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* AltumVidetur: Latin everywhere in this game. As previously mentioned, there is the song "Time's Arm." The ArcWords translate to "the play is over." Nearly all of the Beastlords' titles combine the Latin words for their species followed by Rex (King); and even the last boss spouts several lines in Latin before finally dying.
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* AltumVidetur: Latin everywhere in this game. The ArcWords are Latin for "the play is over." Nearly all of the Beastlords' titles combine the Latin words for their species followed by Rex (King). Even the last boss spouts several lines in Latin before finally dying.
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* AltumVidetur: Latin everywhere in this game. The ArcWords are Latin for "the play is over." Nearly all of the Beastlords' titles combine the Latin words for their species followed by Rex (King). Even the last boss spouts several lines in Latin before finally dying.
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* GratuitousLatin: It's everywhere in this game. The ArcWords are Latin for "the play is over." Nearly all of the Beastlords' titles combine the Latin words for their species followed by Rex (King). Even the last boss spouts several lines in Latin before finally dying.
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* CultSoundtrack: Creator/YasunoriMitsuda wrote the music for the game. While people may bicker about the game's other qualities, ''nobody'' disses the soundtrack.
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** The game may place the player in the shoes of Kyrie Illunis, but he's often out-shined by his LoveInterest and SupportingLeader, Morte Asherah. She's the one in charge of directing the team in where they'll go and what they'll kill, and is generally a very tough DarkActionGirl (who [[GirlyBruiser happens to like flashy pink dresses]]). You CantDropTheHero in this game, and it's notable that, while that's ''usually'' Kyrie, there's a chunk where it's Morte [[spoiler:due to him being dead and her seeking to revive him because she just realized that she loves him for more than his useful powers]]. Even when Kyrie manages to grow as a character and Morte decides to turn from some of her OmnicidalManiac ways, it's only so they can become a BattleCouple, not so their roles can be reversed to "traditional" male lead and female support (unlike the later manga adaptation, which is much less feminist-friendly). The game is keen to point out that the reason Kyrie is successful in trying to ScrewDestiny is due to ThePowerOfLove, not HeroicResolve. The Japanese title, translated as ''World Destruction: Guided Wills'', makes the interplay of the two leads clear: Kyrie may be TheHero, but he's not the guy in charge; Morte may be the actual leader and a bit AxCrazy, but she's heavily influenced by Kyrie's AllLovingHero tendencies.
** Agan is due to inherit the title of Chief from his mom, and no one comments on it or suggests he needs to hurry up and claim his "proper" role or that she's doing an inferior job; the Bacchitav Caravan is a pretty egalitarian place overall, one of the [[FantasticRacism few locations]] where humans and beastmen of either gender are treated equally (possibly because life on the Sand Sea is tough and they all HadToBeSharp; as long as they're capable of pulling their own weight and contributing to the Sand Tribe, race and gender are pretty immaterial).
** Agan is due to inherit the title of Chief from his mom, and no one comments on it or suggests he needs to hurry up and claim his "proper" role or that she's doing an inferior job; the Bacchitav Caravan is a pretty egalitarian place overall, one of the [[FantasticRacism few locations]] where humans and beastmen of either gender are treated equally (possibly because life on the Sand Sea is tough and they all HadToBeSharp; as long as they're capable of pulling their own weight and contributing to the Sand Tribe, race and gender are pretty immaterial).
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** The game may place the player in the shoes of Kyrie Illunis, but he's often out-shined by his LoveInterest and SupportingLeader, Morte Asherah. She's the one in charge of directing the team in where they'll go and what they'll kill, and is generally a very tough DarkActionGirl (who [[GirlyBruiser happens to like flashy pink dresses]]). You CantDropTheHero in this game, and it's notable that, while that's ''usually'' Kyrie, there's a chunk where it's Morte [[spoiler:due to him being dead and her seeking to revive him because she just realized that she loves him for more than his useful powers]]. Even when Kyrie manages to grow as a character and Morte decides to turn from some of her OmnicidalManiac ways, it's only so they can become a BattleCouple, not so their roles can be reversed to "traditional" male lead and female support (unlike the later manga adaptation, which is much less feminist-friendly). The game is keen to point out that the reason Kyrie is successful in trying to ScrewDestiny is due to ThePowerOfLove, not HeroicResolve. The Japanese title, subtitle, translated as ''World Destruction: Guided ''Guided Wills'', makes the interplay of the two leads clear: Kyrie may be TheHero, but he's not the guy in charge; Morte may be the actual leader and a bit AxCrazy, but she's heavily influenced by Kyrie's AllLovingHero tendencies.
** Agan is due to inherit the title of Chief from his mom, who gained the title after her husband was killed, and no one comments on it or suggests he needs to hurry up and claim his "proper" role or that she's doing an inferior job; their leader is simply anyone who has passed the Rite of Ascension. The Bacchitav Caravan is a pretty egalitarian place overall, one of the [[FantasticRacism few locations]] where humans and beastmen of either gender are treated equally (possibly because life on the Sand Sea is tough and they all HadToBeSharp; as long as they're capable of pulling their own weight and contributing to the Sand Tribe, race and gender are pretty immaterial).
** Agan is due to inherit the title of Chief from his mom, who gained the title after her husband was killed, and no one comments on it or suggests he needs to hurry up and claim his "proper" role or that she's doing an inferior job; their leader is simply anyone who has passed the Rite of Ascension. The Bacchitav Caravan is a pretty egalitarian place overall, one of the [[FantasticRacism few locations]] where humans and beastmen of either gender are treated equally (possibly because life on the Sand Sea is tough and they all HadToBeSharp; as long as they're capable of pulling their own weight and contributing to the Sand Tribe, race and gender are pretty immaterial).
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* FiringOneHanded: Rhi'a in the opening movie.
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* FiringOneHanded: Rhi'a in the opening movie. When she chains her flurry attacks, she fires with one hand, then the other, then [[GunsAkimbo both at once]].
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The [[AnimeFirst anime]] takes its sweet time telling us that Kyrie has the power to turn everything to sand, holding out until the very end. The game actually kicks off its plot with him [[PowerIncontinence losing control of said power]] and makes no secret about the fact that he's capable of destroying the world [[AntiAntiChrist even if he really doesn't want to]].
