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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Johannes]] in the post-game. He realizes that his actions were evil, and seeks to atone for them.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Johannes]] in the post-game. He realizes that his actions were evil, and seeks to atone for them.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Ethan is among the prominently advertised characters and receiving not only his own dialgoue illustration but also a place on the EvolvingTitleScreen and WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. His role in the story, however, is minimal and only amounts to how he leaves for Ürphea which leads up to his role in the fourth game.
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Anna's sacrifice to dispose of Berto]] leaves Pieberry despondent. She's too distraught to eat anything, let alone leave the confines of her bed. It takes Black Joe's distress from being eaten by a Nuuk to get her to leave her house. After getting it to cough
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* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:As a stark contrast tocough Miro and Livya, Kate retained her personality despite being tortured in the process of being turned into an Executor and her loyalty to the Pope is of her own volition. If anything, being turned into an Executor brought the worst of her into full-force]].
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** Generally promotional material for the game does not shy away from showing Pieberry's older form after receiving Elysion's blessing.
** The third trailer shows [[spoiler:Jude's dragon form, the FinalBoss of the game, on a rampage following his defeat]].
** The trailer for the game's release brazenly show the first appearance of [[spoiler:Kate's Curse Executor form]].
** Generally promotional material for the game does not shy away from showing Pieberry's older form after receiving Elysion's blessing.
** The third trailer shows [[spoiler:Jude's dragon form, the FinalBoss of the game, on a rampage following his defeat]].
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* ''[=WitchSpring3=]'' is the third game in the series and was released in Korea and globally on October 27, 2017. Rather than Vavelia, the story takes place in the continent of Derkarr where all Springs save Revgato's have dried up which left a sizeable chunk of the land as a desert. The plot follows Eirudy who longs to make friends and whose lonely life in the Misty Forest changes after a chance meeting with a boy named Adrian. Adrian seeks a way to revive his ill mother and Eirudy's decision to help him spells change for not only her life but also the continent of Derkarr.
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''[=WitchSpring=]'' (마녀의샘) is an EasternRPG series by Korean game publisher and developer [=KiwiWalks=] and directed by its CEO, Suyoung Jang. Originally began as a {{Mobile Phone Game}} series but has also grown to include releases on both consoles and [=PCs=].
Once humanity worshipped the gods who lived alongside them and were generous enough to provide them with miracles. However, their reverence gradually shifted into a lust for the power they covet and in finding out the deities drew their magic from the Springs they turned on those they once called gods. Humans soon emerged victorious, killing the Temple Lords governing the Springs and demonizing the rest as witches to the populace at large. Witch hunts sprang afterward, and the unlucky deities were often hunted down and killed though several managed to escape such a fate.
The protagonists are among these witches who are trying to make their way in a world that despises them.
!!Games in the series include:
* ''[=WitchSpring=]'' is the first entry in the series which released on July 12, 2015, for Korea and on October 16 later that year. It follows the story of Pieberry as she hunts for ingredients and trains to become stronger so she won't live in fear of humans. As she continues venturing outside she comes across the ruins of a temple and finds herself drawn further in. After making contact with the Spring and conversing with its slumbering deity she finds herself on a journey to revive the other Springs across the continent of Vavelia.
** ''[=WitchSpring=] R'' is a [[VideogameRemake remaster of the first game]] featuring not only updated gameplay and visuals but also a complete expansion of the story to tie it in with the world established by its sequels. The PC version was released on September 26, 2023 while the console release was announced for a later date.
* ''[=WitchSpring2=]'' is the second game in the series and was released on June 30, 2016, in Korea and on October 21 later that year globally. It is a POVSequel following the perspective of Luna whose peaceful life in Vavelia Village is turned upside down by the witch hunts. The game not only further expands upon the setting which future entries would continue to build upon but also sheds light on what caused her to be so cold and bitter in the first place.
* ''[=WitchSpring3=]'' is the third game in the series and was released in Korea and globally on October 27, 2017. Rather than Vavelia, the story takes place in the continent of Derkarr where all Springs save Revgato's have dried up which left a sizeable chunk of the land as a desert. The plot follows Eirudy who longs to make friends and whose lonely life in the Misty Forest changes after a chance meeting with a boy named Adrian. Adrian seeks a way to revive his ill mother and Eirudy's decision to help him spells change for not only her life but also the continent of Derkarr.
