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* AgeGapRomance: An EnforcedTrope in-game, as people in their mid-to-late teens are courted by those estabilished enough to support a family, who tend to be at least in their mid-twenties. All of the player character's love interests are older than them to varying degrees (with the only possible exception being the younger [[spoiler: Tomas de Reyes, if the PC marries him. But it's a forced marriage for Tomas' convenience, not a romance]]).
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* AgeGapRomance: An EnforcedTrope in-game, as people in their mid-to-late teens are courted by those estabilished enough to support a family, who tend to be at least in their mid-twenties. All of the player character's love interests are older than them to varying degrees (with the only possible exception being the younger [[spoiler: Tomas [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes, if the PC marries him. But it's a forced marriage for Tomas' convenience, not a romance]]).
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* AscendedExtra: In the sequels, de Vega becomes a prominent character and can be either your [[spoiler: friend, lover or enemy]] depending on the choices you make whilst Tomas de Reyes becomes [[spoiler: the BigBad.]] Both were background characters in the first game.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Juanita]] is highly antagonistic to the player character, and [[spoiler:will banish them from court if she gains power]], but they're also one of the most honest, honorable and noble characters in the game, and perhaps the only character who is never involved in anything skeevy, [[spoiler: though her husband and his family might be]].
* BadPowersBadPeople: Any Life Mage who demonstrates enough might to [[MindManipulation control minds]] is an unrepentant asshole at best.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Juanita]] is highly antagonistic to the player character, and [[spoiler:will banish them from court if she gains power]], but they're also one of the most honest, honorable and noble characters in the game, and perhaps the only character who is never involved in anything skeevy, [[spoiler: though her husband and his family might be]].
* BadPowersBadPeople: Any Life Mage who demonstrates enough might to [[MindManipulation control minds]] is an unrepentant asshole at best.
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* AscendedExtra: In the sequels, de Vega becomes a prominent character and can be either your [[spoiler: friend, [[spoiler:friend, lover or enemy]] depending on the choices you make whilst Tomas de Reyes becomes [[spoiler: the BigBad.]] [[spoiler:the BigBad]]. Both were background characters in the first game.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Juanita]] is highly antagonistic to the player character, and [[spoiler:will banish them from court if she gains power]], but they're also one of the most honest, honorable and noble characters in the game, and perhaps the only character who is never involved in anything skeevy,[[spoiler: though [[spoiler:though her husband and his family might be]].
* BadPowersBadPeople: Any Life Mage who demonstrates enough might to[[MindManipulation control minds]] minds is an unrepentant asshole at best.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Juanita]] is highly antagonistic to the player character, and [[spoiler:will banish them from court if she gains power]], but they're also one of the most honest, honorable and noble characters in the game, and perhaps the only character who is never involved in anything skeevy,
* BadPowersBadPeople: Any Life Mage who demonstrates enough might to
* {{Brainwashed}}: Can be performed by any sufficiently powerful Life Mage, though there are heavy legal restrictions on its use. [[spoiler:Ramirez, who casts the spell to give the PC a Life Mage child,]] was banished for this. In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes uses this to great effect in taking over the court]].
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* TheCoup: Possible in "'Til Death Do Us Part". [[spoiler: More specifically, ''you'' can murder the Monarch and their closest allies in a palace coup and seize power for yourself. Tomas de Reyes is also attempting one.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: You are required to have romanced the Monarch in "Choice of Romance" to play the next two games in the trilogy, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through "Choice of Intrigue"]].
* CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler: Tomas de Reyes is TheEvilPrince who manages to win over the Monarch and blackmail the PC, either succeeding or coming very close to seizing complete power in the kingdom. Defeating him will require engaging in some extremely risky and complex plot... or giving Death Rods to the people and having him KilledOffScreen during {{The Coup}}.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: You are required to have romanced the Monarch in "Choice of Romance" to play the next two games in the trilogy, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through "Choice of Intrigue"]].
* CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler: Tomas de Reyes is TheEvilPrince who manages to win over the Monarch and blackmail the PC, either succeeding or coming very close to seizing complete power in the kingdom. Defeating him will require engaging in some extremely risky and complex plot... or giving Death Rods to the people and having him KilledOffScreen during {{The Coup}}.]]
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* TheCoup: Possible in "'Til Death Do Us Part". [[spoiler: More [[spoiler:More specifically, ''you'' can murder the Monarch and their closest allies in a palace coup and seize power for yourself. Tomas de Reyes is also attempting one.]]
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: In "Choice of Romance", you can only unlock the next chapter by getting involved with the very married king, right under his wife's nose. You either stay on as the other woman or man, or steal him (and the crown) for yourself by having the queen either killed or discredited. [[spoiler:Choosing to just discredit her still ends up getting her killed.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: You are required to have romanced the Monarch in "Choice of Romance" to play the next two games in the trilogy, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch,[[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through "Choice of Intrigue"]].
* CuttingTheKnot:[[spoiler: Tomas [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes is TheEvilPrince who manages to win over the Monarch and blackmail the PC, either succeeding or coming very close to seizing complete power in the kingdom. Defeating him will require engaging in some extremely risky and complex plot... or giving Death Rods to the people and having him KilledOffScreen KilledOffscreen during {{The Coup}}.TheCoup.]]
