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2[[caption-width-right:306:The cast clockwise from bottom-right: Raven, Flynn, Yuri, Karol, Estelle, Patty, Judith, Rita, Repede]]
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4->''"Brave Vesperia. The brightest star in the sky."''
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6''Tales of Vesperia'' is the tenth mainline entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. The game was released on August 7th, 2008 in Japan on the Platform/Xbox360. It received an international release on August 26th, 2008 in North America and June 26th, 2009 in Europe.
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8In the world of Terca Lumireis, [[LostTechnology Blastia]] are a part of everyday life. From drawing water to animating robots, the purposes of Blastia are plentiful and its utility is vital. One of the most important uses of Blastia is to project gigantic barriers that protect towns from the armies of wild monsters roaming the world. Only two factions are permitted to leave the protection of these barriers: [[TheEmpire the Imperial Knights of the Empire]], which regulates Blastia use, and [[AdventureGuild the Guilds]], who reject Imperial rule and work together to maintain a stable society. As a result, most people never experience the vast and undiscovered world that lies outside their homes.
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10[[TheHero Yuri Lowell]] is a former Imperial Knight who lives in the [[UrbanSegregation lower quarter of a metropolis called Zaphias]], capital of the Empire. Yuri often witnesses the injustices that the people living in poverty experience at the hands of [[AristocratsAreEvil the ruling class]], and because of government inaction [[VigilanteMan he often ends up taking justice into his own hands]]. However, Yuri knows that this is not enough, and wishes to change the world so that such injustices never occur in the first place.
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12One day, a thief steals a fountain Blastia vital to the people of the lower quarter and Yuri lands in jail while attempting to catch him. While making his escape he runs into Estelle (Estellise Sidos Heurassein), an intelligent but [[ShelteredAristocrat naive]] noble curious about the outside world and desperate to reach Yuri's childhood friend and Imperial Knight, [[TheAce Flynn Scifo]]. Shortly after, the two fend off an assassin trying to kill Flynn, motivating the two to try to find Flynn to protect him from what appears to be a plan from within the Empire to kill him. After escaping from the clutches of TheEmpire, [[CallToAdventure they decide to venture past the barrier, catch the thief, track down Flynn]], and see the world for themselves.
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14On their journey, they acquire an eclectic party: Repede, Yuri's faithful hound; Rita Mordio, a spunky and [[NoSocialSkills anti-social]] [[BlackMagicianGirl genius mage]]; Karol Capel, a boisterous young boy trying to prove himself to his Guild; Judith, a busty and enigmatic [[OurElvesAreDifferent Krityan]] woman who is destroying Blastia for secretive reasons; and Raven, the [[GrumpyOldMan middle-aged]] [[TheConfidant confidant]] of a high-ranking Guild leader. The Platform/PlayStation3 UpdatedRerelease adds Patty Fleur, a young {{pirate}} searching for the treasure of the legendary pirate Aifread.
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16''Tales of Vesperia'' is the first HD game of the VideoGame/TalesSeries. It later received an UpdatedRerelease for the Platform/PlayStation3, which [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]], leaving diehard fans to rely on a FanTranslation once modifying [=PlayStation=] 3 games became possible. However, for the game's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]], the [=PS3=]'s version contents were brought over in another re-release as ''Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition'', on January 11, 2019 for Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne, PC, and Platform/NintendoSwitch.
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18There is also a prequel movie -- ''Tales Of Vesperia: The First Strike'' -- which focuses on the brief period of time that both Yuri and Flynn were members of the same Imperial Knights brigade, the Niren Corps.
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20In 2012, there was a serialization of ''Tales of Vesperia: The Empty Mask'', a manga that serves as Raven's origin story and shows certain game events from his point of view. It was written by Himori Yoshino and published by ASCII Media Works.
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22Yuri, Estelle, and Flynn are also playable characters in the crossover game ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' and its sequel.
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24See also ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'', which was shares a lot of the team behind this game.
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27!This game provides examples of:
28[[folder:Tropes A-D]]
29* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The max level is 200, but you can beat the game around level 70-80, and the last level-related title you unlock is at level 100.
30* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers beneath the imperial castle in Zaphias, as well as the ones underneath Danghrest which were used for millitary reasons.
31* ActionGirl: There's notably several of these. Judith, Rita, Estelle, and Patty are all highly competent fighters, and members of the main party to boot. This also applies to some female [=NPCs=]; Belius is a powerful and respected guildmaster, Nan is a member of the Hunting Blades, and Sodia is a high-ranking knight. The prequel film introduces Hisca and Chastel, two other female knights, who appear in later ports of the game as minor characters. There's also a decent amount of nameless female combatants, both of the [[RedShirtArmy good side]] and the [[{{Mook}} evil side]].
32* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Two examples during the story:
33** On the Atherum, despite being trapped alongside with you, Kaufman still charges you for items, which she [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]]: "What, you expect me to give you supplies for free? You're kidding! You're gonna have to pay up!"
34** During the attack on [[spoiler:Zaphias]], the shopkeeper apologizes for still having to charge you money for items, even though you're ''liberating'' them.
35* TheAlliance: The Guild Union.
36* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The aptly named [[BonusDungeon Labyrinth of Memories]] is comprised of sections of various locations throughout the game including towns, and everything is colored in sepia tones to give it an antiquated look. Powered up versions of the story bosses can be found roaming around, though they aren't necessarily fought in the same place they were originally.
37* AllYourPowersCombined: A rare villainous example. [[spoiler: The Radiant Winged One's second Mystic Arte, Brave Vesperia, combines parts of ''all the party's'' Mystic Artes into something that can cause a total party wipe instead of just HPToOne like Big Bang.]] Flynn's and Patty's are not included.
38* AlternateCharacterReading: "Vesperia" is written as "[[MeaningfulName Tomorrow Star]]" in kanji, which can be read as a DoubleMeaningTitle.
39* AnarchyIsChaos: Refreshingly {{Inverted|Trope}}. The Guilds have all the trappings of [[UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} anarchist]] philosophy: everyone lives according to their own ethics, you can freely choose to join or leave a Guild whenever you want or even make a one-man Guild on your own if you desire, you don't appoint a leader, and the only authority is people following the directions of others out of personal admiration or professional respect rather than by laws or decree. However, the Guilds come across as far more orderly (and sympathetic) than the chaotic and corrupt Empire.
40* AndThisIsFor: After your party defeats [[spoiler:Yeager in Zaude]], Raven states "You know, I'm not really one for vengeance and all, but...this is for [[spoiler:the Don.]]"
41* AndYourRewardIsClothes: There are plenty of sidequest rewards that are costume titles that completely change the look of a character, as well as special {{Downloadable|Content}} costumes in the UpdatedRerelease. This game also introduced Attachments to the series, which are smaller cosmetic items that appear on the character models, ranging from normal (if stylish) items like glasses and hats to downright bizarre dolls of the other party members.
42** Yuri and Karol (and in the [=PS3=] version, ''everyone'') can obtain and wear attachments that highly enhance the manliness of the game with the power of their 'staches.
43* AnimeHair:
44** Zagi's hair is as bad as [[Franchise/YuGiOh Yugi's]]. Although interestingly, everyone else with strange-colored hair has some plot justification for it. In the UpdatedRerelease, there's a skit that [[spoiler:hints at Zagi being a potential descendant of the Children of the Full Moon, thus giving him a justification too]], although it is unclear whether it's true or not.
45* AnimeThemeSong: ''Ring A Bell'' by Bonnie Pink, in both Japanese and English versions.
46* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise [[AntiFrustrationFeatures/TalesSeries here]].
47* AntiVillain: Many of the antagonists.
48* ArcWords: Across the second part of the game, the phrase "A job nobody wants to do" repeatedly crops up [[spoiler:always around the many deaths or near-deaths that happen in this part of the game]].
49* AristocratsAreEvil: Most nobles in general, but truly exemplified in Ragou, a dirty politician who's not above abusing the powers his position grants him, and Cumore, an Imperial Knight commander with delusions of grandeur. Subverted with Ioder and Estelle.
50* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
51** Played straight and then it backfires. [[spoiler:Flynn asks Yuri "Would you kill me too?" in response to Yuri telling him to stop following the clearly evil orders he's receiving. Yuri answers back "If you became a villain, I would have to." Yuri is pretty much telling Flynn not to lose himself.]]
52** Early on, Flynn asks Yuri if him quitting the knights changed anything. Yuri can't respond, simply leaving and admitting when he's alone that Flynn knows how to get to him, and that he's exactly right.
53* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler:Hermes Blastia are more powerful versions of the blastia everyone uses...but that increased power comes with an increase in the consumption of aer, which forces the aer krenes of the world to pump out more aer as a result -- too much of which would destroy civilization.]]
54* ArtificialBrilliance: Estelle has an arte that gathers most enemies into an area. Combine this with Rita or Raven who have spells that affect certain areas, and you can really clean up.
55** Raven is an archer who has some melee abilities... but rather than run up and melee, Raven will only run up if Yuri and/or another fighter has them distracted, then start running away.
56* ArtificialStupidity: This goes both ways with Judith and anyone who can use aerial attacks (notably Repede). The AI just ''cannot'' counter this meaning Judith in the hands of a player is a sight to behold. Unfortunately, ''her'' AI does not realise the potential, and will thus consistently put Judith on the ground where she's less effective, use her to kite enemies, or keep on the pressure when the enemies are stuck in a combo.
57* AsteroidsMonster: The Pteropus boss fought in the Weasand of Cados is a monster composed of numerous [[BatOutOfHell bats]]. Dealing enough damage to it will cause it to split apart and spread out to swarm the party.
58* AwesomeButTemporary: Dein Nomos; the legendary sword you borrow from Duke in the Shrine of Baction and use throughout the rest of the second act as a SwordOfPlotAdvancement. It gives Yuri a boost to all of his key stats, especially his magic attack for his elemental-based artes, which can make battles midway through the game a little more easier than usual. In addition, it grants Yuri access to his first Mystic Arte, and you can use this sword as long as you want up until [[spoiler:you defeat Alexei]], at which point, Duke takes back the sword [[spoiler:for his own plans]]. While clearly not as strong as Yuri's unlocked [[InfinityPlusOneSword Fell Arm]], Dein Nomos does provide Yuri an advantage for that point in the game.
59* BackStory: Unusual for a Team Symphonia Tales game, Raven is the only one with a past that is significantly fleshed out. The other party members ''do'' have backstories, it's just that they're not that important to the plot and you have to go out of your way to find out about them. And even then, [[JigsawPuzzlePlot you have to piece a lot of it together yourself]]. For more information on Raven's past, check the novel and drama [=CDs=].
60* BackFromTheDead:
61** [[spoiler: Phaeroh, Belius, Khroma and Gusios]] come back from death as [[spoiler: Elemental Spirits]].
62** [[spoiler: Raven and Yeager]] fall under this as well, given the blastia heart backstory.
63* BackToBackBadasses: This seems to be Yuri and Flynn's favorite thing to do together. This happens multiple times during the story, as well as tons of promotional material: the page image ([=PS3=] cover) above, ''The First Strike'' cover, ''The First Strike'' promotional images, the logo for ''Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave'', not to mention various instances within the story. Even the ''theme song'' gets in it:
64--> "Why were we there [[BackToBackBadasses back-to-back]]? Why were we there [[FightingYourFriend face-to-face]]?"
65* BadassAndChildDuo: Yuri and Karol.
66* BadassInDistress: Yuri and Flynn each suffer it at least once. One example for each: Yuri needed Raven's help in the beginning of the game. Flynn needed Yuri's help when he was [[spoiler:put in jail because of a fake letter, though the Don planned to release him anyway for specific reasons.]]
67* {{BFS}}:
68** Karol's sword and hammer weapons are pretty gigantic considering he's like... ''twelve''. One of Yuri's weapons - [[spoiler:the False Dein Nomos, aka Alexei's sword]] - is awkwardly large. Clint also uses a gigantic axe/sword thing. And then there's the gigantic [[spoiler:spirit-powered]] energy blade used in the ending, which is large enough to be seen '''''from orbit'''''.
69** In the [=PS3=] version, Yuri's new [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]] Heavenly Bladewing ([[spoiler:which is actually the gameplay version of the aforementioned gigantic spirit-powered energy blade used in the ending]]) is this. Seems like he's trying to cover all his bases; his original Mystic Arte was a SpamAttack and he and Flynn can do one hell of a SwordBeam in the form of [[CombinationAttack Twin Wave]].
