History VideoGame / TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie

* ShoutOut:
** One of the Daydream episodes is titled “[[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Crafts]]”.
** During her shared victory quote with Kurt, Sara tells him, “If my name’s lightning, I’d better be [[Music/BohemianRhapsody very, very frightening.”]]
** When entering a hazardous floor in the True Reverie Corridor, Nadia may say "Danger zone!" with the same inflection as the Music/KennyLoggins song of the same name... or, perhaps, [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} Sterling Archer's]] own appropriation of that phrase.

** Beyond the Reverie: Three short stories bridging the gap between Reverie and Kuro no Kiseki:

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:By clearing the expanded Reverie Corridor, players can read 3 short stories that give a sneak peek at some characters who will make their proper debut in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]'': [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCalvardMiscellaneous Dingo Brad, René Kincade, Albert, Odette, Bermotti]], [[Characters/TrailsSeriesJaegerCorps Shizuna Rem Misurugi, Kurogane]], [[Characters/TrailsSeriesTheBracerGuild Elaine Auclair]], [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCalvardArkrideSolutionsOffice Agnes Claudel, and Van Arkride]].]]

* {{Interquel}}: [[spoiler:The vast majority of Daydreams take place sometime after ''Cold Steel IV'', but before ''Reverie's'' main plot (not counting the prologue that occurs considerably earlier). The biggest exceptions are, of course, the stories you'll unlock after beating the TrueFinalBoss, which serve as a SequelHook for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki''.]]

A sequel, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]'', was released in Japan on September 30, 2021.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler:Despite being the completed version of the Great One and packing a lot of punch in all of its attacks, Zoa Gilstein is only around the size of a Goliath Noa. This is in stark contrast to both Ark Rouge and Lost Zem, who were massive behemoths by comparison.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Reverie Corridor locks inhabitants' memories of the outside world while they're in it and their memories of being in it when they return to reality. [[spoiler:Due to Elysium constantly trying to break in, the Black Mirror eventually decides to give the party their real-world memories. Even then, it bugs out and blocks memories of the Retributive Tower until Ishmelga Rean is dealt with.]]

* HoldingOutForAHero: Deconstructed in Lloyd's route. [[spoiler:The SSS' status as Crossbell's main {{HopeBringer}}s before and during the Imperial occupation resulted in the people of Crossbell placing them on an absurdly high pedestal, that when Supreme Leader Rufus beats them in battle, the citizens collectively cross the DespairEventHorizon and come to believe their dreams for independence are utterly hopeless. Wazy [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] several citizens for placing such absurd expectations on the group and blaming them for their current state of affairs, pointing out that the SSS are ''not'' responsible for fixing all of their prblems for them, and that if they want their freedom, everyone has to pitch in and do their part instead of making them shoulder all their burdens.]]

* BeachEpisode: The game lets the combined Class VII (as well as Celine, Duvalie, Elise, and Princess Alfin) put on swimsuits for a "beach vacation" at Mishelam Wonderland, featuring mini-games like splitting a watermelon blindfolded with a wooden sword, or riding a banana boat being pulled by a boat while collecting flags. Through downloadable content, the Special Support Section (as well as [=KeA=] and Rixia) can do the same.

* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: While the series mostly played this trope straight in earlier games, ''Reverie'' begins to invert this trope, as the Erebonian government is reforming itself to avoid the reputation of the evil empire it had in previous games and is trying to avoid war as far as possible due to societal trauma caused by a horrific civil war and a senseless invasion of Calvard happening within two years of each other. Meanwhile, hints are shown that Calvard has a shady side that has yet to be dealt with and faces a very real danger of democratic backsliding. [[spoiler:Roy Gramheart, the new president of Calvard, is an apparent PresidentEvil implied to be taking advantage of the political capital the Great War's fallout gave him to amass power, and he managed to contact the Grandmaster of Ouroboros and offered a neutrality agreement, where he wouldn't interfere with her Eternal Recurrence Plan for two and a half years if she didn't interfere with his plans during that time. Even more alarmingly, he tries to use the Retributive Tower crisis as a pretext for invading Crossbell, much like when Osborne tried to "assist" Liberl during the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon; it's not lost on the main cast that this would likely result in Crossbell being annexed by Calvard. The DLC also gives three short stories foreshadowing the Calvard arc. Renne's story has her transfer to a school in Calvard to investigate the Verne Company, Calvard's equivalent to Reinford, as it refused to participate in a Continental Peace Science Organization ran by the Russell family and Professor Schmidt]].

