History VideoGame / Drakan

* ActionAdventure
* ActionGirl: Rynn.

* BareYourMidriff: Rynn's outfit does that, really well as a matter of fact.

Gameplay-wise, ''Drakan'' consists of WideOpenSandbox-like exploration, though you are limited to a particular (fairly huge) stage of the game before you can advance to the next one. Each such stage is a large outdoors landscape, which can only be reasonably traversed on Arokh's back. The area, however, is dotted with [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruins]] and [[DungeonCrawling dungeon entrances]], which Rynn is [[ButThouMust often compelled]] to explore on her own because the entrance is too narrow for Arokh. Needless to say, the dungeons ''crawl'' with enemies. Rynn is aided against them by a [[WeaponOfChoice vast assortment of weaponry]], most of which [[BreakableWeapons break all too quickly]], so you are forced to adopt new ones. Some enemies are found in the air, as well, particularly the [[EvilCounterpart enemy dragons]] who chose to serve Navaros. These have to be defeated in {{High Altitude Battle}}s, and Arokh [[MegaManning acquires their fancy]] {{breath weapon}}s afterwards (one dragon, for example, ''breathes lightning'').

* WeaponOfChoice: Quite a few to select from. On an interesting note, there are no shields in the first game at all.

* AllForNothing: Rynn and Arokh [[spoiler: failed to save Delon, but they remained together as friends.]]

* ArmorIsUseless: Not at all, only the starting leathers Rynn has is worthless - their only purpose to keep from being naked. Otherwise even the humble chainmail will reduce a significant amount of damage and the Dragon Armor is ArmorOfInvincibility against the vast majority of attacks with plate mail not too far behind.

* BossInMookClothing: The [[OurGiantsAreBigger war giants]]in the first game have more HitPoints than most bosses (450) and wield ''huge'' axes that usually OneHitKO Rynn unless she has some pretty good armor. Fortunately, you are almost always riding Arokh when you fight them, and the only time you encounter them on foot, you are expected to sneak by, rather than actually fight them.

* ThirdPersonSeductress: Rynn. Bonus points for being modeled after a hot girl in RealLife (she appeared later on the promotional posters for the first game, google them).

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Weapons made of mithril and weapons that are obviously magical (excepting Altimar's Blade, your starting weapon) will ignore armour. Weapons that go through armour are extremely important in the game as enemies in armour, especially the knight-type enemies, take only scratch damage from regular weapons.

* BlackKnight: These are the most dangerous non-dragon enemies in the first game. There's the Flame Knight and the superior Dark Knight, both are dual-wielding, magic-using heavily armored warriors that can easily kill Rynn in a straight fight.

* ArmorPiercingWeapon: Weapons made of mithril and weapons that are obviously magical (excepting Altimar's Blade, your starting weapon) will ignore armour. Weapons that go through armour are extremely important in the game as enemies in armour, especially the knight-type enemies, take only scratch damage from regular weapons.

* FluffyTheTerrible: ''Order of the Flame'' leaves this one to the player's imagination - while you never get to encounter its owner, there's a weapon hidden in a cave in the Wartok Canyons level called "John the Monster's Axe". Given the kind of world Drakan is and what kinds of enemies are encountered, there's no telling what kind of monster this John is, though at least they could have two arms to wield said axe with.

* WizardsLiveLonger: This is implied to be true by the wizard, Zeggoro in Ravenshold.

--> '''Arokh:''' Our wizard I presume? Forgive us wise one but...
--> '''Rimril:''' Arokh? It is you. I couldn't be certain until you spoke.
--> '''Arokh:''' Do I... do I know you? Forgive me but I have slept long.
--> '''Rimril:''' You once knew me as Rimril, though you may not remember.
--> '''Arokh:''' Theoret's apprentice? Yes of course, but... that was ages past. Even a wizard should be long dead.

The sequel starts a new storyline ([[spoiler:after Delon [[DiesOffscren died offscreen]] between both games]]): Rynn and Arokh arrive to the southern city of Surdana, which is currently under attack by an [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil race]] of Desert Lords. It is revealed that although Arokh is now the LastOfHisKind, there are more dragons hibernating in AnotherDimension and only an ancient dragon like himself can open the eponymous Ancients' Gates to access it. He and Rynn are sent on a quest to find said Gates, awaken the dragons, truly resurrect the Order of the Flame, and fight back the Desert Lords.

