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* ObviousBeta: The game had a high amount of glitches and bugs, though several patches and the Golden Edition ameliorated it.
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* BonusBoss: Given that it's an open world, each game has tons, mainly Dragons.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The game contained mostly lore books which included several theories on the origins of the Seraphim and how Anducar became lord of the Underworld.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The game contained mostly the game's many lore books which included several explain a lot of the background, including theories on the origins of the Seraphim and Seraphim, history, political details, how Anducar became lord of the Underworld.Underworld, what is it you're actually fighting there, or the fact that the "Underworld" regions, despite having a day/night cycle, are supposed to all be underground.



* DegradedBoss: the Sakkara Demon is the ultimate threat in the Ancaria campaign, and becomes a regular mob in Underworld. [[VillainDecay A favourite target for farming, actually]].



* FantasticRacism: Commander Romata (the man who officially starts the main quest regardless of character) is openly leery and suspicious of the Dark Elf and Daemoness, and the Dwarf will occasionally scornfully remark how much of Ancaria's architecture pales in comparison to his people's.

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* FantasticRacism: Commander Romata (the man who officially starts the main quest regardless of character) is openly leery and suspicious of the Dark Elf and Daemoness, and the Dwarf will occasionally scornfully remark how much of Ancaria's architecture pales in comparison to his people's. Most of the civilian populace, of course, hates orcs and makes no effort to understand their situation.
* FauxActionGirl: The Seraphim are an entire race of those. Having supposedly defeated the most dangerous demon prince, they were tasked with guarding the four elements of Ancaria, which they promptly lost to the Dark Elves. They launched a full-force war to get the elements back, which they lost, and would have been completely wiped out if an intervention of the Dwarf army hadn't saved them. Even then, they didn't recover all of the elements, and "only a handful" of the Seraphim survived. These survivors retreated to the Icecreek monastery, a giant fortress with enormous walls, and then the monastery was sacked by ice giants, killing everyone and destroying everything. Random pesants on the street will even remark on the Seraphim being useless, and the few individual Seraphim we meet or read about in lore books fare just as bad.
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** According to ''2'', the Demordrey line has been doing the "SmugSnake EvilOverlord" routine for over '''2000 years'''.
** The first game has a sidequest given by two cousins of Demordrey, who eventually turn to be traitors.

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** According to ''2'', the Demordrey [=DeMordrey=] line has been doing the "SmugSnake EvilOverlord" routine for over '''2000 years'''.
** The first game has a sidequest given by two cousins of Demordrey, [=DeMordrey=], who eventually turn to be traitors.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The DeMordrey family name will inspire definite caution all by itself, even before you learn (from lorebooks) that the current baron is *Vladimir* DeMordrey and that his female relative who married into the royal family, was Moridya DeMordrey. This is in fact almost literally true, as the devs seem to have used the DeMordrey name as a shorthand for "the bad guys" in very many sidequests.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The DeMordrey [=DeMordrey=] family name will inspire definite caution all by itself, even before you learn (from lorebooks) that the current baron is *Vladimir* DeMordrey [=DeMordrey=] and that his female relative who married into the royal family, was Moridya DeMordrey. [=DeMordrey=]. This is in fact almost literally true, as the devs seem to have used the DeMordrey [=DeMordrey=] name as a shorthand for "the bad guys" in very many sidequests.



* ObviouslyEvil: Baron DeMordrey lives in a big castle always circled by crows and uses a red and black emblem with a sword and something that looks like two horns. His servants are usually soldiers who abduct and abuse young women or just murder the poor for fun, and inhabitants of the slums in his castle are legally prohibited from exiting their district, even to get medicine.

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* ObviouslyEvil: Baron DeMordrey [=DeMordrey=] lives in a big castle always circled by crows and uses a red and black emblem with a sword and something that looks like two horns. His servants are usually soldiers who abduct and abuse young women or just murder the poor for fun, and inhabitants of the slums in his castle are legally prohibited from exiting their district, even to get medicine.



* LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey takeover.

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* LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey [=DeMordrey=] takeover.
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* NoWomansLand: Ancaria has strong overtones of this. While the player can take on the role of a badass woman[[note]]though it has to be said that none of the playable female characters are "normal" women, they are all outsiders to Ancarian society one way or another[[/note]] who joins the military, becomes a hero and is (eventually) treated seriously and praised for her deeds, the world in general is rife with sexual violence (numerous quests are based on abduction and abuse of various women, with only the protagonist meting out any kind of justice[[note]]In fact, the only time a witness tries to alert the authorities that a woman was abducted by a cult, he rushes to find the guard captain, but the captain is not at his post and all the witness can do is stand there. The player gets a separate quest to rescue a young woman in the same general region. Better hope it's the same one...[[/note]] ) with most women, both noble and commoner, being more or less downtrodden housewives in need of rescue from male violence. One girl says that if the player hadn't helped her get her cows back, her master "would have sold her as a whore in town" (legal status of slavery in Ancaria is unclear) and there are several cages holding only scantily-clad women on a town square in the country capital. There are no women whatsoever in any military or police forces, no women town leaders, and no women giving out quests of political or non-personal importance except for Teleri, who is a rape victim and has no hope for official backup despite being "an agent of the king." The only woman in the entire game that is in any position of power is Vilya, but it's underlined very strongly that she's an exception. Interestingly, the game averts MonogenderMonsters, giving the player hundreds of female mooks to kill, all of them bandits and criminals. Perhaps the world they live in drives them to a life of crime.

