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* TheArcher: Artwork of Sophia's childhood shows her learning to use a bow and arrows under the tutelage of her father, a skill which becomes vital in ''Skyward Castle''.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Sophia has to go to hell and back, almost literally, in order to find her people and rescue her long-lost parents. [[spoiler:The final scene of ''Redleaf Forest'' shows that she ultimately triumphs. Dreadmyre is defeated, her parents are alive and well, and she commissions a giant portrait [[spoiler:(seen in her daughter's rooms during the bonus chapter)]] of herself surrounded by all the friends who helped her along the way.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Sophia has to go to hell and back, almost literally, in order to find her people and rescue her long-lost parents. [[spoiler:The final scene of ''Redleaf Forest'' shows that she ultimately triumphs. Dreadmyre is defeated, her parents are alive and well, and she commissions a giant portrait [[spoiler:(seen (seen in her daughter's rooms during the bonus chapter)]] chapter) of herself surrounded by all the friends who helped her along the way.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Early in ''Redleaf Forest'', [[spoiler:the clockwork dragon]] makes one in order to [[spoiler:kill the ogre who has captured the Centaur blacksmith. Despite the creature being only a mechanical construct, Sophia nevertheless mourns the loss and honors its bravery. Even worse, the sacrifice is a failure - the ogre gets away.]]
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There are seven games in the series.
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Additionally, Big Fish Games and Boomzap released a {{Freemium}} spinoff game titled ''Awakening: Kingdoms'', in which the player serves as the Skyward Kingdom's Royal Steward in Sophia's absence and helps restore and repair the kingdom after the events of ''The Skyward Castle''. It is not meant to supplant the main games, but to serve as worldbuilding and run concurrent to Sophia's story. After a few months, however, Boomzap announced that ''Awakening: Kingdoms'' has been discontinued, and it is no longer available for download or play.
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Additionally, Big Fish Games and Boomzap released a {{Freemium}} spinoff game titled ''Awakening: Kingdoms'', in which the player serves served as the Skyward Kingdom's Royal Steward in Sophia's absence and helps helped to restore and repair the kingdom after following the events of ''The Skyward Castle''. It is was not meant to supplant the main games, but to serve as worldbuilding and run concurrent to Sophia's story. After a few months, however, Boomzap announced that ''Awakening: Kingdoms'' has been discontinued, and it is no longer available for download or play.
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* ArtEvolution: Sophia is given an older appearance in ''Sunhook Spire'', to emphasize the passage of time since the first game.
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* ArtEvolution: Sophia is given an older appearance beginning in ''Sunhook Spire'', to emphasize the passage of time since the first game.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Sophia is declared Queen at the end of ''Skyward Castle'', complete with one of these.
* BigNo: Sophia gives one of these early in ''Redleaf Forest'', when [[spoiler:Ran the owl is caught by an ogre. She has good reason to think that her dear little friend won't survive the encounter, but luckily, he escapes and returns to her unharmed a few minutes later.]]
* ContinuityCameo: In the PlayableEpilogue bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'', several characters appear in the form of dolls belonging to [[spoiler:Princess Andreia]]. One of these is the captain of the Skyward Castle guard, but he's only recognizable to those players who were able to participate in ''Kingdoms'' during its short-lived existence; he was one of the main supporting characters.
* ADogNamedDog: In ''Redleaf Forest'', the Dwarves have a giant mole which helps them dig tunnels. His name is Moley.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Sophia has to go to hell and back, almost literally, in order to find her people and rescue her long-lost parents. [[spoiler:The final scene of ''Redleaf Forest'' shows that she ultimately triumphs. Dreadmyre is defeated, her parents are alive and well, and she commissions a giant portrait [[spoiler:(seen in her daughter's rooms during the bonus chapter)]] of herself surrounded by all the friends who helped her along the way.]]
* EnfantTerrible: The bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'' implies that [[spoiler:Sophia's daughter Andreia is one of these; she's driven off several nannies, and the player is the most recent person to attempt the role. The player can find a note from her tutor advising her mother that she's an excellent student, but prone to misbehaving. Subverted, however, as it turns out that Andreia is actually a sweet little girl with a lively imagination, who likes to go on pretend adventures and needs someone to play with her.]]
* EnfantTerrible: The bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'' implies that [[spoiler:Sophia's daughter Andreia is one of these; she's driven off several nannies, and the player is the most recent person to attempt the role. The player can find a note from her tutor advising her mother that she's an excellent student, but prone to misbehaving. Subverted, however, as it turns out that Andreia is actually a sweet little girl with a lively imagination, who likes to go on pretend adventures and needs someone to play with her.]]