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: In "Choice of Romance", you can only unlock the next chapter by getting involved with the very married king, right under his wife's nose. You either stay on as the other woman or man, or steal him (and the crown) for yourself by having the queen either killed or discredited. [[spoiler:Choosing to just discredit her still ends up getting her killed.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: You are required to have romanced the Monarch in "Choice of Romance" to play the next two games in the trilogy, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch,
* CuttingTheKnot:
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** The Monarch develops a liking for this in "'Til Death Do Us Part" [[spoiler:thanks to their SanitySlippage and MindManipulation by Tomas de Reyes. They can [[ForcedToWatch force their own daughter to watch her husband and in-laws being murdered]] in revenge for a plot [[MisaimedRetributuion she wasn't a part of]], and they also cultivate a taste for inflicting {{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s on their enemies.]]
** The PC can do this in all three games by [[spoiler: framing the Monarch's spouse or paramours for various indecencies to get them executed, or just [[MurderTheHypotenuse assassinating them outright]], for the crime of being an unwitting obstacle to their ambitions]]. The second and third games also allow them to [[spoiler:frame or murder Juanita, whose only crimes are being ahead of the PC's sons in the succession and disliking them for breaking up her family]].
** The PC can do this in all three games by [[spoiler: framing the Monarch's spouse or paramours for various indecencies to get them executed, or just [[MurderTheHypotenuse assassinating them outright]], for the crime of being an unwitting obstacle to their ambitions]]. The second and third games also allow them to [[spoiler:frame or murder Juanita, whose only crimes are being ahead of the PC's sons in the succession and disliking them for breaking up her family]].
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** The Monarch develops a liking for this in "'Til Death Do Us Part" [[spoiler:thanks to their SanitySlippage and MindManipulation {{Brainwash|ed}}ing by Tomas de Reyes. They can [[ForcedToWatch force their own daughter to watch her husband and in-laws being murdered]] in revenge for a plot [[MisaimedRetributuion she wasn't a part of]], and they also cultivate a taste for inflicting {{Cruel And and Unusual Death}}s on their enemies.]]
** The PC can do this in all three games by[[spoiler: framing [[spoiler:framing the Monarch's spouse or paramours for various indecencies to get them executed, or just [[MurderTheHypotenuse assassinating them outright]], for the crime of being an unwitting obstacle to their ambitions]]. The second and third games also allow them to [[spoiler:frame or murder Juanita, whose only crimes are being ahead of the PC's sons in the succession and disliking them for breaking up her family]].
** The PC can do this in all three games by
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* DownerEnding: In the first game, it's [[OffWithHisHead dying]] or failing to secure a betrothal and being sent home in disgrace resulting in your mother marrying you off to a withered old man who smells likes goats. Very rarely happens in the second, but [[spoiler: if you're caught in a conspiracy to commit murder, you can die or be exiled]]. In the third, it's either [[spoiler:losing your sons to assassins, then being assassinated yourself]], or [[spoiler:having to flee the court, never seeing your sons again, and then dying of illness]].
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* DownerEnding: In the first game, it's [[OffWithHisHead dying]] or failing to secure a betrothal and being sent home in disgrace resulting in your mother marrying you off to a withered old man who smells likes goats. Very rarely happens in the second, but [[spoiler: if [[spoiler:if you're caught in a conspiracy to commit murder, you can die or be exiled]]. In the third, it's either [[spoiler:losing your sons to assassins, then being assassinated yourself]], or [[spoiler:having to flee the court, never seeing your sons again, and then dying of illness]].
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** In "Choice of Intrigue", if you chose to marry Torres but continue your affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: the merchant dies of illness in the middle of the story with little fanfare]].
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler: if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in "Choice of Intrigues", the Monarch will either [[spoiler: declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler: if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in "Choice of Intrigues", the Monarch will either [[spoiler: declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]
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** In "Choice of Intrigue", if you chose to marry Torres but continue your affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the merchant dies of illness in the middle of the story with little fanfare]].
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part",[[spoiler: if [[spoiler:if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] estate]]. This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in "Choice of Intrigues", the Monarch will either[[spoiler: declaw [[spoiler:declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]heir]].
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part",
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in "Choice of Intrigues", the Monarch will either
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* {{Expy}}:
** The Monarch is UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
** The Consort is UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon.
** The PC is UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn. They may or may not be more successful.
** Juanita is UsefulNotes/MaryTudor.
** Tomas de Reyes is Henry [=FitzRoy=].
** The PC's sons and potential heirs Antonio and especially Ricardo are UsefulNotes/ElizabethI.
** One possible ending also turns Ricardo and Antonio into expies of the Princes in The Tower. Tomas de Reyes has them locked up in a luxurious country home, and they aren't allowed to leave the grounds but are sometimes seen playing in the garden by neighbours. Then one day they completely stop appearing and are presumed dead. [[spoiler: They aren't dead and, after reaching adulthood, return to overthrow Tomas.]]
** The Monarch is UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
** The Consort is UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon.
** The PC is UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn. They may or may not be more successful.
** Juanita is UsefulNotes/MaryTudor.
** Tomas de Reyes is Henry [=FitzRoy=].
** The PC's sons and potential heirs Antonio and especially Ricardo are UsefulNotes/ElizabethI.
** One possible ending also turns Ricardo and Antonio into expies of the Princes in The Tower. Tomas de Reyes has them locked up in a luxurious country home, and they aren't allowed to leave the grounds but are sometimes seen playing in the garden by neighbours. Then one day they completely stop appearing and are presumed dead. [[spoiler: They aren't dead and, after reaching adulthood, return to overthrow Tomas.]]
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: A difficult state to achieve, and impossible if you consider that you either have to become TheMistress or murder the Consort if you want to continue on to the second game. However, if you do manage it, [[spoiler: you can avoid becoming the Monarch's target in the third game.]]
* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in "Choice of Intrigues", you can plead insanity or MindManipulation. The first will lead to your banishment if it succeeds, the second will get you off scot-free. You can't do this if it's Juanita or Adelita, however.]]
* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in "Choice of Intrigues", you can plead insanity or MindManipulation. The first will lead to your banishment if it succeeds, the second will get you off scot-free. You can't do this if it's Juanita or Adelita, however.]]
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: A difficult state to achieve, and impossible if you consider that you either have to become TheMistress or murder the Consort if you want to continue on to the second game. However, if you do manage it, [[spoiler: you [[spoiler:you can avoid becoming the Monarch's target in the third game.]]
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in "Choice of Intrigues", you can plead insanity orMindManipulation.{{brainwash|ed}}ing. The first will lead to your banishment if it succeeds, the second will get you off scot-free. You can't do this if it's Juanita or Adelita, however.]]
* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in "Choice of Intrigues", you can plead insanity or
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* KissingCousins: The Duquesa de Aguilar wants to coerce Augustin(a) into marrying her daughter Juanita to her own firstborn son. The Duquesa is the younger sister of Juanita's parent, the former Consort, so Juanita's husband would be her first cousin. [[spoiler: This can happen, but can be avoided.]]
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* KissingCousins: The Duquesa de Aguilar wants to coerce Augustin(a) into marrying her daughter Juanita to her own firstborn son. The Duquesa is the younger sister of Juanita's parent, the former Consort, so Juanita's husband would be her first cousin. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This can happen, but can be avoided.]]
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** The conflict between Iberia, the borderlords and Sahra. Eventually, [[spoiler: either the de Aguilars or Sahra will form an alliance with the Monarch, leaving the other in shambles]].
** [[spoiler: If you launch a coup d'etat while Tomas de Reyes is still alive, he will launch his own bid for power at the same time.]]
** [[spoiler: If you launch a coup d'etat while Tomas de Reyes is still alive, he will launch his own bid for power at the same time.]]
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** The conflict between Iberia, the borderlords and Sahra. Eventually, [[spoiler: either [[spoiler:either the de Aguilars or Sahra will form an alliance with the Monarch, leaving the other in shambles]].
**[[spoiler: If [[spoiler:If you launch a coup d'etat while Tomas de Reyes is still alive, he will launch his own bid for power at the same time.]]
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* MindManipulation: Can be performed by any sufficiently powerful Life Mage, though there are heavy legal restrictions on its use. [[spoiler:Ramirez, who casts the spell to give the PC a Life Mage child,]] was banished for this. In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes uses this to great effect in taking over the court]].
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* OffWithHisHead: In the first two games, this is likely to happen to [[=PCs=]] who screw up, or the enemies of those who don't. [[spoiler: In the third game, the Monarch has stopped chopping off heads, and started ''[[KillItWithFire burning people at the stake]]''.]]
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed:
** The Monarch is UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
** The Consort is UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon.
** The PC is UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn. They may or may not be more successful.
** Juanita is UsefulNotes/MaryTudor.
** Tomas de Reyes is Henry [=FitzRoy=].
** The PC's sons and potential heirs Antonio and especially Ricardo are UsefulNotes/ElizabethI.
** One possible ending also turns Ricardo and Antonio into expies of the Princes in The Tower. Tomas de Reyes has them locked up in a luxurious country home, and they aren't allowed to leave the grounds but are sometimes seen playing in the garden by neighbours. Then one day they completely stop appearing and are presumed dead. [[spoiler:They aren't dead and, after reaching adulthood, return to overthrow Tomas.]]
* OffWithHisHead: In the first two games, this is likely to happen to [[=PCs=]] who screw up, or the enemies of those who don't.[[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the third game, the Monarch has stopped chopping off heads, and started ''[[KillItWithFire burning people at the stake]]''.]]
** The Monarch is UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
** The Consort is UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon.
** The PC is UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn. They may or may not be more successful.
** Juanita is UsefulNotes/MaryTudor.
** Tomas de Reyes is Henry [=FitzRoy=].
** The PC's sons and potential heirs Antonio and especially Ricardo are UsefulNotes/ElizabethI.
** One possible ending also turns Ricardo and Antonio into expies of the Princes in The Tower. Tomas de Reyes has them locked up in a luxurious country home, and they aren't allowed to leave the grounds but are sometimes seen playing in the garden by neighbours. Then one day they completely stop appearing and are presumed dead. [[spoiler:They aren't dead and, after reaching adulthood, return to overthrow Tomas.]]
* OffWithHisHead: In the first two games, this is likely to happen to [[=PCs=]] who screw up, or the enemies of those who don't.
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* RedHerring: Several individuals are set up to look like a threat to your survival and power, but actually are not. [[spoiler: Nobody who the monarch is cavorting with is ever a threat to your personal position, nor is Juanita.]]
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* RedHerring: Several individuals are set up to look like a threat to your survival and power, but actually are not. [[spoiler: Nobody [[spoiler:Nobody who the monarch is cavorting with is ever a threat to your personal position, nor is Juanita.]]
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: If you die and your son Ricardo doesn't, he'll return ten years later to the throne from whoever took you down. The same thing happens if you're forced to marry Tomas.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: In the third game, the Monarch goes down the tubes, both from sheer paranoia and their bastard son's mind control.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: In the third game, the Monarch goes down the tubes, both from sheer paranoia and their bastard son's mind control.]]
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: If [[spoiler:If you die and your son Ricardo doesn't, he'll return ten years later to the throne from whoever took you down. The same thing happens if you're forced to marry Tomas.]]