70** The Capital, Zaphias is topped by a BFS that also acts as its barrier blastia.
71* BigBadDuumvirate: Barbos and Ragou in Part 1 and Cumore and Yeager in Part 2. [[spoiler:They all turn out to be [[TheStarscream Starscreams]] to [[TheManBehindTheMan Alexei.]]]]
72* BigBoosHaunt: The Atherum. Overlaps with GhostShip and GangplankGalleon.
73* BigEater: The waiter minigame has customers ordering up to 100 plates of food at once.
74* BigFancyCastle: Zaphias' imperial castle.
75* BirdsOfAFeather: Yuri and Judith, though their relationship never escalates beyond mutual flirtation.
76* BlindIdiotTranslation:
77** Scenes that were left undubbed in the original Xbox 360 version are frequently riddled with typos, and even some of the new scenes in the UpdatedRerelease when it was brought over as the Definitive Edition suffer from this as well.
78** Repede gets the title [[spoiler:"Sinful Sidekick" after Yuri kills Ragou, implying that Repede ''himself'' is full of sin.]] It actually means something like [[spoiler:"he who knows of the sin," implying that Repede is a secret-keeper for Yuri's crimes.]]
79** Judith gets the title Trophy Wife after taking care of the party's overlooked needs in Mantaic, while in the Japanese version the title means something along the lines of "Perceptive Woman."
80* BlockPuzzle: Four of them, as part of a sidequest.
81* BodyToJewel: [[spoiler:What happens to the souls of Entelexeia upon their deaths.]]
82* BonusDungeon:
83** The Labyrinth Of Memories was the only one in the original Xbox 360 version. It is a mazelike RemixedLevel where you take portals through sepia-toned areas of the game world, and you must defeat every enemy on each screen, which ranges from the monsters that were originally there to stronger enemies exclusive to this dungeon. The latter half of the dungeon also begins throwing in powered-up memory versions of every boss in the game. The goal is to accrue 15 Fake Gald from random chests or random drops from bosses (thankfully, this doesn't need to be done in one run) to unlock the final battle: [[spoiler: the Traitor to Heaven, ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'''s Kratos Aurion]].
84** The UpdatedRerelease adds the Sunken Grotto, an underground cavern that's connected to [[spoiler: the four aer krenes around the world that just hid fell arms and the upgrades for the Sorcerer's Ring in the original game]]. Working through all four versions of it, which requires approaching from [[spoiler:all four aer krenes after talking to Hisca and Chastel]], repeatedly pits you against ''Vesperia'''s version of the Sword Dancer, which holds [[spoiler:Flynn's InfinityPlusOneSword, the Rag Querion]].
85** Finally, the UpdatedRerelease also adds the Necropolis of Nostalgia, which is unlocked with [[spoiler:the two Maris treasures in the final room of Zaude]]. The unique gimmick of this one is that you actually explore the dungeon ''on the battle screen'', and you need to make your way across a maze of battlefields to reach elevators to the next floor. There are six "layers" of ten floors each, making this quite the MarathonLevel (although every floor provides a DoorToBefore if you need to leave and restock, every layer gives you a checkpoint after you complete it, and the latter four layers are only available in the postgame), each capped off by increasingly stronger boss fights and culminating in [[spoiler:the Spiral Draco, the hardest boss in the game]].
86* BookEnds: The opening song is [[AnimeThemeSong "Ring a Bell"]], and the ending credits song is an instrumental remix of it.
87* BossAlteringConsequence: If you collect all of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Fell Arms]] before facing the final boss, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he'll absorb their power]], [[FromBadToWorse preventing you from using them anymore]] and go OneWingedAngel. Better hope you did this knowingly and are prepared.
88* BossRush: The Labyrinth of Memories dungeon, where you'll refight more powerful versions of every single boss in the game.
89* BossTease: The Quoi Woods have a path which at one point runs in front of a dense barrier of trees - not dense enough to hide the massive, multichromatic insect monster behind them. [[spoiler: You won't be able to reach the Chimera Butterfly until later on, when you improve your Sorcerer's Ring.]]
90* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Phaeroh, Alexei and Duke]] all give one at different points, and Yuri [[ShutUpHannibal shoots them all down]].
91* BrilliantButLazy: The Krityans in general are this. They have a vast amount of hidden potential in their knowledge and innate skills, but they're too distracted being very laidback in attitude and often display some really strange fascinations for the mundane. Judith isn't like them for the most part.
92* ButtonMashing: A few characters get skills that reward this. Yuri gets one that adds more hits during his Mystic Arte the faster you mash the attack button, and Rita similarly gets one that shortens casting time.
93* CallingYourAttacks:
94** In typical VideoGame/TalesSeries fashion, though this time characters say different lines sometimes. For example, Yuri will only say one word sometimes when doing attacks. Yet he`s got pretty long lines during Mystic Artes.
95** [[SimplifiedSpellcasting Blah blah blah... TIDAL WAVE!]]
96** Raven calls a phrase instead, such as 'looks like a storm's brewing' for Tempest. The one exception is his Mystic Arte.
97* TheCameo:
98** [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Shizel]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Barbatos]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kratos]] are all opponents in the coliseum's 200-Man Melee. Kratos also serves as the [[spoiler:"Traitor to Heaven," the final boss of the BonusDungeon.]]
99** The UpdatedRerelease gives every party member at least one previous Tales characters' clothing, one ingame and more as DLC. Yuri gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Judas]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Asch]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfHearts Creed]]; Flynn gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Cress]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Lukius]]; Estelle gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Chloe]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Tear]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Elraine]]; Repede gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Caius]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence Asras]]; Karol gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Lloyd]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth Milhaust]]; Rita gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth Mao]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Walter]]; Raven gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence Ricardo]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Van]]; Judith gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Rutee]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Richter]]; and Patty gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Anise]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Mithos]]. If you get the party to wear certain ones all at once, you can see a hilarious skit where they start acting like the previous owners of the costumes.
100* CapitalCity: The Imperial Capital; Zaphias, and the Den of Guilds; Dahngrest.
101* CasinoPark: Nam Cobanda Isle.
102* CassandraTruth: Upon defeating all the Giganto Monsters, Karol says that Brave Vesperia will receive recognition for it. Unfortunately, the rest of the party point out that they won't get anything like that because the monsters are all known as unconfirmed myths rather than monsters everyone knows about, rendering the whole point moot.
103* CastFromHitPoints: An odd instance in that this is the case narratively speaking but not mechanically. Two characters, one from the start and one at about halfway through, find themselves in this situation, where using artes or spells will shorten their their lives. This doesn't affect them mechanically in battle, though. The only time they will lose HP is when they take damage from attacks or status conditions.
104* ChekhovsGun: Dein Nomos. First mentioned as the sword needed to end the SuccessionCrisis[[spoiler:, it is revealed to be the sword that Duke is using, which he lends to Yuri so he can fight the BigBad and halt his plans with its aer manipulation ability. Rita then uses it to craft a temporary solution to Estelle's PowerIncontinence problem.]] It then comes back '''big''' time in the climax. [[spoiler:First, if you collected all the Fell Arms, it will unlock their true power. Second, Duke uses it to give the very last drop of energy they need to take down [[EldritchAbomination the Adephagos]].]]
105* ChestMonster: They give you various items, though not usually if ever the All Divides typically offered by suc chests in the ''Tales'' series. They also give large amounts of gald.
106* ChevalierVsRogue: One the main conflicts throughout the game and ''First Strike'' is the relationship between Yuri Lowell, our LovableRogue, and his ChildhoodFriend: the IdealHero, Flynn.
107* ChokepointGeography: Ehmead Hill.
108* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Imperial Knights wear different colored uniforms based on their roles and affiliations with their captains. Standard non-affiliated knights wear brown uniforms, Flynn Brigade knights wear blue, Cumore Brigade knights wear pink, Schwann Brigade knights wear orange, and the Royal Guard knights (those under the command of Alexei) wear red.
109* ComboBreaker: Both player and bosses alike can activate Overlimit mode to stagger or knock back nearby foes, allowing them to turn the tables.
110* {{Combos}}: If you ever ''aren't'' comboing the enemy, you're probably getting hurt pretty badly. This is even more prevalent on [[HarderThanHard Unknown difficulty]]. If you stop your combo and give them an opportunity to attack you, you'll die in a few hits. When they go into [[TurnsRed Overlimit]], they can kill you in the blink of an eye.
111* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard:
112** Using a mystic arte requires the player to first hit the enemy with an unblocked mid-level arte. Bosses can use them from standstill. They can also break free of your combo very easily unless you manage to stun them partway through.
113** It gets driven to even greater proportions in [[spoiler: Yuri's final duel with Flynn]], when the latter is able to actually ''block your mystic arte and counter with his own''.
114* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
115** There's that [[{{Fanservice}} one part]] where you can use Estelle to seduce a guard to get him away from his post. After Yuri knocks him out, he points out that it may have been bad for Estelle if he hadn't jumped in just then. Estelle agrees, but she thought Yuri was talking about how the guard almost recognized her as the princess. [[AttemptedRape That's not quite it...]]
116** If you select Judith to do the seduction, she will make a comment to the guard about 'doing something fun'. Afterwards, Estelle asks what the 'fun thing' was that Judith was talking about. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent The look on Yuri's face at this is priceless.]]
117* ConflictKiller: The [[spoiler:Adephagos]] quite effectively stops all previous conflict in the game cold.
118* ContrivedCoincidence: Discussed in a skit about the barrier of Mantaic, an oasis town so far in the middle of nowhere that by all standards shouldn't even have a barrier. Turns out, the blastia was found at the bottom of the oasis and deeply entrenched so they just left it as is.
119* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: The entire main cast -- nobody has any parental figures to speak of, at least none that appear in the game.
120* CoversAlwaysLie:
121** Yuri has a katana on the cover -- his official weapon, but it comes rather late in the game, is the only such blade in the game, and isn't anywhere near his best weapon. [[RuleOfCool It looks cool, though.]]
122** The North American Xbox 360 version shows Flynn and Yuri on the front cover with Flynn slightly in front, which gives the slight impression that he is TheHero and Yuri is the {{Deuteragonist}}. That it is actually the other way around is not even the misleading part, but rather the fact that [[SupportingLeader Flynn]] is not even playable for [[GuestStarPartyMember most]] of the game, while the rest of the PlayerParty are nowhere to be seen on the front cover.
123* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: Myorzo; home of the Kritya, and the game's resident HiddenElfVillage. There are no blastia to be found there, though. [[spoiler:Tarqaron]] could also count as well, given how alien and advanced it is.
124* DeathMountain: Mt. Temza and Relewiese Hollow.
125* DeconstructorFleet: ''Vesperia'' takes aim at ProtagonistCenteredMorality. What gives a hero the right to completely and utterly change the world based on their own individual view of morality, completely discarding the opinions of the millions that also live in their world? Furthermore, at what point does your views of morality and justice run the risk of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming just as bad as the thing you fight to stop]], and is it right to take the law into your own hands or is it better to trust the law?
126* DevelopersForesight: Whoever your party leader is will have a unique set of dialogue with the final boss before he goes to his second phase...even Repede.
127* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The party's plan in the final chapter is essentially to [[spoiler:draw on all the blastia of the world to form a {{BFS}} capable of destroying the Adephagos]].
128* DifficultyLevels: Easy, Normal, Hard, and [[HarderThanHard Unknown]].
129* DiscOneFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:The Enduring Shrine of Zaude is only the end of Part 2 of 3.]]
130* DownloadableContent:
131** The first of the VideoGame/TalesSeries to offer it. A unique and surprising approach: it's in the form of buying giftboxes that contain item sets, skills, costumes, level-up bonuses, and gald - nothing you couldn't get ingame, just a quick way to obtain them for impatient people. This may actually be one of the first examples of this kind of "booster" DLC that became commonplace in the industry later on.
132** The UpdatedRerelease includes even more DLC in the form of more costumes. The original [=PS3=] version included the ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' costumes for Yuri, Estelle, and Flynn, a hilariously scene-breaking Manga/SgtFrog costume for Karol, Yuri and Flynn's Imperial Knight armor from the prequel movie ''The First Strike'', cameo costumes that reference other Namco franchises such as ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and a costume that represents each character's strongest set of armor.
