History VideoGame / AtelierRoronaTheAlchemistOfArland

* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: After Lionela first arrives in town, if the player doesn't immediately get her friendship level high enough, she will move on to another town and [[PermanentlyMissableContent never return to Arland]].

* PurelyAestheticEra: Arland is visually based on UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, but the SchizoTech and existence of [[MagicAIsMagicA commonplace alchemy]] has enough of an influence on the local culture that everything is a total AnachronismStew, and, other than the fact it has the apprenticeship system and a soon-to-be-outdated nobility, social dynamics seem to be largely the same as they would be in [=21st century=] Japan.

* UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain: This is the general model for Arland's atmosphere and architecture.

* TakeCareOfTheKids: A non-fatal variant. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, as Astrid starts making preparations to [[ButNowIMustGo leave town]], she approaches Sterk and asks him to "take care of Rorona." While Sterk would have done so anyway, the request is particularly striking to him because she'd asked him in an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically sincere manner]], thus effectively acknowledging her own role as Rorona's ParentalSubstitute and revealing that she considers Sterk to be the one she would trust Rorona with the most. It's because of this that he goes as far as moving into the atelier himself to help an overwhelmed Rorona in his ending.]]

* ParentalNeglect: Rorona's parents are constantly traveling despite the fact their daughter is working by the skin of her teeth to not get run out of town, and if she does get kicked out, they do absolutely nothing about it. One has to wonder how her parents can go on so many trips without showing any concern for her well-being. Despite Astrid being the epitome of BrilliantButLazy, it's clear she's doing a much better job raising Rorona than they are.

* KingIncognito: Gio is none other than the king of Arland himself, as well as the one who set up Rorona's assignments. He likes wandering around a lot and is too lazy to be bothered to hang around the castle, annoying Sterk very greatly, but he's otherwise a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.

* TakeCareOfTheKids: A non-fatal variant. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, as Astrid starts making preparations to [[ButNowIMustGo leave town]], she approaches Sterk and asks him to "take care of Rorona." While Sterk would have done so anyway, the request is particularly striking to him because she'd asked him in an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically sincere manner]], thus effectively acknowledging her own role as Rorona's ParentalSubstitute and revealing that she considers Sterk to be the one she would trust the most with this kind of task. It's because of this that he goes as far as moving into the atelier himself to help an overwhelmed Rorona in his ending.]]

* The Creator/KoeiTecmo mobile game ''Atelier Questboard'' (2014-2020) was a somewhat loose adaptation of ''Rorona'''s story with new art for certain scenes, some extra events, and some crossover visits from other Atelier series characters.
* A version of ''Rorona Plus'' for the Platform/Nintendo3DS was also released in 2015, featuring a heavily simplified battle system and a short prequel story "Atelier Astrid" that serves as ADayInTheLimelight for Rorona's mentor Astrid. Unlike other releases, this one was never released outside Japan.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: An unusual example in that quite a few people around Sterk and Rorona notice how close they're getting and suspect something going on between them or tease them about it, something that especially makes Sterk self-conscious. The part they're wrong about is that [[MistakenForPedophile Sterk has no such intentions at all]], and he's helping her because he's a NiceGuy who genuinely cares about her as someone who needs all the help she can get. But it ''is'' true that they have a deeper bond with each other than they do with most others, setting the tone for things starting to intensify during the [[VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland next game]]...

* CreatorsShowWithinAShow: The ''Rorona and the Great Alchemist'' novel has the characters putting on a play based on the events of ''[[VideoGame/AtelierMarieTheAlchemistOfSalburg Atelier Marie]]'', serving as a novel-length LampshadeHanging for ''Rorona'' being a ProductionThrowback to it. The play's script is based on a story Astrid had told Rorona many times before [[MultipleEndings but kept changing the ending every time for some reason]] (the in-universe explanation being that [[spoiler:it was a mixture of stories of multiple different alchemists and that it was something Astrid herself had heard from her own master, referencing the legacy of games passed down from ''[[VideoGame/AtelierMarieTheAlchemistOfSalburg Atelier Marie]]'' to ''Rorona'']]).

''Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland'' is the eleventh mainline entry in Creator/GustCorporation's ''[[VideoGame/AtelierSeries Atelier]]'' series. Released in 2009 for the Platform/PlayStation3 and featuring character designs by Mel Kishida (known for his work on ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'', ''Literature/HeavensMemoPad'', and later Gust's ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' series), it was the first ''Atelier'' title to be made in full 3D and is generally considered to be the first title in the "modern" series.

* CreatorsShowWithinAShow: The ''Rorona and the Great Alchemist'' novel has the characters putting on a play based on the events of ''[[VideoGame/AtelierMarieTheAlchemistOfSalburg Atelier Marie]]'', serving as a novel-length LampshadeHanging for ''Rorona'' being a ProductionThrowback to it. The play's script is based on a story Astrid had told Rorona many times before [[MultipleEndings but kept changing the ending every time for some reason]] (the in-universe explanation being that [[spoiler:it was a mixture of stories of multiple different alchemists and that it was something Astrid herself had heard from her own master, referencing the legacy of games passed down from ''[[VideoGame/AtelierMarieTheAlchemistOfSalburg Atelier Marie]]'' to ''Rorona'']].