History VideoGame / DefendersQuest

* BonusBoss: The "super sheep". It has no special skills aside from having ''[[DamageSpongeBoss a lot]]'' of health.

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** Possibly subverted with ice mages, as unlike virtually every other SquishyWizard ever, they can wear heavy armor.

** He's also named all his abs. And his glutes.

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoilers:Ezti-Tenoch]] appears in the form of a man of glowing golden light, but is anything ''but'' good.

* JackOfAllStats: Berserkers. Effectively a basic class for the players to take advantage of. High attack speed and evasion, decent regeneration and the ability to hit multiple enemies allows easy denial in a single path without taking significant hassle pick off enemies at a long distance.

* MagikarpPower: Rangers. They start off picking targets one-by-one with a unique medium ranged basic attack that deals a few hits short than a berserker. Later levels allows rangers to group together in a single pack that can shower enemies endlessly at a safe distance with litlle help from other classes.

* BadassPrincess: Wrenna is the sole surviving heir of the Quaid imperial family, and a powerful fighter and ice mage.

* ShipperOnDeck: On the final page of the final entry in the journal, which is obtained by beating the NewGamePlus then going back into the game (and might require getting the GoldenEnding to boot), and is an epilogue written months after the events of the game, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Slak thinks Azra wants Markos]].
** BrickJoke: ...and that [[spoiler:Azra kept the soup ladle, that useful instrument for interrupting Slak when he is being annoying.]]

--->'''Wrenna:''' ''(on Niru)'' Many have thought they were wise enough to fool the powers of darkness. Do not let hubris lead you to deception.\\

* {{Pun}}: The [[spoiler:Right Hand of Etzli-Tenoch]] (which is [[spoiler:[[VisualPun a literal hand]]]]) includes in its flavor text: [[spoiler:"On closer inspection, it seems to be a ''left'' hand. How sinister."]][[labelnote:*]]'sinister' means both 'evil' and 'left'[[/labelnote]]

* ForWantOfANail: Wrenna wants to exact her [[InsistentTerminology justice]] on the person responsible for [[spoiler:unleashing the Plague that vanquished her empire. It's easy to say,]] [[spoiler:she [[GoldenEnding didn't get what she want]].]]

** Ending A, "The Way Out" leaves [[spoiler:Eztli-Tenoch effectively sealed for good]], but [[spoiler:most of Azra's companions are also dead, along with the last of the Quaid. Azra herself is probably scarred for life.]]

* GuideDangIt: The Strange Monument is positively notorious in the community. Not only are the puzzle solutions hidden in extremely obscure ways, so is the existence of the puzzles themselves.

* [[DiscOneFinalBoss Decoy Antagonist]]: Ozimal, very obviously. TheManBehindTheMan cements this fact when he [[spoiler:transforms Ozimal into a Revenant and sends him on a suicide charge]].

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding, Eztli-Tenoch is struck down by Zelemir, who vanishes afterwards.]]

** there's also equipping the Book of Daring and/or Book of Silence obtained from the last bonus missions which prevent you from re-summoning defeated/recalled units and prevent you from casting spells respectively.

** In the NewGamePlus, Azra throw this to [[spoiler:Ketta for refusing to help her rescue what said to be children that remained in the coliseum prison, simply being a feud between Ketta's tribe and her rivals.]]

* ZombieApocalypse: [[spoiler:The plague caused this for the Quaid empire.]]

* {{Pun}}: The [[spoiler:Right Hand of Etzli-Tenoch]] (which is a [[spoiler:[[VisualPun a literal right hand]]]]) includes in its flavor text: [[spoiler:"On closer inspection, it seems to be a ''left'' hand. How sinister."]][[labelnote:*]]'sinister' means both 'evil' and 'left'[[/labelnote]]

** Ending A,

* AffablyEvil: The warrior princess of Quaid, Wrenna, full stop.

* BittersweetEnding: Ending C, "A Painful End", is ''very'' bittersweet. [[spoiler:Eztli-Tenoch is still alive, Bakal and Markos are dead, and many of the Pit inhabitants die or go hungry.]] On the bright side, [[spoiler:some people ''did'' survive, and Eztli-Tenoch has been permanently sealed, meaning the events of the story will never happen again]].

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Wrenna has a large grudge on [[spoiler:Bakal for helping Zelemir retrieve the artifact that destroyed the Quaid empire, but reasonably allowed it to let it pass her and decided to throw her hatred to Zelemir instead.]]
* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler:Ketta if Azra chose to fight through the cultists whilst ignoring Zelemir's advice.]]

* TheEmpire: The Empire of Quaid, that Wrenna screams about, was this [[spoiler:until it got wiped out by Zelemir and the plague.]]

* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler:The source of everyone's supernatural powers was Eztli-Tenoch, so when he dies, everyone reverts back to normal.]]

* PlayingWithFire: Wrenna's [[InformedAbility skillset was said to be this]], until her recovery insisted to using ice instead.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Wrenna and the entire Quaid empire, [[spoiler:until the latter was plagued outright.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:Ketta, of all people, is in love with Slak due to his proud machismo and BloodKnight tendencies. She thinks Slak has a thing with Azra, just of the bat of buying [[{{Envy}} Envi]].]]

** [[spoiler:Eztli-Tenoch is a straighter example.]]

** RichesToRags: [[spoiler:Turns out, Slak used to be in fine royalty which includes his librarian-like education that rivals Azra, but finds [[GildedCage the sport of riches to be very boring]] and decides to ruin his own life then turn it into a bloodbath adventure just for the fun of it.]]

** [[spoiler:Eztli-Tenoch. He may not be entirely off the mark, though...]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[spoiler:Wrenna, the Mad Empress of the Quaid ruins, in the GoldenEnding.]]

* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Slak and Ketta, if buying [[MeaningfulName Envi]] beforehand was enough to expose it]].

* BishonenLine: [[spoiler:At the start of the battle, Eztli-Tenoch looks like a golden man with a blue cape. As Azra boosts her power, Eztli-Tenoch gradually becomes more monstrous... until Azra boosts herself to the max and Eztli-Tenoch is revealed to be a nude old man with very long hair and beard.]]

** The journal is available from the start in the free deluxe edition patch.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Evni for swords, Warlord's Triumph for bows, Kozomon's Scepter for staves.

* PowerupLetdown: Azra's books. Some of them give additional effects to he spells. they also have negative drawbacks, such as ''tripling the cost and '''quintupling''' the cooldown'' of the relevant spell. In many cases, this makes the powerups simply not worth it.

* PowerupLetdown: Azra's books. Their description makes them sound like they just have awesome effects -- [[GuideDangIt what they]] ''[[GuideDangIt don't]]'' [[GuideDangIt tell you]] is that they also have negative drawbacks, such as ''tripling the cost and '''quintupling''' the cooldown'' of the relevant spell. In many cases, this makes the powerups simply not worth it.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ketta, considering that she is a [[DesertBandit desert tribe bandit]] her likelihood of running away from a fight is expected. [[spoiler:She becomes absent if you pursue Zelemir instead of following his advice, but comes back later on since [[LoveRedeems she couldn't get her eyes out off Slak]].]]

* NoSocialSkills: Wrenna is exceptionally unaware that people are terrified about her bloodthirsty stories.