** A Step Forward: Mary thinks about her feelings for Makarov in light of an ArrangedMarriage.

* SmashingWatermelons: One of the minigames at the Mishelam episode is the boys of both Class VII and SSS in their respective episodes doing this. Specifically, Rean or Lloyd do the first split and then the chosen male companion does the second split. The minigame rewards the players with the swimsuit and the blindfold for the men.

* TournamentArc: The Episode "Unlimited Blade Crafts" features Olivert hosting one, with Rean, Duvalie, and two other party members participating against characters like Arios, Cassius, Victor, and Aurelia.

''The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie''[[labelnote:*]](英雄伝説 創の軌跡, ''Eiyuu Densetsu: Hajimari no Kiseki'', lit. ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Beginnings'')[[/labelnote]] is the [[LongRunner tenth game]] of Creator/{{Falcom}}'s [[LongRunner long-running]] ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', taking place five months after the end of the Erebonia arc. The game acts as a DénouementEpisode to both arcs, wrapping up many lingering plot lines and providing a capstone to the western half of the Zemurian continent.

''The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie''[[labelnote:*]](英雄伝説 創の軌跡, ''Eiyuu Densetsu: Hajimari no Kiseki'', lit. ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Beginnings'')[[/labelnote]] is the [[LongRunner tenth game]] of Creator/{{Falcom}}'s [[LongRunner long-running]] ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', taking place five months after the end of the Erebonia arc. The game acts as a DenoumentEpisode to both arcs, wrapping up many lingering plot lines and providing a capstone to the western half of the Zemurian continent.

''The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie''[[labelnote:*]](英雄伝説 創の軌跡, ''Eiyuu Densetsu: Hajimari no Kiseki'', lit. ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Beginnings'')[[/labelnote]] is the [[LongRunner tenth game]] of Creator/{{Falcom}}'s [[LongRunner long-running]] ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', taking place five months after the end of the Erebonia arc.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Cosmetic items such as costumes, hairstyles and accessories are among some of the rewards you can earn from the Reverie Corridor.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone in the True Reverie Corridor suffers from short-term LaserGuidedAmnesia regarding current events, meaning that the three parties can't use it as an alternative line of communication in the absence of long-range orbal communications caused by the disappearance of the ''Courageous''. This ensures that each party operates in isolation as the plot intended until communications are fixed at the end of Chapter 4 (with the device triggering the LaserGuidedAmnesia breaking down when the various parties return in the next Chapter).

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone in the True Reverie Corridor suffers from short-term LaserGuidedAmnesia regarding current events, meaning that the three parties can't use it as an alternative line of communication in the absence of long-range orbal communications caused by the disappearance of the ''Courageous''. This ensures that Lloyd doesn't know what Rean is up to and vice versa until the plot allows them to find out naturally.

** [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Crafts]]: Rean, Duvalie, and two other members participate in a martial arts tournament against fearsome swordfighters like Aurelia, Arios, and Victor. [[CallForward It also reveals how]] Rean has access to [[SuperMode Spirit Unification]] in the main game.

