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* SatanicArchetype: The False Icon is an enemy of the other Icons, and promises power in exchange for binding yourself to its will. It's not ''entirely'' evil; it rewards its followers well and its victory isn't necessarily a bad thing for humanity, but it's very much not a nice being.

* HealthcareMotovation: [[spoiler:Olivia]] is revealed to have a painful liver condition that puts her life at risk. Fail to get her the funds for a replacement organ and she ''will'' die.

[[folder:''Choice of the Vampire'']]
Written by Jason Stevan Hill. The series previously consisted of ''[[http://www.choiceofgames.com/vampire/ Choice of the Vampire]]'' and the sequel, ''[[https://www.choiceofgames.com/vampire-2-fall-of-memphis/ Choice of Vampire: The Fall of Memphis]]'', but with the release of part 4, ''[[https://www.choiceofgames.com/2020/10/continuing-development-on-vampire/ St. Louis, Unreal City]]'', it all became one game.

* BlamedForBeingRailroaded: The game blames the [[MortonsFork Morton's Forked]] Player Character: in [[spoiler:St. Charles]], you are [[WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere starved for blood]] and hear a child crying in pain. If you try to help, you lose control of your HorrorHunger and kill them; if not, you abandon the injured child. Either way, you get [[TorchesAndPitchforks run out of town by a mob]].
* BoyMeetsGhoul: There are several mortals whom you can befriend and woo. [[spoiler:It never ends well.]]
** There are two versions of a woman named Clotho: one during the 1830s in New Orleons and her grand-niece in the 1870s in Memphis. While there are some similarities there are plenty of differences between them, [[spoiler:the main one being that the first Clotho wants to become a vampire while the second would refuse the chance even while dying]].
** Silas Hope is an Confederate soldier and amatuer poet, who while willing to become a vampire if told is insistent of taking care of the men under his command before doing so. [[spoiler:If you let him leave he will be killed in a battle and if you try to force the transformation onto him he will kill himself.]]
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:You have to do this to both versions of Clotho and Silas if you want them to live. Otherwise, they die.]]
* ChildEater: Children are one option for the vampire PlayerCharacter's TrademarkFavoriteFood, but come with a hefty hit to the KarmaMeter and the unambiguous disgust of [[EvenEvilHasStandards every other vampire]] you mention it to.
* CharacterCustomization: There's a ''lot'' in this game; you have a say in your race, religion (or lack of), creativity, political views (both mortal and undead), romance, favorite type of human to eat...
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The player character is only repelled by crosses and hallowed ground if they believe they will be -- or, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane perhaps]], if they ''don't'' [[FightOffTheKryptonite believe]] they ''won't'' be.
* ComfortTheDying: The PlayerCharacter can choose to comfort their grandmother on her deathbed by talking with her, leave her to [[DyingAlone die alone]], or brush off her hopes of seeing an afterlife.
* DeadManWriting: [[spoiler:If Clotho is killed by your Dominus]], you can find a letter in their remains detailing how they knew this was coming, and asking you not to blame yourself.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You play as a vampire in America
* ForegoneConclusion: You become a vampire, Vicksburg goes under siege, and [[TitleDrop Memphis falls]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: You can try to be one, especially if you have a high Compassion. It's {{deconstructed|Trope}} at one point, though. [[spoiler:If you're a friendly lord in St. Charles, the game throws you into a situation where your neighbors expect your help so often that you're unable to hunt, and you're put into a MortonsFork where you either have to leave a child to die, or try to help and end up unable to control your HorrorHunger and kill the child while feeding.]]
* FunetikAksent: Often used in ''Choice of the Vampire''.
* HollywoodAtheist: In ''Choice of the Vampire'', the choices necessary to reduce your level of superstition generally involve openly mocking religion. You can be quiet about your lack of belief, but the stat won't go down as far that way.
* HypnoticEyes: Some vampires possess the ability to use these. You can learn how to do it yourself.
* IDoNotDrinkWine: If the vampire PlayerCharacter tries to eat human food to preserve the {{Masquerade}}, they either vomit it up immediately and messily or, if they're exceptionally tough, keep it down just long enough to vomit in private.
* IHateYouVampireDad: It's possible to turn on you Dominus at the start of the game and kill him out of hate for what he did to you.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Choice of the Vampire'', you decide that [[TheSiege Vicksburg]] is a good place to wait out the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar squabbles between slave and free states]]. [[ForegoneConclusion It is not.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jesse is an asshole, no doubt, but if [[spoiler:Clotho is killed by your Dominus]], and if you're on decent terms with him, he'll try, in his own rough way, to comfort you.
* LesbianVampire: You can play as one.
* LoverNotAFighter: Though faithful to his principles, army is not for the meek Silas.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A priest brandishes a crucifix at the main character, who is weakened and repelled -- unless they're an atheist. Whether a religious vampire is defeated by the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve placebo effect]] or a skeptical vampire's own convictions let them FightOffTheKryptonite is ambiguous, and the vampire community treats the matter with some caution as a result.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Downplayed, since you can romance the first Clotho as a fledgling vampire, and Silas and the second Clotho in your 70s or 80s [[spoiler:(none of these affairs lasts)]], although the first Clotho {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the trope if she asks to become a vampire as well.
* MeaningfulGift: {{Downplayed|Trope}} as it's an educated guess, but when {{romanc|eSidequest}}ing the voodoo priestess Clotho, you can decide that a goat would be a more practical gift than jewellery or flowers. She seems pleasantly surprised.
* MeaningfulName: Silas '''Hope'''.
* MortonsFork:
** When romancing Clotho, [[spoiler:either you petition your Dominus to turn her into a vampire and she gets killed instead, or you turn her yourself and your Dominus kills her in retribution]].
** When romancing Silas, [[spoiler:if you wait to turn him into a vampire, he dies in battle the next day; if you turn him against his will, he goes berserk and runs into the sunlight]].
** You are inevitably run out of [[spoiler:St. Charles]] if you settle there; the last straw that incites a TorchesAndPitchforks mob is either [[spoiler:you ignoring an injured child's cries for help, or going to help him but inevitably losing control of your HorrorHunger when you see his blood. This is notable as a later addition, since in the original game, the mob would run you out even if you were a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire benign]] and popular philanthropist.]]
* OptionalSexualEncounter: If you have a good enough relationship with him, you and Jesse can participate in a "thrilling hunt" during ''The Fall of Memphis''.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Choice of the Vampire'' actually fits in pretty well with the standard modern vampires -- they can't go out in sunlight, must drink blood to live, and can have some supernatural powers. Whether they're affected by holy symbols depends on their own beliefs.
* ParanormalRomance: Optionally.
* PlayingUpTheStereotype: Clotho cultivates an extravagant [[HollywoodVoodoo Voodoo Priestess]] mystique, complete with a heavy accent that she can drop on a whim, to attract customers in 1830s New Orleans. She's a sincere practitioner, but much more reserved in her private life.
* ProneToTears: Samantha Withers cries quite easily.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Samantha Withers.
* RefugeInAudacity: An ancient vampire governor asks the fledgling player character's opinion on who should be the next lord of the city. They can name themselves, in which case the governor astonishes the appalled crowd by laughing in admiration of their sheer pluck. However, if the fledgling is a ''total'' nobody in vampire society at the time, she'll coldly snub them, so the trope only stretches so far.
* ReligiousVampire: Zig-zagged. Some vampires are militant atheists, some have adopted a vampire-themed pagan belief system, and others are devout Christians, one of whom warns the PlayerCharacter against disregarding the Church's teachings. To muddy the waters, only religious vampires are affected by HolyBurnsEvil, raising the question of [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane what precisely is causing the effect]].
* ScaryBlackMan: Apollo Carothers seems like one at first glance, though he's quite amicable and kind unless you get on his bad side. By the end of The Fall of Memphis, though, he's rather more unstable.
* SickeninglySweethearts: You and Silas.
* SinisterMinister: You can be as evil as possible and still not only be a priest, but fervorous in your devotion to god.
* SpikedBlood: The player character can choose to specify that they enjoy feeding on drunks because the intoxication is carried through their blood, giving it a certain flavour.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: The citizens of [[spoiler:St. Charles]] [[BlamedForBeingRailroaded blame the railroaded player character]] for a MortonsFork regarding an injured child and assemble a mob to run them out of town; if you try to face them, [[spoiler:you're [[NonStandardGameOver inevitably killed]]]]. Your manservant even comments on how you're getting your just desserts (if your KarmaMeter is low), or on what {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s the townspeople are (if it's high).
* UndyingLoyalty: It's possible to cultivate this in several people, depending on your actions, including Jesse, Samantha, and Estefania.
* UnwantedGiftPlot: In Clotho's RomanceSidequest, the PlayerCharacter can buy her either [[DistractedByTheLuxury jewellery]], {{flowers|OfRomance}}, or... a goat. {{Subverted|Trope}} since the goat turns out to be a practical gift that she likes the most.
* UselessUsefulSkill: Unfortunately, things like "technology" and "lore" seem to have little purpose at all in the game beyond some choices in certain situations.
* VagueAge: The PC's age is never specified, though it is presumably somewhere between late twenties to early thirties. The German background mentions your father fought during the American Revolution and you were presumably born after which would make the character 28 or 29 at the latest. However other backgrounds don't give any clues to your character's age.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Another power you can learn.
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[[folder:''Choice of the Viking'']]

Written by Declan Taggart. ''Choice of the Viking'' casts the player as a settler in Iceland, and pits them against a rapacious neighbor to keep their farm.
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* FaceOfAThug: Keenvision, the vulture-and-cougar gryphon mother. While she does have some admittedly gross, vulture-ish traits -- a preference for meat that's been rotting for a few days, leaving maggoty carcasses all over her nest -- she's explicitly stated to be the sweetest and gentlest of the gryphon mothers,[[spoiler:and is the only one who doesn't treat her rejected egg with indifference or hostility -- instead, she picks it up very gently from her nest and places it at the PC's feet]]. TruthInTelevision, as RealLife vultures are very intelligent and affectionate birds.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Otherboard[[spoiler:and Multiplicity]]. Multinarians qualify as a whole, really; it gets them some serious hate from both humans ''and'' robots. See FantasticRacism above.

