History VideoGame / Alundra

* BlockPuzzle: Like Landstalker before it, these usually consist of the find-something-to-weigh-down-that-pressure-plate instead of the push-blocks-around variety. But there are a few of those too...

* CaptainErsatz: With elven ears, HeroicMime traits, puzzle-solving and mastery over multiple weapons and magic and tools... let's say that Alundra might as well be Sony's answer to [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]].

* DefrostingIceQueen: Meia is cold and antagonic toward Alundra at first, but warms up after he enters her dream, and even helps him in a few ocasions.
%% * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Kline, and later Giles, slowly lose their minds to the lycanthropy curse thanks to Melzas' machinations. Both cases end in tragedy.]]

%% * HappilyMarried: The mayor and his wife, Lutas and Fein, and Rumi and Meade [[spoiler:until he dies fighting the Murgg.]]

* ManiacMonkeys: The Murgg are a race of simple minded white monkeys, used by Melzas to kidnap and murder anyone who gets on their way. [[spoiler:They're also resposible for burning down Inoa village and killing most of its inhabitants.]]

* NonActionGuy: Septimus is your ally, and his role is giving you advices, doing researches or encouraging you. He can't fight or enter dreams, but he's your best, most trustworthy dude.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Nava and Cephas, of the Zolist race, have exceedingly long lifespans and personally witnessted Melzas's rise to power and subsequent sealing in the Lake Shrine.]]

* SacrificialLamb: Olen and his three friends are the first casuality of the game. Their deaths demonstrates that Alundra won't be able to save everyone.

%% * ScarilyCompetentTracker: Kline is noted to be this by the villagers. It's probably one of the main reasons why [[spoiler:Melzas]] targeted him so early in the game.

* TheAlcoholic: Gustav, ever since his wife died and his daughter became insane.

* LikeASonToMe: Jess clearly thinks of Alundra as a surrogate son and is [[PapaWolf very protective of him]]. Several villagers mention that Jess' deceased infant son would be about Alundra's age now.

* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:After defeeating Melzas, the sanctuary begins to collapse into the lake. Seeing as the Lake Shrine was used as the center of worship (and later a sealing place) for the demon posing as a god, it's destroyed for good once its host is dead.]]

%% * FingerlessGloves: Alundra and Meia have them.

%% * BaldOfAwesome: Mayor Beaumont. Also Nirude.

%% * {{Posthumous Character}}s: Lars and the other spirits trying to help Alundra stop Melzas.

* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:Melzas pulls one off in an ultimate attempt to stop Alundra from reaching him in the interior of the Lake Shrine. All it takes to restart time is by activating the clock towers on the left and right sides of the shrine.]]

Otherwise known as ''Adventures of Alundra''. Released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation by part of the original ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' development team (who after this game would later work on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''VideoGame/AvalonCode''). It's an ActionAdventure game that plays similarly to the famous ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', featuring a SilentProtagonist, lots and lots of puzzles, and a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind.

* 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 even had the gall to pin the blame on Alundra for [[spoiler:the death of Jess, who has been nothing but supportive to Alundra and even Alundra trusted 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.]]
** Subverted with Giles. Of all the villagers, he is definitely the most vocal of hating Alundra and denouncing him as a demon, even going as far as calling him out to be [[spoiler:Sybill's murderer]] [[UngratefulBastard even after Alundra saved him from a nightmare.]] However, [[spoiler:it was later revealed that his hateful comment to Alundra was due to his own desire to protect his little sister and he was heavily manipulated by Ronan, whom he looked upon like a father and eventually he died resisting Melzas' evil influence. After that, Giles truly stops being the trope.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The game tries to give Ronan some measure of sympathy by pointing out that, in the end, he was just Melzas' unwitting pawn. Doesn't erase the fact that he committed many atrocious crimes, including [[spoiler: the [[WouldHurtAchild murder of a child]]]], under his ''own free will'' (unlike Giles, who at least had the excuse of being [[SanitySlippage no longer himself]]). Combine this with the man's [[TheFundamentalist overall]] [[EvilGloating unpleasant]] [[SmugSnake nature]], and you've got players who were more than happy to send his miserable, decrepit hide straight to hell; a place where he now [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous rightfully]] belonged.

