History VideoGame / DivinityDragonCommander

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Corvus the demon is responsible for every unpleaseant event of the protagonist's life.]]

* AssholeVictim: The Elven noble whom [[spoiler: Scarlett kills with extreme prejudice if you allow her. He has been abusing his authority as a Witch Hunter to inflict truly horrific deaths on anyone whom he feels is a homosexual. While extra-judicial vigilante justice may not be a good thing, the fact of the matter was that he was too highly placed and would have gotten off scot-free with his crimes otherwise. Even you Elven Councillor is aware of his deeds but to protect the good name of the elves he is willing to *bribe* you just to turn a blind eye.]]

* DueToTheDead: Pretty much you can allow Aida, the Dwarf Queen to do anything but if you allow her to [[spoiler: Dumb her JerkAss of a father's corpse in a pig pen you won't hear the end of it.]]

* HalfHumanHybred: You. Your mother was one of the last dragon. You can transform into one during battle once a turn. [[CrubStompBattle It goes as well as you think for the opposing army.]]

* Tsudere: Aida the Dwarf Princess. She's somewhat dere to you but is really Tsun to her father to the point of [[spoiler: arranging him to be killed and his corpse being eaten by a bunch of pigs.]]

* TheNamaka: Your Generals can become this if you get them to work together.

* DueToTheDead: Pretty much you can allow the Dwarf Queen to do anything but if you allow her to [[spoiler: Dumb her JerkAss of a father's corpse in a pig pen you won't hear the end of it.]]

* Tsudere: The Dwarf Princess. She's somewhat dere to you but is really Tsun to her father to the point of [[spoiler: arranging him to be killed and his corpse being eaten by a bunch of pigs.]]
* TheLadette: Scarlet all the way.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Scarley after attending her friends' lesbian wedding if you allow gay marriage. She's still somewhat drunk when you talk to her and the wedding was two days ago.

*** WordOfGod is that they did plan for an imp princess but didn't have the budget for her story arc.

* StrawFeminist: Played with through Catherine, former queen of a LadyLand that you conquered, who has some straw elements. Her character arc can go one of two ways, and in the design document the two paths are actually called "Feminist" (the more mellow path) and "Chauvinist" (the angry, frustrated one).

* SealedEvilInACan: ''The Raven'', your CoolAirship, is powered by a captive demon called Corvus. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, though the can stays sealed, it starts to leak...]]

* OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted somewhat. The elf councilperson is very enthusiastic and bombastic in defending his typical environmentalist and civil rights agenda, but is merely disappointed when you don't listen to him.

* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Yorrick the undead councilperson is a cranky old curmudgeon and a pompous, religiously conservative windbag. Even his usual political ally, Sir Falstaff Silvervein of the dwarf party, doesn't like him much, and Oberon (who respects Sir Falstaff despite their utter lack of anything in common) mocks Yorrick behind his back. He doesn't even seem like a terribly good politician compared to his fellows, and one of those fellows is an [[ForScience imp]].

* InterspeciesRomance: All four potential queens are princesses of non-human (in one case, [[TheUndead formerly human]]) races chosen for potential alliances with their respective races.

* BuxomIsBetter: All four of the princesses have notably massive chests -- even the [[NonMammalMammaries lizard]] and [[ThemBones undead]] princesses.

* GenreBusting: It's a strategic, card battling, RealTimeStrategy ThirdPersonShooter (at least according to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPP4NUGexQ Angry Joe]]).

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Rough-spoken, capitalist industrialists. Which means *ElvesVersusDwarves is in full swing.

BalefulPolymorph: Warlock units can turn enemy units into beetles.
BuxomIsBetter: All four of the princesses have notably massive chests -- even the [[NonMammalMammaries lizard]] and [[ThemBones undead]] princesses.
DemBones: The undead -- fairly civilized as a species unto themselves, although their religious zealotry sometimes gets out of hand.
DysfunctionJunction: Your generals and potential queens all have some kind of serious personality flaw or inner grievance that you can either help them overcome -- or exacerbate further -- with your advice and actions.
LizardFolk: Contrary to the usual depiction, the lizards in your entourage are classy and logical-minded. Your lizard councilperson is by far the most willing to weigh all points of any issue and take the most pragmatic approach, without letting bias get in the way.
MadScientist: The entire imp species, to the point where "a true imp's death" is to to be accidentally blasted to smithereens by their own bombs.
OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Rough-spoken, capitalist industrialists. Which means ElvesVersusDwarves is in full swing.
OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted somewhat. The elf councilperson is very enthusiastic and bombastic in defending his typical environmentalist and civil rights agenda, but is merely disappointed when you don't listen to him.

''Divinity: Dragon Commander'' is a video game set in the same universe as ''DivineDivinity''. As a RoyalBastard and [[YoungestChildWins youngest prince]] of an empire in chaos, the player character (the eponymous dragon commander) is tasked with capturing territory and using armies to battle those of his evil half-siblings.

The game has two primary phases with two genres. The strategy map is where the player determines army movements, building placement, research, and the use of strategic cards in typical TurnBasedStrategy fashion, reminiscent of a ''[[TabletopGame/Risk Risk]]'' map. When opposing armies occupy the same territory, the player can let the computer auto-resolve the battle, or opt to take command personally in a RealTimeStrategy engine.