History VideoGame / TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSkySecondChapter

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The sequel to the original ''Trails in the Sky''.

Several months after the events of the first game, Estelle has taken it upon herself to search for Joshua after his sudden disappearance in hopes of bringing him back.

However, a secret society by the name of Ouroboros have decided to make their move in Liberl, setting off a chain of events that could the change the face of the nation.

!!Tropes:
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Cassius gives one to Joshua, as way of reprimanding him for abandoning his family.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Estelle expresses a few things to herself after Dorothy gives her a photo that shows [[spoiler:Joshua]] working with the Sky Bandits.
-->'''Estelle:''' [[spoiler:Joshua]], you idiot... Doing crazy stuff like attacking an army base... And your eyes are so cold, like when we first met... And... And... AND WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GETTING ALONG SO WELL WITH THAT STUPID TOMBOY?!
* FiveStagesOfGrief: Estelle during the prologue after Joshua disappears.
** Denial: She tries to think what she experienced was only a dream.
** Anger: After her father revealed he knew of Joshua's past and that he might leave one day, Estelle angrily yells at him and runs off.
** Bargaining: She immediately convinces herself that Joshua simply went back to their family home, despite the clear fact this isn't true.
** Despair: Falls to her knees and cries after seeing Joshua is nowhere in their house.
** Acceptance: She accepts Joshua's absence, but realizes there's still hope in finding him.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:The party is not exempted from the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon, and whoever wants to use their orbments - or, in Tita's case, any of her weapons besides the Gatling gun she uses in one of her S-Crafts - during chapter 8 is forced to use a Zero Field Generator to disable the Aureole's effect.]]
** GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler:However, quartz stat bonuses are unaffected for some reason. This is likely an [[AntiFrustrationFeatures Anti-Frustration Feature]], as stats suddenly tanking would make an already-difficult chapter even worse.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: Taking a close look at [[spoiler:Renne]]'s health during her stay with group shows she has a high heath bar, which foreshadows her true nature much later.
* LotusEaterMachine:
** As Estelle and her friends find the source of the fog covering Rolent, they are engulfed by a spell from Luciola. Estelle wakes in front of her family house with her father and suddenly-alive mother and turns into a child, spending happy times together. She manages to get out of it when she remembers Joshua's harmonica song.
** [[spoiler: As it turns out, the Aureole itself gradually became one. Its effect was apparently akin to being high on speed and acid simultaneously, sans physical side-effects, and the inhabitants of the Liber Ark became so addicted to it that birth rates fell and society began to break down, forcing Celeste D. Auslese to seal it away.]]
* PlotTunnel: When you get to Chapter 6, [[spoiler:the party conducts a raid on the lakeside laboratory that ends with Estelle being abducted by Ouroboros. Estelle spends the rest of the chapter escaping from the ''Glorious'' while reuniting with Joshua. And then the towers are turned into {{Eldritch Location}}s, meaning you spend Chapter 7 either on the ''Arseille'' or in the towers]]. You lose access to the Bracer Guilds entirely until chapter ''8'', and even then, [[spoiler:you're going there out of necessity to deliver Zero Field Generators since all orbments in Liberl and southern Erebonia have been shut down by the Aureole]].
* RequiredPartyMember: This occurs frequently over the course of the game, starting with the fact that [[CantDropTheHero Estelle must always be in the party]].
** In Chapter 4, Scherazard is locked into the party during events in Rolent. During one forced encounter, Kloe and Tita are also locked in.
** In Chapter 5, Agate is locked in for the start, Tita is locked in for the middle, and then both Agate and Tita are required for the end.
** Midway through Chapter 6, Kevin is a forced party member for a dungeon.
** From the climax of Chapter 6 to the end of the game, [[spoiler:Joshua]] is a mandatory party member.
** During the PlotTunnel in Chapter 7, the second area visited requires Zin, and the third requires Scherazard.
** The Jenis Royal Academy sidequest in Chapter 8 forces the party of Estelle, [[GuestStarPartyMember Anelace, Kurt]], and [[spoiler:Joshua]].
** In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Josette]] (who unfortunately suffers from LateCharacterSyndrome) is required to be in the party for a dungeon, but can be replaced before TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The protagonists will be affected by a disaster involving [[spoiler:the technology they use failing]], and as such need to [[spoiler:equip Zero Field Generators in order to use arts. Tita in particular ''needs a ZFG'', as the only weapon she has that doesn't use orbal power is the [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] she uses in one of her S-Crafts.]]
** One sidequest involves rescuing miners trapped by their elevator failing due to [[spoiler:the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon]], Tita restoring the elevator's functionality using [[spoiler:a Zero Field Generator]]. However, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIcr4N60TY&t=1020 one LPer pointed out]], just because the elevator now works doesn't necessarily mean it works ''properly''. The [[spoiler:ZFG]] doesn't restore full power to the orbment, meaning the elevator's movement is pretty much start suddenly and stop just as suddenly, over and over again, until it reaches the top or bottom, resulting in a horrible stomach-churning journey in and out of the lower level.