* StationaryBoss: [[spoiler:Ronan]] and [[spoiler:Melzas's final form]] fight like this. There's also a battle against seven stone statue heads while navigating Nirude's lair, with one such head shooting FrickinLaserBeams.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted with the Dreamwalkers, officially known as the Clan of Elna. They are similar to the Wood Elves, but don't consider themselves better than anyone and have the ability to enter and alter dreams. Sailors occasionally brush Alundra off with "elf-boy" insults.

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

%% * ChildProdigy:
%% ** Nestus, to a certain degree.
%% ** [[spoiler:Meia.]]

%% * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Alundra for Meia. Fein for Lutas.

%% * HeroesWantRedheads: Meia for Alundra.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Every sequence has its own title when you save the game. Beware of any titles that have character names in them, as it's a guarantee something bad has either happened to, or is about to happen to that character.

%% * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Poor little Sybill.]]

%% * ManiacMonkeys: The Murgg are a truly nightmarish bunch.

%% * OurElvesAreBetter: They're officially known as the Clan of Elna, also called Dreamwalkers (they can enter and alter dreams). Sailors occasionally brush Alundra off with "elf-boy" insults.

* WhamEpisode: Every sequence "Baptism by Fire", [[spoiler:where Inoa village is burned down by the Murgg and most of the cast dies.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Alundra saves the day and kills Melzas, but in the end, half the people in the village are still dead, including your mentor/caretaker, and Alundra doesn't even get the girl, being left to [[WalkingTheEarth travel alone]] instead.]]

* ButThouMust: Don't want to kneel and pray to Ronan's god at the beginning of the game? Too bad, you must; and [[ChekhovsGun it becomes a plot point later on]] after discovering [[spoiler:that Ronan's "god" is none other than Melzas! This also leads to IdiotPlot, because the game forcing you to pray means ''you'' doomed most of the village.]]

%% * ChargedAttack: Several of your primary weapons gain one: sword, mace, and bow.

* CurbStompBattle: If you fight Wilda while wearing Nava's charm which blocks certain elements, his fire attacks are useless, which makes that fight a walk in the park.

** 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 [[spoiler:he's dead when this happens...]] [[PermanentlyMissableContent You'd better have got the Gilded Falcon inside before that]]).

%% * CuteWitch: [[spoiler:Meia was this as a child.]]

%% * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Unfortunately, many different characters sadly qualify for this.
%% * DefrostingIceQueen: After learning about Meia's past, it seems to calm her down a bit.

%% * DenialOfDiagonalAttack: But not movement, at least (though Alundra lacks diagonally-facing sprites to show it).

%% * FeedItABomb: Strategy for defeating the [[spoiler:Soul Leech.]] It's much safer than TakingTheBullet while unleashing charged attacks with your sword and hoping you have enough healing items to not die from it before the boss does.

%% * ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:Poor Sybill.]]

%% * GardenOfEvil: The garden section of the final dungeon [[spoiler:the Lake Shrine]] meets this requirement, complete with its own hedge maze.

** Nadia, who's suffering from a nightmare tells Alundra to first save her love interest Bonaire from his nightmare that he's suffering from at the same time. [[spoiler:Unfortunately after Bonaire is saved, Nadia dies shortly afterwards, before you could save her.]] This doubles as a {{Tear Jerker}} later on when [[spoiler:Bonaire dies in the fire caused by the Murgg invasion, along with Nadia's mother Myra.]]

%% * HotWitch: Meia's magical powers classify her for this.

%% * InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted with Sybill. And later, Elene.]]

