History VideoGame / Ikenfell

** The epilogue also confirms that Petronella is aroace, [[spoiler: and Maritte and Pertisia are in a relationship. Gilda is also implied to be dating Rook (implying she might be bi or pan, as all her previous attraction was directed towards binary girls)]].

* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:After regaining her magic and vowing to find Safina in order to get the truth, Maritte gains MismatchedEyes (one red, one blue), and her hair turns from redheaded to a sparkling maroon.]] [[spoiler:She's also shown to have had her hair cut short in the post-credits epilogue.]]

* MismatchedEyes: [[spoiler:Maritte gains a blue eye after she reclaims and fully embraces her magic.]]

''Ikenfell'' is a turned based tactical RPG with timing button input being a central combat mechanic, created by Happy Ray Games and released on October 8th, 2020.

** [[It's easy to stumble upon Attack in the Box unprepared, and it also summons different enemies that you've fought before. It also only takes 1HP of damage unless its eye is exposed]].

** [[spoiler:To fight the Allcat, you have to not only find 10 sparkly gems to open Zhané’s chest and obtain the Allkey which you then have to take to all the Cat Doors to get the items that the Allcat won't talk to you if a party member isn't wearing them, but you also have to find the Allclan in the first place, which involves lifting all the stone blocks in the Duelling Hall that you have no reason to believe are interactable, and at least one of your party members must have a power level of 100 or over to be able to move them all]].
* [[spoiler:The Echoes require you to complete Gwenora's sidequest, and she even says you won't be able to find her last location (you get there by a hidden path in one of the bathrooms in the Spirit Oval). They also must be defeated together in a short space of time; if you take too long to defeat the rest while some are down, they'll revive.

* VendorTrash: You can get various coins, often from battles, that the descriptions explicitly say have no purpose other than to be sold for money.

** A more downplayed example comes before you enter the Northern Dorms, where you are advised to buy some more items if you haven't already, and a cat appears after the cutscene when you first go in. This is because it's the game's first major dungeon after the previous areas were shorter and easier to navigate around.

* WolfpackBoss: The fight against Ibn, Bax and Gilda at the end of Chapter 4, although the former two aren’t really teaming up with Gilda; she just decided to join in.

* BonusBoss: The game has a few optional boss fights, if you can find them. These include [[spoiler: the Allcat, the Echoes, and Codexus]]. They don't become available until during the final dungeon, however, as [[spoiler: finding the Allcat and the Echoes involve sidequests that require access to said dungeon, while Codexus is a book that gets knocked off the top of a shelf in a specific cutscene, also during the final dungeon]]. There's also [[spoiler: Attack in the Box, who can be found in a hidden room in the Stacks]].

** One of the bathrooms in the Spirit Oval has a secret passage that leads to a gem, but there’s another secret passage that branches off that and leads to [[spoiler:a creepy-looking part of the bathroom with a mirror]] where you can encounter a BonusBoss if you’ve completed Gwenora’s sidequest. She even lampshades that you won’t be able to find it.

** The epilogue also confirms that Petronella is aroace, [[spoiler: and Maritte and Pertisia are in a relationship. Gilda is also implied to be dating rook (implying she might be bi or pan, as all her previous attraction was directed towards binary girls)]].

Ikenfell is a turned based tactical RPG with timing button input being a central combat mechanic, created by Happy Ray Games and released on October 8th, 2020.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The first boss fight in the game is against the fabulous Ibn Oxley. The last boss fight in the game is against a decidedly less fabulous (and far more powerful) Oxley.]]

* ChestMonster: [[spoiler:There's a hidden room in the Stacks where opening the chest it contains will start a fight against Attack in the Box, who only takes more than 1HP of damage while the enemies it's summoned are still there.]]

* LastChanceHitPoint: The clutch. If an attack that reduces a character to 0HP is timed and defended well, they’ll revive with 1HP, but only once per battle, making it useless if the next turn is another attack directed at them.

* SealedEvilInACan: The Dark Fold, which was imprisoned in the Summerstone before [[spoiler:Safina destroyed it]]. [[spoiler:Or so Aeldra thought. It turns out that the Dark Fold was actually destroyed when it was sealed, with only the Sapling remaining. The real danger is that keeping the Sapling contained is doing more harm than good, causing earthquakes that open cracks in the ground]].
* SeriesContinuityError: In Chapter 8, Pertisia states that [[spoiler:she and Safina were friends]] the year before before Rook and Petronella came to Ikenfell, with Ima confirming it when the others are surprised to learn this. However, this contradicts with the first memory shard in Chapter 1, where it's Safina's first day at the school and she meets Petronella, [[RewatchBonus and Rook and Pertisia can also be seen among the other students]]. It's never explained if this was because [[spoiler:Safina, Pertisia, and Ima knew each other outside of the school]], if it's a case of SelfServingMemory for Saf, or if it is an error.

* WolfpackBoss: The fight against Ibn, Bax & Gilda at the end of Chapter 4, although the former two aren’t really teaming up with Gilda; she just decided to join in.

* GoodiesInTheToilets: There are several bathrooms in the game where you can find gems that are hidden, some of which are actually ''in the toilets''. Some bathrooms also have enemies in them.

* AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair: Attempting to interact with most of your surroundings won't get you anything; however, there are some things you can interact with that will reveal hidden items or passages. For example, interacting with the mirror in one of the bathrooms reveals an extra stall with a gem inside.

* BreatherLevel: The abandoned prison is very short and only has a few enemy encounters, and doesn't have many hidden items so you don't need to backtrack there.
** Similarly, the Roost doesn’t have a boss fight once you reach the end of it.

