History VideoGame / BannerOfTheMaid

* ArcVillain: For the first couple parts of the game, the main antagonists are the anti-France coalition, led by the British General Anne. In Part IV the main antagonist is the [[spoiler: traitorous Hubert]]. In Part V the main antagonist is [[spoiler:Queen Marie Antoinette herself]].

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The three highest-ranking ([[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking and thus strongest]]) members of the Anti-France coalition are all female, with the male members who aren't nameless {{Mooks}} being early game midbosses that aren't made out to be anything special. Notably averted within a larger context, as while the AlwaysFemale Maids possess incredible supernatural powers, men such as Napoleon and the Marquis de Lafayette are able to match and even surpass them as military commanders through sheer talent.

* GreaterScopeParagon: Jean D'Arc, the first woman to wield the power of the Maid and save all of France.

* TheAce: Napoleon, naturally. Every character gushes about how astounding of a general he is and he scores numerous [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen victories]] that turn the tides of the war throughout the game. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration This is even reflected in his unique ability]], [[AwesomeYetPractical which grants every unit within two tiles of him a whole host of useful status buffs]].

* TheAce: Napoleon, naturally. Every character gushes about how astounding of a general he is and he scores numerous [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen victories]] that turn the tides of the war throughout the game. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration This is even reflected by his unique ability]], [[GameBreaker which grants every unit within two tiles of him a whole host of useful status buffs]].

** While Line Cavalry units don't necessarily have low speed (some like Pauline are actually quite fast), they have the second-worst movement range in the game after Artillery units and a range of only one square in front of them, making them hard to maneuver around the battlefield. They compensate by having excellent defensive potential, with a variety of passive abilities that allow them to recover health every time they take part in battle. Of particular note is Dutheil, whose abysmal speed is offset by his tremendous health and defense (he has the highest values for both in the game).

** Heinrich, a minor commander of the Anti-France Coalition, has a crush on Leonore and always tries to be near her during battle, but she seems both oblivious and indifferent to his infatuation.

* BreakableWeapons: Similar to the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, every weapon can only be used a finite number of times per battle, with higher-grade weapons generally trading off their better stats for a fewer number of overall uses. Unlike in ''Fire Emblem, this durability is restored between each battle and can even be replenished ''within'' battle by stationing a unit next to someone of the Sapper class.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Pauline and Charlotte [[spoiler:desperately try to snap out the BrainwashedAndCrazy Marquis de Lafaytte]].

* ChivalrousPervert: Philipp is primarily motivated by the ladies, but shows himself to be a stand-up gentleman regardless.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: It is common practice for members of the ''Secret du Roi'' spy network to disguise as the opposite sex while performing undercover work. While [[{{Bifauxnen}} Adelaide]] is the only example seen in-game, [[IWasQuiteTheLooker d'Éon]] also apparently did so in his youth and occasionally references it when selected at the start of a turn.

* WorldOfActionGirls: Not only are women able to enroll in the military in this version of revolutionary era France, but they also happen to be the ''only'' people capable of possessing the power of the Maid, which enables them to inspire soldiers to perform astounding feats in battle that can instantly turn the tides of war in their favor. Men are still very capable of being talented soldiers and commanders, but the focus of the game is primarily on the women. Female characters also hold a majority over males in the player's party throughout all but the earliest sections of the game, meaning it is likely that you'll take part in a battle using [[AmazonBrigade a team comprised almost entirely of women]] at at least one point or another.

* HopelessSuitor: Napoleon is in love with Josephine de Beauharnais, who seems content to string him along. Considering that the historical Josephine went on to become Napoleon's wife, we can assume that, eventually, TheyDo. This is based on actual historical fact, as Napoleon is known to have sent Josephine several love letters while trying to court her.

** Murat deliberately wears loud and garish clothing on the battlefield to distract his enemies. His unique passive ability increases the hit and dodge rate of surrounding enemies by doing exactly that.

** The duos of Aimee and Leclerc and Erneste can technically also count provided that player recruits the OptionalPartyMember brothers and fields them together with their sisters.

* ArtifactOfDoom: During the final chapters, [[spoiler:Marie Antroinette wields a blue diamond that amplifies the power of a Maid, hoping to use it to reclaim Paris for the monarchy and control the chaos. But after being defeated by Pauline, the diamond turns out to have been draining Marie's life, and she instantly dies after relinquishing it]].