%% * NerdsAreSexy: Meia, who's both very pretty and highly intelligent.

%% * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Zolist race (a.k.a. [[spoiler:Nava and Cephas]]), humans with exceedingly long lifespans who personally saw Melzas's rise to power and subsequent sealing in the Lake Shrine.

%% * SilentProtagonist: Alundra doesn't get any dialogue (not even VisibleSilence).

%% * UnderwaterRuins: The final dungeon [[spoiler:the Lake Shrine]], though it's raised out of the water by the time you can actually get there.

* WhamEpisode: Every sequence has its own title when you save the game. [[spoiler:Beware of any titles that have character names in them, as it's a guarantee something bad has either happened to, or is about to happen to that character.]] Be ''especially'' wary if you see a title called "Baptism by Fire"....

%% * SmoochOfVictory: Meia gives one to Alundra in the ending, [[spoiler:before they go their separate ways.]]

%% * SwampsAreEvil: The Lair of the Reptilicus Maximus. Complete with endless amounts of Lizardmen enemies.

%% * WaifProphet: Sybill's dreams always seem to come true. (Except for one.)

%% * AdvancingBossOfDoom: Nirude's challenge to Alundra.
%% * TheAlcoholic: Gustav, ever since his wife died and his daughter became insane.

%% * AnIcePerson: The Ice Wand, The Water Scroll, and Water Book allow Alundra to do this.
%% * AnyoneCanDie: Not only that, but every death is a plot point.
%% * AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Pretty much Melzas' final words before he's extinguished from existence. Can't have a 90s JRPG final boss without this one, right?

%% * TheAtoner: Alundra, [[spoiler:after the people in Inoa Village start to die.]]

%% * BattleCouple: Alundra and Meia to a certain degree. They even team up to save Elene from her nightmare.

%% * BlowYouAway: The Wind Book allows Alundra to do this.

%% * ChestMonster: They make one heck of a roar when they awaken, but aren't actually much threat. They sometimes even spontaneously drop gold while you're fighting them.

%% * CoolOldLady: Yustel the fortuneteller, who will tell you where to go next ''and'' refill all of your health and magic for only 15 gilder.

%% * DamageSpongeBoss: Even with the English localization toning down the amount of HP for each boss, Zorgia still has ''way'' too much of it.

Published in the US by Creator/WorkingDesigns and in Eurpoe by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. There's also a sequel entitled ''VideoGame/{{Alundra 2}}'' that [[InNameOnly has nothing to do with the first game.]]

Otherwise known as ''Adventures of Alundra''. Released for the Playstation by part of the original ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' development team (who after this game would later work on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''VideoGame/AvalonCode''). It's an ActionAdventure game that plays similarly to the famous ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', featuring a SilentProtagonist, lots and lots of puzzles, and a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind.

Published in the US by Working Designs. There's also a sequel entitled ''VideoGame/{{Alundra 2}}'' that [[InNameOnly has nothing to do with the first game.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The ending. After saying good byes with the village of Inoa, Alundra went on more adventures with Meia, but eventually parted ways... and goes to yet another adventure on his own while Meia goes on her own. The kiss might be to signify that no matter what different adventures they partake, they will still be connected and friends.]]

%% * BadassBookworm: Septimus.

%% * BigBad: Melzas.

%% * FireKeepsItDead: After defeating the demon Melzas in battle, Alundra finally kills him by destroying his body with fire.

%% * GodIsEvil: And the [[spoiler:[[TheFundamentalist not-so-friendly priest]]]] is his [[TheDragon dragon]].

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Meia has the same power like Alundra and has saved a set of people through dreams outside Inoa before arriving there and before her story converges with Alundra's, she has saved a few Inoa villagers on her own. Notably, she wasn't even called upon by Lars to stop Melzas, she just did that on her own after her DarkAndTroubledPast caught up to her. [[spoiler:May be why she eventually decided to part ways with Alundra in the end, her story is not his, while it may converge again in the future, she has to walk on her own.]]

