History VideoGame / HyruleConquest

* VulnerableCivilians: In the second mission, [[EscortMission you have to take Wind Tribe civilians to the ascension tower]], [[ShootTheDog on the third you have to attack your own citiziens as Ikana to lure the rebel forces out]], [[FinalSolution on the fourth you have to exterminate the entire Moblin's capital population]].
* WallCrawl: The Gohma.
* {{Whatevermancy}}: The Wizzrobe [[{{Pun}} roster]]: [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]], [[MakingASplash Aqua]], [[ShockAndAwe Electro]], [[DishingOutDirt Geo]] and [[BlowYouAway Aeromancers]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ganon. Arguably Princess Zelda.
* WithThisHerring: Inverted for Labrynnian Tokay Slaves, who are supposed to be mere CannonFodder for their human masters, but are equipped with the very same [[BladeOnAStick bladed poles]] and shields of the [[PraetorianGuard Palace Watch]].

* WouldHurtAChild: On the fourth Hyrule Historia mission, Hylia orders the slaughter of every man, woman and child in the Moblin capital. And you actually have to kill them.
* WrittenByTheWinners: One of the topics the plot centers.
** After the Hylian Goddess Hylia performs genocide on the Moblins and realizes how far she has fallen, she erases all records about her existence. Because of this, centuries later the Hylians claim the moral high ground on the Moblins because no one remembers the atrocities Hylia commited, but everyone remembers the ones commited by the Moblins.
-->'''Zelda:''': [[DramaticIrony My people never turned to a false god like yours]].
-->'''Ganon:''': If only your people knew.
** [[spoiler: As it turns out, the story about Sulkaris seeking the Triforce and being banished was forged. The truth is that it was the other First Sages that sought the Triforce for themselves, but Sulkaris tried to prevent them. After making a truce and a pact with Majora, the First Sages defeated Sulkaris and banished her.]]
** [[spoiler: In matters still regarding the First Sages (except Sulkaris), they were the ones that summoned the Druthulidi to the world,to use them as weapons against each other but lost control over them, contrary to the history records that said that the demons invaded the world while the Goddesses were still building it.]]
* YearInsideHourOutside: The Realm of Twilight. After thousands of years stuck in the alien planet, the Twili return to Hyrule only to find that only a century has passed in Hyrule since their imprisonment.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Demise mortifies Hylia by praising her.
* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[AvertedTrope You can]], if Ganon(dorf) dies an ignominious death in battle against what [[TookALevelInBadass used to be]] a RedShirtArmy.

* AbnormalAmmo: Quite a few. Gohma ranged units and buildings lob their own sterile young at foes, the Sheikah and Oocca use magic-based cannons, Sheikah Needlestorms fire giant needles, and the Moblins favor coating their siege weaponry in their own waste.

** [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Lizalfos]]: Guerrilla/Ranger. Light, fast units, specializing in flanking and ambushing.

** [[TheOrder Order of the Wizzrobe]]: Technical/Ranger/Diplomatic. An order of avian wizards. They are devastating at a distance, [[SquishyWizard but terrible up close]]. Each wizard attacks with a specific element. Can cause rebellions in vulnerable provinces by converting the local population and inciting revolt.

** In canon, Agitha is a cheerful NPC you collect golden bugs for in exchange for upgrades in ''Twilight Princess'' and benevolent player character in ''Hyrule Warriors''), here she's the insane voice of the Gohma.

* AGodAmI: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] by Hylia. She was once a Hylian infused with magic power that turned her into a PhysicalGod; as a result, [[GodEmperor people began worshiping her above the Goddesses themselves]]. When Demise [[BreakingSpeech made her realize her crimes]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she withdrew from Hyrule]] and asked the Wizzrobes for sanctuary. The Wizzrobes agreed to grant it, and [[UnPerson erased every trace of her existence in exchange for the knowledge of her magical powers]]. Now, she's come back with the Order of the Wizzrobes and she's gathering more followers in an attempt to re-establish her rule over Hyrule.
* AlasPoorVillain:
** Senturon, who was been forced by Vaati into a ruinous campaign to steal the Triforce from the Wind Tribe. When he chooses to rebel against his control, he gets effortlessly (and brutally) killed by him.
** Ganon, poor Ganon. [[spoiler:All he wanted was to end the millennia-long strife between Hylians and Moblins, bringing back all the people who died because of him and living together in a peaceful world.]]
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Ganon's invasion of Hyrule: with a few months, he's already taken control of most of the Kingdom's territory, including Lon Lon Ranch, Kakariko Village, and capital of Hyrule Prime itself.

