History VideoGame / LandsOfLore

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Early in the first game, Scotia turns into a [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon beautiful young woman]] and attempts to get into Gladstone Keep by pretending to the hero that she forgot the password.

* WickedWitch: Scotia. Straightforward example: she is vile, cruel ([[BadBoss she obliterates the servant who finally brought her the Nether Mask]]), deceptive, [[AmbitionIsEvil driven by her lust for power and domination]], and of top of it all, [[{{Gonk}} old]] and [[EvilMakesYouUgly ugly]]. The [[MrExposition garrulous customer]] at the pub in Yvel mentions that, because she failed the tests to join the Talamari, she hates King Richard [[ClingyJealousGirl "and his little Dawn"]] ever since... Other than this hint of a possible [[TragicVillain past injustice]], she has [[ChaoticEvil no redeeming qualities]].

* WickedWitch: Scotia. The [[MrExposition garrulous customer]] at the pub in Yvel mentions that, because she failed the tests to join the Talamari, she hates King Richard [[ClingyJealousGirl "and his little Dawn"]] ever since...

* DevilInPlainSight[=/=]ObviouslyEvil: [[EvilChancellor Chancellor Geron]], an ObstructiveBureaucrat and (in the 3rd game) open racist, is pretty clearly secretly allied with the EvilArmy in the first game and obviously does not have the Kingdom's best interests at heart in the remaining two games. However, neither the heroic King Richard or the powerful sorceress Dawn ever suss onto the fact the man is clearly up to no good ([[spoiler: although you finally get a chance to get even with him at the very end of the 3rd game]]).

* DifficultySpike: If LetsPlay/{{Kikoskia}}'s [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] are any indication, the first game has ''lots'' of them. The Urbish Mines and floor three of the White Tower being the most prominent examples.

* ShoutOut: Dawn, king Richard's sorceress is a dead ringer of [[TheLegendOfKyrandia Zanthia]]. Also, there is a spell called [[TheLegendOfKyrandia 'Hand of Fate']] hidden in Yvel.

* OutsideContextVillain:

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A series of three first-person perspective [[{{WesternRPG}} Western RPG]]s with adventure game elements developed by Creator/WestwoodStudios, building on their work on their ''DungeonsAndDragons VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'' series.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: The last world Copper visits in LOL 3 is [[spoiler: that of CommandAndConquer (the Tiberian series), another game by Westwood.]]

** One dimension you visit in the third game is a post-apocalyptic wasteland where you eventually descend into an underground base and fight against security measures controlled by an AI. There are indications this actually takes place in the world of ''CommandAndConquer''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dawn, the mage that got trapped in a crystal ball within Castle Cimmeria, was originally meant to be playable from the point you rescue her. She's still in the code, just not implemented.
** In Lands of Lord III, most of the guilds and guild quests are unfinished. The thieves guild in particular, you simply show up, receive your pet, and then never need to go back. It is possible to glitch your way past a 'locked' door to find a fully functional target range, that was presumably to be used in your 'initiation' quest. Likewise, the mage guild final quest is immediately completed... upon entering an empty room. You were SUPPOSED to get a quest to rescue one of the wizards, who would be present in that room. Instead the programmers just got lazy.

* LargeHam: ''PatrickStewart'' -- yes, ''that'' Patrick Stewart -- as King Richard, and he does it very well. And the Draracle. The series had excellent voice acting for the most part.

* DifficultySpike: If Kikoskia's [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] are any indication, the first game has ''lots'' of them. The Urbish Mines and floor three of the White Tower being the most prominent examples.

* BiologicalMashup: The winged spiders.

The first is Lands of ''Lore: The Throne of Chaos'', released in 1993. In 1997 came ''Lands of Lore II: Guardians of Destiny'', and in 1999, a game called simply ''Lands of Lore III''.