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The [[AnimeFirst anime]] takes its sweet time telling us that Kyrie has the power to turn everything to sand, holding out until the very end. The game actually kicks off its plot with him [[PowerIncontinence losing control of said power]] and makes no secret about the fact that he's capable of destroying the world [[AntiAntiChrist even if he really doesn't want to]].
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/4/0/4/96404_front.jpg Japanese boxart]] shows all the main characters lined up, facing the same direction as if they are a team, despite Naja being antagonistic. [[spoiler:Naturally, he makes a HeelFaceTurn - or, given the VillainProtagonist nature of the game, perhaps that'd be a FaceHeelTurn.]]
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** The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/4/0/4/96404_front.jpg Japanese boxart]] shows all the main characters lined up, facing the same direction as if they are a team, despite Naja being antagonistic. [[spoiler:Naturally, he makes a HeelFaceTurn - or, given the VillainProtagonist nature of the game, perhaps that'd be a FaceHeelTurn.]]]]
** If you've got the sound track, don't read the song titles until you've played the game. One is titled "[[spoiler:Kyrie's]] Death" and spoils the mid-game PlotlineDeath. As it's an instrumental, though, just ''listening'' to the song itself won't actually spoil you.
** The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/4/0/4/96404_front.jpg Japanese boxart]] shows all the main characters lined up, facing the same direction as if they are a team, despite Naja being antagonistic. [[spoiler:Naturally, he makes a HeelFaceTurn - or, given the VillainProtagonist nature of the game, perhaps that'd be a FaceHeelTurn.
** If you've got the sound track, don't read the song titles until you've played the game. One is titled "[[spoiler:Kyrie's]] Death" and spoils the mid-game PlotlineDeath. As it's an instrumental, though, just ''listening'' to the song itself won't actually spoil you.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The DX Pack and DX Pack Deluxe were released in Japan for about double the price of the game by itself. In addition to the game, the DX Pack had a soundtrack and pocket watch (with the American boxart, for whatever reason). The Deluxe version added...a picture card. Yeah. There have also been several variations of bundling the game and anime together.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Morte Asherah, in account that "Morte" is the PortugueseLatin word for "Death". Her nicknames "Scarlet Plague", "Beastslayer", and "Lady Death" also count. Kyrie ends up nicknamed "Destruct", but anyone who meets him immediately decides that it doesn't suit him at all.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Morte Asherah, in account that "Morte" is the PortugueseLatin Latin word for "Death". Her nicknames "Scarlet Plague", "Beastslayer", and "Lady Death" also count. Kyrie ends up nicknamed "Destruct", but anyone who meets him immediately decides that it doesn't suit him at all.
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* PlotTunnel: You'll have to walk down one just after the midpoint of the game. Until you visit Galoa and make your way through the clock tower, then visit Lyse and find a way to the top of the Temple of Light, you're not allowed to do anything else.
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* PlotTunnel: You'll have to walk down one just after the midpoint of the game. Until you visit Galoa and make your way through the clock tower, then visit Lyse and find a way to the top of the Temple of Light, you're not allowed to do anything else. Morte is a bit too single-minded to go off poking at random things in the world.
* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: In contrast to the anime, the discovery of Kyrie's powers is what starts the plot here; [[PowerIncontinence it's just that he can't use them on command]] ([[AntiAntiChrist and wouldn't want to if he could]]).
* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: In contrast to the anime, the discovery of Kyrie's powers is what starts the plot here; [[PowerIncontinence it's just that he can't use them on command]] ([[AntiAntiChrist and wouldn't want to if he could]]).
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* AllSwordsAreTheSame: Naturally, given the sprite-based nature of the game. This is true even for Morte's {{BFS}} and its replacements: while it's plausible that a single sword could have such an unusual design, it's also possible to equip her with random greatswords dropped from enemies. When the enemies held them, they looked like rather large, but straight and fairly generic swords. As soon as she grabs it, it somehow morphs to her signature dual-ended scimitar shape.
* ArbitraryGunPower: Rhi'a's guns are roughly equal in power to the equipment available to other characters at that point in time. This is true even of Agan; while whips may be painful, they are generally not lethal except by DeathOfAThousandCuts.
* DefendCommand: An option, though it's largely useless unless you're just wanting to get a specific character to be able to take a turn (e.g. to see their LimitBreak) and the ones before them keep killing all the enemies before it comes up.
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* DraggedIntoDrag: Apparently how characters feel about being equipped with accessories meant for the opposite gender: they'll wear them, but their morale will take a hit and you'll start your turn in battle with fewer moves. Of course, the gender of some accessories seems pretty arbitrary: earrings are all for girls, but Naja and Agan are both shown to wear them in their portraits (and they seem to be very similar in style to the girls' earrings). Likewise, bangles are for boys, but Morte seems to be wearing some sort of bracelet on her right wrist. Confusingly, Taupy's preferences for equipment tend to follow the girls, yet he's never shown to be a WholesomeCrossdresser and is definitely not effeminate.
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* DraggedIntoDrag: Apparently how characters feel about being equipped with accessories meant for the opposite gender: they'll wear them, but their morale will take a hit and you'll start your turn in battle with fewer moves. Of course, the gender of some accessories seems pretty arbitrary: earrings are all for girls, but Naja and Agan are both shown to wear them in their portraits (and they seem to be very similar in style to the girls' earrings). Likewise, bangles are for boys, but Morte seems to be wearing some sort of bracelet on her right wrist.wrist (and it's not so different in style from Kyrie's). Confusingly, Taupy's preferences for equipment tend to follow the girls, yet he's never shown to be a WholesomeCrossdresser and is definitely not effeminate.
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* EquipmentSpoiler: You can occasionally find guns before Rhi'a decides to join your team, and [[spoiler:throwing blade wheels]] before you pick up [[spoiler:Naja Gref]].
* EssenceDrop: One of the things monsters may give you.
* EssenceDrop: One of the things monsters may give you.
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* GenderRestrictedGear: Clothes and armor are occasionally strictly gendered, though a lot are OneSizeFitsAll ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except Taupy]]). This is despite the fact that the boys are slim {{Bishounen}} and there's as much of a height difference between Kyrie and [[spoiler:Naja]] as there is between Kyrie and Morte (and she's physically stronger than him, so it's not a question of if the armor is simply too heavy). Accessories ''can'' be worn by anyone, but characters may feel they've been DraggedIntoDrag and start the battle with lower morale if wearing the "wrong" accessory.
