History VideoGame / KnightsOfTheRoundAnnihilation

* SummonMagic: The majority of Gong Meitian's moveset including her release attack revolves around this, as she able to call the spirits of the [[FourGods]] to attack her enemies.

* VillainBall: Really Himiko? [[spoiler: Did you honesty think it was a good idea by sending a vicious vampire to kidnap Kid Galahad, who happens to be the [[PapaWolf son of a round table knight]] and [[CoolBigSis has a close sibling relationship with an Asian woman who is basically older than him,]] just so King Arthur and his knights can surrender the holy grail to Mordred?]] [[SarcasmMode Yeah, why don't you go back to the cutscene before the end boss and explain how well that went for you]]?

* RecycledSoundtrack: Just like in ''Revenge'', the soundtracks of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' were used in this fan game, along with the wide variety of music tracks from ''VideoGame/ThreadsOfFate'', ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' and even ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' thrown in the mix.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Just like in ''Revenge'', the soundtracks of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' were used in this fan game, along with the wide variety of music tracks from ''VideoGame/ThreadsOfFate'', ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', and even ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' thrown in the mix.

'''Knights of the Round Annihilation''' is a fan made BeatEmUp created for the UsefulNotes/OpenBOR engine by Jeremiah Cuff, the founder and developer of ''Danksmith Games'' and is the second and final sequel of the Creator/{{Capcom}} arcade game ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound''.

* CavalryOfficer: The Orkney general Laorides is this, as he leads the strongest mounted troops in Brittania. [[spoiler: Arthur, Lancelot, and Perceval exploit this during the e.vents of stage 10, as the [[InescapableAmbush three of them along with Taliesin traps the cavalry general in a unavoidable ambush]] which led the latter to flee to an [[DerelictGraveyard old foggy shipyard]]]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ok Agravaines, we somewhat understand that you invited a newcomer to join Mordred's forces. But did you bother to stop and think [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream that the said newcomer was a untrustworthy psychopath]] who was literally biding his to time to avenge the dead rebel warlord he used to serve by launching a coup d'état on your liege's home kingdom, [[HeroKiller which got one of your comrades killed?]]]]

** A tragic example with Awailot, he was a hunchback who was born without any known family and has spent his whole life horribly ostracized and shunned by the humans who were repulsed by his hideous appearance. But when Awailot was wrongfully thrown in jail for a unknown crime that he never committed, Morgana Le Fay took pity upon him and she encouraged the hunchback to join Mordred's Orkney forces, where the rogue knight along with the other generals warmly treated him as one of their comrades. [[Spoiler: His death is another reason for causing Leodolin's eventual departure from the kingdom.]]

* AssholeVictim: The tyrant Rothion in Mordred's storyline when the latter ended his reign of terror over Orkney by cleaving him in half.

* CavalryOfficer: The Orkney general Laorides is this, as he leads the strongest mounted troops in Brittania. [[spoiler: Arthur, Lancelot, and Perceval exploit this during the events of stage 10, as the [[InescapableAmbush three of them along with Taliesin traps the cavalry general in a unavoidable ambush]] which led the latter to flee to an [[DerelictGraveyard old foggy shipyard]]]].

* CurbStompBattle: The parasitic vampire who kidnapped Kid Galahad does this the round table knights guarding Cadbury Castle offscreen while Arthur was away at Avalon.

* GeniusBruiser: The Orkney general Agravaines in both storylines, he may present himself as a not-so-bright knight who tends to make one bad decision after another, but Agravaines is shown to be a very capable tactician [[spoiler: as he able to fortify the defenses of Agned fortress and unleashed a series of ambushes towards the approaching forces of round table knights, which serves as the synopsis of stage 11]].
* GenderFlip: In the Arthurian myths, Sir Ywain was a man who born the son of King Urien and Morgan Le Fay. Here, the knight himself is portrayed as a LadyOfWar (Jeanne from World Heroes) who aids King Arthur Pendragon to protect their realm and the holy grail against their magic powered elder half-sister.

* KarmicDeath: Himiko, after every catastrophic event that she has put the round table knights through in both storylines, her attempt to destroy the world with the grail's power backfires when Arthur ultimately impaled her night dragon form's heart with Excalibur.

* VillainBall: Really Himiko? [[spoiler: Did you honesty think it was a good idea by sending a vicious vampire to kidnap Kid Galahad, who happens to be the [[PapaWolf son of a round table knight]] and [[CoolBigSis has a close sibling relationship with an Asian woman who is basically older than him,]] just so King Arthur and his knights can surrender the holy grail to Mordred?]] [[SarcasmMode Yeah, like that's ever going to end well for you]].

