History Videogame / SpiritsOfMystery

** PandaingToTheAudience: Chester, a red panda that gives good fortune whenever someone brushes his fur.

''Spirits of Mystery'' is a series of {{hidden object game}}s created by Creator/ERSGameStudios and distributed by Big Fish Games. The games feature a princess of a royal family who is tasked to save her kingdoms from evil forces with many characters from previous games taking on different roles.

* NoPronunciationGuide: In ''Song of the Phoenix'', Isa is pronounced as "Ee-sah". In ''The Dark Minotaur'' and ''The Silver Arrow'', it's pronounced "Eye-sah".

** TurtlePower: Albert, a turtle who grants wisdom to whomever touches his shell.

* TurtlePower: The princess finds a mother turtle in the bonus chapter protecting her babies. Once they're hatched, one of them becomes an inventory item.

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: The spirits that gave Mortis her youth and power back. Wrath, Greed and Cowardice.]]

Spirits of Mystery is a series of {{hidden object game}}s created by Creator/ERSGameStudios and distributed by Big Fish Games. The games feature a princess of a royal family who is tasked to save her kingdoms from evil forces with many characters from previous games taking on different roles.

What makes this game interesting is that it's a deep contrast to what ERS Game Studios is well known for (Ghosts, supernatural entities, detectives, etc.). The games have been praised by the fans as one of the best series by the studio and ''Song of the Phoenix'' was crowned 2nd place for Best Hidden Object Games of 2012 by Gamezebo.

!!Tropes present throughout the series include:

!!Tropes present in Amber Maiden:

!!Tropes present in Song of the Phoenix

!!Tropes present The Dark Minotaur

!!Tropes Present in The Silver Arrow

!!Tropes present in An Unbroken Promise

!!Tropes present in Family Lies
* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: You play as Isa in the bonus chapter, who has to go to the Realm of the Dead to fight against Princess Mortis.]]
* AlwaysNight

-->'''Isa:''' [[spoiler: Daughter, no! Why did you come here? I was trying to save you from your stepfather.]]

* {{Diary}}: Princess Isolda has one with many of its pages ripped out.

* ALoadOfBull: The titular Dark Minotaur

* HeroicDog: Subverted. Sky, the princess's Huskie, tries his hardest to fight Basil in his panther form, only to have his leg dislocated and bandaged. He is only capable of helping dig for something before [[RealityEnsues he has to go back to the castle to heal.]]

** BiggerBad: Firella, the witch who caused the war between the Phoenix and Dragon Kingdom.

%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: ''Amber Maiden'' has the princess collect musical instruments for a friendly octopus statue, while Isa is known to control one in ''Song of the Phoenix''.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Your Majesty or Princess]]

* BadassPrincess: Evil witch and warlocks threatening to hurt people they love? They're not going to stand for it.

* BaconAddiction: In order to obtain a chest from the tentacles of an octopus, the princess obtains some bacon, cooks it and then uses the grease to make the tentacles slippery.

* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours]]: After the Silver Arrow is fired, the wedding begins the day after. With Princess Mortis in possession of it, Prince Philip and the princess must retrieve it before Mortis becomes betrothed.

!!Tropes present in Family Lies
* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: You play as Isa in the bonus chapter, who has to go to the Realm of the Dead to fight against Princess Mortis.]]

* LineageComesFroTheFather: The princess's black hair and her mention of a black panther toy are hints that [[spoiler: her true lineage is from Isa, not King Leo.]]

* TwinThemeNaming: Isa, and his sister Aisa.

** In ''The Silver Arrow'', the princess is given a diary about healing medicine from her great-grandmother, presumably the princess from ''Dark Minotaur''. A painting puzzle involves rearranging tiles to form Chester, the Red Panda (also from Dark Minotaur) and the queen from ''Amber Maiden''.
*** In the bonus chapter of ''The Silver Arrow'', Electra states Princess Mortis's backstory from ''The Dark Minotaur''.
** In ''Family of Lies'', Isa is shown with a black panther by his side and is capable of summoning dark thorns that can only be destroyed by collecting runes of light, just like in ''Song of the Phoenix''. Basil is also one of the prisoners in the dungeon.

* BaitAndSwitch: Considering Isa's track record in previous games, and how similar the game has some similarities to ''Song of the Phoenix'' (Isa's debut), you can easily label him as bad guy, right? [[spoiler: No...he's actually your real father and he's actually trying to stop your ''stepfather''.]]