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* NoWomansLand: Ancaria has strong overtones of this. While the player can take on the role of a badass woman[[note]]though it has to be said that none of the playable female characters are "normal" women, they are all outsiders to Ancarian society one way or another[[/note]] who joins the military, becomes a hero and is (eventually) treated seriously and praised for her deeds, the world in general is rife with sexual violence (numerous quests are based on abduction and abuse of various women, with only the protagonist meting out any kind of justice[[note]]In fact, the only time a witness tries to alert the authorities that a woman was abducted by a cult, he rushes to find the guard captain, but the captain is not at his post and all the witness can do is stand there. The player gets a separate quest to rescue a young woman in the same general region. Better hope it's the same one...[[/note]] ) with most women, both noble and commoner, being more or less downtrodden housewives in need of rescue from male violence. One girl says that if the player hadn't helped her get her cows back, her master "would have sold her as a whore in town" (legal status of slavery in Ancaria is unclear) and there are several cages holding only scantily-clad women on a town square in the country capital. There are no women whatsoever in any military or police forces, no women town leaders, and no women giving out quests of political or non-personal importance except for Teleri, who is a rape victim and has of no hope for official backup standing despite being "an agent of the king." The only woman in the entire game that is in any position of power is Vilya, but it's underlined very strongly that she's an exception. Interestingly, the game averts MonogenderMonsters, giving the player hundreds of female mooks to kill, all of them bandits and criminals. Perhaps the world they live in drives them to a life of crime.



* ObviouslyEvil: Baron DeMordrey lives in a big castle always circled by crows, has a red and black emblem with a sword and something that looks like two horns, and whose name is DeMordrey. His servants are usually soldiers who abduct and abuse young women or just murder the poor for fun.
* OneManArmy: Each hero has to slay loads and loads of enemies in his path.

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* ObviouslyEvil: Baron DeMordrey lives in a big castle always circled by crows, has crows and uses a red and black emblem with a sword and something that looks like two horns, and whose name is DeMordrey. horns. His servants are usually soldiers who abduct and abuse young women or just murder the poor for fun.
fun, and inhabitants of the slums in his castle are legally prohibited from exiting their district, even to get medicine.
* OneManArmy: Each the hero has to slay loads and loads of enemies in his their path.



* ReligionOfEvil: The Shakkara Cult. The relions of the Dark Elves and Ice Elves also qualify.

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* ReligionOfEvil: The Shakkara Sakkara Cult. The relions of the Dark Elves and Ice Elves also qualify.



* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Seraphim wears a bikini-like underwear as her default attire, though it is implied to be underwear meant to be covered by her armor.

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* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Seraphim wears a bikini-like underwear as her default attire, though and while some types of armor cover it is implied to be underwear meant to be covered by up, others leave her armor.fighting in the bikini. And stockings. And high heels.



* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera a.k.a. Shaddar.]]

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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera Shareefa a.k.a. Shaddar.]]
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* NoWomansLand: Ancaria has strong overtones of this. While the player can take on the role of a badass woman[[note]][[/note]] who joins the military, becomes a hero and is (eventually) treated seriously and praised for her deeds, the world in general is rife with sexual violence (numerous quests are based on abduction and abuse of various women, with only the protagonist meting out any kind of justice[[note]]In fact, the only time a witness tries to alert the authorities that a woman was abducted by a cult, he rushes to find the guard captain, but the captain is not at his post and all the witness can do is stand there. The player gets a separate quest to rescue a young woman in the same general region. Better hope it's the same one...[[/note]] ) with most women, both noble and commoner, being more or less downtrodden housewives in need of rescue from male violence. One girl says that if the player hadn't helped her get her cows back, her master "would have sold her as a whore in town" (legal status of slavery in Ancaria is unclear) and there are several cages holding only scantily-clad women on a town square in the country capital. There are no women whatsoever in any military or police forces, no women town leaders, and no women giving out quests of political or non-personal importance except for Teleri, who is a rape victim and has no hope for official backup despite being "an agent of the king." The only woman in the entire game that is in any position of power is Vilya, but it's underlined very strongly that she's an exception. Interestingly, the game averts MonogenderMonsters, giving the player hundreds of female mooks to kill, all of them bandits and criminals. Perhaps the world they live in drives them to a life of crime.

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* NoWomansLand: Ancaria has strong overtones of this. While the player can take on the role of a badass woman[[note]][[/note]] woman[[note]]though it has to be said that none of the playable female characters are "normal" women, they are all outsiders to Ancarian society one way or another[[/note]] who joins the military, becomes a hero and is (eventually) treated seriously and praised for her deeds, the world in general is rife with sexual violence (numerous quests are based on abduction and abuse of various women, with only the protagonist meting out any kind of justice[[note]]In fact, the only time a witness tries to alert the authorities that a woman was abducted by a cult, he rushes to find the guard captain, but the captain is not at his post and all the witness can do is stand there. The player gets a separate quest to rescue a young woman in the same general region. Better hope it's the same one...[[/note]] ) with most women, both noble and commoner, being more or less downtrodden housewives in need of rescue from male violence. One girl says that if the player hadn't helped her get her cows back, her master "would have sold her as a whore in town" (legal status of slavery in Ancaria is unclear) and there are several cages holding only scantily-clad women on a town square in the country capital. There are no women whatsoever in any military or police forces, no women town leaders, and no women giving out quests of political or non-personal importance except for Teleri, who is a rape victim and has no hope for official backup despite being "an agent of the king." The only woman in the entire game that is in any position of power is Vilya, but it's underlined very strongly that she's an exception. Interestingly, the game averts MonogenderMonsters, giving the player hundreds of female mooks to kill, all of them bandits and criminals. Perhaps the world they live in drives them to a life of crime.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The DeMordrey family name will inspire definite caution all by itself, even before you learn (from lorebooks) that the current baron is *Vladimir* DeMordrey and that his female relative who married into the royal family, was Moridya DeMordrey. This is in fact almost literally true, as the devs seem to have used the DeMordrey name as a shorthand for "the bad guys" in very many sidequests.



