History Music / EvilliousChronicles

* {{Envy}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8L75guzMn4 The Tailor of Enbizaka]] (Official English title: "Leviathan Slope")

* ArtifactOfDoom: The vessels used by the Demons of Sin; {{Lust}}'s the Venom Sword, [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]'s Glass of Conchita, {{Pride}}'s Four Mirrors of Lucifenia, {{Sloth}}'s Clockworker's Doll, {{Envy}}'s Kayo's Scissors (previously the Twin Swords of Levianta), {{Greed}}'s Marlon Spoon, and Wrath's Golden Key.

'''The Seven Deadly Sins Series:''' An overarching plotline that spans throughout Evillious' history, this expands more heavily on the Demons of Sin that had a more minor role in the Daughter of Evil series. It does this through showing the exploits of other individuals possessed by the seven demons of sin, centering on their most famous and influential hosts: {{Lust}}'s Duke Sateriasis Venomania, Gluttony's [[SheIsTheKing Duke]] [[VillainousGlutton Banica Conchita]], {{Sloth}}'s Marchioness Margarita Blankenheim, {{Envy}}'s Kayo Sudou, {{Greed}}'s The Supreme Court Director of the USE Dark Star Bureau Gallerian Marlon, and Wrath's Nemesis Sudou. {{Pride}} is the exception, as Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche's life is its own series.

'''The Original Sin Story:''' The OriginStory of the entire series, detailing, among many other things, the fall of the Magic Kingdom of Levianta (a highly advanced {{Magitek}} kingdom), the origins of the seven demons of sin, and the beginning of the thousand year struggle between Elluka and Irina Clockworker. Much of it centers around Project MA, the kingdom's attempt to avert their doom by having their most powerful (female) mage give birth to the reincarnation of the dragon gods Levia and Behemo. Naturally, the project causes almost all of the problems that Evillious struggles with for the rest of its history.

* ''[[LightNovel/ClotureOfYellow The Daughter of Evil: Clôture of Yellow]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/WiegenliedOfGreen The Daughter of Evil: Wiegenlied of Green]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/PraeludiumOfRed The Daughter of Evil: Praeludium of Red]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/PraefacioOfBlue The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/TheLunacyOfDukeVenomania Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Duke Venomania]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/EvilFoodEaterConchita Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Conchita]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/GiftFromThePrincessWhoBroughtSleep Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/FifthPierrot Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/TheTailorOfEnbizaka Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/JudgmentOfCorruption Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/TheMuzzleOfNemesis Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis]]''
* ''[[LightNovel/MasterOfTheHeavenlyYard Deadly Sins of Evil: master of the heavenly yard]]''

* ''[[LightNovel/OriginalSinStoryCrime Original Sin Story: Crime]]''

%%** The fact that [[spoiler:Ney]] is a [[spoiler: Marlon double agent]] is a twist in the first two novels of the ''Daughter of Evil'' series, but very clearly spoiled on the back cover of ''LightNovel/PraefacioOfBlue'', which depicts her standing next to Prim and maniacally wielding a knife.

* DeadlyHug: Venomania pulls the cross-dressing Karchess into a hug before Karchess stabs him.

-->'''North Rin:''' (''over an image of Riliane and Allen'') In the north I ruined a country

* ''[[LightNovel/MasterofTheHeavenlyYard Deadly Sins of Evil: master of the heavenly yard]]''

* AfterTheEnd: Desert Bluebird hints at taking place in this sort of scenario, mentioning ruined towns and nuclear radiation.
** It's revealed late in the series that [[spoiler:Evillious as a whole takes place on a more conventional Earth after it was destroyed and then rebuilt.]]
* AnachronicOrder: The reason why so many fans have trouble connecting all the dots of the series is that the songs and stories aren't always released in chronological order. Few realized mothy was telling this kind of narrative in the songs until "Chrono Story". Even the novels, while still holding a basic chronological progression within their respective series, jump between time periods in the epilogues.