133** The Sgt. Frog costume didn't make it back into the Definitive Edition for, presumably, licensing reasons, and the ''Abyss'' costumes that included Yuri, Estelle, and Flynn's original hair colors didn't either, but everything else (including the ''Abyss'' costumes with Asch, Tear, and Luke's original hair colors) did return as a free costume pack.
134* DramaticIrony: Midway through collecting them all, the group decides that using the Fell Arms themselves would cause them to become very reliant on them, but Yuri says that it's best for them to find them instead of someone else who may abuse their power. [[spoiler:Come the final battle, once he is soundly beaten, Duke takes all of the Fell Arms away from them to power up into a stronger OneWingedAngel form.]]
135* DreamLand: [[spoiler:Yormgen]].
136* DualBoss: Adecor and Boccos, [[spoiler: Belius and her double,]] Tison and Nan, Gauche and Droite. The [=PS3=] version adds a Team Battle mode to the coliseum where you fight entire enemy teams that each individually have boss-level stats and would be able to take on the whole party alone.
137* DubNameChange: A few instances:
138** The story's ultimate evil, [[spoiler:the planet-sized abomination ''Hoshihami'']] (something akin to Star Devourer) in the Japanese script is in English named something Greek/Latin sounding, [[spoiler:''Adephagos'']], the gluttonous.
139** Raven's [[spoiler:deceased unrequited love, rivaled by Yeager]], is called ''Kanery'' (Kyaneri) in the japanese script; in English, they went with the standard ''Casey''.
140* DudeLooksLikeALady:
141** When forced into seducing a town guard, one of the options for the feminine wiles is [[ButtMonkey Karol]]. [[LampshadeHanging The hilarity of the situation is not lost on the game]].
142** At first, a lot of people confused Yuri for a woman before playing the game. Also, if you enter the Inn in Zaphias and talk to an male NPC, Yuri gets offered a drink.
143** In Nam Cobanda Isle, you can find two [=NPCs=] that comment on your party top's costumes. The guild warrior NPC wonders if Yuri is secretly a woman, and the female NPC drops a line about his feminine features for almost all of Yuri's costumes, going as far as mentioning that his face looks prettier than the girls'. Developers were obviously having fun.
144* DuelBoss:
145** At various points throughout the story, Yuri fights [[spoiler:Flynn multiple times]] and [[spoiler:Estelle]].
146** He is also challenged by [[spoiler:Don Whitehorse]] to a friendly duel in the UpdatedRerelease. At that early point, though, he's a HopelessBossFight, and you get a rather piddly reward (a Diamond) if you do beat him (usually only possible with overleveling or on a NewGamePlus).
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148[[folder:Tropes E-H]]
149* EarlyBirdCameo:
150** The Definitive Edition has Nan show up in Deidon Hold alongside Clint and Tison, although she doesn't get any dialog. In the 360 version, she didn't appear until Caer Bocram.
151** Before anyone knew who Patty Fleur was, her hat showed up in the Xbox 360 version in the drawer of the second-floor room of Capua Torim's lighthouse, though only in text. The text also notes that the letters "PA" are on the hat and the rest is scratched out. The room is revealed to be hers come the UpdatedRerelease.
152* EliteMooks: There's an army of them, the Royal Guard. They can take much more damage, dish out far more damage, and come in numbers ''far greater'' than the standard mooks. In short, they are easily the strongest non-boss human enemies in the game.
153* TheEmpire: The... Empire. [[GrayAndGreyMorality It's more morally gray]], as opposed to outright evil, than most examples, though.
154* EndGameResultsScreen: The Grading System naturally grades you according to how many battles you fought, how fast you fought them, how little damage you take, etc. during the game at the end.
155* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Duke's plan to take care of the Adephagos involves sacrificing all of humanity to destroy it, as he deems them as not worthy of life anymore.]]
156* EternalEngine: Ghasfarost, Heracles, and parts of [[spoiler:Tarqaron]].
157* EverybodyKnewAlready: No one is surprised (except [[IdiotHero Karol]]) when Estelle is revealed to be a princess, since Yuri and Rita had already pretty much figured it out by then.
158* EvilSmellsBad: The first thing the party notices about Ragou's basement, which of course portends the foreboding matter within.
159--> '''Karol:''' Something smells rank...
160* EvilSoundsDeep:
161** Subverted with [[spoiler:Duke]], who in the English dub, has one of the deepest voices. Although he's the FinalBoss, he's an AntiVillain. Generally, the higher voice an antagonist has, the more evil he's likely to be -- case in point, Cumore, whose VA is downright ''squeaky''.
162** This is, however, played straight with [[spoiler:Alexei, who has a voice deeper than just about everyone in the game.]]
163** Also Barbos, who has a very growly voice.
164* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Ghasfarost, the Tower of Gears, and [[spoiler:[[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Tarqaron]].]]
165* EvolvingAttack: In the form of altered artes, which are variations on the normal artes with different, usually more powerful abilities. Some arcane artes are also made by combining two base artes, or even two other arcane artes. Many artes also obtain new properties the more they are used, such as Yuri's Azure Edge increasing in size and speed and many others allowing themselves to chain into new artes midway through the attack. Using an arte 9,999 times makes it permanently deal three times the damage as well.
166* TheExitIsThatWay: Occurs during a skit at Baction. Karol can't manage to read the map that ''he'' made. Judith comes to the rescue.
167* FacialCompositeFailure: Yuri's wanted posters. He does take more offense at how low his bounty is though. Also notable as a CallBack joke to Lloyd's wanted posters in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', which themselves are referenced in the Denebola Inn in Halure.
168* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: [[spoiler:Yuri, after passing out in the Sands of Kogorh and believing he is about to be eaten: "Heh...go ahead. Hope you choke...on my bones..."]]
169* FantasticRacism: Humans and the [[spoiler:Entelexeia]], best exemplified by the [[spoiler:Hunting Blades Guild]] and their attitude towards [[spoiler:all monsters]]. It also works both ways: [[spoiler:the Entelexeia considered humans to be too foolish to control their use of Blastia, and that's why they fired the first shot in the Great War]].
170* FeelingTheirAge: Raven is a veteran of "The Great War", which takes place ten years prior to the events of the game itself. Since he was 25 at that time it'd make him 35 at present. As such, he often quips about his age, such as complaining about his back, or saying he's too old to keep up with Yuri and the others. None of which stops him from sniping enemies, or [[TheCasanova making time for the ladies]].
171* FieldOfBlades: The Blade Drifts of Zopheir are appropriately named.
172* FightingYourFriend:
173** [[spoiler:Estelle, when she is being controlled by Alexei. Also, Raven, as Schwann.]]
174** [[spoiler:Yuri fights Flynn]] at several points during the game, but they're never actually trying to ''kill'' each other -- just play out their roles or work things out between them.
175** Karol fighting Nan also counts.
176** The UpdatedRerelease adds a few such fights to the coliseum: notably, [[spoiler:Yuri and Flynn are the 100th man in the other's 100[=/=]200-man melees]], and a team battle mode is added in which [[spoiler:a helmeted Karol fights alongside the Hunting Blades, Raven as Schwann fights alongside Leblanc, Adecor, and Boccos, and ''the rest of your party'' fights the four you chose!]]
177* FinishingMove: Fatal Strikes, which will instantly wipe out any normal enemy that's targeted. They can still be used on bosses for massive damage and Grade bonuses, but obviously won't instantly kill them. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Clint]] for having [[spoiler:exclusively ''yellow'' Fatal Strikes glyphs, which he can bring up and use his Mystic Arte without going into Over Limit.]]
178* FlashStep:
179** Yuri's Ghost Wolf, then his Mystic Arte for the [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Overkill]] version of this.
180** Judith's Moonbeam, where she suddenly appears above the enemy.
181* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Plenty'' of it.
182** An InUniverse example with Estelle. When Estelle is revealed to be a princess, Yuri points out how obvious it was, citing him meeting her in the castle, her formal and sheltered behavior, and how she knows Flynn. He just didn't mention it because it wasn't relevant at the time.
183** The castle's background music is more tense and dramatic than the situation and its status as the first dungeon calls for. [[spoiler: Said music is much more appropriate when it's the penultimate dungeon of the second arc, with the stakes incredibly high.]]
184** The first time you meet Raven is actually the earliest of ''any'' of the other party members, as he is locked in the cell next to Yuri in the castle. At first it seems innocent, but the fact that Alexei of all people comes to collect him is odd, something Yuri even notes as being weird. [[spoiler:When Raven later takes Estelle, Yuri flashes-back to this moment and realizes that Raven being there had to be because he was working with Alexei.]]
185** There's a cheesy, jazzy little theme [[{{Leitmotif}} associated with Raven]] that plays whenever he shows up early in the game. It also plays during a scene in Heliord that he's not present for, but it's the scene where [[spoiler:Alexei asks Schwann to follow Yuri, Estelle and Rita, which hints that they're the same person.]]
186** There's another, more blatant one. When getting past the blockade of Nordopolica, Raven distracts the Schwann Brigade by calling them to attention. This just seems like a funny gag at the time, with them being [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy the usual, bumbling guards they are]]. [[spoiler: Of course, they had a very good reason for reacting the way they did: Raven ''is'' their commanding officer, after all.]]
187** Raven also is called out by Rita for knowing that aer can effect blastia, something that isn't that well known outside of researchers like her. [[spoiler:Considering he has a blastia in his chest replacing his heart, he's got a very good reason to know that.]]
188*** In the [[ShiftingSandLand Sands of Kogorh]], you can find an exclusive armour for Raven. [[spoiler:It's called the Phoenix Guard, and though it suits the location, the fact ''Raven'' is the one to get it hints at the fact he's been brought BackFromTheDead.]]
189** The first cinematic (where Estelle reads a book as temporary narrator) has quite a bit of foreshadowing [[spoiler:in the case of showing the Entelexeia before they become important to the story. It specifically shows Phaeroh, Gusios and Astal.]]
190** [[FiveSecondForeshadowing At one point you've not seen Yaeger]] for quite some of the game. Then you run into PaletteSwap enemies of Leviathan's Claw in an obvious BossCorridor..
191** When Yuri first meets Estelle, she heals him after noticing he was slightly hurt helping her. Yuri uncharacteristically grabs her in surprise as if looking at her arm, before letting go and apologizing, saying he's "never seen a blastia like that" and was just surprised. [[spoiler:This foreshadows that Estelle doesn't use blastia for her artes, rather she can freely cast spells unlike everyone else, which Yuri noticed and references later]].
192* FreudianExcuse: Discussed and defied. There is a part where Raven and Yuri are having a conversation about [[spoiler:Alexei]] before taking him on. When it looks like Raven is going to slip into FreudianExcuse territory, Yuri cuts him off, telling him that he doesn't want to make things needlessly complicated when they fight.
193* FriendshipMoment:
194** There's one between Yuri and Estelle, Rita and Judith, and Karol and Raven (and Flynn and Patty in the UpdatedRerelease) before the final dungeon.
195** [[spoiler:As opposed to a dramatic high-stakes showdown like typical ''Tales of'' rival duels, the Yuri vs. Flynn duel is a strange and beautiful FriendshipMoment in which they work out their remaining issues by beating the crap out of each other, explicitly taunting each other about how they are ''so'' gonna kick the other's ass.]]
196* GambitPileup: Pretty much every single villain is operating independently of and against each other, and the way these plans end up colliding gets pretty convoluted.
197* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Alexei is the one (along with Yeager) who orchestrated the Hunting Blades betraying the Union by attacking Nordipolica so that the Guild Union would fall into civil war.]]
198* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:
199** Since you're likely to see it first, Schwann's Mystic arte leaves him grasping his chest and vulnerable to attack. [[spoiler:Raven's Mystic Arte works the same way and he even mumbles [[LampshadeHanging "I thought I was a goner."]]]]
200** Likewise, the final attack Yuri uses to defeat the Adephagos is his second Mystic Arte in the UpdatedRerelease.
201** A subtler example comes in the form of how much stronger monsters and particularly bosses are compared to other VideoGame/TalesSeries games are like. In universe, the survival of humans depends on the barriers to keep out the monsters within the world. Furthermore, monsters around major cities are almost always relatively scaled to your level while going into areas either abandoned, never explored, or deemed dangerous usually have higher level monsters, because the barriers and organizations using them are only able to setup shop when they have one.