[[folder:Avatar of the Wolf]]
Written by Bendi Barrett

[[folder:Broadway 1849]]

[[folder: Champion of the Gods]]

* DivineParentage: Demigods exist, but they're actually weaker than "champions" like the PlayerCharacter, and suffer because they're ImmuneToFate, and need to find a great destiny to tie themselves to in order to ever do anything of note. [[spoiler: The player's trainer and faithful sidekick is one.]]

* ICanRuleAlone: [[spoiler: It's possible to help Daggoras destroy destiny then immediately kill him, ensuring that he's not present to benefit from the resulting chaos.]]
* LoveInterest: There are three in the game, though the original draft only included one and thus one is a bit more obvious than the others. Chara/Chiron is potentially one to begin with [[spoiler: though pursuing that romance leads to potentially-deadly consequences at the start of the adventure]], the prince/princess is the second [[spoiler: and, as part of the plot, the one you are "destined" to fall in love with, to ensure that you will take certain actions later for his/her sake]], and, finally, the player's faithful sidekick, who [[spoiler: is a demigod]].

* OlderSidekick: The player character gets one early on, in the form of a local wise person who is accused of being a witch/sorcerer by the superstitious children, but is actually more of a clever mentor figure. They go a bit OutOfFocus later on, but stay a part of the narrative to the end, [[spoiler: and potentially put themselves into exile by killing the protagonist's possessed father to save them.]]
* OrderVersusChaos: The other gods of Argossa are gods of stability and control, but Daggoras is the god of chaos, and their goals are at odds. [[spoiler: It is why he is the only god who desires the destruction of destiny, and, consequently, you.]]
* PairTheSpares: If the player doesn't attempt to woo the heir, they [[spoiler: start dating the demigod]].

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Potentially. The PC's main LoveInterest, the heir to the throne, is either an iron-willed politician, a warrior and general, or a sensitive artist.

* StarCrossedLovers: You and Chara/Chiron are not destined to be together. [[spoiler: There's no way to get them in the end, even if you destroy destiny.]]

* StoryBranchFavoritism: Thanks to the way the original title was constructed, the prince/princess's RomanceSidequest is much better-developed than the other two. [[spoiler: It is also the only romance you can get an unambiguously happy ending with, considering that it is ''impossible'' to go for the demigod sidekick without one of the two of you cheating on a romantic partner and having a very dark BittersweetEnding]].
* TakenForGranite: The second Vestige does this to sailors he lures to his island with his CompellingVoice. [[spoiler: It's reversible for the fresher ones, but those that have lingered too long and been drained too dry, or just [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]], cannot recover.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The god of chaos seeks to destroy destiny so that mortals can again reach their full potential, no matter how much suffering or collateral damage results. He does seem genuinely sorry whenever you meet him in person, though it's all mixed up in his desire to again be free and allow true chaos and freedom in the world. [[spoiler: Arguably, the other gods, who created destiny in the first place, and punish the king's hubris if the player decides to date their demigod sidekick by destroying his kingdom. At the very least, the game refuses to pass judgement on their actions in that first matter, instead leaving it up to the player to decide for themselves how justified it was, and in the latter, the goddess responsible [[MamaBear is trying to look out for her child]].]]

[[folder: Choice of Alexandria]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Several endings have these. [[spoiler: If Alexandria survives as a major power, Caesar sells out Rome to Cleopatra. And two endings have alternate happenings for Hypatia of Alexandria in 415 CE, when she historically was murdered by an anti-pagan mob.]]
* AlternateHistory: Possibly. You can invent technology far ahead of its day, and [[spoiler: ensure that the Alexandrian Empire survives into the present day, instead of becoming a Roman colony.]]

* CompositeCharacter: The protagonist is a composite of the historical characters Eratosthenes, the tutor of Ptolemy IV, and Heron of Alexandria, the inventor of the first steam engine, among other things (c. 40 C.E.) - essentially, Eratosthenes with the ability to create the inventions of Heron.
* DarkSecret: Berenice II [[spoiler: killed her first husband because she caught her mother and her husband sleeping together.]] This becomes a small plot point when Berenice asks you if she should tell Ptolemy what happened or keep it a secret from him.

* EvilChancellor: Sosibius wants to ruin Ptolemy IV and become this so that he can live a life of luxury. [[spoiler: In one ending, you make Sosibius look like an amateur.]]

* GayOption: If playing as a female, Berenice II [[spoiler: if Ptolemy III dies before her]] and Nefertari. If playing as a male, Ptolemy III [[spoiler: if you cure his illness and Berenice II is executed]].

* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler: A Greek revolt against Ptolemy IV is not really a revolution. Ptolemy's death doesn't necessarily mean the end of Alexandria's glory, especially if you save the Library.]]
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: [[spoiler: Nefertari wants to overthrow the Greek Ptolemies and establish a new Egyptian dynasty.]]
* PrecursorHeroes: In some endings, inverted. [[spoiler: You can become a Precursor Hero for Hypatia, who will take over the role of either Copernicus, Newton, or Einstein in 415 CE if she avoids her historical fate.]]

[[folder:Choice of Broadsides]]

* MarryForLove: You can choose to aim for this rather than finding a spouse with connections. If you marry the right person, it'll help towards creating a happy ending but won't boost your score much. [[spoiler: However, if you marry the well-connected partner after announcing your intention to marry for love, it'll be a very bad match, while if you explicitly go looking for a bride for reasons of social position, the two of you will get along well and be happy together anyway.]]

[[folder: Choice of The Cat]]
Written by Jordan Reyne.

[[folder:Choice of the Deathless]]

* AmoralAttorney: Your law firm can be extremely ruthless in its dealings and especially its internal politics, and there are plenty of chances for you to act out this trope. [[spoiler: Varkath barely comprehends the ''concept'' of morality.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: R'ok appears in ''Literature/ARuinOfAngels'', having set up a successful art gallery in Alikand/Agdel Lex, meaning the path where you help him is the canon one.

** [[spoiler: The final battle allows you to defeat John Smith, an EldritchAbomination with limitless power due to a broken contract. You can do it yourself, or call on allies to do it. Golan Varkath's method of defeating him would be particularly exemplary if Varkath weren't so powerful himself; doing it yourself without [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu destroying yourself in the process]] shows everyone how lesser mortals do it.]]

* EvilCounterpart[=/=]ShadowArchetype: You can conduct a meeting with a mirror image of yourself that just feels ''wrong'' inside the Demon Embassy.
* EpicHail: It is possible for you to do this during the final battle. If you helped people, you can call on [[spoiler: Ajaja or R'ok's massive family]]; if you have a high enough Gunner score, you can call on your law firm.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Possible with Chen and Vega, with room for a RelationshipUpgrade.

* HorribleHousing: The cheapest housing option for the player character is a rickety shoebox of an apartment above a bar in the very worst part of town. Which leads to a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when [[TheBeautifulElite Wakefield]] first shows up for a visit.
-->'''Wakefield:''' ''(standing on your doorstep)'' [[DeadpanSnarker "Care to let me in before a local unfortunate decides to slit my throat?"]]

** John Smith, a major client of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone. [[spoiler: Until the end where he switches to his real form.]]
** Golan Varkath, Deathless King and senior partner at Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone. An undead skeleton who hails from the early years of the God Wars, who has produced children [[GenderBender both as father and mother]], who wears a mask of human skin, and who [[spoiler: barely even comprehends the concept of morality.]] He also [[spoiler: can trivially destroy a being of unlimited power with a quick interpretation of a standard contract.]]
* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: Your law firm has no rules against fraternization among their people, [[spoiler: but Wakefield's does, so if you go to work for Kelethres, Albrecht and Ao, that'll scuttle any romance you have with them.]]

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Wakefield and, occasionally, the PC. This naturally leads to...