* MoodSwinger: Elluka Clockworker acts this way, moving from solemn and contemplative to cheerful and playful, as well as lashing out and getting angry on a dime. At least some of this is hinted to be from StepfordSmiler tendencies.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Halfway through "Playing With Words". Where the girl goes from learning words like "water", "together", and "dreams" to learning words like "lie", "crime", and "evil".
** In the CD ''Evils Theater'', the cannibalism song "Evil Food Eater Conchita" is immediately followed by the cutesy "Ten Minute Love". Which is quickly followed by "[[GriefSong Regret Message]]", making it a double example.
** In the ''Lucifenia Trinity'' album, the intense song about Mariam's origins as [[spoiler: an experiment of Abyss' created to be an assassin]] is followed up by "Swear an Oath on That Bridge", which has been described by some as sounding like a saccharine [[AnimeThemeSong Anime title opening song]].

** Irina Clockworker is played by Iroha Nekomura, who has a Hello Kitty inspired design and otherwise has cats as her [[AnimalMotifs Animal Motif]]; it’s even in her name. So fittingly, Irina has to inhabit the body of a stuffed cat for a while.

* PunnyName: If it's not a MeaningfulName, mothy tends to do this instead. Special mention goes to the Conchita family, who all have names that relate to eating. ''Tettipea'', for example, which with the katakana reversed sounds out as "appetite", or "Tasute", which with the katakana reversed sounds out "taste".
* RecursiveCanon: The songs get this from time to time; one example is "Recollective Music Box," telling the story of Elluka's past, which is also a spell-song Michaela uses in-universe. The first line from "The Last Revolver" reversed is also part of a spell-song.
** Michaela sings the song "South North Story" to a little boy to cheer him up.

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler: ''LightNovel/UnlockCity'' and "Ten Minute Love" are this to the Chronicles as a whole.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome : While Evillious is far from realistic, many of the twists of the series rely on the audience implicitly accepting many unrealistic tropes of the fantasy genre and fiction in general before revealing how wrong they are. Some examples; [[spoiler:Hitting someone on the head hard enough to knock them out ''will'' cause brain damage, many cases of identical ancestors have an actual explanation behind them as genes aren't that exact, different sex twins being identical can't occur naturally, and you can't truly revive someone from death with what is essentially a spaceship.]]

* {{Lunacy}}: A running theme in both "Moonlit Bear" and "Abandoned on a Moonlit Night."

* FracturedFairyTale: Hansel and Gretel in "Abandoned on a Moonlit Night."

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Nemesis eventually becomes the Evillious equivalent of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, albeit without the racist ideology[[note]]She wants to destroy ''all'' of Evillious, after all.[[/note]]

* ArcWords: "Now, [so and so]" at the beginning of each PV. Interestingly, the Pride and Wrath songs are the only ones where it's spoken aloud.
** In the Seven Crimes and Punishments rearranges, each phrase is spoken aloud before the song.
** Additionally, all response songs are preceded by "If only [so and so]".

* BodySurf: Elluka enters a new body twice in this series, swapping bodies with Lukana Octo and then Kayo Sudou. Irina changes bodies to an even greater extent, coming in with a new medium each time she reappears--[[spoiler:however, she's only controlling them remotely from her cat body, making this a subversion.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: The outcomes of some of the novels are already known to people who have watched the songs, though many new details about the story are revealed instead.
** On another note, because of the ''Daughter of Evil'' series the audience already knows [[spoiler: Elluka fails to collect and seal the Venom Sword or Glass of Conchita.]]
* DualMeaningChorus: "[[GratuitousGerman Gift]] from the Princess who Brought Sleep." What is initially an invitation to rest using said "princess'" sleep medication becomes [[spoiler: an invitation to die from her poison.]]

* MasochistsMeal: Conchita, almost directly after making her DealWithTheDevil--she devours a bunch of live worms and insects for dessert after a party.

* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: According to Julia Abelard, [[spoiler:secretly Mayrana in disguise,]] the town of Calgaround is this.

* OffingTheOffspring: A subversion with [[spoiler: Mikulia, who was impersonated by Eve when she kills Mikulia's son just to make sure that no one finds out her secret]] and with [[spoiler: Banica, who changes her mind about eating her baby.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Kayo Sudou, "With a [[{{Blatant Lies}} good attitude]] and lovely skill, she's the talk of the whole neighborhood".

