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4''The Crown & the Flame'' is part of a series of {{Visual Novel}}s by Pixelberry (of ''VideoGame/HighSchoolStory'' and ''VideoGame/HollywoodURisingStars'') for iPhone and Android, released under the app title ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' (you download the app and have access to multiple distinct visual novels).
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6The story follows Kenna Rys and Dominic Hunter after the fall of the former's kingdom. Kenna, now exiled, must survive long enough to build an army to take back her kingdom, while Dom helps in any way he can while hiding among the kitchen staff of the new usurpers.
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12* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Golden Mountain Fang. Sharp enough to cut through Prince Marco's guards' reinforced armor.
13%%* Action Girl: Kenna, of course, as well as Val and a couple of other women.
14* ActionPet: Dom and his hawk [[spoiler:later a phoenix]]. Later on, Kenna and her bear. Book 3 has the mechawolf pup who can also talk.
15* AdmiringTheAbomination: Whitlock loves the mechanical Minotaur in the Technocrats' labyrinth, even if it ''is'' currently attempting to smash you all.
16** [[spoiler: It helps that he was the one who created it.]]
17* AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler:Azura dies at the end of Book 3 when Kenna stabs her in the stomach. She is left helpless and being unable to move, cannot reach someone to recharge her life.]]
18* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Dominic's hawk is surprisingly affectionate for a solitary bird of prey.
19* AllDeathsFinal: While there's magic in the setting, there doesn't seem to be any way to bring back a dead person. It isn't even mentioned as a legendary possibility or forbidden technique.
20** The only person who subverts this trope by using her own magic is [[spoiler: Azura, but only in your first encounter with her to bring a wolf pup back from the dead.]]
21* AllegedlyFreeGame: It's very difficult, or possibly impossible, to get the best outcomes without spending diamonds on premium scenes and weapons and allies. As the amount you're given at the start of the game is ''paltry'', covering one or two choices at best, you're left trying to EarnYourFun by reading other stories and watching ads. Downplayed because the final endings are the same whether you’ve paid diamonds or not; the overall course of the story doesn’t change.
22* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Hawkie is capable of finding Kenna wherever she is in the world. Never mind the fact that asking a hawk to carry a message is generally a bad idea; they're not pigeons.
23* AnArmAndALeg: Whitlock had his hands cut off as punishment after he rescued a barn full of villagers that the Nevrakis army had intended to slaughter. In the present day, he has mechanical arms and hands.
24* AnyoneCanDie: Kenna and Dominic are safe, since the game is told from their viewpoints, but anyone else is fair game for ThePlotReaper.
25* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The mercenaries have a saying: "The strong lead. The weak bleed." If you want their support, you've got to beat their leader in a fight.
26* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When Kenna is crowned at the end of Book 1 after finally regaining Stormholt.
27* BadassArmy: Kenna is trying to build one; how successful she is depends on your choices.
28* BadassNormal: Kenna and basically everyone allied with her.
29* BattleCouple: The cover art depicts Kenna and Dom as one, complete with BackToBackBadasses. Whether or not they become an actual ''couple'' or just BashBrothers is up to you.
30* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Book 3, Chapter 4 has Dom being brainwashed by Hex to raze Aurelia to the ground in dragon form. How much of it you destroy is based on how much you resist her control by finding the good in the memories you're made to remember, as well as paying diamonds to fight against shadow forms of Rose or Sei.
31* BearsAreBadNews: Averted: Kenna and her entourage meet a bear in the Aurelia Mines. Paying diamonds allows you to recruit it, whereupon it becomes a loyal ally.
32* TheBeautifulElite: Aurelia is especially built around this, though almost everyone in the story is at least marginally attractive.
33* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Kenna spends two years training in a monastery hidden inside ancient ruins and then begins a rough-and-tumble journey around her kingdom, getting into more than her fair share of fights. You wouldn't know it from looking at her.