%% * HubCity: Inoa village, of course.

%% * ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Zazan's treehouse in the Murgg Woods.

%% * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Apparently, there's a lot of block puzzles in people's minds...

* KillEmAll: ''Alundra'' is an epitome of this trope, with a body count by the end that George RR Martin would be proud of. 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.]]
%% * KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Melzas' ultimate weakness.]]

%% * LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:After you beat Melzas, the sanctuary begins to collapse into the lake.]]
%% * TheLostWoods: The Murgg woods, of course.
* LuckBasedMission: The roulette minigame, which you have to win five consecutive rounds of to get 100% completion - '''Four times'''. Even if you understand the algorithm behind the minigame, the odds of guessing the correct answer ''once'' is 40% on average.
* MacguffinDeliveryService: The only way to confront Melzas is to remove the seals locking away his palace - which is exactly what the Murgg have been trying to do, for the opposite reason.

* MegaManning: Inverted in saddening way. [[spoiler:Every time someone in the village dies, you get a new weapon, item, or upgrade.]]
%% * MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Considering how protective Jess was for Alundra, and how desperate Melzas was to kill him, Jess' death was all but guaranteed in the end.]]

* NoHeroDiscount: Eventually averted ... once the entire village puts their trust in you to save them, you can take healing items from the shop for free.

* NonMammalMammaries: Wilda has a pretty obvious set of breasts,; why a dragoness needs breasts is up to the player's imagination.
%% * NoobCave: Tarn's manor, located just east of Inoa. Mind you, it'll still kick your ass.

%% * OneWingedAngel: Melzas's final form is definitely a DifficultySpike compared to everything before it, owing mainly to multiple parts attacking you independently.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: 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.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: It's no coincidence that you gain new items whenever someone dies: [[spoiler: Jess is able to craft new weapons thanks to the spirits of deceased villagers who want to help Alundra.]]

%% * SelfDuplication: Elene, so much so that her dungeon consists of four multiple parts.

%% * ShiftingSandLand: Despair Desert, filled with {{Sand Worm}}s.

%% * TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Zorgia to Nirude.]]
%% * StationaryBoss: When fighting [[spoiler:Ronan]] and [[spoiler:Melzas.]] There's also a battle against seven stone statueheads while navigating Nirude's lair.

%% * SwampsAreEvil: The Lair of the Retilicus Maximus. Complete with endless amounts of Lizardmen enemies.

%% * TimeStandsStill: Melzas pulls one of these in an ultimate attempt to stop Alundra from reaching him in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.

%% * TheVamp: Sara, in Bonaire's nightmare.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:The Shrine of the Lake. Packed full of the hardest monsters and the toughest of puzzles, the entire place is incredibly confusing. The Shrine was previously underwater, and it was constantly referred to in the game -- it was submerged due to Melzas' wicked ambitions. It also has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk29buqodgY a hauntingly beautiful tune]] to go with the place.]]

* TheAce: Meia to a certain degree. [[spoiler:Once you learn about her past, you see that she is actually a BrokenAce.]]

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Nirude's challenge to Alundra.
* TheAlcoholic: Gustav, ever since his wife died and his daughter became insane.

* AncientTomb: Lars' Crypt and Despair Desert's dungeon.

* AnIcePerson: The Ice Wand, The Water Scroll, and Water Book allow Alundra to do this.
* AnyoneCanDie: Not only that, but every death is a plot point.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Pretty much Melzas' final words before he's extinguished from existence. Can't have a 90s JRPG final boss without this one, right?

* TheAtoner: Alundra, [[spoiler:after the people in Inoa Village start to die.]]

* BadassBookworm: Septimus.
* BadassLongcoat: Mayor Beaumont.
* BaldOfAwesome: Mayor Beaumont. Also Nirude.
* BattleCouple: Alundra and Meia to a certain degree. They even team up to save Elene from her nightmare.

