History Videogame / SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters

** The Normal Path has [[spoiler:Endorph and Levin (the latter can come back if you had enough RelationshipValues).]] The Demon Path has [[spoiler:Dio, Gestahl, Vangogh, Pinot and Agrippa.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: The Normal Path has [[spoiler:Endorph and Levin (the latter can come back if you had enough RelationshipValues).]] The Demon Path has [[spoiler:Dio, Gestahl, Vangogh, Pinot and Agrippa.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler:Hawthorne]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Gig's sums up Drazil as being like a graveyard because of how every aspect of a person's life is controlled, to the point that they have to be told what to think. Oh, and the world has no hotpods.]]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven Everyone in the Demon Path]]. Some aversions are usually insane and/or dead.]]

* BecomingTheMask: Implied, and later confirmed, if you're headed for the [[spoiler:Levin ending]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Drazil]]. [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist Revya]] in the Demon Path.]]

** And in case you haven't noticed [[spoiler:old favorite Baal is ''missing'']].

* ClusterFBomb: Gig in the English dub, especially when [[spoiler:Feinne attempts to eat him]].

* CutsceneIncompetence: [[spoiler:'Dio'/Odie]] is treated as totally pathetic. Even his brief, dramatic triumph is shattered when [[spoiler:the real Dio reveals that the spell Odie successfully broke after much effort had been severely weakened by the passage of time]]. In actual gameplay he's quite effective, being basically a mage with higher-than-usual stats and a few unique leader abilities. Justified by the fact that he wasn't that incompetent in the story either, he just thought he was.

* DemonicPossession: Gig's possession of the player character, which is botched. For a more successful example, see also: [[spoiler:Raksha, to Levin]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:The nature of Drazil is sufficient to make even Gig disgusted, as he declares quite loudly by claiming the whole place's nothing but a graveyard whose inhabitants just happen to be mobile.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And most importantly, there were no hotpods]].

* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Lobo to Christophe]].

* IronicHell: [[spoiler:The Good Ending of the Demon Path]]. If you lose the final battle, [[spoiler:Revya is sealed into the same sword that Gig once inhabited, only with Danette for company]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cuthbert [[spoiler:stabs Lobo to death]].

* LethalChef: Euphoria. [[spoiler: ''Literally'']].

* LostInTranslation: In Japanese, the Demon Path's [[spoiler:BFF Empire]] is called the [[spoiler:"Mabudachi Teikoku"]]. In Japanese, [[spoiler:"Mabudachi"]] means [[spoiler:"best friend"]], but the kanji that's used roughly translates to "Demon Contempt Degenerate Blood". So in reality, the name did fit Gig's vicious nature, but the name just so happened to have a much less vicious homophone. There is no such equivalent in English, so in the dub, it sounds like Gig named it the [[spoiler:BFF Empire]] for shits and giggles [[spoiler:(Or a hint of his VillainousFriendship with the Devourlord)]].

* OmnicidalManiac: Gig and [[spoiler:The Devourlord]]. Despite their names, the World Eaters are not, though Thuris is still pretty damn evil.
* OlderAndWiser[=/=]TookALevelInBadass: Endorph, [[spoiler:whom you might remember from VideoGame/PhantomBrave as Walnut, the JerkAss with a bit of a SocialDarwinist streak who made life much harder for poor little Marona]]. Now he's JustLikeRobinHood, a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]], and inspires the weak-willed to become stronger, which earns him the hatred of DarkActionGirl Shauna.

** Also present in the theme songs for Fienne and [[spoiler:Drazil]].

* PetTheDog: Subverted in [[spoiler:the Demon Path]] where [[spoiler:Revya saves the life of a angel just so that s/he could ''kill her friend right in front of her'']]. This behavior is also mocked when [[spoiler:Lobo is revealed to be a traitor in the Demon Path]], specifically [[spoiler: if you choose to say that you trust Lobo, his FreudianExcuse kicks into play and he leaves you, claiming that people who trust each other are fools. Gig mocks him for it.]]

* [[spoiler:RocketPunch]]: not that you would expect that kind of stuff when you first start the game. The attack description : [[spoiler:The hammerfall of an angel destroys the enemy]].

** Also, to Disgaea's favorite superheroes [[spoiler:in the Demon Path]]. [[spoiler:Galahad]] tells [[spoiler:Trish]] that he'll find her missing feathers. What does he call himself? [[SuperSentai Prism Beige]]. [[spoiler:by this point, Thorndyke, Trish and Galahad are completely off their rockers. Gig must be awesome at BreakTheCutie]]

* SinisterScythe: [[TheGrimReaper Gig's]] [[spoiler: when he gets to fight briefly in the normal ending]]]. And when the main character performs their special attack, Demon Blast, the Onyx Blade turns into a red scythe at the end of the attack and appears to ''slice the foe in half''.
* SmugSnake: Thuris and [[spoiler:Drazil, Gamma and Joules]].