* RealityEnsues:
** The protagonists will be affected by a disaster involving [[spoiler:the technology they use failing]], and as such need to [[spoiler:equip Zero Field Generators in order to use arts. Tita in particular ''needs a ZFG'', as the only weapon she has that doesn't use orbal power is the [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] she uses in one of her S-Crafts.]]
** One sidequest involves rescuing miners trapped by their elevator failing due to [[spoiler:the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon]], Tita restoring the elevator's functionality using [[spoiler:a Zero Field Generator]]. However, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIcr4N60TY&t=1020 one LPer pointed out]], just because the elevator now works doesn't necessarily mean it works ''properly''. The [[spoiler:ZFG]] doesn't restore full power to the orbment, meaning the elevator's movement is pretty much start suddenly and stop just as suddenly, over and over again, until it reaches the top or bottom, resulting in a horrible stomach-churning journey in and out of the lower level.

** In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Josette]] (who unfortunately suffers from LateCharacterSyndrome) is required to be in the party for a dungeon, but can be replaced before TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.

** [[spoiler:The protagonists will be affected by a disaster involving the technology they use failing, and as such need to equip Zero Field Generators in order to use arts. Tita in particular ''needs a ZFG'', as the only weapon she has that doesn't use orbal power is the [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] she uses in one of her S-Crafts.]]

** In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Josette]] (who unfortunately suffers from LateCharacterSyndrome) is required to be in the party for a section of the final dungeon, but can be replaced before the final encounters.

** The Jenis Royal Academy sidequest in Chapter 8 forces the party of Estelle, [[GuestStarPartyMember Anelace, Kurt]], and [[spoiler:Joshua]].

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:The party is not exempted from the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon, and whoever wants to use their orbments - or, in Tita's case, any of her weapons besides the gatling gun she uses in one of her S-Crafts - during chapter 8 is forced to use a Zero Field Generator to disable the Aureole's effect.]]

** One sidequest involves rescuing miners trapped by their elevator failing due to [[spoiler:the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon]], Tita restoring the elevator's functionality using [[spoiler:a Zero Field Generator]]. However, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIcr4N60TY&t=1020 one LPer pointed out]], just because the elevator now works doesn't necessarily mean it works ''properly''. The [[spoiler:ZFG]] doesn't restore full power to the orbment, meaning the elevator's movement is pretty much start suddenly and stop just as suddenly, over and over again, until it reaches the top or bottom, resulting in a horrible stomach-churning journey in and out of the lower level.

* LotusEaterMachine: As Estelle and her friends find the source of the fog covering Rolent, they are engulfed by a spell from Lucciola. Estelle wakes in front of her family house with her father and suddenly-alive mother and turns into a child, spending happy times together. She manages to get out of it when she remembers Joshua's harmonica song.

* PlotTunnel: When you get to Chapter 6, [[spoiler:the party conducts a raid on the lakeside laboratory that ends with Estelle being abducted by Ouroboros. Estelle spends the rest of the chapter escaping from the ''Glorious'' while reuniting with Joshua. And then the towers are turned into {{Eldritch Location}}s, meaning you spend Chapter 7 either on the ''Arseille'' or in the towers]]. You lose access to the Bracer Guilds entirely until chapter ''8'', and even then, [[spoiler:you're going there out of necessity to deliver Zero Field Generators since all orbments in Liberl and southern Erebonia have been shut down by the Aureole]].

* PlotTunnel: When you get to Chapter 6, [[spoiler:the party conducts a raid on the lakeside laboratory that ends with Estelle being abducted by Ouroboros. Estelle spends the rest of the chapter escaping from the ''Glorious'' while reuniting with Joshua. And then the towers are turned into {{Eldritch Location}}s, meaning you spend Chapter 7 either on the ''Arseille'' or in the towers]]. You lose access to the Bracer Guilds entirely until chapter ''8'', and even then, sidequests are limited and [[spoiler:you're going there out of necessity to deliver Zero Field Generators since all orbments in Liberl and southern Erebonia have been shut down by the Aureole]].

* PlotTunnel: When you get to Chapter 6, [[spoiler:the party conducts a raid on the lakeside laboratory that ends with Estelle being abducted by Ouroboros. Estelle spends the rest of the chapter escaping from the ''Glorious'' while reuniting with Joshua. And then the towers are turned into {{Eldritch Location}}s, meaning you spend Chapter 7 either on the ''Arseille'' or in the towers]]. You lose access to the Bracer Guilds entirely until chapter ''8'', and even then, sidequests are limited and [[spoiler:you're going there out of necessity to deliver Zero Field Generators since all orbments in Liberl and southern Erebonia have been shut down by the Liber Ark]].

* LotusEaterMachine: As Estelle and her friends find the source of the fog covering Rolent, they are engulfed by a spell from Lucciola. Estelle wakes in front of her family house with her father and suddenly-alive mother and turns into a child, spending happy times together. She manages to get out of it when she remembers Joshua's harmonica song.

* LotusEaterMachine: As Estelle and her friends find the source of the fog covering Rolent, they are engulfed by a spell from Luciola. Estelle wakes in front of her family house with her father and suddenly-alive mother and turns into a child, spending happy times together. She manages to get out of it when she remembers Joshua's harmonica song.