-->'''Kayo:''' He spoke to me as though I were [[spoiler: a stranger]]

-->'''"Mr. Pere Noel":''' [[spoiler: I will never give over my fortune to the likes of you.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Kayo Sudou.

* ArrangedMarriage: Riliane and Kyle. Until he called it off to pursue Michaela, that is.

* BattleButler: Riliane has several servants who are capable of combat, whether she knows it or not. To give names, these would be Allen, Chartette, Mariam, [[spoiler:and Ney]], although not all of them end up fighting on Riliane's side.

* EyesNeverLie: After Allen murders Leonhart, Gast looks in his eyes much later and is able to tell from that that he killed a man.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the novels, Riliane's hair is eventually cut short, while Kyle's hair is brushed back while he's still [[spoiler: under Prim's control]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "The Daughter of Evil", the narration points out that Allen's face strongly resembles Riliane's. This foreshadows both the revelation that they are, in fact, twins, and [[spoiler:their TwinSwitch]].

* InterspeciesRomance: Between a snake and a frog in Yukina's story, "The Frog's and My Love Romance." Yeah, it's [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext just as weird as it sounds]]. It also [[spoiler:doesn't end well]]... This is also included in ''Wiegenlied of Green'', with Michaela (a spirit of the forest who previously spent time as a robin) being the target of affection for several humans.

* LaResistance: Germaine starts building one after her father's death, and it eventually grows into a complete revolution.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: The whole reason Elphegort was invaded and the green-haired women were massacred in the Daughter of Evil was because Riliane wanted to be sure she killed said hypotenuse, which she succeeds at.

* PocketProtector: During Michaela's death, the necklace Kyle gave her saves her from a fatal injury, but the wound is still too deep and she bleeds out. Kyle, wearing the same necklace and facing the same assailant, is mostly unharmed while the blade shatters the necklace--unbeknownst to him, however, it had been enchanted beforehand.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in "A Hero's Armour is Always Crimson", which chronicles Leonhart's development from a cold-blooded killer into a true hero.

* ThereIsAGod: While previously unable to believe in God because of her abuse, Clarith finally experiences friendship, she gradually starts believing in his existence. After Michaela is killed and Clarith falls back into depression, Keel asks her if she believes in God. She replies that though she didn't in the past, she does now. Clarith ends up becoming a nun in a Held monastery and later founds a monastic order in her name.

-->'''Allen:''' [[spoiler: Wear my clothes and flee]]...

--> "I wonder [[spoiler:who that boy was]]..."

* {{Leitmotif}}: Ode to Joy for the unnamed Rin character in Wordplay and elsewhere.

* TheStarscream: About half the inhabitants of Evils Theater are blatantly planning against the Master of the Court, while the other half are ambiguous in their motives.

-->''In the burned remains of the house''
-->''One can find the charred bodies of a man''
-->''And a [[spoiler: tiny clockwork doll'']]...

-->''This blood soaked hell, [[spoiler: Evillious]].''

-->'''Allen:''' (''to Riliane'') I've been waiting to see you again. Your name is...\\

-->'''Arte and Pollo:''' It's [[spoiler:Ma's ghost!]]

** In the ''Lucifenia Trinity'' album, the intense song about Mariam's origins as [[spoiler: an experiment of Abyss' created to be an assassin]] is followed up by "Swear an Oath on That Bridge", which has been described by some as sounding like a [[invoked]]TastesLikeDiabetes [[AnimeThemeSong Anime title opening song]].

* FromASingleCell: All contractors of Demons of Sin have a HealingFactor pumped UpToEleven, to the point where they'll even regenerate from being burned to cinders.