** ''[=WitchSpring3=] [Re:Fine] - The Story of Eirudy'' is an UpdatedRerelease of the game for the Switch and was released on December 12, 2020 with the PC port releasing later on November 2, 2021.
* ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' is the fourth game in the series and was released in Korea and globally on December 19, 2019. This game takes place in yet another continent, Ürphea, and stars Moccamori, an orphaned girl saved by the deity Agamo who empowers Moccamori and makes her his successor. After conquering Ürphea for herself, her mission of collecting enough magic power to revive Agamo goes well until she meets a mysterious young deity named Ida and loses all of the accumulated magic. While on her journey to build back her power, she also has to contend with the other villages who oppose her rule.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches:
** Out of the nine different endings of the first game [=WitchSpring2=] closely follows the ending of "A Peaceful Day".
** Eirudy's appearance in ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' alone would mean she followed either the Light or True paths. Luna also mentions wanting to see Robyn making her decision to not MercyKill his corrupted self canon.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The original [=WitchSpring=] takes place in the span of a hundred days with each action continuing the day and the ending depending on what Pieberry does or does not do in that time frame. Later entries including ''R'' do away with this game mechanic.
** Training in the first and second games either cost HP or MP. Beginning with ''3'' they now run on a separate timer.
* InstantRunes: The style of magic in the games. Magical circles are also one of the many things the protagonists can craft either by making new spells or support circles that enhance their effects. ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' is the sole exception to magic mediums which instead imbue spells with elemental effects with the main and secondary circles being built in.
* PreExistingEncounters: All enemies are visible and for most of them upon entering their threat range you are given the choice to either engage or retreat.
* RabbitMagician: While deities aren't rabbits one of their most prominent traits is their [[LittleBitBeastly rabbit ears]] and they have the ability to wield magic while humans generally could not.
* SinisterMinister: Pope Celvis of Vavelia, one of the co-conspirators of humanity's dethroning of the deities.
* SummonMagic: A recurring element to the series is the ability to summon familiars to assist the protagonists in some way though the familiars in question differ between games. The first two games as well as ''R'' had Pieberry and Luna use pets, ''3'' had Eirudy's dolls, and ''4'' had Moccamori's minions.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Pope Celvis and Jude receive minor appearances/mentions in ''[=WitchSpring3=]'' and ''[=WitchSpring4=]''.
* WitchHunt: After the deaths of the Vavelian Temple Lords and by order of the Pope the deities humans once revered are to be hunted down as witches. The hunts are over by the end of the third game and in the four they've been ended early by Moccamori taking over the continent for herself.
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* BlobMonster: Near Pieberry's house is the Pudding Cave inhabited by slimes composed of delicious pudding.
* ChildMage: While Pieberry's exact age isn't stated in-game her age before receiving Elysion's blessing designer notes state that she is 10 years old.
* ForcedTransformation: Black Joe's true form is a GiantFlyer rather than the round, ugly bird he goes by. It's a result of being put under a spell by Elysion. [[spoiler:In the endings where the Temple Lords come back and stop Jude's rampage she admits she's unable to dispel it from him]].
* GivenNameReveal:
** The name "Pieberry" was one she gave herself over her love of pie and berries. Elysion, her mother, reveals to her that her actual name is Lucia.
** Before his ForcedTransformation, Black Joe was called Ark.
* MultipleEndings: Sports the most of the games thus far totaling in at nine though only two of them grants access to the post-game.
* PatheticallyWeak: Alfredo dreams of being a knight of fame and glory but is incredibly weak as Pieberry in the beginning defeats him with little difficulty.
* PlayingWithFire: Pieberry's favored magic is fire due to how common and accessible it is compared to the ice and lightning spells which can only be obtained by one spellbook. In the case of the latter, it's only obtainable very late into the game.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Pieberry becomes older after receiving Elysion's blessing and is given a newer portrait to reflect this.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Pieberry and Luna’s clothing are both evocative of classic witches. Notably, this is a style unique to them and is something no other deity in the series shares.
* SolitarySorceress: Fitting for the bitter and reclusive Luna she makes her home in the Icy Field. When Pieberry meets her there she
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* AscendedExtra:
** By virtue of being a POVSequel, this game is one for Luna as her role in Vavelia's conflict is greatly expanded upon. She even gets to escape from her cell on her own and participate in the battles against the Pope and Jude with Pieberry and Justice.