202** Every character has unique food tastes that get mentioned a few times in the story. Cooking food they like or dislike earns a reaction from them when you cook, such as Raven who admits that [[RealMenHateSugar he hates sweets]], so he gains the least benefits that come from desserts or sweets, while Rita and Karol (both young members of the party) love sweets. And if you have Repede the dog cook? He always makes dog food, and is only character to like it.
203* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
204** Some cutscenes will refer to Yuri having a sword, even if he currently has an axe equipped.
205** Barbos claims that he's Don Whitehorse's equal in battle, but in the [=PS3=] and later versions, Don is also a boss, but is a level 60 HopelessBossFight while Barbos is a level 30 boss. Though it's possible that Barbos is overestimating his own abilities.
206** Later in the game, Rita keeps Estelle's abilities under control by having them powered by her life force. This makes no difference to Estelle's gameplay, and she can use as many arts as she wants and be no worse for wear.
207* GetOnTheBoat: The party ends up securing a boat to use near the beginning of the second act in exchange for escorting Kaufman across the ocean.
208* GeniusBookClub: Rita and Estelle, but mostly Rita. Her unique secondary items are books, her reading of books is mentioned in a few skits, and her level up animation shows her reading a book. If and when Estelle sees something in the real world that she had only read about in a book, she'll point it out. In a skit while leaving a crystallized cavern, Estelle says that the cave looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
209* GhibliHills: Halure.
210* GhostTown: Caer Bocram.
211* TheGlassesComeOff: Recurring character Wonder Chef does this every time he is found.
212* GodMode: It'll take forever and a day to charge it up[[labelnote:*]]Unless you use Limit Bottles[[/labelnote]], but level 4 Over Limit not only comes with all the benefits of the previous levels, but makes the user outright invincible.
213* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Imperial Knights. Generally, those in blue are good (most of the time), those in red are bad, and those in brown are general {{mooks}}.
214* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Averted - they're both pretty decent for the most part, and there is major corruption on both sides.
215* GratuitousGreek:
216** Adephagos is Greek for "[[MeaningfulName gluttonous]]". "Entelexeia" refers to a theory of being in Aristotelian philosophy.
217*** The Entelexia's organ that absorbs aer is called an apetheia, which in Stoicism philosophy translates to equanimity or a state of mind that is not disturbed by passions.
218** Several minor upgrades for weapons will contain the either the greek letter for alpha or beta along with a "+x" do differentiate the minor increases in stat boosts or special abilities.
219* GrayAndGrayMorality: The Great War is later revealed to be as a result of this. [[spoiler:The Entelexeia, knowing how dangerous Aer was to the planet, and that humans are often the cause of such problems, made the first move in an effort to stop the potential return of the Adephagos. Humanity in turn fought back fiercely and without mercy, killing many of them and using the Apatheia formed from the dead Entelexeia to make more Blastia. The party agree that ultimately nobody was really right or wrong: the Entelexeia had a good reason for wanting to stop the threat of Aer, but that by striking first, they shot themselves in the foot, and that the humans had every reason to defend themselves, but many took advantage of the conflict to gain power or cause worse issues]].
220* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: The libraries in Aspio are so big, resident mages have made a habit of sleeping on the shelves.
221* GreenAesop: Blastia, aer, and [[spoiler:the Adephagos]] are a straightforward metaphor for technology and pollution. The final battle of the game is over the hotly-debated-in-real-life issue of Geo-Engineering to solve environmental problems vs. Preservation of Earth as it was before humans altered it.
222* GuideDangIt:
223** The time windows for side quests pretty much require a guide to fully complete. Many involve resting at inns multiple times before moving on to the next plot point, and others involve returning to out-of-the-way areas that you have no real reason to explore. Most infamously, there are more than a dozen steps to obtaining Judith's InfinityPlusOneSword, the Brionac, which are spread out over the whole game, the first of which need to be done ''before she even joins the party'', and the other other steps require doing things that are in areas often just beyond you in terms of the story progression.
224** Finishing the Monster and Collector's Books requires a guide to check which entries are still needed. It doesn't help that a lot of monsters only appear once or in very specific circumstances, and if you miss the chance to grab their entries, your only options are reloading a save or getting them in New Game +. The Collector's Book encompasses items used in battle, weapons, gear, key items obtained through the story, and cosmetic items obtained through the aforementioned side quests.
225** Figuring out the Secret Missions is a coin-flip that often makes the player have to do things that have no logical basis for doing so. Sometimes you can figure it out based on story clues or paying attention to aspects of the fight; Gattuso for example requires using the billybally flowers on the field, something the game does draw attention to and has them appear on the battlefield to support this. Others though require InsaneTrollLogic to guess; the first one involving Zagi involves ensuring Estelle doesn't get hit at all in the fight, which is not at all something a player would likely guess. Then there's [[spoiler:Yeager, in which you have to wait until the second half of the fight, break his guard (a monumental task in itself), wait for him to enter a specific pose, and then use Raven's specific arte that causes guard-broken enemies to explode]]. It is highly unlikely you'll figure out just what you need to do without a guide.
226** The requirements for some of the second [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]] in the UpdatedRerelease, or even becoming aware of their existence. Not only are many of the requirements esoteric (like [[spoiler:Rita using Thunder Blade 200+ times, then entering the 200-Man Melee and using it on the Time Traveller in Over Limit while he's at less than half HP]]) or require significant investment to unlock (such as [[spoiler:Estelle needing to not only have awakened all the spirits in the storyline, but to have used all five versions of her Burst Arte 20 times each]]), even activating them once you have them requires a specific button combination (attack + arte, or in one case, attack + arte + ''guard'') that isn't used for anything else.
227** Attempting to view all of the skits. Some require you to not use a character in combat for an unknown amount of time, some require you to only use a specific character to do all the cooking, a mechanic you won't need to use if you judiciously use your other items and accessories; and some require you to do certain things you wouldn't normally think of save for a random thought passing through your head. [[DevelopersForesight The dev team foresaw the impossibility of such a thing happening organically,]] and put an option in the New Game + menu to unlock a menu on Nam Cobanda Island that [[AntiFrustrationFeatures allows you to view all skits without guessing what circumstances might unlock one]].
228** The game never once tells you that some food recipes can only be unlocked if you have certain characters cook specific food items after you unlock certain foods. For example, if you have Estelle make a sandwich, she instead makes a riceball, which has its own unique effects. Some of them even go so far as to require you to unlock another unique recipe, and have another character cook using it, such as the Okonomiyaki recipe, which requires getting the Fried Chicken and Fries from the Wonder Chef, then having Estelle cook that and make a Scottish Egg, at which point Raven must make a Scottish Egg to unlock the Okonomiyaki recipe.
229** Learning Altered Artes is a tedious process as the game goes on, especially for characters you aren't playing as. The game doesn't say what Arte will be changed when an elemental skill is equipped (save one), and because you can only figure it out by using the Arte that changes, it becomes a game of trial and error to see what one changes. Plus since some Artes are locked behind sidequests, a player may have the elemental skill equipped and never figure out what Arte it changes, simply because they aren't aware they don't have the Arte needed. There are some Artes that also require several elemental skills equipped to even get them, such as Raven's Time Stop spell needing several to unlock.
230** Figuring out the path to all bosses in the Labyrinth of Memories without a guide is difficult due to the many branching one-way paths. While the player doesn't have to fight all the bosses to get to the final room, they will have to find all the bosses if they want to complete the monster book.
231* HairContrastDuo: Yuri, with dark purple hair (though the game occasionally calls it black) and Flynn, with bright blond hair.
232* HalfwayPlotSwitch: We start with a SuccessionCrisis and ruminations on the nature of justice, and then [[spoiler:a giant malevolent octopus from beyond dimensions breaks in to deliver a GreenAesop.]] Of course the latter is not exclusive of the former. [[spoiler:The giant malevolent octopus crisis ends up CuttingTheKnot in regards to the SuccessionCrisis and the ruminations on justice and morality comes to a head as the FinalBoss is planning on killing everyone to defeat said EldritchAbomination, an extreme solution that runs counter to the revelations and choices of the main party.]]
233* HappyFunBall: Estelle and Judith's joke weapons, which are capable of infinitely comboing bosses.
234* HardModePerks: Harder difficulties multiply enemy HP by a lot and stats by a fair amount. However, if the player is overleveled, Hard Mode can potentially give them more time to pull off trickier Secret Missions, since the bosses will last much longer. And like many other entries in the series, higher difficulties have higher Grade multipliers or titles associated with them.
235* HarderThanHard: Unknown. Prepare to die ''a lot''. Even some normal enemies can instantly kill you with multihit attacks and some bosses can potentially kill your entire party with a single Mystic Arte, e.g. [[spoiler:Schwann, Alexei, Zagi 5, Radiant Winged One, Kratos.]]
236* HelloInsertNameHere: In the original versions, you ''can'' rename the party, but the voiceover will still call them by their normal names. This was unfortunately removed in the Definitive Edition.
237* HeterosexualLifePartners: Yuri and Flynn butt heads at several points over the course of the game, but are still the absolute best of friends who know and trust each other more than anyone else.
238* HoldTheLine: The safest option to take in the first round of the fight against the Baitojoh. Attacking it can potentially end the fight faster, but offers no additional reward.
239* HonorBeforeReason: The party, especially Estelle, has elements of this. This is also evident in the guilds, culminating in the scene where [[spoiler:Don Whitehorse commits ritual ''seppuku''[[labelnote:*]] a form of suicide committed most famously by Japanese samurai to retain their honor if defeated in battle, or as a form of capital punishment if they committed serious enough offenses[[/labelnote]] to atone for Belius's death]].
240* HopelessBossFight: Don Whitehorse. It's technically beatable on your first playthrough (and the reward is nothing special if you do), but extremely difficult because the Don is very powerful at that point in the game.
241* HPToOne: Big Bang, the final boss's Mystic Arte, looks scary and deals thousands of damage, but actually functions like this, which is lampshaded by [[spoiler:Duke every time he does it: "You still stand?!".]] More ridiculous is his true final form when the player has obtained the Fell Arms, because a single Big Bang does over 12,000 damage to EACH party member. If you're playing the UpdatedRerelease on Hard or Unknown, that LastChanceHitPoint safety net gets removed. Hope you enjoy {{Total Party Kill}}s! However, if you're playing on Easy, then it only knocks off about half your HP.
242* HumanResources:
243** [[spoiler:Blastia]] are made of [[spoiler:Entelexeia]].
244** Additionally, [[spoiler:Zaude's blastia core]], which is made from [[spoiler:the souls of the Children of the Full Moon]].
245[[/folder]]
246[[folder:Tropes I-M]]
247* ICanStillFight: Pretty much all of your party members will do this at some point in the game.
248* IdealistVsPragmatist: Both Yuri and Flynn recognise the Empire as corrupt, but their ideas on how to fix the problems that arise from such things causes conflict between characters. Flynn represents the idealistic side of the conflict (seeking to [[InternalReformist work within the system to reform the empire]]) while Yuri is the more pragmatic side of things. Yuri in particular, upon seeing that Ragou got off fairly light for all the horrible things he did, decides to just take justice into his own hands to end it. When he sees Cumore doing similar things, decides to also punish Cumore simply because he feels that he can't trust the system to actually punish Cumore in this case. While the two debate their stances several times, even both briefly risking JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope once or two, they ultimately agree to work together in the end to ensure they improve things instead of argue over it.
249* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Judith's]] reasoning for crippling the party's ship; she's actually right. Not to mention Yuri's explanation for [[spoiler:killing Ragou and Cumore]], especially since he knew no one else would punish them; he quotes this exactly to Karol after the truth comes out.
250* IdiotHero:
251** Karol is a traditional version, though he also has enough moments of catching the SmartBall to balance things out.
252** [[spoiler:Raven]] plays the part but it's all a facade.
253** Estelle has a lot of book smarts, but due to her sheltered upbringing, she has no common sense whatsoever, and frequently runs into the thick of danger without any plan beyond "accomplish some vague goal and figure it out along the way"... and this is ''without'' getting into how her ChronicHeroSyndrome keeps causing her to use the power [[spoiler:that is rapidly devouring the earth's aer supply (though she was unaware of this)]]. Eventually, CharacterDevelopment and [[spoiler:Rita's genius and tenacity to find a solution for the the problem with Estelle's power]] fixes this.
254* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: The Party vs. BrainwashedAndCrazy Estelle.]]
255* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Flynn and Yuri, when [[spoiler:the former discovers the latter just after he's murdered Cumore]].