* IHaveNoSon: The Dwarf King in ''Redleaf Forest'', upon learning that his son Gillel has brought a centaur to the palace to assist him and Sophia in their quest, angrily declares that "You are not fit to be called my son." He relents later after [[spoiler:Gillel's MissingMom is restored to them, and he realizes that his son was right all along]].
* InconsistentSpelling: Is the Goblin King called Crookshank or Crookshanks? The games can't seem to decide.
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* LadyOfBlackMagic: The Witch of the Woods in ''Moonfell Wood'' is said to be fearsome and powerful, which is true - but she's firmly on the side of good. She held off Dreadmyre's attack long enough for the humans to flee the kingdom, and then she and the other forest guardians kept an eye on the sleeping Sophia until she woke.
* LadyOfWar: The SequelHook of ''Skyward Castle'' reveals that Sophia has become this. Now Queen Sophia, she commands a huge army as she searches for a cure for her parents. She's on this quest when her ship is attacked by sky pirates, leading to the events of ''Sunhook Spire''.
* LadyOfWar: The SequelHook of ''Skyward Castle'' reveals that Sophia has become this. Now Queen Sophia, she commands a huge army as she searches for a cure for her parents. She's on this quest when her ship is attacked by sky pirates, leading to the events of ''Sunhook Spire''.
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* LadyOfBlackMagic: Played with. The Witch of the Woods in ''Moonfell Wood'' is said to be fearsome and powerful, which is true - but she's firmly on the side of good. She held off Dreadmyre's attack long enough for the humans to flee the kingdom, and then she and the other forest guardians kept an eye on the sleeping Sophia until she woke.
* LadyOfWar: TheSequelHook bonus chapter of ''Skyward Castle'' reveals that Sophia has become this. Now Queen Sophia, she commands a huge army as she searches for a cure for her parents. She's on this quest when her ship is attacked by sky pirates, leading to the events of ''Sunhook Spire''.
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* LadyOfBlackMagic: Played with. The Witch of the Woods in ''Moonfell Wood'' is said to be fearsome and powerful, which is true - but she's firmly on the side of good. She held off Dreadmyre's attack long enough for the humans to flee the kingdom, and then she and the other forest guardians kept an eye on the sleeping Sophia until she woke.
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* MeaningfulName: Sophia means "wisdom." There are repeated references to her being expected to rule over her people with wisdom and kindness; a final magical message left by her parents explicitly states this.
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* MeaningfulName: Sophia means "wisdom." There are repeated references to her being expected to rule over her people with wisdom and kindness; a final magical message left by her parents explicitly states this.
** The Dwarves in ''Redleaf Forest'' lost their beloved Queen some years prior to the events of the game; she left behind a grieving husband and son. [[spoiler:Happily, they're reunited by the end of the game thanks to Sophia.]]
** Also in ''Redleaf Forest'', the blacksmith has a young son, but it's not made clear whether his mother is still alive. (It's possible that she is the healer who aids Prince Gillel, since she heals him in the blacksmith's home, but this is never stated.)
** Also in ''Redleaf Forest'', the blacksmith has a young son, but it's not made clear whether his mother is still alive. (It's possible that she is the healer who aids Prince Gillel, since she heals him in the blacksmith's home, but this is never stated.)
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Twice during the events of ''Sunhook Spire'', Sophia is aided by the mermaid Shellsea, who is roughly the size of a trout and spends part of the game living in a fishbowl.
* PixelHunt: Some of the games, ''Redleaf Forest'' being the worst offender, are ''very'' particular about objects being placed in exactly the right spot.
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* SequelHook: Each game ends on one of these, hinting at what is to come in the next game.
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* SequelHook: Each game of the first five games ends on one of these, hinting at what is to come in the next game.game. ''Redleaf Forest'' is the true finale, with ''Golden Age'' being a prequel.
*** In ''Redleaf Forest'', it's revealed that when the people rose up against Dreadmyre's tyranny many years earlier, he protected himself from being killed by splitting his essence into multiple parts and hiding them inside various relics. Sophia has unwittingly destroyed all but the last one. The relics aren't ''called'' horcruxes, but...
** In ''Redleaf Forest'', one item that has to be found and used late in the game is called a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse tesseract]].
** In ''Redleaf Forest'', one item that has to be found and used late in the game is called a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse tesseract]].
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* SkyPirate: Sophia's captain friend in ''Skyward Castle'' looks like one, but isn't really. However, in the playable epilogue of the collector's edition of the game, she's taken prisoner by a bunch of them. [[spoiler: Captain Ironhoof, their leader, is actually under a curse by Grimble, causing him to order Sophia's capture in the first place.]]
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* SkyPirate: Sophia's captain friend Captain Jackdaw in ''Skyward Castle'' looks like one, but isn't really. However, in the playable epilogue of the collector's edition of the game, she's taken prisoner by a bunch of them. [[spoiler: Captain Ironhoof, their leader, is actually under a curse by Grimble, causing him to order Sophia's capture in the first place.]]
