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* SkewedPriorities: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Justified}}: Niko is only a few days old and has little life experience, so when he and Lyra end up in the [[PunnyName Shooda Kooda Wood]], a forest that brings their regrets to life, the only regret he has to dwell on is...[[MundaneWish a breadmelon tree.]]
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* SkewedPriorities: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Justified}}: {{justified|Trope}}. Niko is only a few days old and has little life experience, so when he and Lyra end up in the [[PunnyName Shooda Kooda Wood]], a forest that brings their regrets to life, the only regret he has to dwell on is...[[MundaneWish a breadmelon tree.]]
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* TheHero: Petulant, Reckless, and Naive as he is, Niko can always be counted on to do the right thing even if it would demand great personal sacrifice from him.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Nearly all of Nar Est's monsters are normal creatures that he has transformed with his dark magic. Niko can transform them back to normal with his sword. Some are grateful, while others lament losing their fearsome forms, and one sibling trio even keep seeking him out again to be re-transformed.
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* ForcedTransformation: Nearly all of Nar Est's monsters are normal creatures that he has transformed with his dark magic. Niko can transform them back to normal with his sword. Some are grateful, while others lament losing their fearsome forms, and one sibling trio even keep seeking him out again to be re-transformed.
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* MagicStaff: After gaining a SimpleStaff (albeit unbreakable) in episode two, Lyra adds the Ovid of Delphinus to it in episode three. At first it just acts as a compass for the Pools of Destiny, but later Lyra learns it has the power to absorb and redirect energy. [[spoiler: The Ovid is eventually smashed apart during the battle against Nar Est, but by the second season, Lyra has it replaced with a fire opal with which she can practice ''real'' magic.]]
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* MagicStaff: After gaining a SimpleStaff staff (albeit unbreakable) in episode two, Lyra adds the Ovid of Delphinus to it in episode three. At first it just acts as a compass for the Pools of Destiny, but later Lyra learns it has the power to absorb and redirect energy. [[spoiler: The Ovid is eventually smashed apart during the battle against Nar Est, but by the second season, Lyra has it replaced with a fire opal with which she can practice ''real'' magic.]]
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Niko and the Sword of Light
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The project was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on March 1st, 2013.
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* SentientPhlebotinum: In the finale of season it is explained that the Darkness wasn't sentient at first but due to the meddling of Nar Est, it gained a will of its own, just as how light was given sentient via Carondelet using the light to create a 'Champion'.
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* ActionGirl: The previous Champions, especially Aura, that came closer than any other to defeating Nar Est. Lyra proves to be no slouch herself once she gets used to true physical form again.
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* ActionGirl: The previous Champions, especially Aura, that came closer than any other to defeating Nar Est. Lyra proves to be no slouch herself once she gets used to her true physical form again.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After discovering that [[spoiler: Aura]] has gone renegade, he reasons that the only way to match her strength is by using the Pools of Destiny, which will transform him into the champion he's destined to become. When he emerges completely unchanged, his first assumption is that the pools must be broken.
-->'''Lyra:''' They ''aren't'' broken...You just didn't change! [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre You're already the hero you're destined to be!]]
-->'''Lyra:''' They ''aren't'' broken...You just didn't change! [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre You're already the hero you're destined to be!]]
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* MutualDisadvantage: Lyra, the Champions, and Nar Est have spent the last 700 years locked into a cyclical stalemate -- they continually fail to defeat him or even make it to his lair, but thanks to her magical connection to Carondolet, each time one falls, she retreats to safety with the shard that Nar Est desires to obtain, waiting for a new Champion to be born.
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* MutualDisadvantage: Lyra, the Champions, and Nar Est have spent the last 700 years locked into a cyclical stalemate -- they continually fail to defeat him or even make it to his lair, but thanks to her magical connection to Carondolet, each time one falls, she Lyra retreats to safety with the shard that Nar Est desires to obtain, waiting for a new Champion to be born.
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** [[spoiler: In season 2, Nar Est creates a Champion of Darkness from the remains of said chrysalis]].
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* SkewedPriorities: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Justified}}: Niko is only a few days old and has little life experience, so when he and Lyra end up in the [[PunnyName Shooda Kooda Wood]], a forest that brings their regrets to life, the only regret he has to dwell on is...a breadmelon tree.