256-->'''Flynn''': Yuri, we need to talk.
257-->'''Yuri''': I know.
258* IShallTauntYou: Each playable character has their own sets of taunts available through skills. Enemies will also occasionally taunt during battles.
259* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rita attacks with scrolls and books. Some subweapons are pretty weird as well, like Karol's bag.
260* InexplicableTreasureChests: In one area your party comments that the continent has never been explored before, yet there's still chests in the local dungeon. There's also the curious case of the island that apparently had only recently formed: there are still thematically appropriate tresure chests inside the cave there. The two areas ''are'' home to [[spoiler:Entelexeia]], but it's a flimsy explanation.
261* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Definitive Edition added the {{bonus dungeon}}, the Necropolis of Nostalgia, which houses these weapons. With incredible P.ATK or M.ATK depending on the weapon. but their abilities are either impractical or not worth the SP needed.
262* InfinityPlusOneSword: A couple of varieties: each character gets a most powerful normal weapon in a sidequest, and then there are the Fell Arms (Devil's Arms), as usual. Storywise, in the UpdatedRerelease, Yuri gets a sword called [[spoiler:Vesperia No. 2]] that, while not his most powerful weapon, does grant him access to his second [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]].
263* InformedPoverty: The Lower Quarter in general. Buildings are rough around the edges but mostly well-maintained and the people appear for the most part clean, well-fed and happy. Aside from the plumbing issues that kickstart the plot, it gives off more of an air of a quaint, humble community than a rough urban slum. No doubt the "poverty" of the area is an assumption by the Noble Quarter, which is full of people who think anyone not of their station is less than human.
264* InterfaceSpoiler: Almost averted with Flynn; when he joins the party at Ghasfarost, his status screen doesn't have a full-body portrait like everyone else, because his portrait is of him [[spoiler:in his captain's armor; he's still a lieutenant at this point in the story]]. However, his portraits in the skits he participates in during Ghasfarost ''do'' show him [[spoiler:in his captain's uniform, albeit only from the shoulders up]].
265* IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Phaeroh's comment about sacrificing a part to preserve the whole veers very close to a statement made by Yuri not much earlier. Furthermore, Yuri's [[ShutUpHannibal response]] is pretty much the same [[WhatTheHellHero speech he was given by Flynn at Mantaic]]. This confrontation is the main catalyst in halting Yuri's fall down the [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil slippery slope]].]]
266* {{Irony}}: The cause of the FantasticRacism and [[spoiler:the Great War]] between [[spoiler:humans and Entelexeia]] was actually indirecty started by [[spoiler:a [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Krityan inventor]], who had no malice for either humans or Entelexeia]].
267* ItCanThink: [[spoiler:Basically the whole party's reaction when Baitojoh traps them with the aer krene in the Blade Drifts of Zopheir so it can kill and eat them. It's a pure monster, not an Entelexeia, and yet it ''definitely'' is capable of planning things out to the point of trapping almost all of the party.]]
268* ItemCrafting: If you can use it, you can probably make it using convenient materials from your fallen foes.
269* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Ghasfarost, [[spoiler:the Sword Stair]], [[spoiler: [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Zaude]]]], and [[spoiler:Tarqaron]].
270* ItsUpToYou: Yuri might insist that Flynn gets the hard job of dealing with the nobles, but everyone knows that Yuri and his party are the ones who are actually handling everything. Flynn is fully aware of this and highly resents it.
271* KilledOffForReal: Several characters bite the dust during the story.
272** [[spoiler:Yuri ends up killing both Ragou and Cumore after getting fed up with the Empire allowing them to run free for being nobility despite all the atrocities they caused to innocent people, including ''kids''.]]
273** [[spoiler:Estelle accidentally causes Belius to go mad due to her powers as the Child of the Full Moon being akin to using Hermes Blastia and forces the party to kill her, not knowing at first that allowing Belius to live any more would have led her to become another Adephagos. However, Belius is later reborn as the Spirit of Water Undine.]]
274** [[spoiler:Don Whitehorse sacrifices himself as payment for what led to Belius's death.]]
275** [[spoiler:Yeager dies under Alexei's orders in order to keep Gauche and Droite alive, whom he has looked after since they were orphans he took in.]]
276** [[spoiler:Alexei gets crushed to death under a gigantic piece of blastia.]]
277** On a lesser extent, in the marking side quest, it's heavily implied Repede [[spoiler:killed Little Wolf]] and took a piece of its meat ''as a trophy'' of the deed.
278* KnightOfCerebus: ''Vesperia'' is an inversion for the entire series. From this point on, the games stopped focusing on serious issues like CloneAngst, FantasticRacism and free will and instead focusing on more traditional JRPG themes of {{Green Aesop}}s and ThePowerOfFriendship. Ironically, the vigilante killings give ''Vesperia'' some of the series' darker moments.
279* KryptoniteFactor: Aer at really high densities can be dangerous to anyone exposed to it, as it can render people weak and possibly kill them if exposed for too long. Yuri and Brave Vesperia have been exposed to high-density aer from out-of-control Aer Krene on a couple of occasions, rendering them unable to fight, with one instance being a deliberate trap by a monster in the Blade Drifts of Zophier. [[spoiler:It's even worse for the Entelexeia because too much aer can corrupt them and drive them mad, eventually transforming them into an Adephagos. It's for this reason that Brave Vesperia had no other choice but to [[MercyKill put down]] Belius and Gusios]].
280* LagCancel: A mechanic added to the [=PS3=] version and the Definitive Edition is explicitly named in the Battle Book "Manual Canceling." It lets a player using Manual mode cancel the recovery animations of several attacks with a button combination (free run + guard + left stick forward) if inputted at the correct time, opening up more combo opportunities that weren't possible in the original game. This works with every playable character, but Yuri benefits the most from it.
281* LampshadeHanging: Plenty of the skits, but one that stands out is after the cooking duel - everyone on the team starts questioning what the Wonder Chef is and how he turns into inanimate objects, which is never explained in canon.
282* LargeHam: Zagi, Barbos, and [[spoiler:Alexei]] are no strangers to scenery chewing.
283* LateArrivalSpoiler: For ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia.'' Renaming the [[spoiler:{{Superboss}} Kratos as "Traitor to Heaven" basically spoils two of the four major Kratos-related plot twists,]] not to mention how he shows off his [[spoiler:shiny angel wings]] during his Mystic Arte. This also holds true to some degree for the other cameo bosses, but less directly than [[spoiler:Kratos]].
284* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
285** One of Karol's costumes is nothing but a towel. Leaving it on for long enough starts a skit where all the girls avoid him. At one point he says "You're mean! You made me wear this because you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential thought it would be funny!]]" and the other party members deny making him do anything, much to Karol's confusion.
286** There is also a skit that triggers after walking the world map a lot, where Raven is looking at the camera and saying 'you sure do like walking around outdoors'. Cue the party appearing and wondering why he's babbling to himself, while he effects innocence. This happens if the player spends a lot of time just wandering around and doesn't make much use of the gathering spots. He will state that it's "your call" whether to gather materials for synthesis or just wander around, leading Rita to ask again just who he's talking to.
287** There's a lot of LampshadeHanging and [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] about villain tropes when the party confronts Barbos.
288** There's a skit that lampshades the game's use of an ArbitraryHeadcountLimit, with the characters basically saying they're just watching from the sidelines.
289* LegacyBossBattle: Previous ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' bosses are fightable. They include [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Phantasia's Dhaos]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Eternia's Shizel]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Destiny's Barbatos]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Symphonia's Kratos]] are all opponents in the coliseum's 200-Man Melee.
290* TheLegendOfChekhov: When they form the guild "Brave Vesperia," Estelle later explains to Yuri the origin of the name: the story of how a sister and brother who fought and defeated a great cataclysm. [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail Not surprisingly]], this turns out to be important to the plot. [[spoiler:The legend is a distorted, somewhat metaphorical description of the sibling blastia - Zaude and Vesperia - which were created to hold back the [[EldritchAbomination Adephagos]]. Unfortunately, they only realize exactly what they were and what the legend really means after the BigBad [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally]] releases the Adephagos.]]
291* LevelGrinding: Not explicitly necessary, but you can grind if you want to hit the AbsurdlyHighLevelCap, and you're gonna need to in order to tackle the bonus dungeons. Also, some titles will require grinding various combat mechanics specifically to achieve.
292* LimitBreak: Mystic Artes, granted by the Special skill.
293* LoadBearingHero: [[spoiler:Raven, as Schwann]] does this to allow the others to escape when a building is collapsing.
294* LostTechnology: ''Vesperia'' is a {{deconstruction}} of this trope: blastia are widespread, well researched and [[spoiler:the solution to the party's problems is ''not'' using them]].
295* TheLostWoods: The Quoi Woods, the Forest of Keiv Moc, and the Egothor Forest.
296* LoveInterest: [[PuppyLove Karol and Nan]].
297%% MacGuffinDeliveryService: It's awfully rude for [[spoiler:Duke]] to not thank you for it.
298* MadScience: [[spoiler:It seems that after the blastia are gone, all the Mages switched to this. In the ending credits you see Rita nearly blow her face off with chemistry. She also invents a SteamPunk propeller backpack so she can visit Estelle.]]
299* TheMagicGoesAway: Played with. [[spoiler:If you do not pursue a side-quest, it's easy to think that the end of the story, which ends with Dein Nomos being used alongside Rita's technique and the blastia network to transform every blastia on the planet into spirits to eliminate the Adephagos once and for all, results in all magic going away. The end cinematics kind of reinforce this, with the Lower Quarter of Zaphias' Aque Blastia being replaced with a traditional well. A side quest, however, reveals that Rita's already figuring out how to activate at least some Blastia without cores using Mana, even before there's a lot of it available, turning this into an AvertedTrope. Not to mention the mages of Aspio are quick to start figuring out "spirit magic" once informed that the Blastia have to go.]]
300* MagicalIncantation: Required for most magical artes, and get longer for more powerful spells. Subverted by Rita in Overlimit, when all she says is "blah blah blah."
301* MeaningfulName:
302** Gauche and Droite mean left and right in French.
303** The name of the guild Karol forms, Brave Vesperia, is also the first explicit TitleDrop in the series.
304** [[spoiler:Raven/Schwann, whose two personalities are both named after birds.]]
305** [[spoiler:Regaey is Yeager backwards.]]
306** As mentioned, the Entelexeia take their name from the greek ''εντελεχεια'', or entelecheia. an Aristotelian philosophy of making actual of what is merely potential.
307* MegaCorp: The bigger Guilds tend to be this, with Fortune's Market a stand out example. They're actually a rather rare benign/benevolent portrayal of the trope. Most of the guilds are headed by nice people despite some moments where the guilds are on the antagonistic side. Despite Barbos, the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Hunting Blades at times]], and Yeager, the rest are pretty good, and even Yeager has his moments.
308* MarketBasedTitle: The 2019 UpdatedRerelease for current platforms is known as ''Tales of Vesperia Remaster'' in Japan and ''Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition'' internationally.
309* MercyKill: [[spoiler:The party has to deal one to Belius after Estelle uses her healing powers on her, unaware of the effect the Child of the Full Moon's powers have on Entelexeia.]]
310* MindRape: [[spoiler:Alexei to Estelle.]]
311* MindScrew: In-game: [[spoiler:After the illusion of Yormgen falls you can later visit the ruins. If you do so in Act 3 you find a journal belonging to the girl who you gave the Clear Ciel Crystal to. You find out that she gave up waiting for the Ghost Ship's Captain and moved on. The party debates whether the town was an illusion or if it actually exists since they actually interacted with it.]]
312* MirrorCharacter: [[spoiler:Raven and Yeager.]] Both served in the knights and loved Casey, both died and were resurrected by Alexei to do his bidding, controlled by blastia hearts. Both got involved with the guilds and had more heart than they wanted to admit.
313%%[[spoiler:Yuri and Phaeroh.]]
314%% [[spoiler:Alexei makes this argument about himself and Flynn.]]
315%% [[spoiler:In a skit after beating Zagi for the final time at Tarqaron, Rita muses about herself and Zagi being this.]]
316* MirrorWorld: The Labyrinth of Memories, the BonusDungeon.
317%%* MonsterArena: Nordopolica.
318%%* MurderInc: Leviathan's Claw.