34* BeneathNotice: The Nevrakies believe servants to be little more than furniture. Dom encourages this, since it makes life easier for him; nobody expects the simple servant to be capable of doing anything but what they're told.
35* BittersweetEnding: The ending of Book 2. [[spoiler: Kenna and her allies managed to defeat Luther in the final battle and free the Five Kingdoms from tyranny. However, in the process Dom was captured by Hex, who plans to use him against Kenna.]]
36* BlingOfWar: The Golden Mountain Fang. High prestige or paying diamonds allows Kenna to suit her entire army with them.
37* BodyguardingABadass: Gabriel is ''supposed'' to be Kenna's bodyguard, but she's more capable in a fight than he is due to age. He's undyingly loyal, however, and she thinks of him as a father figure.
38* BookEnds: Kenna and Dom spar at the end of Book 3, just like they were doing at the very start of the series.
39* BribingYourWayToVictory: Premium responses cost a certain number of diamonds, usually in the neighborhood of 20-25. These responses often add quite a few points to your army score, which determines how successful your final battle will be. Diamonds can only be gotten by reading ''new'' chapters (rereading doesn't count), or by paying for them. Given that a single book contains less than twenty chapters, you'll eat up your diamonds far faster than you could ever earn them, leaving payment as the only viable option.
40* BullfightBoss: The battle with the Mechataur in Book 1, Chapter 13 is this with Kenna making it charge into a wall and then attacking it.
41* BurningWithAnger: Sei tells Dominic that his fire powers are stronger the angrier he becomes, but not to let it get too strong that it burns him up as well.
42* ButThouMust: A couple of the choices are largely arbitrary in the moment, though the consequences may later affect you.
43* TheCasanova: Dominic is a shameless flirt and, if rumors are to be believed, has had no shortage of willing young ladies.
44* ChildhoodFriend: Kenna and Dominic have been extremely close since childhood, despite their disparate social statuses; Dominic also grew up together with Rose and Trystan, being closer in social standing.
45** ChildhoodFriendRomance: Kenna and Dom are the OfficialCouple, though you're free to have him pursue a relationship with Rose instead.
46* AChildShallLeadThem: The great Technocrats are lead by [[spoiler: Whitlock,]] who is merely a [[spoiler: teenage boy]].
47* ChivalrousPervert: Dominic has no shortage of female fans, and makes no bones about being fond of them as well, but is genuinely nice behind it all.
48* DecapitatedArmy: If you are able to get to Marco and choose to kill him, informing his soldiers of this fact will instantly cause them to surrender.
49* DefeatEqualsFriendship: When you meet Severin, he's eager to sell Kenna to Prince Marco, dead or alive. After beating him in combat and sparing him, he swears his loyalty to her.
50* DoubleWeapon: The Kor-Kitar is one of these, though you need to pay diamonds to unlock it.
51* DueToTheDead: The castle servants hold a secret funeral for [[spoiler:Trystan and Rose's mother]]. It has to be secret, since the Nevrakis wouldn't take kindly to having a traitor fondly remembered.
52** Book 3, Chapter 3 has Kenna and her party [[spoiler:hold a funeral for Leon after his death by Empress Azura.]]
53* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[TheLadette Val’s]] real name is Valentina, and [[DoNotCallMePaul she]] ''[[Main/DoNotCallMePaul loathes]]'' [[DoNotCallMePaul it.]] The few times we see her called Valentina, she [[BerserkButton flies into a rage]] and demands to know who told that name to the person in question.
54* EmbarrassingNickname:
55** The Nevrakis take to referring to Kenna as the "False Queen" for thinking she can retake her throne. Kenna herself is ''not'' amused.
56** Trystan refers to Dominic's hawk as "Hawkie". Judging by Dom's response of, "I told you, he only answers to HelloInsertNameHere!", he thinks it's embarrassing.
57** Raydan can give one of Azura's soldiers a nickname in Book 3, with the default "Toady". The soldier repeatedly tells Raydan to stop calling him that but dies before he can reveal his real name.
