAndGameplaySegregation.
** In a brillant case of foreshadowing: For the original KnightsOfTheOldRepublic and its sequel, there are four discs required for installation. The original's fourth disc has on it a quite obviously evil Darth Malak, who is also featured on the cover. The sequel's however has an elderly woman in Jedi robes. Then comes TheReveal, and you realise that they highlighted the BigBad before you even finished installing.