* BigDamnHeroes: Merlin arrived in time to magically warp the round table knights and Guinevere out of Glastonbury Castle [[spoiler:before it was leveled by the huge explosion caused by Himiko's demise]].

* BreakThemByTalking: Himiko's preferred method of dealing with her victims, [[spoiler:Her ruthless explanation to Mordred on how Arthur conceived him is what triggered the former's FaceHeelTurn.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Orkney general Leodolin Kilreach in Mordred's storyline, at first he originally aimed to help the latter bring peace to England. But his unwillingness to aid Mordred in his vicious methods is what caused a rift between them several times during the story. [[spoiler: [[IHaveYourWife His liege's later actions during the Storm Heart Campaign]] left a bad taste in Leodolin's mouth to the point that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he refused to participate at Camlann and went back to his hometown of Southern Liddington]].]]

* RelatedintheAdaptation: Sir Ywain is portrayed as both King Arthur and Morgana Le Fay's younger half-sister in this fan game instead the latter's biological son in the actual myths.

* RelatedlnTheAdaptation: Sir Ywain is portrayed as both King Arthur and Morgana Le Fay's younger half-sister in this fan game instead the latter's biological son in the actual myths.

* AntiVillain: Morgana in the main story, at first she was very hostile towards her brother and his knights, but it becomes clear later on that she has much more benevolent reasons to use the grail. [[spoiler:Sadly Morgana doesn't get that far as she is callously killed by Himiko.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: There is no excuse that the creator went out of his way to make the story of this fan game extremely grim and somberful as possible, Arthur's half-sister teamed up with a mysterious sorceress to claim the holy grail [[CrapsackWorld while trying to turn the country of England into a world of monsters]], the round table knights has their home capital burned down by [[StartOfDarkness a fellow knight who betrays them after finding out the truth about his origins]], the heroes had to put aside their own issues in order to defeat both villains' forces that are on their doorstep, [[AnyoneCanDie the span of 12 FREAKING characters from both storylines are killed off in a tragic manner]], and to make matters worse, [[DistantFinale this is the very finale where]] [[TheHeroDies the Savior of Camelot doesn't make it out of Camlann alive]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: There is no excuse that the creator went out of his way to make the story of this fan game extremely grim and somberful as possible, Arthur's half-sister teamed up with a mysterious sorceress to claim the holy grail [[CrapsackWorld while trying to turn the country of England into a world of monsters]], the round table knights has their home capital burned down by [[StartOfDarkness a fellow knight who betrays them after finding out about the truth about his origins]], the heroes had to put aside their own issues in order to defeat both villains' forces that are on their doorstep, [[AnyoneCanDie the span of 12 FREAKING characters from both storylines are killed off in a tragic manner]], and to make matters worse, [[DistantFinale this is the very finale where]] [[TheHeroDies the Savior of Camelot does not make it out of the battlefield of Camlann alive]].

* CavalryOfficer: The Orkney general Laorides is this, as he leads the strongest mounted troops in Brittania. [[spoiler: Arthur, Lancelot, and Perceval exploit this during the events of stage 10, as the [[InescapableAmbush three of them along with Taliesin traps the cavalry general in a unavoidable ambush]] which led the latter to flee to an [[DerelictGraveyard old foggy shipyard]].

** At some extent Laiheres himself, despite him being an opportunistic psychopath, he just wanted to avenge his lord Rhyelis that he served faithfully during the Bedegraine campaign. And the cutscene showing the rebel king dying in his arms is portrayed in a rather tragic light.

** While Morgana initially opposes Arthur Pendragon, she is very displeased to find out that Himiko nearly endangered her half-brother and the round table knights by setting the capital of Tintagel Castle aflame and later kidnapped Kid Galahad so his father can surrender the holy grail. [[spoiler: This led the eastern sorceress to be agitated by Morgana's constant interference before she ultimately decided that the enchantress has to go.]]

* GeniusBruiser: The Orkney general Agravaines in both storylines, he may present himself as a not-so-bright knight who tends to make one bad decision after another, but Agravaines is shown to be a very capable tactician [[spoiler: as he able to fortify the defenses of Agned fortress and unleashed a series of ambushes towards the approaching round table knight forces, which serves as the synopsis of stage 11]].

** After the boss fight in stage 11, Morgana arrives to warn the round table knights that the Orkney forces was about to capture Guinevere, prompting Arthur to rescue her at Mt. Badon.