58* EnemyMine: At the end of Book 2, Kenna and Luther Nevrakis have become allies in order to effectively fight against the Iron Empire who plans on invading the Five Kingdoms.
59** Book 3 episode 5 has Kenna throw a dinner between herself, Luther, Zenobia and Florian to recruit them as her allies.
60** A premium choice also allows the player to recruit [[spoiler:Hex]] after she surrenders.
61* EpicFlail: The Deadman's Flail which you can get for diamonds during Kenna's fight against Severin.
62* EmperorScientist: The Technocrats are a hidden steampunk society of geniuses, lead by the cleverest. Their leader's home is less a throne room and more a laboratory-blacksmith hybrid.
63* TheEmpire: The Iron Empire who's considered such a big threat that King Luther staged a coup just to get forces to fight against them.
64* EvilIsPetty: The Nevrakises seem to get a great deal of amusement out of beating their servants for any perceived slight.
65* EvilWearsBlack: The Nevrakis family consists of cruel and sadistic people whose main color is black.
66* EyeScream: Princess Eloise, Kenna's aunt, revealed the secret entrance to the palace after having her eyes gouged out.
67* FirstGirlWins: Kenna can be this to Dominic in the series.
68* ForcedMarriage: Prince Marco threatens to force Annelyse into marriage to conquer Aurelia.
69* GayOption: Kenna can pursue a relationship with Annalyse of Aurelia. In Book 2, Val is also promoted to LoveInterest.
70** Dom can pursue a relationship with Jackson.
71* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Azura and her empire are this throughout most of Book 1: the threat they pose is, at least ostensibly, the reason for everything the Nevrakises are doing to Kenna's kingdom and the others.]]
72* GoodScarsEvilScars: If Kenna sneaks a dagger into Aurelia, she gives one to Prince Marco in Chapter 9.
73* GotVolunteered: The Nevrakies force able bodied men to join their army or watch their loved ones die. Whitlock was in this situation before escaping.
74* HelloInsertNameHere: Kenna and Dominic have their names already decided, but you're free to choose the name of Dom's pet hawk. If you pay diamonds, you also get to name a bear you recruit in the Aurelia Mines.
75** Hope you remembered what you named "Hawkie" in Book 2. [[spoiler: A premium option allows Dom to call his spirit back as a phoenix.]]
76** Book 3 allows you to recruit a wolf pup. The default name for him is Sparky.
77* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Whitlock]]. When [[spoiler: he]] first meets the party, everyone except Val assumes [[spoiler: he’s just a normal boy]]. To their surprise, it’s revealed that [[spoiler: Whitlock is the leader of the Technocrats and was testing them]].
78** In a more minor example, Whitlock can casually reveal his talent for writing ballads to Val in Book 2, Chapter 11 if she tells the party they “owe her” for dressing up to be Zenobia’s handmaiden.
79--> '''Whitlock:''' ''With flowing hair and gilded gown, so left Valentina...the most feared, the most revered, meaner than a hyena.''
80--> '''Val:''' That’s actually not bad.
81--> '''Whitlock:''' Inventing is only one of my many talents.
82* HiddenElfVillage: The Kingdom of Aurelia. The Foundry is this as well.
83* HonestAdvisor: If you bring in the mercenaries, Val will eventually become this when she's promoted to your captain of them. While she's snarky and hardly as capitulating as one would expect a commoner to be in the presence of a queen, she's fiercely loyal.
84* HypnoTrinket: Book 2, Chapter 4 has Hex using one of these on Anton, a fire wielder like Dom and Sei, to obey her commands.
85* ImprobableAge: Whitlock looks to be about 14, but Val says she's seen boys much younger than him who could easily kill you (and is therefore suspicious of him, unlike the rest of the party, who take him as an innocent boy). [[spoiler:He turns out to be the leader of the Technocrats.]]
86* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: After winning the battle in Book 1, Kenna and her allies know full well they have to eventually deal with King Luther.
87* KansasCityShuffle: Adder has Kenna infiltrate a ball being held by Princess Zenobia to steal a sapphire necklace as a test. It turns out [[spoiler: Kenna was just a distraction so Adder and her gang could rescue several prisoners from the dungeon, including her mentor.]]
88* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: The are multiple opportunities for Kenna to wear fancy dresses; nearly each and every time, there's an action scene immediately following. It's no wonder she prefers to wear her usual armor.
89* KingIncognito:
90** [[spoiler: Whitlock]] when [[spoiler: he]] first meets the party— [[spoiler: he]] decides to test them by pretending to be [[spoiler: a normal boy wanting passage to the Foundry]] rather than [[spoiler: the leader of the Technocrats]].
91** Kenna spends at least part of her time in Book 1 trying to keep her identity a secret until she's sure that the person in question is trustworthy; this was largely due to the bounty on her head, which made it unwise to simply proclaim her identity to the masses.
92** She also disguised as a commoner and slipped away from the castle once as a girl in order to take part in a town festival.
93** In Book 2, she has to infiltrate into Zenobia's party. The options are as a masked guest (which costs diamonds) or as a kitchen maid.
94* LanguageOfMagic: Ancient Irithi, the tongue of [[spoiler: Empress Azura]] is used as both a language and several verbal commands. While the language itself has no known rules and seems to be based primarily off random syllables with glimpses of the Grecian language, [[spoiler: Empress Azura has been using it to drain the lifeforces of others to expand her own lifetime and amplify her powers.]]
95** Strangely enough, Irithi is shown to not have any preference for who uses it, unlike many other magical languages in other media. Because of this, the main characters are able to use it to their advantage.
96* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: In Book 2 if you have Val in your party, she's sent in to spy on Princess Zenobia as a handmaiden. She has the option of saying this to the party almost word-for-word.
97* LoyalToThePosition: The castle staff are kept alive by the Nevrakies, since they're viewed as competent enough to cook and clean but not competent enough to pose a threat. Dominic takes advantage of this by pretending to be a member of the kitchen staff and not letting on that he knows how to wield a sword or has started developing magic powers.
98* MagneticHero: Kenna tends to win people over by making {{Rousing Speech}}es.
99* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Princess Zenobia is glad one of the nobles came to her party after her husband was killed in a..."hunting accident."
100* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Dominic’s torso is covered in what appear to be burn scars, and he has a flame branded into his chest— the scars are in fact natural markings which denote his fire-wielding abilities.
101* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: The screen at the beginning and end of each chapter even includes a map that ''greatly'' resembles Europe.
102* MenOfSherwood: Many small bands roam the land and can be recruited to your cause if you make the right choice. Some are former castle soldiers still loyal to your crown, while others are mercenaries and more loyal to money or power.
103* MobileMaze: The Technocrats’ maze, complete with deadly traps and moving walls to keep outsiders from escaping until they solve the puzzle.
104* MultipleEndings: But of course. The endings vary greatly depending on who you recruited, if Kenna and Dominic are in a relationship (with each other or with one of multiple options), and if you were able to retake Stormholt.
105* MySisterIsOffLimits: Trystan is ''not'' happy when he discovers Rose is in love with Dominic, as he's aware of Dom's [[TheCasanova reputation with women]] and doesn't want to see her hurt. [[spoiler: After their mother is killed, he's afraid Dominic's plans will get Rose killed as well, giving him another reason to stand against their relationship. His fears can turn out to be correct if you make the wrong choices.]]
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108* NastyParty:
109** At the start of the game, Kenna's mother throws a grand ball in a bid to form an alliance between the Five Kingdoms. Unfortunately, the king of Abanthus [[spoiler:(Luther)]] had the grand idea of sneaking in his army and slaughtering ''every noble from every kingdom''.
