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** However, if you need skill points (only gained from battles), escape experience (only gained from the escape minigame), or money, this is sharply averted. Playing strictly stealth knock-out or strictly combat causes you to lack in one of these, and you're generally hurting for money due to how much healing items cost. Challenges help with that, though. See PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling.



* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Challenges are a good way to grind out money, even offering bonus gold via extra objectives. They're only a few short minutes long.

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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Challenges are a good way to grind out money, even offering bonus gold via extra objectives. They're only a few short minutes long. You can also use the camp to do mock battles for skill points, and the side tent for escape practice and experience.
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: Several between town paths are bloated with bandits. It makes you wonder how they haven't managed to take over nearby towns before.


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* ThievesGuild: Like the last game, there are criminal guilds hanging about, most notably Tainted Daggers and Dark Havoc. [[spoiler:The kidnapping guild also returns, Leroy included.]]
* TotalitarianGangsterism: Lanylisse is often under the control of guilds, but as of the story, is in this situation with the Tainted Daggers. Most people have wisely chosen to leave by the time Seles and the party arrive. This is due to the presence of a chroma spring in the town.

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** Seles: Red
** Aden: Yellow
** Liliana: Silver

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** Seles: Red
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** Liliana: SilverSilver and Gold



** Kaie: Brown
** Chelsea: Green

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** Chelsea: GreenGreen and Beige


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* DirtyBusiness: Often done for comedy. Seles and party have to do a lot of morally questionable things in order to progress.


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* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: The three characters with interrogations, [[spoiler:Droitte, Sister Hope, and Faraja.]] The maids in chapter three also count due to Seles and Aden stealing their uniforms.


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* ShamefulStrip: How the villains of the game interrogate their prisoners. Seles also starts doing this [[spoiler:thanks to Droitte teaching her by example and becoming her first target.]]
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** Dark Havoc can also be mentioned around the same time you you talk to the tavern chef, not appearing until two chapters later in chapter six.

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** Dark Havoc can also be mentioned around the same time you if you talk to the tavern chef, not appearing until two chapters later in chapter six.six. She even spoils that [[spoiler:the Tainted Daggers are just working for them.]]

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Go back to when Zhara captures Seles. Look at her minions. They're not pirates. [[spoiler:They wearing the masks of the Crimson Scar, her guild revealed late game.]]

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Go back to when Zhara captures Seles. Look at her minions. They're not pirates. [[spoiler:They wearing the masks of the Crimson Scar, her guild revealed late game.]]]]
** Maultina is mentioned well before you reach it, due to a noble there being rumored to be considering getting Aionization performed on himself.
** Dark Havoc can also be mentioned around the same time you you talk to the tavern chef, not appearing until two chapters later in chapter six.
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* CentralTheme: There's a constant focus on how people dehumanize others to satisfy their desires, mostly greed and power over others. It always leads to tragedy, with Seles' selfless party instead helping others or trying to livetheir lives in peace.

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* CentralTheme: There's a constant focus on how people dehumanize others to satisfy their desires, mostly greed and power over others. It always leads to tragedy, with Seles' selfless party instead helping others or trying to livetheir live their lives in peace.
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* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:Alistair and Elize]] have [[spoiler:exceed form]] second phases. The latter also has Zhara before her. here's also the [[spoiler:first Kaie battle moving into the first Droitte fight.]]

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* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:Alistair and Elize]] have [[spoiler:exceed form]] second phases. The latter also has Zhara before her. here's There's also the [[spoiler:first Kaie battle moving into the first Droitte fight.]]
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Seles is arrested after escaping Zhara's ship, she finds she is charged with mayhem, assault and battery, kidnapping, petty treason, vagrancy, blasphemy, contempt of the sovereign, heresy, and finally...trespassing.
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* CentralTheme: There's a constant focus on how people dehumanize others to satisfy their desires, mostly greed and power over others. It always leads to tragedy, with Seles' selfless party instead helping others or trying to livetheir lives in peace.