* RoyaltySuperpower: The Kingdom of Iberia has the nobility possessing Life or Death magic (depending on the family). Death mages is mostly good for fighting (e.g., throwing fireballs), while Life mages are usually healers, although it's possible to use Life magic for mind-control (with some nasty side effects for the user). As per tradition, the magic type of the current ruler must be different from the one before, meaning a Life magic King/Queen must be succeeded by a Death magic heir and vice versa. In Chapter III, a lower noble has figured out how to create Death rods, artifacts capable of storing and using Death magic without being a powerful Death mage, as long as it's been charged by one. The idea is that this would allow the Iberian army to include commoners with powerful weapons to crush all opposition. However, higher-ranking nobles fear that this would undermine the very foundations of nobility. The lower noble also claims that, at a later time, Life rods could be made to allow anyone with rudimentary magical abilities to heal (e.g. Death mages healing themselves in battle).
* SanitySlippage:[[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the third game, the Monarch goes down the tubes, both from sheer paranoia and their bastard son's mind control.]]
* RoyaltySuperpower: The Kingdom of Iberia has the nobility possessing Life or Death magic (depending on the family). Death mages is mostly good for fighting (e.g., throwing fireballs), while Life mages are usually healers, although it's possible to use Life magic for mind-control (with some nasty side effects for the user). As per tradition, the magic type of the current ruler must be different from the one before, meaning a Life magic King/Queen must be succeeded by a Death magic heir and vice versa. In Chapter III, a lower noble has figured out how to create Death rods, artifacts capable of storing and using Death magic without being a powerful Death mage, as long as it's been charged by one. The idea is that this would allow the Iberian army to include commoners with powerful weapons to crush all opposition. However, higher-ranking nobles fear that this would undermine the very foundations of nobility. The lower noble also claims that, at a later time, Life rods could be made to allow anyone with rudimentary magical abilities to heal (e.g. Death mages healing themselves in battle).
* SanitySlippage:
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: In "'Til Death Do Us Part", the most reliable way to save your family and Iberia from the Monarch's madness is to murder them, either by poison or palace coup.]]
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In "'Til Death Do Us Part", the most reliable way to save your family and Iberia from the Monarch's madness is to murder them, either by poison or palace coup.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. The Monarch does not take kindly to you pursuing one of the other suitors, though they limit themselves to a few offensive remarks and neutering the political career of your spouse (should they ''have'' one). In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:de Mendosa]] is also a downplayed example because of their pursuit of the PC. [[spoiler: Tomas de Reyes also fits the bill, though whether or not he holds genuine romantic interest in the PC is debatable.]]
* SuccessionCrisis: The Monarch has no ''legitimate'' [[HeirClubForMen Life Mage heir]], unless you can arrange one yourself. If you can't, then there can be three possible candidates to succeed them when they kick off: their legitimate Death Mage daughter Juanita, their [[BastardBastard illegitimate Life Mage son, Tomas de Reyes]], and your son Ricardo or Antonio (depending on whether or not Antonio is a Life Mage). However, if Antonio is a legitimate Life Mage heir, then this is averted. [[spoiler: It's also averted if you kill off all rival candidates, or simply seize power from the Monarch through a coup d'etat.]]
* SuccessionCrisis: The Monarch has no ''legitimate'' [[HeirClubForMen Life Mage heir]], unless you can arrange one yourself. If you can't, then there can be three possible candidates to succeed them when they kick off: their legitimate Death Mage daughter Juanita, their [[BastardBastard illegitimate Life Mage son, Tomas de Reyes]], and your son Ricardo or Antonio (depending on whether or not Antonio is a Life Mage). However, if Antonio is a legitimate Life Mage heir, then this is averted. [[spoiler: It's also averted if you kill off all rival candidates, or simply seize power from the Monarch through a coup d'etat.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. The Monarch does not take kindly to you pursuing one of the other suitors, though they limit themselves to a few offensive remarks and neutering the political career of your spouse (should they ''have'' one). In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:de Mendosa]] is also a downplayed example because of their pursuit of the PC. [[spoiler: Tomas [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes also fits the bill, though whether or not he holds genuine romantic interest in the PC is debatable.]]
* SuccessionCrisis: The Monarch has no ''legitimate'' [[HeirClubForMen Life Mage heir]], unless you can arrange one yourself. If you can't, then there can be three possible candidates to succeed them when they kick off: their legitimate Death Mage daughter Juanita, their [[BastardBastard illegitimate Life Mage son, Tomas de Reyes]], and your son Ricardo or Antonio (depending on whether or not Antonio is a Life Mage). However, if Antonio is a legitimate Life Mage heir, then this is averted.[[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's also averted if you kill off all rival candidates, or simply seize power from the Monarch through a coup d'etat.]]
* SuccessionCrisis: The Monarch has no ''legitimate'' [[HeirClubForMen Life Mage heir]], unless you can arrange one yourself. If you can't, then there can be three possible candidates to succeed them when they kick off: their legitimate Death Mage daughter Juanita, their [[BastardBastard illegitimate Life Mage son, Tomas de Reyes]], and your son Ricardo or Antonio (depending on whether or not Antonio is a Life Mage). However, if Antonio is a legitimate Life Mage heir, then this is averted.
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* TheUnfavorite: Juanita just can't catch a break. Not only does she have the wrong kind of magery to inherit the throne, but she's ''just'' high enough in the succession to be the PC's probable enemy, and her relatives really are plotting against the throne. [[spoiler: She's not guilty of anything, but she's close enough to the fire to be executed if evidence or rumors linking her to the conspiracy can be fabricated.]]
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* TheUnfavorite: Juanita just can't catch a break. Not only does she have the wrong kind of magery to inherit the throne, but she's ''just'' high enough in the succession to be the PC's probable enemy, and her relatives really are plotting against the throne. [[spoiler: She's [[spoiler:She's not guilty of anything, but she's close enough to the fire to be executed if evidence or rumors linking her to the conspiracy can be fabricated.]]
