History VisualNovel / LorenTheAmazonPrincess

''[[http://winterwolves.com/lorenamazonprincess.htm Loren: The Amazon Princess]]'' is a UsefulNotes/RenPy-based fantasy RPG by Creator/WinterWolves that places you in the shoes of the hero's sidekick. You start as a slave to the Princess Loren, but you slowly work your way into her good graces, possibly even her heart, and towards your freedom.

* HeroesWantRedheads: If Saren romances Myrth.

The game can be downloaded from the link above, and a free demo is available. An [[ExpansionPack expansion]] was recently released, including new party members, new personal quests, and loads of new content.

* BoobsOfSteel: Loren and her mother are the best-endowed girls in the game, and are also front-line melee fighters. Chambara and Dora are slighter and more-petite, and both tend to fight from further away. Myrth, however, is pretty busty AND pretty [[SquishyWizard squishy]], while Elenor, if a Warrior, can be just as tough as Loren while still being relatively slight and slim.

You can control [[WalkingShirtlessScene Saren]], a man born from an Amazon and an Empire soldier, or [[BareYourMidriff Elenor]], an indentured forest elf, said faithful servant, and, seemingly, only a supporting character in Loren's quest to find her mother. However, as the two of you search, the world is brought to war by Fost and his demon minions, shattering the already dysfunctional relationship between the human Empire and the elves. It is up to Loren and her faithful servant to unite the lands and bring evil to justice.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Amukiki. With the fanservice costumes turned on, Ramas and Saren's BareYourMidriff turn into this.

* HornyDevils: Jul.

* AnAxeToGrind: Ramas' starting weapon.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: While most of the outfits in the game are pretty revealing, the heroes get a "modesty option" to cover up. This does not apply to the villains, so Jul will always be wearing her [[AbsoluteCleavage skimpy outfit]] and Krul will wear nothing but a pair of hot pants even with it on.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Loren, despite the fact that you can equip her with various armors. Jul also fits this trope, and, unlike Loren, does so even with the "Modesty Option."

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Goblins comes with colorful hair such as red or even ''pink''.

* CombatantCooldownSystem: This implementation leans heavily towards TurnBasedCombat: each combatant has a (slightly randomized) "initiative" score and is placed on the VisualInitiativeQueue accordingly. The combatant with the lowest initiative (on top of the queue) acts first, then their old initiative score is subtracted from everyone else's, and the second-lowest gets to act, and so on. Each action resets the combatant's initiative score to zero, then adds a new number dependent on its type (strong/AOE attacks add a lot, quick but weak jabs add a little) to it, effectively acting as a global cooldown for them. The game also keeps track of "turns" for the purpose of StatusEffect duration, which occur after a certain total number of initiative points has been subtracted--as a rule of thumb, each combatant can carry out one basic attack per turn.

** If you play Saren/Elenor as somewhat critical of Loren's behavior and assumptions (i.e. not entirely happy with it) despite their outright devotion to her, usually through the "joking" option (interestingly enough, later on in the game they often make [[TheJester their most critical comments under the "joking" persona]], different from the kindness of "friendly" and bluntness/zeal of "forceful"), you can actually glean a bit more to Saren/Elenor's back story from an offhanded comment they make to Apolimesho of all people (also touched on in [[spoiler:Mesphit's]] romance route).

* GodivaHair: The two nymphs Myrth summoned [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to entertain Loren privately.]]

* OurElvesAreBetter: From forest Elves to Dark Elves.

* BiTheWay:
** In general, Amazonian society could be described as bisexual; "romances" are only considered between females, with males only used for procreation. In fact, one law says that it is forbidden for an Amazon to "love" a man, [[spoiler:though this is defied by Queen Karen and potentially by future-Queen Loren with Saren]].
** A surprising number of your crew can be this, depending on who the main character romances. In fact, it's easier to list the non-bisexual options for romances: [[spoiler:Myrth and Rei are strictly heterosexual. Draco is strictly gay.]] Then, tying in with Amazonian culture as described above, [[spoiler:Karen is too grieved by the loss of her male lover to seek another romance in Saren, though she is available for Elenor.]] All these bisexual reveals are fairly casual without much cultural stigma mentioned.

* BleachedUnderpants: A borderline example. Though the game didn't actually have sex scenes, so many players complained about the FanserviceCostumes during the beta that the creator actually added an option to have party members cover up a little more.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Amukiki. With the FanserviceCostumes turned on, Ramas and Saren's BareYourMidriff turn into this.

