History YMMV / DragonMarkedForDeath

** [[spoiler:The [[DraconicAbomination Astral Dragon Atruum]] and his Asura, millennia ago, waged a war against the Heavenly Primatis for the right to rule the world and [[SoulEating devour the souls of mortals]]. Defeated and dying, Atruum made a blood contract with a threatened clan of humans, marking them with the Dragon Scar in exchange for worship, secretly planning to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice them all]] for his revival. When the Divine King Medius committed genocide against his worshipers, Atruum [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated the survivors]], playing on their hatred and desire for revenge, forcing them to devour the souls of their deceased enemies. Once the Divine King was defeated and Primatis left the mortal world, Atruum revealed his deception, using the body of his priestess Amika as a vessel and attempting to consume the survivor. In one ending, Atruum uses a survivor as a vessel to be reborn more powerful than ever, [[DetonationMoon destroying the Alabaster Moon]] to kill Primatis, and enslaving all of humanity, intending to absorb their souls to enhance his power.]]

** [[spoiler:The [[DraconicAbomination Astral Dragon Atruum]] is a draconic [[GodOfEvil deity]] embodied by the Blood Moon. Millennia ago, Atruum and his Asura waged a war against the Celestial Primatis--a [[AnimalisticAbomination simian deity]] embodied by the Alabaster Moon--and his Deva over who would get to rule over the world and devour the souls of mortals. Vanquished, the dying Atruum formed a blood contract with an imperiled clan of humans, marking them with the Dragon Scar in emulation of Primatis's Holy Stigmata. Feigning benevolence, Atruum was worshipped as a guardian deity by the Dragonblood Clan--his disembodied soul sustained by their faith--while plotting to sacrifice them to be reborn. When the Divine King Duchis Medius carried out a genocide against his worshippers, Atruum [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated a survivor]] into swearing revenge, empowering them through their Dragon Scar and instructing them to strengthen themselves by consuming the souls of slain enemies. Once the Divine King was vanquished and Primatis withdrew from the mortal world, Atruum revealed his deception, using his priestess Amica's body as a vessel and attempting to devour the survivor. In one ending, Atruum uses the survivor as a vessel to be reborn more powerful than ever, [[DetonationMoon destroying the Alabaster Moon]] to kill Primatis and ruling over humankind with contempt.]]

** [[spoiler:The [[DraconicAbomination Astral Dragon Atruum]] is a draconic [[GodOfEvil deity]] embodied by the Blood Moon. Millennia ago, Atruum and his Asura waged a war against the Celestial Primatis--a [[AnimalisticAbomination simian deity]] embodied by the Alabaster Moon--and his Deva over who would get to rule over the world and devour the souls of mortals. Vanquished, the dying Atruum formed a blood contract with an imperiled clan of humans, marking them with the Dragon Scar in emulation of Primatis's Holy Stigmata. Feigning benevolence, Atruum was worshipped as a guardian deity by the Dragonblood Clan--his disembodied soul sustained by their faith--while plotting to sacrifice them to be reborn. When the Divine King Duchis Medius carried out a genocide against his worshippers, Atruum [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated a survivor]] into swearing revenge, empowering them through their Dragon Scar and instructing them to strengthen themselves by consuming the souls of slain enemies. Once the Divine King was vanquished and Primatis withdrew from the mortal world, Atruum revealed his deception, using his priestess Amica's body as a vessel and attempting to devour the survivor. In one ending, Atruum uses the survivor as a vessel to be reborn more powerful than ever, [[DetonationMoon destroying the Alabaster Moon]] to kill Primatis and ruling over humankind with contempt.]]

* FaceOfTheBand: The Empress is front and center on the game's cover art, and is the character featured most in the game's official art, aside from Amica. The Empress also became a guest DLC character in ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero2''.

* TierInducedScrappy: Every playable character suffers this for a different degree, sometimes even related to a specific contract (example: Ice Shinobi's lack of dodge during the dash), others for their cons, and a couple over a gimmick that almost encourages the usage of macros to be efficient enough (Oracle and Witch).
** The Empress with her Long Sword moveset falls into the lowest tier of the bunch thanks to the lack of a dodge or sheer DPS / mobility like the Shinobi, and no ability to heal herself without items like the Warrior or Witch. With no specialty besides her Burn debuffs, this leaves her in the dust of the other classes and arguably the hardest to play solo given the need to memorize enemy patterns thoroughly. If she equips her Small Sword set, however, she can mitigate this with the heightened DPS / mobility and the superarmor on her lunge attack to serve as an impromptu dodge giving her surprising survivability (albeit still inferior to the Shinobi).
** The Warrior falters in solo play because his damage output and shield don't mean a damn thing when his lack of mobility and attack range will inevitably result in cheap hits and a cripplingly difficult time trying to complete certain mission objectives; his support role as [[DamagerHealerTank a sheer tank]] is valuable online by comparison.
** The Witch has to rely on rapid button combination, which can take a seasoned player up to five seconds to fully power a spell, to be allowed to deal significant damage and can easily be slain by enemies of her same level in one or two hits. However her ability to heal the entire group is most valuable in online and always accessible.
** The Bandit is perhaps the most infamous example: The quests where you fight the Bandit has him using clones and daggers that inflicts Confusion, heavily damaging dashes and lunges, Paralyzing shock bombs, healing himself by randomly pulling a fruit, unleashing a barrage of flames, or tossing a huge bomb that covers a large area, all of these dealing absurd damage and the boss version of Bandit enduring absurd punishment. Then comes his playable version, which does retain some moves but otherwise is heavily powered down, fragile, and reliant on luck to gather items to use for his useful moves.

* CompleteMonster: [[SorcerousOverlord Duchis Medius]] is the elderly Divine King of the Medius Empire, and claims to be the man closest to the deity Celestial Primatus. [[ImmortalitySeeker Desiring immortality]], Duchis manipulates members of the Dragonblood Clan in the kingdom of Maralyus into causing a rebellion, using that as an excuse to send his Divine Knights--led by the [[AnimatedArmor Soul Vessel]] Vasith--to [[FinalSolution carry out a genocide on the Dragonblood Clan]] and kidnap their Oracle, Amica, leading to a survivor swearing revenge against him. Encasing Amica in Vasith and forcing her to kill to make her soul more powerful, Duchis attempts to sacrifice both Amica and the survivor to Primatus in an attempt to [[GodhoodSeeker become a god himself]].

* CompleteMonster: [[SorcerousOverlord Duchis Medius]] is the ancient king of Medius Empire and the man closest to Celestial God Primatus. [[ImmortalitySeeker Desiring immortality for himself]], he orders his Divine Knights, led by his "pet knight", [[TheHeavy Vasith]], to [[FinalSolution commit genocide]] against the Dragonblood clan and kidnap their Oracle Maiden, Amica, which resulted in the surviving members of the Dragonblood clan seeking vengeance against him. Medius fed Amica's soul with feelings of despair and hatred in order to sacrifice her to the Celestial Being Primatus so that he could transcend to [[AGodAmI become a god]]. It was also revealed that he is responsible for the unrest in Maralyus Kingdom as the king manipulated the Dragonblood clan that lived in there via his envoy to cause a rebellion, which resulted in the Dragonblood clan facing their imminent destruction.