History VideoGame / HeroU

* FishPeople: The Gogs. OnceWasAMan remnants of the EldrichAbomination incursion.

* FishPeople: The Gogs.

* NoNameGiven: Technically subverted if you look into things deeper. The hero from ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' has a prominent statue in the main hall, across from Erana's. Instead of having a name, the "Statue" is dedicated to the "Hero in All of Us" (and right clicking calls it the "The Unknown Hero"), referencing that hero's status as AnAdventurerIsYou. Actually you can find a picture of him in the Foyer, and Moira will comment when discussing it, that his name is Falcon, and he was Moira's mentor. In fact there are four heroes, each of a different class, and each named after a bird. Hawk the Warrior, Falcon the Paladin, Owl the Wizard, and Wren the Rogue. Certain backstory details of at least two of these characters appear in the game. The characters originate from an unpublished novel series called School For Heroes: By the Book, which has them as four siblings (two older twins, a middle brother, and a younger sister) who all end up going on Hero's journey from the QFG games, and saving the world. The Coles have stated that they wanted to leave certain tings vague enough however that all players could believe that their individual Heros were part of the world as well, yes including Devon Aidendale. A character in Hero-U 2 is said to have a second name, named after one of the Heros, which can be anything even Mwamba Devon. A book in the library makes reference to "Fox" which was Wren's alias as a thief (and the game also discusses some of her history with Urwald, and Silmaria Thieves' Guild). The book was written under her pseudonym "I.M. Fulin".

* TheMagicPokerEquation: The card game Poobah is an abstracted form of Draw Poker. The other players' portraits are shown and some of them have tells indicating the strength of their hands. [[QuirkyBard Aeolus]] and [[SmugSnake Sosi]] have blatantly obvious reactions to strong hands. Katie tries too hard to lie, grinning right before she folds her terrible hand and scowling at excellent cards. Esme occupies a middle ground, smiling at good hands but having only average card skill. Joel is dangerous; he only smiles at ''really'' good hands and very rarely folds in the first round, making it hard to tell just what he's got. Thomas has an impeccable poker face, but is a "tight" player and often folds everything except the very best hands.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: "Pesce spada," which means Swordfish in Italian. As in the remake of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'', knowing that doesn't do you any good unless Shawn learns it in-game.

* SoreLoser: Esme and Katie hate to lose at parlor games, and will refuse to play any game that Shawn wins too many times.

* CainAndAbel: As an example of how dishonorable thieves can be, the fact that some of them are willing to kill their own siblings is a major plot point. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment To say more would be a major spoiler.]]

* GayOption: Shawn can give the One and Only Ring to Joel.

* YourCheatingHeart: Shawn can be played as a complete Casanova and nobody really cares, but the One and Only Ring is SeriousBusiness to the max. There are three such rings in the game (Two in the Zombie Pirate area, one by the Paladin Memorial), and the only purpose of duplication seems to be making your classmates royally steamed when you two-time them. Also, if you give someone the One and Only Ring and then profess love for another at the last moment, none of his fellow students are amused.

* NoNameGiven: Technically subverted if you look into things deeper. The hero from ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' has a prominent statue in the main hall, across from Erana's. Instead of having a name, the "Statue" is dedicated to the "Hero in All of Us" (and right clicking calls it the "The Unknown Hero"), referencing that hero's status as AnAdventurerIsYou. Actually you can find a picture of him in the Foyer, and Moira will comment when discussing it, that his name is Falcon, and he was Moira's mentor. In fact there are four heroes, each of a different class, and each named after a bird. Hawk the Warrior, Falcon the Paladin, Owl the Wizard, and Wren the Rogue. Certain backstory details of at least two of these characters appear in the game. The characters originate from an unpublished novel series called School For Heroes: By the Book, which has them as four siblings (two older twins, a middle brother, and a younger sister) who all end up going on Hero's journey from the QFG games, and saving the world. The Coles have stated that they wanted to leave certain tings vague enough however that all players could believe that their individual Heros were part of the world as well, yes including Devon Aidendale. A character in Hero-U 2 is said to have a second name, named after one of the Heros, which can be anything even Mwamba Devon. A book in the library makes reference to "Fox" which was Wren's alias as a thief (and the game also discusses some of her history with Urwald, and Silmaria Thieves' Guild).

