Line #13 VideoGame/GagharvTrilogy


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3	->''"Long forgotten...are the days before the land was cloven by Gagharv...\
4	When the three worlds existed as one...\
5	The crack in the earth is the scar of our sins...\
6	How long have we been living in guilt?"''
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8	A trilogy of [[EasternRPG turn-based RPGs]] created by {{Creator/Falcom}} that is part of the larger ''The Legend of Heroes'' series (itself a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' series). The ''Gagharv Trilogy'' is a sub-series composed by the third, fourth and fifth ''Legend of Heroes'' games, which [[TheVerse shares the same continuity]].
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10	The trilogy discarded the ''Dragon Slayer'' brand its predecessors have. The games were later remade for the Platform/{{Playstation Portable}} and given a North American release by Bandai.
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13	* ''The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch'' (1994)[[note]]''The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch'' in Japan[[/note]]
14	** Platforms: Platform/PC98, Platform/SegaSaturn, Platform/PlayStation, Platform/MicrosoftWindows, Platform/PlayStationPortable
15	* ''The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion'' (1996)[[note]]''The Legend of Heroes IV: Tear of Vermilion'' in Japan[[/note]]
16	** Platforms: PC-98, [=PlayStation=], Microsoft Windows, [=PlayStation=] Portable
17	* ''The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean'' (1999)[[note]]''The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean'' in Japan[[/note]]
18	** Platforms: Microsoft Windows, [=PlayStation=] Portable
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20	The games are rather infamous for its BadExportForYou, which very nearly killed the chances of localization for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', and by extension, the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' as a whole. Even then, they influenced a lot of plot points in ''Trails''.
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22	In 2023, the Geofront, the group that created the translations that were used as the basis for the official localizations of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' announced plans to provide a FanTranslation for ''White Witch'', under the title ''The White Witch''. That same year, Falcom announced a licensing deal with South Korean developer FOWGAMES to develop a mobile game based on the trilogy, which is slated to release in 2024 and with plans to release globally.
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25	!!These games provide examples of:
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28	[[folder:General Tropes]]
29	* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. In fact, the trilogy established a tradition of the ''Legend of Heroes'' series that adults are '''''never''''' useless; and each game features a CoolOldGuy as a final party member.
30	* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: The Blue Tribe, who created advanced teleporting devices and ruled the land with their magic powers.
31	* AllThereInTheManual:
32	** The trilogy's Memorial Book all but confirmed that [[spoiler:Avin and Rutice had been married for years and had children by the time of ''Ocean''. Rouca's profile even mentioned that he and Avin are "brothers in law."]]
33	** PSP version's History entries add flavour to the trilogy's world-building, by noting on significant historical events in the games' respective region.
34	* AnachronicOrder: The trilogy's first game (Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch) is set in the DistantFinale. The other two games serve as its prequels.
35	* BackForTheFinale: Another of series' traditions is that every single playable character the party have met will be back for helping the final party members in some way.
36	** Averted for Filly in the non-PSP versions of Moonlight.
37	** {{Downplayed}} in Ocean, as everyone (except Altos, Shao and Rachel) is already together just before the final two chapters.
38	* {{Backtracking}}: There is no warp or teleport item/spell, so the characters have to backtrack pretty much every dungeon on foot. ''Song of the ocean'' occasionally subverts this, however.
39	* BadassAdorable: Jurio, Chris, Shannon (implied), Rael, Forte, Una, Aida.
40	* BitCharacter: Many [=NPCs=] you can talk to change their dialogue as the game progresses.
41	* BlindIdiotTranslation: Outside Japan, this trilogy is infamous for Namco's less-than-stellar translation of the PSP remakes. Fandom has it where if you have to ask how bad is the translation, they mention this line from IV: "I didn't have eaten a unusual today."
42	* GottaCatchEmAll: The trilogy established the books-collecting hidden sidequests which later is going to be rather crucial in the successing series.
43	** The PSP remakes added History entries, which can be filled by going through the story and talking to NPC at the right time.
44	** In addition to that, the PSP remake of ''Song of the Ocean'' has Sonomemories, Orbs, and Tuning Fork-exclusive characters.