* TheStarscream: Laiheres pulls this in Mordred's storyline as he staged a revolt at Orkney to avenge his lord who was slained at the Bedegraine campaign, [[spoiler: despite him nearly killing Awailot, he does not succeed in his takeover]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Mordred may have turned his back on the round table knights and engaged them in a holy war, but it was due to the manipulations of Himiko that warped him into a temperamental warmonger in the first place. However, it's hard to not feel sorry for Mordred [[spoiler:when he finds out about the disturbing complications of his entire life and is struck down by his father's hand at the Battle of Camlann.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: There is no excuse that the creator went out of his way to make the story of this fan game extremely grim and somberful as possible, Arthur's half-sister teamed up with a mysterious sorceress to claim the holy grail while trying to turn the country of England into a world of monsters, the round table knights has their home capital burned down by fellow knight who betrays them after finding the truth about his origins, the heroes had to put aside their own issues in order to defeat both villains' forces that are on their doorstep, [[AnyoneCanDie the span of 12 FREAKING characters from both storylines are killed off in a tragic manner]], and to make matters worse, not only Arthur defeats Mordred at Camlann, but ends up succumbing to his fatal wounds in the process.

** CastingAShadow: Sir Tristan, Vortigern, and the Orkney general Laiheres

** GreenThumb: Sir Taliesin

** PlayingWithFire: King Arthur Pendragon and Orkney general Accalon

** While Morgana initially opposes Arthur Pendragon, she is very displeased to find out that Himiko nearly endangered her half-brother and the round table knights by setting the capital of Tintagel Castle aflame and later kidnapped Kid Galahad so his father can surrender the holy grail. [[spoiler: This led the eastern sorceress to be agitated by Morgana's constant interference before ultimately deciding that the enchantress has to go.]]

* LostWoods: The second stage of the main story has Arthur lead his knights to combat the exotic barbarians at Caledonian Forest.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Laiheres not only critically injured the Orkney general Awailot during his rebellion, but he had the gall to chew out Mordred about dragging innocent people in the crossfire of his conquest. The mercenary commander has made it clear that he was ''NOT'' buying Laiheres' crap for one damn minute.

* FaceHeelTurn: Mordred does this to the round table knights at the end of stage 4, [[spoiler:thanks a lot Himiko.]]

* StormingTheCastle: All of over the place in this fan game, especially the second to last stage in the main storyline [[spoiler:when Arthur and the round table knights travel to Glastonbury Castle at Avalon to confront Morgana and rescue Guinevere.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ok Agravaines, we somewhat understand that you invited a newcomer to join Mordred's forces. But did you bother to stop and think [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream that the said newcomer was a untrustworthy psychopath]] who was literally biding his to time to avenge the dead rebel warlord he used to serve by launching a coup d'état on your liege's home kingdom, [[HeroKiller which got one of your comrades killed?]]]]

** While Morgana initially opposes Arthur Pendragon, she is very displeased to find out that Himiko nearly endangered her half-brother and the round table knights by setting the capital of Tintagel Castle aflame and later kidnapped Kid Galahad so his father can surrender the holy grail. [[spoiler: This led the eastern sorceress to be agitated by Morgana's constant interference and has ultimately decided that the enchantress has to go.]]

* DownerEnding: Somewhat averted in the main storyline, [[spoiler: Arthur Pendragon's death has left the round table knights devastated, but they were able to live on in his memory and help Queen Guinevere lead his kingdom to a peaceful age.]]
** Played straight in the ''Mordred's Road of Havoc'' storyline, where the latter and his forces do not get a happy ending. [[spoiler:The cutscenes show that the surviving Orkney generals end up going their separate ways after losing at Camlann.]]

* MusicalAssassin: A heroic example, Sir Taliesin uses both a harp and [[BladeOnAStick a fancy-looking trident]] to cast [[GreenThumb a smorgasbord of nature-based spells]] to combat his foes. But he's a firm supporter of the round table knights and use any strategy necessary to stop Mordred's rampage within England.

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: How Mordred gain the respect of the barbarian chief Rhymagus and his service in the third level of his storyline.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Sorry Mordred, but you should've known better than to pull a [[DivideAndConquer faulty battle strategy]] to invade Cadbury Castle [[spoiler: while ignoring the fact the round table knights was going to eventually turn your tactics over its head, leading this setback to cause a whole host of problems later on.]]

** ShockAndAwe: Sir Lancelot Du Lac, Leodolin, and Himiko [[spoiler:in her night dragon form.]]
* DownerEnding: Somewhat averted in the main storyline, [[spoiler: Arthur Pendragon's death has left the round table knights devastated, but they were able to live on in his memory and help Queen Guinevere run his kingdom to a peaceful age.]]

* InescapableAmbush: What Arthur, Lancelot, and Perceval pulls on the Cavalry General Laorides in the forest area of Douglas River (Stage 10).