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* ColorMotif: The major girls of the story all have a general color associated with them.
** Seles: Red
** Aden: Yellow
** Liliana: Silver
** Eileen: Pink
** Kaie: Brown
** Chelsea: Green
** Zhara: Purple


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* EliteMooks: Some factions have them, specifically Dark Havoc.


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* SkillScoresAndPerks: You can earn skill points from battles that can be spent to unlock character skills and chroma. This opens up late game with a ton of options for certain characters, mainly Seles.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Seles and Liliana at the end of the [[spoiler:Riftian Alliance]] chapters.


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* FadeToBlack: Usually transitioning between areas in chapters when the party is captured.


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* GreatOffscreenWar: [[spoiler:The Extraasi Civil War]]


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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Minus Chelsea, every major protagonist and antagonist is connected to the [[spoiler:Extraasi civil war and Iidra's attempts to gain access to exceeds.]]


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* StealthBasedGame: Getting a jump on enemies is encouraged to avoid unnecessary battles that drain your resources.


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* TimedMission: Challenges have optional objectives that require you finish in a few minutes.


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* TurnBasedCombat: Uses an active time battle system, but the default option skips waiting time before a bar finished filling, and time stops while you decide your move, effectively turning it into this.


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* RecurringBoss: Five Zhara fights in total!


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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Alverona]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: The first Droitte fight is much tougher than anything before, and right after you fight [[spoiler:Kaie]]. Good thing you don't have to win to continue the story.


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* WhenItAllBegan: [[spoiler:The Extraasi civil war and Iidra's meddling with them to gain exceeds.]]
* WhereItAllBegan: Exploring the [[spoiler:Extraasi homeland]] in the [[spoiler:Riftian Alliance]] chapters, and the final battle in [[spoiler:Alverona]]. These two places are the sights where the two events that set all this into motion occurred, the [[spoiler:Extraasi civil war and death by torture of Seles' mother.]]
* WholePlotReference: Almost feels like a remake of the original game at times, but with major plot elements twisted around. This includes the plot revolving around a kidnapped princess, a betrayal by a friend done under duress, an attempt to [[spoiler:cause a war via gaining control of a major country, magic (or chroma) threatening the greater world...]]

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* GadgeteerGenius: Aden - Seles' first companion after escaping the ship.



* TheHeavy: Zhara is actually TheDragon of the real BigBad, but since the latter remains in the shadows for most of the game, she provides most of the conflict.



* GadgeteerGenius: Aden - Seles' first companion after escaping the ship.
* TheHeavy: Zhara is actually TheDragon of the real BigBad, but since the latter remains in the shadows for most of the game, she provides most of the conflict.

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* DuelingPlayerCharacters: Can do this at any time with mock battles at camp. In story, [[spoiler:Kaie, twice.]] [[spoiler:Zhara also technically counts since she joins post game.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Go back to when Zhara captures Seles. Look at her minions. They're not pirates. [[spoiler:They wearing the masks of the Crimson Scar, her guild revealed late game.]]



* FetchQuest: Originally, you could do these and repeat them via town boards. As of 1.04, these are removed in favor of challenges.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Elize and her exceed form.]]



* GovernmentConspiracy: Liliana is dealing with a corrupt council trying to get rid of her. [[spoiler:Turns out even her retainer and the king himself are in on it.]]
* HealerSignsOnEarly: Eileen joins in chapter three. Before then, exploring will net you free potions.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Carol and Evelyn, who seem to still have a connection with Suki somewhere and are just making a pit stop here for their own larger adventure.]]
* HistoryRepeats: The story started with [[spoiler:the Iirdians and Extraasi arguing over control of the exceeds.]] In present day, the process is repeating, with [[spoiler:a half Iirdian, hald Extraasi born from those days at the center of it.]]