-->'''Wakefield:''' Above all else is the question of whether you do or should trust the obviously pseudonymous Mister Smith.
-->'''PlayerCharacter:''' Oh, gods. You're actually worried about me.
-->'''Wakefield:''' (while blushing) [[BlatantLies Certainly not. I have a classmate's modicum of concern for your welfare.]]

* VideoGameCaringPotential: If you want to play as a CrusadingLawyer, you're going to do a lot of this. The most noticeable example is after you discover that the firm was outright expecting you to [[spoiler: lose the case against Ajaia.]] With this information in mind, you can choose to either offer her a chance to get counsel by referring her to Wakefield, or outright leak your battleplans to her so she's on more even footing. Playing this way nets you a lot more opportunities for your PC in the endgame.

* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Wakefield has a penchant for wearing very light-colored clothing, and wears an all-white suit while attending your PC's workshop. Though, their choice of dress in said chapter becomes very ironic when [[spoiler: they suffer from DemonicPossession.]]

[[folder: Choice of the Deathless: City's Thirst]]

In contrast to the first Deathless game, you play a different Craftsman or Craftswoman trying to secure a water deal for a city suffering from a drought.

[[folder:Choice of Kung Fu]]
Written by Alana Joli Abbott

* ArmourIsUseless: In Choice of Kung Fu when dueling against the western heavily armoured knights, it's very easy to turn the enemy's armour into a disadvantage.
* ArrangedMarriage: In ''Choice of Kung Fu'', most of the possible romances are begun by meeting the boy or girl's father and being introduced to their child, and the marriage is expressly for the purpose of securing a political alliance or (for the farmer) to ensure that his family will be provided for. However, this isn't a forced marriage, and the partner must be courted and give their consent as well. In addition, should you meet the requirements, a father will allow the protagonist to court [[GayOption their child of the same sex]] as a "companion," though the irregularity of the situation is noted.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: If you ask the Dragon Sage the right question, you will become the next Dragon Sage.]]
* AsianFoxSpirit: Feng from ''Choice of Kung Fu'' is a fox spirit.
* BloodKnight: Sun An is the "wandering martial artist" type, forever seeking new opponents to battle against. [[spoiler: In one ending, you likewise become an immortal warrior, accepting all challenges in pursuit of ultimate martial skill.]]
* CaptainErsatz: Zhuge Miao from ''Kung Fu'' is a gender-flip of [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Liang]].
* {{Flight}}: For most of the game, flight relies on WireFu empowered by chi and magic, but there is a way to gain the power to fly unconditionally.
* HeirToTheDojo: If you particularly impress [[spoiler: Zhuge Miao, you can be adopted as the heir to the Zhuge family and style of kung fu, abandoning your previous family and martial style.]]
* LaResistance: The Blue Scarves, although in an unusual variation of this trope, instead of rebelling against the Empire for abusing its power, they are rebelling because they feel the Emperor is doing ''nothing'' with the Empire's strength, even as foreigners invade and drive citizens from their livelihoods.
* MasterApprenticeChain: A complex example, because there are a lot of sifus in this story and it's common to learn from more than one. Zhuge Miao trained Master Shen, who then trains you. Then you're sent to learn directly from Zhuge Miao, and after that you take on students of your own, possibly including [[spoiler: Sun An]].
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While there's a lot of open magic in the game, the existence of immortals still fits this trope. Among others, Zhuge Miao and Sun An are both rumored to be immortals, but according to Zhuge Miao, even she won't live forever (though she is LongLived), and Sun An is an open question. Of course, there's also spirits and the Dragon Sage, but they don't really count. [[spoiler: You can, however, become an immortal for real in one ending.]]
* MindGameShip: InUniverse in ''Choice of Kung Fu''. One of the possible romance options is Feng, the nine-tailed fox spirit, who is playing tricks on you from your first meeting, [[spoiler: and continues to do so even if she becomes your lover]].
* MundaneWish: In ''Choice of Kung Fu'', one of the questions you can ask the Dragon Sage is "Why do kites fly?"
* SupernaturalMartialArts: The Magic stat in ''Choice of Kung Fu'' combines [[WireFu flight]] and KiManipulation with more straightforward magic, such as divination and command over the forces of nature. It's all part of the same thing.
* TheFourGods: In ''Choice of Kung Fu'', the challenge where you lift the cauldron sears your wrists with two brands; either [[TigerVersusDragon the tiger and the dragon]] or the tortoise and the phoenix.
* TheRival: Lu Jin is your rival in your martial arts order, but is an unusual example because you can befriend him/her early (Lu Jin's gender is randomized each time you play a new game) if you share his/her political views and if you express approval instead of resignation at being teamed up with Lu Jin on a mission.
** Later in the story, you get another rival, [[spoiler:Sun An, a wandering hero, who challenges your school to test your worthiness. He can be befriended like Lu Jin if you beat him and then invite him on as a teacher in the school.]]
* TheThreeTrials: To advance in the Order, you eventually need to pass at least two out of three trials: [[spoiler:making it through a room full of attacking monks, carrying an urn full of hot coals to the river, and retrieving and interpreting a scroll from behind a waterfall]].
* TricksterMentor: Feng, the [[AsianFoxSpirit nine-tailed fox]] in ''Choice of Kung Fu'' is screwing with your head from the very beginning, but she's quite helpful if you can match wits with her. [[spoiler: Also a StealthMentor. It's her purpose to test monks and lure them away from enlightenment, but succeeding in the tests builds character.]]
* {{Wuxia}}: Choice of Kung Fu. One possible character is someone who was a ''xia'' before they joined the Order.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Choice of the Ninja]]
Written by Katherine Buffington.
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[[folder:Choice of the Petal Throne]]
Written by Danielle Goudeau

** NobleDemon: However, if your patron deity is Karakán, while you're still encouraged to be a warrior, more emphasis is placed on being honorable.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When asked why an assassin's coming after you, you can reply that you "don't have time to enumerate every grievance brought against me by lesser men." This isn't even a sign of ignoble character - Tsolyáni nobility are pretty much expected to act like this.

* GambitPileup: [[spoiler: The mission into the Underworld ruins involves three separate agendas. Your mission is to get the artifact deep in the ruins and bring it back to your Prince. Wave, however, is a spy for Emperor Eternal Splendor, and wants to bring the artifact back to him instead. And then Nirun is under orders to kill you over the vendetta that was mentioned at the beginning of the game, and make sure you don't come out of the ruins with the artifact and the glory that comes with it.]] You can lampshade this if you want.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: If you're commanding from the platform, winning the battle does ''not'' excuse disobeying orders to do so; the chain of command and the status of your commander are more important than something as trivial as saving the battle and capturing the city.]]

[[folder: Choice of the Pirate]]

* DealWithTheDevil: If you die at sea, [[spoiler: you can make a deal with Davy Jones for an extra seven years of life serving him as captain of a ghost ship.]]

* GhostPirate: [[spoiler: Granny, who will become a useful ally throughout the rest of the game if you manage to defeat her (or convince her to join forces with you) and capture her ship for your fleet.]]

* HookHand: [[spoiler: After a battle towards the middle of the game, the decisions that you made during it can cause you to lose a hand. It will get replaced with this. You can even get your Moniker changed to Hook to accompany the new change.]]

[[folder: Choice of Rebels: Uprising]]

* AllianceMeter: There's a lot of them, due to the complex politics of rebellion in the Hegemony. There's three axes (Compassionate/Ruthless, Devout/Skeptical and Homelander/Cosmopolitan) that display the politics of your rebellion, a stat for your relationship with each of the five classes (aristocrats, helots, merchants, yeomen and priests), one meter for Anarchy, which is a measure of just how much damage your rebels have done to the social order of the Rim, and [[spoiler: Notoriety, a hidden stat measuring just how much you've pissed off the Hegemony by your actions]].

* UnequalRites: Played with. Theurgy is magic that is granted by the Compassionate Angels, while Goety is magic that is granted by bargains with Xaos, and Wisardry is the old magical art of Shayard. [[spoiler: Actually, they're all different names for the same thing, and they aren't granted by bargains with any outside power. The terminology is purely based in politics.]]

[[folder: Choice of the Rock Star]]

[[folder:Choice of the Star Captain]]

* HumansAreBastards: Or at least [[spoiler: Strat-Comm are bastards, they staged a war to harvest dead Blobs as a power source. The rest of humanity didn't really know about it.]]
* TheQuisling: The protagonist can become one [[spoiler: if they decide to make peace with the Blobs but fail to actually achieve it. Sure, it is a rather sympathetic variation considering how they were treated by Strat-Comm and that they are planning on becoming an interstellar diplomat... but it still involves taking advantage of humanity getting enslaved]].

[[folder:Choice of the Vampire]]
Written by Jason Stevan Hill. Previously the series consisted of [[http://www.choiceofgames.com/vampire/ Choice of the Vampire]] and the sequel,[[https://www.choiceofgames.com/vampire-2-fall-of-memphis/ Choice of Vampire: The Fall of Memphis]], but with the release of part 4 [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/2020/10/continuing-development-on-vampire/ St. Louis, Unreal City]] it all became one game.

