Line #8 VideoGame/ArabiansLost


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3	Aileen Olazabal, princess of the [[OutlawTown crime-infested nation of Gilkatar]], daughter of the Robber King, wants to be [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal.]] However, her parents, worrying for her safety, decides that [[ArrangedMarriage she must marry]], and gives her a list of [[UnwantedHarem five marriage candidates]]—her two childhood friends, as well as a legendary assassin, a doctor who is also a skilled smuggler, and a wealthy casino owner. She is not, however, allowed to choose the candidate she is to marry.
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5	Aileen, as is expected of a [=QuinRose=] heroine, wants none of this. She makes a deal with her royal parents: if she can raise 10 million gold in 25 days, she won’t be forced to marry. As is the case with [=QuinRose=] games and [[OtomeGame otome games]], there are MultipleEndings. Set in the same continent as ''VideoGame/CrimsonEmpire'' and ''Wizard And The Master'', this game has had ''three'' {{Updated Rerelease}}s, making a total of four versions including the original PC, the [=PS2=] port, the NDS port, and finally the PSP port that was released in 2012. [=QuinRose=] has scheduled a sequel called ''Arabians Doubt'' to be released in 2013.
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7	!!The game provides examples of:
8	* BerserkButton: None of the guys are happy to hear anything about Aileen's ex-boyfriend. And Michael doesn't like it if Meissen likes you or if you talk bad about Meissen.
9	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: One event in the bar with Curtis involves him revealing that in his youth he had committed several embarrassing mistakes during assassinations. When pressed for details, he admits, while sporting a LuminescentBlush, that once instead of delivering the body relatively unharmed as the employer requested, he had left the body in a state [[CruelAndUnusualDeath so mangled that it was impossible to identify the victim]].
10	* CanonImmigrant: In the DS port scenes with Hauranne and Rambures from VideoGame/CrimsonEmpire where added, but for some reason the PSP port didn't include them.
11	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Stuart, exploited by [[NeverGetsDrunk Curtis]] in a private dealing in the bar.
12	* ChildhoodFriends: Aileen, Stuart and Tyrone were all childhood friends before the rift between the Sinks and the Bales began to develop causing them to drift apart.
13	** ChildhoodFriendRomance: If Aileen romances either of them.
14	* ColdBloodedTorture: Lille is an expert of this, to Roberto's disgust since he used to live with him.
15	* CollectorOfTheStrange: Curtis collects rare and exotic poisons; when Shark delivered his newest shipment, [[PsychopathicManchild Curtis blushes in excitement and begins speaking in a childish manner while swinging his legs]].
16	** Also [[OverlyLongName Yuzendriama]]...[[SomeCallMeTim Yuu!]] who has as a job and hobby to collect any weird or abnormal stuff that he can find... and yellow stuff too.
17	* ContinuityNod: Aileen has such a large amount of untapped magical potential she actually gets [[PsychicNosebleed Psychic Nosebleeds]], but is unable to get any training because she lives in [[OutlawTown Gilkatar]]. This is in direct contrast to Alicia Hildegarde, the protagonist in the first of the Continent games - ''Wizard and the Master, who is the [[{{Muggles}} muggle]] Princess of a [[TheMagocracy Magocracy]].
18	** Meissen and Michael also continue their habit of turning up in every Continent game(since this is the one where they started it).
19	** Curtis back story mentions an ex-guild member [[spoiler:who is obviously Silas from Wizard & Master]]
20	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: It would be faster to list characters that didn’t have this (Roberto, Lille, Meissen and Michael).
21	* DarkAndTroubledPast: The norm rather than the exception in the slums.
22	* DrinkingContest: An event involving Tyron, Roberto, and Curtis. IntoxicationEnsues and they begin [[UnwantedHarem fighting over Aileen]].
23	* DysfunctionJunction: As to be expected of an OutlawTown that happens to be ''an entire kingdom''.
24	* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Michael Faust]] dislikes his first name because it sounds too angelic.
25	* GoryDiscretionShot: Many; the worst it gets is some blood and dead, faceless bodies.
26	* HairAntennae: Shark. While he's not [[TheDitz a ditz]], Aileen does think it makes him look like he has two cockroach legs sticking out from either side of his head.
27	* IceKing: Stuart.
28	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Aileen, when asked by Lille what she would do if she weren’t a princess, suggests being a farmer [[spoiler: Meissen reveals to us that wanting to be normal is the condition for her magic to not go wild, since she is the goddess of Gilkatar, Simone, incarnated]].
29	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler: Roberto. A younger son from an an ''actual'' family of farmers who so desperately wanted an exciting life he ran away from home at fourteen and eventually became a ProfessionalGambler. The stark difference in his and Aileen's motivations and how to reconcile the two becomes a main point in their romance.]]
30	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stuart, combined with narcissistic tendencies.
31	* LethalChef: Aileen's mother, the Queen, to the extent that her lunch box is actually used as a weapon to defeat monsters if you don't sell it.
32	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Stuart, definitely. And Michael, though not as long.
33	* MeaningfulName: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Michael]] [[FaustianBargain Faust]].
34	* MoralityChain: Aileen is this for many love interests, although she herself has a much more flexible sense of morality than usual due to being a Gilkataran.
35	* MultipleEndings: At least two good endings for each love interest depending on whether Aileen reached the 10 million gold quota, some bad endings, and several extra ones.
36	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In-universe; [[ProfessionalKiller Curtis]] [[SelfMadeMan Nile]], Guild Master of the Assassins.
37	* NeverGetsDrunk: Curtis, to the frustration of Tyron and Roberto. Michael is described as this too except for one scene.
38	* NiceGuy: Tyron, Shark, and Roberto.
39	* NoSocialSkills: Curtis; he outright admits it and requests Aileen to say whatever she is thinking, as he is unable to pick up non-verbal cues.
40	* OnlySaneMan: Aileen is often this, but more often than not there's no sane person.
41	* OutlawTown: Gilkatar gets special mention for being an outlaw nation that it's on the map but it's so dangerous that no one would dare to bring normal justice to it.
42	* ProfessionalGambler: Roberto
43	* RedOniBlueOni: Tyrone and Stuart repectively. Also Roberto and Lille to a lesser degree.
44	* RelationshipValues: As per OtomeGame standards. However, Arabians Lost is unique in that instead of gaining points for choosing the right options on [[DialogueTree DialogueTrees]] (which are almost non-existent), Aileen has her love interest accompany her in [[BattleCouple hunting monsters]] or sneaking out at night.
45	* RichBitch: Stuart appears to be this [[DefrostingIceQueen at first]].
46	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Arranging for assassinations, negotiating with crime lords, and purging dissidents, no less. Of course, you don’t actually see much of it.
47	* SelfMadeMan: Both Roberto and Shark. Roberto was a [[spoiler: farmer's son]] turned petty thug, turned ProfessionalGambler, turned extremely wealthy casino owner. Shark meanwhile was born in the slums and has since raised himself up to be a skilled doctor and smuggler.
48	** also Curtis since in his route we are hinted that he never received any particular training.
49	* SingleTargetSexuality: Curtis towards Aileen in his route. Otherwise known as such a monster that he has become an [[UrbanLegends urban legend]].
50	* SupremeChef: Aileen's father, the King, his lunch box even restores completely the HP if you don't sell it.
51	* {{Tsundere}}: Stuart is a Type A.
52	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Curtis spoils his LoveConfession when he says, “I love you… I think?” Granted, Aileen pressed him into saying it.

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