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* The ''HorusHeresy'' novels are essentially the story of how ''Warhammer40K'' became such a CrapsackWorld.
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* [[{{VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline}} The Elder Scrolls Online]] will be set in the Second Era in the Elder Scrolls franchise history, a good millenium or so before the TheElderScrollsVSkyrim, and even before the empire of Tiber Septim was established.
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* [[{{VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline}} The Elder Scrolls Online]] VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline will be set in the Second Era in the Elder Scrolls franchise history, a good millenium or so before the TheElderScrollsVSkyrim, and even before the empire of Tiber Septim was established.
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* ''When The Tripods Came'' is a prequel to ''TheTripods''.
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* ''{{Earthdawn}}'' is a prequel to ''{{Shadowrun}}'', set in the Fourth World. Shadowrun itself is set in the Sixth World. (As a point of comparison, we're currently living in the Fifth World.)
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* ''{{Earthdawn}}'' is a prequel to ''{{Shadowrun}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', set in the Fourth World. Shadowrun itself is set in the Sixth World. (As a point of comparison, we're currently living in the Fifth World.)
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In a series set AfterTheEnd, especially if it's [[AndManGrewProud so long After The End that the Golden Age is nothing but myth and legend]], one constant factor is that the GoldenAge and [[EndOfAnAge its end]] will be tied in with the plot somehow, whether this means LostTechnology for the heroes to use, or a BigBad who is a LivingRelic from those times and is plotting to bring them back [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans at any cost]]. However it's played, tantalizing details about that time will be revealed, and if they're interesting tidbits, they'll whet the readers' appetites for more. As a result, one of the most popular settings for a {{Prequel}} is ''during'' the lost golden age, before the [[WorldSundering world-shaking cataclysm]] that set up TheVerse that we know today.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature said worldshaking cataclysm as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go out.
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* This is a common trope in ''SailorMoon'' FanFic, exploring the original Silver Millenium and its downfall before the series started.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature said worldshaking cataclysm as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go out.
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* This is a common trope in ''SailorMoon'' FanFic, exploring the original Silver Millenium and its downfall before the series started.
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In a series set AfterTheEnd, especially if it's [[AndManGrewProud so long After The End that the Golden Age is nothing but myth and legend]], one constant factor is that the GoldenAge and [[EndOfAnAge its end]] will be tied in with the plot somehow, whether this means LostTechnology for the heroes to use, or a BigBad who is a LivingRelic from those times and is plotting to bring them back [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans at any cost]]. However it's played, tantalizing details about that time will be revealed, and if they're interesting tidbits, they'll whet the readers' appetites for more. As a result, one of the most popular settings for a {{Prequel}} is ''during'' the lost golden age, before the [[WorldSundering world-shaking cataclysm]] that set up TheVerse that we know today.
today.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature said worldshaking cataclysm as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights goout.
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* This is a common trope in ''SailorMoon'' FanFic, exploring the original Silver Millenium and its downfall before the series started.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature said worldshaking cataclysm as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go
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* The ''CoreanChronicles'' have a prequel trilogy set in the time of the Duarchy, starring [[spoiler: the ancestors of Alucius and of the Protector's line.]]
* The ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' includes many novels and games set in the time of the Old Republic, usually thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin.
* ''When The Tripods Came'' is a prequel to ''TheTripods''.
* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series, during the tail end of a prosperous period under the old regime. They are somewhat LighterAndSofter and generally end on at least a bittersweet note.
* In the {{Dragaera}} series, the Paarfi Romances are a [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis fictional in-universe]] series detailing what the in-universe author considers the "good old days", where nobles were brave and honorable and peasants knew their place. In contrast to the modern, FirstPersonSmartass style of the Vlad series in the "present", these are written in Antiquated Linguistics (although interestingly, they are written in-universe some time after Vlad).
* IsaacAsimov wrote the ''Galactic Empire'' novels, set within the First Galactic Empire prior to the collapse depicted in the {{Foundation}} trilogy, as a bridge between his ''Robot'' series and that trilogy.
* The ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' includes many novels and games set in the time of the Old Republic, usually thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin.
* ''When The Tripods Came'' is a prequel to ''TheTripods''.
* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series, during the tail end of a prosperous period under the old regime. They are somewhat LighterAndSofter and generally end on at least a bittersweet note.
