History VideoGame / TheTiamatSacrament

** Most of party's ultimate armor and accessories can be obtained from either Armscross or from the Ring of Fire battles. Armscross shops can only be accessed after beating a powerful BonusBoss.

-->'''Gyle:''' That's a nice trick, [Xandra]. ''[[PreMortemOneLiner Let's see you try it when you're dead]]''.

* DevelopersRoom: The reward for obtaining all the Soul Gems and beating the TrueFinalBoss is access to the newly rebuilt throne room, where the [=NPCs=] will explain the development of the game, as well as hint towards a hidden tenth Rune Blade. Unusually for most examples of this trope, the room contains both dev [=NPCs=] and story [=NPCs=], with the latter continuing to remark on plot relevant events as if they were in a normal gameplay session rather than a dev room.

* EarlyGameHell: The hardest part of the game is the beginning, when the party has few abilities or items, and the procedures to learn new skills are grindy. Az'uar's inhale mechanic is also hard to use because of how it's easily interrupted. However, endgame enemies and bosses generally don't stand a chance against the party once they have most of their skills. There are also lategame equipment and skills that remove the drawbacks of Az'uar's inhale system, allowing him and Kelburn to unleash their best attacks more frequently.

* FreudianExcuse: The original ruler of Ildria, King Khytiel, lost his wife and the trauma caused him to focus the country's resources into protecting his daughter rather than all the citizens as a whole. This left the rest of the country vulnerable to bandit attacks from the Borderlands, creating enough discontent for Ry'jin to organize a coup.

** Kelburn's best Rune Blade, Excalibur, can be obtained by [[spoiler:using Rune Seal on Az'golath.]]

** Az'uar's breath ability is initially very cumbersome to use, since it requires Az'uar and Xandra to spend a turn inhaling a rune and casting Catch Breath respectively. The starting breath skills all deal AOE damage and are inefficient for singular bosses. Once Az'uar evolves twice, he can use triple element rune combos, which have high enough damage multipliers to justify their cost. And this is before accounting for lategame skills and equipment that can make the process of inhaling runes faster and safer.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After fighting Ry'jin normally, he copies Az'uar's Soul Gems and turns into a monster from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' before trying to kill you again. He'll be even stronger if Az'uar has Saphira's gem as well]]

* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:Az'uar [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out his father]], Tamanir, for voting alongside the majority of the Great Seven to seal themselves away and betraying Ilisrei. When he gets Tamanir's Soul Gem, he learns that Tamanir only did so to add a clause that allows the seal to be broken by another dragon, allowing Tamanir and Ilisrei's children to undo the seals and gain the Great Sevens' soul gems. Az'uar then regrets lashing out at Tamanir and laments that he can't make up with his father now that the latter is a soul gem..]]
* PermanentlyMissableContent: While most items can be obtained by revisiting old areas, there is only one chance to get the tenth Rune Blade, since it involves Rune Sealing [[spoiler:the boss, Az'golath.]]

** Some of the Great Seven aren't on board with Ilisrei's plan to use the Tiamat Sacrament to empower Az'uar, [[spoiler:since that would mean resetting their Blood Memory. They change their mind when they see Xandra risking her life for Az'uar, realizing that it would be selfish if they didn't take the same risk for humans.]]

''The Tiamat Sacrament'' is a game made in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker 2003 by Drakonais.

** Kelburn's strongest skills depend on Az'uar's currently inhaled runes, which means Kelburn's damage progression relies on the player grinding Az'uar's evolution.

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''The Tiamat Sacrament'' is a game made in RPG Maker 2003 by Drakonais.

* BetrayalByInAction:

* PuzzleBoss: [[spoiler:As the FinalBoss, Ry'jin destroys all the runes in the party's inventory. However, the game intends for the player to use Xandra's ultimate palette to turn his respawning minions into Omni Runes, and then use those runes to activate devastating rune combos.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Ry'jin complements Az'uar for defeating Gyle and having strong dragon DNA, but he also plans on killing Az'uar and stealing his powers. [[spoiler:As Faen, he acts fatherly towards Xandra and tries to encourage her and Az'uar to get along, but only so he can manipulate them.]]

In the past, the EvilOverlord Ry'jin annihilated all dragons after using their DNA to create an army of {{Super Soldier}}s. He then used this incredible power to rule the world with an iron fist. A rebel group has formed to stop him, but they are too little in number to make much progress. However, they have hope: one dragon survived Ry'jin's extermination, [[TheHero Az'uar]]. He hatches during the game's opening, his egg disguised as an ordinary rock. As a newborn, Az'uar is very confused and has little knowledge of the world around him. Fortunately, he is able to draw on the wisdom of his ancestors through the dragons' "Blood Memory" (a sort of collective TransferableMemory of all dragons who have ever lived), but it is clouded due to the near-extinction of the dragons. With the help of the rebels, he tries to seek out the seven dragon sages who formed the ruling body of dragon society in the past. He hopes that with their knowledge, he will be able to gain the power to combat Ry'jin's forces. However, he soon learns that not all of them are as helpful as he believes, and that his survival may cause more harm than good...

...Okay, yes, it's a bit of a ClicheStorm. There are a few unique twists however, and the characters are well-defined. Most of the dialogue reads a bit like an epic poem: it can sound rather archaic or stilted at times, but still conveys a deep story.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:During the battle with Gyle at Fyradin, he's aware that if he loses, Ry'jin will fire the Vulcan Cannon at his location in order to take out the party. He still fights in the hopes that he either kills them normally or at least slows them down long enough for the cannon to hit them.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:During the battle with Gyle at Fyradin, he's aware that if he fails to win, Ry'jin will fire the Vulcan Cannon at his location in order to take out the party. He still fights in the hopes that he either kills them normally or at least slows them down long enough for the cannon to hit them.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Ry'jin and Gyle slaughtered all residents of Ildria's castle, including the children. Ry'jin also powers his Vulcan Cannon with dragon eggs and [[spoiler:uses synthetic dragon DNA to convert a child dragon into a mindless monster.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Ry'jin never considers Xandra's endorsement a high priority, and only led Gyle to believe this endorsement is necessary so that he'll antagonize the party, thus increasing their motivation to unseal the dragons.]]

* TreacherousAdvisor: Ry'jin was once a scholar and adviser to King Khytiel, but eventually formed a coup against him.