* NoWomansLand: Ancaria has strong overtones of this. While the player can take on the role of a badass woman[[note]][[/note]] who joins the military, becomes a hero and is (eventually) treated seriously and praised for her deeds, the world in general is rife with sexual violence (numerous quests are based on abduction and abuse of various women, with only the protagonist meting out any kind of justice[[note]]In fact, the only time a witness tries to alert the authorities that a woman was abducted by a cult, he rushes to find the guard captain, but the captain is not at his post and all the witness can do is stand there. The player gets a separate quest to rescue a young woman in the same general region. Better hope it's the same one...[[/note]] ) with most women, both noble and commoner, being more or less downtrodden housewives in need of rescue from male violence. One girl says that if the player hadn't helped her get her cows back, her master "would have sold her as a whore in town" (legal status of slavery in Ancaria is unclear) and there are several cages holding only scantily-clad women on a town square in the country capital. There are no women whatsoever in any military or police forces, no women town leaders, and no women giving out quests of political or non-personal importance except for Teleri, who is a rape victim and has no hope for official backup despite being "an agent of the king." The only woman in the entire game that is in any position of power is Vilya, but it's underlined very strongly that she's an exception. Interestingly, the game averts MonogenderMonsters, giving the player hundreds of female mooks to kill, all of them bandits and criminals. Perhaps the world they live in drives them to a life of crime.



* ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey and his servants.

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* ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey DeMordrey lives in a big castle always circled by crows, has a red and his servants.black emblem with a sword and something that looks like two horns, and whose name is DeMordrey. His servants are usually soldiers who abduct and abuse young women or just murder the poor for fun.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes:
** The Dwarf wears footwraps in his default appearance.
** Technically, the Daemoness also counts, as she has hooves for feet.
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%%* BlackMage: The Battle Mage.

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%%* * BlackMage: The Battle Mage.



%%* BoisterousBruiser: The Dwarf and slightly less the Gladiator.
%%* BonusBoss: Given that it's an open world, each game has tons, mainly Dragons.

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%%* * BoisterousBruiser: The Dwarf and slightly less the Gladiator.
%%* * BonusBoss: Given that it's an open world, each game has tons, mainly Dragons.



%%* BreakTheCutie: Vilya in ''Underworld''.

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%%* * BreakTheCutie: Vilya in ''Underworld''.



%%* CrateExpectations
%%* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Many spells.
%%* DamageOverTime: Poison damage.
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: The whole story of the expansion. It is entirely set in the [[{{Hell}} Underworld]].
%%* DarkIsNotEvil: Vampiress, Daemoness[[note]]by technicality; unlike the others she couldn't care less about acting like a better person, she's in it for revenge against Anducar and the chance to kill things[[/note]] and Dark Elf also qualify.

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%%* * CrateExpectations
%%* * DamageIncreasingDebuff: Many spells.
%%* * DamageOverTime: Poison damage.
%%* * DarkerAndEdgier: The whole story of the expansion. It is entirely set in the [[{{Hell}} Underworld]].
%%* * DarkIsNotEvil: Vampiress, Daemoness[[note]]by technicality; unlike the others she couldn't care less about acting like a better person, she's in it for revenge against Anducar and the chance to kill things[[/note]] and Dark Elf also qualify.



%%* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Vilya]] in ''Underworld''.
%%* DualWielding: Some characters can have this ability.

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%%* * DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Vilya]] in ''Underworld''.
%%* * DualWielding: Some characters can have this ability.



%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Vampiress in her vampire form.
* EnemyMine: One orc tribe will help you against the undead. Another small tribe will "help" you against the ice-elves (the real challenge is to keep the orc warriors alive).
%%* EscortMission: Many in all the games. They range from surprisingly easy to [[ThatOneSideQuest hair-tearingly difficult]].
%%* EternalEquinox

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%%* * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Vampiress in her vampire form.
* EnemyMine: One Averted by most orcs. They are fleeing from the undead, but instead of making an alliance with the humans, they try to get them out of the way. However, one orc tribe will help you against the undead. Sakkara demon. Another small tribe will "help" you against the ice-elves (the real challenge here is to keep the orc warriors alive).
%%* * EscortMission: Many in all the games. They range from surprisingly easy to [[ThatOneSideQuest hair-tearingly difficult]].
%%* * EternalEquinox



%%** And you have the [[TotalPartyKill infamous quest]] to Azkabragh...

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%%** ** And you have the [[TotalPartyKill infamous quest]] to Azkabragh...



%%* LostTechnology: The Dwarven ruins in ''Underworld''.
%%* MagicKnight: The Seraphim most prominently, but the Battle Mage also qualifies.