319* MurderTheHypotenuse: Though it's a little more complex than just "trying to get rid of the rival for his affections," [[spoiler:Sodia]] attempts this on [[spoiler:Yuri at the end of Zaude, as she blamed him for the injuries - both mental and physical - that Flynn had suffered. Yuri calls her out on it, not really because she did it, but because she would have also hurt Flynn by doing so.]]
320* MyFistForgivesYou: [[spoiler:Raven. ''Four[[note]]five in the UpdatedRerelease[[/note]] times in a row''.]]
321* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A variety of characters experience this at one point or another. Examples are Estelle [[spoiler:when she was the cause of Belius' death]], Flynn [[spoiler:after he realized everything he did for Alexei resulted in negative consequences and that he was being used]], Patty [[spoiler:after she kills Seifer, even though he asked her to]], Alexei [[spoiler:after bringing the Adephagos back into the world]], and Sodia [[spoiler:after she stabs Yuri, causing him to fall from the edge of Zaude]].
322* MyNaymeIs: "Entelexeia" is pronounced "En-tele-KAY-a."
323* MythologyGag: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise [[MythologyGag/TalesSeries here]].
324* NatureSpirit: as usual in the VideoGame/TalesSeries. There's a few twists though [[spoiler:such as the fact you ''create'' the spirits in the third act.]]
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327[[folder:Tropes N-S]]
328* NerfArm: Estelle gets a duster, Judith gets a broom, and Repede gets Grilled Chicken. Estelle and Judith's gag weapons allow them to perform new attacks such as cleaning the enemy off or sweeping them up, but they're a lot more painful than they sound.
329* NewGamePlus: In which you can use all that Grade you earned in your previous playthrough to buy various rewards to spice up your new one.
330* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
331** Inverted from the standard heroic version: [[spoiler:Alexei's plan has the unintended side-effect of releasing the monster and SealedEvilInACan, a development he did not see coming.]]
332** The heroic version is also played straight, when [[spoiler:Estelle's healing artes drive Belius mad and the party's forced to kill her, leading to tension among the major guilds and more unwanted deaths]].
333** The game also uses another variation: Nice Job Breaking It, ''Player''. [[spoiler:If you collect all the Fell Arms, the final boss will absorb their power and gain an extra form that is one of the most powerful enemies in the game.]]
334* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Yuri is the Roguish Male, while Flynn is the Noble Male.
335* NoOneCouldSurviveThat:
336** [[spoiler:Yuri falls from the top of Zaude after Sodia stabs him, easily a fall of at least a mile. Duke saves his life. [[IWasJustPassingThrough Apparently just so he can retrieve Dein Nomos]].]]
337** [[spoiler: Raven.]] Even with his blastia, he was buried alive in ''the deepest part'' of an ancient shrine. Not only that, but he reappears [[spoiler:''ahead'' of the party, without a scratch on him! In the UpdatedRerelease, he reveals that the Schwann Brigade managed to pull him out in time for healing, which explains his survival, if not his ability to make it to Heracles before the party, who were rushing there directly from Baction as fast as possible.]]
338* NoPeekingRequest: Estelle gives a nonverbal one to Yuri near the beginning of the game by putting her sword next to the door to her room so that she can change out of her princess dress. While Yuri assures her that he wasn’t going to peek, Estellise tells him that Flynn had warned her to be careful if she ever met him, leaving Yuri to dryly thank Flynn.
339* NoTimeToThink: The situation regarding [[spoiler:the Don's death]]. Karol wanted to look for another, more peaceful outcome, but Raven said that while he wishes there was and that there may indeed be one, they had no time to look for that solution and action had to be taken there and then or else the situation will get worse now.
340* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: The synopsis, done in the style of the Wonder Reporter writing articles about Yuri's recent activities. It does however, lie about the location of at least one dungeon: [[spoiler:the Manor of the Wicked.]]
341* OneManArmy:
342** The optional 100- and 200-Man Melees pits ''one'' of your characters against, well, one hundred and two hundred enemies.
343** Gameplay-wise, Yuri is also one of ''the'' most broken playable characters in VideoGame/TalesSeries history, boasting a well-known infinite combo.
344** Completing the 200-Man Melee in the UpdatedRerelease grants the character a skill that lets you invoke this, called Stand Alone, which forces only the characters in the active party who have it equipped into battle. This lets you do things like character solo runs without having to find workarounds like killing off the rest of your party.
345* OralFixation: Repede is never seen without his former master's pipe in his mouth outside of battle. He was even like this as a puppy according to the movie.
346* OrderVersusChaos: One of the central conflicts of the game. On one side, Yuri is always willing to break the rules to do good things or punish someone who deserve it [[spoiler:(like vigilantism)]]. On the other side, his best friend Flynn believes in the order (bordering to lawful stupid territory sometimes) and wants to do his best under the rules. [[spoiler:Both call each other out on their stances and the flaws of them, but ultimately realize they should work together to avoid the extremes of their stances.]].
347* OurElvesAreDifferent: The Kritya race, of which party member Judith is a member. They are pointy-eared, long-lived, intelligent, and share a psychic connection with Entelexeia. They are also very pacifistic and have [[CloudCuckooLander Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies, which makes [[BloodKnight Judith]] a definite BlackSheep. Uniquely, the Kritya race are not shown to be innately any better or worse than normal humans, being just as prone to abusing blastia without regard for the environment. For example, [[spoiler:Hermes, the inventor of the aer-guzzling blastia of the same name, was a Krityan.]]
348* OurMonstersAreDifferent: [[spoiler:The Entelexeia and their allies are [[InsistentTerminology very insistent]] that they're not mindless monsters, despite their fearsome looks, which proves very true.]]
349* OutsideManInsideMan: Yuri and Flynn, respectively.
350* {{Panacea}}: Yuri, Karol, and Estelle try to use a panacea bottle to heal the big cherry blossom tree in Halure and, from then on, it becomes a regular item that cures both physical and magical ailments.
351* ParentalAbandonment: [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan None of the main cast members have living parents.]] Most of the supporting cast lacks them too. However, no one is overly concerned about it.
352* PermanentlyMissableContent: Many side quests can only be triggered at certain points in the main quest, and failing to do so will prevent you from gaining the rewards.
353%% {{Precursors}}: The Geraios Civilization.
354%% PolarOppositeTwins:
355%% Gauche and Droite.
356* PortTown: The Empire-influenced Capua Nor and the guild-friendlier Capua Torim.
357* ThePowerOfFriendship: The true theme of the game. There is even a skit [[spoiler:after Zagi finally dies]] which has Raven note that their major enemies/opponents tend to be people without "equals" or rather friends to stand by them. There is also the speech Karol gives [[spoiler:after Judith's status as the dragon rider has been revealed and her reasons for it as well]] where he notes that they all (him, Yuri, and Judith) went wrong in regards to their Guild's creed by trying to handle things alone.
358* PreexistingEncounters: Both types are present in this game. You can run around, freeze, or stun most encounters, but there will be an occasional tight path with a monster conveniently placed in the middle of it. You can get past some of the monsters in tight paths by using a Holy Bottle, though.
359* PutOffTheirFood: One of the skits has this happen to Rita and Raven, who were enjoying their croquettes... until Raven asks Yuri about the recipe, and [[TheGadfly Yuri]] reveals his "secret ingredient". [[https://youtu.be/V3_E9-SOBnI Rita and Raven's reaction say it all.]]
360* RagnarokProofing: Somewhat [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]]: the technology that remains is [[spoiler:in no way a good thing for anyone to be using. Also, because nobody is around who can explain it, the devices often run amok and cause problems.]]
361* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The only party members that actually knew each other prior to the beginning of the game are Yuri, Flynn, and Repede (as well as Flynn and Estelle). Everyone ends up joining with their own individual agendas and goals and eventually coalesce into TrueCompanions.
362* RammingAlwaysWorks: The Flynn Brigade [[spoiler:saves Zaphias from Heracles]] with a heavy dosage of this.
363* RedemptionDemotion:
364** [[spoiler: Raven. As Raven,]] the good guy, he's the [[ObfuscatingStupidity dumb]] pervert whom everyone loves. [[spoiler:As Schwann, the bad guy,]] he's the extremely suave knight with a much cooler fighting style.
365** There's a gameplay element of this in that party members who are ever fought as enemies, such as [[spoiler:Schwann/Raven, BrainwashedAndCrazy Estelle, Flynn in his duel with Yuri, and the various ranks of the Team Battle in the coliseum]], have much more HP and TP than they can ever have ''as'' party members and stats strong enough to take on the party.
366* RemilitarizedZone: Heliord.
367* RescueHug: After [[spoiler:Estelle manages to break Alexei's mental control]], [[spoiler:she]] is in mid-air. [[spoiler:She]] falls down and [[spoiler:Yuri]] catches [[spoiler:her]].
368* {{Retcon}}: The UpdatedRerelease does this to a few events of the original 360 version, mostly to account for things like Patty's or Flynn's presence. Notably, two fights against a monster called the Cursed Wanderer are added, Sodia takes Flynn's place in several cutscenes, [[spoiler:and Flynn doesn't get shot until ''after'' the battle with Alexei, which he takes part in]].
369* RingOut: One of the Secret Missions requires this: the second battle against Zagi takes place on a boat, and the mission is to somehow blast him off the side to cool him off a little.
370* RunningGag:
371** Yuri runs into so much bad luck that he frequently bemoans being cursed.
372** There's a series of victory skits wherein party members cry "The sign of victory!" and high-five each other.
373*** In skits, both victory and character, Repede doesn't like [[PrincessClassic Estelle]] for some undisclosed reason, much to the latter's [[PlayedForLaughs increasing agitation]].
374** Meta example: Repede being mostly obscured or barely in-frame during cutscenes.
375** [[ButtMonkey Karol]] saying something which frustrates Rita and she smacks him in the head for it.
376*** One of those being Karol's ''insipid'' childish naming schemes THE SUPER SPLISHY SPLASHY WATER QUEEN OF- which always get shot down, interrupted or outdone by Estelle's more classic game naming conventions.
377* SadBattleMusic: A slow melancholic rendition of the game's theme song, "Ring a Bell", plays during [[spoiler:Yuri's battle with Estelle; during which, she pleads with him to kill her to save himself and the others.]]
378* SamusIsAGirl: Done ''twice''. The first time is with [[spoiler:the middle-aged male thief who stole the aque blastia core from the lower quarter, who stole the name Mordio; the real Mordio is the young teenage girl Rita]]. Later on, the dragon rider who shows up at multiple points to destroy blastia is revealed to be [[spoiler:a Krityan woman named Judith]]. Done a third time in the UpdatedRerelease with [[spoiler:Aifread, who Patty calls her grandfather, but is actually Patty herself]].
379* SantaClaus: Your characters get [[AndYourRewardIsClothes outfits]], or "titles," for completing the Repede snowboarding mini-game with attachments based on each character. Yuri, Estelle and Repede himself each get Santa Claus outfits, "Winter's Night Delivery Man," "Holy Night Delivery Girl" and "Snow Delivery Dog" respectively. Karol is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, "Delivery Reindeer." The other characters get outfits with a winter theme, though not specifically a Christmas one.
380* SayMyName: As is contractually required for Tales protagonists, Yuri bellows for Estelle [[spoiler:as they are blown away from their first attempt to rescue her from the Sword Stair of Zaphias]].
381* SceneryGorn: Caer Bocram, Mt. Temza, [[spoiler:the modern-day Yormgen]], and [[spoiler:the aer-wracked Zaphias]].
382* {{Scienceville}}: The underground city of Aspio, also known as the City of Scholars, where mages like Rita Mordio dedicate their lives to researching the Blastia left behind by the Geraios Civilization. Since Blastia research is so vital, the Empire has restricted access of the city to casual travellers outside of mages living there and the Imperial Knights, forcing Yuri, Repede, Estelle and Karol to sneak inside via the back door into the library the first time around. Near the end of the game, [[spoiler: Aspio gets destroyed when the ancient weapon of Tarqaron, which rested beneath the city, is uplifted by Duke Pantarei.]]
383* ScratchDamage: Even if the opponent's defenses are too high, attacks will always deal a minimum of 1 damage. There are even skills to {{Invoke|dTrope}} this (intended to allow you to build up your combo counter and use Fatal Strikes to finish the enemy off).
384* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The other major theme of the game. Yuri Lowell believes that if a law prohibits doing what's right, said law should be ignored. His friend Flynn, however, argues that vigilantism cannot bring peace, and that if a law is corrupted, then it needs to be changed. The game is rather good at avoiding taking sides in this, with both characters getting their share of trouble when they take their ideologies to the extreme.
385* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Said word-for-word by the coliseum announcer when things start getting out of hand in the first tournament arc.
386* SdrawkcabAlias: [[spoiler:Regaey/Yeager]]
387* SealedEvilInACan
388** [[spoiler:The Adephagos]]
389** [[spoiler:A faction of Children of the Full Moon who wanted to destroy the Entelaxeia instead of working with them to fight the Adephagos was sealed beneath Zaude.]]
390* SeeYouInHell: [[spoiler:Barbos]] and [[spoiler:Don Whitehorse, though in a kindred manner]], both to Yuri.
391* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: In the [=PS3=] version, many of Patty's artes have a chance of backfiring instead of causing good effects. The results include hitting herself with her own attack, [=KOing=] herself instantly, completely emptying the Over Limit gauge, or cutting the entire party's HP and TP in half while also applying an array of bad status effects to them.
392* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Inverted by Yuri after [[spoiler:Belius' death]], giving Estelle a metaphorical [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap in the face]] by slicing his own arm open not so he would heal himself, but knowing ''she'' would heal him.
393* ShiftingSandLand / ThirstyDesert: The Sands of Kogorh, which comes with a water supply mechanic.
394%%* ShipLevel: Heracles.
395* ShipTease: Rare for a Tales game, Vesperia doesn't focus much on any romance, keeping such things to a line of dialogue here or there that maybe hints one character may like another.
396* ShootTheDog:
397** [[spoiler:Yuri often takes it upon himself to punish those who are above the law, even if it means killing them, because he knows Flynn and the rest of his party aren't willing to do it.]]
398** Also applied literally whenever Repede gets hit with a projectile in battle.
399** Even more literally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33zqLydZYLE/ here.]]
400* ShoutOut:
401** Multiple, including the Fiertia's pilot being named [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Tokunaga]] and a couple of kids in the desert town of Mantaic being named [[Literature/ArabianNights Alph and Layla.]]
402** Many references to older games in the series, Namco games in general, and pop culture in Japan.
403** Also a few humorous references to several fighting games during the coliseum tournament, including ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur''.
404** One of Rita's weapons, the Sword Whip, is a fairly obvious reference to Ivy's Valentine Blade from ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', as well. She also gets an upgraded version of it, called Ivy Blade.
405** Karol can equip a weapon called the "Spinning Drill Hammer". According to its description, you can use it to "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann raise your spirits]]!"
406** Japanese [=PS3=] owners can download a Manga/SgtFrog costume for Karol.
407** Namco has since released an entire Namco-character-themed costume set as DLC for the [=PS3=] version in Japan. Yuri gets [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Heishiro Mitsurugi]], Estelle gets Valkyrie (of The Adventures Of Valkyrie), Flynn gets [[VideoGame/EternalSonata Frederic Chopin]], Repede gets a character from ''[=Family Stadium=]'', Karol gets VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}, Rita gets [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Haruka Amami]], Judith gets [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS]], Raven gets [[{{VideoGame/Tekken}} Heihachi]], and Patty gets [[VideoGame/MrDriller Mr. Driller]]. These cost 300 yen individually when first released, but are included in the Definitive Edition's free costume pack.
408** At least in the English language version, during one sidequest, Raven says word for word, "[[Series/TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together]]."
409** Rita's Indignation attack, in the English version, has her turn her back to the camera and say [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar "You're already dead"]].
410** There's a set of 3 toy dioramas in Nam Cobanda Island, which start moving and playing sounds when you examine them. The one on the left displays the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Bravoman}}'', an old Namco game with a {{Salaryman}} as the hero who's transformed into a cyborg with stretching limbs by an alien. The middle one is Metro-Cross, which is a timed obstacle-course platformer and the one on the right is the first ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' game.
411** You can also collect various capsule toys from vending machines placed around the game: these display characters from VideoGame/RallyX, {{VideoGame/Mappy}}, ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'', Valkyrie's Adventure and various other games.
412** Yuri's LethalJokeWeapon teaches him a downward stab attack called Dragon Buster, a reference to the signature attack of the hero of a similarily named old Namco game.
413** [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy The accessory "King's Cape" and the costume accessory for Yuri called "The Prince".]]
414** There is no way the cooking duel against [[spoiler: Flynn]] is not somehow an homage to Series/IronChef.
415** The Japanese version of the kitchen knife's flavor text holds one to ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto''
416** The description of a sword called Stinger mentions that it [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings sometimes glows blue]].
417* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:When Phaeroh describes how Estelle must be killed for the sake of the world, Yuri bluntly says, "I don't buy that for a second" and explains their determination to save the world ''without'' sacrificing Estelle to do it. Unfortunately, Phaeroh [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike used the exact same metaphor]] about cutting off an infected limb to save the whole that Yuri had used to justify murdering Ragou and Cumore, making Yuri's response look [[{{Hypocrite}} astonishingly hypocritical]].]]
418* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Blade Drifts of Zopheir.
419* SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness: Largely averted through the synthesis system and regular upgrading of shops.
420* SpaceWhaleAesop: If you don't use environmentally friendly technology, [[spoiler:a technicolor interdimensional ghost squid will come down from space and eat everybody.]]
421* SpinAttack: Nan's Mystic Arte has her spinning around ''a lot''. Yuri also spins his sword around for no reason sometimes. Indeed, some of Yuri's best artes are Shining Fang (he spins his sword vertically around his hand) and Dragon Swarm (he gracefully unleashes a combo consisting of vertically-spinning slashes and kicks).
422* SpiritualSuccessor: Obviously it is the literal successor to all previous VideoGame/TalesSeries games, but more specifically it is the third "Team Symphonia" game, developed by the same staff and in much the same style as ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
423* SprintShoes: You can synthesize an item that increases your running speed early in the game; it will save you a ''lot'' of time.
424* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Barbos, Ragou, Cumore and Yeager are all working for Alexei, but are all seeking to overthrow him. He uses the party to kill them to save himself the trouble of killing them himself.]]
425* StartMyOwn: After being [[spoiler: kicked out by the Hunting Blades, Karol decides to make his own guild.]]
426* SuccessionCrisis: Forms the main plot for Act One. As the previous Emperor had no direct heir, Estelle and Ioder are the top candidates for the currently-empty throne of the Empire. They are supported by the Council and the Knights, respectively, driving a wedge between the two ruling force of the government. Ioder is supported for his political expertise and ambassadorial work, and Estelle for her [[spoiler:powers as a Child of the Full Moon; vanishingly rare even in the royal family.]] It is all resolved rather abruptly when [[spoiler:Alexei's insurrection and the Adephagos crisis catapult Ioder into the role of acting Emperor. His performance nets him the support of both the Council and the Knights, making him as-good-as-permanent Emperor. Estelle seems rather relieved at this turn of events, as it allows her to continue her travels and pursue her dreams of being a writer.]]
427* {{Superboss}}:
428** Cameo battles ([[spoiler:Dhaos, Barbatos, Shizel, and Kratos]]), Giganto Monsters, [[spoiler: Gauche/Droite]], and, if you collect all of the {{Infinity Plus One Sword}}s, [[spoiler:Duke's new final form]].
429** The UpdatedRerelease adds two more Giganto Monsters (the Green Menace in Keiv Moc and the Bloody Beak in Weccea), three fights against the Sword Dancer, [[spoiler:Clint]], and multiple monsters in the Necropolis of Nostalgia. The latter includes a being named Ohma and [[spoiler:the king of the Entelexeia, the Spiral Draco]], which is level 200 and arguably the most difficult boss ever to appear in the VideoGame/TalesSeries.
430* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity:
431** If you see a save spot, especially one that heals, you '''better''' save.
432** After [[spoiler:Estelle is kidnapped by Raven]], the game is very much aware [[spoiler:your best healers both are out of commission]] and so enemies start to hand out Gels and Life Bottles more often than before. Even after [[spoiler:getting Raven back but top healer Estelle is still MIA]], the surplus is still the same because you ''will'' still need the supplies to get through the dungeons.
433* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
434** Out of the all the recipes, including the new ones from the UpdatedRerelease, Repede hates a resounding 18 out of 42. Those recipes are either sweets or include onions, which are toxic to dogs.
435** Estelle being a princess is revealed early on in the game, and save Karol, all the heroes already knew. Not only did Yuri find Estelle in a castle, but her mannerisms, naive outlook on things, and her obviously sheltered life made it clear she was someone important.
436** As skilled as Yuri is, he is still only a young adult with a few years of combat training under his belt. When he tries to duel Don Whitehorse in the UpdatedRerelease, Whitehorse easily overpowers Yuri and defeats him. Whitehorse might be a bit old, but he's an incredibly skilled swordsman with many years under his belt.
437** A lot of Karol's actions before his character development fall into this. He's a twelve year old kid in a world with monsters and many other threats, naturally he grows up being scared of them and being a bit of a coward. He's fighting things even grown adults would struggle with after all.
438* SympathyForTheDevil: When you defeat Zagi for the last time [[spoiler: in the final dungeon]], several members of Brave Vesperia start to theorize that he must have been a broken man, who had nothing else in the world but to fight. And that in Yuri he had found a WorthyOpponent. Rita gets her own skit later where she feels like she reasonates with him because when you are better at something than others, it makes you feel alienated and isolated when they are not on your level and they're always two steps behind.
439%%* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: [[spoiler:Dein Nomos.]]
440[[/folder]]
441
442[[folder:Tropes T-Y]]
443* TakeYourTime: There is rarely a time-sensitive limit placed upon you and you're largely free to wander wherever you can, even if current plot events are ''extremely'' urgent.
444* TakingTheBullet:
445** Flynn shoves Yuri out of the way of a laser beam fired by [[spoiler: Alexei.]] In the 360 version, it happens before the fight; in the UpdatedRerelease, it happens afterwards with [[BulletTime slow motion]]. In both versions, [[spoiler:it's the motivation for Sodia to stab Yuri]].
446** Also applies gameplay-wise, curiously enough. In the UpdatedRerelease Flynn possesses a skill that allows him to take half of the damage dealt to nearby allies.
447* TalkingInYourSleep:
448** Karol does this in a number of sidequests, which is the only thing he does that can annoy even Yuri, who's generally pretty unflappable and understanding towards Karol otherwise. For instance, during an optional scene at the start of the Dark Enforcer sidequest, your party is resting at at an inn when Yuri overhears some people outside talking about a [[PriceOnTheirHead wanted man]] (him) being in the room. He calls for everyone to wake up and Karol mutters "Not too much milk on my cereal. It'll get soggy."
449** In the inn scene for the third part of the "Dragon Freak" sidequest, Karol wakes up with the rest of the party, save Estelle, who is out cold and mutters "...Mrngh mrngh... No, no more tapioca..."
450** One of the skits reveals that to Judy and Karol that Rita does this too. Even though she's desperately trying to act all adult and is emberassed, it turns out she's trying to cast ''spells'' when asleep, and is overclocking. Judy says she thought it was sweet, ''until the spells started working''.
451* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Several boss fights have the characters chatting it up or arguing in some way, despite the fact that it's an action-oriented RPG and they're already knee-deep in CallingYourAttacks-goodness.
452* TapOnTheHead: As demonstrated by Yuri, all you need to down an Imperial Knight is a small rock and good aim. If you're in close, use a karate chop to the back of the neck.
453* TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: Flynn and Yuri, respectively. There's even a skit where Flynn complains about Yuri's tendency to add flashy flourishes and corrupt established techniques, nonetheless the two always fight perfectly in sync in cutscenes and have unique combination attacks, which the rest of the cast lacks.
454* TempleOfDoom: Shaikos Ruins and Baction. The former overlaps with UndergroundLevel.
455* ThisCannotBe: Alexei states "this cannot be" after the [[spoiler:Adephagos appears when releases the power of Zaude.]]
456* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself:
457** How Yuri feels about dealing with Ragou and Cumore.
458** Yuri tries to pull this when [[spoiler:he heads out alone to Zaphias to "take care" of Estelle]]. [[SubvertedTrope He only makes it halfway before the rest of the party catches up and beats him up.]]
