History VideoGame / HeroOfTheKingdom

* CrusadingWidower: The hero meets one of these in ''Lost Tales 1.'' He's on a quest to gain vengeance, since he doubts he can ClearMyName.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third game removes the need for sacks, baskets, barrels, and empty flasks. The sacks and baskets are required in the first two games for harvesting or purchasing herbs, barrels are for harvesting algae, and flasks are needed to hold the completed potions. In the third game, it's assumed that the hero already has appropriate vessels for ingredients and potions; all he needs are the appropriate tools and relevant skills. The fourth game simplifies this even further by giving him a basket and, later, a sack for gathering fruit, berries, and herbs; said basket and sack never need replacing, and barrels and flasks are never required at all.

** In the fifth game, the royal family guards a special suit of armor called the Armor of the Gods.

* CommonplaceRare: Lockpicks, in the third game, are incredibly difficult to find. You'll likely pick up a handful before you meet Brom, the NPC who teaches the lockpicking skill; but they usually break when being used, and there's no guaranteed way to replenish your supply until you reach Azure Valley and meet Alice, Brom's sister, who sells them.
* ContinuityCameo: Black Rose and Hobson, two pirates encountered during the events of the second game, also appear in ''Lost Tales 2''. The trope is sort of inverted, though, as the ''Lost Tales'' games actually take place before the main trilogy.

* CreepyCemetery: There's at least one in each of the first three games, and they have a terrible tendency to be plagued by zombies.

* DamselInDistress: The princesses of the second and third games, and the hero's sister in the second, all fall into this trope. {{Gender flip}}ped in the first game with DistressedDude Prince Edmund.
* DarkIsEvil: The BigBad of the first game is known as the Dark Lord. Only Master Sadon, his former friend, calls him by his real name of Fendal.
** Princess Cassandra, in ''Lost Tales 2'', immediately gets a bad feeling about the dark-haired mage who comes to visit her parents. Given that the ''Lost Tales'' games are prequels to the main trilogy, guess who he might be...

* EvilFormerFriend: The Dark Lord in the first game used to be friends with the master mage Sadon.

* GameHuntingMechanic: Hunting wild game is one way to keep the character fed. It also nets pelts which can be sold for gold coins.
* TheGoodKingdom: Where the games take place. It's the same kingdom each time, and (except in ''Lost Tales 1'') there's a BrightCastle in each one which is home to TheGoodKing (and, in the fifth game, TheHighQueen) and his son or daughter.

* MoneyMultiplier: Once you have collected a resource, such as taking eggs from a specific nest, the resources will respawn indefinitely once you have stayed away from a scene for a long enough period of time, enabling them to be farmed slowly for cash. (The reappearance of resources in the first game is extremely subtle, to the point where the player may not even notice it.) This is especially useful when the third game's hero learns the mining skill and is able to mine for salt, then iron ore, then silver ore, then sulfur, then crystals. Not all resources will respawn, but many do.

** In ''Lost Tales 2'', Princess Cassandra has fewer money sinks; however, she also has fewer crafting and hunting options available to her, so she ends up spending most of her money on healing potions, poisons, antidotes, and food.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A minor example, but in the fifth game, Princess Cassandra helps the pirate Black Rose become the captain of his crew. This then segues into him being the villain of the second game (the ''Lost Tales'' being prequels).
* NoNameGiven: The majority of the characters; of particular note, none of the first four heroes ever have their names revealed. Averted by the fifth game, which assigns names to all of its major characters - including the hero, Princess Cassandra.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Captain Black Rose, in the second game, never gets his real name revealed.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Earthquaker, in the third game, sends legions of orcs and trolls to assault the human world, which he wants to destroy (apart from Princess Amelia). Earthquaker himself is never actually faced and only appears in the hero's visions. Justified by what Earthquaker ''is''.

* PlayableEpilogue: You can continue to play the games after beating their main quests, in order to try to earn the remaining achievements. Some of the [=NPCs=] actually have side quests which they will not offer until after the main quest is completed.

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Seen in the second game after TheReveal. [[spoiler:Captain Black Rose is the hero's older brother, who went away to seek his fortune when he was twelve and the hero was three. The trope comes in with their younger sister, who hadn't been born yet when her eldest brother left home; this means that she's at least a dozen years younger than he is, and probably more.]]

* PurpleIsPowerful: Pheremone, in the first game, is a purple potion which is needed to catch valuable banded fish, one of the easiest ways to make money. In later games, the purple potion is antidote to poison, but still very powerful.

* RuleOfThree: The hero of the third game must slay three "cursed demons," who are the guardians of Earthquaker's power.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Seen a few times, mildly, in ''Lost Tales 1.'' After the hero witnesses or experiences something that rattles him (or leads another character to threaten him), the game will automatically move him to a different location.
* ShopFodder: Pearls and most other kinds of treasure fall into this, as they serve no other purpose. It's also the case for certain food items, like crayfish in the first game, which the hero can't personally consume.