** In ''Sunhook Spire'', Sophia has to sneak a potion into Captain Ironhoof's soup in order to break the immediate effects of the spell placed on him.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is the Goblin King called Crookshank or Crookshanks? The games are a bit inconsistent on this.
* StandardFantasyRaces: Four races play major role in the story: Humans, Fairies, Gnomes, and Dwarves. It's shown that before Dreadmyre attacked the realm, all the races shared the world in harmony. Fauns, goblins, centaurs, and other fantastical creatures are also shown to live in this world. It's only after Dreadmyre's attack that the humans fled to the sky, and the centaurs and dwarves that mainly inhabit the Redleaf Forest have been feuding since.
* StandardFantasyRaces: Four races play major role in the story: Humans, Fairies, Gnomes, and Dwarves. It's shown that before Dreadmyre attacked the realm, all the races shared the world in harmony. Fauns, goblins, centaurs, and other fantastical creatures are also shown to live in this world. It's only after Dreadmyre's attack that the humans fled to the sky, and the centaurs and dwarves that mainly inhabit the Redleaf Forest have been feuding since.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Sophia looks a great deal like her mother, and in the bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'', [[spoiler:Sophia's own daughter Andreia continues the resemblance]].
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** And before his attack on the human kingdom, he turned the dwarf queen to stone, setting off the feud between the centaurs and dwarves.
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* TimeSkip: The bonus chapter epilogue of ''Redleaf Forest'' takes place at least ten years later as Sophia [[spoiler: now has a little girl of her own, Andreia. The player is the newest nanny for the little princess. Ran now sports a pair of glasses, and the pocket dragon is now a full-sized dragon with her own offspring.]]
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* TimeSkip: The bonus chapter epilogue of ''Redleaf Forest'' takes place at least ten years later as Sophia [[spoiler: now has a little girl of her own, Andreia. The player is the newest nanny for the little princess. Ran now sports a pair of glasses, and the pocket dragon is now a full-sized dragon with her own offspring.]]
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'' reveals that [[spoiler: Sophia has a daughter of her own, Andreia. King Crookshanks eventually forgave his brother and Grimble is one of his advisors. The centaurs and dwarves ended their feud when the dwarf queen returned, and peace and prosperity have flourished throughout the land.]]
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The bonus chapter of ''Redleaf Forest'' reveals that [[spoiler: Sophia has a daughter of her own, Andreia. King Crookshanks eventually forgave his brother and Grimble is one of his advisors. Mira returned to life in the fairy woods, while Captain Jackdaw continues to pilot the Skyward Castle. The centaurs Centaurs and dwarves Dwarves ended their feud when the dwarf queen Dwarf Queen returned, and peace and prosperity have flourished throughout the land.]]
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** In ''Sunhook Spire,'' a woman narrates the events of the story. Come ''Redleaf Forest'' and that same woman is still narrating, except that now she's doing so in the first person. It was Sophia the whole time.
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** In ''Sunhook Spire,'' a woman narrates the events of the story. Come ''Redleaf Forest'' and that same woman is still narrating, except that now she's doing so in the first person. It was Sophia the whole time.time, and she speaks throughout the adventure.
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* [[BarrierMaiden Barrier Apprentice]]: In the fifth game, Sophia gradually discovers that the Enchantress once had five apprentices, who had to be turned into the Guardians - {{djinn}} stationed throughout the Sunhook Spire to guard the Enchantress and the spire from Dreadmyre's power.
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* [[BarrierMaiden Barrier Apprentice]]: In the fifth game, Sophia gradually discovers that the Enchantress once had five apprentices, who had to be turned into the Guardians - {{djinn}} [[OurGeniesAreDifferent djinn]] stationed throughout the Sunhook Spire to guard the Enchantress and the spire from Dreadmyre's power.power. They seem to be perfectly okay with it, except for the fact that Dreadmyre's attacks have weakened them as well.