45	* EquipmentSpoiler: A common trope in those games. If the next town's weapon shop sells things that none of the main characters can equip (usually lances), expect a new party member.
46	* GreaterScopeVillain: The Otherworldly Moon, a giant mass of accumulated Harmful Frequencies that threatens to destroy the world. Its existence is what driven most of the antagonist's actions.
47	* GuestStarPartyMember: In general, the parties gets well-shuffled over the course of the games, and the number of characters who leave are enough to fill at least two parties. For example, in ''Moonlight Witch'', the final party members are Jurio, Chris, [[spoiler:Stella and Durzel]]. Everyone else [[note]]Alf, Lodi, Roule, Morrison, Goose, Shirla, Filly, Badatt and Joanna[[/note]] is temporary.
48	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The male leads (Jurio, Avin and Forte) always use swords, while their female pairs (Chris, [[spoiler:Rutice]], Una) use magic staffs, throwing knives or bows.
49	* InexplicableTreasureChests:
50	** ''Moonlight Witch'' averts this trope most of the time, as treasure chests are rare. Jurio even lampshades this when he find a chest for the first time.
51	** ''Tear of Vermillion'' and ''Song of the Ocean'' plays this trope straight, as there are lots of treasure chests to open.
52	* InterfaceSpoiler: The PSP remakes have world maps that displays every place you'll have to visit, and a timeline that also shows a percentage of how close you are to beating the game.
53	* KingIncognito: Each game has a person of noble birth disguised as a commoner as a party member. The are: [[spoiler:Alf[=/=]King Alfred]] from ''Moonlight Witch'', Muse from ''A Tear of Vermilion'' and [[spoiler:Palman[=/=]Ektor]] from ''Song of the Ocean''.
54	* LimitBreak: In PSP version, everyone has one of these and they can be used once their Special gauge is full. The protagonists are usually the ones who have more than one Special Technique, though Aida already has two by the time she joins the party [[spoiler:and she even upgrades her second Special Technique with completely different animations]].
55	* LostInTranslation: Courtesy of the BlindIdiotTranslation. In ''Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch'', Chris and Jurio meet a man named Folt who plays the organ for them before they view the magic mirror. In ''Song of the Ocean'', [[spoiler:his name is spelled "Forte".]]
56	* MythologyGag: Every game features a small quest where the party has to find a girl's missing teddy bear, named Bang Bang, who fell in the water.
57	* OldSaveBonus:
58	** Using save data from the previous games unlock move information in the "History" session of the newer one.
59	** ''Song of the ocean'' also has a BonusDungeon where you can play as characters from the previous games and replay certain battles.
60	* RecurringCharacter:
61	** Michel Lap Heaven is the only character to appear in every game.
62	** Captain Thomas appears in the second and third games, but a book about him can be found in ''Moonlight Witch''.
63	* RunningGag: The ''"Pretty lady? Where? Where?"'' joke.
64	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Falcom has used both "Ju''l''io" and "Ju''r''io" for the protagonist of Moonlight in promotional materials. "Michel" is also called "Mitchell" in ''Ocean''.
65	** Is Vermillion's BadassTeacher Elenoa (original Bandai translation), Ellenoa (Falcom's romanization), or Eleanor (Ocean's translation)?
66	* SummonMagic: Spirit Magic.
67	* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The Esperanzer, which is also the InfinityPlusOneSword of every game.
68	* TookALevelInBadass:
69	** Michel was just an NPC in ''Moonlight''. In ''Vermillion'' [[spoiler:he took on several of Octum's Apostles by himself, and won]]. In ''Ocean'', however, [[spoiler:he is almost omnipotent]].
70	** Thomas is a strange example, mostly due to the anachronic nature of the games. [[spoiler:In ''Moonlight'', he only knows some basic spells, although it's justified by his age. In ''Vermillion'', he is downgraded to a mere NPC, which is also justified by the timeline. By the time of ''Ocean'', he takes a major level of badassery, to the point of becoming one of the final party members.]]
71	* ThemeNaming: Colors, at least for the Japanese titles... [[OddNameOut except Ocean]]. Unless "Ocean" refers to ocean blue.
72	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Most of the Big Bads have noble goals despite their extreme methods.