* StatGrinding: The third game introduces this feature. The first two games simply have the hero learn skills as he goes and his ability level is merely implied to increase. In the third game, each of the skills - fishing, alchemy, herbalism, cooking, smithing, mining, lockpicking, archery, and combat - must be utilized in order to improve them. As the skills level up, the hero becomes able to do things like make rarer potions, kill larger wildlife, mine for more valuable resources, and cook more complicated recipes. There are achievements earned by leveling each of these skills to 100.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: In ''Lost Tales 2'', Princess Cassandra's primary adventuring party are the hunter Brent and her lifelong friend Philip, the son of the palace cook.

* WelcomeToCorneria: Some of the [=NPCs=] have dialogue of this nature.

** Averted in ''Lost Tales 1'', where you can't speak to anyone unless they have something to say to you.
* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: A non-fatal variant. Your energy is measured in 'heart' points in each game, and the only way to replenish 'heart' is to rest and eat (except in ''Lost Tales 1'', where you can rest ''or'' eat). Each action, such as fishing or harvesting herbs, uses up a specific amount of 'heart.' Rather than the character actually telling you he's getting hungry, however, the game will simply not allow him to perform any more activities until he has eaten and rested; a box pops up for each task which shows how much heart is required and whether or not the hero has enough.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: ''Lost Tales 1'' adds these to the enemy roster by bringing in giant hornets and other large insects to be killed.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: All of the heroes eventually become proficient with both swords and bows.

* TheGoodKingdom: Where the games take place. As it looks different in each game, it's uncertain whether or not it's the same kingdom each time, but (except in ''Lost Tales 1'') there's a BrightCastle in each one which is home to TheGoodKing (and, in the fifth game, the Good Queen) and his son or daughter.

* HeroismWontPayTheBills: In the early part of the games, the thing players invariably need the most (and have the hardest time acquiring) is gold. Paying careful attention to the various merchants lets you find instances where you can purchase a commodity from one merchant and sell it to a different merchant for a slightly higher price. Some of the achievements are unlocked by having specific amounts of money.

* HunterTrapper: The third hero has been raised by his Uncle Brent to be one of these. The heroes of all the games also make the acquaintance of these, who help them become more proficient in the trade.

* ItemCrafting: The first three games allow the hero to manufacture potions for use or sale. The third game really dials up this trope by adding cooking and weapon smithing. Averted in ''Lost Tales 1'', where the hero cannot craft anything and can only bring components to [=NPCs=] for the purpose.

** Possibly also the case in ''Lost Tales 2'', as we don't know how old the princess is.

* LegacyCharacter: The eponymous "hero of the kingdom," which is a different person each time. In the second game, the hero has heard the story of the previous hero, and in the third, the hero is familiar with the stories of both of his predecessors. However, in both cases, the hero believes the stories to be fairy tales. They otherwise do not interact with each other at all; it's implied that a considerable TimeSkip takes place between each of the games, and it's unclear where ''Lost Tales 1'' falls in the timeline at all.

* NoNameGiven: The majority of the characters; of particular note, none of the first four heroes ever have their names revealed. Averted by the fifth game, which assigns names to most of its major characters - including the hero, Princess Cassandra.

** Played straight with pearls in the games where they can be harvested. They're inside of oysters which, in the second and third games, periodically open and close in order to draw your attention. This is justified in that the pearls are usually underwater, and would be much more difficult to spot otherwise, as proven in the first game.

* OneManArmy: The hero of the third game is explicitly described this way by other characters. In the first two games winning combat encounters required you to recruit sufficient allies to back you up, while in the third one you do all the fighting on your own (with progress gated by your combat skill level).

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: You can't perform certain actions, such as mining for a specific element or making a particular potion, until you have learned the skill from another character. The third game lightens the rule on this slightly by allowing you to gather eggs and mushrooms without having to be taught, since most players already know to look for them thanks to the previous games, but ''Lost Tales 1'' goes right back to having the protagonist be completely clueless.
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* TheGoodKingdom: Where the games take place. As it looks different in each game, it's uncertain whether or not it's the same kingdom each time, but (except in ''Lost Tales 1'') there's a BrightCastle in each one which is home to TheGoodKing and his son or daughter.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Pheremone, in the first game, is a purple potion which is needed to catch valuable banded fish, one of the easiest ways to make money.

** The fifth game turns the trope up a notch by making the player character the princess of the kingdom.

* SomethingAboutARose: The leader of the pirates in the second game is known as Captain Black Rose.

* TokenRomance: Between the hero and princess in the second game.

* NoNameGiven: The majority of the characters; of particular note, none of the four heroes ever have their names revealed.

* ExperiencePoints: In these games, they're measured by a star icon which indicates the hero's level of fame. Completing quests on behalf of the average citizenry increases this fame level. Some characters will not interact with the hero or allow him to enter certain areas until he is of sufficiently noteworthy status. Occasionally, the hero may perform actions which slightly lower this rating.

* HealthIsGreenHarmIsRed: Inverted. Red ingredients generally go in healing potions, which are also red; green ingredients go in poisons, which are likewise green.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The king is always one of these, willing to trust the honorable young man who brings him important information and helps to defend his people.

* ShopFodder: Pearls and most other kinds of treasure fall into this, as they serve no other purpose. It's also the case for certain food items, like crayfish in the first game, which the hero can't eat himself.