** There are two versions of a woman named Clotho: one during the 1830s in New Orleons and her grand-niece in the 1870s in Memphis. While there are some similarities there are plenty of differences between them, [[spoiler: the main one being that the first Clotho wants to become a vampire while the second would refuse the chance even while dying]].
** Silas Hope is an Confederate soldier and amatuer poet, who while willing to become a vampire if told is insistent of taking care of the men under his command before doing so. [[spoiler: If you let him leave he will be killed in a battle and if you try to force the transformation onto him he will kill himself.]]

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: You can try to be one, especially if you have a high Compassion. It's {{deconstructed|Trope}} at one point, though. [[spoiler: If you're a friendly lord in St. Charles, the game throws you into a situation where your neighbors expect your help so often that you're unable to hunt, and you're put into a MortonsFork where you either have to leave a child to die, or try to help and end up unable to control your HorrorHunger and kill the child while feeding.]]

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Downplayed, since you can romance the first Clotho as a fledgling vampire, and Silas and the second Clotho in your 70s or 80s [[spoiler:none of these affairs lasts]], although the first Clotho {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the trope if she asks to become a vampire as well.

** When romancing Clotho, [[spoiler: either you petition your Dominus to turn her into a vampire and she gets killed instead, or you turn her yourself and your Dominus kills her in retribution.]]
** When romancing Silas, [[spoiler: if you wait to turn him into a vampire, he dies in battle the next day; if you turn him against his will, he goes berserk and runs into the sunlight.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Choice of the Vampire'' actually fits in pretty well with the standard modern vampires - they can't go out in sunlight, must drink blood to live, and can have some supernatural powers. Whether they're affected by holy symbols depends on their own beliefs.

* UselessUsefulSkill: Unfortunately, things like "technology" and "lore" seem to have little purpose at all in the game beyond some choices in certain situations.

[[folder:Choice of the Viking]]

* CrossoverCosmology: There's a ''lot'' of gods. The Christian {{God}} and the [[Myth/NorseMythology Aesir and Vanir]] both put in appearances, as do the spirits of the land [[spoiler: and of Hel]]. This even becomes a plot point [[spoiler: when you can intervene with the Door Court to argue that a Christian court [[JurisdictionFriction has no jurisdiction over a pagan draugr]]]].
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Who Is Like the Lord of Flies]] will offer you plenty of deals in exchange for sacrifice and general nastiness. Just remember who you're dealing with and the likely fate of those who worship her.

* ForTheEvulz: Snorri will [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this if [[spoiler: he tries to kick you off your land when you've been his friend and aren't especially prosperous, since there's no actual reason for him to do so under those circumstances]].
-> '''Snorri:''' I'm the big bad Snorri Thorgrimmson. Of course I'd [[spoiler: throw you out]].

* NonindicativeName: Your holding is referred to as a "farm," even if you aren't using it for agriculture - for example, it's a center for scholars or a base for viking raids.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[spoiler: Even if you play ball with Snorri from start to finish, he's going to kick you off the farm. If he ''likes'' you, he'll make a reasonable offer and let you leave in the springtime; otherwise, he'll try to force you off in the dead of winter. Either way, you'll have to fight if you want to keep your land.]]

[[folder:Choice of Zombies]]

* DarkActionGirl: The female protagonist can be sort of be this. Especially if she treats the other companions in very nasty way, loves doing KickTheDog moments, and kills zombie more for their own satisfaction than saving other people! [[spoiler:Exaggerated if you choose to burn down the church full of non-infected humans.]]

* JerkAss: Michael (or Michelle in female version), and also Brian/Bonnie in alternate route. Unsurprisingly, the protagonist can be this one, too.
* JerkAssHasAPoint: Michael/Michelle/Brian/Bonnie are actually pretty often (if not always) showing this. [[spoiler:Especially if they're concerning things about [[TheLoad Justin/Jennifer]].

[[folder:Creatures Such as We]]

[[folder:Créme de la Créme]]

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: The protagonist and Auguste, if the protagonist is not in Lady Renaldt's good books. The protagonist lampshade this - asking Auguste if they're just dating them just [[ShockValueRelationship to rebel against their mother.]]

* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Blaise]] attempts to get the protagonist expelled from Gallatin by framing them for the theft of Delacroix's necklace. However Lady Renaldt sees through their deception and expels them instead.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: If the protagonist refuses to go along with the BigBad's scheme after discovering it, they're [[spoiler: thrown into the Gallatin mines]] to make sure they don't talk.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: If the protagonist indicates to the BigBad that they're willing to work for them, the ''very'' first task they're given is to [[spoiler:help kidnap their best friend at Gallatin.]]

** During the course of the game Gonzalez inadvertently becomes a prime one in the eyes of many after a flattering story about them winds up the newspapers - to their absolute horror.

* TheMole: The protagonist can become this twice over. The first time is when they're roped into [[spoiler:Lady Renaldt's]] investigation of Gallatin's staff, where they can blindside the task giver by working to protect a teacher instead of gathering dirt to get them fired like they were supposed to do. The second opportunity occurs during the climax of the game; [[spoiler: they can pretend to go along with Lady Renaldt's kidnapping scheme to buy themselves enough time to gather the evidence needed to bring her down once and for all.]]

[[folder:The Daring Mermaid Expedition]]

[[folder:Diabolical]]
Written by Nick Aires

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Dr. Arachnus is defeated and the world is saved, but most (if not all) of your friends have died, and depending on your actions, Earth may be in a far worse condition than it's ever been before.]]

* TheDreaded: If you play a villain that strikes terror into the hearts of others.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: If chosen as your sidekick, Hackmaster will attempt to betray you and join Dr. Arachnus. [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves It doesn't go well for her]].]]

[[folder: Drag Star!]]
Written by Evan J. Peterson

In Drag Star!, you play as one of twelve (later to be thirteen) contestants in the latest season of ''Drag Star!'', the reality TV drag competition.

* TheRival: Amelia Crave, who is the PC’s rival from their hometown.

[[folder:The Fleet]]
Written by Jonathan Valuckas

* FeaturelessProtagonist: In ''The Fleet'', you're just the Fleet Captain. Not ''quite'' a NonEntityGeneral, as you can become directly involved in personal combat or captured at some points.
* GondorCallsForAid: Your job in ''The Fleet'' is to bring the Alliance to reclaim your homeworld.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: In ''The Fleet'', the members of your fleet hate TheAlliance even more than they hate the invading aliens who have taken over your homeworld.
** Not only that, but the civilians are for the Alliance, which may cause a rift between them and the military personnel.

[[folder:Fog of War: The Battle for Cerberus]]
Written by Bennett R. Coles

[[folder:For Rent: Haunted House (formerly Eerie Estate Agent)]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The TV host running an episode on your haunted house is sucked into the afterlife by the ghosts. No one ever comes looking for her or makes a fuss about her disappearance.]]

[[folder: Grand Academy for Future Villains]]
Written by Katherine Nehring

[[folder: Heart of the House]]

* DancesAndBalls: Reaves throws a massive ball at the house [[spoiler: as a way to attract people for it to eat.]]
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: When in the Manor, the PC has dreams that are the past memories of [[spoiler:Reaves' missing mother.]]

* GoldenEnding: The easiest way is to max out a stat and rely almost exclusively on it while making friends with Reaves (as you ''will'' need another pair of hands to save everyone at the ball). You should also investigate as much as you can while [[spoiler: you're trapped by the house.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Oriana]] is capable of removing certain memories from people, [[spoiler: including Reaves and Loren.]] Should your Arcana stat be low enough [[spoiler: you can also fall victim to this.]]

** DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: More specifically, Mommy was [[spoiler: mindwiped by Oriana after trying to escape the manor with Reaves.]]

[[folder: The Hero of Kendrickstone]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: In ''Cryptkeepers of Hallowford'', [[spoiler: the Heart is a malfunctioning and dangerous Flowering Court artifact that's also the source of Hallowford's prosperity.]]

** In the endgame, you have to decide how to punish [[spoiler: the captured bandits, who committed hanging-worthy offenses under MindManipulation. The compassionate thing to do is to pardon them all, but the crowd wants them hung and isn't interested in excuses. Freeing them will put a serious tarnish on your name. You can placate the crowd by sentencing the bandits to ten years of hard labour - more compassionate than hanging, and it gives the bandits a chance to repair the damage they have done to the city.]]
** In ''Hallowford'', the guy who's [[spoiler: trying to cover up a ZombieApocalypse for his own profit, and willing to murder to keep the secret]] is also the guy who's signing your paycheck. On the other hand, [[spoiler: working with the Captain to bring the issue to a vote]] isn't exactly a negative outcome, as you can get some loot and a massive rep boost for it. No, this trope ''really'' applies if [[spoiler: you decide to destroy the Heart, stopping the problem for good but forfeiting any reward at all]].
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The game's villain is a bad man [[spoiler: (using MindManipulation to turn innocents into murderous bandits isn't the behavior of an upstanding citizen)]], but Kendrickstone's elite aren't always nice chums themselves; William of Hallowford is a mafia boss and Isan of Korilandis is an amoral wizard most concerned with his own research. Even Dame Mildred is willing to engage in underhanded behavior to serve the needs of the city, such as [[spoiler: ordering her squire to cooperate with William of Hallowford and break into someone's house to catch a smuggler]].