* WizardClassic: Apolimesho is pretty much [[Film/LordOfTheRings Gandalf's]] copycat in looks, if not in personality, with a bit of the film version of Saruman thrown in.

* AerithAndBob: Names of characters include Apolimesho, Myrth, and Karen. Interestingly (and possibly unintentionally) there does seem to be some consistency in Amazonian names, specifically the -en suffix of Loren, Soren, and Karen.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts:
** Despite being the princess of her people, Loren start the game with only 100 gold, sparse equipment and a single slave for a companion. Justified, since by Amazon law, leaving the Citadel will revoke all her royal privileges.
** Called out by Loren in Chapter 4, when it is warned out of universe that players will only get one chance to shop if they proceed from Chapter 3. While players are likely glad to have a final chance to stock up on supplies and possibly find rare upgrades to their gear, Loren is absolutely disgusted InUniverse as merchants are described to have gathered across the world with their rarest gear... for a price. Mercenaries are also hireable for 1000 gold, GenreSavvy that they might not even be needed for [[spoiler:the whole end-of-the-world scenario currently occurring with a demonic invasion]] and thus might as well profit.

* AerithAndBob: Names of characters include Apolimesho, Myrth, and Karen.

** Despite being the [[BadassPrincess princess]] of her people, Loren start the game with only 100 gold, sparse equipment and a single slave for a companion. Justified, since by Amazon law, leaving the Citadel will revoke all her royal privileges.

* BadassPrincess: Loren.

* HesBack: [[spoiler:In TheStinger Jul turns out to be alive, having just needed to rest a little before she came back to life. Without the expansion pack it's also implied she plans to bring the demons back from the brink to

* HypercompetentSidekick: Grob. Fost may be the BigBad and the one holding the demon hordes together, but it's Grob who does all the heavy lifting to actually see his EvilPlan, [[GenericDoomsdayVillain such as it is]], through. He's the one who almost gets the heroes removed from the picture through a FrameUp operation, plants an ArtifactOfDoom in [[spoiler:Draco's]] pack that draws Shadowmen to them, engineers the Empire-Elven war via a double-FalseFlagOperation and is implied to be behind [[spoiler:the plague that spreads throughout the Citadel infecting the Amazons within]]. By comparison, we only ever see Fost sometimes giving him orders and throwing massive tantrums when things don't go as planned for him.

* Interfacespoiler:Just looking at the achievements screen can reveal the romance outcomes and some plot related stories. Just avoid the screen if you don't want to be spoiled.

* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Amukiki insists on duelling Krul alone without party interference. After he's winning and it becomes clear to Krul he can't win in a fair fight, however, he

** [[spoilerLoren herself never loves again if Saren or Elenor romances her and is the one to make the HeroicSacrifice.]]

* ApologeticAttacker: Myrth, particularly in her repetitive battle lines.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: While there are 10 characters in the base game, with an additional 4 in the DLC, there is a maximum of 6 characters in any given fight -- sometimes, less (or there may be required characters, particularly Loren and Saren/Elenor, further decreasing diversity).

* BetaCouple: Two of the party members in the game (besides [[WizardClassic Apolimesho]]) that you CAN'T romance are [[spoiler: Dora and Ramas, who more or less fall head-over-heels for each other at first sight.]] The game will still offer you a "Romance" dialogue choice for them, sometimes, but it always ends in them brushing the main character off.
* BelligerentSexualTension: If you take Amukiki's romance route, a lot of his in-between scenes with Saren/Elenor can come off as this instead of prickling rivalry (at least until the Tribe scene triggers). They even have a SlapSlapKiss scene by way of a fight ''twice.''

** A surprising number of your crew can be this, depending on who the main character romances. In fact, it's easier to list the non-bisexual options for romances: [[spoiler: Myrth and Rei are strictly heterosexual. Draco is strictly gay.]] Then, tying in with Amazonian culture as described above, [[spoiler:Karen is too grieved by the loss of her male lover to seek another romance in Saren, though she is available for Elenor.]] All these bisexual reveals are fairly casual without much cultural stigma mentioned.

