History VideoGame / Sacred

* GuideDangIt: A [[ThatOneSidequest handful of quests]] in the second game can automatically fail depending on decisions made during a quest chain, or even if certain quests are accepted and/or completed in the wrong order.

* BiggerBad: In the first game, [[spoiler:the reason the orcs are invading the rest of Ancaria is because they're trying to ''escape'' the Sakkara Demon's undead armies.]]

* TheDragon: Baron Demordrey in the first game.

* NonindicativeName: ''Sacred 2:Fallen Angel'' features no literal FallenAngel at all. Only [[spoiler:the Dark Seraphim in Seraphim's side quest]] can be considered one.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: According to ''2'', the Demordrey line has been doing the "SmugSnake EvilOverlord" routine for over ''2000 years'''.

A {{Spinoff}}, ''Sacred Citadel'', was [[http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/19290/2d-brawler-sacred-citadel-announced-by-deep-silver announced]] be Deep Silver, which will be a BeatEmUp [[SideView Sidescroller]] with ''Sacred''-level of customization and loot drops. The game was released on April 16, 2013.

* LastOfHisKind: The Dwarf claims to be the last dwarf alive. We never found where he comes from, as he barely knows Gnarlstat or the Dwarven Ruins (or is LaserGuidedAmnesia?), so there could be other dwarves in the rest of the world.

* LastOfHisKind: The Dwarf in the expansion pack and UpdatedRerelease of the first game.

* EmptyLevels: In 2, at least, all enemies in the game are always the same level as you are. So when you level up - congratulations: your hard-won rare weapons and armor are one step closer to being obsolete, and all you spells and abilities are under-leveled. Have fun spending your level-up points on keeping everything on-par and looking for new weapons to match your (and your enemies) level.

* EmptyLevels: In 2, at least, all enemies in the game are always the same level as you are. So when you level up - congratulations: your hard-won rare weapons and armor are one step closer to being obsolete, and all you spells an abilities are under-leveled. Have fun spending your level-up points on keeping everything on-par and looking for new weapons to match your (and your enemies) level.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Subverted in some instances. The Wood Elf shows blood and wounds if she is hit without armor.

** The Garema were a race of Japanese-style green-skinned pygmies who dwelled in the southern jungle and battled the Dryads before being anhiliated. The Dryads pitied on them and embalmed the fallen Garema, who would eventually return as the even more vicious undead Nuk-nuks and moved to the Ancaria underworld.
* CombatTentacles: The Wood Elf, the Dryad, and the Inquisitor can summon some.

** The Dwarf wears toeless boots in his default apperance.

* DubNameChange: In the Spanish version, the prince Valor turns into the prince Vorian. Also Alcalata turns into Angalydd.
** Oddly enough, the Spanish version of ''2'' has Nelyas the dryad shaman going unnamed during his apperance, only known as "Dryad Shaman".

** Technically the Daemoness, who is betrayed by ''Underworld's'' BigBad and exiled to Ancaria.

* ImpossibleItemDrop: A goblin dropping a giant axe isn't something you see every day.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: A technologically advanced but otherwise stereotypical version.

** Interestingly, the ice trolls from ''2'' are identical to those giants, while the troll race in ''Sacred'' is a [[OurTrollsAreDifferent completely different one]].

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Wilbur.]]

* EvilVersusEvil: In ''2'', we have Orcs, Goblins and Ogres versus Kobolds and Trolls. PassThePopocorn.

* DubNameChange: In the Spanish dub, the prince Valor turns into the prince Vorian. Also Alcalata turns into Angalydd.
** Oddly enough, the Spanish dub of ''2'' has Nelyas the dryad shaman going unnamed during his apperance, only known as "Dryad Shaman".

* GreenAesop: The Dryad in general. Her entire race is really big on nature and the preservation there of, and her class quests represent that. Light side Dryad's try to preserve both nature and the lives of others, while Shadow aligned Dryads are... considerably more brutal.
** Arguably, this is the entire point of T Energy. Everyone sees it as a wonderous energy source capable of nearly everything, but in reality its a highly volatile substance that turns its users into mindless mutants and can even mutate ''the environment''. It also arguably draws a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything parallel to real life fossil fuels.]]
* GridInventory: Well it is VideoGame/{{Diablo}} clone.

* HolyHandGrenade: Seraphim's powers, espetially in the second game.