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* HealerSignsOnEarly: ''Everybody'' gets healing abilities, but your main man Kyrie has nothing ''but'' various healing abilities at the start.
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* ManualLeaderAIParty: The tutorial section that allows you to control Naja has you fighting alongside the computer-controlled Rajiv; the rest of the game lets you control all the characters in your party. It's unclear if he's controlled by the AI simply to avoid overwhelming the new players or [[spoiler:because Naja later joins the Front and becomes permanently playable, whereas Rajiv is summarily killed off about a third of the way in.]]
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* MechanicallyUnusualClass: Averted by Rhi'a. Despite being a flying gun-wielder, she plays just like any other character, even when it doesn't make sense.[[note]]For example, no one can chain Air Flurries because they can't stay in the air that long. Makes sense for grounded melee characters, but she ''flies and attacks targets at range''. She should have '''zero''' trouble hitting a fellow flier.[[/note]]
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* MoneySpider: Naturally. Kill stuff, get gold. Doesn't matter what you killed.
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* OneSizeFitsAll: Most armor falls here, though some are GenderRestrictedGear.
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* PartyOfRepresentatives: You've got both humans and beastmen in your party, as well as a dragonkin [[spoiler:and later a half-feral]]. However, two of your humans are nomadic and largely accepting Sand Tribe members, and the third is extremely naive about the world; there's no "average" human who hates or fears ferals among them. Taupy, meanwhile, is no feral apologist; he sees the FantasticRacism against humans as being as vile as the humans see it. So, while there's the potential for a conflict of ideologies, there rarely is; the biggest conflict is actually simply questioning why they're helping Morte when they don't actually wish to destroy the world like she does.
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* SceneryPorn: For a world that's supposedly well on its way to the end, the place is ''pretty''. The larger 256MB DS card is earning its keep with the backgrounds.
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* TechPoints: Called Customization Points (CP). You use them to upgrade your attacks' power and accuracy or mana cost, unlock new attacks, and chain your flurries.
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* ThatsAnOrder: The leader of the World Annihilation Front insists Morte leave the Destruct (Kyrie) with him, as he wishes to use his powers himself. [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Morte is not amused.]]
-->'''Leader:''' Now, as your leader, I command you: leave the Destruct here and begone!\\
'''Morte:''' Why should I?\\
'''Leader:''' I gave you an order.\\
'''Morte:''' And you expect me to follow it? Ha. You're dumber than I thought.
* ThatWasntARequest: What the Front leader's actions amount to for the rest of the team, as only Morte ever really claimed membership.
-->'''Leader:''' Now, as your leader, I command you: leave the Destruct here and begone!\\
'''Morte:''' Why should I?\\
'''Leader:''' I gave you an order.\\
'''Morte:''' And you expect me to follow it? Ha. You're dumber than I thought.
* ThatWasntARequest: What the Front leader's actions amount to for the rest of the team, as only Morte ever really claimed membership.
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* UtilityPartyMember: Agan has a Quip which allows the party to escape from battle quickly, [[MoneyMultiplier another which increases the amount of gold earned, and is the only character who likes to wear the accessories which double the amount of gold gotten from battle]]. While he's only a mid-tier character in terms of battle ability, if you're looking for more gold (or just annoyed with how long it takes to escape RandomEncounters), you're likely to keep him in.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Naja says this to [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]], pointing out that he has the knowledge to solve every ill plaguing the world and yet has chosen to try to enslave it.
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* ItWasAGift:
** Averted by Morte. While her first sword, the Nameless Blade, was given to her by the local blacksmith of the Bacchitav Caravan, she shows no particular attachment to it and is equally happy with any sword; she cares more about the strength of the weapon than where she got it. The blacksmith himself considers it to be an OldShame and desperately wishes to replace it (which grants you her InfinityMinusOneSword if you take him up on his offer), but not because being stuck with an inferior weapon could be dangerous to a fellow Sand Tribe member; he's just worried someone will trace it back to him and think his skills are still as poor as when he forged it. She also has no problems [[GiveMeYourInventoryItem trading in clothes]] which were given to her by Feral women, though as she had no prior relationship to them, it's not quite as odd.
** Played straight by most other characters and various weapons and armor they receive; they're obviously happy to have items of sentimental value as well as practical power. Luckily, the two coincide more often than not.
** Averted by Morte. While her first sword, the Nameless Blade, was given to her by the local blacksmith of the Bacchitav Caravan, she shows no particular attachment to it and is equally happy with any sword; she cares more about the strength of the weapon than where she got it. The blacksmith himself considers it to be an OldShame and desperately wishes to replace it (which grants you her InfinityMinusOneSword if you take him up on his offer), but not because being stuck with an inferior weapon could be dangerous to a fellow Sand Tribe member; he's just worried someone will trace it back to him and think his skills are still as poor as when he forged it. She also has no problems [[GiveMeYourInventoryItem trading in clothes]] which were given to her by Feral women, though as she had no prior relationship to them, it's not quite as odd.
** Played straight by most other characters and various weapons and armor they receive; they're obviously happy to have items of sentimental value as well as practical power. Luckily, the two coincide more often than not.
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* ChekhovsGunman: When you first enter Lyse, you can TalkToEveryone, but there's no hint that one of the [=NPCs=] will later be important. [[spoiler:After you've discovered that the Tower of Light is inaccessible, return to the woman standing near the bridge between the town and the temple and she'll give you the book required to enter.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/nintendo/images/6/63/Sands_of_Destruction_%28NA%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100917072754&path-prefix=en American box art]] makes it seem like [[TheMenInBlack Kyrie]] is the one out to destroy the world and Morte is some sort of pensive MacguffinGirl or ApocalypseMaiden. The reality is quite the opposite.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/nintendo/images/6/63/Sands_of_Destruction_%28NA%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100917072754&path-prefix=en American box art]] makes it seem like [[TheMenInBlack Kyrie]] is the one out to destroy the world and Morte is some sort of pensive MacguffinGirl or ApocalypseMaiden. The reality is quite the opposite.
