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* SleepingSingle: Lavie's parents, Sigmund and Emily Regale. [[spoiler: This may be related to Sigmund's apparent problems with alcohol, or to a family fight - which we learn about later - that resulted in Emily's mother, Grandma Lancaster, leaving their home.]]
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* SleepingSingle: [[spoiler: Lavie's parents, Sigmund and Emily Regale. [[spoiler: This may be related to Sigmund's apparent problems with alcohol, or to a family fight - which we learn about later - that resulted in Emily's mother, Grandma Lancaster, leaving their home.]]
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* PrincessClassic: Princess Carranya, Heiress to the throne of Galvenia, [[spoiler: whom Ryan befriends and helps out of more than one tight spot.]]
* PrincessClassic: Princess Carranya, Heiress to the throne of Galvenia, [[spoiler: whom Ryan befriends and helps out of more than one tight spot.]]
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* {{Tsundere}}: Lavie is a classic example, in the "Type B" ''(dere)'' category.
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* Bookworm: Sigmund Regale, Lavie's father, who has a magnificent libary and also collects rare books. Ryan and Henrik also seem to appreciate a good read.
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* AlcoholicParent: [[spoiler: Lavie's father, Sigmund Regale, if we believe Henry the bartender, who tells Lavie that he has a long, unsettled bar tab.]]
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Though she's over eighteen, Lavie has an inseparable companion of the teddy bear variety, imaginatively named "Mr. Bear". [spoiler:Part of the reason for this is that Ryan won it at a shooting contest, and gave it to her, when she was about eleven.]]
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Though she's over eighteen, Lavie has an inseparable companion of the teddy bear variety, imaginatively named "Mr. Bear". [spoiler:Part [[spoiler:Part of the reason for this is that Ryan won it at a shooting contest, and gave it to her, when she was about eleven.]]
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Though she's over eighteen, Lavie has an inseparable companion of the teddy bear variety, imaginatively named "Mr. Bear". [spoiler:Part of the reason for this is that Ryan won it at a shooting contest, and gave it to her, when she was about eleven.]]
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* HeroesPreferSwords: So says Colonel Whitworth, and he will willingly demonstrate it to you. Sort of {{AvertedTrope averted}} with Ryan, who is proficient both with a sword and with firearms.
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* HeroesPreferSwords: So says Colonel Whitworth, and he will willingly demonstrate it to you. Sort of {{AvertedTrope averted}} with Ryan, who is proficient both with a sword and with firearms.
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* FlamingSword: A minor example: when visiting the Military Academy, Ryan sees a sword used by the Galvenia Rough Riders which bursts into flame when it's used in combat, and wishes ''his'' sword could do that.
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* LuminescentBlush: Lavie on a few occasions, particularly when Ryan says something kind to her, or when her grandmother has a chat with her about finding one's true love.
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* NoobCave: Baron Snake Cave is debatably the first real dungeon of the game. Subverted by Davenport Woods as being the first area with monsters, but not really qualifying as a real dungeon.
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* SwordFight: This technically happens between Ryan and Juno, but it's represented through the game's battle system.
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* SwordFight: This technically happens between Ryan and Juno, but it's represented through the game's battle system.
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* DownerBeginning: The game's first playable sequence has you as a pair of mages trying to battle a mysterious plague... and then we suddenly move to the adventures of Ryan and his friends.
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* CharacterLevel: There is a level cap of 10 for all the characters in Act I.
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* GameShowAppearance: ''Who Wants To Be A Level Ten Archer'', [[spoiler: a contest that Lavie has to pass to achieve the prized top rank at the Archery Academy.]]
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* TheArcher: Despite her otherwise peaceful nature, Lavie is a Level 9 Archer, the star pupil of the Mann Island Archery Academy, [[spoiler: and reaches the newly introduced Level Ten by the end of the story.]]
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: The Church of Infinity, which has its own country, is governed by a Pontiff and Archbishops, and has several missionary nuns found in different parts of the game world.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jennifer [[spoiler:"Bubblebrain"]] Clarkson, complete with bizarre utterances.
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However, there are signs that things are starting to unravel. But all this seems rather far away for [[TheHero Ryan Eramond]], a young man of eighteen who has just graduated from high school, and has the rest of his life in front of him...
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* ButThouMust: Lavie '''will''' accompany Ryan on his second trip, whether he likes it or not.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Armin. Watching his unsuccessful attempts to pick up girls is an enduring source of humour.
* CasanovaWannabe: Armin. Watching his unsuccessful attempts to pick up girls is an enduring source of humour.
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* GirlNextDoor: Lavie. [[spoiler: Though Ryan would beg to differ, his dad sums up the general sentiment near the end of the game: "She's a perfectly sweet, innocent, lovely young lady".]]
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* SoProudOfYou: Ryan's mother says this to him on more than one occasion.
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[[caption-width-right:328:From left to right: Marianne, Armin, Ryan, Lavie, Henrik and Juno.]]