* AmazonBrigade: Most factions field female soldiers, and in the case of the [[OneGenderRace Gerudo]], entire armies composed entirely of women. Gender-inverted by [[SoulPoweredEngine Iron Knuckles]], who are the Spirits of long-dead male Gerudo Kings brought back to fight for the Gerudo.

* ArmorIsUseless: Against magic units, whose attacks ignore armor values.

* AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed: Inverted with the Sheikah, whose first character to appear in Hyrule Historia is a rogue Sheikah, and she's neither the first nor the last. In fact, the Shadow Temple was converted into a prison for traitorous Sheikah.

** The Kokiri can train hunting foxes to gather meat from wildlife and scout out maps.
** Ordonians can pit their hawks against enemies.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Amid many hero and titan units far larger than a human, Majora and Bellum stand out in particular. Bellum is the size of the Hawaiian islands.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Titans are for novelty purposes only. Extremely strong and satisfying to watch, they are an instant WIN button... but the cost is so prodigious (6000 of ''each'' resource except food) that they are essentially impossible to create in the first place if your opponent is competent, and you could have built hundreds of normal soldiers in the titan's place.
* BackFromTheDead: Senturon the Black Knight.

* BackToBackBadasses:
** Zelda and Impa take this pose [[RuleOfCool after]] killing some Moblins.
** Link and Ganondorf do this as well when fighting other Moblins in the trailer.

* BalconySpeech: Ganon gives one from the palace to the Moblins in Demise.

* {{BFG}}: The Essence of Tarm's main form of attack. The giant creature literally unleashes a pink laser of doom from its torso that torches entire columns of soldiers with a OneHitKill.
* BigBadEnsemble: The main Hyrule mod has Majora, Sulkaris, Demise, Hylia, Vaati, Demoko, Dethl, Veran, Jelyf, Twinrova, and at least a few other lesser independent villains (and Ganon, but he’s not really a villain in this game). Great Sea has Bellum and Malledus. Shadows of Hyrule has Zant, Morsheen, and the Eclipse. And Gods of Hyrule has the five main Druthulidi except Iemanis, who isn't really a villain, and Aunomouzan.
* BigDamnHeroes: How Impa saves Zelda I when she's captured by Ganon.

* BondVillainStupidity: Instead of killing Zelda personally, Ganon orders his minions to kill Zelda once she's done mourning her AlmostDeadGuy father and leaves. Needless to say, Impa shows up and saves her. [[FridgeLogic Becomes]] [[JustifiedTrope justified]] when you remember that Ganon had the chance to talk to his dying mother as well; he was returning the favour.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: [[spoiler:Ganon. Upon realizing he was betrayed and left with no chance to accomplish his wish, he breaks down crying. Then we see the content of his book: childlike drawings of coexistence between Hylians and Moblins.]]

* ButtMonkey: Demise is apparently looked down upon by the other [[EldritchAbomination Druthulidi]] for his honorable tendencies, much to his displeasure.
* ByronicHero: Ganon, [[DarkAndTroubledPast who grew up under the terror of Hylian attacks]] [[YouKilledMyFather culminating in his mother getting slaughtered by Hylian Knights]]. Under [[EvilMentor Demise]]'s influence, [[AntiHumanAlliance he united the Moblin clans]] and [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs struck at the heart of the Kingdom of Hyrule]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge slaughtering countless people]] and committing villainous acts such as [[PoisonAndCureGambit subjugating the Gerudo by cursing them to get the Triforce]], the source of Hyrule's prosperity. [[spoiler:Then we find out he never wished to avenge his people, but to achieve coexistence through the Triforce.]]

* CastingAShadow: Sheikah Shadow Cannons and Blood Wizards.
* TheCavalry: Rauru breaks the siege at Snowpeak [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf Style]].