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%%* * LostTechnology: The Dwarven ruins in ''Underworld''.
%%* * MagicKnight: The Seraphim most prominently, but the Battle Mage also qualifies.



%%* SmugSnake: Baron [=DeMordrey=].
%%* TheSneakyGuy: Rocheford, in Gladiator's campaign.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: Laurelinad the Dark Elf and Maegalcarwen the Wood Elf. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the player-controlled dark elf can find Maegalcarwen set to being sacrificed again in Zhurag-Nar. Most of the time she dies before you can rescue her, but if you are skillful, you can kill the captors fast enough to save the wood elf. She has no dialogue box, however.]]

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%%* * SmugSnake: Baron [=DeMordrey=].
%%* * TheSneakyGuy: Rocheford, in Gladiator's campaign.
%%* * StarCrossedLovers: Laurelinad the Dark Elf and Maegalcarwen the Wood Elf. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the player-controlled dark elf can find Maegalcarwen set to being sacrificed again in Zhurag-Nar. Most of the time she dies before you can rescue her, but if you are skillful, you can kill the captors fast enough to save the wood elf. She has no dialogue box, however.]]



%%* TakenForGranite: One of the Battle Mage's spells.

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%%* * TakenForGranite: One of the Battle Mage's spells.



%%* TakeYourTime: Played mostly straight aside from certain sidequests.
%%* TheTeamBenefactor: Commander Romata.

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%%* * TakeYourTime: Played mostly straight aside from certain sidequests.
%%* * TheTeamBenefactor: Commander Romata.



%%* TimedMission: The game has some. Thankfully, the time limits are (mostly) fairly reasonable.

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%%* * TimedMission: The game has some. Thankfully, the time limits are (mostly) fairly reasonable.



%%* UniversalPoison
%%* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera a.k.a. Shaddar.]]

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%%* * UniversalPoison
%%* * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera a.k.a. Shaddar.]]



%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Part of the Vampiress and Daemon's power set.

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%%* * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Part of the Vampiress and Daemon's power set.



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%%* * WideOpenSandbox

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--->'''Goblin Shaman''' (untranslated): Schlagt ihm den Kopf ab, ich brauch 'nen neuen Aschenbecher. (Chop off his head, I need a new ashtray.)



%%* GraveHumor: ''Oh yes''. The game has literally hundreds of gravestones with famous quotes, pop culture references or just plain funny stuff.
%%* GridInventory: A ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''-like version.

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%%* * GraveHumor: ''Oh yes''. The game has literally hundreds of gravestones with famous quotes, pop culture references or just plain funny stuff.
%%* * GridInventory: A ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''-like version.

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%%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Shaddar]].

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%%* * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Shaddar]].



%%* ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey and his servants.

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%%* * ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey and his servants.



%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Daemon player class in the expansion. Could also be a case of MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch.

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%%* * OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Daemon player class in the expansion. Could also be a case of MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch.



%%* OurOrcsAreDifferent: More like the Blizzard variation.
%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Although not very common in Ancaria. In three games, only two vampires have appeared in the story [[spoiler:and the second one was responsible for the creation of the first one]].

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%%* * OurOrcsAreDifferent: More like the Blizzard variation.
%%* * OurVampiresAreDifferent: Although not very common in Ancaria. In three games, only two vampires have appeared in the story [[spoiler:and the second one was responsible for the creation of the first one]].



%%* ReligionOfEvil: The Shakkara Cult.
%%* LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey takeover.
%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Wilbur and Reginald Treville.]]
%%* SavingTheWorld: Of course.

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%%* * PredatorPreyFriendship: A side quest requires you to play matchmaker for a dragon and a dragon hunter.
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LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey takeover.
%%* * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Wilbur and Reginald Treville.]]
%%* * SavingTheWorld: Of course.
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--->'''Daemoness''': What do you do when there isn't a hero around?

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%%* ActionGirl: The Seraphim, the Wood Elf, the Vampiress, the Daemoness, the High Elf and the Dryad.

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%%* * ActionGirl: The Seraphim, the Wood Elf, the Vampiress, the Daemoness, the High Elf and the Dryad.



%%* TheAtoner: The Vampiress, the Dark Elf and the Daemoness (considerably less than the others; the Vampiress and Dark Elf ''start'' the game in this mode. The Daemoness [[BloodKnight very much]] does ''[[EnemyMine not]]'').

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%%* * TheAtoner: The Vampiress, the Dark Elf and the Daemoness (considerably less than the others; the Vampiress and Dark Elf ''start'' the game in this mode. The Daemoness [[BloodKnight very much]] does ''[[EnemyMine not]]'').



%%* BackpackCannon: The Dwarf has one.
%%* BackToBackBadasses: Laurelinad and Maegalcarwen during their chase.
%%* BattleCouple: The Dark Elf and the Wood Elf.

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%%* * BackpackCannon: The Dwarf has one.
%%* * BackToBackBadasses: Laurelinad and Maegalcarwen during their chase.
%%* * BattleCouple: The Dark Elf and the Wood Elf.



%%* {{BFG}}: A skill for the Seraphim.

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%%* * {{BFG}}: A skill for the Seraphim.Seraphim (a summoned staff that fires lightning bolts).


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* BlatantLies: During combar, several characters will shout: "Come back, I won't hurt you... Okay, I lied."
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* TheFundamentalist: The ice-elves are descended from elves who helped the Seraphim against the forces of evil. Nowadays they consider everyone, even Seraphim, to be corrupted and in need of killing.
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* EnemyMine: One orc tribe will help you against the undead. Another small tribe will "help" you against the ice-elves (the real challenge is to keep the orc warriors alive).