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* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Can happen in "'Til Death Do Us Part" between the PC and [[spoiler:either de Mendosa or de Vega]] to protect them from [[spoiler:the Monarch's]] wrath.
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A trilogy of games created by the company Creator/ChoiceOfGames, the ''Affairs of the Court'' series is a group of InteractiveFiction games, co-authored by Heather Albano and Adam Strong-Morse. The first game, ''Choice of Romance'' takes place in a Latin-esque fantasy world of politics and magic, where the PlayerCharacter is an ImpoverishedPatrician seeking to save their family's fortune by seducing a wealthy partner at court. The following two games, ''Choice of Intrigue'' and ''Til Death Do Us Part'', feature the PC struggling to maintain the position they've earned for themselves amidst a world that wants nothing more then to throw them down.
Can be found [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/romance/redirect.php?src=tvtropes here]].
Can be found [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/romance/redirect.php?src=tvtropes here]].
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A trilogy of games created by the company Creator/ChoiceOfGames, the ''Affairs of the Court'' series is a group of InteractiveFiction games, co-authored by Heather Albano and Adam Strong-Morse. The first game, ''Choice "Choice of Romance'' Romance", takes place in a Latin-esque fantasy world of politics and magic, where the PlayerCharacter is an ImpoverishedPatrician seeking to save their family's fortune by seducing a wealthy partner at court. The following two games, ''Choice "Choice of Intrigue'' Intrigue" and ''Til "Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", feature the PC struggling to maintain the position they've earned for themselves amidst a world that wants nothing more then to throw them down.
Can be found at [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/romance/redirect.php?src=tvtropes here]].
Can be found at [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/romance/redirect.php?src=tvtropes here]].
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* ActionGirl: A female PC can have a few moments, such as winning the tourney in ''Choice of Romance'' and fighting off assassins in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: '''Til Death Do Us Part'' is a dark mess. Some characters are genuinely evil, but even "good guys" like de Mendosa will lie, cheat, and murder to save themselves, their loved ones, or Iberia, to win power for themselves, or to ensure that this situation can never happen again. The player character may be an exception, but if they are they will probably suffer for it.
* BlackMagicianGirl: The PC in ''Choice of Romance'' can be played this way or as a LadyOfBlackMagic, depending on whether she prioritizes charm or intelligence and subtlety. Since FullContactMagic is in use at certain points, this crosses over with MagicKnight.
* BlackMagicianGirl: The PC in ''Choice of Romance'' can be played this way or as a LadyOfBlackMagic, depending on whether she prioritizes charm or intelligence and subtlety. Since FullContactMagic is in use at certain points, this crosses over with MagicKnight.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'' Part" is a dark mess. Some characters are genuinely evil, but even "good guys" like de Mendosa will lie, cheat, and murder to save themselves, their loved ones, or Iberia, to win power for themselves, or to ensure that this situation can never happen again. The player character may be an exception, but if they are they will probably suffer for it.
*BlackMagicianGirl: The PC TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:de Mendosa suddenly]] re-appears towards the end of "Choice of Intrigue" after [[spoiler:you rejected them]] in ''Choice "Choice of Romance'' can be played this way or as a LadyOfBlackMagic, depending on whether she prioritizes charm or intelligence and subtlety. Since FullContactMagic is in use at certain points, this crosses over Romance", but if you side with MagicKnight.de Vega in "'Til Death Do Us Part", they [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappear from the plot altogether]].
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** [[spoiler:The Monarch]] is never exactly a good person, but in '''Til Death Do Us Part'' they go completely off the deep end due to [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes' manipulation. Unless you've behaved perfectly towards them and can both moderate their madness and eliminate the source of the problem, they need to be put down.]]
** [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes]] is an ''even bigger'' Caligula than [[spoiler:the Monarch]] ever was, [[spoiler:and is partly responsible for the Monarch's own rising paranoia]].
** [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes]] is an ''even bigger'' Caligula than [[spoiler:the Monarch]] ever was, [[spoiler:and is partly responsible for the Monarch's own rising paranoia]].
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** [[spoiler:The Monarch]] is never exactly a good person, but in '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'' Part" they go completely off the deep end due to [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes' manipulation. Unless you've behaved perfectly towards them and can both moderate their madness and eliminate the source of the problem, they need to be put down.]]
** [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes]] is an''even bigger'' even bigger Caligula than [[spoiler:the Monarch]] ever was, [[spoiler:and is partly responsible for the Monarch's own rising paranoia]].
** [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes]] is an
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** If you don't trigger a war with Sahra in ''Choice of Romance'', it's possible that House de Aguilar and their allies will rebel against the crown instead. [[spoiler:And if the Monarch believes House de Aguilar to be plotting against them in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', they will launch an attack against them.]]
** [[spoiler:In one route, you can gather supporters and challenge Juanita's claim to the Iberian throne by force of arms.]]
* TheCoup: Possible in '''Til Death Do Us Part''. [[spoiler: More specifically, ''you'' can murder the Monarch and their closest allies in a palace coup and seize power for yourself. Tomas de Reyes is also attempting one.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Playing the next two games in the trilogy requires one to have romanced the Monarch, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through ''Choice of Intrigue'']].
** [[spoiler:In one route, you can gather supporters and challenge Juanita's claim to the Iberian throne by force of arms.]]
* TheCoup: Possible in '''Til Death Do Us Part''. [[spoiler: More specifically, ''you'' can murder the Monarch and their closest allies in a palace coup and seize power for yourself. Tomas de Reyes is also attempting one.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Playing the next two games in the trilogy requires one to have romanced the Monarch, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through ''Choice of Intrigue'']].