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Zelda I knocks out one of her [[{{Mooks}} Miniblin]] captors with a chair.

* CityOfGold: The Zora capital Domain Prime is extensively decorated with walls and canals made of brass.

* CompositeCharacter: Dethl takes control of the Yiga member Bongo to become the demon Bongo-Bongo.

%%* CoolGate: Bellum's portals, the most prominent one being the Mirror of Twilight. %%Portals? where do they go? Are they structures or wormholes?

* CutsceneDrop: Inevitable in most missions, the only aversion is probably on the ninth mission, where to win you just have to reach a certain location.

* {{Cyborg}}: Arguably the statue bodies that the Oocca wear to manipulate objects.

* DarkMistress: Veran, who apparently had a relationship with Onox before his untimely death and resurrection as a skeletal dragon.
* DarkReprise: The Hyrule Historia mission "Demise of a Goddess" begins with Hylia [[FinalSolution leading the Moblin genocide]] to the happy and sweeping sound of the orchestral portion of "Ballad of the Goddess". After [[spoiler:Demise admits defeat and [[BreakThemByTalking makes Hylia realize just how far she had fallen]], she seeks sanctuary from the Wizrobes. The final shot of the cutscene is Hylia playing the harp portion of Ballad on her own harp, while weeping.]]
* DaylightHorror: [[spoiler:Sulkaris' attack on Castle Town in Chapter 40. The light only serves to emphasize the [[SceneryGorn destruction she leaves in her wake]] as the 12-or-so foot demigoddess rampages through the populated area, swatting soldiers, Sages and even the terrain around like flies.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, his army slaughtered, his capital fallen, and left alone to face Ganon in his own throne room, decides to go down giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* DemonicPossession: Dethl survives its defeat by possessing Bongo, and Vaati is revealed to be using a host as well.

* DishingOutDirt: Hylia attacks with boulders in cutscenes.
* DoomedByCanon:
** Bongo dying and turning into Bongo-Bongo.
** Dakkon, the Fire Sage, and Palagard, the Forest Sage. They're doomed to die and get replaced by Darunia and Saria, respectively.
* DramaticIrony: Zelda and Daphnes's answers to Ganon sum up pretty much as this.
-->'''Zelda:''': My people never turned to a false god like yours.\\
'''Ganon''': If only your people knew.

** Palagard's Sanctuary, after the Sage Palagard.

* EldritchAbomination: The Essence of Tarm and the Druthulidi.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Demise offers Zelda his aid in stopping Bongo and the Dark Interlopers from reaching the Triforce in exchange for a non-aggression pact. When Carock and his Wizzrobes attack King Kazakk's forces in order to kidnap Zelda, the Hylian army is forced to join forces with the very Keatons they defeated and arrested less than an hour ago.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Demise refrains from using a host, unlike other members of his race, believing it to be cowardly.
* EverythingFades: Averted. Corpses from killed soldiers permanently stay where they fall, eventually leading to giant masses of bodies piling up by the end of battles.

* EvilerThanThou: [[NobleDemon Demise]] prides itself for its honour, while the other Druthulidi make fun of him for it.
-->'''Demise''': I do not [[DemonicPossession possess]]. [[DirtyCoward I have honour, unlike you two cowards.]]\\
'''Dethl''': [[HonourBeforeReason And that is why you have always been the joke among us.]]
* EvilStoleMyFaith: King Igos du Ikana, after worshipping the Goddesses for his entire life, can't resist betraying them for Majora upon seeing his people slaughtered in a civil war.

* EvilVersusEvil:
** Hylia (a tyrant that made her people into her personal cult) versus Demise (an ancient demon that enslaved the Blins to serve him as an army).
** Twinrova versus Veran versus Bongo (all power mongers hungering for the Triforce).
** Zant (an immature, entitled, psychopathic prince) versus Veran (a master manipulator that wants power more than anything else). They got [[DefeatEqualsFriendship better]].