* MarathonBoss: Both [[spoiler:Alistair]] and [[spoiler:Elize]] have second phases with [[spoiler:exceed forms.]] There's also the first fight with [[spoiler:Kaie]] being followed by [[spoiler:Droitte and her squad.]]

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* MarathonBoss: Both [[spoiler:Alistair]] and [[spoiler:Elize]] have second phases with [[spoiler:exceed forms.]] There's also the first fight with [[spoiler:Kaie]] being followed by [[spoiler:Droitte and her squad.]]


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* MonsterCompendium: Every enemy is tracked and can be viewed when encountered via options. Even divides between monsters, male enemies, and female enemies.


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* PantyShot: Subdued sprites in battles often have panties shown.
* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Challenges are a good way to grind out money, even offering bonus gold via extra objectives. They're only a few short minutes long.


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* RareCandy: Cards grant perminant stat bonuses when used on a party member.


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* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:Alistair and Elize]] have [[spoiler:exceed form]] second phases. The latter also has Zhara before her. here's also the [[spoiler:first Kaie battle moving into the first Droitte fight.]]
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* Bookends: The game starts with Zhara outnumbering Seles and tying her up and antagonizing her. The game ends with [[spoiler:Seles and friends outnumbering Zhara and returning in kind - then leaving her a chance to redeem herself and see the truth.]]

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* Bookends: {{Bookends}}: The game starts with Zhara outnumbering Seles and tying her up and antagonizing her. The game ends with [[spoiler:Seles and friends outnumbering Zhara and returning in kind - then leaving her a chance to redeem herself and see the truth.]]
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: You can change combat difficulty from the options menu at any time outside of dialog and combat sequences.


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* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The active party limit is four, even though you'll have six party members by end game. [[spoiler:Seven in post game.]]


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* {{Bathos}}: A great deal, probably the biggest example being the Malutina chapter's [[spoiler:intense mob scene]] being followed by [[spoiler:Carol teasing Seles in an escape sequence where she'll loosen your bindings if you make cute moans for her.]]


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* Bookends: The game starts with Zhara outnumbering Seles and tying her up and antagonizing her. The game ends with [[spoiler:Seles and friends outnumbering Zhara and returning in kind - then leaving her a chance to redeem herself and see the truth.]]


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* CantDropTheHero: Seles is locked in place in the party line-up.
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Zhara]] in the [[spoiler:Riftian Alliance]] chapters.
* ContrivedCoincidence: A good few move the story, including Seles being captured by Colette and finding Liliana.


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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: [[spoiler:Ryker fights off a squad of knights by himself in the last chapter]], a ridiculous feat in a game where numbers usually decide the victor.


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* DeusExitMachina: [[spoiler:Ryker and his knights are too busy with Elize's army to help take her down properly.]]
* DiscOneNuke: Aden's Triple Shot can deal up to three strong hits on a single target, making up for Seles' lack of power early game.


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* DuelBoss: Many Zhara battles, plus [[spoiler:Bianca when escaping her after the Riftian chapters.]] Also [[spoiler:Kaie's rematch fight.]]


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* MarathonBoss: Both [[spoiler:Alistair]] and [[spoiler:Elize]] have second phases with [[spoiler:exceed forms.]] There's also the first fight with [[spoiler:Kaie]] being followed by [[spoiler:Droitte and her squad.]]
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* AntiClimax: In one of her many escapes, Seles only manages to get out of a few of her bindings, having to hurry to save her friends. This time, they managed to all safely escape by themselves.

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* AntiClimax: In one of her many escapes, chapter seven, Seles only manages to get out of a few of her bindings, having to hurry to save her friends. This [[spoiler:This time, they managed to all safely escape by themselves.]]



* BreatherEpisode: The trip to the Chroma Research Center. An entire chapter with no villain or conflict to deal with, just the party looking into information on chroma and exceeds.

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* BreatherEpisode: The library visit and trip to the Chroma Research Center. An entire chapter Chapters with no villain or conflict to deal with, just the party looking into information on chroma and exceeds.exceeds. Granted, the former does have a scene where [[spoiler:Seles gets groped by a perverted librarian, only to be saved by Aden.]]