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* LightIsGood: When the hero wields the ''sword of light'', this is pretty much a given. Although, [[spoiler:Aura]] still wielded her weapon of light even during her heel turn, which could imply that LightIsNotGood is also at play.
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* LightIsGood: When The Champions of Carondolet all hold power over the hero wields the ''sword element of light'', this is pretty much a given. Although, [[spoiler:Aura]] still wielded her weapon of light even during her heel turn, which could imply that LightIsNotGood is also at play.light.
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* PoliceAreUseless: A majority of the blame for the NearVillainVictory of Season 2 goes to the failure of Carondolet's guards to recapture Nar Est when they had the chance. Case in point: he's able to stroll through a marketplace rife with oblivious guards, all while completely defenseless, simply because [[MustacheVandalism he drew mustaches on all of the WantedPosters in the area.]]
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* PoliceAreUseless: A majority of the blame for the NearVillainVictory of Season 2 goes to the failure of Carondolet's guards to recapture Nar Est when they had the chance. Case in point: he's able to stroll through a marketplace rife with oblivious guards, all while completely defenseless, simply because [[MustacheVandalism he drew mustaches mustaches]] on all of the WantedPosters in the area.]]
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* SkewedPriorities: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Justified}}: Niko is only a few days old and has little life experience, so when he and Lyra end up in the [[PunnyName Shoulda Coulda Wood]], a forest that brings their regrets to life, the only regret he has to dwell on is of [[BigEater a breadmelon tree that had been squashed earlier.]]
-->'''Lyra:''' Oh, havoc, is ''that'' your idea of a regret?
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* SkewedPriorities: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Justified}}: Niko is only a few days old and has little life experience, so when he and Lyra end up in the [[PunnyName Shoulda Coulda Shooda Kooda Wood]], a forest that brings their regrets to life, the only regret he has to dwell on is of [[BigEater is...a breadmelon tree tree.
-->'''Niko:''' Not ''a'' breadmelon tree. It is ''the'' breadmelon tree! The same one thathad been squashed earlier.]]
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-->'''Niko:''' Not ''a'' breadmelon tree. It is ''the'' breadmelon tree! The same one that
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* JustDesserts: Nar Est gets this dealt to him twice over the course of the series; the first is after Niko defeats the Darkness in Season 1, [[spoiler: and he's left imprisoned in the same enchanted orb in which he'd imprisoned all of humanity, although his is even smaller.]] Then, in season 2, [[spoiler: he tries to channel the protective magic of the Forgotten Fortress into Lyra, only for her to destroy the Amulet of Power, causing the spell to backfire and curse ''him'' with amnesia instead.]]
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* HowDoIShootWeb: Niko initially has trouble activating his weapon, which comes right in the middle of facing down the monstrous Xerxes. Unfortunately, it's one of the few things for which Lyra is of no help.
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--->'''Lyra:''' It's coming...Quickly! Activate your weapon!
--->''(Niko brandishes the shard in front of him, with no effect)''
--->'''Niko:''' ''(while dodging the Xerxes)'' What do I do?!
--->'''Lyra:''' It's coming...Quickly! Activate your weapon!
--->''(Niko brandishes the shard in front of him, with no effect)''
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* TheStinger: A scene after the credits of the series finale has [[spoiler: an amnesiac Nar Est and Rasper working at the meat stand in the marketplace they'd get food from earlier in the season]].
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* CardboardPrison: Rather than keeping it safe inside a prison cell, a sealed container, or just dropping it down a well, Lyra and her advisors keep Nar Est's enchanted orb of a prison sitting on a shelf in the castle's library, where he's free to roll himself loose and make a dash for freedom the moment someone forgets to close the door. and where the powerful fire opal and the key to the Forgotten Fortress are kept, allowing him instant access to both of them once a dark whisp frees him from the orb.