* FamousNamedForeigner: Placeholder or not, several generic names are the same as famous ones with different first syllables:
** Hylians: King Gustaf -> Captain Os'''ustaf''', Mal'''ostaf'''... King Nohansen -> Valh'''ansen''', Yor'''hansen'''...
** Gerudo: Ganondorf -> Mathosi'''dorf''', Harunu'''dorf'''... (JustifiedTrope in this case as -dorf is an actual suffix, meaning "phantom of".)
** Labrynna: Ralph -> Malb'''alph''', Sokalon'''alph'''...
** Twili: Midna -> Zil'''idna''', Val'''idna'''... Zant -> Val'''ant''', Sal'''ant'''...
** And the list goes on...

* FatalFamilyPhoto: The Black Knight mentions his wife some seconds before being brutally killed.
* FinalSolution: Hylia's plan against the Moblin threat: gather a huge army, leave all your cities undefended to lure the enemies out, and [[ApocalypseHow turn their kingdom into a barren wasteland]] while they're gone.
* FinishingMove: Occasionally performed by many units in the game if they manage to stagger their targets. Notable mentions go to Goron Fire Warriors, who smash the heads of their victims with a giant hammer.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''"And we will not be remembered as just fairy tales anymore..."''
* ForeverWar: From its formation in 5000 BG, the Kingdom of Hyrule has known peace for barely two centuries.

* {{Gendercide}}: Ganon inflicts this to the Gerudo by poisoning an oasis as part of a PoisonAndCureGambit.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Essence of Tarm.

* GodOfEvil: Majora, who actually actively claims to be the lesser of two evils compared to the Goddesses.

* GuideDangIt: Some of the more esoteric factions have mechanics that are not readily apparent, along with the conditions for spawning certain units and hero characters. For example, the game doesn't outright ''tell'' you how the Wizzrobe's conversion process works. [[note]]You have to recruit bishops and put them in foreign territories.[[/note]] Similarly, the exact conditions to allow you to recruit mercenaries are not stated outright, and some are complex. For example, recruiting Yook Smashers requires Snowpeak being occupied by a faction, and that you be at war with said faction. Other mercenaries, like Rogue Hylian Soldiers or Forest Thieves, cannot be recruited by certain factions (Hyrule for the former, Kokiri for the latter).
* HamToHamCombat: The Moblin King Ganon Vs The Volvagian Sage of Fire Dakkon. [[StaringDownCthulhu Ganon wins.]]

* HappinessInSlavery: Tokay are perfectly fine with being given [[RedShirt a bullseye shield]] and being thrown in the battlefield as long as they are given nice clothing by their masters.

* HeroicBSOD: Virtually every heroic character in the game the first time they see a massive wall of Gohma charging at them from across the screen.
** Hylia when Demise gives her a hard lecture about how she "twisted the creations of the Goddesses" into her puppets.
* HiddenElfVillage: The Deku Tree's Grove, Tarm Ruins and Palagard's Sanctuary.
* HijackedByGanon: Inverted completely in Hyrule Historia. Ganon ends up being a pawn of [[spoiler:Dethl without even realizing it, who tricks him into a futile last stand against Princess Zelda that results in the slaughter of all his forces and his own death]].
* HollywoodTactics: Ancient Hylian Archers can fire ''only'' fiery arrows.

* HumanoidAbomination: Phantoms of Tarm and all Druthulidi in their humanoid forms.

* {{Homage}}: The showdown between King Gustaf and Sulkaris in the first mission resembles the one between [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Isildur and Sauron]].
** The tenth mission resembles [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers Helm's Deep]] a little.

* IHaveYourWife: The Black Knight mentions this as a reason he followed Vaati.

* IWillWaitForYou: Averted. Midna does not seem to like the ending that was given to her in ''Twilight Princess''. And by the look of things in the trailer, she's going to ''do'' something about it.
* KillerGorilla: Yook Smashers and Deku Monkeys. [[PsychoForHire For hire]], nevertheless.

* LastRequest: Ganon's mother asks him to be better than the Hylians who killed her. King Nohansen asks Zelda to be avenged.
* LastStand: Ganon's mother repels six charging Hylian Knights before being taken down.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Each playable faction in the game plays their theme when you start a custom battle.

* LoopholeAbuse: When Impa is forced into a gladiatorial match, she trolls her captors this way.
* LosingTheTeamSpirit: Almost any unit in the game if they become surrounded or outnumbered will promptly pull a 180 and make a run for it. The exception are the Stalfos, who are immune to fear.