* NoNameGiven: Technically subverted if you look into things deeper. The hero from ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' has a prominent statue in the main hall, across from Erana's. Instead of having a name, the "Statue" is dedicated to the "Hero in All of Us" (and right clicking calls it the "The Unknown Hero"), referencing that hero's status as AnAdventurerIsYou. Actually you can find a picture of him in the Foyer, and Moira will comment when discussing it, that his name is Falcon, and he was Moira's mentor. In fact there are four heroes, each of a different class, and each named after a bird. Hawk the Warrior, Falcon the Paladin, Owl the Wizard, and Wren the Rogue. Certain backstory details of at least two of these characters appear in the game. The characters originate from an unpublished novel series called School For Heroes: By the Book, which has them as four siblings (two older twins, a middle brother, and a younger sister) who all end up going on Hero's journey from the QFG games, and saving the world. The Coles have stated that they wanted to leave certain tings vague enough however that all players could believe that their individual Heros were part of the world as well, yes including Devon Aidendale. A character in Hero-U 2 is said to have a second name, named after one of the Heros, which can be anything even Mwamba Devon.

* NoNameGiven: Technically subverted if you look into things deeper. The hero from ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' has a prominent statue in the main hall, across from Erana's. Instead of having a name, the "Statue" is dedicated to the "Hero in All of Us", referencing that hero's status as AnAdventurerIsYou. Actually you can find a picture of him in the Foyer, and Moira will comment when discussing it, that his name is Falcon, and he was Moira's mentor. In fact there are four heroes, each of a different class, and each named after a bird. Hawk the Warrior, Falcon the Paladin, Owl the Wizard, and Wren the Rogue. Certain backstory details of at least two of these characters appear in the game. The characters originate from an unpublished novel series called School For Heroes: By the Book, which has them as four siblings (two older twins, a middle brother, and a younger sister) who all end up going on Hero's journey from the QFG games, and saving the world.

* TheMagicPokerEquation: The card game Poobah is an abstracted form of Draw Poker. The other players' portraits are shown and some of them have tells indicating the strength of their hands. [[QuirkyBard Aeolus]] and [[SmugSnake Sosi]] have blatantly obvious reactions to strong hands. Katie tries too hard to lie, grinning right before she folds her terrible hand and scowling at excellent cards. Joel and Esme occupy a middle ground, smiling at good hands but having only average card skill. Thomas has an impeccable poker face, but is a "tight" player and often folds everything except the very best hands.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Joel's kissing up to Sosi ([[spoiler:and later Shawn]]), the attention he pays to his [[CampGay dapper appearance]], and his disdain for Katie and Esme suggest this. Not too surprising, [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon considering his namesake.]] The "ambiguous" part gets left behind if Shawn begins flirting with him.

* AccidentalMurder: While the full truth is left somewhat ambiguous, it seems that [[spoiler:Shamus O'Conner]] accidentally knocked [[spoiler:his brother, Shawn's father]] off a cliff when one of their heated arguments came to blows.

* ALoadOfBull: There's a minotaur who lives in the Catacombs. Though a bit HotBlooded, he's not a bad person and just wants to chill out and play chess. He's also an optional BonusBoss, but Shawn must specifically provoke him into a fight.

* BindleStick: Shawn carries one if he's expelled from the school after accumulating 100 demerits, or if he oesn't get Rogue Of The Year.

* BindleStick: Shawn carries one if he's expelled from the school after accumulating 100 demerits.

* YourCheatingHeart: Shawn can be played as a complete Casanova and nobody really cares, but the One and Only Ring is SeriousBusiness to the max. There are two such rings in the game (in the same room, in fact), and the only purpose of duplication seems to be making your classmates royally steamed when you two-time them. Also, if you give someone the One and Only Ring and then profess love for another at the last moment, none of his fellow students are amused.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Katie is suspicious of men by default. Not that this stops Shawn from winning her over, if he treats her more respectfully than other men have.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Katie is suspicious of men by default.