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: While Hubert Mondego is technically on the same side as the heroes, it is made clear early on that he has no real allegiance to any of France's numerous warring factions and simply weasels his way into whichever one will provide him with the most immediate increase in status at any given time. [[spoiler: Partway through the game he sabotages Rose's unit to kill her off and take all of the credit for defeating the Anti-France coalition from her. When it becomes clear shortly afterwards that the newly Jacobin-run French government intends to punish him for his deeds, he immediately sides with the emerging Royalist revolution being led by Rose, the very same woman he had earlier attempted to kill.]]

* SecretCharacter: While the game features several [[OptionalPartyMember Optional Party Members]], [[spoiler: Desaix]] stands out for having the most esoteric means to permanently recruit of them all.

* SecretCharacter: While they game features several [[OptionalPartyMember Optional Party Members]], [[spoiler: Desaix]] stands out for having the most esoteric means to permanently recruit of them all.

* PragmaticHeroism: Actually incorporated into a major gameplay element. In order to remain a player in the tumultuous world of revolutionary era French politics, Pauline has to carefully maintain good relations with each of the country's political groups, even the ones in direct opposition to each other.

** Military Band units are [[SupportParyMember Support Party Members]] that are incapable of attacking enemies conventionally and can instead buff their allies in a variety of ways by playing music. Like Artillery units, they are also not a part of the class square.

* OptionalPartyMember: While the majority of new recruits are mandatory, there are [[spoiler:five]] that are completely optional: [[spoiler:Julie (requires making dialogue choices that support her across multiple chapters), Rose (requires Pauline talking to her in three different battles), Therese (must survive Chapter 18 as a Guest), Philipp (must be talked to by Erneste in Chapter 19), and Leclerc (must be talked to by Pauline or Aimee in Chapter 24)]].

* PlotlineDeath: [[spoiler: Desaix is KilledOfForReal at the end of chapter 16 after TakingTheBullet for Pauline at the start of it. This can actually prevented should the player complete the chapter without having him take any damage after acquiring the two "Larrey's Notes" items.]]

** If you purchase the DLC, then you will obtain Mu Zhiyun just before D'Eon. Unlike D'Eon, however, she is an absolute monster for the first half of the game thanks to her high HP and speed, as well as the ability to use both swords and guns to ensure that she has no bad matchup. The only con to her is her very low charisma. Once the second half of the game rolls out, however, her inability to promote and the difficulty of obtaining high-tier weapons make her lag behind in term of offensive power, and because of her low charisma she can't even mitigate that by spamming Heroic Attacks. Fortunately, she still retains her great survivability so you can at least use her to bait enemy fire.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Dutheil and Lafite are ThoseTwoGuys. Both Dutheil's unique passive ability (which increases the movement range of any male units stationed near him at the end of a turn) and class passive ability (which replenishes the weapon durability of all units stationed near him at the end of a turn) pair excellently with Lafite's unit type; the slow-moving and resource-intensive cannoneer. Thus, you'll get the most mileage out of both characters by deploying them together and keeping them close to each other at all times.

* GlassCannon: Artillery units, fittingly enough; they have abysmal speed and movement and will crumble apart quickly if cornered, but they have excellent range and hit ''very'' hard, making them great support for you frontline fighters.

* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Female characters based directly on actual historical figures, namely Pauline, Marie Antoinette, and Josephine de Beauharnais, are generally much shapelier than most paintings would lead you to believe. While this is mostly averted by historical male characters, who look very close to the real life paintings portraying them, Louis Desaix, Jean Lannes, and Charles Leclerc are depicted as {{Bishonen}}, possibly due to being positioned as potentional [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] for Pauline.

* KilledOffForReal: In Chapter 16, [[spoiler:Desaix]] suffers a fatal wound. However, this can be averted by [[spoiler:equipping him with both halves of "Larrey's Notes", which are earned in sidequests, and having Desaix take no damage at all on that stage]].

* SecretCharacter: While they're relatively easy to recruit, [[spoiler: Leclerc and Philipp]] stand out among the OptionalPartyMember units for being the only playable Light Cavalry units that can use rifles, making it the only unit type in the game that it is possible to miss gaining access to.

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Artillery units qualify to an extent; their low movement range and high attack range makes them very useful in wide open maps but more or less TheLoad in narrower ones. Thankfully there are enough of the former map types to allow them to remain viable throughout the game.