* LudicrousGibs: Often happens in fighting cutscenes. Notably, at the end mission twelve first we have [[spoiler: Demise ripping Veran's arms off, then Bongo being guillotined]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: It is implied that the unexpected alliance between Vaati, Demise, and Dethl was orchestrated by Majora.

* MeleeATrois:
** The finale of the Rise of Ganon. Bongo's traitor Sheikah, Koume and Kotake's Gerudo and Veran's Fairies, all fighting each other until Rutela's Zora arrive, making it a Mêlée à Quatre.
** Ordonian Omen: Ganondorf's summoned Stalfos turn against him and attack both his Gerudo and Zelda III's Hylians.
** Day of the Arachnids, where the allied Hylians and Lanayru Zora goad the local wild Arurodas against the Gohma. And the later part of the Return of Sulkaris arc is Gohma vs. the mortals of Hyrule vs. the Oocca.
** The biggest example is Escape from Death Mountain. Gorons, Gohma and Oocca all fight each other as well as the minions of Solahrasin, Evaleen and Kovaloo, creating a Mêlée à Six.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: Ganon engages in one of these [[spoiler: upon realizing Bongo's betrayal.]]

* MonogenderMonsters: Played straight with the Druthulidi, averted elsewhere. Almost every creature in the game is actually given a gender, even the Moblins.

* {{Necromantic}}: Veran, who wants to resurrect Onox from the dead. Incidentally he apparently was resurrected without her knowing during the game's events. It is likely that this will not deter her efforts.
* NobleDemon: Demise, who defeats [[AGodAmI Hylia]] by simply [[BreakThemByTalking pointing out]] the truth and doesn't employ DemonicPossession to control people.
-->'''Dethl:''': Where is your host?\\
'''Demise:''': I do not possess. I have honor unlike you two cowards.
* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Magic is surprisingly rare in the game, and in most cases is explained as biological functions or technology.
** Zora Mages' electric jolts are naturally produced in their bodies like electric eels.
** It's implied Fairy magic is misunderstood alien technology provided to them by a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere.
** Labrynna's guns and hydraulic technology is mistaken for magic by the medieval races of Hyrule.
** The divine Oocca, considered supernatural beings by many in Hyrule, are little more than high tech chickens [[TouchedByVorlons Touched By Goddesses]].
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Since Link left this timeline, things started spiraling out of control...
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Demise tells Hylia that she has done more damage to Hyrule than he ever could by twisting the children of the Goddesses into her personal cadre of worshippers. Though he points that [[ObviouslyEvil unlike him]], she came under the guise of peace, prosperity and divinity, claiming this to be a cunning deception.
* OffWithHisHead: Happens in some cutscenes.
* OhCrap: Vaati after Majora appears before him and reveals how he had set Vaati up.

* OneHitKill: Labrynna Gunners can one shot most enemies from a distance. The Essence of Tarm also has no problem instantly frying entire legions of soldiers with a pink laser beam.

* OneManArmy: Most Druthulidi and General Onox. The Stallord and Ganon to a lesser extent.
* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Queen Ambi is described to have "[[AnachronismStew seemingly from nowhere]], helped develop Hydraulics as a new energy source for her kingdom, as well as provided insight into new forms of weaponry". It's implied that [[TheManBehindTheMan Veran]] [[ETGaveUsWiFi is the one actually behind it]].
* OnlyOneName: Pretty much all characters; the only exceptions being several leaders of the Kingdom of Hyrule.
* OnlySixFaces: Pre-HD Ordonian soldiers used either Rusl or Ilia's face depending on their gender.

* TheOrder: The Order of the Wizzrobe.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Ralph looks neat in his cap, cape, sword and shield. Take a moment to work out [[TheChosenOne who he resembles (just in blue)]] though, and suddenly his eccentricities and social anxiety become evidence of [[TearJerker someone who's spent his entire life in another man's shadow]].