** Michelle was a minor character encountered at the near end of the game and a reason for Luna being so distrustful of people. Here, her relationship with Luna and its subsequent fall is shown in detail. She even gets a proper portrait this time around.
* ForegoneConclusion: As she mentioned briefly in the first game, Luna's relationship with Michelle is guaranteed to sour when early on the latter sells her friend out to the Palace Knights. Likewise, her being thrown into the dungeon to have her magic harnessed is also a certainty.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Luna turns out to have already met Pieberry when she was brought to her by Aimhard back when she was still called Lucia. She doesn't put two and two together until seeing her in prison at the end of the game.
* GiantSpider: Nessie the SeaMonster, [[StockNessMonster contrary to its name]], is a spider large enough to walk across the sea and attacks Sofia's ship as it passes by.
* {{Lunacy}}: Luna's Moonstone allows her attacks to be 30% more effective at night.
* POVSequel: The game serves as one for Luna.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Michelle selling Luna out to the Palace Knights at the beginning of the game inevitably bites her.
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* ArchnemesisDad: Regal, Adrian's father. Not only is he cold and uncaring towards the other villages of Derkarr but is also distant towards his son and dying wife though he wasn't always like that [[spoiler:and did genuinely try to save her]]. He is also complicit in humanity turning against the deities.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Adrian comes to help save Eirudy when the original path in Lehert Mine collapses.
** After being lured to Shubeth Village and imprisoned in Shubeth by Regal, Adrian comes to free her and Johannes from their cells in the Light Path.
** Eillen, Lukas, [[spoiler:Pieberry, and Luna]] come help deal with the remaining Ancient Dragons following Regal's defeat.
* DraconicHumanoid: Monnet is an Ancient Dragon but her current appearance is that of a dark woman in armor. It's implied that such forms are something all Ancient Dragons can do as Jude is revealed to be an Ancient Dragon himself thus explaining his transformation in the previous games.
* EmotionlessGirl: Eirudy starts off as one owing to her sheltered life in the Misty Forest [[spoiler:and her original nature as a doll]]. She slowly grows out of this as the story progresses.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. At the very end of the Light/True Paths [[spoiler:Johannes awaits his judgment from Monnet before cutting away with the implication she'll kill him which will serve as his comeuppance for stealing the Dragon's Nest from under her nose as well as tricking Eilleen and Eirudy into going inside the Springs. Fulfilling Judith's quest will have her show up to drive off Monnet. The post-game then reveals that his manipulations cost him his position in the Royal Palace.]]
* MarionetteMaster: Replacing the Pets of the first two games are Dolls which Eirudy can animate and enhance by injecting them with Vitality. Most of her Dolls are already available in the Marionette Chamber while others are acquired in the world or by progressing the story.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Velita’s motivation, what with being a mercenary from Vavelia and all. While she was hired to watch over Adrian [[spoiler:her orders shift to bringing Shubethian Warriors to Lehert and detaining Adrian. On the Dark and True Paths she also follows Eirudy right to her doorstep. And in the Light and True Paths she also ends up rooting for Adrian's revolution to succeed and asks him to hire her again.]]
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: ''[Re:Fine]'' includes an inversion by including an additional scene of Moccamori, the next game's protagonist, talking to Shubethian warriors brought before her lobby.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: Armed with the knowledge that the Dragon's Nest sucks in nearby vitality, Adrian assumed his father was attempting this on Esther when he gifted her the Dragon's Nest. [[spoiler:He's wrong, Regal genuinely wanted to save her illness and was convinced by Jude that leaving the Dragon's Nest with her would help with that while also keeping the thing that controls dragons safe with her. Regal only realizes Jude tricked him before his death]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Johannes]] reveals themselves to be one at the end, being the one responsible for pushing Eilleen and coaxing Eirudy into the Springs in an attempt to revive them. They do so having grown up in the poverty of Lehert and seeing firsthand the suffering wrought by the encroaching desert.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted. Ethan’s brother once bore a resemblance to him [[spoiler:but Uris hardly looks like him in the present. This is justified by him having to survive in Kabanes wild and Mariena’s doing a poor job of healing his face. In the post-game he gets it fixed to the point that Moccamori was confused as to why Ethan looked older until he explains himself.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite Ethan years of building up resentment towards his brother thanks to her mother focusing on him [[spoiler:he was genuinely distraught at Uris wanting to sacrifice himself if it meant bringing back Mariena and begged Moccamori to not do it.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Part of what motivates Moccamori to recuperate her strength was to get back at Ida for humiliating her at multiple points throughout the story. [[spoiler:In the post-game she ends up being forced to face his shadow, Deep Dark Ida, and ends up killing him in combat with Ida following shortly after. By this point, however, she had long since abandoned her hatred towards him and is saddened by the act especially since [[DeathSeeker Ida wanted such a thing to occur]] thanks to his guilt towards creating the Shadow World in the first place.]]