* In the {{Dragaera}} series, the Paarfi Romances are a [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis fictional in-universe]] series detailing what the in-universe author considers the "good old days", where nobles were brave and honorable and peasants knew their place. In contrast to the modern, FirstPersonSmartass style of the Vlad series in the "present", these are written in Antiquated Linguistics (although interestingly, they are written in-universe some time after Vlad).
* IsaacAsimov wrote the ''Galactic Empire'' novels, set within the First Galactic Empire prior to the collapse depicted in the {{Foundation}} trilogy, as a bridge between his ''Robot'' series and that trilogy.
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* The ''CoreanChronicles'' have a prequel trilogy set in the time of the Duarchy, starring [[spoiler: the ancestors of Alucius and of the Protector's line.]]
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* The ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' includes many novels and games set in the time of the Old Republic, usually thousands of years before the Battle ofYavin.
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* ''When The Tripods Came'' is a prequel to''TheTripods''.
''TheTripods''.
* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series, during the tail end of a prosperous period under the old regime. They are somewhat LighterAndSofter and generally end on at least a bittersweetnote.
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* In the {{Dragaera}} series, the Paarfi Romances are a [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis fictional in-universe]] series detailing what the in-universe author considers the "good old days", where nobles were brave and honorable and peasants knew their place. In contrast to the modern, FirstPersonSmartass style of the Vlad series in the "present", these are written in Antiquated Linguistics (although interestingly, they are written in-universe some time afterVlad).
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* ''When The Tripods Came'' is a prequel to
* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series, during the tail end of a prosperous period under the old regime. They are somewhat LighterAndSofter and generally end on at least a bittersweet
* In the {{Dragaera}} series, the Paarfi Romances are a [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis fictional in-universe]] series detailing what the in-universe author considers the "good old days", where nobles were brave and honorable and peasants knew their place. In contrast to the modern, FirstPersonSmartass style of the Vlad series in the "present", these are written in Antiquated Linguistics (although interestingly, they are written in-universe some time after
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* In the CoDominium series, ''Falkenburg's Legion'' is a prequel to ''TheMoteInGodsEye'' and ''King David's Spaceship''. Set during the [=CoDominium era=], it focuses on a mercenary band's attempt to stablize off planet colonies before World War III devastates Earth.
* The ''HorusHeresy'' novels are essentially the story of how ''Warhammer40K'' became such a CrapsackWorld.
* The ''HorusHeresy'' novels are essentially the story of how ''Warhammer40K'' became such a CrapsackWorld.
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* In the CoDominium series, ''Falkenburg's Legion'' is a prequel to ''TheMoteInGodsEye'' and ''King David's Spaceship''. Set during the [=CoDominium era=], it focuses on a mercenary band's attempt to stablize off planet colonies before World War III devastates Earth.
Earth.
* The ''HorusHeresy'' novels are essentially the story of how ''Warhammer40K'' became such a CrapsackWorld.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'''s ''Dreams of the First Age'' supplement is set in the titular First Age, a high-{{Magitek}} civilization ruled by the immensely powerful, and increasingly power-mad and deranged, elders of the Solar Deliberative. The supplement kicks off at the very moment that the Unconquered Sun turns his face from his Chosen.
* ''{{Caprica}}'' is this to ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined''.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'''s ''Dreams of the First Age'' supplement is set in the titular First Age, a high-{{Magitek}} civilization ruled by the immensely powerful, and increasingly power-mad and deranged, elders of the Solar Deliberative. The supplement kicks off at the very moment that the Unconquered Sun turns his face from his Chosen.
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* ''{{Caprica}}'' is this to''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined''.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'''s ''Dreams of the First Age'' supplement is set in the titular First Age, a high-{{Magitek}} civilization ruled by the immensely powerful, and increasingly power-mad and deranged, elders of the Solar Deliberative. The supplement kicks off at the very moment that the Unconquered Sun turns his face from his Chosen.
* ''{{Caprica}}'' is this to
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* ''{{Exalted}}'''s ''Dreams of the First Age'' supplement is set in the titular First Age, a high-{{Magitek}} civilization ruled by the immensely powerful, and increasingly power-mad and deranged, elders of the Solar Deliberative. The supplement kicks off at the very moment that the Unconquered Sun turns his face from his Chosen.
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarI the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother Brain.
* Sagi's headache induced "Elsewhere" scenes in ''BatenKaitos Origins'' takes place before the War of Gods. It only becomes clear at the 3rd occurrence, where the group notices the land goes on endlessly, in contrast to the Floating Continents the series uses.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarI the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother Brain.