* BoobsOfSteel: Loren and her mother are the best-endowed girls in the game, and are also front-line melee fighters. Chambara and Dora are slighter and more-petite, and both tend to fight from further away. Myrth, however, is pretty busty AND pretty [[DoubleEntendre squishy]], while Elenor, if a Warrior, can be just as tough as Loren while still being relatively slight and slim.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:At the end either Elenor/Saren, Loren, or Karen have to sacrifice themselves in order to seal away [[BigBad Fost]]]]. Unless you have the expansion Castle of N'Mar, which grants you access to lots of companion specific items and quest as well as access to the [[spoiler:[[GoldenEnding Golden Ending]] which also happens to be the [[CanonEnding True Ending]]]] since the sequel will pick up from there.
* {{Catchphrase}} / RunningGag: Saying "Oh, hi (again)!" in many different ways becomes one with Dora. It's mainly noticeable because most of the characters don't use the word "hi" often, especially in inappropriate situations like she does, and her "our conversations are over" dialogue is that phrase in verbatim. [[spoiler:She even says 'hi' in the end, during an emotional reunion of the entire party in the Under-realm.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Draco has a bit of this.

* CombatStilettos: A cutscene showed Loren wearing heels.

* DoNotCallMePaul: If you pick "Joking" during the Firestarter conversation, you learn that Draco's real name is [[spoiler:Derry]]. Spoiler -- he doesn't like it. [[spoiler: You also learn it if you do Draco's personal quest and visit the Horus Academy.]]

* FantasticRacism: Humans vs. elves and elves vs. dark elves. (Pretty much everybody gets along with the dwarves, and everybody thinks the xenophobic and insular Amazons are a myth.)

** Same with Apolimesho who's a powerful Archwizard of some repute, [[spoiler: who has apparently undertaken a quest very much like yours some time ago]]... yet and he begins at level 1 when he joins you.

** Draco and Karen are more literal in the sense that the opposite sex can't romance them; Myrth and Rei are, in the same spirit, the Straight Options. It may or may not express their sexuality--in Saren's route, for example, although Draco is implied to be gay if pursued, Karen did have a male lover, although she feels too torn up by guilt about the cultural distaste for it to try again if Saren expresses interest.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Fost, and, in the expansion, [[spoiler: Zeal... maybe.]]

* GodMode: Named cheat mode, and unlocked at the end of the game. Allows you to skip story mode battles, useful for replaying and unlocking alternative stories.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Jul. Comes with being a succubus.
* GreenEyedMonster: Breza will become quite unfriendly towards Elenor if she grow closer to Loren, at one point saying that the princess should be with an Amazon like her. She's also this way with Saren, but for wholly different reasons, as he is a slave who has surpassed her in rank as second-in-command, if not actually in love with Loren himself.

** If you play Saren/Elenor as somewhat critical of Loren's behavior and assumptions (i.e. not entirely happy with it) despite their outright devotion to her, usually through the "joking" option (interestingly enough, later on in the game they often make [[TheJester their most critical comments under the "joking" persona]], different from the kindness of "friendly" and bluntness/zeal of "forceful"), you can actually glean a bit more to Saren/Elenor's back story from an offhanded comment they make to Apolimesho of all people (also touched on in [[spoiler: Mesphit's]] romance route).
** [[spoiler: Mesphit's]] romance route as a whole throws more question into Saren/Elenor's happiness in slavery since [[spoiler: his]] route deals heavily with freedom.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: If Saren romances Myrth.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Draco]] in [[spoiler: his]] path, and [[spoiler: Loren, Karen, or the protagonist]] at the end.
** It's particularly heartbreaking when the [[spoiler: protagonist's lover begs them not to go. For example, in Draco's case he cries that Saren promised that everything would be be all right]].

* IncompatibleOrientation: As it's implied Draco's romantic interest lies primarily in men through Saren's dialogue in his path and Elenor's inability to romance him, some of the early dialogue when the characters assume he's the (attempting) BromanticFoil LoveableSexManiac archetype comes of as quite hilarious through replay, especially since he seems puzzled by their insinuations more than once. [[spoiler: Humorously, it more or less saves the day, as Draco is not charmed by Jul when she uses her magic. Neither is Dora, but it could simply be that Jul didn't get to Dora yet.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: Just looking at the achievements screen can reveal the romance outcomes and some plot related stories. Just avoid the screen if you don't want to be spoiled.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rei is a violent assassin with an abrasive personality, lax morals, and a violent BigBrotherInstinct towards his adoptive sibling, but he does genuinely mean well. Apolimesho is a sour, racist old man, but he is also a ReasonableAuthorityFigure willing to put aside his prejudices in the name of peace who, in his backstory, has made a huge number of personal sacrifices for the good of the world... and, over the course of the game, sacrifices even more. [[spoiler: Losing his job is the least of his problems.]]