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* ShoutOut: One of the villagers in Hartridge quotes [[spoiler: the Vincent Price monologue from Michael Jackson's ''Thriller''.]]
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* LoveHurts: Ryan has just broken up with his girlfriend, [[FirstLove Marianne]], after walking in on her kissing another boy, and he can't quite get over it yet.
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* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Ryan, after the shock of finding out that Marianne wasn't faithful to him.
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Well, two beds joined together, actually. This happens to Ryan and Lavie when they are caught in the rain at Glendale. [[spoiler: Ryan solves the problem by sleeping on the couch, which is ''not'' what Lavie was hoping for.]]
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Well, two beds joined together, actually. This happens to Ryan and Lavie when they are caught in the rain at Glendale. [[spoiler: Ryan solves the problem by sleeping on the couch, which is ''not'' what Lavie was hoping for.]]
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* BonusBoss: Easton Stokel, a slightly crazed soldier who believes the Galvenian War of Independence is still going on.
* ButThouMust: Lavie '''will''' accompany Ryan on his second trip, whether he likes it or not.
* ButThouMust: Lavie '''will''' accompany Ryan on his second trip, whether he likes it or not.
* MayorPain: Samuel Talmadge, mayor of Glendale. He is involved in various shady activities, including theft and [[spoiler:treason]], and Ryan and Lavie [[spoiler: help put him behind bars.]]
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: Over the course of the story, we see that the Commonwealth has largely become this.
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* SleazyPolitician: Samuel Talmadge, mayor of Glendale, whom Ryan and Lavie [[spoiler: help to put behind bars.]] Another example is Junzio Koketsu, the Imperial President-Elect of the Commonwealth. [[spoiler: He is assassinated in mysterious circumstances before he can assume office, though.]]
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* SleazyPolitician: Samuel Talmadge, mayor of Glendale, whom Ryan and Lavie [[spoiler: help to put behind bars.]] Another example is Junzio Koketsu, the Imperial President-Elect of the Commonwealth. [[spoiler: He is assassinated in mysterious circumstances before he can assume office, though.]]
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* AllNationsAreSuperpowers: The five nations of Terra are each powerful in their own way: the Zion Empire has magic and technology on its side, Galvenia has won its independence from them, the Varald Directorate has the strongest army, the Fulton Republic is economically powerful, and Itaria is the home of the Church of Infinity.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Ryan and Lavender "Lavie" Regale, who grew up together. [[spoiler: Lavie deeply wishes that this would grow into a ChildhoodFriendRomance, but Ryan sees them as JustFriends at best, and is often annoyed by Lavie's hinting at anything else.]]
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* DemocracyIsBad: According to Commissioner Jansen of the Varald Directorate.
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* BadassGrandpa: Ryan's late grandfather, from what we learn in the course of the story.
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Part I begins light-heartedly enough, with situations based on the joys and trials of adolescence. However, as the game progresses, we slowly begin to learn about political unrest in Terra, and by the end of it, our hero and his friends have all been touched by it.
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* BadassGrandpa: Ryan's late grandfather, from what we learn in the course of the story.
* BadassGrandpa: Ryan's late grandfather, from what we learn in the course of the story.
* CoolSword: The protagonists encounter several in the course of the game: the Claymore, the Galvenian Sabre and the Giant Sword. The crowning example is [[spoiler: Eramond's Legacy, which belonged to Ryan's grandfather, and which he receives as a coming-of-age gift at the very end.]]
* OldMaster: Colonel Whitworth.
* ParentalAbandonment: Armin's unnamed father left his family to fend for themselves shortly after the birth of his younger brother.
* ParentalAbandonment: Armin's unnamed father left his family to fend for themselves shortly after the birth of his younger brother.
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* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' make fun of Lavie's cooking skills. Also, it's not a good idea to criticize the Commonwealth in front of Ryan.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: The Church of Infinity, which has its own country, is governed by a Pontiff and Archbishops, and has several missionary nuns found in different parts of the game world.
* NunsAreFunny: Sister Miriam has her moments, particularly when Lavie finds her having a quiet drink.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The Varald Directorate.
* PowerTrio: The Three Compadres - Ryan, Henrik and Armin. They can also be viewed as a FreudianTrio: Ryan (ego), Henrik (superego) and Armin (id).
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' make fun of Lavie's cooking skills. Also, it's not a good idea to criticize the Commonwealth in front of Ryan.
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* NunsAreFunny: Sister Miriam has her moments, particularly when Lavie finds her having a quiet drink.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The Varald Directorate.
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It can be downloaded [[http://antioch.snow-fall.com/law/downloads.shtml here]].
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''Love and War'' is a {{freeware RPG|s}}, created by Admiral Styles, using RPG Maker 2000.
It can be downloaded [[http://antioch.snow-fall.com/law/downloads.shtml here]].
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It can be downloaded [[http://antioch.snow-fall.com/law/downloads.shtml here]].
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