** The DLC character [[spoiler:McBurn is the most powerful party member in the series, fitting for his title as one of the strongest characters in the series. He has some of the highest stats in the game, a single-line orbment, is good at both physical and magic damage, has one of the most powerful S-Crafts in the series getting up to 6S damage, a regular Craft with SS in both damage and break, a ridiculously powerful self-buff that gives him a large STR, ATS, and Speed buff, 150% HP recovery,and 100 CP immediately, and his Brave Order, for the cost of the entire Order gauge, gives the party 100% crit and 100 CP. He also comes pre-equipped with the highest tier of weapon and armor, without needing any Black Zemurian Ore investment.]]

** When entering a hazardous floor in the True Reverie Corridor, Nadia may say "Danger zone!" with the same inflection as the Music/KennyLoggins song of the same name... or, perhaps, [[Series/{{Archer}} Sterling Archer's]] own appropriation of that phrase.

* SuperDickery: At the start of Rean's chapter, it depicts Rean and Kurt dueling Matteus Vander which ends with Kurt getting flung off the cliff of the Eisengard Mountain Range. Meanwhile, Claire starts shooting both Juna and Altina with a sniper rifle. When Juna wonders how they got to that situation, the game cuts back to 10 hours ago when Rean's chapter finally starts.

* TournamentArc: The Episode "Eternal Sword" which features Olivert hosting one, with Rean, Duvalie, and two other party members participating against characters like Arios, Cassicus, Victor, and Aurelia.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Lloyd's first chapter in the game ends with [[spoiler:simulacrum]] Rufus stomping him and the SSS and then declares that he will conquer the world with Crossbell at the center.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler:Rufus pulls off one at the end of the game, focusing all of the hatred of the world to destroy the Retributive Tower while he was still inside it. He was committed to dying himself since there was only a few minutes left before the beam comes down to him when Lloyd, Jusis, Lapis, Swin, Nadia, and Zeit go back and pick him up through some miracle.]]

** And in what's likely the biggest case in this game, Professor Erika Russell was previously on featured in her debut back in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The 3rd]]'', meaning that this is her first appearance in ''13 years''.

* CrutchCharacter: A variation: [[spoiler:Rean and Rufus are these in the main story with really great Crafts, powerful Brave Orders, and great orbment lines and seeing as they're the protagonists of their route, they're always available. They however cannot be taken to the FinalBoss fight as Rean, Crow, and Rufus get taken out of commission (Rean just finishing his fight against Zoa Gilstein and exhausting himself while Rufus pulls off a DivingSave to save Lapis and the various tech groups to weaken Zoa Gilstein and Ishmelga Rean), leaving Lloyd and the rest to deal with Ishmelga. And if players haven't leveled up the rest of the cast because the game ''doesn't'' share LeakedExperience, have fun dealing with the FinalBoss with the other characters.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Lloyd's first chapter ends with [[spoiler: the simulacrum of]] Rufus soundly trashing all of the SSS, Wazy, and Rixia at the same time. And then delivers this to Lloyd who charges at him with one swing of his sword while barely moving from his position. Also, [[spoiler: the first three phases of the FinalBoss battle with Zoa Gilstein.]]

** Buried Trails, Beaten Trails, Blazed Trails: An episode focusing on Swin, Nadia, and Rixia.
** A Day in the Lives of the SSS: A day for the founding members of the SSS to get back into their old groove.
** St. Astraia's Violet in Bloom: Kurt, Juna, Musse, and Elise investigating an incident at St. Astraia.
** Home Sweet Turf: A short snippet focusing on Wazy and Wald touring Crossbell after the Prologue.
** Down the Rabbit Hole: Millium being reunited with Airgetlam.
** To Your Blessed Future: Olivier and Schera getting ready for their wedding.
** A Maiden's Melancholy: Claire, Sharon, and Sara investigating a theft of military technology that may have involvement from Ouroboros.
** The Path Chosen: An episode focusing on Towa and her decisions regarding her future career.
** Justice a Deux: Machias and Dudley bond over various things like coffee.