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* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The game only introduces us to [[OddlySmallOrganization two members]] of the World Annihilation Front (your TokenEvilTeammate/LoveInterest, Morte, and the leader of the Front, [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]]), and we aren't even told if they ''have'' a uniform, but Morte's outfit is '''''hot pink'''''. GameplayAndStoryIntegration has her personal outfits equipped with the trait "War Paint", which makes the enemy more likely to target her. As her stats don't lend her to being a tank ([[GlassCannon she can dish hits, but can't take them]]), this means she's likely to die in combat. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist A lot - luckily Kyrie gets a revive move.]] Their opponents, the World Salvation Committee, wear pale blue and white uniforms in a world that's largely desert ([[SandIsWater including the ocean]]). The one place their uniforms might provide some camouflage, the Winter Isle, is the one place you'll never encounter them.
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* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The game only introduces us to [[OddlySmallOrganization two members]] of the World Annihilation Front (your TokenEvilTeammate/LoveInterest, TokenEvilTeammate[=/=]LoveInterest, Morte, and the leader of the Front, [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]]), and we aren't even told if they ''have'' a uniform, but Morte's outfit is '''''hot pink'''''. GameplayAndStoryIntegration has her personal outfits equipped with the trait "War Paint", which makes the enemy more likely to target her. As her stats don't lend her to being a tank ([[GlassCannon she can dish hits, but can't take them]]), this means she's likely to die in combat. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist A lot - luckily Kyrie gets a revive move.]] Their opponents, the World Salvation Committee, wear pale blue and white uniforms in a world that's largely desert ([[SandIsWater including the ocean]]). The one place their uniforms might provide some camouflage, the Winter Isle, is the one place you'll never encounter them.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Morte Asherah, in account that "Morte" is the Portuguese word for "Death". Her nicknames "Scarlet Plague", "Beastslayer", and "Lady Death" also count. Kyrie ends up nicknamed "Destruct", but anyone who meets him immediately decides that it doesn't suit him at all.
* New Eden: [[spoiler:The game ends with the world remade by Kyrie's powers - the sea is now water, humans and ferals apparently get along, and the new world looks pristine.]]
* New Eden: [[spoiler:The game ends with the world remade by Kyrie's powers - the sea is now water, humans and ferals apparently get along, and the new world looks pristine.]]
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Agan is usually the Zoidberg. For example, when he first introduces himself, the Ferals have never even heard of him, despite the fact that he's the Golden Lions' second. One of them eventually remembers that he saw Agan's name scrawled at the bottom of one of Morte's wanted posters as a known associate; he thought the single-digit bounty was a joke. Such treatment continues, off and on, at various points throughout the game. [[ButtMonkey The poor guy never catches a break]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Morte Asherah, in account that "Morte" is thePortuguese PortugueseLatin word for "Death". Her nicknames "Scarlet Plague", "Beastslayer", and "Lady Death" also count. Kyrie ends up nicknamed "Destruct", but anyone who meets him immediately decides that it doesn't suit him at all.
*New Eden: NewEden: [[spoiler:The game ends with the world remade by Kyrie's powers - the sea is now water, humans and ferals apparently get along, and the new world looks pristine.]]
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** The Japanese subtitle ''Michibikareshi Ishi'' is translated as "Guided Wills", but the verb conjucation ''-kareshi'' is rather irregular. This is because ''kareshi'' is also the Japanese word for "boyfriend", making it clear that Kyrie's will is being guided by Morte.
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** The Japanese subtitle ''Michibikareshi Ishi'' is translated as "Guided Wills", but the verb conjucation ''-kareshi'' is rather irregular. This is because ''kareshi'' is also the Japanese word for "boyfriend", making it clear that Kyrie's will is being guided by Morte. [[spoiler:And, when he actually does become her boyfriend, he asserts a strong pull on her as well, turning her intent from destroying the world to simply fixing it.]]
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* RedHeadedHero: Agan, the RedheadInGreen. [[spoiler:This is also Kyrie's battle form after he is resurrected.]]
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* RedHeadedHero: Agan, the RedheadInGreen. Potentially Morte as well, depending on [[OffModel if her hair is actually supposed to be red or brown]]. [[spoiler:This is also Kyrie's battle form after he is resurrected.]]
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** A series of official character wallpapers gets ''nobody's'' colors right, and seems to do a worse job with the two leads than with other major characters:
*** [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/2/20/577907-bigthumbnail.jpg Kyrie]] has black boots instead of yellow, has an inverted pattern of blue-on-darker-blue on his shirt tail, and his jacket has an odd purple cast. He also appears to be carrying extra knives tied to his shirttail, rather than keeping them in his pack, and his hair is rather dark.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/e/e9/765128.jpg Morte]] has lost overall color saturation, has white ribbons instead of the proper blue, and her skirt is too light and close to her coat's color.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/3/3d/5092-1063403983.png Agan]] gets off pretty well, only having his belt turn orange instead of brown, slightly pale hair, and a split up the center of his coattail that shouldn't be there.
*** [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/9/91/Rhia.jpg Rhi'a]] only has a few minor problems as well, with the piping on her shirt and shawl turned from purple to white, ribbons that are slightly too dark, the crosses on her gloves are black instead of purple, and her guns should not have a black leather stock.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/4/4b/Naja.jpg Naja]] has almost no issues, the only ones being that the tips of his shoes are over-saturated so they match his scarf, and his earrings are purple instead of blue.
*** [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/2/20/577907-bigthumbnail.jpg Kyrie]] has black boots instead of yellow, has an inverted pattern of blue-on-darker-blue on his shirt tail, and his jacket has an odd purple cast. He also appears to be carrying extra knives tied to his shirttail, rather than keeping them in his pack, and his hair is rather dark.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/e/e9/765128.jpg Morte]] has lost overall color saturation, has white ribbons instead of the proper blue, and her skirt is too light and close to her coat's color.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/3/3d/5092-1063403983.png Agan]] gets off pretty well, only having his belt turn orange instead of brown, slightly pale hair, and a split up the center of his coattail that shouldn't be there.
*** [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/9/91/Rhia.jpg Rhi'a]] only has a few minor problems as well, with the piping on her shirt and shawl turned from purple to white, ribbons that are slightly too dark, the crosses on her gloves are black instead of purple, and her guns should not have a black leather stock.
*** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sandsofdestruction/images/4/4b/Naja.jpg Naja]] has almost no issues, the only ones being that the tips of his shoes are over-saturated so they match his scarf, and his earrings are purple instead of blue.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Morte, a member of the World Annihilation Front, intends to "destroy this meaningless world."