* Sagi's headache induced "Elsewhere" scenes in ''BatenKaitos Origins'' takes place before the War of Gods. It only becomes clear at the 3rd occurrence, where the group notices the land goes on endlessly, in contrast to the Floating Continents the series uses.
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarI the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of MotherBrain.
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* Sagi's headache induced "Elsewhere" scenes in ''BatenKaitos Origins'' takes place before the War of Gods. It only becomes clear at the 3rd occurrence, where the group notices the land goes on endlessly, in contrast to the Floating Continents the series uses.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarI the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother
* Sagi's headache induced "Elsewhere" scenes in ''BatenKaitos Origins'' takes place before the War of Gods. It only becomes clear at the 3rd occurrence, where the group notices the land goes on endlessly, in contrast to the Floating Continents the series uses.
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* Inverted in ''PhantasyStarII''; ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[VideoGame/PhantasyStar [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarI the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[PhantasyStarIV [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother Brain.
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* TheElderScrollsOnline will be set in the Second Era in the Elder Scrolls franchise history, a good millenium or so before the TheElderScrollsVSkyrim, and even before the empire of Tiber Septim was established.
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* TheElderScrollsOnline [[{{VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline}} The Elder Scrolls Online]] will be set in the Second Era in the Elder Scrolls franchise history, a good millenium or so before the TheElderScrollsVSkyrim, and even before the empire of Tiber Septim was established.
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* Most of ''TheDarkTower/WizardAndGlass'' is set JustBeforeTheEnd of the time of the Gunslingers and tells of a time when Gunslingers still kept peace in the world, time and space were still somewhat dependable, and there seemed to be hope that even though the world had already somewhat "moved on," things maybe could still get better.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' stands as a prequel to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''. (Probably.)
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* The ''{{Bioshock}}'' novel ''Rapture'' mixes this with a slide into JustBeforeTheEnd. It basically links all the backstory we know about the first two games together into a single novel.
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* The ''Arcane Age'' line of ForgottenRealms products explored the days when Netheril and Myth Drannor were at the height of their power.
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* ''WildArms4'' seems to be set during a period of time constantly alluded to in other games in the series of a massive world war where cyborgs and nanomachine monsters freely roamed the lands. Many of the world's bigger cities have been destroyed in the chaos and are slowly turning into the types of locations you see in games such as ''WildArms3''.
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* ''WildArms4'' ''VideoGame/WildArms4'' seems to be set during a period of time constantly alluded to in other games in the series of a massive world war where cyborgs and nanomachine monsters freely roamed the lands. Many of the world's bigger cities have been destroyed in the chaos and are slowly turning into the types of locations you see in games such as ''WildArms3''.''VideoGame/WildArms3''.
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* Also common amongst ''{{Touhou}}'' fics, set before the establishment of the Hakurei Barrier. Since some characters are TimeAbyss, this is fairly easy. How the characters worn ElegantGothicLolita outfit during Heian era is never pointed out.
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* ''{{Earthdawn}}'' is a prequel to ''{{Shadowrun}}'', set in the Fourth World.
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** Shadowrun itself is set in the Sixth World. As a point of comparison, we're currently living in the Fifth World.
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** Shadowrun itself is set in the Sixth World. As a point of comparison, we're currently living in the Fifth World.
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* The ''HeraldsOfValdemar'' universe includes the ''Mage Wars'' trilogy, which is set during the titular conflict and leads up to the [[WorldSundering Cataclysm]].
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In a series set AfterTheEnd, especially if it's [[AndManGrewProud so long After The End that the Golden Age is nothing but myth and legend]], one constant factor is that the GoldenAge and [[{{Gotterdammerung}} its end]] will be tied in with the plot somehow, whether this means LostTechnology for the heroes to use, or a BigBad who is a LivingRelic from those times and is plotting to bring them back [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans at any cost]]. However it's played, tantalizing details about that time will be revealed, and if they're interesting tidbits, they'll whet the readers' appetites for more. As a result, one of the most popular settings for a {{Prequel}} is ''during'' the lost golden age, before the [[WorldSundering world-shaking cataclysm]] that set up TheVerse that we know today.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature {{Gotterdammerung}} as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go out.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature {{Gotterdammerung}} as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go out.