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: William of Hallowford certainly tries to put on a front of this, and he does do a fine job of ensuring that those who buy his writs don't have to worry about criminal activity. He's also extremely willing to chip in to defend the city when it's in trouble - it's his larder he's guarding.

* ZombieApocalypse: [[spoiler: A problem in ''Cryptkeepers'' is that the dead are coming out of the crypts.]]

[[folder:Hollywood Visionary]]

* AcclaimedFlop: Only possible if [[spoiler: you're blacklisted]]. Otherwise, the ending doesn't actually distinguish between critical and commercial success - both roads lead to an Oscar. [[invoked]]
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Your niece. When she first appears on the studio lot, your character expects her to ask about the movie stars, but she surprises your character by being an expert in filmmaking lingo and technical jargon as well as the more obscure parts of the movie industry, and she spends time trying to be useful and helpful to those around her. Also, if you have a good relationship with her, [[spoiler:she'll spy on Croghan for you to find out if his picture is a rip-off of yours or not.]]
** However, there's one subversion near the end: if you spend enough time with your niece, and you promise her that you can keep a secret, she tells you that she doesn't think she's as precocious and smart as others think she is, since [[spoiler:[[{{UsefulNotes/Dyslexia}} she can't read unless she really forces herself, and in fact, she's only been able to turn in homework because she's been paying a boy in her class to write down what she says (but just writing it down; she still comes up with the answers herself)]].]]

* AnachronismStew: The game is set in TheFifties. Most of the background fluff (UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar is ongoing, UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist is at its height, a Congressional committee is actively rooting out Communist agents, the Paramount Decision has opened the door for independent filmmakers to reach a wide audience of theater-goers) implies a setting in the early fifties, but several of the movies listed in the dossiers of actors and directors were released later in the decade, and your niece at one point makes a reference to ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', considered emblematic of TheFifties but not actually broadcast until 1957.\\
\\
That said, most hints indicate the game takes place in 1952-53. "Eisenhower's America" is mentioned in such a way as to imply it's a new thing (he was elected on November 4, 1952, and inaugurated on January 20, 1953), the Korean War ended in mid-1953, and [[spoiler: the Academy Awards ceremony in one of the game's possible endings is explicitly said to be the first broadcast on television - which historically was the 25th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 19, 1953. Oddly, Spencer Tracy, who presents you with your award, was not a presenter at that ceremony in RealLife.]] The Army-[=McCarthy=] hearings of 1954 would precipitate the decline of Communist witch-hunts, making a setting after that point unlikely.

* BadBoss: Lloyd Croghan, who's callous and inflexible, but also competent [[spoiler: and ultimately fair-minded]].

** Your niece, who hates school and would rather spend time on the studio lot. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that this is because she's dyslexic.]]
** The Grip is also this - a genius film technician who didn't graduate high school.

* ExecutiveMeddling: {{Invoked}}. You face attempts at this from the MediaWatchdog Jonathan Creed. Later, your backer may make demands in exchange for saving your studio.
* FirstGirlWins: The first character whose gender you can select (usually an indication of a LoveInterest in the ''Choice'' games) is the assistant, but the game instead focuses on a LoveTriangle with the Actor and the Grip, keeping your relationship with the assistant platonic. [[spoiler:However, if you don't end up with either the Actor ''or'' the Grip at the premiere, you are presented with an opportunity to start dating the assistant. The achievement for this is even called "You All Along".]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted, for the most part - real Hollywood celebrities of the era are featured in the game, and you can even cast them in your movie.
* OneStatToRuleThemAll: While ''you'' don't necessarily need to have any skill at this (talent can be hired), skillful [[spoiler: editing]] can fix any and all problems that rise up on the set. Do what you need to to get the film made, and work out the kinks [[spoiler: in post-production]].

* RedScare: One of the game's overarching plotlines. You can play as a staunch anti-communist or an unapologetic Red - or anywhere in between. If you're unapologetic or uncooperative enough, you ''will'' be blacklisted.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/EdWood'' - there's a scene where Creator/OrsonWelles gives you a pep talk very similar to the one he gives Ed Wood in the film.
* SmokingGun: The fire investigation discovers a piece of evidence that the conflagration which nearly brought down your studio was, in fact, arson. [[spoiler:It was a Diego cigar - Croghan's brand - leading you to believe he tried to sabotage your studio, but it turns out he stopped smoking cigars some time before.]]

* TroubledProduction: It wouldn't be much of a game if your project ran smoothly. This is {{exaggerated}} if Crew Stress is high, as a crew that's going insane won't have good Craft. [[invoked]]
* TypeCasting: Indulging in this does wonders for the quality of your film's acting. This doesn't work for directors, though - A-list directors will excel at making pretty much any kind of movie, even if you have Creator/AlfredHitchcock direct a romantic comedy or Creator/BillyWilder direct an epic adventure film. [[invoked]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Although Croghan is exonerated from arson and industrial sabotage, it's ultimately never revealed who tried to burn down your studio.]]
* {{Workaholic}}: You can be one. [[spoiler: Work too hard and you'll end up having a heart attack.]]
* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Across the board, "budget" talent is inferior to A-list talent, though usually their weaknesses can be overcome if you make the right choices during production. [[spoiler: But don't scrimp on the film editing - the cheaper the editor, the fewer opportunities you have to alter the film ''and'' the more likely an alteration can backfire.]]

[[folder: Ironheart]]

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Louis kills his brother Guillame in an attempt to take control of his fief.]]

** Saladin is the leader of the Caliphate. He is a wise and charitable ruler, and he's firmly on the side of peace with Jerusalem - though he may not be able to get it. He'll freely accept the fealty of a Christian knight.

* WorthyOpponent: King Baldwin and Saladin have great mutual respect for each other, even as their religions demand that they cross blades. [[spoiler: And because of this, a peace treaty is an option.]]

[[folder: It's Killing Time]]

[[folder: The Last Monster Master]]

* GambitPileup: The last battle is a circus as everyone's attempts to control [[spoiler: the monster army]] crash headlong into one another.
* GuideDangIt: How the ending is determined is not explained outside of the code. [[spoiler: It depends on your Compassion/Discipline meter and on which of four stats you've trained the most.]]

* InherentInTheSystem: Humans' treatment of monsters is essentially slavery, but the fact is that untamed monsters ''are'' wild and dangerous to humans, and only certain humans have the necessary telepathic ability to communicate with and tame them. [[spoiler: It's possible to build a more equitable society once monsters break their chains. It's also rather easy to screw things up.]]

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: [[spoiler: Both groups of rebel monsters fit. "The rebels" are a BarbarianHorde who want to burn everything down, while Alumig is a would-be fascist dictator. And even if you beat both of them, the monster army will still establish a new system ''not'' based on Monster Masters, which can be just as bad as the old system or worse if you don't [[GuideDangIt know exactly what you're doing when raising your monsters]].]]

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: In the ending, you will always be "the last Monster Master."]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Alumig is trying to free monsters from human rule. While that isn't entirely a good thing, and he ''is'' a JerkAss who's mostly using the cause for his own ambition, he has a point that human treatment of monsters gets oppressive at times.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Late in the story, [[spoiler:Orlich attempts to take over Granaugh and enlist the monsters in his army, reasoning that he needs to do whatever is necessary to fight the Brugarnns.]]

[[folder: Mask of the Plague Doctor]]
Written by Peter Parrish

[[folder: MetaHuman Inc.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Don't tick off the board of directors. Just...don't.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: If you fail to stop the invasion of the Surgeons]] but end up getting approval from the executives on how good of a job you did over the course of a year as a CEO. Knowing the certain future really puts a damper on the praise...

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: For you, taking the powers offered by [=MetaHuman=] is this, binding you to the will of the Board of Directors. If you don't take any enhancements, then if they decide to eliminate you in the ending, they have to back down and let you go free.]]
* DoWellButNotPerfect: Downplayed. [[spoiler: If you ''don't'' want to remain as CEO, you want to shoot for a medium score. Too high, and [[ResignationsNotAccepted the shareholders won't want to let you go]]. Too low, and the shareholders [[YouHaveFailedMe won't let you go for a different reason]]. If you like the job, of course, you want to do well.]]
* DownerEnding: Dying [[spoiler: in the Surgeons' world either protecting Katariki or fighting alongside him as the Surgeons close in due to not having what you needed to stop them. Being trapped in a picture by the board also counts]].
* EpicFail: [[spoiler: Try to get Marc Bonnin to embezzle company money for you when he's actually not guilty of anything, and he'll rat you out to the shareholders. This is ''not'' good for your evaluation, though it's possible to partially weasel out of it.]]