73	** Revas and Queen Isabelle from ''Profecy of the Moonlight Witch'' were trying to [[spoiler:prevent the Wave of Raual[=/=]Otherwordly Moon from destroying their world... by summoning it into Tirasweel's world to destroy it instead.]]
74	** Bellias from ''A Tear of Vermilion'' wants to use Octum's power to [[spoiler:recreate the world into a paradise before it can be destroyed by the Wave of Raual that he saw in his vision at Truth Island.]]
75	** Not unlike Revas and Isabelle, [[spoiler:Prince Duorl]] from ''Song of the ocean'' tried to save his world by sacrificing theirs. His adviser, [[spoiler:Stigma]] subverts this and is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who wanted to [[spoiler:destroy the Another World as revenge against the Revas family, and planned to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
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79	* BareFistedMonk: Badatt, who is against the use of weapons.
80	* BrokenBridge: The bridge leading to the Deane Shrine is broken. This forces Jurio and Chris to use an underground cave to reach the other side.
81	* CutsceneBoss: Despite powering up, both Woolght and Kandata are defeated by the party in a custcene.
82	* DiskOneNuke: Jurio's Spirit Magic. He learns his first Spirit Magic after visiting Deane's Shrine in the Prologue, and it is powerful enough to instantly win battles when used, at the cost of 20 MP.
83	* EvilDuo: Goose and Shirla, a pair of unsuccessful thieves that crosses paths with the party several times. Goose is more laid-back and flirtatious, while Shirla is stoic and more professional.
84	* InevitableTournament: In Baraka, Jurio is arrested by guards and forced to participate in the coliseum battles.
85	* TheLostWoods: The Forest of Deception.
86	* TheMaze: The final dungeon is a giant underground labyrinth. The party even finds a hopeless soldier lost midway.
87	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Any time Goose and Shirla attempts to do something bad, their plan backfires and them end up helping Jurio and co. instead.
88	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Gueld's pilgrimage twenty years before Moonlight begins is often considered as this, even in-universe.
89	* SeaMonster: Galga is creature bigger than a whale. It's usually tame, but it became very aggressive after [[spoiler:being corrupted by Kajim's magic.]]
90	* SupportingProtagonist: While Jurio and Chris' pilgrimage is important, the main focus of the story is the titular Moonlight Witch Gueld and her pilgrimage twenty years ago.
91	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mr. Heston, [[spoiler:a thief Jurio and co. met at Hawk Talon,]] is never seen again after [[spoiler:his robbery attempt is fooled.]]
92	* YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:Revas' DoomsdayDevice is fueled by the stolen souls of the Roudo soldiers. Their soulless bodies become mindless killing machines for him to command.]]
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96	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Shannon is one to Mile, which is why he avoids her as much as he can. However, he later admits that she is kinda cute.
97	* AdaptationalHeroism: In the original version, Madram was a SpreeKiller who went around killed innocents as sacrifices to revive his dead sister; in the remake, he is only targets Avarice and the Octum Apostoles.
98	* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the PSP remake, when the party meets the silver-haired hooded sorcerer for the first time, Rutice acknowledges him as being Bellias' high-hand man. Except that she shouldn't know him because the sorcerer's true identity is [[spoiler:Mile]], who was corrupted by Bellias ''after'' Rutice [[spoiler:defected to Avin's side.]]
99	* BackFromTheDead: Zig-Zagged with [[spoiler:Mile]] in the PSP remake. [[spoiler:He is supposedly killed by Bellias halfway trough the game, but CameBackWrong and is being controlled by Bellias. However, after beating the Octum, Mile reveals that he was DeadAllAlong, but Avin still manages to revive him for good in the end.]]
100	* DarkerAndEdgier: The darkest game of the trilogy. Moreso in the original PC-98 version, in which [[spoiler:Madram was a WellIntentionedExtremist who went around killing people as sacrifices to revive Dominique, Mile and Eimelle were permanently killed off in the middle of the game, and Bardus goes berserk after Octum is defeated, which prompted Avin to kill him too]]. It also helps that Avin is three years older than Jurio and Forte, which allows more mature insight of the game's story.
101	* FreeWheel: When Avin's monster cart crashes offscreen on the way to Valkd a single cart wheel rolls into the picture.