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** If you don't trigger a war with Sahra in ''Choice "Choice of Romance'', Romance", it's possible that House de Aguilar and their allies will rebel against the crown instead. [[spoiler:And if instead.
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:if the Monarch believes House de Aguilar to be plotting againstthem in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', the crown, they will launch an attack against them.]]
**[[spoiler:In one route, Also in "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:one route allows you can to gather supporters and challenge Juanita's claim to the Iberian throne by force of arms.]]
* TheCoup: Possible in'''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part''.Part". [[spoiler: More specifically, ''you'' can murder the Monarch and their closest allies in a palace coup and seize power for yourself. Tomas de Reyes is also attempting one.]]
* CuttingOffTheBranches:Playing You are required to have romanced the Monarch in "Choice of Romance" to play the next two games in the trilogy requires one to have romanced the Monarch, trilogy, either as their lover on the side or their new spouse. Downplayed in the route where you marry Torres but still carry on an affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: but the marriage is never romantic and Torres dies partway through ''Choice "Choice of Intrigue'']].Intrigue"]].
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part", [[spoiler:if the Monarch believes House de Aguilar to be plotting against
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* TheCoup: Possible in
* CuttingOffTheBranches:
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* TheDandy: Given that the PC in Choice of Romance was written like a young lady interested in fashion and gossip but can be played as a boy, he rather comes across as this. If male, the PC's sibling also fits the bill.
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** The Monarch develops a liking for this in '''Til Death Do Us Part'' [[spoiler:thanks to their SanitySlippage and MindManipulation by Tomas de Reyes. They can [[ForcedToWatch force their own daughter to watch her husband and in-laws being murdered]] in revenge for a plot [[MisaimedRetributuion she wasn't a part of]], and they also cultivate a taste for inflicting {{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s on their enemies.]]
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** The Monarch develops a liking for this in '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'' Part" [[spoiler:thanks to their SanitySlippage and MindManipulation by Tomas de Reyes. They can [[ForcedToWatch force their own daughter to watch her husband and in-laws being murdered]] in revenge for a plot [[MisaimedRetributuion she wasn't a part of]], and they also cultivate a taste for inflicting {{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s on their enemies.]]
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** In ''Choice of Intrigue'', if you chose to marry Torres but continue your affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: they die of illness in the middle of the story with little fanfare]].
** In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler: if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in ''Choice of Intrigues'', the Monarch will either [[spoiler: declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]
** In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler: if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in ''Choice of Intrigues'', the Monarch will either [[spoiler: declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]
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** In ''Choice "Choice of Intrigue'', Intrigue", if you chose to marry Torres but continue your affair with the Monarch, [[spoiler: they die the merchant dies of illness in the middle of the story with little fanfare]].
** In'''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", [[spoiler: if you're exiled from or flee Orovilla while the Monarch is alive, you'll die of a random fever within a year. This doesn't happen if you legitimately receive a country estate.]] This also happens to [[spoiler:de Vega's wife Sofía, who dies off-screen testing de Mendosa's Death Rods]].
* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in''Choice "Choice of Intrigues'', Intrigues", the Monarch will either [[spoiler: declaw House de Aguilar by marrying one of her heirs presumptive to a Sahran prince, or declaw Sahra by marrying that heir to de Aguilar's heir.]]
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* EnemyMine: To resolve the conflict in
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* GoldenPath: The Monarch's route in ''Choice of Romance''.
* GoldDigger: Your job in ''Choice of Romance''. You can subvert it by eloping with de Mendosa, but that means you won't be able to go on to the later games.
* GoldDigger: Your job in ''Choice of Romance''. You can subvert it by eloping with de Mendosa, but that means you won't be able to go on to the later games.
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* GoldenPath: The Monarch's route in ''Choice "Choice of Romance''.
Romance".
* GoldDigger: Your job in''Choice "Choice of Romance''.Romance". You can subvert it by eloping with de Mendosa, but that means you won't be able to go on to the later games.
* GoldDigger: Your job in
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* HeirClubForMen: ''Choice of Intrigues'' has a variant. Gender is not an issue due to full equality of the genders in Iberia, but an heir with the proper kind of magical talent is a direct stand-in for having a male heir. A monarch's consort who isn't producing is a consort in trouble.
* TheHerosBirthday: ''Choice of Romance'' begins on this.
* TheHerosBirthday: ''Choice of Romance'' begins on this.
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* HeirClubForMen: ''Choice "Choice of Intrigues'' Intrigues" has a variant. Gender is not an issue due to full equality of the genders in Iberia, but an heir with the proper kind of magical talent is a direct stand-in for having a male heir. A monarch's consort who isn't producing is a consort in trouble.
* TheHerosBirthday:''Choice "Choice of Romance'' Romance" begins on this.
* TheHerosBirthday:
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in ''Choice of Intrigues'', you can plead insanity or MindManipulation. The first will lead to your banishment if it succeeds, the second will get you off scot-free. You can't do this if it's Juanita or Adelita, however.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Odd example in ''Choice of Romance''. If you marry Torres, you may still get close enough to the Monarch to have an affair with them. If you do this and choose to tell Torres about it, they will reluctantly allow you to, telling you that they never met to force you into a marriage you weren't happy in. You can also attempt this with Mendosa, but they are not receptive to your idea. Averted if you aren't kind enough to Torres, in which case they insult and extort you instead.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Odd example in ''Choice of Romance''. If you marry Torres, you may still get close enough to the Monarch to have an affair with them. If you do this and choose to tell Torres about it, they will reluctantly allow you to, telling you that they never met to force you into a marriage you weren't happy in. You can also attempt this with Mendosa, but they are not receptive to your idea. Averted if you aren't kind enough to Torres, in which case they insult and extort you instead.