* HappyEnding: [[spoiler: Saving the world from the Surgeons' invasion]] and getting praised for doing such a good job as a CEO. You're even offered to continue working as a CEO. Plus, getting your preferred love interest.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: You, possibly, if you choose to stay behind and cause a distraction with the Surgeons for Katariki so he can close the portal from their world to Earth's world. However, if you go close the portal and Katariki stays behind, he becomes this trope.]]

* MercyKill: When you travel into a future [[spoiler: Seattle in a world taken over by Surgeons]], you come upon a [[spoiler: human transforming into a Surgeon]]. He pleads with you to kill him before he turns completely. It's your choice whether you do it or not.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Anaru Katariki.]]

* ReadTheFinePrint: Actually, you can't do this with your contract as CEO, because that would reveal that [[spoiler: if you don't take any enhancements, the Board has no power over you]].
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler: At the shareholders' evaluation, there's plenty of opportunities to salvage bad results through brass balls. You can even blame the shareholders if they catch you embezzling.]]

* TotalitarianUtilitarian: [[spoiler: Mathematically speaking, the Surgeons' invasion is a good thing for humanity, increasing the quality of life and reducing the death rate. The price involves sacrificing "a minuscule percentage" of the population to allow the Surgeons to breed. Whether this is ultimately a good trade is up to you.]]

[[folder: A Midsummer Night's Choice]]
Written by Kreg Segall

* FoodChains: [[spoiler: If the player tries and fails to break the grass chains binding them in the enchanted grove, they will gnaw the chains off instead. As it turns out later, this counts as eating fairy food and binds the protagonist to the forest.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: The protagonist is the result of a romantic tryst between the Duke and the Faerie Queene, making them half-fairy.]]

[[folder: The Mysteries of Baroque]]

[[folder: Neighbourhood Necromancer]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: If your relationship with your horde is low enough, they will turn on you when the Kendall kids take the [[MacGuffin bone]] from you, and you will subsequently be raised as a zombie yourself in service to the Kendalls.]]

[[folder:NOLA Is Burning]]

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Your goal is to save your boss's kidnapped spouse - who you've been seeing behind their back. But who's betraying whom? (see Et Tu Brute).

[[folder: The ORPHEUS Ruse]]

* BlackAndGrayMorality: No faction in this game is completely clean. The Ryker Foundation try to protect psychics from humanity and maintain TheMasquerade while living among them, but they also [[spoiler: take children from their parents and erase people's memories to protect their secret]]. ORPHEUS want to protect psychics by ''controlling'' humanity, but they also fight against the Ryker Foundation's above-mentioned crimes. [[spoiler: And then there's William Doone, who's a mass-murderer who's lived over a century through {{Body Surf}}ing and [[ImmortalityImmorality murdering his descendants]].]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: ORPHEUS is named after the Orphics, who sought immortality through communing with the gods and transmigrating between bodies - just as you and William Doone do.]]

[[folder: Pendragon Rising]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Cerdic/Cerda is just trying to win some land for his people, a nation of InvadingRefugees, and would like to do so with a minimum of bloodshed. Cynric/Cynna, however, has aligned himself with dark powers.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Bedwyr/Blodwyn is maimed at one point in the game, preventing them from becoming Monarch because a maimed ruler must step aside. You can give them a metal arm; while it isn't actually an effective limb, it symbolically means that they're not maimed, and can contend for the throne.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Near the end of the game, [[spoiler: Bedwyr/Blodwyn gets injured and loses his/her hand]]. Should you not become the Pendragon, Bedwyr/Blodwyn goes into the last big battle with [[spoiler: a metal hand fashioned to fit him/her in the place of his/her real one]].

* TheRival: The heir to the throne, either Bedwyr/Blodwyn depending on your gender. You two are half related by your father or mother, and constantly bicker with one another and your parent has times where they favor you over your sibling and vice versa. If you become [[spoiler: the new Pendragon]], they begrudgingly start to listen to you and do what you order them to do.
* ReligionIsMagic: The rites of the druidic faith of Britain have magical powers. Christian prayers, by and large, don't. [[spoiler: Except in the Battle of Badon, where a proper recitation of the Trinitarian formula can dispel Saxon mind control.]]

* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Should you have sex with Morgan, it'll later be revealed that you two are half-siblings after you become pregnant (if you're Arta and Morgan is male) or after Morgan becomes pregnant (if you're Arthur and Morgan is female).]]

[[folder:Psy High]]

* ArcWords: "Model citizens." [[spoiler: That means "{{brainwashed}} into being a straight-A student and total conformist."]]

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: Mr. Pierce and Ms. Clay are using the Vinculum to brainwash the students. Mr. Pierce is using this for his political ambitions, Ms. Clay honestly believes that making the students into "model citizens" is what's best for them.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: An ending save feature to carry over data was added to the first installment with the release of the sequel. However, you are prevented from doing so with certain playthroughs that can not possibly lead into the sequel, [[spoiler: such as losing your powers or going to jail]].

* DePower: [[spoiler: The Vinculum's mind control also screws with your powers if it affects you.]]

* HighSchoolDance: Junior prom, the single most important event of the year! [[spoiler: Because Pierce is going to take control of the Nexus during it and turn the junior class into model citizens.]]

* LogicBomb: [[spoiler: This is one way to defeat Mr. Pierce's "model citizens": when he tells them to attack you, you can point out that although Pierce may be their principal, what he's telling them to do is assault and battery, which is illegal. They spend long enough trying to figure out what to do for your friends to arrive and take control.]]

* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: In one ending, [[spoiler: you use the Nexus to empower the entire junior class]].

* MundaneUtility: In one ending, [[spoiler: phenomenal psychic powers are very good for cheating on college admissions]].

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Ms. Clay can sabotage Mr. Pierce to take over the school. She's not a nice person, but she does care about the school for its own sake instead of as a platform to TakeOverTheWorld, making her ALighterShadeOfBlack. She's even a good ending, if you don't object to the whole "model citizens" thing.]]

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: If you don't have anyone by the time of the prom, [[spoiler: you can go with Haley, and she can become your love interest if you choose]].
* TroubledButCute: Carl/Carla. He/she's the typical [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys high school bad boy archetype]] (even though he/she can be male or female), is often in trouble and even [[spoiler: sells drugs]], but he/she also is really a kind person and has a softer side evident if you pursue friendship or a relationship with him/her.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Janet Clay is honestly trying to do what she thinks is best for her students and the school, and she thinks that making students into "model citizens" will help them succeed in life.]]

[[folder: Ratings War]]

[[folder:Reckless Space Pirates]]
Written by Rachel Zakuta

** [[spoiler: You can hack the speechbox to mimic the Medusans' shouts.]]
* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler: If your Empathy is low and your Infamy is high, and you are taken into IHP custody, the sentencing committee will decide that you've been contaminated by living on a pirate ship and sentence you to Groundside rehabilitation.]]

[[folder: Runt of the Litter]]

* AloofBigBrother: It's never commented on one way or another, but there's a strong possibility that Coldtalon - Neeris' barn-owl-and-snow-leopard gryphon - is this to a runt the PC "adopts" from SilentWinter, the barn-owl-and-snow-leopard gryohon mother.

* DragonRider: The PC's country, Vaengrea, is at war with them. [[spoiler: You might even encounter one later in the game.]]

* FaceOfAThug: Keenvision, the vulture-and-cougar gryphon mother. While she does have some admittedly gross, vulture-ish traits - a preference for meat that's been rotting for a few days, leaving maggoty carcasses all over her nest - she's explicitly stated to be the sweetest and gentlest of the gryphon mothers,[[spoiler: and is the only one who doesn't treat her rejected egg with indifference or hostility - Instead, she picks it up very gently from her nest and places it at the PC's feet.]] TruthInTelevision, as RealLife vultures are very intelligent and affectionate birds.

* OurGryphonsAreDifferent: The player can only pick from one of six pre-made options at the beginning, but gryphons in this world seem to come in [[MixAndMatchCritters any possible bird-and-wildcat combination]]. It also doesn't seem to affect their size any - a hypothetical sparrow-and-ocelot gryphon would be about as big as your traditional eagle-and-lion, although the Player's runt is naturally a bit smaller. Also, the cover art implies that they might be closer to Opinici, with the head and wings of a bird and the body of a cat.
* ThePlague: Many of the country's gryphons are suffering from Dropfeather, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in addition to the obvious]] apparently leaves gryphons blind even if it doesn't kill them. [[spoiler: It's possible to find a cure while in exile and earn your return to Vaengrea be bringing it back.]]

* UngratefulBastard: [[TheBully Unner.]] [[spoiler: If you help save his and his gryphon's lives, he immediately brings the High Council down on you.]]