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: [[spoiler:Following Adlai's revival in Moccamori's body, he consumes the magic of Varon causing him to drop dead on the spot. It is subverted later when he is brought back to defend the Ancient Land against Moccamori but is double-subverted when he is once again slain and has his soul sealed in Adlai's soul stone. He remains absent from Moccamori's list of Minions from here on]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Moccamori endures several through the course of the story from being bested by other deities, falling into the traps of her enemies, and being turned into an ugly bird. Still, Moccamori never lets it beat her down for long and all the hardships help shape her into a better person by the end of her story.
* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Cecilia's]] motivation for conspiraing against Moccamori. While they didn't start out this way, they grew dissatisfied with how she handled things and how she had it easy with being Agamo's chosen while they had to pick after her shortcomings.
* FakeDefector: In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Cecilia seemingly convinces Ethan to go along with her plans of deposing Moccamori after exposing that she was likely the one to have killed his missing brother. After kicking Moccamori out of the sap trap, he strikes Cecilia and reiterates that he grew to resent his brother and knew not to trust her as he’s familiar with backstabbers like her back in Vavelia.]]
* ForcedTransformation: Moccamori gets turned into an ugly bird by Laura so that she can see things from the perspective of those weaker than her. Unlike with Black Joe, she turns back quickly after calming down. It's confirmed that Laura was the one who created the ugly bird magic in the first place, something that was mentioned by Black Joe himself in the previous entry's post-game.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The boy who discovered Moccamori and her parents and was thought to have been killed when she awakened Agamo’s power [[spoiler:was Uris all along, one of her most persistent threats to her rule]].
* PrideBeforeAFall: The game begins with Moccamori losing all of Agamo's accumulated magic power while defending herself from Ida and Uverstan, forcing her to start from scratch and train to get back to where she was before.
* IronButtMonkey: Libro frequently is on the receiving end of Moccamori’s ire. This becomes pivotal when confronting [[spoiler:Cecilia during her betrayal]] as no amount of damage inflicted on him compares to what Moccamori does to him on a daily basis.
* TheMaze: To find her way enter Varnado Garden and into Mirac's Spring, Moccamori must traverse through the Fairy's Maze and find the exit that teleports her to the garden's entrance. The maze is covered in a magic fog and transport magic is unable to work within the maze. Its sole inhabitant is the Maze Wanderer, a black-hearted deity who desired the garden's power for themselves but lost their body sometime in the past and is unable to leave for that reason. Thus, they attack Moccamori to steal her body for themself.
* PrefersTheIllusion: [[spoiler:Varon's motivation for opposing Moccamori is that he gets to see his home of Varnado pure once more within Adlai's dream and enjoy the sights with his lost friends. Even if it was false, he preferred it over the reality laid before him, and its strong enough to oppose Moccamori forcing her to cut down one of her first Minions and seal him back in Adlai's Soul Stone. Tragically, it revealed in the post-game that the Purity Flower Varon planted in an attempt to purify Varndo [[ATragedyofImpulsiveness has begun to bore fruit, and given enough time it could realize his dream]]. Moccamori points this out to his Shadow and promises to make that dream into reality before continuing her journey through the Shadow World.]]
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* AdaptedOut: Panda Kum and Alflady were introduced in the first and second games respectively but remain absent in the game.
* AgeLift: Since the beginning of the series the Pope is an elderly man. ''R'' depicts him as a far younger man instead.
* AscendedExtra: Livya and Kate have more prominence in the main story as opposed to being relegated to post-game events.
* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation:
** Berto in the second game perished during the final moments of the game after a DualBoss consisting of himself and [[spoiler:a corrupted Robyn]]. Here, Berto meets his end in Aimhard's temple as he and his men fall to [[spoiler:a vengeful Anna binds their souls, sending them careening into [[AndIMustScream the Shadow World]].]]