** Even without the Demon Path, which you really have to go through to really experience [[spoiler: to put a bit more perspective, the bad endings in the Disgaea games, the Demon Path is like those the entire game apart from the good ending]], the main story is still way darker than anything Nippon Ichi made before. Pretty much every villain in the plot is a KnightOfCerebus, there's no NoFourthWallJokes outside of a gag ending with Asagi, the flashy special attacks are a lot less over the top, and there's constant points of mass murder.

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: The absolute worst ending to the Demon Path has Revya kill just about everyone who would dare stand against him/her in Haephnes. Then s/he devours ''Gig''. Then s/he kills Drazil and Haephens, and cause the end of all existence. All because it was fun!]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Endorph.]]

* LostInTranslation: In Japanese, the Demon Path's [[spoiler:BFF Empire]] is called the [[spoiler:"Mabudachi Teikoku"]]. In Japanese, [[spoiler:"Mabudachi"]] means [[spoiler:"best friend"]], but the kanji that's used roughly translates to "Demon Contempt Degenerate Blood". So in reality, the name did fit Gig's vicious nature, but the name just so happened to have a much less vicious homophone. There is no such equivalent in English, so in the dub, it sounds like Gig named it the BFF Empire for shits and giggles [[spoiler:(Or a hint of his VillainousFriendship with the Devourlord)]].

* LostInTranslation: In Japanese, the Demon Path's [[spoiler:BFF Empire is called the "Mabudachi Teikoku". In Japanese, "Mabudachi" means "best friend", but the kanji that's used roughly translates to "Demon Contempt Degenerate Blood". So in reality, the name did fit Gig's vicious nature, but the name just so happened to have a much less vicious homophone. There is no such equivalent in English, so in the dub, it sounds like Gig named it the BFF Empire for shits and giggles (Or a hint of his VillainousFriendship with the Devourlord)]].

* BadassLongcoat: Endorph. [[spoiler:''PhantomBrave'' players will recognize him as Walnut the bounty hunter, and he's taken a serious [[TookALevelInBadass level in badass]] since then.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Endorph ([[PhantomBrave again]]) and Gig, though Gig comes back to life (Endorph too, but you only find that out in his ending). In the Demon Path, Danette lets Revya kill her in battle so that she can turn into a Crimson Tear to be used against Revya and Gig after her death.]]

* MediumAwareness: Averted for the most part; like in ''PhantomBrave'', the fourth wall breaks and GenreSavvy is kept to a minimum. [[spoiler:Asagi is the main exception.]]

* OlderAndWiser[=/=]TookALevelInBadass: Endorph, [[spoiler:whom you might remember from PhantomBrave as Walnut, the JerkAss with a bit of a SocialDarwinist streak who made life much harder for poor little Marona]]. Now he's JustLikeRobinHood, a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]], and inspires the weak-willed to become stronger, which earns him the hatred of DarkActionGirl Shauna.

** When Endorph gets seriously pissed off, a certain song that ''PhantomBrave'' players will recognize starts playing. [[spoiler:That is, 'R&R Junkiee', aka Walnut's Theme.]]

* LostInTranslation: In Japanese, the Demon Path's [[spoiler:the BFF Empire is called the "Mabudachi Teikoku". In Japanese, "Mabudachi" means "best friend", but the kanji that's used for the title roughly translates to "Demon Contempt Degenerate Blood". So in reality, the name did fit Gig's vicious nature, but the name just so happened to have a much less vicious homophone. There is no such equivalent in English, so in the dub, it sounds like Gig just named it the BFF Empire for shits and giggles (Or a hint of his VillainousFriendship with the Devourlord)]].

* LostInTranslation: In Japanese, the Demon Path's [[spoiler:the BFF Empire is called the "Mabudachi Empire". In Japanese, "Mabudachi" means "best friend", but the kanji that's used for the title roughly translates to "Demon Contempt Degenerate Blood". So in reality, the name did fit Gig's vicious nature, but the name just so happened to have a much less vicious homophone. There is no such equivalent in English, so in the dub, it sounds like Gig just named it the BFF for shits and giggles (Or a hint of his VillainousFriendship with the Devourlord)]].

* BadAss: Endorph, so much. Also, Gig.

** [[spoiler:Of course, it goes horribly wrong in the Demon Path, since she didn't foresee that you could actively betray her.]]

When all hope appeared lost, Layna appeared before Gig and defeated him in single combat. Without their master, the World Eaters fell dormant. However, the scars of their rampage remained etched into the land and Prodesto continued to decay, with the birth rate falling and crops growing more poorly with each passing year. All the while, the frozen World Eaters towered over the populace, a constant remainder of the terrible power that could reawaken at any time.

-->'''[[spoiler:Revya:]]''' It doesn't matter. It was ''[[ForTheEvulz fun]]''.

* CrossDressingVoices: A few generic female soldiers are voiced by men in the story.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Gig is by far the most foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, and just plain sociopathic character to ever come out of a Nippon Ichi game [[spoiler: (Except maybe Demon Path Revya)]]. He's also more badass than any five Disgaea characters put together; he's like what [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Overlord Zetta]] would be if he weren't [[ButtMonkey stuck as a book]].

* NamesTheSame: No, the game has nothing to do with the Chaos Space Marine legion of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}.