[[folder: The Sea Eternal]]

[[folder:Showdown at Willow Creek]]

[[folder: Silverworld]]

* AlternateHistory: The game world's Byzantium is a very unusual one, from the Aztec Triple Alliance to ClockPunk Zipangu (Japan), and centered around a colonial Byzantine Empire where Orthodoxy exists but Christianity doesn't. [[spoiler: Our world also exists, and can be brought about by the fall of the False Icon.]]
* TheChiefsDaughter: Keimia is the daughter of Chief Kothis and a fierce warrior woman of the Silverworld. [[spoiler: She defects to the False Icon early in the game, but can be won back to the River People with the right words, and that can lead to a romance.]]

* DoWithHimAsYouWill: [[spoiler: One option when dealing with Stralchus, after capturing him, is to give him into the hands of either the River People or his slaves. Neither ends well for him.]]

** Stralchus wants to [[spoiler: destroy the Silverworld and go home]]. To do this, he establishes a slave empire through Byzantine technical knowledge so that he can recapture the False Icon.

** Through a combination of future technology and slavery, Stralchus builds the Ziggurat, the foundation of an Iron Age empire. Since he's not bound by morality or the future Byzantium's bureaucracy, he's even faster at introducing innovations than you are, and in no time at all a force equipped like Greek hoplites are raiding the tribal peoples of the Silverworld. [[spoiler: Should you choose, in the endgame you can take over the Ziggurat and continue his work without the slavery and cruelty.]]
* GlobalCurrency: Your wealth is measured in Byzantine solidi, though you don't actually have the money - it's a measure of the value of the Silverworld's trinkets.

* IChooseToStay: Assuming [[spoiler: the new world isn't destroyed]], you can remain in the past and either [[GoingNative become one of their people]] or become the ruler of the Ziggurat.
* LeftHandVersusRightHand: If you ally with [[spoiler: the False Icon]], it's still kind of hard to get [[spoiler: the ophidians]] to accept that you're on the same side, and they'll want [[spoiler: HumanSacrifice]] in exchange for working with you.

* [[spoiler: MergedReality]]: [[spoiler: One of three possible endings, and arguably the "good" one, as the other two result in either most of the beings in the past dying of hunger and cold, or them being [[RetGone erased from existence]]. The past created by the False Icon is retained, but still leads to a world similar to (but not identical to) that from which the MC came.]]

* StealingFromTheTill: The money that the Empress is generously allowing you to send home is yours, not hers. It's just being banked and invested...unless you fail to impress her. If that happens, the Imperial bureaucracy will arrange "necessary deductions" or outright plunder your funds. Even in the best case, the Empress is still getting a zero-interest loan from you and profiting from the investment.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Usually, affecting the world of 11 Million BC will not affect the future. [[spoiler: The False Icon falling, however, ''will'' alter the timeline and create our world in place of Byzantium. It's a god, so it doesn't play by exactly the same rules as the rest of the time travel. Likewise, Stralchus remaining in the past will mess up the present, according to Dr. Sabbatine. And several endings indicate that elements of the Silverworld bleed into Byzantium's reality regardless.]]

[[folder: Sixth Grade Detective]]

[[folder: Skystrike: Wings of Justice]]

[[folder: The Superlatives]]

* DatingCatwoman: Your character and [[spoiler: Lady Dusk]] can get romantically involved - to the point that [[spoiler: she'll pull a HighHeelFaceTurn on her father]].

[[folder: Tally Ho]]

* ClassyCatBurglar: The mysterious Light Fingered Lou, also known as [[spoiler: Haze]].

* MoustacheDePlume: Used by Romance novelist Fifi Buttercup, who is really [[spoiler: Colonel Firesnuff]].
* NonStandardGameOver: The game can abruptly end if the PC [[spoiler:does not give the appropriate code name to Regina.]]

[[folder: The Fog Knows Your Name]]
Written by Clio Yun-su Davis

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Rex dumps his old friends like garbage once he gets a taste of the popular life, and becomes outright antagonistic to them as time progresses. If you chose to be nice to him despite all of this on the night of his death, you can see that he's feeling pretty guilty over the whole thing, [[spoiler: and his ghost later confesses that he deeply regrets his choices.]]
* AgentMulder: Both Kirill and Diego are very open minded regarding the supernatural, as is the protagonist if they have a high Otherworldy stat. This sometimes brings them into conflict with [[AgentScully Addy.]]

** Addy, the most supernaturally skeptic of the group and the very last one to come around to [[spoiler: accepting that the Fog Beast is real.]]
** Anuja also starts out wanting to find rational explanations for things [[spoiler: but quickly becomes a believer after she manages to capture some of the Fog Beast's victims on camera.]]

* AstralProjection: Diego can hypnotize you into having an out of body experience in an attempt to [[spoiler: scour the spirtual realm for information about the Fog Beast.]]
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: [[spoiler: The spirits of the Fog Beast's victims are forever trapped in the fog, unable to pass on. However being stuck in limbo means that they can potentially [[BackFromTheDead make their way back to the world of the living]], if they find a way to weaken the Beast's hold on them.]]

* BoyMeetsGhoul: [[spoiler: A romance between you and Rex, which only starts to blossom after his death.]]

* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Rex's spirit starts trying to reach out to you the moment you return to Arbor Isle, which eventually leads to the two of you having several conversations in dreams, over the phone, and finally in person.]]
* DisappearedDad

** Anuja's dad disappeared without a trace five years ago. [[spoiler: He was murdered by Wyatt Michaels after he got dangerouly close to busting the latter's drug operation.]]
* ElectromagneticGhosts: In the weeks after Rex's death, you can notice that the lights in a room start to flicker when you say his name. [[spoiler: As Wyatt's hold over Ennis gets stronger, the interference is strong enough to knock out all the streetlights she passes.]]

* FatalFlaw: Pride, for Rex. It's what causes him to lash out at you and your friends when he thinks that you're becoming a threat to his popularity [[spoiler: and his ghost bitterly admits that his pride made even the thought of begging the group for forgiveness far too humiliating.]] Both of these factors make him [[spoiler: a prime target for the Fog Beast.]]
* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler: The OminousFog of Arbor Isle quite literally has a mind of its own, and it's absolutely determined to stomp out all liars.]]

* ISeeThemToo: If you succesfully get through to Ashley when interrogating her for information about Ennis, she'll reveal that [[spoiler: she has also being seeing the spirit of Rex Keller.]] Later on [[spoiler: Barry Michaels can admit to seeing the spirit of his father Wyatt whenever the fog rolls in.]]

* KidsAreCruel: Rex is rather nasty to you and your friends before he dies, at least part of the nastiness was him retaliating after certain members of your group spread malicious gossip about him - you can potentially be doing so on the very eve of his death. The students at Ashbrook High launch a campaign against you in the aftermath of Rex's death (which can be the main reason why you fled Arbor Isle), and Ennis and Caleb start it up again when you return to town.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: The Fog Beast chosing to prey on liars means that it inadvertently doles this out quite regularly; it's most recent victim before Rex was Wyatt Michaels, who was lying to cover up the fact that he murdered Karna Basu.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rex is carrying a lot of guilt over how he treated his old friends, which becomes very apparent if you still act nice to him despite everything. Unfortunately for him, his [[FatalFlaw pride]] causes him to dig his heels in and refuse to accept any blame, which leads to [[spoiler: the Fog Spirit taking his life as punishment.]]

* PhoneCallFromTheDead: The first concrete piece of proof that something supernatural is afoot is when [[spoiler: you start getting phone calls Rex, six months after his death. He later moves on to texting after struggling with the terrible reception in the afterlife.]]

* TheUnapologetic: While the folk tales and urban legends surrounding Arbor Isle differ on what exactly happens to those who fall prey to the fog, the thing that they all agree on is that those targetted are people who are gulity of wronging another without confessing to it. [[spoiler: This is because the Fog Beast is determined to damn all liars.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: None of your friends can understand what [[SchoolIdol Ashley]] sees in Rex. [[spoiler: ''Everyone'' is stunned if you decide to court Rex, [[InsecureLoveInterest including Rex himself]].]]

[[folder: Thieves' Gambit: The Curse of the Black Cat]]

[[folder:Top Villain: Total Domination]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: One of the reader's henchmen sells them out to the forces of justice for rejecting their idea for new uniforms.]]

[[folder:Tower Behind the Moon]]

* AlchemyIsMagic: The Subtle Art is largely a lost art in the Sublunar World, but you can resurrect it. It's particularly useful [[spoiler: in transcending your mortal limitations prior to full ascension]].

* BargainWithHeaven: [[spoiler: A compassionate archmage can cut a deal with the Dragon King for aid in ascension, in exchange for becoming His angel if you fail. The Dragon King will also offer you a job as an angel if you only partially ascend; being a high-ranking angel is a tempting alternative to being a minor godling.]]

** Atoms can't be divided. It's a rule of the Sublunar World. [[spoiler: But you can move the moon down below your current position.]]
** No mortal can destroy a soul; only the Throne of Thrones, where the Dragon King sits as he judges the dead, has such power. [[spoiler: However, you can invoke the Throne yourself.]]