[[caption-width-right:327:[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters A few members]] of the cast of the Evillious Chronicles[[note]]Clockwise from top: [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Riliane Lucifen D'Autriche]], [[BrokenBird Margarita Blankenheim]] (or ''is'' she?), [[VillainousGlutton Banica Conchita]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Nemesis Sudou]], [[HangingJudge Gallerian Marlon]], [[HaremSeeker Sateriasis Venomania]] and [[{{Yandere}} Kayo Sudou]][[/note]]]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This series spans a thousand years, with multiple story arcs (most featuring entirely new main characters, who may be numerous in one story arc alone.)

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Most of the main characters are based on Vocaloids, down to the multicolored hair.
** While most of the countries have plenty of people with natural hair colors—many main characters being exceptions—Elphegort's entire population has green hair.

* AdultFear: For Meta Salmhofer; [[spoiler:her children are kidnapped and she's killed by the kidnapper.]]

* {{Tyrannicide}}: The main goal of LaResistance is to depose the petty, despotic Princess Riliane and execute her for the sake of the kingdom. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she performs a TwinSwitch with her HalfIdenticalTwin]].
* TwinSwitch: A major plot point when [[spoiler: Allen switches places with Riliane to save her from the guillotine.]]

* Waltz of Those Left Behind

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[spoiler: Clarith and Riliane, after the latter becomes a nun.]]

* FamilyOfChoice: [[spoiler:Banica Conchita forms a villainous version of this trope with Arte/Gretel, Pollo/Hansel, Lich, Eater, Carlos and Seth at the end of the Chronicles]].

* NotSoDifferent: Gallerian insults Scherzer over his statement that one can never have too much money (as one of his motives for kidnapping the many women.) Scherzer rightly points out that the judge'll save anyone if they can pay money. Gallerian agrees, [[spoiler:and that's why he judges Scherzer guilty after Bogaerts pays him to.]]

* RealityEnsues: In the fourth novel, Abyss I.R. [[spoiler: while taking control of Mikina]] [[TapOnTheHead hits Keel Freezis in the head]] [[spoiler: to escape and kill Ney]]. The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue in the ''Fanbook'' states Keel never truly recovered from the concussion, and had to retire early, leaving Shaw (who was way too young at the time) in charge of the Freezis Firm.

* RealityEnsues: While Evillious is far from realistic, many of the twists of the series rely on the audience implicitly accepting many unrealistic tropes of the fantasy genre and fiction in general before revealing how wrong they are. Some examples; [[spoiler:Hitting someone on the head hard enough to knock them out ''will'' cause brain damage, many cases of identical ancestors have an actual explanation behind them as genes aren't that exact, different sex twins being identical can't occur naturally, and you can't truly revive someone from death with what is essentially a spaceship.]]

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: A "Utopia" is an ideal ''society'', not just any ideal living conditions for an individual character. It doesn't stop the "Seven Crimes and Punishments" website profiles from shoehorning the word, under the latter definition, into each profile, though.

* EpicRocking: The GrandFinale "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spyJE-qKYu8 master of the heavenly yard]]",[[note]] Yes, that's what the original title looks like.]] has a total length of '''''15:54''''' in ''twelve seperate parts'', and features ''many'' references to previous songs in the series!

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Most people these days only remember [[spoiler: Allen dying]] in this series.

** More of a "Wham Melody", but the ending to "Master of the Heavenly Yard"--after the song fades out, you hear an alarm clock going off until it's stopped. Then, the instrumental to [[CerebusRetcon "Ten Minute Love"]] starts playing...

'''The Seven Deadly Sins Series:''' An overarching plotline that spans throughout Evillious' history, this expands more heavily on the Demons of Sin that had a more minor role in the Daughter of Evil series. It does this through showing the exploits of other individuals possessed by the seven demons of sin, centering on their most famous and influential hosts: {{Lust}}'s Duke Sateriasis Venomania, Gluttony's [[SheIsTheKing Duke]] [[VillainousGlutton Banica Conchita]], {{Sloth}}'s Marchioness Margarita Blankenheim, {{Envy}}'s Kayo Sudou]], {{Greed}}'s The Supreme Court Director of the USE Dark Star Bureau Gallerian Marlon, and Wrath's Nemesis Sudou. {{Pride}} is the exception, as Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche's life is its own series.