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* PoliceAreUseless: A majority of the blame for the NearVillainVictory of Season 2 goes to the failure of Carondolet's guards to recapture Nar Est when they had the chance. Case in point: he's able to stroll through a marketplace rife with oblivious guards, all while completely defenseless, simply because [[MustacheVandalism he drew mustaches on all of the WantedPosters in the area.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: A majority of the blame for the NearVillainVictory of Season 2 goes to the failure of Carondolet's guards to recapture Nar Est when they had the chance. Case in point: he's able to stroll through a marketplace rife with oblivious guards, all while completely defenseless, simply because [[MustacheVandalism he drew mustaches on all of the WantedPosters in the area.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The second season ultimately comes to one of these. [[spoiler: The Darkness is banished from the world for good, Nar Est is made to forget his past misdeeds, and Niko even has a chance to become a normal kid, but it comes at the cost of his memories of his friends, his past heroism, and the personality and tendencies he had as a Champion, though Sargest implies that his memories, and maybe some of his powers, might return one day.]]
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* MutualDisadvantage: Lyra, the Champions, and Nar Est have spent the last 700 years locked into a cyclical stalemate -- even if they make it to him, they can't harm him as he's been reduced to nothing but a phantom by the shattered jewel and is completely immune to their attacks. But even with every Champion he defeats, Nar Est can't do anything to keep Lyra from escaping with the shard so long as her magical connection to Carondolet is intact, which makes Niko's quest all the more dangerous once she's forced to sever it in order to save him. Should Niko fall, there will be nothing stopping Nar Est from recovering the shard and achieving his full power.
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* MutualDisadvantage: Lyra, the Champions, and Nar Est have spent the last 700 years locked into a cyclical stalemate -- they continually fail to defeat him or even if they make it to him, they can't harm him as he's been reduced to nothing his lair, but a phantom by the shattered jewel and is completely immune thanks to their attacks. But even with every Champion he defeats, Nar Est can't do anything to keep Lyra from escaping with the shard so long as her magical connection to Carondolet is intact, which makes Niko's quest all the more dangerous once she's forced Carondolet, each time one falls, she retreats to sever it in order to save him. Should Niko fall, there will be nothing stopping Nar Est from recovering safety with the shard and achieving his full power.that Nar Est desires to obtain, waiting for a new Champion to be born.
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** Jackal is neither seen nor mentioned again after his escape from Umlauti custody. His fate after the defeat of Nar Est, or even throughout the duration of Season 2, is left unknown.
** Midway through Season 2, "The Thorn of Contention" ends on the cliffhanger of Niko being knocked unconscious, as the Dark Champion winds up to attack Lyra and the nearby Thespedorians and Brovinians. When the season resumes, the next episode opens with her having already escaped the beast, fleeing through a forest with Niko slung over one shoulder. ''How'' she managed to elude the Dark Champion and the fates of the bystanders after the conflict are both left unexplained.
** Jackal is neither seen nor mentioned again after his escape from Umlauti custody. His fate after the defeat of Nar Est, or even throughout the duration of Season 2, is left unknown.
** Midway through Season 2, "The Thorn of Contention" ends on the cliffhanger of Niko being knocked unconscious, as the Dark Champion winds up to attack Lyra and the nearby Thespedorians and Brovinians. When the season resumes, the next episode opens with her having already escaped the beast, fleeing through a forest with Niko slung over one shoulder. ''How'' she managed to elude the Dark Champion and the fates of the bystanders after the conflict are both left unexplained.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Niko is accused of viewing the world this way during the second season. It wasn’t such a bad thing during the first, where the looming darkness gave people a common enemy to rally against, but he eventually has to be taught that there are [[GreyAndGreyMorality shades of grey]] — just because someone may act against him sometimes, that doesn’t make them an evil person by default.
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* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Deconstructed with the Champions. While they each have a measure of free will, they are hardwired to defeat Nar Est, free mankind, and not much else that does not feed into those above goals. Niko is only as heroic as he is because he was woken up before he was programmed to solely follow those directives above all else.
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* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Deconstructed with the Champions. While they each have a measure of free will, they are hardwired to defeat Nar Est, free mankind, and not much else that does not feed into those above goals. LaserGuidedTykeBomb: Niko is only as heroic devoted to defeating the darkness as he is because he was woken up the line of Champions before he was programmed him, despite the destruction of the Chrysalis meaning he’s still just a little kid. The second season deconstructs this a bit by pointing out some of the flaws it’s left him with: a lack of purpose once the darkness has been defeated, a strict sense of BlackAndWhiteMorality, and an inability to solely follow those directives above all else.fit in with other, normal kids his age.
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