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: In nearly all endings, you leave Harpe; for one reason or another, you can't stay. The only exception is for fully-ascended vitalists, who can absorb Harpe into their living continent if they want.]]
* CrystalDragonJesus: The Dragon King rules the worlds from the Throne of Thrones, is worshipped by most of the Sublunar World, encourages compassion in His followers, and is generally hostile to "pagan" deities. [[spoiler: (The fact that He's helping you become one is part of ThePlan.) He isn't the creator of the worlds, though; other, stranger beings held the Kalyos Kalynon before Him.]]

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Your objective is to become one, in a form appropriate to your magical path. Becoming a ''god'', specifically, is the domain of summoners [[spoiler: who aren't especially ruthless]], but the other paths lead to becoming a being of equivalent might.

** [[spoiler: The gods who your rival has allied with are fighting against the Dragon King, as well as seeking to prevent new ascended gods from coming into being. Should you ascend, they'll still be your enemies.]]

* AHellOfATime: [[spoiler: Xiphaigne rewards good service from the damned, and being one of her demons is not really a bad afterlife for an archmage. You get to continue your research, or continue fighting against the gods who attacked the world, if that's what you want.]]
* InformedAttribute: If you die with neutral Acclaim and Legacy, [[spoiler: your tower and the Battle of Harpe created ''a'' change in the world and shaped the future even more than the rise of the Dragon King eons ago, but exactly ''what'' change you inspired is unclear even to your chronicler.]]
* InspirationalMartyr: If you die [[spoiler: with high Acclaim, Legacy or both, then your death at the Battle of Harpe will inspire a time of peace, an age of magical wonders, or both respectively.]]
* KangarooCourt: A kangaroo ''civil'' court occurs in one outcome of the DealWithTheDevil with Xiphaigne. [[spoiler: When you're trying to defect to the Dragon King and discover a loophole in the contract, Xiphaigne demands a court hearing, only to hear that it'll involve her enemy, the Speaker of Llyrit Skel. When she appeals to a higher court, the Dragon King grants one and rules against her.]]

* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: If you die with low Legacy and low or neutral Acclaim, then after your death, you'll be remembered as the last archmage, in an age where magical knowledge is a shadow of what it was in your time.]]
* {{Lich}}: A necromancer who ascends becomes one of these. [[spoiler: Specifically, a necromancer who ''partially'' ascends becomes a lich; a truly ascended necromancer becomes something far greater and darker.]]

* MasterApprenticeChain: In one ending, you meet your apprentice's apprentice, [[spoiler: and help them ascend]].
* NonindicativeName: Oracles aren't limited to divination magic, though they do that better than anyone else. They channel StarPower and [[PowerCrystal crystal magic]] to as many ends as any other mage.

* ShoutOut: One of the five stat pairings is [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "Subtle" and "Quick to Anger."]]
* SorcerousOverlord: These normally don't exist in the Ocrocine Remnant, though the Speaker of Llyrit Skel is an exception (he's identified as a priest-king rather than a wizard-king, but he ''is'' an archmage). [[spoiler: In one ending, you can begin conquering the Remnant for yourself. In another, your death leads to a war between wizards and {{muggles}}, inspiring other wizards to become this.]]

[[folder:Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck]]

* SlaveRace: The Vervoo. [[spoiler: However, you later find a transport vessel named the ''Andax Theta'' that was owned and operated by Vervoo, so not all Vervoo are slaves. This revelation causes Vervoo crewmember Borion to feel conflicted.]]

[[folder: Trials of the Thief-Taker]]

* ArtfulDodger: A female version named Clouting Jill who first appears stealing your handkerchief. [[spoiler: If you decide not to take action against her for theft, she can be helpful later on.]]

** [[spoiler: Nia Maddox is a [[BountyHunter thief-taker]] and the ruler of the biggest criminal empire in London.]]

[[folder: The Versus Trilogy]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: "Bominate" can be short for 'Abomination']]

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Otherboard[[spoiler: and Multiplicity]]. Multinarians qualify as a whole, really; it gets them some serious hate from both humans ''and'' robots. See FantasticRacism above.
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Choose to allow Todrick to volunteer to fight in the Versus match against the Bominate, and he will die. Choose to convince him ''not'' to do so, and Breeze dies in the match instead]].

[[folder: Welcome To Moreytown]]

[[folder:A Wise Use Of Time]]

* ActionGirl: If you play as a female character and have a high Fortitude stat, you can be this. [[spoiler: Alisha proves to be this if you convince her to help you fight Barnabas: she'll brandish a sword and possibly kill him with it.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Fail to defeat Barnabas in the final battle and he'll permanently freeze you in time, conscious and able to think but completely immobile.]]

* CapturedSuperEntity: [[spoiler: ''You'', if you're exposed and reluctantly agree to submit to the authorities.]]
* DescentIntoAddiction: Raj begins the story as a gambling addict, and only gets worse as the story continues. Without your interference, he will spiral further and further into debt, with a gang threatening his life and livelihood if he doesn't pay up. Refuse to help him and [[spoiler: he will eventually disappear without a trace, meaning that he either fled to start a new life or was killed by the debt hunters.]]

** Partway through the game you'll come across a distraught man called Jeremy, [[spoiler: whose time controlling powers have only just developed. Unfortunately, he's terrified of them and believes that he's incurably ill.]] You find him sitting on the edge of a bridge, contemplating whether to jump or not. [[VideoGameCaringPotential You can convince him not to,]] or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential push him off yourself.]]
** [[spoiler: If you investigate enough information on your father's disappearance and interrogate Barnabas during the final battle, he'll reveal that your father killed himself out of shame for being conned.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Dr. Oden will sell you out to the government if you don't keep your abilities quiet.]]
* FanConvention: Olivia takes you to a tattoo convention in New York. There you'll meet her idol, Malaya Mercado, a famous tattoo artist and [[spoiler: fellow time controller.]]
* FalseFriend: [[spoiler: Dr. Oden can possibly be this if you're too visible, seeming helpful and enthusiastic throughout the game and helping you develop your powers, only to sell you out to the authorities at the end.]]

* TheGamblingAddict: Your friend (and possible lover) Raj is a gambling addict who [[TrappedByGamblingDebts finds himself in massive debt because of it.]] You can help him pay his debts, advise him to get therapy or leave him to it. [[spoiler: The latter results in him disappearing without a trace, and it is implied that the gang threatening him finished him off.]]

* KickTheDog: You first meet [[spoiler: Barnabas in a busy subway station, where he pushes an old man in front of an oncoming train and stops time to get your attention. After you have spoken, he offers you the chance to save the man. Try to do so and Barnabas restarts time just as you're about to pull the man to safety, meaning that the man is hit and killed by the train. The only reason Barnabas does this is to intimidate and upset you, as he usually only kills other time controllers in the hopes of absorbing their powers.]]

* RomanceSidequest: A staple of ''Choice Of Games''. You can romance both male and female love interests and choose to be straight, [[GayOption gay]] or [[EveryoneIsBi bisexual.]]

* TimeStandsStill: The main focus of the game is you developing the ability to freeze time. [[spoiler: It is not just you who has this power: you meet at least four other time controllers throughout the game, though it is implied that they are very rare.]]
** It turns out that [[spoiler: you're not actually stopping time, simply slowing it down to a near-frozen state. Your character continues to call it 'stopping time' for the sake of convenience.]]

[[folder:Zip! Speedster of Valiant City]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Guenevere}}''

* ''VideoGame/{{Guenevere}}

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There's an option to have some or all of the names either use traditional Nordic spellings (including letters that aren't in the English language) or the more common English transliterations.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: William of Hallowford is an honest, upstanding merchant of Kendrickstone who provides, among other services, protection from the city's criminal element. Of course, sometimes his men need to remind everyone why they should buy his writs of protection. Order must be maintained in the city, after all. The achievement for joining his organization is even called "Legitimate Business."

** William of Hallowford is a "[[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub legitimate businessman]]" who controls all criminal activity in the city. If you work for him, he'll either train you in Subterfuge or give you a rich piece of the action.

Written by Brandon Greer.

* CaptainErsatz: While attending Villain-Con the player meets the guest Dean Joan Thomas, who's a pastiche of Creator/DeanCain. From how he starred in [[''Series/LoisAndClark'' a live-action superhero show in the 90's]] (and he's giving away fridge magnets that say "You're super, man".), and went on to host ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' on basic cable.

[[folder:Tower Behind the Moon]]
Written by Kyle Marquis.

** You are inevitably run out of [[spoiler:St. Charles]] if you settle there; the last straw that incites a TorchesAndPitchforks mob is either [[spoiler:you ignoring an injured child's cries for help, or going to help him but inevitably losing control of your HorrorHunger when you see his blood. This is notable as a later addition, since in the original game, the mob would run you out even if you were a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire benign]] philanthropist with a HundredPercentAdorationRating.]]

* HasTwoMommies: Your childhood friend Alison/Andrew has two mothers, both of whom are lawyers, although it's only mentioned briefly.