* PlantPeople: The Koroks, Deku Scrubs, Deku Trees and Maku Tree.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: Ganon inflicted {{Gendercide}} on the Gerudo to have their help in attacking Hyrule.
* PollutedWasteland: Lynna City has already the first marks from the intensive mining. The Old Moblin Kingdom used to be a fertile land before Hylia utterly scorched it.
* PoweredArmor: Labrynnian Mechs.
* PowerfulPick: Goron Miners and Subrosian excavators.
* ThePowerOfLove:
** Also the motivating factor of Hylian and Zora couples in Lanayru Province.
** Veran's determined efforts to bring back Onox.
* PraetorianGuard: Princess Zelda's Iron-clad Elites and Ganondorf's Vagrudanon.

* PrequelInTheLostAge: Gods of Hyrule: Total War, which takes place in the Druthulidi wars before the creation of the Triforce.

Although the "official" development in Medieval 2 has ceased, an unofficial version is still being maintained and regularly updated, which can be downloaded [[https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-total-war-v-38-mr-nygrens-submod here]]

** Pretty much [[UpToEleven every female]] character that's ever appeared in ''Zelda'' series [[{{Xenafication}} suddenly kicks ass]].

* ActionGirl: [[UpToEleven Every girl]], who will kick ass and take names on the battlefield. It's something of a requirement [[WorldOfBadass in this universe.]]

* {{Arcadia}}: Ordona Province and Horon. Literally, in the form of Arcadia from the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' cartoon series.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Ganon fights with a [[{{BFS}} BFT]], which is later inherited by Ganondorf. Miniblins and Dodoblins attack with mini tridents.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Considering the games stars characters from the entire [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] continuity...

* ArtEvolution: Undyingnephalim's skill with 3D modelling and animation has improved significantly since he began the mod in 2011. Many factions such as the Order of Wizzrobe are [[CostumePorn garishly detailed]]. Compare the Order of Wizzrobes [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127105524/hyruletotalwar/images/8/87/Carock.png before]] and [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127104503/hyruletotalwar/images/0/0b/Pyromancers.png after]]. With release of ''Videogame/HyruleWarriors'' and ''Videogame/BreathOfTheWild'' many visual cues from newer Zelda games have worked their way into unit and building designs.

* ArtEvolution: Undyingnephalim's skill with 3D modelling and animation has improved significantly since he began the mod in 2011. Many factions such as the Order of Wizzrobe are [[CostumePorn garishly detailed]]. Compare the Order of Wizzrobes [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127105524/hyruletotalwar/images/8/87/Carock.png before]] and [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127104503/hyruletotalwar/images/0/0b/Pyromancers.png after]]. With release of ''Videogame/HyruleWarriors'' and ''Videogame/Breath of the Wild'' many visual cues from newer Zelda games have worked their way into unit and building designs.

* NobleDemon: Demise, who defeats [[AGodAmI Hylia]] by simply [[BreakThemByTalking pointing out]] [[NotSoDifferent the truth]] and doesn't employ DemonicPossession to control people.

Formerly a mod for ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' started in 2011, the game was ported to 0 A.D.'s Pyrogenesis engine in 2017, due to the former's engine limitations, with regular updates adding in more characters and playable factions. Sweetening the deal in the porting is that, while ''Medieval II'' costs $19.99 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, ''0 AD'' is 100% free, meaning more people will have access to the mod, and is also 100% open-source, meaning the creator has free reign to make the game however he wants.

''Hyrule Conquest'' (formerly known as ''Hyrule: Total War''), is a [[GameMod fan total overhaul mod]] for the free RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/ZeroAD'' based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Created by modder [=UndyingNephalim=], it allows players to take command of many iconic characters and races from the series in a RTS format.

Altough the "official" development in Medieval 2 has ceased, a unnoficial Version is still being mantained and regularly updated, which can be downloaded [[https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-total-war-v-38-mr-nygrens-submod here]]

* ActionGirl: [[UpToEleven Every girl]].

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: The Deku Scrubs, [[BewareTheSillyOnes at first....]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Goron]] faction has an upgrade that allows them to add one extra miner to Rock Sirloin Mines. The upgrade's name? ''Expanded Shafts''. However, due to an oversight (or perhaps intentionally), it requires editing the game's files to achieve.