** Project Orbal Gear IV Pt. 1: Tita tests a new Orbal Gear.

** Wishes of a Witch: Roselia, Emma, and Vita go to figure out how Isola, Emma's mother, actually died.

** One Lucky Stone and One Unlucky Ship: Jingo attempts to get an airship while Marquis Ballad deals with woes regarding his airship.
** [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Crafts]]: Rean, Duvalie, and two other members participating in a martial arts tournament. [[CallForward It also reveals how]] Rean has access to [[SuperMode Spirit Unification]] in the main game.

** Look Back to Look Forward: Effectively the PostCreditsScene of the game as [[spoiler:the Grandmaster and Roy Gramheart discuss their future plans.]]

* DenouementEpisode: [[spoiler:To both the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Zero/Azure]]'' duology and the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' tetralogy. ''Reverie'' explores the epilogue of ''Azure'' in greater detail, and covers the aftermath of ''Cold Steel IV'', all while expanding on the fates of numerous characters and setting up future plot threads.]]

** If the player has C keep wearing the mask long after the reveal, he will have victory quotes with his voice distorted for characters who already know who he is.
** For the fight against [[spoiler:Ishmelga Rean]], Rean and Lloyd are required for the fight. If the two of them are at the front lines, then both of them will show up staring at [[spoiler:Ishmelga Rean]] when the boss fight starts. However, [[https://youtu.be/-5mO-yl8jq8?t=1085 if either Rean or Lloyd]], or both of them are in the support party slot, then they don't show up when the boss declares that the fight is on.
* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the simulated Rean from the Normal Ending timeline disappears after Lloyd gives him a fist bump with a smile on his face.]]

* DubNameChange: A few terms were changed from the Japanese version to the English dub.

* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:Rean vs the simulacrum Arios at the climax of chapter 3 of his route, Rufus vs Duvalie at the beginning of chapter 4 of his route, and [=McBurn=] vs Demon [=McBurn=] at the Reverie Corridor for his trial door and S-Craft upgrade.]]

* EpiphanyTherapy: It took five whole games, two separate talks from both Duvalie (in the tournament Daydream) and Claire (in his first chapter), [[spoiler:facing off against a simulated version of himself, and finally confronting an alternate universe of himself who committed to the HeroicSacrifice but Rean finally manages to find the answer to his life questions, and consequently rejects the alternate Rean's proposal to sacrifice himself yet again.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: While there's a one month gap between the prologue and the first chapter of the game, the entire main story only happens in a week's time from March 15, 1207 to March 22, 1207. Counting the side stories timeline however avert this as the earliest date shown in-game is, ironically enough, [[spoiler:the final Blue Sealing Stone Daydream where Rean inherits the burnt Osborne family photo, taking place three months after ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:As revealed by Ishmelga Rean, the Normal Ending version of Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' spent an unknown amount of time fighting against Ishmelga for control while trying to fuse the two together which always ended in failure in the dark corners outside the continent.]]

** [[spoiler:The last opponent of the updated Reverie Corridor is Gensial Demiourgos, which is fought with three teams with 8 characters each.]]

* HoldYourHippogriffs: You can speak with a professor, Carton, and his student, Myria, Myria being upset because she thought an exam was going to be delayed because of classes canceled during the war. If you speak with Carton a second time, he comments to Rean that Myria would come crying to him [[labelnote:Sharkodile]]crocodile[[/labelnote]] tears no matter how long he delayed the exam.

** [[spoiler:Lastly, there's Zoa Gilstein, the Zeroth Knight. It's the combined form of all 7 Divine Knights with Valimar's form as the base, piloted by Ishmelga Rean. It's later renamed Ishmelga of the End after the Ishmelga Rean portion is taken out of the equation by the Rean the player have been using.]]
* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: The entire party suddenly finds themselves mysteriously crying just before [[spoiler: Zoa Gilstein appears at the climax of Rean's chapter 3]]...

* MaskOfPower: The masks that the Black Workshop uses to brainwash people is back and two people are depicted wearing these in the opening of the game, one of them fighting Rixia.