** In the original games the Pope perished from being corrupted by the Dark Magic Stones before being purified by the Spring. In ''R'', [[spoiler:Jude runs his sword through his body instead. [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay However, the Pope uses his last remaining strength to use restraint magic on him]] and gives an opening for Verstein to return the favor while [[TakingYouWithMe also pinning him down so he can't escape Piebarry and Luna's attack]]]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Anna's sacrifice to dispose of Berto]] leaves Pieberry despondent. She's too distraught to eat anything, let alone leave the confines of her bed. It takes Black Joe's distress from being eaten by a Nuuk to get her to leave her house. After getting it to cough
* PaperThinDisguise: Pieberry's idea for her first "disguise" to sneak into Lalaque Village is simply putting on a knight's helmet. Said helmet doesn't even fully hide her ears. Needless to say, she gets busted quickly once Justice sees her. She thankfully uses a much better one later on that allows to freely enter and explore human settlements as she pleases.
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Following [[spoiler:Anna's death]], Pieberry refuses to eat anything Black Joe gives her even as entire days pass.
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''[=WitchSpring=]'' (마녀의샘) is an EasternRPG series by Korean game publisher and developer [=KiwiWalks=] and directed by its CEO, Suyoung Jang. Originally began as a {{Mobile Phone Game}} series but has also grown to include releases on both consoles and [=PCs=].
Once humanity worshipped the gods who lived alongside them and were generous enough to provide them with miracles. However, their reverence gradually shifted into a lust for the power they covet and in finding out the deities drew their magic from the Springs they turned on those they once called gods. Humans soon emerged victorious, killing the Temple Lords governing the Springs and demonizing the rest as witches to the populace at large. Witch hunts sprang afterward, and the unlucky deities were often hunted down and killed though several managed to escape such a fate.
The protagonists are among these witches who are trying to make their way in a world that despises them.
!!Games in the series include:
* ''[=WitchSpring=]'' is the first entry in the series which released on July 12, 2015, for Korea and on October 16 later that year. It follows the story of Pieberry as she hunts for ingredients and trains to become stronger so she won't live in fear of humans. As she continues venturing outside she comes across the ruins of a temple and finds herself drawn further in. After making contact with the Spring and conversing with its slumbering deity she finds herself on a journey to revive the other Springs across the continent of Vavelia.
** ''[=WitchSpring=] R'' is a [[VideogameRemake remaster of the first game]] featuring not only updated gameplay and visuals but also a complete expansion of the story to tie it in with the world established by its sequels. The PC version was released on September 26, 2023 while the console release was announced for a later date.
* ''[=WitchSpring2=]'' is the second game in the series and was released on June 30, 2016, in Korea and on October 21 later that year globally. It is a POVSequel following the perspective of Luna whose peaceful life in Vavelia Village is turned upside down by the witch hunts. The game not only further expands upon the setting which future entries would continue to build upon but also sheds light on what caused her to be so cold and bitter in the first place.
* ''[=WitchSpring3=]'' is the third game in the series and was released in Korea and globally on October 27, 2017. Rather than Vavelia, the story takes place in the continent of Derkarr where all Springs save Revgato's have dried up which left a sizeable chunk of the land as a desert. The plot follows Eirudy who longs to make friends and whose lonely life in the Misty Forest changes after a chance meeting with a boy named Adrian. Adrian seeks a way to revive his ill mother and Eirudy's decision to help him spells change for not only her life but also the continent of Derkarr.
** ''[=WitchSpring3=] [Re:Fine] - The Story of Eirudy'' is an UpdatedRerelease of the game for the Switch and was released on December 12, 2020 with the PC port releasing later on November 2, 2021.
* ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' is the fourth game in the series and was released in Korea and globally on December 19, 2019. This game takes place in yet another continent, Ürphea, and stars Moccamori, an orphaned girl saved by the deity Agamo who empowers Moccamori and makes her his successor. After conquering Ürphea for herself, her mission of collecting enough magic power to revive Agamo goes well until she meets a mysterious young deity named Ida and loses all of the accumulated magic. While on her journey to build back her power, she also has to contend with the other villages who oppose her rule.
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!!Tropes that apply to this series:
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* CuttingOffTheBranches:
** Out of the nine different endings of the first game [=WitchSpring2=] closely follows the ending of "A Peaceful Day".
** Eirudy's appearance in ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' alone would mean she followed either the Light or True paths. Luna also mentions wanting to see Robyn making her decision to not MercyKill his corrupted self canon.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The original [=WitchSpring=] takes place in the span of a hundred days with each action continuing the day and the ending depending on what Pieberry does or does not do in that time frame. Later entries including ''R'' do away with this game mechanic.