* OurGargoylesRock: They are artificial monsters created by attaching evil spirits to stone statues.

* OurGiantsAreBigger: Ancaria has a race of gigantic, blue-skinned humanoids that roam the snows. They are nastier enough to assault the Seraphim monastery.
** Interestingly, the trolls from ''2'' are identical to those giants, while the troll race in ''Sacred'' is a [[OurTrollsAreDifferent completely different one]].

* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Seraphim Are Different]]: A holy order formed by human-like female angels.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: The jungle ruins in ''2''. It is never clear who built them, and theories range from ancient Elven to Garema, even in-game.

** Baron Demordrey in ''2''.

** Also, the Dwarf only wears spats in his default apperance.

** In ''Citadel'' one of the first lines is [[IronMaiden "Run to the hills! Run for your lives!"]]

This game provides examples of:

* AnimateDead: Many. The Vampiress, the Inquisitor and the Shadow Warrior can rise corpses as minions for a time, and the latter can also summon permanently a bunch of skeletons.

** A Shadow aligned High Elf has shades of it.

* BurnTheWitch: Baron Demordrey and his inquisitors regularly burn witches and mages.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Inquisitor is barefoot in his default attire, and the Dwarf only has strap footwear. The Daemoness also count, as she has hooved feet.
** The [[EarthyBarefootCharacter Dryad Shaman]] is a straight example [[spoiler:[[MentorOccupationalHazard during his short screen time]]]].

** Interestingly, the Kobold caciques from ''2'' are very similar to those giants.

* CoversAlwaysLies: ''Sacred 2'' cover shows the Temple Guardian and the Dryad in the good guys side and the Shadow Warrior and the High Elf in the opposite, while the game intro shows the Temple Guardian, the Dryad and the Shadow Warrior teaming in the good side. Technically, neither of them is canon, as you can freely choose your character's path.

* DoingInTheWizard: In ''Sacred'', some in-game books explain that Seraphim and dragons are genetically related and tell some religious legends about their origin, caliming Serpahim were created by the gods to fight the Worganar demons. Later, in a special quest, a Seraphim is cornered in the desert by demons and cultists and dies muttering "it's all lies", leaving you a lightsaber and a book. The book contains a [[http://forum.sacred2.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6392&d=1092069059 strange text]] about the origin of the Seraphim which disturbingly fits the first source... [[ScienceFantasy replacing magic with sci-fi technology]]. Whether this book is canon or just EasterEgg material is open to debate.

* BigBad: The first game has two. First is [[spoiler:the Sakkara Demon that was summoned in the intro]], and then it's [[spoiler:Shaddar, the NotQuiteDead evil wizard who summoned the Demon in the first place.]] ''Underworld'' has Anducar. The sequel has [[spoiler:[[HighPriest High Inquisitor Nimonuil]]]].

* SchizoTech: Averted in the first game, which had a decidedly standard medieval fantasy setting, but played straight in the sequel(which takes place two thousand years in the past).

** ''2'' features a version of Ancaria [[http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w189/neonani1974/qqei4jwceg0m63hmun2g.jpg 1000 years before]].

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Shaddar]] in the first game.

** Laurelinad (the Dark Elf) and Maegalcarwen (the Wood Elf) are the exception. Also, a grave mentiones a Gladiator named Hendrikus conversing with a Battle Mage.

* AbandonedMine: The Gnarlstat mines were populated by Dwarves before being massacred by the Dark Elves, who renamed the place as Zhurag-Nar and turned it their lair.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers under Braverock Castle. Bandits, monsters and even a secret vampire cult hide in multiple levels of tunnels. Have we mentioned that the castle is built over an ancient Elven bastion and its basement is still intact?

* BigBad: The first game has two. First is [[spoiler:the Shakkara Demon that was summoned in the intro]], and then it's [[spoiler:Shaddar, the NotQuiteDead evil wizard who summoned the Demon in the first place.]] ''Underworld'' has Anducar. The sequel has [[spoiler:[[HighPriest High Inquisitor Nimonuil]]]].

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Before the story of the game, the Vampiress was a female human warrior who found a [[AssholeVictim confined]] [[VampireMonarch vampire queen]] in the Zhurag-Nar dungeons and spared her life out of mercy, but the vampire betrayed her and turned her into a one of her race. [[spoiler:Later the Vampiress find her in the Braverock Castle sewers and [[TheDogBitesBack takes the opportunity to retaliate]].]]