* MonsterWhale: [[spoiler:Ark-Kaitos is a large whale-like cryptid with a temple on its back and the ability to fly. It serves as the boss of both the Reverie Corridor's 4th Stratum[[note]]The last floor pre-update, accessible only after beating the main story[[/note]] and of Machias, Olivier, and Alfin's Trial Door challenge.]]

** ''Reverie'' has made some modifications to various Brave Orders from ''Cold Steel IV'', making them better in some areas, but worst in other areas. For example, Lloyd's Raging Hammer cost has been reduced from 3 BP to 1, but it now only gives a 150% increase in break damage instead of 300%.
** The most powerful art of the entire series, [[ExtraTurn Chrono Burst]], is nerfed to the point that players can no longer spam the art for infinite turns. The art only gives the caster two turns and must end their action on the second turn.

* NewTransferStudent: The St. Astraia Daydream has Juna, Musse, and [[WholesomeCrossdresser Kurt]] temporarily transfer to the school to investigate the mysterious reason of why the students suddenly are in a coma.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Victor, who at this point has lung disease and has only one arm, teams up with Arios and [[spoiler:'''''defeats Cassius Bright''''' and Zechs Vander in an unofficial tournament in Unlimited Blade Crafts.]]

* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: The Reverie Corridor is an in-universe version of this as one of it's primary purposes was to help make the characters stronger. Through it your characters will not only gain a ton of XP but will also be drowning in loot items that would otherwise be scarce in previous games.

** The DLC character [[spoiler:McBurn is the most powerful party member in the series, fitting for his title as the strongest character in the series. He has insane stats even without quartz, he gets even better when you start giving him quartz, he is good at both physical and magic damage, he has one of the most powerful S-Crafts in the series getting up to 6S damage, he has a regular Craft with SS in both damage and break, he has a ridiculously powerful self-buff that gives him a large STR, ATS, and Speed buff, 150% HP recovery,and 100 CP immediately, and his Brave Order, for the cost of the entire Order gauge, gives the party 100% crit and 100 CP]].

* ScarfOfAsskicking: The mysterious man in bandages, who looks like a long-haired Rean, wears a red scarf. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that it is indeed Rean, or rather, a simulation of the Rean from ''Cold Steel IV'''s Normal Ending.]]

** [[spoiler:The credits show the Reborn ILF traveling to Calvard after Rufus is [[{{Unperson}} declared to be dead]].]]

** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Noel Seeker, Wazy Hemisphere, Henry [=MacDowell=], Alex Dudley, Zeit, Arios [=MacLaine=], Ilya Platiere, Sergei Lou, Fran Seeker, Shizuku [=MacLaine=], Wald Wales, Mireille]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Garcia Rossi, Dieter Crois, and Ian Grimwood]]]] haven't appeared since ''Azure'', almost a decade prior. Though with these characters, players outside of Japan may not have noticed that the bus ever left, given that ''Azure'' had only been localized for release in the West a mere four months prior to ''Reverie''.

** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Noel Seeker, Wazy Hemisphere, Henry [=MacDowell=], Alex Dudley, Zeit, Arios [=MacLaine=], Ilya Platiere, Sergei Lou, Fran Seeker, Shizuku [=MacLaine=], Wald Wales, Mireille]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Garcia Rossi, Dieter Crois, and Ian Grimwood]]]] haven't appeared since ''Azure'', almost a decade prior. Though with these characters, players outside of Japan may not have noticed that the bus ever left, given that ''Azure'' had only been localized for release in the West a mere four months previous.

* BonusDungeon: The Reverie Corridor is a hub area that you first gain access to in Lloyd and Rean's Chapter 2. This area can also be accessed after the FinalBoss for [[PostEndGameContent Post-Game Content]]. While there, you can access dungeons, view Daydreamss and acquire guest characters and miscellaneous items.