459* ThreeActStructure: ''Highly'' obvious in this game, ending with a DiscOneFinalBoss. Act 1 is setting up the tension, introducing us to the characters, with the DiscOneFinalBoss being [[spoiler:Barbos]], Act 2 is the confrontation where the DiscOneFinalBoss is [[spoiler:Alexei]], and Act 3 starts after [[spoiler:Alexei unleashes the Adephagos by mistake]] and cleaning up the mess and resolving everything. This is even sort of lampshaded, after each boss an achievement/trophy is unlocked that almost explicitly say "Chapter X Complete."
460* TimeTravel:
461** [[spoiler: Yormgen is supposedly an illusion made by Phaeroh, but a sidequest later in the game suggests that the party did actually travel back somehow.]]
462** [[spoiler: Also, Dhaos, the Time Traveling BigBad from Tales of Phantasia, makes a cameo.]]
463* TitleDrop:
464** Estelle christens the newborn guild of Yuri, Karol, and Judith Brave Vesperia, one of the few times the VideoGame/TalesSeries has pulled this trope.
465** Also, although it isn't in English (or any other discernible language), the book that Estelle is writing during the end credits has a title composed of 3 words, each of which look suspiciously similar in length and shape to the words "Tales," "of," and "Vesperia" in English. Since the book is likely a story about their own adventures, it makes perfect sense that it would be titled as such.
466** In a crude use of the trope; Brave Vesperia is also [[spoiler:Duke's final Mystic Art he'll use against you]].
467* TranslationConvention:
468** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the sidequest where Repede marks his territory. Whenever Repede meets his rival, they exchange a few harsh perfectly understandable words which are rendered (in parentheses, like this), and the player believes it's this trope coming into play. [[spoiler:A comment made by Raven later in the side quest, however - something akin to "Why do I always gotta be the voice of Little Wolf?" - suggests that ''the party themselves'' are roleplaying out the confrontations between the two non-human-speaking dogs.]]
469** [[spoiler: Rita plays the cat.]]
470** The spoilered fact is unfortunately revealed at the beginning of the sidequest in the [=PS3=] version, but [[spoiler:it's been supplemented by the "actor" standing next to the animal they're roleplaying, complete with violent gesticulations, so it's well worth it anyway.]]
471* TrueCompanions: Notably moreso than a lot of J[=RPGs=], actually; in addition to the Japanese version beating you over the head with the trope's original title (''nakama''), this appears to be the main reason Yuri's so determined to save [[spoiler:Estelle]] in the second part, rather than any [[ShipTease romantic feelings]] towards her:
472-->'''Yuri''': She may be a bumbling, sheltered excuse for a princess, but she's one of ours!
473* TurnsRed:
474** Overlimit is not an ability that is exclusive to your party; bosses can use it too. This prevents [[ImmuneToFlinching attack interruption]] and allows instant casting and infinite combos. They also get access to their powerful [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]]. Running away is strongly encouraged.
475** Yeager has a more traditional moment when he [[spoiler:reveals his cadis blastia]].
476%%* UndergroundCity: Aspio.
477* UndergroundLevel: Shaikos Ruins, The Weasand of Cados, and several Aer Krene found across Terca Lumireis.
478%%* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler:Zaude]].
479* UpdatedRerelease: The [=PS3=] version adds Patty Fleur to the adventure early on, more chances to have Flynn as a party member, new attacks and Mystic Artes, bosses and new events, and dubbed scenes that were left unvoiced in the original. The [=PS3=] version was exclusive to Japan, but as part of the game's ten year anniversary, it was re-released on all current-gen consoles and PC as the "Definitive Edition."
480* UnexpectedGameplayChange: During the party's first attempt to [[spoiler:use an apetheia to condense an aer krene]], you randomly have to play a rhythm game to help Rita and Estelle "concentrate." None of the other attempts require this, which makes it all the more jarring.
481* TheUnfought:
482** Though it is the ultimate threat, [[spoiler:the Adephagos is never actually directly fought in gameplay and is defeated in the ending cutscene after the party defeats the human FinalBoss, Duke.]]
483** Neither Ragou nor Cumore are actually fought by the player, despite the latter being an Imperial Knight.
484* TheUnreveal: Unlike previous ''Tales'' games, the goal of ''Vesperia'''s BigBad is never explicitly revealed. [[spoiler:Alexei makes many a grandiose statement about how he intends to change the world and save it from the empire, but there is not much explanation as to why or how he intends to do this.]]
485* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Harry Whitehorse is manipulated by Leviathan's Claw into attacking Nordopolica with the Hunting Blades. Flynn ends up following orders from extremely corrupt individuals. Much WhatTheHellHero ensues for both.]]
486* UrbanSegregation: The Lower quarter and the Noble quarter of Zaphias.
487* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Subverted, as the ''Tales'' series usually does, with [[spoiler:Zaude]]. The real one is [[spoiler:Tarqaron, a floating city]].
488* VictoryPose: After every battle, often with a little dialogue between the active party members.
489* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption:
490** After [[spoiler: Ragou and Cumore reduce their punishments using their positions in the government, Yuri takes it into his own hands and murders them.]]
491** [[spoiler:Duke decides that all of humanity must be sacrificed in order to destroy the Adephagos.]]
492** Played for laughs in a scene where either [[{{Fanservice}} Judith, Estelle]], or [[DisguisedInDrag Karol]] attempt to seduce a guard and lure him away from his post as an alternative to simply attacking him...only for Yuri to knock him out when his guard his dropped. Karol is not amused.
493* VisibleSilence:
494** When Rita asks why Judith didn't tell the party about her problem, a gigantic bubble pops up in a dramatic moment with only "..." in large, large font. Judith actually does this multiple times, and it's practically a beacon hinting that she knows more than she's letting on.
495** Also happens on occasion with Raven, in particular just before [[spoiler:the party has to travel back through the Weasand of Cados, and there's a blockade of Imperial soldiers.]]
496* VisualPun: Heracles, Alexei's giant mobile weapon/fortress, looks like a Hercules Beetle. Heracles and Hercules being two different names for the same very strong deity.
497* VortexBarrier: The Tower of Ghasfarost, which is the headquarters of Barbos and his Blood Alliance guild, is protected by a strong vortex that prevents trespassers from entering, at least from the surface. During the upheaval in Dahngrest, Yuri hitches a ride with the Dragon Rider ([[spoiler:aka Judith]]) and infiltrates the tower from its uppermost floor, which is not protected by the vortex. They destroy the blastia core powering the vortex and confront Barbos, but they're quickly outmatched by his new powerful weapon and are detained in the tower's prison cells by his lackeys. However, their work has also allowed other members of Yuri's group to start a raid inside the tower, and it's not long until Yuri and his new friend break out of prison to join in on the fun.
498* WakeUpCallBoss: The third boss of the game, Gattuso, is an ''extremely'' fast and powerful giant wolf, with devastating poisonous attacks that come out extremely quickly, moderately strong backup {{Mooks}}, and a Secret Mission that requires tricky timing to pull off. Confusingly and frustratingly, Karol declares after the battle that [[BlatantLies "it hardly put up a fight!"]]
499* WeatherControlMachine: Several villains use blastia in order to change the weather.
500* WeSellEverything: Healing items, potions, armor, hats, bags, shoes, gloves, books, cloth, knives, glasses, flags, pieces of stone...they sell it ''all''!
501* WeWillMeetAgain:
502--> '''Cumore''': We'll get you next time!\
503'''Judith''': [[LampshadeHanging What an original line.]]
504* WhamEpisode:
505** [[spoiler:Ragou's death sets a major tone-change, setting Yuri as a figure willing to be his world's equivalent of ComicBook/ThePunisher, brutally murdering the corrupt Councilor. He then provides Cumore with a FamilyUnfriendlyDeath by quicksand, getting chewed out by Flynn just afterwards.]] That is the setup. The WhamEpisode is [[spoiler:in the middle of the Hunting Blades' invasion of Nordopolica, Estelle tries to heal Belius, only to drive her berserk, forcing the party to put her down. Then the Knights' entire blockade tries to capture Estelle and the crystal that represented Belius' remains - including Flynn personally, and ''loudly'', confronting Yuri on both murders, and asking if Yuri would kill him, too, shocking the entire party.]] And if that wasn't painful enough, [[spoiler:Judith very suddenly destroys the party's ship's blastia, outing herself as the dragon rider that was destroying them earlier and running away on top of said dragon, leaving the party adrift in the ocean after they had only barely escaped.]] This all happens in the span of about fifteen minutes.
506** It doesn't end there though, as shortly after returning to Dahngrest, [[spoiler:Don Whitehorse is forced to perform a TakeMeInstead because his grandson was responsible for the attack on Nordopolica, and so Yuri is forced to kill him when nobody else will. This event has Yuri go down a much darker path for a while, and is arguably the game's DarkestHour]].
507** The end of the 2nd act. [[spoiler:The Adephagos wasn't destroyed, but sealed away. ''And Alexei just unsealed it by activating Zaude.'' This is then followed by the big core dropping down and crushing him, with Yuri on the opposite side of the rest. He turns at a sound, expecting to see Flynn...and is ''stabbed by Sodia, causing him to fall off Zaude into the ocean below.'']] After all of that, you know nothing is going to be the same anymore for the whole world.
508* WhatTheHellHero:
509** Flynn does this when he confronts Yuri about [[spoiler:him murdering Ragou and Cumore]]. Yuri throws it right back in his face when [[spoiler:Alexei reveals his true colors, calling Flynn out for blindly following orders without question - the very thing the two hoped to avoid when they joined the Knights]].
510** Rita, as mentioned above, chewing out Judith for not being completely honest about her problem.
511* WorldsStrongestMan: [[spoiler:Duke.]] Once it becomes clear [[spoiler:you will have to fight him]] you are told, point-blank, [[spoiler:that you have no chance of winning.]] This is coming from [[spoiler:one of the Entelexeia, several of which you have ''killed'' by this point of the game.]]
512* {{Yakuza}}: The Guilds, especially the big ones like Altosk and Palestralle, can at times invoke similarities to the Yakuza.
513* YearsTooEarly: One of the victory quotes uses this.
514-->'''Yuri''': It'll be a hundred years before you can beat me!
515-->'''Estelle''': Because you're a lot older, right?
516-->'''Yuri''': ...Not exactly.
517* YouAreNotAlone: What everyone of the protagonists learn [[spoiler:and Duke comes to accept again by the end]] over the course of the game. The final night scenes are filled with everyone approaching this from different perspectives for example.
518* YouTalkTooMuch: Yuri tells [[spoiler:Cumore]] this before leading him to his death.
519[[/folder]]
520[[folder:Tropes appearing in the prequel movie: ''The First Strike'']]
521* DeathByOriginStory:
522** [[spoiler:Repede's father, Lambert, is turned into a monster and Yuri is forced to literally ShootTheDog]]; Yuri takes in Repede [[spoiler:out of guilt]] afterward.
523** [[spoiler:Captain Niren, an inspirational figure to both Yuri and Flynn, is also forced to sacrifice himself]], inspiring Yuri and Flynn to walk the paths they walk.
524* DoomedByCanon: It is pretty easy to guess who won't make it to the events of the game.
525* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Captain Niren sacrifices himself to get Chastel to safety]].
526* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Hisca and Chastel look exactly the same, but Chastel's bust is bigger. Oddly reversed in the UpdatedRerelease, where Chastel has the smaller chest.
527* MageSpecies: The Children of the Full Moon are the only ones able to cast magic without using blastia, being able to directly tap into aer without the need of one. However, they are pretty much extinct at this point, with Estelle being the only one remaining capable of actually using their power. This is actually a good thing [[spoiler:as their power is ''incredibly'' dangerous to the world and could very well cause events that could lead to the ''end'' of it.]]
528* MarshmallowHell: A light example where Chastel accidentally (but persistently) pulls Flynn's face into her assets as she's trying to heal him. Chastel doesn't notice, but [[LuminescentBlush Flynn does]].
529* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Captain Niren plays the reasonable mentor to both Yuri and Flynn, and as such doesn't survive the movie.]]
530* PolarOppositeTwins: The twin knight sisters, Hisca and Chastel, are this way in terms of personalities, although they're physically identical... aside from Chastel being much bustier. Strangely, Hisca is the bustier of the two when they [[CanonImmigrant appear in the Definitive Edition]].
531* ShoutOut: A kid whom Yuri saves from an aer monster is seen holding a [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Mieu]] plushie.
532* TakeUpMySword: Yuri's bodhi blastia, Flynn's sense of morality, and Repede's pipe are all inherited from Captain Niren.

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