History Videogame / MasterOfTheWind

* CursedWithAwesome: Stoic was resurrected to serve as an undead slave. Said resurrection transformed him into a giant {{Badass}} skeleton who does not need to eat or breathe, will never get sick, and who is implied to be immortal. Stoic doesn't seem to particularly mind the change, however.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Ariel]] combines this trope with DangerouslyGenreSavvy by attacking the dungeon fairy attempting to give the heroes an option to heal and save during their fight. [[spoiler: The Fairy survived, and was given an honorable delicacy for this.]]

* HistoricalVillainUpdate: {{Downplayed}} In-universe example. While General Lysander was the BigBad of ''Clean Slate'', Cade's comments during a lesson about him suggest that the people mostly remember his violent actions and regard him as nothing more than a bloodthirsty general. ''Clean Slate'''s LetsPlay reveals that, while he was a devoted follower of [[FinalSolution Gallia's genocidal teachings against non-humans and slaughtered many innocents]], he was a more complex person. Lysander was also a [[EvenEvilHaveLovedOnes loving husband and father]], and a deeply loyal soldier ready to die to protect the citizens of his country. [[VillainousValour He willingly chose to fight (and maybe die) during the last battle, while knowing that he would have lived if he ran away, because he wanted to protect his people]]. In the end, confronted by Arius, he admitted that he may have been wrong about Aracadius' teachings and seemed to regret his bad treatment of his sister.

* HeelFaceTurn: A few. In the backstory, some of Gallia's high-ranking officials that still play a minor role in the game (like Tor and Evander). In the game proper, there are [[spoiler:Gabriella, Rana, the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed elemental mages]], Don Kovak and Vec]]. [[spoiler:Andau]] combines it with RedemptionEqualsDeath.

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Cleon]], surprisingly enough. The story makes him up to be quite the foe, and he could have been if he'd been fought with a one or two man party like many other bosses, but instead he had the misfortune of fighting [[spoiler:Valkyrie]] who flatly ignores his signature ability. If you even have to heal once during this battle it's because the mooks beforehand left you injured. (Of course he gets another go at it soon after).
** Also [[spoiler:Cari]], especially given what comes immediately before and after, but that was a given considering her powerset and role in the story.
** His attacks are pretty devastating, but the final boss battle with [[spoiler:Ketsu]] is ''much'' shorter than the battle immediately before against [[spoiler:Ariel]], and you get a full heal and an EleventhHourSuperpower buff partway in.

* TheMessiah: Volrath Blacksteele [[spoiler:is a {{deconstruction}}]].
** Also Dasani.

* BadassNormal: Finley, aka The Baron, manages to hold his own among prodigy mages and a millenium old undead warrior.

* BagOfSpilling: An in-story [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example: Why does Stoic start at level 1 when he has almost a millenium of experience? [[spoiler:He forgot how to fight after spending four-hundred years sealed in a cave.]]

* GodIsEvil: Arcadius may or may not be, depending on whether or not the Hand really represents his wishes. Laurel has a crisis of faith over an event which appears to suggest that they do. [[spoiler: Later, she recieves the same blessing as Dasani and Ketsu,]] and Solik implies [[spoiler: it to be the light-equivalent to a necromancer's transformation to a lich]].

** And she appears soon after ''another'' marathon boss battle with the three lieutnants (you have to defeat three boss-worthy opponents, [[spoiler:then use a single-target move of one party member on each of half a dozen illusions, then beat all three bosses ''again'' only this time they have their signature abilities]]. And when I say "soon after", I mean that the only thing inbetween is ''another boss battle'' (sort of).

* NoSell: Cleon has a special ability to completely negate any attack against him [[spoiler:though not twice in a row]], making him a serious threat. [[spoiler:But the trope is turned on him when Valkyrie can completely ignore this ability and you can easily win the first boss fight with him by spamming your cheapest attack until he dies.]].

