History Heartwarming / Frostpunk

* Bringing peace between the Lords and the commoners, so both groups can set aside their difference and live together as equals.

*** If you make use of Foremen to raise efficiency its entirely possible for your people to outperform even what the Foreman expected. Despite the uncomfortable conditions rather than complain about their labor they're proud to be doing their part to help the city. Especially so if it happens during The Storm.

Despite the grim nature of this game and it's setting, there are plenty of heartwarming moments in it.

* Often times despite the desperation on display the compassionate or levelheaded option is the better choice. For example allowing the Londoners to speak will increase their numbers slightly but if hope is on the rise and you've allowed them to say their piece you can take the podium yourself afterward to deliver a rebuttal and many of the Londoners will abandon their cause.

*** If you make use of Foremen to raise efficiency its entirely possible for your people to outperform even what the Foreman expected. Despite the uncomfortable conditions rather then complain about their labor they're proud to be doing their part to help the city. Especially so if it happens during The Storm.

* Entire "A Christmas Carol" questline from the [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/323190/announcements/detail/3410812292189607064 December update]] involved celebrating Christmas in the city. As the entire game's setting is a bleak survival city builder where the last members of humanity are trying to eke out in the frozen world, seeing them able to celebrate a mass festivity for Christmas does give heartwarming feelings for the players.

* Another ending to this scenario, albeit a [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet one]], involves the player choosing to save New Manchester without being able to also save the Arks. While the ending laments that the player couldn't save both, it states that this was the right choice if you could only save one. This also qualifies as a HeroicSacrifice, since requires sacrificing both your mission and your very life to protect the city.

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--> "Sir, a group of people found inspiration in their work under the guidance of a foreman and have decided to try organising their workplace on their own. Their spirit and motivation are exemplary today."

--> '''Henry Wetherby, bookworm:''' "Remember: [[HopeSpringsEternal not all is lost. The spring will come. Have hope, and endure.]] [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture With this I leave you, and wish you courage.]]"

!New Home:

* As the final storm is approaching the city, a man may approach the captain explaining that his daughter ran off into the Frostlands during the night and he needs to go find her. The captain can either keep him from going (dooming his daughter but saving him), let him go (likely dooming both), or give him a large cache of rations (giving him and his daughter at least a slim chance of survival). On the last night, during the peak of the storm, if given supplies, he and his daughter may return in an event called "Miracles Do Happen".
* The fact that Fridtjof Nansen scoured the Frostland to guide as many refugees as he could to the city, and then stayed behind to care for those who were too ill to travel. That there is [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople genuine selflessness]] in such a difficult situation brings tears to the eye. (Fun fact, in real life Nansen actually made huge efforts to help World War 1 refugees and victims of the Armenian Genocide, a true hero and very in tune with his character)
!The Ark:

* Successfully getting a large number of civilians out of the city before it's generator fails, effectively giving them a fighting chance at survival.

--> "Those who give their lives in service to the city deserve the highest honour. We will give our dead ceremonial funerals to inspire the living."

*** A guard manages to save a child who was playing near the generator as he was falling to his death, and gives him and his mother a [[AngerBornOfWorry stern lecture]]. His mother is just grateful that the guard was there to save her son's life.
* Entire "A Christmas Carol" questline from the [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/323190/announcements/detail/3410812292189607064 December update]] involved celebrating Christmas in the city. As the entire game's setting is bleak survival city builder where the last of humanity are trying to eke out in the frozen world, seeing them able to celebrate a mass festivity for Christmas do give hearwaming feelings for the players.

* Being able to not only welcome all the refugees, but to also take care of the disabled ones. It requires a tremendous amount of prior planning and resources, but it's worth it. The steam achievement is even called Compassionate.
* Being able to not only reach but also rescue and escort back every survivor in the frostlands. The Steam achievement for this is called ''Savior''.

