History VideoGame / Alundra

* CatchPhrase: Jess starts most of his sentences with "Oy!", then ending them with "You know what I am saying?" [[spoiler:He even ''writes'' it in a letter left for Alundra in the event of his death.]]

* NoobCave: Tarn's manor, located just east of Inoa.

The story is about an elf eponymously named Alundra, whose people, called 'Dreamwalkers', have the special power to enter people's dreams. He loves adventuring and that's where we first find him, taking a journey with a ship. When he sleeps on his bed on the ship, he sees a vision of a wise man named Lars who pleads with him to stop the evil demon, Melzas. His destination is a village called Inoa, which Alundra comes across by getting his ship wrecked and being stranded there.

* DarkerAndEdgier: By an absolute ''mile'' compared to its spiritual predecessor, ''Landstalker''.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Alundra, Meia, and most of the townspeople at different points.

* HateSink: If there's one person you want to punch in the game the most, it'll definitely be Ronan, since not only he showcased the worst aspects of TheFundamentalist, he's also the one who kept accusing Alundra to be evil and turned several villagers against him while [[ObviouslyEvil his allegiance to Melzas is shown to be really obvious.]] Every tragic deaths, including [[spoiler:Sybill, Jess and later Giles]], are all traced from him and he continued to be such a blind zealot [[spoiler:to his death that unlike Alundra and the good guys who [[AlasPoorVillain felt pity that in the end he amounted as nothing but a tool for Melzas]], the players would probably feel a good CatharsisFactor of sending him to hell.]]

* {{Novelization}}: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6797880/1/Alundra-Shadow-in-the-Dreamscape Right here.]]

* ActionGirl: Meia.

* BreakTheCutie: Meia, so very much.
* BrokenBird: Meia's dream explains it all.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Meia, who [[spoiler:witnessed her mother being burnt at the stake by her people due to Melzas' manipulation.]]

* DreamLand: Alundra and Meia are Dreamwalkers who have the abilities to step into people's dreams and nightmares, and even change them.

** Giles.

* NiceGirl: Meia, and few of the girls in Inoa Village, like Sybill.

* GodsNeedsPrayerBadly: The world of Alundra is not a monotheistic world, there are multiple Gods, they thrive in prayers, Nirude being one of them. [[spoiler:It's also why Melzas does his evil things and manipulates things to his favor, so he gets more prayer for himself. If anything, Melzas doesn't want people to worship ANOTHER God.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Wendell, [[spoiler:who dies saving his family.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Wendell, who fights the Murgg with his son Meade to protect Rumi, Nestus, and Bergus, [[spoiler:and dies in the process.]]

** Nadia is making stuff blow up as soon as she falls asleep. When you arrive in the village, [[TheInsomniac she's been awake for 6 days straight]], and is becoming more and more tired and irritated. If you go visit her in her house as soon as you arrive in Inoa village, you'll see her briefly fall asleep while standing, which cause the nearby table to explode. When the mine crumbles, she's on the defensive, [[NotMeThisTime stating that she didn't fall asleep]] (as it turns out to be, it indeed wasn't her fault). Later, when she falls asleep again, she blows up Olen's house (good thing he's dead when this happens... [[PermanentlyMissableContent You'd better have got the Gilded Falcon inside before that]]).

* WouldHurtAChild: With people dropping like flies, you would think that at least the children are safe. Sadly, it is not the case. [[spoiler:Sybill will die, but not because of a nightmare: she will be assassinated by Ronan and Giles in person. Elene also meets her tragic end in a similar manner: she dies when the Murgg raze Inoa to the ground.]]

** Nadia is making stuff blow up as soon as she falls asleep. When you arrive in the village, [[TheInsomniac she's been awake for 6 days straight]], and is becoming more and more tired and irritated. If you go visit her in her house as soon as you arrive in Inoa village, you'll see her briefly fall asleep while standing, which cause the nearby table to explode. When the mine crumbles, she's on the defensive, [[NotMeThisTime stating that she didn't fall asleep]] (as it turns out to be, it indeed wasn't her fault). Later, when she falls asleep again, she blows up Olen's house (good thing he's dead when this happens... [[LostForever You'd better have got the Gilded Falcon inside before that]]).

* GottaCatchThemAll: Exactly what are Gilded Falcons worth? Life Vessels, rare accessories, and unless you can get at least 45 (many of which are easily LostForever), you'll never find out what the ultimate prize (for all 50) even is, let along get your hands on it.
* GuideDangIt: Getting all of the Gilded Falcons; some can be LostForever due to secret timer mechanisms or being locked away in one-time-only dungeons. Also, the Fiend and {{Infinity Plus One Sword}}s aren't exactly something you'll just happen across by yourself.

** The Spirit Wand. Grants infinite MP in exchange for having no physical attack. It requires collecting all the Gilded Falcons in the game, several of which are prime examples of GuideDangIt and LostForever. One of it also requires getting five straight wins four times on a Roulette Table, which is a LuckBasedMission and is as frustrating as it sounds.

* LostForever: Pretty much anything in a dream world -- including [[HeartContainer Life Vessels]] and Guilded Falcons -- can be lost if you don't pick it up before beating the local boss.

* {{Badass}}: Alundra and many of the other characters.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Melzas, so very much.]]

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: You venture into Olen's dream, slay the nightmare and then [[spoiler: he dies anyway.]] You then go to the mine to rescue the cave-in survivors and [[spoiler: find everyone inside is already dead or dying.]] These events firmly establish that no, [[AnyoneCanDie this is not a game where the hero will be able to save everyone.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: What makes Melzas such a formidable foe. Knowing that Alundra has been saving the villagers of Inoa from their nightmares, he eventually stages a trap to try and lure Alundra into somebody's nightmare so that the Murgg can break in to the victim's house and kill him while he's helpless in the real world. After discovering Sybil's prediction that leads to the creation of the Holy Sword, as well as figuring out that the dead villagers are inspiring Jess to create weapons for Alundra, [[spoiler:he not only has Ronan do whatever he can to keep Lutas (who's death leads to the Holy Sword's creation) alive, but eventually kill Sybill and Jess so that the sword can't be forged in the first place.]] Finally, near the end of the game, he stages another trap by kidnapping Burgus and putting him to sleep, forcing Alundra to enter the dreams of his twin brother Nestus to locate and teleport to him, since twins are linked by dreams, [[spoiler:which Melzas takes advantage of to launch a surprise attack on Inoa while Alundra is away by sending a hoard of Murgg through the same link, causing them to pop out of Nestus and raze Inoa to the ground.]]

* SavePoint: The Diary, like the one in Jess's house. (Unlike {{Landstalker}}, you don't need to take them to a priest this time.) Dungeons frequently include a purple-glowing warp tile that takes you to an isolated room with a diary and HP/MP recovery points, and the island's PortalNetwork contains one as well.

* RedheadedHero: Alundra, but [[HairColorDissonance only]] in the animated sequences.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[GoneHorriblyWrong This went horribly wrong]. [[spoiler:Repeatedly,]] in fact, but [[spoiler:primarily in the creation of Melzas in the back-story.]]

* KillEmAll: ''Alundra'' is an epitome of this trope. Its story revolves around villagers being killed through their dreams, and the titular dreamwalker Alundra trying to save them. However, [[spoiler: he fails to save most of them, and by the end of the game, most of the cast has been killed off.]]