History VideoGame / DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga

* PutOnABus: Done to entire races of the setting. Out of the Seven Races ([[MostWritersAreHuman humans]], [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]], [[LizardFolk lizardmen]], [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent imps]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers wizards]]) you only see humans, wizards and imps in the entire game, and of the latter barely a score of them and only one is non-hostile. There are some off-hand references to the elves going extinct or near extinct in the preceding war, but the other races are not even mentioned.

* * VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The Plane of Hypnerotomachia is a realm nestled between Rivellon and the Hall of Echoes where time never passes. It's where [[spoiler:Lucian the Divine]] has been imprisoned throughout the game after his defeat by Damian, and it's where [[spoiler:you end up at the end of ''Ego Draconis'' after YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness to the newly-resurrected Ygerna. At least until Behrlihn busts you out and takes you to the postgame.]]

** [[spoiler:Ygerna promptly discards you in [[VoidBetweenWorlds the Plane of Hypnerotomachia]] after [[UnwittingPawn spending the whole game manipulating you into reuniting her with Damian.]]

* JerkAss: Richard, the arrogant, stuck up Defender of Aleroth. [[spoiler:Refreshingly, he dies, either by you when he [[MoralEventHorizon tries to murder some Seekers so Rivertown will starve]], or by Damian when he attacks Broken Valley.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: This seems to be a popular trend for this series.]]

* DevelopersForesight: The "Eternal Maze" in the Maxos Temple is a collection of four rooms with a sealed exit, which only opens up if you interact with all of the hidden levers in the maze. Enemies spawn every time you enter a room, but the game will spawn special "Maxos Skeletons" that do not give any experience if you enter one you've already been in, [[AntiGrinding preventing you from grinding]].

%%* DiscOneFinalBoss: Laiken.

* DragonsVersusKnights: The protagonist is a rookie member of the [[TheOrder knightly order]] of Dragon Slayers that is waging a religiously-motivated war against the dragons, whom they blame for the death of the [[MessianicArchetype Divine]]. The knights appear to have won the war by exterminating the dragons, but the latter then suddenly reemerge, and the protagonist, who is sent to deal with it, is instead converted to the dragons' cause and becomes a DragonKnight instead.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: So, you made your way through whole armies of opponents, to [[spoiler:resurrect the love of the BigBad, so that he would be killed because of a life-bond]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:you really shouldn't have trusted these guys. Now you can spend the eternity encased in crystal, while BigBad and his now-resurrected love go on to conquer the world]]. Nicely done *clap*. What's interesting about this is [[spoiler: [[BigBad Big Bad]] Damian had absolutely nothing to do with this. It was all Ygerna, which the D man is pleasantly surprised to learn when she wakes up.]]

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Very much averted by Damian, who doesn't even seem to ''have'' a throne. He often goes out of his way to chat with you and taunt you in person (before throwing a bunch of mooks at you after he leaves on a few occasions), and he's ''very'' prompt when showing up after the Dragon Knight hits certain points in their quest. He's even seen participating in the razing of [[spoiler:Broken Valley, after you get your Battle Tower]]. And the moment he finds out that someone is trying to thwart his plans? Show up alone in person, kick the Dragon Knight around a few times while they're down, and tell him/her that while it's nothing personal, he will kill him/her if they continue on their quest. Sure, for some reason, neither he or the Dragon Knight attack each other for some reason despite often getting rather close and personal, but still.

* ThePrankster: Bellegar

* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler: Siding with Behrlihn over Bellegar before the final battle of Flames Of Vengeance. Subverted in that it actually works out for you in the end as Behrlihn accompanies Ygerna during the assault, giving you the opportunity to slay ''both'' of them at once. Played straight in that it makes the final battle harder, as picking Bellegar will have you fighting Ygerna solo.]]
* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers Screw The Rules, I'm A Dragon]]: Some of the player's actions are justified simply because they are the Dragon Knight, and at one point, they get the option to say, essentially, 'Screw you, I'm a dragon.'