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* DraggedIntoDrag: Apparently how characters feel about being equipped with accessories meant for the opposite gender: they'll wear them, but their morale will take a hit and you'll start your turn in battle with fewer moves. Of course, the gender of some accessories seems pretty arbitrary: earrings are all for girls, but Naja and Agan are both shown to wear them in their portraits (and they seem to be very similar in style to the girls' earrings). Likewise, bangles are for boys, but Morte seems to be wearing some sort of bracelet on her right wrist. Confusingly, Taupy's preferences for equipment tend to follow the girls, yet he's never shown to be a WholesomeCrossdresser and is definitely not effeminate.
* DramaticWind: Blows during your VictoryPose.
* DramaticWind: Blows during your VictoryPose.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Morte has a loud personality and bright pink wardrobe to match, but eventually the SerialEscalation of the dresses the Feral women want to trade with her gets to be too much. The final one really gives her pause because [[spoiler:it's ''see-through'']], but she does eventually decide to wear it - "a dress is a dress", after all.
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** At one point, Naja eventually notes that Morte has ceased to surprise him with her bombastic behavior and comments that he can't believe himself.
** Every time Morte says something remotely feminine, Agan snarks that he can't believe she just said that. Apparently he still sees her as OneOfTheGuys, hot pink miniskirt and all.
** At one point, Naja eventually notes that Morte has ceased to surprise him with her bombastic behavior and comments that he can't believe himself.
** Every time Morte says something remotely feminine, Agan snarks that he can't believe she just said that. Apparently he still sees her as OneOfTheGuys, hot pink miniskirt and all.
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* ActionCommands: The game requires you to press a sequence of five buttons in order to execute a LimitBreak. The faster you press the buttons, the stronger your attack will be. Normally, the sequence will be of different buttons, but if you equip an accessory with the Guidance trait, you'll only have to press X repeatedly. This would be more useful if the game penalized you for pressing the wrong button, but you can just mash all four DS buttons at once and the game will only register the correct ones.
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* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Taupy tells [[spoiler:Muffy]] that it's time for her to have her revenge on him [[spoiler:for killing her brother in a duel-by-proxy]]. He doesn't ''specifically'' state that she can kill him, but the rest of the party's reactions would suggest they know that's what he intended. [[spoiler:She doesn't, of course. She already knew and had come to terms with what had happened.]]
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* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The game only introduces us to [[OddlySmallOrganization two members]] of the World Annihilation Front (your TokenEvilTeammate/LoveInterest, Morte, and the leader of the Front, [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]]), and we aren't even told if they ''have'' a uniform, but Morte's outfit is '''''hot pink'''''. GameplayAndStoryIntegration has her personal outfits equipped with the trait "War Paint", which makes the enemy more likely to target her. As her stats don't lend her to being a tank ([[GlassCannon she can dish hits, but can't take them]]), this means she's likely to die in combat. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist A lot - luckily Kyrie gets a revive move.]] Their opponents, the World Salvation Committee, wear pale blue and white uniforms in a world that's largely desert ([[SandIsWater including the ocean]]). The one place their uniforms might provide some camouflage, the Winter Isle, is the one place you'll never encounter them.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://sandsofdestruction.wikia.com/ But of course]].
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* CanNotSpitItOut: Morte, big time. After realizing her feelings for Kyrie, she goes through a brief period where she shouts at anyone who'll listen that she's doing what she's doing because she loves him, but when she finally finds Kyrie to tell him, the closest she gets is to say that [[{{Tsundere}} the Front is his home now and if he wants to be there, he shouldn't leave again]]. [[IUhYouToo Kyrie understands, and responds with a simple, "I'm home, Morte."]]
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Kyrie, she may be pretty and you may have just fallen in LoveAtFirstSight, but Morte ''is trying to destroy the world!'' What makes you think it's a good idea to hang around and help her? It takes Elephas Rex to point out to him that, if she's successful, they won't be able to be together on account of that whole "being dead" thing.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Quite literal emphasis on the "sight" part: when Kyrie first meets Morte in the Sky Gaol, we're shown her from his point of view, with her face in shadows. At this point, he's just freaked out and concerned about making the Ferals angry for breaking out of jail. After they escape, he quickly changes his mind and decides to help her - [[ShowDontTell just after they get out on the open Sand Sea, where the sun is shining and he can see her face]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Quite literal emphasis on the "sight" part: when Kyrie first meets Morte in the Sky Gaol, we're shown her from his point of view, with her face in shadows. At this point, he's just freaked out and concerned about making the Ferals angry for breaking out of jail. After they escape, he quickly changes his mind and decides to help her - [[ShowDontTell just after they get out on the open Sand Sea, where the sun is shining and he can see her face]].
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese game opens with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7CKpq88h0 "Crash"]] by Music/{{AAA}},[[note]]They also did the AnimeThemeSong "Zero" (which was unchanged, even in the English dub), and the two were released on the same album[[/note]] while the English game opens with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7z88ABlzs "Time's Arm"]] performed by Music/CzechPhilharmonicCollegium. The words are not in English, however, they're in [[AltumVidetur Latin]], making it also a ForeignLanguageTheme.
* ForeignLanguageTheme: The English opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7z88ABlzs "Time's Arm"]] is in [[AltumVidetur Latin]], mostly because this game loves its GratuitousLatin.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Naja from the Salvation Committee. Despite being a reasonable person, some of his colleagues doesn't exactly refrain from showing their racism in regards to his parentage.