110** The party at [[spoiler:the Gilded City]] is in fact a distraction to keep you busy while [[spoiler: Marco's army arrives]]. No one actually dies at the party, however; it would be difficult to publicly execute the Fool Queen and her foolish supporters if she died behind closed doors.
111* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: One appears in Book 2.
112-->'''Stormholt Soldier:''' Queen Kenna, you'll want to take a look at this.
113* NeverTellMeTheOdds: In Book 1, Chapter 14 when Kenna says breaching Castle Stormholt is impossible.
114--> '''Whitlock:''' Never tell a Technocrat that something is impossible. Then we're obligated to prove you wrong.
115* NiceToTheWaiter: Kenna is always polite and civil no matter the other party's social status, unless you threaten her or someone she cares about; at one point, she mentions the Old Laws as part of the reason why she takes offense to Marco punching Tristan, so apparently the law of the land is to be kind to those beneath you.
116* NonStandardGameOver: If you choose to run away after Leon offers you to flee the fight with [[spoiler:Severin, Kenna and Gabriel will flee, and Kenna will try to get more allies, but fail, and years later, she and Gabriel live as commoners in a village.]]
117* ObfuscatingStupidity: To go along with the Nevrakises, Dom tells Marco that he thinks the Iron Empire is where they get their iron. Of course anyone who's paid any attention at all knows that the Iron Empire is constantly threatening to invade the Five Kingdoms and is their greatest enemy, but he's supposed to be a simple servant; knowing anything other than how to cook is beyond him. This tricks Marco in to talking about his plans in front of Dominic, so he can send word to Kenna.
118* OfficialCouple: Kenna and Dominic. He's in love with her at the beginning of the story, but whether she returns his feelings or if he continues to love her are up to you. Note: You can choose to make it so they were only ever friends, but most players don't go that route.
119* OhCrap: The Nevrakises have this reaction not only to your pet bear, but also to the mechataur.
120* OhMyGods: People often swear by the gods, plural, and occasionally make references to multiple variations on the two standard afterlife choices.
121* OldRetainer: Gabriel has been with the royal family since before Kenna was little; he practically raised her.
122* OutOfFocus: Tevan is this if the player chooses to save him. Out of all the Love Interests, he is the one with the least amount of romantic scenes with Kenna since Book 1, which is glaringly notorious when compared to Diavolos Nevrakis, who debuted in Book 3.
123* PetTheDog: In many cases, treating well an animal or another person will give an amazing ally for the final battle.
124** If Kenna choses to heal the bear's paw, it will become incredibly loyal and useful, since her claws can cut through armors.
125** Dom's love for his pet hawk will bring it back from the Spirit World as a flaming phoenix.
126** Val finds a baby kraken in Hex's lab destined to be experimented on. If she chooses to save the kraken, she sets it free before the battle to keep it safe. The baby returns in the middle of the battle ''with its mother''.
127** Book 3 has the option for Kenna to take in a wolf pup. It receives modifications from Whitlock to give it a new leg and be able to speak human.
128* PlayingWithFire: Dom soon discovers that he has a very unusual ability to make flames do his bidding.
129* PowerPerversionPotential: If you have Dominic and Kenna as a couple up to Book 3, they can potentially have an intimate scene where Dom uses his control over fire to heat up his fingers just enough to...get Kenna ''very'' excited.
130* PreciousPuppy: Book 3 chapter 1 has Kenna and her group witness Empress Azura use magic to heal a wounded, three-legged wolf pup from the brink of death. Paying diamonds allows her to take custody of the pup with Whitlock eager to make a new leg for it, as well as make it speak in human.
131* PresentAbsence: Any characters who die will be acknowledged repeatedly.
132* PunchClockVillain: Helene may support Marco, but she still has respect for the Old Laws and detests pointless acts of evil, like beating prisoners. She'll help with him ruling in his father's stead while the king is away, but is far more a fan of PragmaticVillainy than puppy-kicking.