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* SelfDeprecation: "It is forbidden to call the Gladiator Barbarian" - written on a gravestone (''Sacred'' 's Gladiator is a knockoff of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'''s Barbarian).


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* TakeThatAudience: When starting the game, the loading bar may read "Checking User IQ".

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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Written on one of the funny gravestones (as part of the "Famous Last Words" series).
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* ActorAllusion: In the German original, the Gladiator is voiced by Bruce Willis' dubbing actor. He even quotes a line from ''Die Hard''.
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* DifficultySpike: There is a ''world'' of difference between Bronze and Silver settings, especially in the first game. And then you unlock Gold and beyond...

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''Sacred'' is a 2004 HackAndSlash game in the vein of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''. It follows a hero(ine) as (s)he goes on a quest to defeat some giant demon, destroy the necromancer Shaddar, and save the lands of Ancaria by collecting the five elements. You probably won't notice that much, as you'll be a bit busy using the spells to destroy your enemies. There are six classes in the original (Gladiator, Seraphim, Vampiress, Battle Mage, Wood Elf and Dark Elf) with two more added by an expansion pack (Dwarf and Daemon). Each class has its own special abilities learned from runes found around the game world.

An expansion for the first game, ''Sacred Underworld'' was released in August 2005, and takes place shortly after the events of the main game. Both Shadarr and the Shakkara Demon have been defeated, but this victory did not come without a price. Prince Valor is dead, leaving Ancaria without a ruler. To make matters worse, a dark wizard named Anducar has rallied the demons of the Underworld (''Sacred's'' equivalent of Hell) under his banner with the intention of invading and conquering Ancaria. With the help of Valor's lover and widow, Vilya, the heroes of Sacred must venture into the Underworld and defeat Anducar before his demonic legions destroy the world. Joining them are two new classes: the Daemoness, a female Demon who was betrayed by Anducar and now seeks vengeance, and the last of the Dwarves.

A loose {{Prequel}} set 2000 years before the original game, ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel'', was released in June 2009, for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.

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''Sacred'' is a 2004 HackAndSlash game in the vein of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'', developed by Ascaron Entertainment and published by Encore. It follows a hero(ine) as (s)he goes on a quest to defeat some giant demon, destroy the necromancer Shaddar, and save the lands of Ancaria by collecting the five elements. You probably won't notice that much, as you'll be a bit busy using the spells to destroy your enemies. There are six classes in the original (Gladiator, Seraphim, Vampiress, Battle Mage, Wood Elf and Dark Elf) with two more added by an expansion pack (Dwarf and Daemon). Each class has its own special abilities learned from runes found around the game world.

An expansion for the first game, ''Sacred Underworld'' Underworld'', was released in August 2005, and takes place shortly after the events of the main game. Both Shadarr and the Shakkara Demon have been defeated, but this victory did not come without a price. Prince Valor is dead, leaving Ancaria without a ruler. To make matters worse, a dark wizard named Anducar has rallied the demons of the Underworld (''Sacred's'' (''Sacred'''s equivalent of Hell) under his banner with the intention of invading and conquering Ancaria. With the help of Valor's lover and widow, Vilya, the heroes of Sacred must venture into the Underworld and defeat Anducar before his demonic legions destroy the world. Joining them are two new classes: the Daemoness, a female Demon who was betrayed by Anducar and now seeks vengeance, and the last of the Dwarves.

A loose {{Prequel}} set 2000 years before the original game, ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel'', was released in June 2009, for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.
Dwarves.



A {{Spinoff}}, ''Sacred Citadel'', was released by Deep Silver (a different developer from Asacron Entertainment, who made ''Sacred'' and ''Sacred 2'') on April 17, 2013. It is a BeatEmUp [[SideView Sidescroller]] with ''Sacred''-level of customization and loot drops. It served as a prequel for the next main game, ''VideoGame/Sacred3'', which was released by Keen Games on August 1, 2014.

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A loose {{Prequel}} set 2000 years before the original game, ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel'', was released in November 2008 for PC, Xbox 360, and [=PlayStation=] 3.

A {{Spinoff}}, ''Sacred Citadel'', was developed by Creator/SouthendInteractive, published by Creator/DeepSilver, and released by Deep Silver (a different developer from Asacron Entertainment, who made ''Sacred'' and ''Sacred 2'') on April 17, 2013. It is a BeatEmUp [[SideView Sidescroller]] with ''Sacred''-level of customization and loot drops. It served as a prequel for the next main game, ''VideoGame/Sacred3'', which was released developed by Keen Games and released on August 1, 2014.
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!!The first game and ''Underworld'' provide examples of:

* AbandonedMine: The Gnarlstat mines were populated by Dwarves before being massacred by the Dark Elves, who built their lair near the ruines and called it Zhurag-Nar.

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!!The first game and ''Underworld'' provide examples of:

of the following tropes:

* AbandonedMine: The Gnarlstat mines were populated by Dwarves before being massacred by the Dark Elves, who built their lair near the ruines ruins and called it Zhurag-Nar.



* ActionGirl: The Seraphim, the Wood Elf, the Vampiress, the Daemoness, the High Elf and the Dryad.

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* %%* ActionGirl: The Seraphim, the Wood Elf, the Vampiress, the Daemoness, the High Elf and the Dryad.