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

* BlowYouAway: The Wind Book allows Alundra to do this.
* BrattyHalfPint: Bergus and Talis, at first.

* BubblegloopSwamp: The Lair Of The Reptilicus Maximus.

* ChargedAttack: Several of your primary weapons gain one: sword, mace, and bow.

* ChestMonster: They make one heck of a roar when they awaken, but aren't actually much threat. They sometimes even spontaneously drop gold while you're fighting them.
* ChildProdigy:
** Nestus, to a certain degree.
** [[spoiler:Meia.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Jess, Nava, and Wendell. [[spoiler:Too bad they all die by the end of the game.]]
* CoolOldLady: Yustel the fortuneteller, who will tell you where to go next ''and'' refill all of your health and magic for only 15 gilder.

* CreepyTwins: The Bosses of Nestus' Nightmare.

* CuteWitch: [[spoiler:Meia was this as a child.]]
* DamageSpongeBoss: Even with the English localization toning down the amount of HP for each boss, Zorgia still has ''way'' too much of it.

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

* DeathMountain: Mt. Torla.
* DeadpanSnarker: Meia.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Unfortunately, many different characters sadly qualify for this.
* DefrostingIceQueen: After learning about Meia's past, it seems to calm her down a bit.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Kline, and later Giles, slowly lose their minds to the lycanthropy curse thanks to Melzas' machinations. Both cases end in tragedy.]]
* DenialOfDiagonalAttack: But not movement, at least (though Alundra lacks diagonally-facing sprites to show it).

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:
** The end of last fight when Alundra defeats Melzas.
** [[spoiler:When Zorgia kills Nirude.]]

* DishingOutDirt: The Earth Scroll and Earth Book allow Alundra to do this.
* DoomedHometown
* DoppelgangerSpin: The boss of Bonaire's nightmare, as well as Melzas himself use this tactic.
* DownTheDrain: The Coastal Caves and Nava's Keep in the Undersea Caves are some of the water based levels in the game.

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Kline]] and [[spoiler:Giles]], the latter by fighting off his nightmare by himself.
* EldritchAbomination: Some of the enemies fall under this, [[spoiler:especially the Ronan Incubus.]]
* EmotionlessGirl: Sybill borders on this.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Alundra for Meia. Fein for Lutas.
* FarSideIsland: Nava's island isn't ''that'' small, but it's still small.
* FeedItABomb: Strategy for defeating the [[spoiler:Soul Leech.]] It's much safer than TakingTheBullet while unleashing charged attacks with your sword and hoping you have enough healing items to not die from it before the boss does.
* {{Feelies}}: The game had six different disc arts, randomly inserted into each box, and the box itself came with a map Feelie.
* FingerlessGloves: Alundra and Meia have them.
* FireKeepsItDead: After defeating the demon Melzas in battle, Alundra finally kills him by destroying his body with fire.
* FirstTown: Inoa Village. It's also the only proper town in this game.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:Poor Sybill.]]

* GardenOfEvil: The garden section of the final dungeon [[spoiler:the Lake Shrine]] meets this requirement, complete with its own hedge maze.
* GenkiGirl: [[spoiler:Meia in her youth during her dream sequence.]]
* GodIsEvil: And the [[spoiler:[[TheFundamentalist not-so-friendly priest]]]] is his [[TheDragon dragon]].

* GuideDangIt: Getting all of the Gilded Falcons; some can be {{Permanently Missable|Content}} 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.

* HailfirePeaks: Elene's dream has four elementally-themed areas: Fire, Ice, Water, and Desert.

* HappilyMarried: The mayor and his wife, Lutas and Fein, and Rumi and Meade [[spoiler:until he dies fighting the Murgg.]]
* 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 even had the gall to pin the blame on Alundra for [[spoiler:the death of Jess, who has been nothing but supportive to Alundra and even Alundra trusted 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.]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: Jess, [[spoiler:after his wife and son died.]]