133* RealityIsUnrealistic: In-universe. Lia tells Kenna of the crazy lies Azura told about her. A particularly ridiculous “lie” is that Kenna once lived in the woods with monks.
134-->'''Kenna:''' You know, when she puts it like that... it ''does'' sound pretty ridiculous.
135* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When confronting Trystan, you can choose to deliver one of these rather than forgive him.
136--->'''Dominic:''' Tough times is when families come together. You were my brother once. Now you're nothing to me.
137* RebelliousPrincess: Kenna starts out as a bit of one, being best friends with a commoner and spending her days practicing sparring. You can even have her chose to wear her regular clothes and light armor instead of a fancy dress the queen had tailored for her to the peace talks.
138* RevengeBeforeReason: Book 3 chapter 9 has Whitlock fly into a rage at seeing Hex at the Battle of Aurelia.
139* RightfulKingReturns: Kenna is the rightful queen and is trying to take back her throne.
140* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dominic's powers are fueled by his anger; working him into a rage is a good way to unleash a firestorm. [[spoiler: Especially after Bartel kills his pet hawk]].
141* RousingSpeech: Kenna gives a few; it's a good way to talk people into following you.
142* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Kenna is one. A common complaint from soldiers is that royalty always expect someone else to crawl through the mud and risk their life for them; pointing out that you're leading from the front lines instead of sitting on a throne is a good way to sway these types to your side.
143* RuinsForRuinsSake: Kenna spends some time living and training with monks at a monastery hidden inside the ruins of an ancient temple (that may or may not have originally belonged to the monks' order, but no one seems to mind that they're using it now).
144* SchizoTech: 99.9% of the world is at your average medieval level, while the Technocrats have steampunk machines and prosthetics on par with modern times.
145* SequelHook: The final chapters in Books 1 and 2 end like this.
146** In Book 1, Kenna reclaims the throne of Stormholt, Marco Nevrakis is either sentenced to death, spared or executed, Hex is still on the loose and King Luther's arrival is inminent
147** In Book 2, on the other hand, [[spoiler: Dom]] is captured by [[spoiler: Hex,]] who plans to [[spoiler: use him as a weapon]]. [[spoiler: Luther]] is defeated, but he reveals that his return was actually a [[spoiler: withdrawal from his war against the Iron Empire, so he and Kenna decide to join forces against them.]]
148* ShadowArchetype: During Dom's trip to the spirit world, he has to deal with his shadow self to attain enlightenment.
149* SheCleansUpNicely: Kenna, of course. Usually quite the tomboy, Dominic is surprised if she chooses to wear a dress to her mother's gala at the start of the game. If she chooses to wear something fancy in Aurelia, she first makes Gabriel promise not to make any comments about her appearance - but forgot to ask the same of guard captain Leon.
150** In Season 2, Val has to disguise as the new handmaiden under Zenobia. Everybody is impressed by her wearing a dress alone.
151* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Dominic's hawk is shot and then stepped on by Bartel in Book 1, Chapter 8]]. To add further indignity, [[spoiler: he's then cooked and eaten.]]
152* ShoutOut:
153** Kenna Rys is awfully similar to [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Kynareth]].
154** Similarly, the name Stormholt is quite similar to the kingdom of [[Film/{{Stardust}} Stormhold]].
155** The achievement for killing all the assassins in Book 1, Chapter 3 is [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassins Bleed]].
156** If you don't have a romance with Queen Annelyse, the achievement there is called [[Music/LadyGaga Bad Romance]].
157* ShowWithinAShow: This game serves as one to Choices series set in modern day. Many of the cast in VisualNovel/TheFreshman watch the show, and Reza in VisualNovel/MostWanted is a moderator on a forum dedicated to the show.
158* SirSwearsALot: Leon. Kenna even comments when he manages to make it through a speech without swearing.
159* SpiritWorld: In Book 2, Chapter 7, Dom and Sei go into the spirit world to learn to control their fire powers.