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* HitchhikerHeroes: * Once you [[IntroOnlyPointOfView get control of]] TheHero Kyrie, he meets his LoveInterest, Morte. As she hopes to use his status as a PersonOfMassDestruction to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and he's just fallen in LoveAtFirstSight, the two agree to become a team and journey across the world - she to convince him to want to use his powers (as he's ''not'' keen on the idea of world destruction), and him because...hey, the pretty girl asked. They soon meet Taupy, a bounty hunter who is first paid to keep tabs on them for Felis Rex, but eventually decides to join the group because Kyrie is a NiceGuy and that's a very strange thing (especially if he's capable of ending the world as Morte thinks he is). Morte suggests they seek out her old friend Agan to use his ship (since hers [[DrivesLikeCrazy got wrecked somehow]]), but it turns into a RecruitmentByRescue when they discover he's been captured and is undergoing some ColdBloodedTorture due to the FantasticRacism that humans and beastmen have against each other. He's reluctant to get involved in any of Morte's craziness, but eventually decides [[TeamMom it's better to keep on eye on them]] - and because Kyrie's nice to the point of insanity. Later, Rhi'a - the [[CuteMonsterGirl dragonkin]] who's been hanging around with Felis Rex - decides to join because she, too, is curious about Kyrie (especially since she's aware of his destiny and didn't expect the Destruct to have emotions at all, much less to be kind and polite), and because [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she thinks it's the thing to do, even if dragons are supposed to be strictly observers of the fate of the world, not participants in it]]. This seems to make a full roster, but TheSixthRanger [[spoiler:Naja, the guy you controlled briefly in the beginning,]] decides to join the team just after the mid-point of the game, [[MagneticHero once again because Kyrie is so strangely nice to everyone]] [[spoiler:and he can't believe he asked him to kill him in order to prevent himself from losing control of his powers and ending the world. Furthermore, he has a hard time accepting that someone could be resurrected after he stabbed them in the chest, but if anyone deserves a second chance, it's Kyrie]]. It's not a DebutQueue because there's plenty of ''other'' plot going on between character collections.
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* HitchhikerHeroes: * Once you [[IntroOnlyPointOfView get control of]] TheHero Kyrie, he meets his LoveInterest, Morte. As she hopes to use his status as a PersonOfMassDestruction to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and he's just fallen in LoveAtFirstSight, the two agree to become a team and journey across the world - she to convince him to want to use his powers (as he's ''not'' keen on the idea of world destruction), and him because...hey, the pretty girl asked. They soon meet Taupy, a bounty hunter who is first paid to keep tabs on them for Felis Rex, but eventually decides to join the group because Kyrie is a NiceGuy and that's a very strange thing (especially if he's capable of ending the world as Morte thinks he is). Morte suggests they seek out her old friend Agan to use his ship (since hers [[DrivesLikeCrazy got wrecked somehow]]), but it turns into a RecruitmentByRescue when they discover he's been captured and is undergoing some ColdBloodedTorture due to the FantasticRacism that humans and beastmen have against each other. He's reluctant to get involved in any of Morte's craziness, but eventually decides [[TeamMom it's better to keep on an eye on them]] - and because Kyrie's nice to the point of insanity. Later, Rhi'a - the [[CuteMonsterGirl dragonkin]] who's been hanging around with Felis Rex - decides to join because she, too, is curious about Kyrie (especially since she's aware of his destiny and didn't expect the Destruct to have emotions at all, much less to be kind and polite), and because [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she thinks it's the thing to do, even if dragons are supposed to be strictly observers of the fate of the world, not participants in it]]. This seems to make a full roster, but TheSixthRanger [[spoiler:Naja, the guy you controlled briefly in the beginning,]] decides to join the team just after the mid-point of the game, [[MagneticHero once again because Kyrie is so strangely nice to everyone]] [[spoiler:and he can't believe he asked him to kill him in order to prevent himself from losing control of his powers and ending the world. Furthermore, he has a hard time accepting that someone could be resurrected after he stabbed them in the chest, but if anyone deserves a second chance, it's Kyrie]]. It's not a DebutQueue because there's plenty of ''other'' plot going on between character collections.
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'''''Sands of Destruction''''' is a Nintendo DS game developed by Creator/{{Imageepoch}} and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It was released in Japan in 2008 as ''World Destruction: Michibi Kareshi Ishi'', with a North American release in January 12th, 2010. It was also [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted into an anime]], ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction'', which aired in 2008 and similarly had a North American release in early 2010.
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'''''Sands of Destruction''''' is a Nintendo DS game developed by Creator/{{Imageepoch}} and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It was released in Japan in 2008 as ''World Destruction: Michibi Kareshi Ishi'', with a North American release in January 12th, 2010. It was also [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted into an anime]], ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction'', which aired in 2008 and similarly had a North American release in early 2010.
2010. A [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] was released in 2009, and there was an online AudioPlay which ran around the same time as the anime. These were only released in Japan; however, there is an English {{Scanlation}} of the manga available.
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(Now has its own [[AbridgedSeries Abridged Series]]! Brought to you by [[http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldParodyCommittee The World Parody Committee]].)
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* FlatCharacter: There's a reason she's called Morte. [[spoiler: Lampshaded near the end. All the other characters are forced to undergo a flashback which tells their reason to go against the world, and she complains that nothing is happening to her.]]
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* FlatCharacter: There's FeministFantasy: While the overall cast gender ratio is heavily skewed in favor of males, the females who do appear all take an active, important role.
** The game may place the player in the shoes of Kyrie Illunis, but he's often out-shined by his LoveInterest and SupportingLeader, Morte Asherah. She's the one in charge of directing the team in where they'll go and what they'll kill, and is generally a very tough DarkActionGirl (who [[GirlyBruiser happens to like flashy pink dresses]]). You CantDropTheHero in this game, and it's notable that, while that's ''usually'' Kyrie, there's a chunk where it's Morte [[spoiler:due to him being dead and her seeking to revive him because she just realized that she loves him for more than his useful powers]]. Even when Kyrie manages to grow as a character and Morte decides to turn from some of her OmnicidalManiac ways, it's only so they can become a BattleCouple, not so their roles can be reversed to "traditional" male lead and female support (unlike the later manga adaptation, which is much less feminist-friendly). The game is keen to point out that the reason Kyrie is successful in trying to ScrewDestiny is due to ThePowerOfLove, not HeroicResolve. The Japanese title, translated as ''World Destruction: Guided Wills'', makes the interplay of the two leads clear: Kyrie may be TheHero, but he's not the guy in charge; Morte may be the actual leader and a bit AxCrazy, but she'scalled Morte. [[spoiler: Lampshaded near heavily influenced by Kyrie's AllLovingHero tendencies.
** Agan is due to inherit theend. All title of Chief from his mom, and no one comments on it or suggests he needs to hurry up and claim his "proper" role or that she's doing an inferior job; the other characters Bacchitav Caravan is a pretty egalitarian place overall, one of the [[FantasticRacism few locations]] where humans and beastmen of either gender are forced to undergo a flashback which tells treated equally (possibly because life on the Sand Sea is tough and they all HadToBeSharp; as long as they're capable of pulling their reason own weight and contributing to go against the world, Sand Tribe, race and she complains gender are pretty immaterial).
