History VideoGame / Aura

* LetsPlay: Dennis Matheson made this for [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68tqWhg_uinceBqco8CUh5cczUUcmvYq Fate of the Ages]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68tqWhg_uil1LsR67_vEc4NedtkJX5aS the Sacred Rings]].

* BookcasePassage: Nikifor's house has one, with a switch where the one missing book would be. The passage itself needs to be powered up to open, though.

* CoolHouse: The first level is an elaborate house owned by a hermit named Nikifor, who takes Umang in when finding him having [[CameFromTheSky teleported out of the sky]]. Subverted in that Nikifor doesn't know the whole house, and a secret room contains [[spoiler: the dead body of the house's original owner.]] Umang later discovers that with enough battery crystals, the house can ''walk''.

* BigBad: Durad, a member of the clan who isn't seen until the very end, complete with an EvilLaugh.

Aura is a pre-rendered panoramic PointAndClickGame series developed by Streko Graphics and published by The Adventure Company. Its first game, ''Fate of the Ages'' was made in 2004, followed by ''The Sacred Rings'' in 2006.

* CallBack: With the help of a robotic librarian, Umang can read two books in the palace's library that describe all of the Keepers' worlds, including those from the first game, as well as notes on how their main portal works. [[spoiler: This is important to the endgame.]]

* BookEnds: The game starts with Umang being taken into Nikifor's house. [[spoiler: After it gets blown up, Nikifor comes back at the end with another version to pick him up from the Keepers' Palace, on the condition of no further explosions.]]

* SolveTheSoupCans: Most of the puzzles are this. Amusingly, Umang sometimes has to ask NPCs in the environment on how to solve the puzzle in question.

* SolveTheSoupCans: Most of the puzzles are this, with most [=NPCs=] just there to tell Umang how to solve them or give directions to them.

* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler: Nikifor's house]] is revealed to have one, which works by aligning a set of fuses that overload the engine. Umang has to set it off to stop the Shadow Legion from tracking him down, to which Nikifor [[WhatTheHellPlayer chews him out]] for [[spoiler: destroying his home]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Dragast, Umang lets a prisoner out of cell, who gives Umang a clue to another puzzle in exchange for not telling anyone he did it. [[spoiler: It turns out at the end that the prisoner was Durad's agent, who planted a tracking device on Umang after meeting him.]]

''The Sacred Rings'' follows from the first, with the uprising in full swing and Umang being followed by Durad's army, along ide the warmongering Shadow Legion. It's up to Umang to find out where the rings came from and look for a means to thwart the Legion's plans once and for all.

* ThemedCursor: The cursor is an amulet with a green gem in its center It lights up when something can be interacted with, and arrows appear on it when you can move somewhere.

Aura is a pre-rendered PointAndClickGame series developed by Streko Graphics and published by The Adventure Company. Its first game, ''Fate of the Ages'' was made in 2004, followed by ''The Sacred Rings'' in 2006.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Umang's model starts off as simply modeled, with wiry blonde hair and a young-sounding male voice actor. ''The Sacred Rings'' gives him a smoother brown hairdo, a chiseled face, and an older, more mature voice.

* CoolHouse: The first level is an elaborate house owned by a hermit named Nikifor, who takes Umang in when finding him having teleported out of the sky. Subverted in that Nikifor doesn't entirely know the whole house, and a secret room contains [[spoiler: the dead body of the house's original owner.]] Umang later discovers that with enough battery crystals, the house can ''walk''.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Umang meets the ghosts of Mila and Trey in the palace. who resemble glowing versions of themselves without legs. Umang even has to summon Mila's ghost from her dead body.

* TowersOfHanoi: For Reina to summon lightning, Umang has to arrange a set of Russian-doll-like statues on an altar representing that element.

* TortureCellar: Umang comes across one of these in the palace's dungeon. He even has to use a guillotine to cut a pair of manacles from a chain.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Dragast, Umang lets a prisoner out of cell, who gives Umang a clue to another puzzle in exchange for not telling anyone he did it. [[spoiler: It turns out at the end that the prisoner was Durad's agent, who planted

''Fate of the Ages'' follows the story of Umang, a member of the Keepers' clan, old wise men who have the power to travel to other worlds using the titular Sacred Rings. Legend has it that whoever can unite the rings with the sacred artifacts of these hidden worlds can gain unimaginable power and [[WhoWantsToLiveForever eternal life]]. When an uprising in the clan is about to ensue, Umang's master Arakon tasks him to find Grifit and gather the rings and artifacts to protect them.

''The Sacred Rings'' follows from the first, with the uprising in full swing and Umang being followed by clan member Durad, along side the warmongering Shadow Legion. It's up to Umang to find out where the rings came from and look for a means to thwart the Legion's plans once and for all.

* ClingyMacGuffin: Halfway through Dragast, Umang recieves a strange amulet from an NPC, which he can't get rid of until the second game. [[spoiler: It turns out at the end of the first game that the amulet is a tracking device that Durad and the Legion are using to follow him.]]

* SequelEscalation: This game's story is widely expanded compared to the first, with more developed characters and cutscenes, and less egregious puzzles.

* SolveTheSoupCans: Most of the puzzles are this, with most NPCs just there to tell Umang how to solve them or give directions to them.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: A cutscene prologue recaps the events of ''Fate of the Ages'', and the first scene of the second includes [[BigBad Bargul]] looking into an orb showing part of the first game's ending.

* StoppedNumberingSequels: The American release lacks "Aura II" used in the international versions.

* NoPronounciationGuide: The name of the world Ademica is pronounced differently between NPCs, and a narrator calls it "Ademik".

* DismantledMcGuffin: The Rings and Tetrahedrons, which Umang spends the first game building. [[spoiler: He destroys them at the end of the second game, after defeating the Shadow Legion.]]

* ClingyMacGuffin