->''[[BadassBoast Tell me, who's the baddest of the bad? The maddest of the mad? The killer of kings and destroyer of worlds?]]''
-->--'''Gig'''

* OurGodsAreGreater: There are multiple kinds of god in the setting. All but Ashur have been shown to be able to die and reincarnate.

''Soul Nomad'' is also known for an infamous VillainProtagonist campaign called the "Demon Path". In this alternative storyline, Revya decides that it would be a better idea to use the awesome destructive powers of an evil god to [[ChaoticEvil do whatever the hell they want]], and with the gleeful encouragement of Gig, starts down a path to ultimate power as the tyrannical "[[BigBad Devourlord]]". [[FromBadToWorse Then it gets worse]]. [[MoralEventHorizon Much worse]].

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Averted, and played straight. [[spoiler:After Levin/Raksha is through explaining he's duped you all, Endorph tries to kill him, revealing that the Levin talking to you was an illusion. He then lampshades this. Strangely enough, he then later showboats away his rematch with Endorph by pissing him off by insulting Euphoria and dropping his guard. He ''did'' have his true form to fall back on, but it's weird he fell prey to the trope he had insulted just a day ago.]]

&&* AWizardDidIt: See Lujei's Soul Nomad Character page for full details.

&&* {{Yandere}}: As mentioned on the ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' page: Lujei, Lujei, Lujei.

* EvilIsNotAToy: The basic premise of the game subverts this, in that using Gig can (hopefully) save the world, assuming Revya doesn't do anything stupid. Also, [[spoiler:both subverted and played straight in the Demon Path - played straight with Gig and the player character, but subverted when Dio releases Raksha to try and stop you, and ''it works''. Or, at least, Raksha does end up on his side.]]

* AWizardDidIt: See Lujei's Soul Nomad Character page for full details.

* {{Yandere}}: As mentioned on the ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' page: Lujei, Lujei, Lujei.

A 2007 strategy RPG title for the Playstation 2 brought to you by the good people at [[Creator/{{Nippon Ichi}} Nippon Ichi]]. It's a DarkerAndEdgier take on their usual formula, and could best be described as "''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on a power trip]]".

A 2007 strategy RPG title for the Playstation 2 brought to you by the good people at NipponIchi Software. It's a DarkerAndEdgier take on their usual formula, and could best be described as "''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on a power trip]]".

* BonusBoss: It's a NipponIchi game. Of course it's going to have them. [[spoiler:Asagi, Median and Lujei.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Soul Nomad as a [[CrapsackWorld whole]], compared to other NipponIchi games. In other news: the Demon Path.
** Even without the Demon Path, which you really have to go through to really experience [[spoiler: to put a bit more perspective, the bad endings in the Disgaea games, the Demon Path is like those the entire game apart from the good ending]], the main story is still way darker than anything NipponIchi made before. Pretty much every villain in the plot is a KnightOfCerebus, there's no NoFourthWallJokes outside of a gag ending with Asagi, the flashy special attacks are a lot less over the top, and there's constant points of mass murder.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Gig is by far the most foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, and just plain sociopathic character to ever come out of a NipponIchi game [[spoiler: (Except maybe Demon Path Revya)]]. He's also more badass than any five Disgaea characters put together; he's like what [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Overlord Zetta]] would be if he weren't [[ButtMonkey stuck as a book]].

* LevelGrinding: It's a NipponIchi game. Your level can literally go over nine thousands. You can beat the normal storyline without grinding, however.

* MultipleEndings: NipponIchi in general is a huge fan of these. Most of them are humorous WhereAreTheyNow epilogues, so likely they're all partially canon, minus Revya's presence in each of them.

*** And to round out the [[Creator/DCComics DC]] trifecta, he mentions how one of them [[MartianManhunter has green skin, wears a cape, and can turn invisible.]]

* ObligatorySwearing: This game even gives 'MakaiKingdom' a run for its money. Most of it comes from Gig, who swears freely and with no restraint. There is one scene that almost had him drop the F-Bomb and Goddamnit in the same line!

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Gig is by far the most foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, and just plain sociopathic character to ever come out of a NipponIchi game [[spoiler: (Except maybe Demon Path Revya)]]. He's also more badass than any five Disgaea characters put together; he's like what [[MakaiKingdom Overlord Zetta]] would be if he weren't [[ButtMonkey stuck as a book]].

-->[[spoiler:'''Gig''': "...That's it, I am ROYALLY FREAKING PISSED! [[FullMetalJacket I'm gonna rip off your head and shit down your neck you overgrown asshole!!]] [...] NOW KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THAT BITCH!!"]]

* InfinityMinusOneSword: Room variant: Hades' Despair. Downside: When your Stamina hits o, you die. Upside: It increases all your stats by the percentage amount of lost stamina. So, with 5% stamina remaining, all your stats are increased by 95%.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Room variant: Cat's Cradle. Its power depends on how [[NewGamePlus cycles]] the player has completed. Note that this ''includes'' a new cycle caused by a NonStandardGameOver.

** It gets even better when you can max out the room from 10% to 35%. So for each cycle, you can have 35% boost in stats.