** Training in the first and second games either cost HP or MP. Beginning with ''3'' they now run on a separate timer.
* InstantRunes: The style of magic in the games. Magical circles are also one of the many things the protagonists can craft either by making new spells or support circles that enhance their effects. ''[=WitchSpring4=]'' is the sole exception to magic mediums which instead imbue spells with elemental effects with the main and secondary circles being built in.
* PreExistingEncounters: All enemies are visible and for most of them upon entering their threat range you are given the choice to either engage or retreat.
* RabbitMagician: While deities aren't rabbits one of their most prominent traits is their [[LittleBitBeastly rabbit ears]] and they have the ability to wield magic while humans generally could not.
* SinisterMinister: Pope Celvis of Vavelia, one of the co-conspirators of humanity's dethroning of the deities.
* SummonMagic: A recurring element to the series is the ability to summon familiars to assist the protagonists in some way though the familiars in question differ between games. The first two games as well as ''R'' had Pieberry and Luna use pets, ''3'' had Eirudy's dolls, and ''4'' had Moccamori's minions.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Pope Celvis and Jude receive minor appearances/mentions in ''[=WitchSpring3=]'' and ''[=WitchSpring4=]''.
* WitchHunt: After the deaths of the Vavelian Temple Lords and by order of the Pope the deities humans once revered are to be hunted down as witches. The hunts are over by the end of the third game and in the four they've been ended early by Moccamori taking over the continent for herself.
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* BlobMonster: Near Pieberry's house is the Pudding Cave inhabited by slimes composed of delicious pudding.
* ChildMage: While Pieberry's exact age isn't stated in-game her age before receiving Elysion's blessing designer notes state that she is 10 years old.
* ForcedTransformation: Black Joe's true form is a GiantFlyer rather than the round, ugly bird he goes by. It's a result of being put under a spell by Elysion. [[spoiler:In the endings where the Temple Lords come back and stop Jude's rampage she admits she's unable to dispel it from him]].
* GivenNameReveal:
** The name "Pieberry" was one she gave herself over her love of pie and berries. Elysion, her mother, reveals to her that her actual name is Lucia.
** Before his ForcedTransformation, Black Joe was called Ark.
* MultipleEndings: Sports the most of the games thus far totaling in at nine though only two of them grants access to the post-game.
* PatheticallyWeak: Alfredo dreams of being a knight of fame and glory but is incredibly weak as Pieberry in the beginning defeats him with little difficulty.
* PlayingWithFire: Pieberry's favored magic is fire due to how common and accessible it is compared to the ice and lightning spells which can only be obtained by one spellbook. In the case of the latter, it's only obtainable very late into the game.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Pieberry becomes older after receiving Elysion's blessing and is given a newer portrait to reflect this.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Pieberry and Luna’s clothing are both evocative of classic witches. Notably, this is a style unique to them and is something no other deity in the series shares.
* SolitarySorceress: Fitting for the bitter and reclusive Luna she makes her home in the Icy Field. When Pieberry meets her there she
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* AscendedExtra:
** By virtue of being a POVSequel, this game is one for Luna as her role in Vavelia's conflict is greatly expanded upon. She even gets to escape from her cell on her own and participate in the battles against the Pope and Jude with Pieberry and Justice.
** Michelle was a minor character encountered at the near end of the game and a reason for Luna being so distrustful of people. Here, her relationship with Luna and its subsequent fall is shown in detail. She even gets a proper portrait this time around.
* ForegoneConclusion: As she mentioned briefly in the first game, Luna's relationship with Michelle is guaranteed to sour when early on the latter sells her friend out to the Palace Knights. Likewise, her being thrown into the dungeon to have her magic harnessed is also a certainty.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Luna turns out to have already met Pieberry when she was brought to her by Aimhard back when she was still called Lucia. She doesn't put two and two together until seeing her in prison at the end of the game.
* GiantSpider: Nessie the SeaMonster, [[StockNessMonster contrary to its name]], is a spider large enough to walk across the sea and attacks Sofia's ship as it passes by.
* {{Lunacy}}: Luna's Moonstone allows her attacks to be 30% more effective at night.
* POVSequel: The game serves as one for Luna.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Michelle selling Luna out to the Palace Knights at the beginning of the game inevitably bites her.