* HeroesWantRedheads: Meia for Alundra.

* HotWitch: Meia's magical powers classify her for this.
* HubCity: Inoa village, of course.
* IcePalace: Kline's Nightmare and the Ice Mansion.
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted with Sybill. And later, Elene.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Bonaire blames himself for Nadia's death.]]
* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Zazan's treehouse in the Murgg Woods.
* JerkassGods: [[spoiler:Melzas, to an [[JustForPun ungodly]] degree.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Giles. Though he certainly wouldn't show his gold heart very often.
** Talis later on.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Apparently, there's a lot of block puzzles in people's minds...

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Melzas' ultimate weakness.]]
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Poor little Sybill.]]
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler:Subverted with Giles who destroys himself, rather than letting Melzas use him to harm his little sister Kisha.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Jess is about the only character with his own musical theme.
* LethalLavaland: Mt. Torla so very much.
* LightIsGood: Alundra's charge attacks have a light based power.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Both Ronan and Melzas use light attacks in their battles against Alundra.]]

* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:After you beat Melzas, the sanctuary begins to collapse into the lake.]]
* TheLostWoods: The Murgg woods, of course.

* ManiacMonkeys: The Murgg are a truly nightmarish bunch.
* MakingASplash:
** The Water Scroll and Water Book allow Alundra to do this.
** The Watcher In The Water literally defines this trope.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Considering how protective Jess was for Alundra, and how desperate Melzas was to kill him, Jess' death was all but guaranteed in the end.]]

* MinecartMadness: The Coal Mine.

* NerdsAreSexy: Meia, who's both very pretty and highly intelligent.
* NiceGuy: Alundra and Septimus.
* NiceGirl: Meia, although she took longer to appear like that, what with appearing as an AloofAlly at first, and few of the girls in Inoa Village, like Sybill.

* NonMammalMammaries: Wilda has a pretty obvious set of breasts, why a dragoness needs breasts, it's up to the player's imagination.
* NoobCave: Tarn's manor, located just east of Inoa. Mind you, it'll still kick your ass.

* NotMeThisTime: Nadia's reaction if you talk to her right after the coal mine crumbles, as every time she nods off something explodes.
* OldSoldier: Wendell, who fights the Murgg with his son Meade to protect Rumi, Nestus, and Bergus, [[spoiler:and dies in the process.]]
* OneWingedAngel: Melzas's final form is definitely a DifficultySpike compared to everything before it, owing mainly to multiple parts attacking you independently.

* OurElvesAreBetter: They're officially known as the Clan of Elna, also called Dreamwalkers (they can enter and alter dreams). Sailors occasionally brush Alundra off with "elf-boy" insults.

* ParentalAbandonment: Unfortunately, quite a few characters actually have this in common.

* PlayingWithFire: The Fire Wand, The Fire Scroll, and Fire Book allow Alundra to do this. Note that of these three, only the Fire Wand is actually capable of clearing obstructive brambles.
** Numerous enemies and bosses do this, like Wilda and Dread who are dragons.
** [[spoiler:The Murgg, during the destruction of Inoa Village.]]

* {{Posthumous Character}}s: Lars and the other spirits trying to help Alundra stop Melzas.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: It's no coincidence that you gain new items whenever someone dies: [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance Jess is able to craft new weapons thanks to the spirits of deceased villagers who want to help Alundra]].]]
* PowerIncontinence: Everytime Nadia falls asleep, something explodes.