160* SpottingTheThread: If Kenna figures out that [[spoiler: Whitlock is the leader of the Technocrats]], he asks how she figured it out. Kenna tells him that while his acting was good, he seemed to know a ''little'' too much about [[spoiler: how the Labyrinth works]].
161* SteamPunk: The Technocrats sit here, or perhaps in ClockPunk or DieselPunk; ''what'' powers their machines is never stated, though the aesthetic is very gear-based.
162* StormingTheCastle: Happens at the Book 1 when Kenna retakes Stormholt from Prince Marco. Occurs again in Book 2 when taking over Lykos.
163* StoryBranchFavoritism:
164** Dom Hunter/Kenna Rys is clearly the writers's favored pairing, with both of them being protagonists. However, this is Downplayed as the other love interests have major role in the story with completely free character arcs and interactions, with two of them (Raydan and Val) being playable for several chapters for free.
165** The story clearly favors [[spoiler:killing off Marco]] since it is not only locked behind a Prestige requirement, you have extra scenes with other characters (most notably Luther, Zenobia and Diavolos) discussing [[spoiler:his death]] and the decision to [[spoiler:spare him]] has virtually no impact on the plot.
166* SwitchingPOV: The Crown and the Flame begins with the player seeing Kenna and Dominic's prospects in books 1 and 2 and the perspectives of the other allies in Book 3.
167* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: For diamonds, you can pay to have Dom and Trystan poison the Nevrakian guard's wine supply, killing many of them to help prepare for the final battle in Book 1.
168* TeamPet: Hawkie, or whatever you chose to name him.
169* TheyKnewTheRisks: Kenna dislikes when even one of her footsoldiers dies. Gabriel or another mentor figure usually responds with this phrase.
170* ThisIsADrill: In Book 1, Whitlock brings in a giant drill to tunnel through the walls of Stormholt.
171* TomboyPrincess:
172** Kenna enjoys sparring and playing outdoors far more than traditional princess activities.
173** Princess Zenobia is very feminine, but shows a heavily downplayed instance of this with her love of battles.
174* TruthSerum: In Book 2, Chapter 2, paying diamonds allows you to feed Vassilios Nevrakis a truth potion known as Blueblood to learn when King Luther returns.
175* TwoLinesNoWaiting: You switch control between Dominic and Kenna at specific plot points, meaning the action never stops. [[AntiPoopSocking Unless you're out of reading keys, that is.]]
176* UndyingLoyalty: Many characters swear loyalty to Kenna; most of them are actually serious about it, though some may have a case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
177* UnstoppableRage: In Book 1, Chapter 8, if you smuggled in a dagger in the previous chapter, Kenna charges through Prince Marco's attacks and gives him quite the cut on his cheek.
178* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: The masculine Val is made to dress up as a handmaiden for Princess Zenobia, with a new dress and fancy hairstyle. She is not pleased, but SheCleansUpNicely.
179* [[WarriorPrince Warrior Queen]]: Kenna and Rowan, who lead their soldiers into battle and fight for their respective kingdoms.
180* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Hex]] is revealed to be this in Book 3.
181** [[spoiler:Trystan]] would [[spoiler:betray Dom and get him captured in Chapter 13, as he was worried Dom's plans would lead to his sister getting killed]].
182* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Hex and Whitlock]] were once close, making [[spoiler: Hex's]] betrayal that much harder on [[spoiler: Whitlock]].
183* WhatTheHellAreYou: In Book 1, Chapter 8, Rose asks this after seeing Dominic unleashing fireballs at Bartel.
184* WretchedHive: Lykos, the Nevrakis capital.
185* YouHaveFailedMe: In Book 1, Chapter 12, Prince Marco executes his blacksmith for making what he considers inferior armor by having him blasted to smithereens with Hex's cannon.
186* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: Book 2, Chapter 12 has Kenna and her group finding out Hex has made zeppelins, allowing her to cross the Five Kingdoms in short time.

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