** Rhi'a is treated with great respect as a Dragonkin, in addition to being quite capable as TheGunslinger; the fact thatnothing she resembles a fifteen-year-old girl is happening a moot point.
** Serpens Rex is a powerful sorceress, notable for being able toher.]]brainwash [[spoiler:Morte]], who later utterly avoids the tricky mental spell used by Noctua Rex (a male owl, though it's possible it's due to the ''type'' of spell, not the skill of the caster).
** The final boss, [[spoiler:the Creator of the world]], is also female.
** The game may place the player in the shoes of Kyrie Illunis, but he's often out-shined by his LoveInterest and SupportingLeader, Morte Asherah. She's the one in charge of directing the team in where they'll go and what they'll kill, and is generally a very tough DarkActionGirl (who [[GirlyBruiser happens to like flashy pink dresses]]). You CantDropTheHero in this game, and it's notable that, while that's ''usually'' Kyrie, there's a chunk where it's Morte [[spoiler:due to him being dead and her seeking to revive him because she just realized that she loves him for more than his useful powers]]. Even when Kyrie manages to grow as a character and Morte decides to turn from some of her OmnicidalManiac ways, it's only so they can become a BattleCouple, not so their roles can be reversed to "traditional" male lead and female support (unlike the later manga adaptation, which is much less feminist-friendly). The game is keen to point out that the reason Kyrie is successful in trying to ScrewDestiny is due to ThePowerOfLove, not HeroicResolve. The Japanese title, translated as ''World Destruction: Guided Wills'', makes the interplay of the two leads clear: Kyrie may be TheHero, but he's not the guy in charge; Morte may be the actual leader and a bit AxCrazy, but she's
** Agan is due to inherit the
** Rhi'a is treated with great respect as a Dragonkin, in addition to being quite capable as TheGunslinger; the fact that
** Serpens Rex is a powerful sorceress, notable for being able to
** The final boss, [[spoiler:the Creator of the world]], is also female.
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** EmptyRoomPsyche: The library in Galoa has a back portion that's normally blocked by the librarian, who moves late in the game. When you get back there, you can find a completely empty room. It does nothing. There's nothing to be taken from it. It's just...there.
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* {{Wide Eyed Extremist}}: Kyrie would fit it the most since.
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* BackToBackBadasses: When facing down the World Salvation Committee, Morte and Agan circle with their backs to each other. None of the other team members pair up with someone to watch their backs; presumably they do because they're familiar with each other's fighting styles due to having been in the Golden Lions together.
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* FightingYourFriend: Serpens Rex hypnotizes [[spoiler:Morte]] into fighting you alongside her. Don't kill your BrainwashedAndCrazy teammate, or you'll get a NonstandardGameOver.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: VillainProtagonist Morte would like to figure out a way to get Kyrie to fulfill his destiny and destroy the world. [[spoiler:Turns out, hanging around with her is exactly what he needs to get control of his powers and ''avoid'' destroying the world.]]
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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Actually averted; the peace talks ''don't'' turn into a fight. [[spoiler:But they do go sideways, as Kyrie's powers activate again, killing Pistris Rex, Karna, and anyone else unfortunate enough to have been inside the Sky Gaol. There just isn't a fight because ''there's no one there left to fight''.]]
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Kyrie doesn't like to fight, but every time he comes up against a Beastlord, they're so unreasonable that his only option is a fight. While the townspeople may talk about fearing retribution, it never comes, and their lives seem to be much better without tyrants walking around trying to eat them or turn them into fertilizer.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Kyrie doesn't like to fight, but every time he comes up against a Beastlord, they're so unreasonable that his only option is a fight. While the townspeople may talk about fearing retribution, it never comes, and their lives seem to be much better without tyrants walking around trying to eat them or turn them into fertilizer.
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* PrecisionFStrike: "Mild language" is listed as one of the reasons for the game's T rating, but you can actually count the number of times anyone swears on one hand.
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* TheSavageSouth: Summer Continent appears to be an {{expy}} of Africa, complete with deserts and savannah. The biggest sign of civilization is the complex operated by Elephas Rex, and travelers who fail to take precautions usually collapse from heat exhaustion before they reach it.
* SchizoTech: Farming is apparently still done by hand and [[TheGunslinger Rhi'a's guns]] are the exception rather than the rule for WeaponOfChoice, but Sand Skiffs are essentially hovercraft with internal combustion engines.
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* TheSavageSouth: Summer Continent appears to be an {{expy}} of Africa, complete with deserts and savannah.savannah and a large jungle in the middle. The biggest sign of civilization is the complex operated by Elephas Rex, and travelers who fail to take precautions usually collapse from heat exhaustion before they reach it.
* SchizoTech: Farming is apparently still done by hand and [[TheGunslinger Rhi'a's guns]] are the exception rather than the rule for WeaponOfChoice, but Sand Skiffs are essentially hovercraft with internal combustion engines. [[spoiler:Nobody really blinks at the futuristic tech found inside the Ark, either.]]
* SchizoTech: Farming is apparently still done by hand and [[TheGunslinger Rhi'a's guns]] are the exception rather than the rule for WeaponOfChoice, but Sand Skiffs are essentially hovercraft with internal combustion engines. [[spoiler:Nobody really blinks at the futuristic tech found inside the Ark, either.]]
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* XanatosGambit: Looking closely at the events that lead to Kyrie's joining the Front, which began with the Front leader ''announcing this to the world'', when [[spoiler: Lacertus Rex reveals himself as the one in charge of the World Destruction Front, having done so jus to get his followers to bring him the Destruct and to use its power for the sake of creating a new world in his image]], [[FridgeHorror iyou realize that even if Morte hadn't managed to bust Kyrie out of Beastmen custody, he would have been ''more'' than capable of getting to Kyrie himself.]]
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* XanatosGambit: Looking closely at the events that lead to Kyrie's joining the Front, which began with the Front leader ''announcing this to the world'', when [[spoiler: Lacertus Rex reveals himself as the one in charge of the World Destruction Front, having done so jus just to get his followers to bring him the Destruct and to use its power for the sake of creating a new world in his image]], [[FridgeHorror iyou realize that even if Morte hadn't managed to bust Kyrie out of Beastmen custody, he would have been ''more'' than capable of getting to Kyrie himself.]]