** It was not explained that Gong Meimei had parents in ''Revenge'', even after it's stated that she's the granddaughter of the hermit trained who trained Lancelot in the original arcade game's backstory. The main story here gets a little more confusing as Gong Meitian is introduced in last quarter of the game and doesn't reveal herself as Meimei's mother until after stage 9 ends.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ok Agravaines, we somewhat understand that you invited a newcomer to join Mordred's forces. But did you bother to stop and think [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream that the said newcomer was not to be trusted]] and was literally biding his to time to avenge the dead rebel warlord he used to serve by launching a coup d'état on your liege's home kingdom, [[HeroKiller which got one of your comrades killed?]]]]

** Played straight in the ''Mordred's Road of Havoc'' storyline, where the latter and his forces do not get a happy ending. [[spoiler:The cutscenes show that the Orkney generals end up going their separate ways after losing at Camlann.]]

* HeroicBSOD: The opening cutscene of Stage 5 shows that King Arthur spent a majority of three months offscreen in this state prior to Tintagel Castle's destruction. [[spoiler: He ends up snapping out of it when he saw his people ambushed by the monsters lurking around in the snowy plateau]].

* VillainBall: Really Himiko? [[spoiler: Did you honesty think it was a good idea by sending a vicious vampire to kidnap Kid Galahad, who happens to be the [[PapaWolf son of the round table knight]] and [[CoolBigSis has a close sibling relationship with an Asian woman who is basically older than him,]] just so King Arthur and his knights can surrender the holy grail to Mordred?]] Yeah like that's ever going to end well for you.

* TheStarScream: Laiheres pulls this in Mordred's storyline as he staged a revolt at Orkney to avenge his lord who was slained at the Bedegraine campaign, [[spoiler: despite him nearly killing Awailot, he does not succeed in his takeover]].

** MakingASplash: Sir Ywain Pendragon, though her attacks does freeze enemies.

* ItsPersonal: How the entire premise of stage 10 came to be, as Lancelot heads out with Gong Meimei and Garland to the ruins of Solbury Hill [[spoiler: to rescue his son who was abducted by a parasitic vampire.]]

* VillainEpisode: The second storyline ''Mordred's Road of Havoc'' is this as it shows the mercenary commander's point-of-view after turning against the round table knights and marks the beginning of his conquest. [[spoiler: Ironically, the main story's fourth stage where he started the fire attack is his very ''first'' level.]]

Ten years after stopping Arlon's chaotic rebellion during the events of '' Revenge'', Arthur continues his benevolent rule over the realm of England with the help of his round table knights. Meanwhile things get complicated when his older half-sister Morgana Le Fay (still seething from Arlon's failed takeover of Tintagel Castle) get a sudden visit from a mysterious sorceress from the [[FarEast Far East]] named Himiko, who offers to form an alliance with her in exchange to seize control of the holy grail. And with her acceptance, the two started to unleash monsters that began to tear through the realm of Britannia with nightmarish momentum.

** Played straight in the ''Mordred's Road of Havoc'' storyline, where the latter and his forces do not get a happy ending. [[spoiler:The cutscenes show that Orkney generals end up going their separate ways after losing at Camlann.]]

* ItsPersonal: Really Himiko? [[spoiler: Did you honesty think it was a good idea by sending a vicious vampire to kidnap Kid Galahad, who happens to be the [[PapaWolf son of the round table knight]] and [[CoolBigSis has a close sibling relationship with an Asian woman who is basically older than him,]] just so King Arthur and his knights can surrender the holy grail to Mordred?]] Yeah like that's ever going to end well for you.

* ElementalPowers: The playable round table knights and [[EvilCounterpart the generals from Mordred's Orkney forces]]
are able to perform a special move or magic attack corresponding with the element they're associated with:

* DarkerAndEdgier: There is no excuse that the creator went out of his way to make the story of this fan game extremely grim and somberful as possible, Arthur's half-sister teamed up with a mysterious sorceress to claim the holy grail while trying to turn the country of England into a world of monsters, the round table knights has their home capital burned down by fellow knight who betrays them after finding the truth about his origins, the heroes had to put aside their own issues in order to defeat both villains' forces that are on their doorstep, [[AnyoneCanDie the span of 12 ''FREAKING'' characters from both storylines are killed off in a tragic manner]], and to make matters worse, not only Arthur defeats Mordred at Camlann, but ends up succumbing to his fatal wounds in the process.

* VillainEpisode: The second storyline ''Mordred's Road of Havoc'' is this as it shows the mercenary commander's point-of-view after turning against the round table knights and marks the beginning of his conquest. [[Ironically, the main story's fourth stage where he started the fire attack is his very ''first'' level.]]