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** [[spoiler: The Enchantress herself falls under Grimble's curse, as Sophia waking her from the coma leaves her extremely weakened and susceptible to attack. She gets better.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When Sophia first awakens, she has no memory whatsoever - she doesn't even know her own name. The memory loss is an apparent side effect of the magic spell which put her in the enchanted dreamless sleep. As she progresses through the castle to make her way out into the world, she slowly starts to remember things as she finds pictures, statuary, and other hints about her remarkable past.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When Sophia first awakens, she has no memory whatsoever - she doesn't even know her own name. The memory loss is an apparent side effect of the magic spell which put her in the enchanted dreamless sleep.sleep; she was a young girl when this happened, and when she wakes she's a fully grown woman. As she progresses through the castle to make her way out into the world, she slowly starts to remember things as she finds pictures, statuary, and other hints about her remarkable past. Throughout the sequels, there are occasional instances of her memory slipping (for instance, in ''Sunhook Spire'' it takes her a long time to remember who Grimble is), which may be lingering after-effects of the spell.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You know that magical coma that the Enchantress was in? [[spoiler: She put herself in that state in order to enact the Spire's barrier. Sophia waking her up breaks the barrier, allowing Grimble to attack. The Enchantress is also extremely weakened from her coma, which leaves her susceptible to being possessed by Grimble's curse.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You know that magical coma that the Enchantress was in? [[spoiler: She put herself in that state in order to enact the Spire's barrier. Sophia waking her up breaks the barrier, allowing Grimble to attack. The Enchantress is also extremely weakened from her coma, which leaves her susceptible to being possessed by Grimble's curse.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler:Sophia was deliberately captured by Ironhoof and then ''allowed'' to escape so that she would do exactly what she did.]]
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** Prior to ''Skyward Castle'', most characters simply call Sophia "Princess." In ''Sunhook Spire'', she is often identified as "Skyward Queen" rather than by her actual name.
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: The Djinn that protect the spire while the Enchantress is comatose are actually her apprentices.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The opening of ''The Golden Age'' leads the player to believe the main antagonist is the Minotaur Kingdom. Except they aren't, they're only attacking under the belief that Human Kingdom have been trying to starve them as their water source has been cut off. [[spoiler:One of the minotaurs, Longhorn, believes differently and offers his help. It's then revealed the mysterious Black Tree has been absorbing the minotaurs' water. Once the truth comes to light, the minotaurs help rebuild the Human Kingdom in gratitude.]]
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The opening of ''The Golden Age'' leads the player to believe the main antagonist is the Minotaur Kingdom. Except they aren't, they're only attacking under the belief that Human Kingdom have been trying to starve them as their water source has been cut off. [[spoiler:One of the minotaurs, Longhorn, believes differently and offers his help. It's then revealed the mysterious Black Tree has been absorbing the minotaurs' water. Once the truth comes to light, the minotaurs help rebuild the Human Kingdom in gratitude.]]
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: The Djinn that who protect the spire while the Enchantress is comatose are actually her apprentices.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The opening of ''The Golden Age'' leads the player to believe the main antagonist is the Minotaur Kingdom. Except theyaren't, aren't - they're only attacking under the belief that Human Kingdom have been trying to starve them as their water source has been cut off. [[spoiler:One of the minotaurs, Longhorn, believes differently and offers his help. It's then revealed the mysterious Black Tree has been absorbing the minotaurs' water. Once the truth comes to light, the minotaurs help rebuild the Human Kingdom in gratitude.]]
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** The King and Queen of the human kingdom sealed themselves in a time bubble fighting Dreadmyre. Their daughter Sophia is likewise industrious, and the Goblin King [[spoiler:(that is, the real one)]] is highly regarded by his people for actively caring for their realm. The Fairy Queen also qualifies.
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** The King and Queen of the human kingdom sealed themselves in a time bubble fighting Dreadmyre. Their daughter Sophia is likewise industrious, and actively leading the search for a way to stop Dreadmyre for good.
** The Goblin King [[spoiler:(that is, the real one)]] is highly regarded by his people for actively caring for theirrealm. realm.
** The Fairy Queen alsoqualifies.qualifies, being - among other things - one of Sophia's primary guardians during her enchanted sleep.
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* SamusIsAGirl: The devs confirmed on the Big Fish Games forums that the pocket dragon is female. This is eventually proven in the games when [[spoiler:she is fully grown with her own clutch of eggs.]]
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* SamusIsAGirl: The devs confirmed on the Big Fish Games forums that the pocket dragon is female. This is eventually proven in the games when [[spoiler:she is fully grown with her own clutch of eggs.]]eggs]]; however, there are a number of instances of Sophia referring to the dragon with male pronouns, suggesting that either she didn't know the dragon was a girl or the devs hadn't made up their minds yet.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Beginning with ''Skyward Castle'', voices are given to Ran and any characters that Sophia meets. Sophia herself is heard for the first time in ''The Redleaf Forest''.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Beginning with ''Skyward Castle'', voices are given to Ran and any characters that Sophia meets. Sophia herself meets.
** In ''Sunhook Spire,'' a woman narrates the events of the story. Come ''Redleaf Forest'' and that same woman isheard for still narrating, except that now she's doing so in the first time in ''The Redleaf Forest''.person. It was Sophia the whole time.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In ''Skyward Castle'', Sophia learns that every year on the Winter Solstice, the people of the Skyward Kingdom release enchanted lanterns. Her parents devised this celebration to help the princess find her way back to them, much like [[{{WesternAnimation/Tangled}} another king and queen used lanterns to commemorate their missing daughter]].
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