* PrecociousCrush: Talis has one on Meia.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Meia, who wears purple clothing qualifies for this.
* ReallyDeadMontage: After acquiring [[spoiler:Jess's letter.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Zolist race (a.k.a. [[spoiler:Nava and Cephas]]), humans with exceedingly long lifespans who personally saw Melzas's rise to power and subsequent sealing in the Lake Shrine.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Giles, when he dies fighting Melzas' evil to save his little sister Kisha.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Many enemy characters and bosses have these.
* RedOniBlueOni: Bergus is the Red Oni to his twin brother who is the Blue Oni.
* ReligionOfEvil: [[spoiler:Your village is unwittingly worshipping [[GodIsEvil Melzas]].]] [[OhCrap Uh oh]].
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Lizardmen ''prove'' this all too well. Also Wilda and Dread, who are both dragons.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:This is what drives the Murgg to burn and destroy Inoa village after Alundra defeats King Zazan.]]
* TheRival: Meia, at first.

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Kline is noted to be this by the villagers. It's probably one of the main reasons why [[spoiler:Melzas]] targeted him so early in the game.
* SelfDuplication: Elene, so much so that her dungeon consists of four multiple parts.

* ShiftingSandLand: Despair Desert, filled with {{Sand Worm}}s.
* ShockAndAwe: The Wind Scroll allows Alundra to do this.

* SilentProtagonist: Alundra doesn't get any dialogue (not even VisibleSilence).
* SimpleScoreOfSadness: "Ashes to Ashes". And you'll be hearing it a lot.
* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler:Ronan is one nasty piece of work. Not that he's even [[BeliefMakesYouStupid the least bit aware]] of being this.]]
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Kline's nightmare, and part of Elene's.
* SmoochOfVictory: Meia gives one to Alundra in the ending, [[spoiler:before they go their separate ways.]]

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Zorgia to Nirude.]]
* StationaryBoss: When fighting [[spoiler:Ronan]] and [[spoiler:Melzas.]] There's also a battle against seven stone statueheads while navigating Nirude's lair.
* SurferDude: Bonaire. Gnarly, bro!

* SwampsAreEvil: The Lair of the Retilicus Maximus. Complete with endless amounts of Lizardmen enemies.

* TeenGenius: Septimus, although he might be a little too old to qualify.
* TempleOfDoom: Nirude's Lair.

* TimeStandsStill: Melzas pulls one of these in an ultimate attempt to stop Alundra from reaching him in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth:
** [[spoiler:Olen, whose tombstone is marked "Loved By All, Feared By None."]]
** [[spoiler:Poor, dear sweet Sybill...]]

* TroubledButCute: Meia, so very much.
* {{Tsundere}}: Meia, at first.
* UndergroundLevel: The Coal Mine and Lars' crypt are only some the many underground levels in this game.
* UnderTheSea: The Fairy Pond contains several underwater segments. Alundra can't swim like Mario, but he does get to jump much higher and further underwater than he does on land.
* UnderwaterRuins: The final dungeon [[spoiler:the Lake Shrine]], though it's raised out of the water by the time you can actually get there.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** Jess and Sybill to Alundra, [[spoiler:considering they both die to help him in the end.]]
** Giles to Kisha, [[spoiler:which is proven when he dies to save her.]]
* UngratefulBastard: So, you just saved Giles from a nightmare. Is he gonna show some gratitude to you? [[spoiler:Not exactly. He suddenly blames you for the death of Sybill, instead! Made all the more twisted when [[{{Irony}} irony]] reveals that it is ''he'', along with Ronan, who's actually guilty of the heinous act.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Meia, until her mother was killed due to Melzas' manipulations.]]
* TheVamp: Sara, in Bonaire's nightmare.

* WaifProphet: Sybill's dreams always seem to come true. (Except for one.)

* WhamLine: Just the ''sound'' of Jess smithing a new weapon can be this if you hadn't heard about someone dying beforehand [[spoiler:like with Sybil.]]

* TheWikiRule: [[http://alundra.wikia.com/wiki/Alundra_Wiki Yo!]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Thanks to (or rather because of) her dreams, Sybill.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Pretty much Melzas' final words before he's extinguished from existence. Can't have a 90's JRPG final boss without this one, right?