* AfterTheEnd: The original game, since it takes place [[{{Retcon}}two thousand years after the sequel.]]

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* AfterTheEnd: The original game, since it takes place [[{{Retcon}}two [[{{Retcon}} two thousand years after the sequel.]]



* AnimateDead: The Vampiress can rise corpses as her minions for a time,
* ApatheticCitizens: The player character is asked to do all sort of tasks in the town, ranging to bring back a chicken to his owner, to kill a monster which lives in near ruins.
* TheAtoner: The Vampiress, the Dark Elf and the Daemoness (considerably less than the others; the Vampiress and Dark Elf ''start'' the game in this mode. The Daemoness [[BloodKnight very much]] does ''[[EnemyMine not]]'').

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* AnimateDead: The Vampiress can rise corpses as her minions for a time,
time.
* ApatheticCitizens: The player character is asked to do all sort of tasks in the town, ranging to bring back from bringing a chicken back to his owner, to kill killing a monster which lives in near some ruins.
* %%* TheAtoner: The Vampiress, the Dark Elf and the Daemoness (considerably less than the others; the Vampiress and Dark Elf ''start'' the game in this mode. The Daemoness [[BloodKnight very much]] does ''[[EnemyMine not]]'').



* BackpackCannon: The Dwarf has one.
* BackToBackBadasses: Laurelinad and Maegalcarwen during their chase.
* BattleCouple: The Dark Elf and the Wood Elf.

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* %%* BackpackCannon: The Dwarf has one.
* %%* BackToBackBadasses: Laurelinad and Maegalcarwen during their chase.
* %%* BattleCouple: The Dark Elf and the Wood Elf.



* {{BFG}}: A skill for the Seraphim.

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* %%* {{BFG}}: A skill for the Seraphim.



* BlackMage: The Battle Mage.
* BoisterousBruiser: The Dwarf and slightly less the Gladiator.
* BonusBoss: Given that it's an open world, each game has tons, mainly Dragons.

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* %%* BlackMage: The Battle Mage.
* %%* BoisterousBruiser: The Dwarf and slightly less the Gladiator.
* %%* BonusBoss: Given that it's an open world, each game has tons, mainly Dragons.



* BreakTheCutie: Vilya in ''Underworld''.

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* %%* BreakTheCutie: Vilya in ''Underworld''.



* CrateExpectations
* DarkerAndEdgier: The whole story of the expansion. It is entirely set in [[strike:Hell]] [[{{Hell}} Underworld]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Vampiress, Daemoness[[note]]by technicality; unlike the others she couldn't care less about acting like a better person, she's in it for revenge against Anducar and the chance to kill things[[/note]] and Dark Elf also qualify.
* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Many spells.
* DamageOverTime: Poison damage.

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* %%* CrateExpectations
* %%* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Many spells.
%%* DamageOverTime: Poison damage.
%%*
DarkerAndEdgier: The whole story of the expansion. It is entirely set in [[strike:Hell]] the [[{{Hell}} Underworld]]
*
Underworld]].
%%*
DarkIsNotEvil: Vampiress, Daemoness[[note]]by technicality; unlike the others she couldn't care less about acting like a better person, she's in it for revenge against Anducar and the chance to kill things[[/note]] and Dark Elf also qualify.
* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Many spells.
* DamageOverTime: Poison damage.
qualify.



** Technically, the Daemoness also count, as she has hooved feet.

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** Technically, the Daemoness also count, counts, as she has hooved hooves for feet.



* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Vilya]] in ''Underworld''.
* DualWielding: Some characters can have this ability.

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* %%* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Vilya]] in ''Underworld''.
* %%* DualWielding: Some characters can have this ability.



* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Vampiress in her vampire form.
* EscortMission: Many in all the games. They range from surprisingly easy to [[ThatOneSideQuest hair-tearingly difficult]].
* EternalEquinox

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* %%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Vampiress in her vampire form.
* %%* EscortMission: Many in all the games. They range from surprisingly easy to [[ThatOneSideQuest hair-tearingly difficult]].
* %%* EternalEquinox



* GratuitousGerman: The Goblins occasionally shout (hard to understand) german phrases. Mostly a side effect of sloppy localization, though -- the game was developed in Germany.
* GraveHumor: ''Oh yes''.
* GridInventory: A ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''-like version.

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* GratuitousGerman: The Goblins occasionally shout (hard to understand) german German phrases. Mostly a side effect of sloppy localization, though -- the game was developed in Germany.
* %%* GraveHumor: ''Oh yes''.
* %%* GridInventory: A ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''-like version.



* HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler:Shaddar]] in ''Underworld''.
** Technically the Daemoness, who is betrayed by ''Underworld's'' BigBad and exiled to Ancaria. Same with the Vampiress and her regained humanity.

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* %%* HeelFaceTurn:
** %%** [[spoiler:Shaddar]] in ''Underworld''.
** %%** Technically the Daemoness, who is betrayed by ''Underworld's'' ''Underworld'''s BigBad and exiled to Ancaria. Same with the Vampiress and her regained humanity.



* HolyHandGrenade: Seraphim's powers.
* HospitalityForHeroes: The reward for some of the quests.
* HumanSacrifice: The Dark Elves commonly sacrificy whoever they can get their hands on. And they drink their blood as passage rite.

