History VideoGame / SignsOfTheSojourner

* BigDisasterPlot: After a few years with the Caravan, [[spoiler:an earthquake hits the area before the 4th trip, damaging infrastructure and severing some routes to the largest city on the map. Elias requests you to get some scrap material from Anka to repair your store, and some of the townsfolk play cards with spirals on them to grieve as they deal with the aftermath.]]

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Airat fights for robot worker's rights, believing that they're citizens, too, since they help in agriculture like real people. He knows about the ThreeLawsOfRobotics and is standing up against the Rilkers' exploitation of them.

* TragicKeepsake: Elias gives the protagonist the latter's mother's locket when they return from their first trip, and they hold onto it dearly during their journey. If Elias helps the protagonist open it before the third trip, the latter will see that it contains a picture of their mom and her oldest friend Isabella when they were younger, surrounded by the members of the Circle. Some people the protagonist meets will also recognize the locket during their trip, hinting at their previous connections with the protagonist's mother.

* InUniverseGameClock: Of the "Event-Induced Time Advancement" sort; travelling to different towns takes in-game days, and you need to return home and restock the family store at the end of every month. There are also events on specific dates, like the reopening of a notable bridge, which is tracked on an in-game calendar and can be attended if you're in-town on the appropriate date.

* TragicKeepsake: Elias gives the protagonist the latter's mother's locket when they return from their first trip, and they hold onto it dearly during their journey. If Elias helps the protagonist open it before the third trip, the latter will see that it contains a picture of their mom and her oldest friend Isabella when they were younger, surrounded by the members of the Circle.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Airat fights for robot worker's rights, believing that they're citizens, too, since they help in agriculture like real people. He knows about the ThreeLawsOfRobotics and is standing up against the Rilkers' exploitation for them.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Airat fights for robot worker's rights, believing that they're citizens, too, since they help in agriculture like real people.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Airat fights for robot workers' rights, believing that they're citizens, too, since they help in agriculture like real people.

* TragicKeepsake: Elias gives the protagonist the latter's mother's locket when they return from their first trip, and they hold onto it dearly during their journey. If Elias helps the protagonist open it before the third trip, the latter will see that it contains a picture of their mom and her old friend Isabella when they were younger, surrounded by the members of the Circle.

* PosthumousCharacter: After your mother's death, you learn more about her as you travel and converse with the people you meet, who fondly remember her legacy in running the family business and founding the Circle.

* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse. The Circle is an artist's organization that aims to enrich the world with their art instead of becoming rich through art.

* TragicKeepsake: Elias gives the protagonist the latter's mother's locket when they return from their first trip, and they hold onto it dearly during their journey.

* RobotBuddy: Haruto built XN-220 to help him with his business in Rimina.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...Or you can become enemies with them by intentionally mismatching with their cards. While it's hard to do this to Thunder since his cards always match with yours, you can still create bad conversations with him by intentionally playing Fatigue cards (which never match) or making mismatches with yourself by pairing the wrong card after a [[ExtraTurn Chatter card.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...Or you can become enemies with them by intentionally mismatching with their cards. While it's hard to do this to Thunder since his cards always match with yours, you can still create bad conversations with him by intentionally playing Fatigue cards (which never match) or making mismatches with yourself by pairing the wrong card after a [[ExtraTurn Chatter card.]]

* RandomEvent: Every run of the game is different due to some people, and their associated sidequests, not appearing at the same points all the time.

* DesertBandits: When you first meet Klaus in Clifton, she gives you some roasted nuts if your conversation with her goes well. She tells you to keep it a secret or else people will flock to her to buy them. [[spoiler:It turns out she stole them from Alexis' stall, and if you talk to her again and get on her good side, she'll steal one of your items and run away to the Desert Oasis. You can chase her there to try taking it back.]]

* DesertBandits: When you first meet Klaus in Clifton, she'll give you some roasted nuts, telling you to keep it a secret or else people will flock to her to buy them. [[spoiler:Turns out she stole them from Alexis' stall, and if you talk to her again and get on her good side, she'll steal one of your items and run away to the Desert Oasis. You can chase her there to try taking it back.]]

* SiblingRivalry: Tosuto and his brother Haruto are at each other's throats over the competition between their food stalls, especially during the Aldhurst cook-off. Tosuto even requests you to confront Haruto about the stolen pickle ingredients if you succeed in your first conversation with the former.

* TimedMission: The player has five in-game months to travel with the caravan, explore, and/or keep the family store running. They also must return to Bartow before the last calendar day before or else their truck will break down.

* TimedMission: The player has five in-game months to travel with the caravan, explore, and/or keep the family store running. They also must return to Bartow before the last calendar day before their truck breaks down.

* SiblingRivalry: Tosuto and Haruto are at each other's throats over the competition between their food stalls, especially during the Aldhurst cook-off. Tosuto even requests you to confront Haruto about the stolen pickle ingredients if you succeed in your first conversation with the former.

* TimedMission: The player has five in-game months to travel with the caravan, explore, and/or keep the family store running.

* TraumaInn: Bartow serves as your resting area to remove any Fatigue cards, which build up as you travel and don't match with any symbol, effectively ending your conversation on a bad note if you're not careful with them. Some random events such as relaxing in your truck and playing with Thunder can also remove them.

** After every conversation, regardless of how it went, the player is forced to replace one of their ten cards with one the other person was using.

* EarthquakesCauseFissures: [[spoiler:After a few years with the caravan, an earthquake hits the area before the 4th trip, damaging infrastructure and severing some routes to the largest city on the map.]]

* TraumaInn: Bartow serves as your resting area to remove any Fatigue cards, which build up as you travel and don't match with any symbol, effectively ending your conversation on a bad note if you're not careful with them. Some random events such as relaxing in your caravan and playing with Thunder can also remove them.