* LadyLand: The Citadel, and though Loren thinks of it as a lesbian utopia, the player and the player character can see and point out the problems within its society. [[spoiler: A romanced Loren experiences the dark side of it and is utterly horrified. Even without romance, Loren, or Karen if Loren is dead, will end the slavery and give male children of Amazons equal rights with females.]]

* LadyOfWar: Karen

* MakingASplash: Water attacks such as ''Flood''
* MultiShot: Dora's specialty and part of her character-specific class.
* MistakenForGay: Saren during Myrth's Romance subplot [[spoiler: if the player chooses to befriend Rei in order to gain his approval. Saren's attempts end up giving Rei the impression that he's being hit on.]]
* MistakenForRomance: Amusingly triggering around the same time as the MistakenForGay example, again by Saren when Ramus asks him, [[spoiler:as part of his attempts to woo Dora, to give one of his freshly-retreived family gems to her via Saren. Dora does not even open the wrapped gem, thinking that Saren was hitting on her and turning him down sadly as JustFriends.]]
* NatureHero: Say hello to Myrth, the {{Stripperiffic}} druid.
* {{Necromantic}}: A constant temptation to [[spoiler: Apolimesho. Over the course of the game, his torment over his daughter's sacrifice to defeat Fost almost drives him to attempt necromancy on multiple occasions.]]
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler: Mesphit, who is even a possible party member (and bisexual love interest) as part of the expansion]].
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: [[spoiler: The lizardman juvenile is half-elven.]]
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Averted with Dora. She looks and sounds more like your typical anime GenkiGirl. Ramas on the other hand, play this trope more straight, though he works as an above-ground merchant rather than a miner or soldier. [[spoiler: Then, in the expansion, it becomes clear that this is the result of his slimy brother's machinations rather than his personal inclinations.]]

* PortalCut: [[spoiler: Grob]] goes out this way, as Saren/Elenor interrupt a teleporting spell he casts.

* RedHerring: Breza not [[spoiler: seeming to care if the queen were gone or not]] and Draco [[spoiler: following them for no particular but possibly suspicious reason]] are two early ones. If you follow Draco's romance route, [[spoiler: the suspicion might even carry on in chapter 3 with a comment Saren makes, although in the end it's apparent his worry about Fost is first and foremost his worry about Saren's well-being.]]
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: [[spoiler: Subverted! Early on, it seems the lizardmen of the swamps are little more than violent animals, but Karen's personal quest makes it clear that they are much more civilized and sophisticated than the other races guess... and are even capable of [[InterspeciesRomance entering into relationships with other races]] and having [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid children]].]]

* ShoutOut: [[BareFistedMonk Sauzer is fighting with his fists and feet]]. He has blond hair and wears a red martial arts gi. [[StreetFighter Ken Masters anyone]]?
** One of Rei's skill is called [[MortalKombat Fatality]], complete with an image of a [[OffWithHisHead decapitation]] in the skill's icon.
** There are a number of plot similarities to the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' video game. The romance system is also very reminiscent of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games too. Chambara is a rather obvious {{Expy}} of Morrigan.
* SkippableBoss: A few fights against certain bosses (as well as some against normal mobs), are skippable if you choose the correct options, such as [[spoiler: taking Krul's allied orcs hostage, thereby instigating a mutiny between them and Krul once it becomes clear that the latter does not care for them]].

* SwampsAreEvil: There's one called the ''Unforgiving Swamp'' complete with [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Lizardmen]]. [[spoiler: Subverted. Karen's quest reveals that the lizardmen are a civilization of their own, they're not happy with being scavenged, and there's even members of other races living with them and marrying into the tribe.]]

* Underboobs: Elenor's costume with the fanservice option turned on.

* {{UST}}: Even if you romance someone else, Saren/Elenor's dialogue in the beginning seem to imply s/he has an attraction towards Loren. For the most part, when your romance with someone else has cemented near the finality of chapter 3, the protagonist and Loren will act as FireForgedFriends, with particularly apparent UndyingLoyalty on the protagonist's part, but in Amukiki's route the {{UST}} between the protagonist and Loren will be called out on, since their rivalry largely focuses on serving as Loren's right hand.

* WizardClassic: Apolimesho is pretty much [[LordOfTheRings Gandalf's copycat]] in looks, if not in personality (with a bit of the film version of Saruman thrown in).

* Stripperific: The default mode, but there's an option to have the characters wear more modest outfits and disable the fanservicey parts of the romance scenes.