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:If you're caught murdering or attempting to murder Don Felix (and possibly his daughter) in ''Choice "Choice of Intrigues'', Intrigues", you can plead insanity or MindManipulation. The first will lead to your banishment if it succeeds, the second will get you off scot-free. You can't do this if it's Juanita or Adelita, however.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Odd example in''Choice "Choice of Romance''.Romance". If you marry Torres, you may still get close enough to the Monarch to have an affair with them. If you do this and choose to tell Torres about it, they will reluctantly allow you to, telling you that they never met to force you into a marriage you weren't happy in. You can also attempt this with Mendosa, but they are not receptive to your idea. Averted if you aren't kind enough to Torres, in which case they insult and extort you instead.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Odd example in
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* KansasCityShuffle: In '''Til Death Do Us Part'' the PC is the target of an assassination attempt, and the monarch finds the coins of either Sahra or Aguilar in the possession of the assassins depending on the choices made in ''Choice of Intrigue''. [[spoiler:This is actually a FalseFlagOperation by the faction who did not mint the coins to frame their opposition and disguise their attack against the PC and their sons. If the PC responds by sending their own assassins against the guilty party, the monarch [[MisplacedRetribution will still target whichever faction was framed]].]]
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* KansasCityShuffle: In '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'' Part" the PC is the target of an assassination attempt, and the monarch finds the coins of either Sahra or Aguilar in the possession of the assassins depending on the choices made in ''Choice "Choice of Intrigue''.Intrigue". [[spoiler:This is actually a FalseFlagOperation by the faction who did not mint the coins to frame their opposition and disguise their attack against the PC and their sons. If the PC responds by sending their own assassins against the guilty party, the monarch [[MisplacedRetribution will still target whichever faction was framed]].]]
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* LadykillerInLove: Implied with the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance''.
** By the time of ''Choice of Intrigue'' they've reverted back to their old ways, though you're still their favorite. [[spoiler:If you can [[GuideDangIt manage to produce]] [[LuckBasedMission a Life Mage child]], or otherwise seriously impress them, they'll fall even more in love with you and give up their cheating ways for good]].
* TheLadysFavour: The PC of ''Choice of Romance'' can do this for the King/Queen for the jousting competition. Alternately, they can take the Monarch's favor and joust themself.
* LetsWaitAWhile: The PC can do this with the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance''.
* LipstickLesbian: A lesbian PC in ''Choice of Romance'' is ''expected'' to be this; the junior partner is to let herself be courted, rather than trying to impress her suitors herself. You can subvert this if you so choose, however.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: It's possible for the PC to do ''very stupid'' things out of love, and undying devotion to the Monarch can easily get them killed in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.
** By the time of ''Choice of Intrigue'' they've reverted back to their old ways, though you're still their favorite. [[spoiler:If you can [[GuideDangIt manage to produce]] [[LuckBasedMission a Life Mage child]], or otherwise seriously impress them, they'll fall even more in love with you and give up their cheating ways for good]].
* TheLadysFavour: The PC of ''Choice of Romance'' can do this for the King/Queen for the jousting competition. Alternately, they can take the Monarch's favor and joust themself.
* LetsWaitAWhile: The PC can do this with the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance''.
* LipstickLesbian: A lesbian PC in ''Choice of Romance'' is ''expected'' to be this; the junior partner is to let herself be courted, rather than trying to impress her suitors herself. You can subvert this if you so choose, however.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: It's possible for the PC to do ''very stupid'' things out of love, and undying devotion to the Monarch can easily get them killed in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.
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* LadykillerInLove: Implied with the Monarch in ''Choice "Choice of Romance''.
Romance".
** By the time of''Choice "Choice of Intrigue'' Intrigue" they've reverted back to their old ways, though you're still their favorite. [[spoiler:If you can [[GuideDangIt manage to produce]] [[LuckBasedMission a Life Mage child]], or otherwise seriously impress them, they'll fall even more in love with you and give up their cheating ways for good]].
* TheLadysFavour: The PC of''Choice "Choice of Romance'' Romance" can do this for the King/Queen Monarch for the jousting competition. Alternately, they can take the Monarch's favor and joust themself.
* LetsWaitAWhile: The PC can do this with the Monarch in''Choice "Choice of Romance''.
* LipstickLesbian: A lesbian PC in ''Choice of Romance'' is ''expected'' to be this; the junior partner is to let herself be courted, rather than trying to impress her suitors herself. You can subvert this if you so choose, however.
Romance".
* LoveMakesYouDumb: It's possible for the PC to do ''very stupid'' things out of love, and undying devotion to the Monarch can easily get them killed in'''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part''.Part".
** By the time of
* TheLadysFavour: The PC of
* LetsWaitAWhile: The PC can do this with the Monarch in
* LipstickLesbian: A lesbian PC in ''Choice of Romance'' is ''expected'' to be this; the junior partner is to let herself be courted, rather than trying to impress her suitors herself. You can subvert this if you so choose, however.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: It's possible for the PC to do ''very stupid'' things out of love, and undying devotion to the Monarch can easily get them killed in
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* {{Magitek}}: An important plot point in '''Til Death Do Us Part'' is de Mendosa's invention of Death Rods, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory for guns]] that allow Life Mages and commoners with the slightest trace of magic to fight like Death Mage nobility. They're working on Life Rods as well, but haven't finished them yet, which is an important point for the debate surrounding them in court.