* TechnoBabble: Pikc has a habit of teaching others like they're in a classroom. In two scenes where the Touten Corps are in focus, we cut to Pilc explaining some long winded, scientific idea to his fellow members. By the time he's done, they both still scratching their heads to make sense of his gibberish, and wondering why they need to learn what he's talking about anyway.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Leonard, the adopted son of Arius and Nova. Realizing that his real father is General Lysander, he left on a journey to discover more of his origins. When he met Cari and her mother, he was slowly but gradually [[MindRape mind-raped]] into staying, and then believing himself to be her overzealous son Ketsu. He was willing to bring back the old Gallian regime, which Cari and their "mother" want. When his real family sees him again, Ketsu's genuinely upset and enraged to be called "Leonard".]] Interestingly enough, when Cari reveals this backstory, [[spoiler: she plays it off as sympathy for her and her mother, who was losing her mind powers. They came back miraculously when Leonard was about to leave, which she used to turn him into Ketsu. They suffered when Gallia lost the war, and "recovered" when Ketsu joined the family.]] The heroes aren't moved, as they quickly point out that [[MoralMyopia her suffering is more important than anyone else's]] in her mind.

** The Sacred River Monastery was formed by [[FantasticRacism racists]] who refused to accept that their nation's government granted equal rights to a previously oppressed minority (in this case, undead), and in the present day continue to terrorize both the minority and the people who support them. Remind you of the KKK?

* AllThereInTheManual: The events of the Gallian war, starring the Guardian heroes, is told from Volrath's first RPGMaker game ''Clean Slate''. The closest anyone could get to seeing the game's story, however, is through Volrath's LetsPlay [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHUWff-5U0&list=PLjPWbXnTPfN6g2wb-1OnwyKXF201NJp1S videos]] of it.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Ariel is a full-on sadist who has killed many people, including Gino. She also kills the weakened Cari after her fight against the heroes, but for personal reasons in keeping control of Ketsu for herself. Considering Cari and her mother brainwashed not just Leonard to being Ketsu but other mages, including [[MindRape attempts on Cade and Rayne,]] to bring about the [[ApocalypseHow Great Awakening,]] it goes without saying that the pink-haired bitch deserved it.]]

** The equipable boots called Sonic Sneakers: [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog First you say no!]] [[MemetricMutation Then you get out of there!]]

* TechnoBabble: Plic has a habit of teaching others like they're in a classroom. In two scenes where the Touten Corps are in focus, we cut to Plic explaining some long winded, scientific idea to his fellow members. By the time he's done, they both still scratching their heads to make sense of his gibberish, and wondering why they need to learn what he's talking about anyway.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Leonard, the adopted son of Arius and Nova. Realizing that his real father is General Lysander, he left on a journey to discover more of his origins. When he met Cari and her mother, he was slowly but gradually [[MindRape mind-raped]] into staying, and then believing himself to be her overzealous son Ketsu. He was willing to bring back the old Gallian regime, which Cari and their "mother" want. When his real family sees him again, he's genuinely upset and enraged to be called that.]] Interestingly enough, when Cari reveals this backstory, [[spoiler: she plays it off as sympathy for her and her mother, who was losing her mind powers. They came back miraculously when Leonard was about to leave, which she used to turn him into Ketsu. They suffered when Gallia lost the war, and "recovered" when Ketsu joined the family.]] The heroes aren't moved, as they quickly point out that [[MoralMyopia her suffering is more important than anyone else's]] in her mind.

* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler:Rayne, Cade's brother.]]

* TechnoBabble: Plic has a habit of teaching others like they're in a classroom. In two scenes where the Touten Corps are in focus, Plic is explaining some long winded, scientific idea to his fellow members. By the time he's done, they both still scratching their heads to make sense of his gibberish, and wondering why they need to learn what he's talking about anyway.

* GodIsEvil: He may or may not be, depending on whether or not the Hand really represents his wishes. Laurel has a crisis of faith over an event which appears to suggest that they do, but [[spoiler:later, she recieves the same blessing, suggesting it's not that simple]].

* LightIsNotGood: Some of the main villains wield light elemental powers.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For much of the game, the meaner students at the Sacred River Monastery are so [[EvilIsHammy over the top]] in their religious zeal-fueled racism towards undead and [[GoldfishPoopGang just plain incompetent]] that its hard to take them seriously. [[spoiler:Then they kidnap Gabriella in the endgame, plotting to sacrifice her to Arcadius.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Four of the five legacies of the strongest magic casters (except for ice, dark, and light) were subjected to this to carry out a worldwide apocalypse similar to the Rain of Fire.]] It is also revealed that [[spoiler: Leonard Barca, birth son of General Lysander, was subjected to this by Cari's mother until she reprogrammed his mind into believing himself to be Ketsu.]]