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* SanityStrengthening: Morte is clearly nuts at the opening of the game[[note]]likely bipolar-manic[[/note]]. Kyrie is basically walking, talking lithium for her. He's not exactly a LivingEmotionalCrutch, but traveling with him definitely helps her sanity; by the end of the game, she seems almost normal.
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* YourFavorite: [[ChildhoodFriend Agan]] attempts to get HeroicBSOD'd Morte to eat by offering her sandwhale bacon sandwiches. He knows it's serious when she refuses to so much as look at him.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The World Salvation Committee lumps the World Annihilation Front and the Golden Lions together under the heading of terrorists. While you could certainly argue that the former are, the later see themselves as freeing humans from FantasticRacism and are somewhat offended at the association.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The World Salvation Committee lumps the World Annihilation Front and the Golden Lions together under the heading of terrorists. While you could certainly argue that the former are, the later see themselves as freeing humans from FantasticRacism and are somewhat offended at the association.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Serpens Rex. She pops up in the middle of the [[strike: desert]] sandsea, traps you in a literal MirrorUniverse, scatters the party, [[spoiler: then hypnotizes Morte into fighting you.]]
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* GetOnTheBoat: You're first limited to wherever Felis Rex decides to drop you off using his cruise ship (which means running errands for him, naturally). After you rescue Agan, you'll have your own ship, though it'll be a few more plot points before you're allowed to sail anywhere and your CoolShip becomes the GlobalAirship in function (it's still an entirely normal boat, same as when you started, but the ''plot'' has seen fit to allow exploration).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Serpens Rex. She pops up in the middle of the [[strike: desert]] sandsea, traps you in a literal MirrorUniverse, scatters the party, [[spoiler: then hypnotizes Morte into fighting you.]]]] The FinalBoss also counts, as the story was largely fantasy for the most part, then suddenly took a hard left into sci-fi at the end.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Serpens Rex. She pops up in the middle of the [[strike: desert]] sandsea, traps you in a literal MirrorUniverse, scatters the party, [[spoiler: then hypnotizes Morte into fighting you.
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* TheOutsideWorld: Kyrie was pretty sheltered in Barni and grew up believing the world was a fairly nice place and that it was natural for Ferals to rule humans because they were so benevolent, like Ursa Rex was. Morte quickly disabuses him of such naivete, and even offers to travel the world with him to prove how much it needs to be destroyed.
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* SecretLevel: Some time after [[spoiler:the Temple of Light turns dark]], you can return to the area to complete another set of puzzles and fight a BonusBoss.
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* SpaceCompression: Continents are quite small; even with the RandomEncounters, it still takes less than an hour to walk across most of them.
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* SwampsAreEvil: Upon arriving in Fallenmire, Kyrie discovers, to much to his horror, that there are skeletons floating around the wetlands. Taupi explains that the ferals forced their humans slaves to work to their graves on a nearby mine without caring about the dangers of mining in such a hazardous area. It's also the only place that grows the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_polygama Silvervine]] that [[HighOnCatnip Felis Rex]] wants.
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* VideogameSettings:
** BubbleGloopSwamp: Fallenmire
** JungleJapes: Albion Greenwood
** PipeMaze: The sewers of the Botanical Gardens are a twisting mess of waterworks.
** PortTown: There's one on every continent, but Viteaux seems built around water more than the others.
** BubbleGloopSwamp: Fallenmire
** JungleJapes: Albion Greenwood
** PipeMaze: The sewers of the Botanical Gardens are a twisting mess of waterworks.
** PortTown: There's one on every continent, but Viteaux seems built around water more than the others.
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* EnemyWithout: One BonusBoss is a manifestation of [[spoiler:Kyrie's doubts and fears, a side effect of when he grew a soul and became human, then decided to give that up to try and save the world from himself.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Kyrie Illunis]] eventually decides to sacrifice himself to save the rest of the team [[spoiler:and the world, as he has no control of his powers but at least can't kill anyone if he's dead himself. Luckily he gets better.]]
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* HumanResources: [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]] wants to use humans as the base material for a new world [[AGodAmI where he's a god]]. He also requires Kyrie's powers, both to break down the present world in a timely manner and to rebuild the new one; whether or not such a thing would require "harvesting" Kyrie's powers or simply taking control of him isn't stated.
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* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:Dark Kyrie]] is one for Kyrie, though [[GuideDangIt you may not find him during the course of the game]], as he's a BonusBoss. [[spoiler:He's a manifestations of Kyrie's doubts and fears, a side effect of when he grew a soul and became human, then decided to give that up to try and save the world from himself - apparently the part of himself that he rejected in order to be able to make a heroic sacrifice also rejected the idea that suicide would save people and so got himself his own body.]]
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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:Lacertus Rex]] allows the World Destruction Committee to rescue Kyrie and kill the Primal Lords which are key to unlocking his power, then demands that they hand him over so he can be used [[spoiler:to create a world where Lacertus Rex is the supreme ruler. Considering they ''just'' went to the trouble of resurrecting Kyrie, this plan naturally doesn't go over very well.]]
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* WorldHealingWave: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Kyrie and Morte use his powers as the Destruct to reform the world, turning the Sand Sea to water and eliminating racism.]]
* WorldWreckingWave: Morte expects that killing the Primal Lords will have this effect, suggesting that after they kill the Azure Sea, water will be uncontrolled, resulting in storms and floods everywhere. [[spoiler:In fact, it's the exact opposite effect, though still unpleasant: because the Azure Sea merely reverted to an egg form instead of ceasing to exist, water became even more scarce, resulting in the canals of Viteaux drying up and presumably producing a drought over the rest of the world as well.]]
* WorldWreckingWave: Morte expects that killing the Primal Lords will have this effect, suggesting that after they kill the Azure Sea, water will be uncontrolled, resulting in storms and floods everywhere. [[spoiler:In fact, it's the exact opposite effect, though still unpleasant: because the Azure Sea merely reverted to an egg form instead of ceasing to exist, water became even more scarce, resulting in the canals of Viteaux drying up and presumably producing a drought over the rest of the world as well.]]