* AGodAmI: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] by Hylia. She was once a Hylian infused with magic power that turned her into a PhysicalGod; as a result, [[LikeAGodToMe people began worshiping her above the Goddesses themselves]]. When Demise [[BreakingSpeech made her realize her crimes]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she withdrew from Hyrule]] and asked the Wizzrobes for sanctuary. The Wizzrobes agreed to grant it, and [[UnPerson erased every trace of her existence in exchange for the knowledge of her magical powers]]. Now, she's come back with the Order of the Wizzrobes and she's gathering more followers in an attempt to re-establish her rule over Hyrule.

* GodhoodSeeker: Zalunbar, [[LikeAGodToMe who is revered as a god by other Darknuts]] and serves as [[TheManBehindTheMan Vaati]]'s puppet with the promise of becoming a real deity.

* PortalDoor: Bellum's portals, the most prominent one being the Mirror of Twilight.

* {{Adorkable}}: Look at Ralph's little goggles. Awww.

** Particular faction examples include the Kokiri, who go from being terrified of weak monsters in-game to tribes of feral children with knives, the Deku Scrubs, who go from a joke enemy to a tribal alliance of murderously violent shrubbery, and Ordona, who go from a bunch of villagers terrified of a single wolf to a powerful feudal state.

* AGodAmI:
** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] by Hylia. She was once a Hylian infused with magic power that turned her into a PhysicalGod; as a result, [[LikeAGodToMe people began worshiping her above the Goddesses themselves]]. When Demise [[BreakingSpeech made her realize her crimes]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she withdrew from Hyrule]] and asked the Wizzrobes for sanctuary. The Wizzrobes agreed to grant it, and [[UnPerson erased every trace of her existence in exchange for the knowledge of her magical powers]]. Now, she's come back with the Order of the Wizzrobes and she's gathering more followers in an attempt to re-establish her rule over Hyrule.
** Zalunbar, who is revered as a god by other Darknuts and serves as [[TheManBehindTheMan Vaati]]'s puppet with the promise of becoming a real deity.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Goron]] faction has an upgrade that allows them to add one extra miner to Rock Sirloin outcroppings. The upgrade's name? ''Expanded Shafts''. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Hmmm]]....

** Gerudo: Ganondorf -> Mathosi'''dorf''', Harunu'''dorf'''... (JustifiedTrope in this case as -dorf is an actual suffix, meaning "'s phantom".)

** Gerudo: Ganondorf -> Mathosi'''dorf''', Harunu'''dorf'''... (JustifiedTrope in this case as -dorf might be an actual suffix.)

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Zelda, Princess Ruto, Princess Midna, and the Deku Princess.

* TheCavalry: Rauru breaks the siege at Snowpeak [[Film/LordOfTheRings Gandalf Style]].

->''We'll not be remembered as just fairy tales anymore... we'll be remembered as a Legend that will echo through all time.''\\
--'''Princess Midna'''

* {{Homage}}: The showdown between King Gustaf and Sulkaris in the first mission resembles the one between [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Isildur and Sauron]].
** The tenth mission resembles a little Helm's Deep.

* BigBadEnsemble: The main Hyrule mod has Majora, Sulkaris, Demise, Hylia, Vaati, Demoko, Dethl, Veran, Jelyf, Twinrova, and at least a few other lesser independent villains (and Ganon, but he’s not really a villain in this game). Great Sea has Bellum and Malledus. Shadows of Hyrule has Zant, Morsheen, and the Eclipse. And Gods of Hyrule has the five main Druthulidi except Iemanis, who isn't really a villain.

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] by Hylia. She was once a Hylian infused with magic power that turned her into a PhysicalGod; as a result, [[AGodIAm people began worshiping her above the Goddesses themselves]]. When Demise [[BreakingSpeech made her realize her crimes]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she withdrew from Hyrule]] and asked the Wizzrobes for sanctuary. The Wizzrobes agreed to grant it, and [[UnPerson erased every trace of her existence in exchange for the knowledge of her magical powers]]. Now, she's come back with the Order of the Wizzrobes and she's gathering more followers in an attempt to re-establish her rule over Hyrule.

* NobleDemon: Demise, who defeats [[AGodIAm Hylia]] by simply [[BreakThemByTalking pointing out]] [[NotSoDifferent the truth]] and doesn't employ DemonicPossession to control people.