** Just like in ''Song of the Phoenix'' you have to pour a sleeping potion into a pool of water for a black panther.

* BaitAndSwitch: Considering Isa's track record in previous games, and how similar his actions are in ''Song of the Phoenix'', you can easily label him as bad guy, right? [[spoiler: No...he's actually your real father and he's actually trying to stop your ''stepfather''.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first hidden object scene, the princess mentions that one of her favorite toys growing up is a black panther. Now who has a black panther by their side, again?

* TimeSkip: The main story takes place 25 years after the main character's birth.

* EbonyHairIvorySkin: The queen is depicted this way.

* BigGood: Brishare

Spirits of Mystery is a series of {{hidden object game}}s created by Creator/ERSGameStudios and distributed by Big Fish Games. The games feature a princess of a royal family who is tasked to save her kingdoms from evil forces. Every set of two take place in different kingdoms.

* ContinuityNod: ''Song of the Phoenix'' confirms that the protagonist of the game is the grand-daughter of the princess from ''Amber Maiden'' and that the nanny in that game is part of a family. Also, the hint system in that game is the "Eye of Omniscience", the trinket given to the princess in the first game. The pointer gets encased in amber if one places too many long clicks and last but not least, the runes that you find in the game are from the Collector's Edition of ''Amber Maiden''.

** In ''The Silver Arrow'', the princess is given a diary about healing medicine from her great-grandmother, presumably the princess from ''Dark Minotaur''. A painting puzzle involves rearranging tiles to form Chester, the Red Panda (also from Dark Minotaur) and the queen from ''Amber Maiden''. Basil also transforms into a panther, similar to how Isa had one under his control in both ''Song of the Phoenix'' and ''The Dark Minotaur''.

* OnceAnEpisode: The game always starts with the character with their nanny and said nanny explains what's going on. Averted with ''Song of the Phoenix'' where a soldier explains what happens. They also meet up with a fairy or nymph that explains a bit about the game's backstory.

* SwordAndSorcerer: The king and queen, presumably. Their coat of arms has both a book of spells and a sword.

* AerithAndBob: Isa, Thyrian, Firella, Brishare and...Zak.

* AlasPoorVillain: Even after what happened between this game and The Dark Minotaur, [[spoiler: Mortis comes out as this. She is still suffering from killing Isa and desperately wants to be with him again. At the end, when the main character ruins her chances to bring Isa out of the afterlife, she gives up her life to be with him.]]

* ContinuitySnarl: The picture of the Dark Minotaur princess (The Silver Arrow princess's great grandmother) is the same one used for the queen in Amber Maiden. The picture of the Dark Minotaur princess shown at the beginning of her game has her blond.

* HeroicDog: Subverted. Sky, the princess's Huskie, tries his hardest to fight Basil in his panther form, only to have his leg dislocated and bandaged. He is only capable of helping dig for something before he has to go back to the castle to heal.

* MacguffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler: In the bonus chapter, once the princess gains two of the three stones needed to enter the Gryphon kingdom, Mortis appears and whacks the player character unconscious and snatches the stones off her.]]

* WarriorPrince: Prince Philip, who is willing to fire his bow and arrow at both Basil and Princess Mortis.

* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours]]: After the Silver Arrow is fired, the wedding begins the day after. With Princess Mortis in possession of it, Prince Philip and the princess must retrieve it before Mortis becomes betrothed.

* TheAgeless: Despite being three generations inbetween games, Mortis hasn't aged a day. [[spoiler: Turns out she made a deal with three ghosts: Wrath, Greed and Cowardice, who gave her back her youth and power.]]

** SpeaksFluentAnimal: Mostly there to speak to many animals throughout the game.

* OurGriffinsAreDifferent: Mirstella is a griffin that grows in size after feeding it special food. When they die, they just transition into a different state, as noted by the talking skeletal griffin.

*** In the bonus chapter of ''The Silver Arrow'', Electra states Princess Mortis's backstory from ''The Dark Miniotaur''.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Princess Isa being in love with Isa and was enraged when she accidentally killed him--due to the main character's interference. This continues in ''The Silver Arrow'' as the bonus chapter indicates that she will do anything to remove the boundaries between the world of the living and dead.]]