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* AntiClimax: In one of her many escapes, Seles only manages to get out of a few of her bindings, having to hurry to save her friends. This time, they managed to all safely escape by themselves.



* TheBusCameBack: Lady Nataleigh - Cherisa's royal maid from the first game, returns with a completely different design. [[spoiler:Alyssa and Dariana return as minor antagonists, and Carol and Evelyn are minor supporting characters late in the story.]]

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* TheBusCameBack: Lady Nataleigh - Cherisa's royal maid from the first game, returns with a completely different design. [[spoiler:Alyssa and Dariana return as minor antagonists, and Carol and Evelyn are minor supporting characters late in the story.]] Even Leroy gets a small bit in the story.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Or rather, Zhara.


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* DarkestHour: The entire portion in the Rifitian Alliance, which includes [[spoiler:finding out that they're an entire country away from stopping a war. Concludes with Seles sacrificing herself by letting Zhara capture her to let everyone else escape.]]


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* MosesInTheBulrushes: [[spoiler:Seles' mother sent her away on the water to save her life.]]


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* OrphansPlotTrinket: Seles' exceed, which was found on her, is wanted by the BigBad for reasons nobody understands. [[spoiler:It's because it is believed to be the only exceed that's completely safe to use, which turns out to be a false rumor.]]
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* HopeCrusher: Zhara, [[spoiler:Byron]], and [[spoiler:Elize]] all take part in this.

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* HopeCrusher: Zhara, [[spoiler:Byron]], [[spoiler:Bryon]], and [[spoiler:Elize]] all take part in this.
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* ArtifactOfAttraction: Seles' exceed [[spoiler:is believed (wrongly) by many in Iirdian royalty to be special and not have corrupting effects. It's at the center of Elize's plan as a result.]]


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* DressCodedForYourConvenience: All the various factions you face tend to have their main goons dressed with a particular style or uniform, with the posses often fitting the look. Pirate crews will have a pirate leader, Droitte leads two groups with thief and ninja style looks similar to her's, ect. Zhara is a notable exception [[spoiler:until you meet her Crimson Scar guild.]]


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* HopeCrusher: Zhara, [[spoiler:Byron]], and [[spoiler:Elize]] all take part in this.
* IconOfRebellion: [[spoiler:Zhara's Crimson Scar]] all use matching masks. You finally see the guild proper in the late-game.


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* MaskedVillainsUnmaskedHeroes: Zhara often wears a mask, while Seles doesn't. [[spoiler:Her guild, the Crimson Scar, also wear matching masks.]]


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* NearVillainVictory: The party arrive just at the last moment to [[spoiler:stop Elize from gaining power and starting a war with the Riftian Alliance.]]


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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: If Malutina is anything to go by. No executions, but [[spoiler:there are aions being tied up in the town square to be tormented by an angry mob.]]


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* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Since the story has the party uncovering a conspiracy, each chapter villain tends to be a rung up in it and gives a new piece of the puzzle, eventually leading to the mastermind. Zhara remains around to shake things up at odd moments.
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* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Seles
** TheLancer: Aden
** TheSmartGuy: Liliana
** TheBigGuy: Kaie
** TheChick / TheHeart: Eileen
** SixthRanger: Chelsea
** TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Zhara]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After the constant kidnappings, close calls, and Zhara inflicted bullying, [[spoiler:Seles and friends manage to save Iidra, stop a war, and start reshaping the government to help the people, while everyone finds a new family with each other in their shared goal of helping Liliana with creating a republic.]]


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* TheReveal: Upon rescuing Liliana [[spoiler:in the slave market]], she reveals that [[spoiler:Elize is working with the council.]] Add in the note from the start of the game, and it's further put together [[spoiler:she's giving orders to Zhara.]]