102	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Bellias became an Octum's Apostle after witnessing [[spoiler:the Wave of Raual]] during his trip to Truth Island.
103	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Rutice]] turns on the Octum Apostles and defects to Avin's side.
104	* HonorBeforeReason: Douglas refuses to use the Thunder Sword given to him by his master when it is returned to him, due to his negligence being the reason he lost it in the first place. The sword has very high stats. [[spoiler:He temporarily forgoes this vow when he has to save Avin and the gang before they face Bellias.]]
105	* LighterAndSofter: The Windows remake of Vermillion, which is now considered the canon version, changed the story to be more positive than the PC-98 release. Specifically, [[spoiler:Mile CameBackWrong AND [[CameBackStrong Strong]] instead of being permanently killed off, Eimelle was unconscious and had reasons to be kidnapped by Octum Apostles instead of sharing Mile's original fate, and Madram's SenselessSacrifice was changed into a more [[HeroicSacrifice heroic one]].]]
106	* LightningBruiser: Douglas. Avin even lampshades this before facing him in battle.
107	* MeaningfulName: Great Oracle [[{{Greed}} Avarice]], a greedy, corrupt and ObviouslyEvil member of the Bardus Church.
108	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Avin is REALLY against Eimelle dating or marrying anyone. Eimelle also gives Avin stares when he says he will protect a female [=NPC=] if she gets in trouble. [[spoiler:Subverted in the ending, where Eimelle even had to encourage her brother to talk with Rutice for one last time before she set off to a journey of redemption.]]
109	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Shannon was able to travel between towns and cross islands full of road-blocking monsters just to chase her crush Mile. One has to wonder if she simply avoided the monsters or beat them into pulps.
110	* TimeSkip: There is a 8-years time-skip in the beginning of the game.
111	* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The bell that Avin receives after Mile dies. When Mile is brainwashed after being brought back to life, Avin uses the bell to bring him back to his senses.]]
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115	* AwesomeButTemporary: Palman's second skill, Dance, raises his and nearly allies Limit Break gauge by 60%. Unsurprising, he isn't on the team very often and is one of the last characters unlocked in the Tuning Fork.
116	* BigBadWannabe: Emperor Rauzen and the Numeros Empire planned to conquer Weltluna with an army of wood soldiers and the power of the Dark Sun. [[spoiler:Upon experimenting with the latter, they learn the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy.]]
117	* CanineCompanion: Jan, who can fight alongside the humans and use healing magic.
118	* CannotSpitItOut: Una has romantic feelings for [[ObliviousToLove Forte]], but her attempts to confess are always interrupted by others.
119	* CerebusSyndrome: The first hours are very light-hearted, as the main trio go around searching for the Resonance Stones while performing songs to entertain people. However, it becomes more serious during the Kavaro story arc, as the Numeros Empire and their Wood Soldiers start become major threats.
120	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Altos and Aria, two unrelated characters, are found in the same house in the Tuning Fork level. [[spoiler:In the ending, it's revealed that they are bother and sister, and members of the Water tribe.]]
121	* FragileSpeedster: Jan, the CanineCompanion, is the fastest party member and can use healing spells without a Resonance Stone, but he is also fragile due to not being able to use most equipment.
122	* GuideDangIt: The game doesn't tells you that you can equip Resonance Stones by pressing the right button at the equip screen.
123	* HiddenRemoteVillage: Shulf, where the remnants of the Blue Tribe lives.
124	* MagicMap: [=McBain's=] FantasyWorldMap also works as a radar to display the current localization of the nearby Resonance Stones.
125	* MarionetteMaster: Aida and her father.
126	* ObviouslyEvil: Necross, the spook sorcerer with [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath undead-like glowing eyes]] and and a maniac Evillaugh to match.
127	* PlotCoupons: Leone's Resonance Stones. [=McBain=] wishes to collect them all to perform the "Water Melody".
128	* PowersAsPrograms: Forte, Una and [=McBain=] have to equip Resonance Stones to use magic.
129	* SupportingProtagonist: While the story is seen from Forte's point of view, Macbain is both more relevant to the plot and the one who set out on a journey in the first place. [[spoiler:It comes in play in the last two chapters of the game, in which Macbain encouraged Forte to take up his mantle and become the main character from then on.]]
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