* NewsTravelsFast: When the party finds out that [[spoiler:the Dark Fold has been destroyed for years, but Aeldra believes it’s still there so she’s still keeping the Sapling contained]], they inform Radegund, who says she will let Bax know about it, but later on, when they learn in the archives that [[spoiler:keeping the Sapling contained could possibly cause the world to end if not released soon]], Maraoveux says she will stay in the archives to study further, yet Bax somehow knows that [[spoiler:the Sapling must be freed]] in Chapter 8 even though the only other people to know this would be the party, who don't seem to tell him or anyone else.

* SeriesContinuityError: In Chapter 8, Pertisia states that [[spoiler:she and Safina were friends]]the year before before Rook and Petronella came to Ikenfell, with Ima confirming it when the others are surprised to learn this. However, this contradicts with the first memory shard in Chapter 1, where it's Safina's first day at the school and she meets Petronella, [[RewatchBonus and Rook can also be seen among the other students]]. It's never explained if this was because [[spoiler:Safina, Pertisia, and Ima knew each other outside of the school]], if it's a case of SelfServingMemory for Saf, or if it is an error.

* LazyBackup: You can only have 3 members in your active party at a time, and you can only switch them at save cats. If you lose a battle, you will get a game over and will either have to restart the fight with the same party members, or go back to your last save.

* NewsTravelsFast: When the party finds out that [[spoiler:the Dark Fold has been destroyed for years, but Aeldra believes it’s still there so she’s still keeping the Sapling contained]], they inform Radegund, who says she will let Bax know about it, but later on, when they learn that [[spoiler:keeping the Sapling contained could possibly cause the world to end if not released soon]], Maraoveux says she will stay in the archives to study further, yet Bax somehow knows that [[spoiler:the Sapling must be freed]] in Chapter 8 even though the only other people to know this would be the party, who don't seem to tell him.

** Finding [[spoiler:the Allcat’s clan]] is also difficult - [[spoiler:you have to interact with the stones in one of the Dueling Hall’s rooms until they reveal a secret passage]].

* HeroicBSOD: Maritte undergoes one after finding out that [[spoiler:Safina intentionally released the Dark Fold by breaking the Summerstone, which would potentially kill thousands of people. Even though the Summer Sapling destroyed the Dark Fold, there's no way that Maritte knew that at the time]].

* JoinedYourParty: You get a short message whenever a character joins the party. When Pertisia joins, since she's only helping you retrieve Safina's cloak at first, the text says "Pertisia joins the party. ...Sort of", and she can't be controlled in battle. After reaching the Snatcher's Lair, the text after a cutscene will say "Pertisia joins the party. ...For real this time", and you'll be able to control her actions.

** Pertisia [[spoiler:went back to performing music as Salia Snow.]]

** An option in the menu allows you to to automatically receive "Nice" timing on attacks, with the possibility of "Great" timing also open. There's also an option to just get "Great" timing for everything if you don't want to use timed hits at all.
** You can turn on a menu option to instantly win a fight, while still receiving full experience points for it. This allows you to skip any fights that are too hard, or to not waste your time on trash mobs that you'd curb-stomp with little effort.

** In sections where you have to sneak past sentries, your party will be reduced to only the character you're controlling, since it wouldn't be fair if you had to worry about the [=NPCs=] of your party getting caught.

* AutoRevive: One of the items that can be bought from the Gem Witch has this ability, but it only works once per battle.

* BonusBoss: The game has a few optional boss fights, if you can find them. These include [[spoiler: the Allcat, the Spectres, and Codexus]]. They don't become available until during the final dungeon, however, as [[spoiler: finding the Allcat and the Spectres involve sidequests that require access to said dungeon, while Codexus is a book that gets knocked off the top of a shelf in a specific cutscene, also during the final dungeon]]. There's also [[spoiler: Attack in the Box, who can be found in a hidden room in the Stacks]].

* ChestMonster: [[spoiler:There's a hidden room in the Stacks where opening the chest it contains will start a fight against Attack in the Box, who only takes 1HP of damage from regular attacks, and doesn't fight on its own but instead summons various enemies.]]

* InexplicableTreasureChests: There are chests everywhere that you can open to find useful items, even in bathrooms! They can also drop seemingly out of nowhere after winning an enemy encounter. However, the Gem Witch’s chest is one that she won’t let you open unless you bring her 10 Sparkly Gems.

* BonusBoss: The game has a few optional boss fights, if you can find them. These include [[spoiler: the Allcat, the Spectres, and Codexus]]. They don't become available until during the final dungeon, however, as [[spoiler: finding the Allcat and the Spectres involve sidequests that require access to said dungeon, while Codexus is a book that gets knocked off the top of a shelf in a specific cutscene, also during the final dungeon]]. There's also [[spoiler: Attack in the Box, who only takes 1HP of damage from regular attacks and doesn't fight but instead relies on summoned enemies, and can be found in a hidden room in the Stacks]].

* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Gilda warms to you and your party after her defeat in Chapter 4.]]
* DefeatMeansPlayable: [[spoiler:Gilda joins the party after your second rematch in the Spirit Oval.]]

* DoorToBefore: You’ll often find that doors or openings which you can’t travel though at first will become available once you reach them from the other side after making it to the end of an area. There are also Traveller Oaks, which function as a warp system, and a few NPCs who can take you back to the beginning of a place so you don’t have to backtrack all the way through it.

** Ima did more research about [[spoiler:the seasons of magic.]]