* The Arks scenario can have this, if the player managed to TakeAThirdOption in saving New Manchester while also preserving the Seedling Arks. The citizens of the city will show gratitude when the players made successful deliveries of both resources and automatons. In another mission, the scientists will eventually side with the players if they managed to maintain the arks while also helping New Manchester despite their initial disdain for aids (represented by choices on saving New Manchester giving Discontent in initial quests to increasing Hope in the last ones). Even the ending narration, especially "Let That Be Our Legacy", showing the testaments for the scientists' humanity by saving the troubled city while also ensuring the preservation of the seedling Arks.
* Another ending to this scenario, albeit a [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet one]], involves the player choosing to save New Manchester without being able to also save the Arks. While the ending laments that the player couldn't save both, it state that this was the right choice if you could only save one. This also qualifies as a HeroicSacrifice, since requires sacrificing both your mission and your very life to protect the city.

* Saving Lord Craven from the lynch mob, showing mercy to your enemy and proving yourself the better person.

* The fact that Fridtjof Nansen scoured the Frostland to guide as many refugees as he could to the city, and then stayed behind to care for those who were too ill to travel. That there is [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople genuine selflessness]] in such a difficult situation brings tears to the eye. (Fun fact, in real life Nansen actually made huge efforts to help WW1 refugees and victims of the Armenian Genocide, a true hero and very in tune with his character)

* The fact that Fridtjof Nansen scoured the Frostland to guide as many refugees as he could to the city, and then stayed behind to care for those who were too ill to travel. That there is [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople genuine selflessness]] in such a difficult situation brings tears to the eye. (Fun fact, in real Nansen actually made huge efforts to help WW1 refugees and victims of the Armenian Genocide, a true hero and very in tune with his character)

* The fact that Fridtjof Nansen scoured the Frostland to guide as many refugees as he could to the city, and then stayed behind to care for those who were too ill to travel. That there is [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople genuine selflessness]] in such a difficult situation brings tears to the eye.

*** A guard manages to catch a child who was playing near the generator before he fell to his death, and gives him and his mother a [[AngerBornOfWorry stern lecture]]. His mother is just grateful that the guard was there to save her child's life.

* As the [[spoiler:final storm]] is approaching the city, a man may approach the captain explaining that his daughter ran off into the Frostlands during the night and he needs to go find her. The captain can either keep him from going (dooming his daughter but saving him), let him go (likely dooming both), or give him a large cache of rations (giving him and his daughter at least a slim chance of survival). [[spoiler: On the last night, during the peak of the storm, if given supplies, he and his daughter may return in an event called "Miracles Do Happen".]]

* The Arks scenario can have this, [[spoiler: if the player managed to TakeAThirdOption in saving New Manchester while also preserving the Seedling Arks. The citizens of the city will show gratitude when the players made successful deliveries of both resources and automatons. In another mission, the scientists will eventually side with the players if they managed to maintain the arks while also helping New Manchester despite their initial disdain for aids (represented by choices on saving New Manchester giving Discontent in initial quests to increasing Hope in the last ones). Even the ending narration, especially "Let That Be Our Legacy", showing the testaments for the scientists' humanity by saving the troubled city while also ensuring the preservation of the seedling Arks.]].

--> '''Henry Wetherby, bookworm''': "Remember: [[HopeSpringsEternal not all is lost. The spring will come. Have hope, and endure.]] [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture With this I leave you, and wish you courage.]]"

--> '''Henry Wetherby, bookworm''': "Remember: [[HopeSpringsEternal not all is lost. The spring will come. Have hope, and endure.]] [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture With this I leave you, and wish you courage.]]"

* Saving Lord Craven from the lynch mob, showing mercy to your enemy and proving yourself the better person.

* As the [[spoiler:final storm]] is approaching the city, a man may approach the captain explaining that his daughter ran off into the Frostlands during the night and he needs to go find her. The captain can either keep him from going (dooming his daughter but saving him), let him go (likely dooming both), or give him a large cache of rations (giving him and his daughter at least a slim chance of survival). [[spoiler: On the last night, during the peak of the storm, if given supplies, he and his daughter may return in an event called "Miracles Do Happen".]]