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* %%* HolyHandGrenade: Seraphim's powers.
* %%* HospitalityForHeroes: The reward for some of the quests.
* HumanSacrifice: The Dark Elves commonly sacrificy sacrifice whoever they can get their hands on. And they drink their blood as passage rite.



* InexplicableTreasureChests:
** A quest comprise a drunken soldier named Avengarius giving you a treasure map which leads you to a cave with a well-filled treasure chest. The soldier mentions the treasure as the pay of his old legion, but neither he or you know how did it end in the cave.
** And you have the [[TotalPartyKill infamous quest]] to Azkabragh...

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* InexplicableTreasureChests:
**
InexplicableTreasureChests: A quest comprise a drunken soldier named Avengarius giving you a treasure map which leads you to a cave with a well-filled treasure chest. The soldier mentions the treasure as the pay of his old legion, but neither he or you know how did it end in the cave.
** %%** And you have the [[TotalPartyKill infamous quest]] to Azkabragh...



* InTheHood: The Battle Mage.

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* InTheHood: The Battle Mage.Mage wears a robe with a hood.



* LostTechnology: The Dwarven ruins in ''Underworld''.
* MagicKnight: The Seraphim most prominently, but the Battle Mage also qualifies.

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* %%* LostTechnology: The Dwarven ruins in ''Underworld''.
* %%* MagicKnight: The Seraphim most prominently, but the Battle Mage also qualifies.



* NoNameGiven: The heroes are only referred by their nature title.
** Laurelinad (the Dark Elf) and Maegalcarwen (the Wood Elf) are the exception. Also, a grave mentions a Gladiator named Hendrikus conversing with a Battle Mage.

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* NoNameGiven: The heroes are only referred by their nature title.
**
title. Laurelinad (the Dark Elf) and Maegalcarwen (the Wood Elf) are the exception. Also, a grave mentions a Gladiator named Hendrikus conversing with a Battle Mage.



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Shaddar]].

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* %%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Shaddar]].



* ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey and his servants.

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* %%* ObviouslyEvil: Baron Demordrey and his servants.



* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Seraphim are a holy order formed by human-like female angels who wear [[ChainmailBikini revealing suits]] and kick ass aplenty. Following a sidequest about a Seraphim who was researching their history reveals a document detailing their creation. [[spoiler:They are half-human, or half-elven[[note]] the document in question describes Seraphim as the result of ''DNA morphing of Dragon Battle Lizards with female '''Elifa''' slaves''[[/note]] hybrids, enhanced with cybernetics created by a space empire. The energy beam from the sky is, in fact, a KillSat still hanging in orbit fully functional after several thousand years]].



* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Our Daemons Are Different]]: The Daemon player class in the expansion. Could also be a case of MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch.

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* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Our Daemons Are Different]]: %%* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Daemon player class in the expansion. Could also be a case of MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch.



* OurOrcsAreDifferent: More like the Blizzard variation.
* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Seraphim Are Different]]:
** A holy order formed by human-like female angels who wear [[ChainmailBikini revealing suits]] and kick ass in plenty.
** Also following a sidequest about a Seraphim who was researching their history reveals a document detailing their creation. [[spoiler:They are half-human, or half-elven[[labelnote:*]] the document in question describes Seraphim as the result of ''DNA morphing of Dragon Battle Lizards with female '''Elifa''' slaves''[[/labelnote]] hybrids, enhanced with cybernetics created by a space empire. The energy beam from the sky is infact a kill sat still hanging in orbit fully functional after several thousand years]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Although not very common in Ancaria. In three games, only two vampires have appeared in the story [[spoiler:and the second one was responsible for the creation of the first one]].

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* %%* OurOrcsAreDifferent: More like the Blizzard variation.
* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Seraphim Are Different]]:
** A holy order formed by human-like female angels who wear [[ChainmailBikini revealing suits]] and kick ass in plenty.
** Also following a sidequest about a Seraphim who was researching their history reveals a document detailing their creation. [[spoiler:They are half-human, or half-elven[[labelnote:*]] the document in question describes Seraphim as the result of ''DNA morphing of Dragon Battle Lizards with female '''Elifa''' slaves''[[/labelnote]] hybrids, enhanced with cybernetics created by a space empire. The energy beam from the sky is infact a kill sat still hanging in orbit fully functional after several thousand years]].
*
%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Although not very common in Ancaria. In three games, only two vampires have appeared in the story [[spoiler:and the second one was responsible for the creation of the first one]].



* ReligionOfEvil: The Shakkara Cult.
* LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey takeover.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Wilbur and Reginald Treville.]]
* SavingTheWorld: Of course.

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* %%* ReligionOfEvil: The Shakkara Cult.
* %%* LaResistance: The Crown soldiers after the Demordrey takeover.
* %%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Wilbur and Reginald Treville.]]
* %%* SavingTheWorld: Of course.



* SequenceBreaking: Arguably. In the game, when starting a new game after finishing the single player campaign, the player has access to all the portals that were activated over the course of the previous playthrough, which gives premature access to various regions and occasional side effects. Areas can be accessed out of order through the teleportation and flying abilities of some character classes.

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* SequenceBreaking: Arguably. In the game, when starting a new game after finishing the single player campaign, the player has access to all the portals that were activated over the course of the previous playthrough, which gives premature access to various regions and occasional side effects. Areas can be accessed out of order through the teleportation and flying abilities of some character classes.