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In a series set AfterTheEnd, especially if it's [[AndManGrewProud so long After The End that the Golden Age is nothing but myth and legend]], one constant factor is that the GoldenAge and [[{{Gotterdammerung}} [[EndOfAnAge its end]] will be tied in with the plot somehow, whether this means LostTechnology for the heroes to use, or a BigBad who is a LivingRelic from those times and is plotting to bring them back [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans at any cost]]. However it's played, tantalizing details about that time will be revealed, and if they're interesting tidbits, they'll whet the readers' appetites for more. As a result, one of the most popular settings for a {{Prequel}} is ''during'' the lost golden age, before the [[WorldSundering world-shaking cataclysm]] that set up TheVerse that we know today.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature{{Gotterdammerung}} said worldshaking cataclysm as its climax; indeed, it's almost mandatory, so that viewers can see how the wondrous world of the Golden Age became the world of the original series. Normally, the Golden Age will be (at least superficially) a {{Utopia}} filled with either ScienceFiction trappings or {{Magitek}}; CrystalSpiresAndTogas are often shown. It's very probable that the setting will be a CrapsaccharineWorld under the surface, in which case it's also a SoiledCityOnAHill. PrequelInTheLostAge ''can'' overlap with JustBeforeTheEnd, but this is actually somewhat uncommon; normally, everything seems to be going smoothly right until the lights go out.
Most of the time, the prequel will prominently feature
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* ''FinalFantasyXII'' stands as a prequel to ''FinalFantasyTactics''. (Probably.)
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* ''{{Caprica}}'' is this to ''BattlestarGalactica''.
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* ''Darkwing'' is a prequel to the ''{{Silverwing}}'' trilogy that takes place in the prehistoric era.
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* ''Darkwing'' is a prequel to the ''{{Silverwing}}'' ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}'' trilogy that takes place in the prehistoric era.
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* Inverted in ''PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[Game/PhantasyStar the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother Brain.
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* Inverted in ''PhantasyStarII''; it's a ''sequel'' to [[Game/PhantasyStar [[VideoGame/PhantasyStar the first game]], set a thousand years afterward in a world where technology has created a {{Utopia}} and its breakdown [[JustBeforeTheEnd is driving the Algo system off a cliff]]. On the other hand, it also has [[PhantasyStarIV a sequel of its own]] set after the destruction of Mother Brain.
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* ''WildArms4'' seems to be set during a period of time constantly alluded to in other games in the series of a massive world war where cyborgs and nanomachine monsters freely roamed the lands. Many of the world's bigger cities have been destroyed in the chaos and are slowly turning into the types of locations you see in games such as ''WildArms3''.
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* ''WildArms4'' seems to be set during a period of time constantly alluded to in other games in the series of a massive world war where cyborgs and nanomachine monsters freely roamed the lands. Many of the world's bigger cities have been destroyed in the chaos and are slowly turning into the types of locations you see in games such as ''WildArms3''.''WildArms3''.
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* Some of the ''{{Dune}'' prequel novels from Brian Herbert and KevinJAnderson cover the distant past where sentient machines ruled the universe.
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* Some of the ''{{Dune}'' ''{{Dune}}'' prequel novels from Brian Herbert and KevinJAnderson cover the distant past where sentient machines ruled the universe.
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* Some of the ''{{Dune}'' prequel novels from Brian Herbert and KevinJAnderson cover the distant past where sentient machines ruled the universe.
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* The ''MagicTheGathering'' novel series has ''The Thran'', a novel about the time before the five colours of magic were discovered. It contains the StartOfDarkness moments for some of the series villains as well as explaining where several of the PlotCoupons used in the other books originated.
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The weather thing isn\'t true, and they have dark elements as well.
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* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series during the tail end of a prosperous period in which there had been centuries of good weather (by the start of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', [[ArcWords Winter Is Coming]]). They are definitely LighterAndSofter and have more chivalrous and heroic characters than the main series.
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* The "Dunk and Egg" stories are an ongoing series of prequel novellas to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' set about a hundred years or so before the start of that series series, during the tail end of a prosperous period in which there had been centuries of good weather (by under the start of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', [[ArcWords Winter Is Coming]]). old regime. They are definitely somewhat LighterAndSofter and have more chivalrous and heroic characters than the main series.generally end on at least a bittersweet note.
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* ''The Forerunner Saga'' is a series of {{Halo}} novels set during the heyday of the Forerunners 100,000 years ago, when they were spread out throughout the Milky Way. All that's left of them now are artifacts on many planets, as well as a set of giant rings meant to wipe out all life in the galaxy.