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* ArchnemesisDad: Regal, Adrian's father. Not only is he cold and uncaring towards the other villages of Derkarr but is also distant towards his son and dying wife though he wasn't always like that [[spoiler:and did genuinely try to save her]]. He is also complicit in humanity turning against the deities.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Adrian comes to help save Eirudy when the original path in Lehert Mine collapses.
** After being lured to Shubeth Village and imprisoned in Shubeth by Regal, Adrian comes to free her and Johannes from their cells in the Light Path.
** Eillen, Lukas, [[spoiler:Pieberry, and Luna]] come help deal with the remaining Ancient Dragons following Regal's defeat.
* DraconicHumanoid: Monnet is an Ancient Dragon but her current appearance is that of a dark woman in armor. It's implied that such forms are something all Ancient Dragons can do as Jude is revealed to be an Ancient Dragon himself thus explaining his transformation in the previous games.
* EmotionlessGirl: Eirudy starts off as one owing to her sheltered life in the Misty Forest [[spoiler:and her original nature as a doll]]. She slowly grows out of this as the story progresses.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. At the very end of the Light/True Paths [[spoiler:Johannes awaits his judgment from Monnet before cutting away with the implication she'll kill him which will serve as his comeuppance for stealing the Dragon's Nest from under her nose as well as tricking Eilleen and Eirudy into going inside the Springs. Fulfilling Judith's quest will have her show up to drive off Monnet. The post-game then reveals that his manipulations cost him his position in the Royal Palace.]]
* MarionetteMaster: Replacing the Pets of the first two games are Dolls which Eirudy can animate and enhance by injecting them with Vitality. Most of her Dolls are already available in the Marionette Chamber while others are acquired in the world or by progressing the story.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Velita’s motivation, what with being a mercenary from Vavelia and all. While she was hired to watch over Adrian [[spoiler:her orders shift to bringing Shubethian Warriors to Lehert and detaining Adrian. On the Dark and True Paths she also follows Eirudy right to her doorstep. And in the Light and True Paths she also ends up rooting for Adrian's revolution to succeed and asks him to hire her again.]]
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: ''[Re:Fine]'' includes an inversion by including an additional scene of Moccamori, the next game's protagonist, talking to Shubethian warriors brought before her lobby.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: Armed with the knowledge that the Dragon's Nest sucks in nearby vitality, Adrian assumed his father was attempting this on Esther when he gifted her the Dragon's Nest. [[spoiler:He's wrong, Regal genuinely wanted to save her illness and was convinced by Jude that leaving the Dragon's Nest with her would help with that while also keeping the thing that controls dragons safe with her. Regal only realizes Jude tricked him before his death]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Johannes]] reveals themselves to be one at the end, being the one responsible for pushing Eilleen and coaxing Eirudy into the Springs in an attempt to revive them. They do so having grown up in the poverty of Lehert and seeing firsthand the suffering wrought by the encroaching desert.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted. Ethan’s brother once bore a resemblance to him [[spoiler:but Uris hardly looks like him in the present. This is justified by him having to survive in Kabanes wild and Mariena’s doing a poor job of healing his face. In the post-game he gets it fixed to the point that Moccamori was confused as to why Ethan looked older until he explains himself.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite Ethan years of building up resentment towards his brother thanks to her mother focusing on him [[spoiler:he was genuinely distraught at Uris wanting to sacrifice himself if it meant bringing back Mariena and begged Moccamori to not do it.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Part of what motivates Moccamori to recuperate her strength was to get back at Ida for humiliating her at multiple points throughout the story. [[spoiler:In the post-game she ends up being forced to face his shadow, Deep Dark Ida, and ends up killing him in combat with Ida following shortly after. By this point, however, she had long since abandoned her hatred towards him and is saddened by the act especially since [[DeathSeeker Ida wanted such a thing to occur]] thanks to his guilt towards creating the Shadow World in the first place.]]
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: [[spoiler:Following Adlai's revival in Moccamori's body, he consumes the magic of Varon causing him to drop dead on the spot. It is subverted later when he is brought back to defend the Ancient Land against Moccamori but is double-subverted when he is once again slain and has his soul sealed in Adlai's soul stone. He remains absent from Moccamori's list of Minions from here on]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Moccamori endures several through the course of the story from being bested by other deities, falling into the traps of her enemies, and being turned into an ugly bird. Still, Moccamori never lets it beat her down for long and all the hardships help shape her into a better person by the end of her story.
* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Cecilia's]] motivation for conspiraing against Moccamori. While they didn't start out this way, they grew dissatisfied with how she handled things and how she had it easy with being Agamo's chosen while they had to pick after her shortcomings.
* FakeDefector: In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Cecilia seemingly convinces Ethan to go along with her plans of deposing Moccamori after exposing that she was likely the one to have killed his missing brother. After kicking Moccamori out of the sap trap, he strikes Cecilia and reiterates that he grew to resent his brother and knew not to trust her as he’s familiar with backstabbers like her back in Vavelia.]]
* ForcedTransformation: Moccamori gets turned into an ugly bird by Laura so that she can see things from the perspective of those weaker than her. Unlike with Black Joe, she turns back quickly after calming down. It's confirmed that Laura was the one who created the ugly bird magic in the first place, something that was mentioned by Black Joe himself in the previous entry's post-game.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The boy who discovered Moccamori and her parents and was thought to have been killed when she awakened Agamo’s power [[spoiler:was Uris all along, one of her most persistent threats to her rule]].
* PrideBeforeAFall: The game begins with Moccamori losing all of Agamo's accumulated magic power while defending herself from Ida and Uverstan, forcing her to start from scratch and train to get back to where she was before.
* IronButtMonkey: Libro frequently is on the receiving end of Moccamori’s ire. This becomes pivotal when confronting [[spoiler:Cecilia during her betrayal]] as no amount of damage inflicted on him compares to what Moccamori does to him on a daily basis.
* TheMaze: To find her way enter Varnado Garden and into Mirac's Spring, Moccamori must traverse through the Fairy's Maze and find the exit that teleports her to the garden's entrance. The maze is covered in a magic fog and transport magic is unable to work within the maze. Its sole inhabitant is the Maze Wanderer, a black-hearted deity who desired the garden's power for themselves but lost their body sometime in the past and is unable to leave for that reason. Thus, they attack Moccamori to steal her body for themself.
* PrefersTheIllusion: [[spoiler:Varon's motivation for opposing Moccamori is that he gets to see his home of Varnado pure once more within Adlai's dream and enjoy the sights with his lost friends. Even if it was false, he preferred it over the reality laid before him, and its strong enough to oppose Moccamori forcing her to cut down one of her first Minions and seal him back in Adlai's Soul Stone. Tragically, it revealed in the post-game that the Purity Flower Varon planted in an attempt to purify Varndo [[ATragedyofImpulsiveness has begun to bore fruit, and given enough time it could realize his dream]]. Moccamori points this out to his Shadow and promises to make that dream into reality before continuing her journey through the Shadow World.]]
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%% * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance
* AdaptedOut: Panda Kum and Alflady were introduced in the first and second games respectively but remain absent in the game.
* AgeLift: Since the beginning of the series the Pope is an elderly man. ''R'' depicts him as a far younger man instead.
* AscendedExtra: Livya and Kate have more prominence in the main story as opposed to being relegated to post-game events.
* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation:
** Berto in the second game perished during the final moments of the game after a DualBoss consisting of himself and [[spoiler:a corrupted Robyn]]. Here, Berto meets his end in Aimhard's temple as he and his men fall to [[spoiler:a vengeful Anna binds their souls, sending them careening into [[AndIMustScream the Shadow World]].]]
** In the original games the Pope perished from being corrupted by the Dark Magic Stones before being purified by the Spring. In ''R'', [[spoiler:Jude runs his sword through his body instead. [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay However, the Pope uses his last remaining strength to use restraint magic on him]] and gives an opening for Verstein to return the favor while [[TakingYouWithMe also pinning him down so he can't escape Piebarry and Luna's attack]]]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Anna's sacrifice to dispose of Berto]] leaves Pieberry despondent. She's too distraught to eat anything, let alone leave the confines of her bed. It takes Black Joe's distress from being eaten by a Nuuk to get her to leave her house. After getting it to cough
* PaperThinDisguise: Pieberry's idea for her first "disguise" to sneak into Lalaque Village is simply putting on a knight's helmet. Said helmet doesn't even fully hide her ears. Needless to say, she gets busted quickly once Justice sees her. She thankfully uses a much better one later on that allows to freely enter and explore human settlements as she pleases.
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Following [[spoiler:Anna's death]], Pieberry refuses to eat anything Black Joe gives her even as entire days pass.
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