* SmugSnake: Baron [=DeMordrey=].
* TheSneakyGuy: Rocheford, in Gladiator's campaign.
* StarcrossedLovers: Laurelinad the Dark Elf and Maegalcarwen the Wood Elf. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the player-controlled dark elf can find Maegalcarwen set to being sacrificed again in Zhurag-Nar. Most of the time she dies before you can rescue her, but if you are skillful, you can kill the captors fast enough to save the wood elf. She has no dialogue box, however.]]

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* %%* SmugSnake: Baron [=DeMordrey=].
* %%* TheSneakyGuy: Rocheford, in Gladiator's campaign.
* StarcrossedLovers: %%* StarCrossedLovers: Laurelinad the Dark Elf and Maegalcarwen the Wood Elf. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the player-controlled dark elf can find Maegalcarwen set to being sacrificed again in Zhurag-Nar. Most of the time she dies before you can rescue her, but if you are skillful, you can kill the captors fast enough to save the wood elf. She has no dialogue box, however.]]



* TakenForGranite: One of the Battle Mage's spells.
* TakeYourTime: Played mostly straight aside from certain sidequests.
* TheTeamBenefactor: Commander Romata.
* TimedMission:
** The game has some. Thankfully, the time limits are (mostly) fairly reasonable.

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* %%* TakenForGranite: One of the Battle Mage's spells.
* %%* TakeYourTime: Played mostly straight aside from certain sidequests.
* %%* TheTeamBenefactor: Commander Romata.
* TimedMission:
** The game has some. Thankfully, the time limits are (mostly) fairly reasonable.
Romata.



** The Gladiator can throw his weapon to the opponent. [[AwesomeYetImpractical Naturally, he loses it.]]

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** The Gladiator can throw his weapon to at the opponent. [[AwesomeYetImpractical Naturally, he loses it.]]



* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted with the Vampiress transformation. Your enemies can attack you while she is turning a vampire.
* UniversalPoison
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera a.k.a. Shaddar.]]

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%%* TimedMission: The game has some. Thankfully, the time limits are (mostly) fairly reasonable.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted with the Vampiress transformation. Your enemies can attack you while she is turning into a vampire.
* %%* UniversalPoison
* %%* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The hero to Shafeera a.k.a. Shaddar.]]



* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Part of the Vampiress and Daemon's power set.

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* %%* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Part of the Vampiress and Daemon's power set.



* WideOpenSandbox

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* %%* WideOpenSandbox
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There's a video on YT showing how quickly you can decimate the final boss with every class and it shows the character level as 216 for all of them


* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: ''200''.

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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: ''200''.''216''.
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Zombie cows, nothing less.
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A {{Spinoff}}, ''Sacred Citadel'', was released by Deep Silver on April 17, 2013. It is a BeatEmUp [[SideView Sidescroller]] with ''Sacred''-level of customization and loot drops. It served as a prequel for the next main game, ''VideoGame/Sacred3'', which was released by Keen Games on August 1, 2014.

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A {{Spinoff}}, ''Sacred Citadel'', was released by Deep Silver (a different developer from Asacron Entertainment, who made ''Sacred'' and ''Sacred 2'') on April 17, 2013. It is a BeatEmUp [[SideView Sidescroller]] with ''Sacred''-level of customization and loot drops. It served as a prequel for the next main game, ''VideoGame/Sacred3'', which was released by Keen Games on August 1, 2014.
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* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: The Vampiress yells out some sugerent screams while fighting.
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** First game: [[spoiler:Shaddar is banished to Hell and his plan is foiled, but king Valor is dead.]]

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** First game: [[spoiler:Shaddar is banished to Hell and his plan is foiled, but king King Valor is dead.]]



** The Dwarf wears footwraps in his default apperance.

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** The Dwarf wears footwraps in his default apperance.appearance.



* LaserGuidedAmnesia: We never found where the Dwarf comes from, as he doesn't remember it. He seems to know Gnarlstat and the Dwarven Ruins, but his past isn't revelated.

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: We never found where the Dwarf comes from, as he doesn't remember it. He seems to know Gnarlstat and the Dwarven Ruins, but his past isn't revelated.revealed.



** A holy order formed by human-like female angels who wear [[ChainmailBikini revelating suits]] and kick ass in plenty.

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** A holy order formed by human-like female angels who wear [[ChainmailBikini revelating revealing suits]] and kick ass in plenty.
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* ScienceFantasy: [[ArmCannon Blaster-armed]] alien {{Cyborg}}s masquerading as angels rubbing shoulders with the FiveRaces.

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* ScienceFantasy: [[ArmCannon Blaster-armed]] alien {{Cyborg}}s masquerading as angels rubbing shoulders with the FiveRaces.StandardFantasyRaces.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Demordrey's surname is based on the German word for "murder".
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Demordrey's surname is based on the German word for "murder".
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TRS has renamed Our Elves Are Better to Our Elves Are Different. Link changed accordingly.


* OurElvesAreBetter: Just about all the common varieties of fantasy elves make an appearance in one game or another.

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* OurElvesAreBetter: OurElvesAreDifferent: Just about all the common varieties of fantasy elves make an appearance in one game or another.
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* DubNameChange: In the Spanish version, the prince Valor becames the prince Vorian, Alcalata becames Angalydd and Anducar becames Handukar.

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* DubNameChange: In the Spanish version, and Italian versions, the prince Valor becames becomes the prince Vorian, Alcalata becames becomes Angalydd and Anducar becames becomes Handukar.

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