* RobeAndWizardHat: Played perfectly straight by the book with Zandalor, who gets starred robes, a big pointy hat, huge white beard, and spectacles. Other wizards have to make do with hooded robes.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bellegar, [[RhymesOnADime the Rhyming Wizard]]. As old and powerful as Zandalor himself but pretty much insane. Throughout the game you'll see him do weird things such as subject you to random tests of strength and character, [[{{Synchronization}} soul-forge]] a guy with to a chicken, [[BalefulPolymorph turn a random bystander into a bunny]] and leave behind strange and eccentric devices and mazes all, apparently, [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]].

* DivideAndConquer: Damien is a clever evil overlord. [[spoiler:The "great betrayal" by the Dragon Knights was the work of a single Knight under Damien's control, done both to get his revenge on the Divine and to make sure his enemies were busy killing each other while he rebuilt his armies.]]

* PutOnABus: Done to entire races of the setting. Out of the Seven Races ([[MostWritersAreHuman humans]], [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]], [[LizardFolk lizardmen]], [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent imps]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers wizards]]) you only see humans, wizards and imps in the entire game, and of the latter barely a score of them and only one is non-hostile. There are some off-hand references to the elves going extinct or near extinct in the preceding war, but the other races are not even mentioned.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Laiken.

* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: The moment the dragon knight obtains their dragon form damian's forces place anti-dragon zones everywhere, forcing you to enter human form to pass them or die instantly.

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Halfway through the game, the character gets the ability to transform into a dragon and engage in aerial combat instead of ground-based combat. It has been praised for its clever writing (including the ability to mindread almost every NPC), amazing soundtrack and sense of exploration. The game could best be described as ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''[='s=] gameplay [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''[='s=] roleplaying, with hints of ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' thrown in.

''Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga'' is the sequel to the Belgian [[WesternRPG RPGs]] ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' by Creator/LarianStudios. Originally released as ''Divinity II: Ego Dragonis'' (2009), it was bundled with its own ExpansionPack ''Flames of Vengeance'' (2010) in a 2011 UpdatedRerelease under the subtitle ''The Dragon Knight Saga'', and has been marketed as such ever since (especially since the game and the expansion are basically [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two halves of the same story]]). ''Divinity II'' was developed for the PC and Xbox 360, and released in German first before the international release a few months later.

* InterspeciesRomance: Taken to a frightening level with a Black Ring general who is fond of plants. In a letter, he says that while nymphs are nice, he wants to try something combining [[{{Squick}} botany and]] [[FetishFuel necromantic grafts]].

* LostForever: [[spoiler: Once you get your Battle Tower, Damian razes the Broken Valley, so it's ''kinda'' impossible to complete any quests there you missed.]]
** More annoyingly, the contents of any chest or container of any kind will lock in its contents if your crosshair moves over it (unless it's locked with a key you don't have). A helpful tip if you plan on [[SaveScumming save scumming]] for better loot.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: In the above mentioned Dragon Terror Squad fight, you can kill the one enemy who ate an anti-dragon device, which makes you able to transform -- and it just so happens that the Dragon Terror Squad are the only ground units you can hurt in your dragon form.
** That's what everyone, including some of the developers apparently, seems to think, but there's actually one other enemy you can attack. Charlie, that otherwise relatively unimportant goblin you need to kill for Yggdrasil, is a good bit easier to deal with in dragon form. Helpful when you're seriously under leveled.

Halfway through the game, the character gets the ability to transform into a dragon and engage in aerial combat instead of ground-based combat. It has been praised for its clever writing (including the ability to mindread almost every NPC), amazing soundtrack and sense of exploration. The game could best be described as ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''[='s=] gameplay [[XMeetsY meets]] ''[[VideoGame/BaldursGate Baldur's Gate 2]]''[='s=] roleplaying, with hints of ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' thrown in.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Dragon Terror Squad. Their intro, complete with a [[SuperSentaiStance Sentai Stance]], is hilarious in how utterly stupid, ridiculous and insane they all look, but the moment dialog ends and combat starts you'll find, to your painful surprise, that you're actually facing a five-to-one fight with quite tough opponents. It appears even [[BadassCrew Dragon Slayer]] rejects are badass in their own right.

* PutOnABus: Done to entire races of the setting. Out of the Seven Races (humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, lizardmen, imps and wizards) you only see humans, wizards and imps in the entire game, and of the latter barely a score of them and only one is non-hostile. There are some off-hand references to the elves going extinct or near extinct in the preceding war, but the other races are not even mentioned.