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* {{Magitek}}: An important plot point in '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'' Part" is de Mendosa's invention of Death Rods, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory for guns]] that allow Life Mages and commoners with the slightest trace of magic to fight like Death Mage nobility. They're working on Life Rods as well, but haven't finished them yet, which is an important point for the debate surrounding them in court.
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* MamaBear / PapaWolf: In ''Til Death Do Us Part'', a group of Death Mage assassins will try to kill the PC's sons. The guards will tell the PC to stay in their room; they can promptly say "screw that", run out, and fight the assassins themselves.
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* MamaBear / PapaWolf: In ''Til "Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", a group of Death Mage assassins will try to kill the PC's sons. The guards will tell the PC to stay in their room; they can promptly say "screw that", run out, and fight the assassins themselves.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: If the Monarch is a woman and the PC is a man, then she's the blunt, hedonistic huntress, while he's the subtle, charming mage.
* MayDecemberRomance: Played straight with the PC and the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance'', but subverted with Torres, since the game will state in canon that you aren't in love. And in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:a romance route with the older widower de Vega is added]].
* MayDecemberRomance: Played straight with the PC and the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance'', but subverted with Torres, since the game will state in canon that you aren't in love. And in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:a romance route with the older widower de Vega is added]].
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* MindManipulation: Can be performed by any sufficiently powerful Life Mage, though there are heavy legal restrictions on its use. [[spoiler:Ramirez, who casts the spell to give the PC a Life Mage child,]] was banished for this. In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes uses this to great effect in taking over the court]].
* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for the Monarch by '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:but if you aren't damn near perfectly [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]], they'll turn on you too]].
* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for the Monarch by '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:but if you aren't damn near perfectly [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]], they'll turn on you too]].
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* MindManipulation: Can be performed by any sufficiently powerful Life Mage, though there are heavy legal restrictions on its use. [[spoiler:Ramirez, who casts the spell to give the PC a Life Mage child,]] was banished for this. In '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", [[spoiler:Tomas de Reyes uses this to great effect in taking over the court]].
* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for the Monarch by'''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", [[spoiler:but if you aren't damn near perfectly [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]], they'll turn on you too]].
* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for the Monarch by
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** TheBusCameBack: de Mendosa suddenly re-appears towards the end of ''Choice of Intrigue'', but if you side with de Vega in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', they [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappear from the plot altogether]].
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: The way marriages work in ''Choice of Romance'', though here it's "rich and boring," "poor and exciting," and "rich, exciting, royal, and already married."
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: The way marriages work in ''Choice "Choice of Romance'', Romance", though here it's "rich and boring," "poor and exciting," and "rich, exciting, royal, and already married."
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', the most reliable way to save your family and Iberia from the Monarch's madness is to murder them, either by poison or palace coup.]]
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: In '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", the most reliable way to save your family and Iberia from the Monarch's madness is to murder them, either by poison or palace coup.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. The Monarch does not take kindly to you pursuing one of the other suitors, though they limit themselves to a few offensive remarks and neutering the political career of your spouse (should they ''have'' one). In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', de Mendosa is also a downplayed example because of their persistent pursuit of the PC.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. The Monarch does not take kindly to you pursuing one of the other suitors, though they limit themselves to a few offensive remarks and neutering the political career of your spouse (should they ''have'' one). In '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', de Mendosa Part", [[spoiler:de Mendosa]] is also a downplayed example because of their persistent pursuit of the PC.PC. [[spoiler: Tomas de Reyes also fits the bill, though whether or not he holds genuine romantic interest in the PC is debatable.]]
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** The Monarch's advisor Luis de Vega, who protects the interests and stability of Iberia at any cost, in contrast to de Mendosa. In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:this can be used to convince him to join in overthrowing the Monarch, on the basis that their tyranny is a threat to the realm]].
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** The Monarch's advisor Luis de Vega, who protects the interests and stability of Iberia at any cost, in contrast to de Mendosa. In '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part'', Part", [[spoiler:this can be used to convince him to join in overthrowing the Monarch, on the basis that their tyranny is a threat to the realm]].
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** de Mendosa is extremely idealistic about improving life in Iberia through political and technological reforms, in contrast to de Vega, especially in '''Til Death Do Us Part''. [[spoiler:If eliminating the Monarch and/or Tomas via a revolution, a PC partnered with de Mendosa can institute a constitutional monarchy as an extension of this worldview.]]
** The PC can be a romantic who dreams of finding true love in the court. If they want to survive, they have to outgrow this ''very'' quickly.
** The PC can be a romantic who dreams of finding true love in the court. If they want to survive, they have to outgrow this ''very'' quickly.
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** de Mendosa is extremely idealistic about improving life in Iberia through political and technological reforms, in contrast to de Vega, especially in '''Til "'Til Death Do Us Part''.Part". [[spoiler:If eliminating the Monarch and/or Tomas via a revolution, a PC partnered with de Mendosa can institute a constitutional monarchy as an extension of this worldview.]]
** The PC can be a romantic who dreams of finding true love in the court. If they want to survive, they have to outgrow this ''very'' quickly.]]
** The PC can be a romantic who dreams of finding true love in the court. If they want to survive, they have to outgrow this ''very'' quickly.
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* WomanScorned: Abandon de Mendosa for the Monarch in ''Choice of Romance'' and they will trash your reputation throughout the court. If you abandon the Monarch for Torres, they will likewise exclude you and your spouse from public social life in the epilogue.
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* WomanScorned: Abandon de Mendosa for the Monarch in ''Choice "Choice of Romance'' Romance" and they will trash your reputation throughout the court. If you abandon the Monarch for Torres, they will likewise exclude you and your spouse from public social life in the epilogue.