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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A sole chroma user from a nowhere fishing village with a mysterious exceed, a socially inept scientific genius and closet pervert, a noble girl with social skills and a complete lack of common sense, a princess knight actively hated by her own government, the last of an entire people that fights with bare fists and dark magic, a [[spoiler:cowardly thief with a long list of betrayals]], and [[spoiler:by the end of the game, a former would be revolutionary and criminal with a sadistic streak]].
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* WhamEpisode: Malutina has the introduction of [[spoiler:anti-chroma bondage]] in the hands of Zhara's faction, a reveal of her revolutionary goals, Seles and friends getting captured and [[spoiler:put on public display to be messed with while rendered completely powerless]], and the return of [[spoiler:Carol and Evelyn as they save the team]]. Even [[spoiler:Chelsea]] gets another appearance, building towards [[spoiler:her eventual return in the final stretch of the game.]]
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** This also extends to the daughters of the noble woman in the Rainbow Tintes sidequest, eith even Eileen pointing out the simularities between her situation and the daughters'.

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** This also extends to the daughters of the noble woman in the Rainbow Tintes sidequest, eith with even Eileen pointing out the simularities between her situation and the daughters'.
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* FireForgedFriends: Kaie's arc is basically this with the whole party, but mainly Seles.
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* AFriendInNeed: Seles usually pulls this, but in particular is [[spoiler:saving Chelsea, even after she betrayed her.]]
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* ShipTease: Quite a bit. Aden trying to cheer up Seles in her own way after the library incident, Liliana and Seles blushing in a few conversations with each other, and Eileen getting Kaie to try some cake. [[spoiler:If you lose to the final boss, Eileen is threatened to keep Kaie in line.]]
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* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Anyone who [[spoilers:uses Exceeds with a selfish heart will end up turning into a monster humanoid, including the head of the church and Elize]].

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* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Anyone who [[spoilers:uses [[spoiler:uses Exceeds with a selfish heart will end up turning into a monster humanoid, including the head of the church and Elize]].



* SupernormalBindings: Aden's anti-Aion rope, which weakens chroma and anyone who uses chroma. [[spoilers:Zhara's group also made their own and an anti-Aion gag that can't be shook off.]] There's also mention that any sort of bondage works like this to a lesser extent at the chroma lab's staff experimenting with bindings.

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* SupernormalBindings: Aden's anti-Aion rope, which weakens chroma and anyone who uses chroma. [[spoilers:Zhara's [[spoiler:Zhara's group also made their own and an anti-Aion gag that can't be shook off.]] There's also mention that any sort of bondage works like this to a lesser extent at the chroma lab's staff experimenting with bindings.
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* AllWebbedUp: The party's fate if they lose to silk worms.


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* CorruptPolitician: The entire council, who Liliana believes want her out of the way to do as they wish and possibly start a war of conquest. [[spoiler:She's right, but she was unaware her bodyguard Elize was the leader, or that King Bryon is allowing them to do as they please]].


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* DefeatedAndTrophified: [[spoiler:The fate of Seles and Liliana in the bad ending, the former trapped in a glass display, and the latter trapped in a caged wagon and paraded around the city for Elize's amusement. Zhara is also threatened with the same fate if she betrays Elize again]].


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* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Anyone who [[spoilers:uses Exceeds with a selfish heart will end up turning into a monster humanoid, including the head of the church and Elize]].


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* SupernormalBindings: Aden's anti-Aion rope, which weakens chroma and anyone who uses chroma. [[spoilers:Zhara's group also made their own and an anti-Aion gag that can't be shook off.]] There's also mention that any sort of bondage works like this to a lesser extent at the chroma lab's staff experimenting with bindings.


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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Seles and friends, minus Liliana, who end up getting rid of one of Elize's rivals through her manipulations. Zhara has been this since she met Elize]].
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Elize]] for Zhara by the end. [[spoiler:Even in the bad ending, where Zhara is still serving her, she's clearly uncomfortable and is only going along with this as not to become a trophy like Seles]].

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