** [[spoiler: He [[DiesOffscreen died]] between the first and second games. Presumably the Rift did him in]].

The sequel starts a new storyline ([[spoiler:that of Delon's possession by Navaros apparently being LeftHanging]]): Rynn and Arokh arrive to the southern city of Surdana, which is currently under attack by an [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil race]] of Desert Lords. It is revealed that although Arokh is now the LastOfHisKind, there are more dragons hibernating in AnotherDimension and only an ancient dragon like himself can open the eponymous Ancients' Gates to access it. He and Rynn are sent on a quest to find said Gates, awaken the dragons, truly resurrect the Order of the Flame, and fight back the Desert Lords.

** [[spoiler: He [[DiesOffscreen died]] between the first and second games. Presumably [[spoiler:the rift he fell on did him in]].

''Drakan'' is a series of ActionAdventure games developed by Surreal Software before they brought us ''VideoGame/TheSuffering''. It consists of two titles to date, ''Drakan: Order of the Flame'' and ''Drakan: The Ancients' Gates'', but appears to be an OrphanedSeries by now. The first game was released for PC in 1999, and the second, for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 in 2002.

Gameplay-wise, ''Drakan'' consists of WideOpenSandbox-like exploration, though you are limited to a particular (fairly huge) stage of the game before you can advance to the next one. Each such stage is a large outdoors landscape, which can only be reasonably traversed on Arokh's back. The area, however, is dotted with [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruins]] and [[DungeonCrawling dungeon entrances]], which Rynn is [[ButThouMust often compelled]] to explore on her own because the entrance is too narrow for Arokh. Needless to say, the dungeons ''crawl'' with enemies. Rynn is aided against them by a [[WeaponOfChoice vast assortment of weaponry]], most of which [[BreakableWeapons break all too quickly]], so you are forced to adopt new ones. Some enemies are found in the air, as well, particularly the [[EvilCounterpart enemy dragons]] who chose to serve Navaros. These have to be defeated in {{High Altitude Battle}}s, and Arokh [[MegaManning acquires their fancy]] {{breath weapon}}s afterwards (one dragon, for example, ''breathes lighting'').

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted a little in the second game. It's suggested that the Desert Lords trapped Yutaji the flesh mage in his own palace because he was too evil even for them. Turns out that Jasaad is the one who drove him to madness in the first place.

Gameplay-wise, ''Drakan'' consists of WideOpenSandbox-like exploration, though you are limited to a particular (fairly huge) stage of the game before you can advance to the next one. Each such stage is a large outdoors landscape, which can only be reasonably traversed on Arokh's back. The area, however, is dotted with [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruins]] and [[DungeonCrawling dungeon entrances]], which Rynn is [[ButThouMust often compelled]] to explore on her own because the entrance is too narrow for Arokh. Needless to say, the dungeons ''crawl'' with enemies. Rynn is aided against them by a [[WeaponOfChoice vast assortment of weaponry]], most of which [[BreakableWeapons breaks all too quickly]], so you are forced to adopt new ones. Some enemies are found in the air, as well, particularly the [[EvilCounterpart enemy dragons]] who chose to serve Navaros. These have to be defeated in {{High Altitude Battle}}s, and Arokh [[MegaManning acquires their fancy]] {{breath weapon}}s afterwards (one dragon, for example, ''breathes lighting'').

* DownerEnding: The ending of the first game has this in ''spades''. Delon, Rynn's younger brother that you are trying to save the whole time [[spoiler:ends up being possessed by the spirit of [[BigBad Navaros]], and she has to fight him in order to snap him out of it. She succeeds, but he falls off the edge of the area, and into the abyss of the Rift, screaming his sister's name. What we see after that is Rynn, who is laying on the ground and looking over the edge, muttering about how sorry she was for failing to save him. It is then that we get the actual final boss fight with [[BigBad Navaros]] in his true form. After he is defeated, we get the final cutscene with Rynn and Arokh trying to find Delon. We never know his fate until the second game, though, where he is revealed to be dead.]]

* In the second game, [[spoiler:Zola Dane, Myschala's royal seer, is revealed to be one for the BigBad Jasaad Duthane.]]

* In the second game, [[spoiler_Zola Dane, Myschala's royal seer, is revealed to be one for the BigBad Jasaad Duthane.]]