* TheDogBitesBack [[spoiler: Leonard, upon seeing Ariel and after just being dispelled from the illusion that he is Ketsu, deals a lethal blow to her for killing Lysander, his father.]]

** Also most of the antagonists from the [[VanHelsingHateCrimes Sacred River Monastery]], particularly [[EvilIsHammy Gabriella]] [[spoiler:pre-vampirisim]] and [[SmugSnake Forcester]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Ariel is a full-on sadist who has killed many people, including Gino. She also kills the weakened Cari after her fight against the heroes, but for personal reasons in keeping control of Ketsu for herself. Considering Cari and her mother brainwashed not just Leonard to being Ketsu but other mages, including [[MindRape attempts Cade and Rayne,]] to bring about the [[ApocalypseHow Great Awakening,]] it goes without saying that the pink-haired bitch deserved it.]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For much of the game, the Sacred River Monastery is so [[EvilIsHammy over the top]] in its religious zeal-fueled racism towards undead and [[GoldfishPoopGang just plain incompetent]] that its hard to take them seriously. [[spoiler:Then they kidnap Gabriella in the endgame, plotting to sacrifice her to Arcadius.]]

* SmugSnake: Forcester of the "Holy Trio".
* TechnoBabble: Plic has a habit of teaching others like they're in a classroom. In two scenes where the Touten Corps are in focus, Plic is explaining some long winded, scientific idea to his fellow members. By the time he's done, they both still scratching their heads to make sense of his gibberish, and wondering why they need to learn what he's talking about any.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Leonard, the adopted son of Arius and Nova. Realizing that his real father is General Lysander, he left on a journey to discover more of his origins. When he met Cari and her mother, he was slowly but gradually [[MindRape mind-raped]] into staying, and then believing himself to be her over zealous son Ketsu. He was willing to bring back the old Gallian regime, which Cari and their "mother" want. When his real family sees him again, he's genuinely upset and enraged to be called that.]] Interestingly enough, when Cari reveals this backstory, [[spoiler: she plays it off as sympathy for her and her mother, who was losing her mind powers. They came back miraculously when Leonard was about to leave, which she used to turn him into Ketsu. They suffered when Gallia lost the war, and "recovered" when Ketsu joined the family.]] The heroes aren't moved, as they quickly point out that [[MoralMyopia her suffering is more important than anyone else's]] in her mind.
* UntrustingCommunity: The Sacred River Monastery tends to be leery of the rest of Soleste due to their acceptance of the undead.

* WhatTheHellHero: Mina, a hero of the Gallian war [[spoiler: and a relative to the Mistrel family]] allows Cade to infiltrate the Hand's base on the presumption he could win. Given that she had prior bad judgment in Ketsu's agenda, Bones/Stoic feels appropriate to call her irresponsible for this.

** Also most of the antagonists from the [[VanHelsingHateCrimes Robin Academy]], particularly [[EvilIsHammy Gabriella]] [[spoiler:pre-vampirisim]] and [[SmugSnake Forcester]].

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For much of the game, the Robin Academy is so [[EvilIsHammy over the top]] in its religious zeal-fueled racism towards undead and [[GoldfishPoopGang just plain incompetent]] that its hard to take them seriously. [[spoiler:Then they kidnap Gabriella in the endgame, plotting to sacrifice her to Arcadius.]]

** [[spoiler: Ariel]], despite [[spoiler: [[PostHumousCharacter having died long ago]], is a straighter example, as [[spoiler: she's the second person to be successfully revived through necromancy and not as a skeleton. In the end, she dies again and is turned into a vampire.]]

* Technobabble: Plic has a habit of teaching others like they're in a classroom. In two scenes where the Touten Corps are in focus, Plic is explaining some long winded, scientific idea to his fellow members. By the time he's done, they both still scratching their heads to make sense of his gibberish, and wondering why they need to learn what he's talking about any.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Ariel]] combines with DangerousGenreSavvy by attacking the dungeon fairy attempting to give the heroes an option to heal and save during their fight. [[spoiler: The Fairy survived, and was given an honorable delicacy for this.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Four of the five legacies of the strongest magic casters (except for ice, dark, and light) were subjected to this to carry out a worldwide apocalypse similar to the Rain of Fire.]] It is also reviewed that [[spoiler: Leonard Barca, birth son of General Lysander, was subjected to this by Cari's mother until she reprogrammed his mind into believing himself to be Ketsu.]]