History VideoGame / DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga

* DisproportionateRetribution: After a Dragon Knight murdered the Divine humanity founded the order of Dragon Slayers to [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide kill all dragons and dragon knights]], as well as their families, acquaintances, possessions and pretty much everything made or used by them.

* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Lord Halliwell]] is known throughout Rivellon as a paladin of law an justice, but when you meet him it's kind of impossible to miss his [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises insane stare]], [[UndeathlyPallor ashen skin]] and [[GoodScarsEvilScars the ritual scars on his face]], which make him look exactly like all the other Black Ring cultists you've been killing by the dozen only wearing different armor. The only surprise is that [[spoiler: he isn't Black Ring. He's just a demon worshiper working to free Behrlihn]].

** [[spoiler: [[KightTemplar Commander Rhode]]. After all her insane hatred and death threats, by the time you find her she's been [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by Bellegar]].

** Though Zandalor and Bellegar don't look precisely young, Berhlihn says they fought against him in the [[GreatOffscreenWar Wizard Wars]] which would make both of them thousands of years old.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:By the time you run into Rhode in Aleroth, she has clearly gone off the deep end.]]

* BossRush: [[spoiler:Most of the Hall of Echoes]]

* Really700YearsOld: There seem to be a lot of ways to extend one's life. Damian has a couple centuries under his belt, Zandalor has been around for a long time, you can meet a blind sage who is in his eighth century, Dragon Knights seem to live rather a while, Laiken [[spoiler:is soul-forged to an immortal demon, but he looks utterly ghastly from living so long]], and Bellegar has been living so long he's gone completely around the bend and most people consider him a fairy tale.

* {{Synchronization}}: Soul-forging, introduced in ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'', is an important plot element as Damien is bound to his dead lover Ygerna in a sort of inverted bond - normally one member of the bond dies if the other does, but he forged himself to her as she was already dying, so that if she was to come back to life then he would die. And so your major goal is to find a way to resurrect Ygerna. [[spoiler: It... doesn't quite work out that simply.]]

* EscortMission: [[spoiler: The assault on Damian's fleet at the end of Flames Of Vengeance sees you in Dragon form escorting an airship towards Ygerna's main tower, in hopes of blowing it up. If you don't keep ahead of it and take down the multitude of ballistas and other defensive structures before the ship gets there, it ''will'' get blasted out of the sky. Be sure to make a few extra saves as well, in case it loses too much health.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: So, you made your way through whole armies of opponents, to [[spoiler:resurrect the love of the BigBad, so that he would be killed because of a life-bond]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:you really shouldn't have trusted these guys. Now you can spend the eternity encased in crystal, while BigBad and his now-resurrected love go on to conquer the world]]. Nicely done *clap*.

* EscortMission: [[spoiler: The assault on Damian's fleet at the end of FoV sees you in Dragon form escorting an airship towards Ygerna's main tower, in hopes of blowing it up. If you don't keep ahead of it and take down the multitude of ballistas and other defensive structures before the ship gets there, it ''will'' get blasted out of the sky. Be sure to make a few extra saves as well, in case it loses too much health.]]

* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler: Siding with Behrlihn over Bellegar before the final battle of FoV. Subverted in that it actually works out for you in the end as Behrlihn accompanies Ygerna during the assault, giving you the opportunity to slay ''both'' of them at once. Played straight in that it makes the final battle harder, as picking Bellegar will have you fighting Ygerna solo.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: At the end of the main game, you fight and kill [[spoiler:the Divine, the first game's main character, who's pretty much become the world's CrystalDragonJesus (granted, it's just a living memory rather than the actual Divine himself). As it turns out, this does ''not'' improve the situation, contrary to the claims made by certain invidivuals who you really shouldn't have trusted.]]

* LostForever: [[spoiler:Once you get your Battle Tower, Damian razes the Broken Valley, so it's ''kinda'' impossible to complete any quests there you missed.]]

* RunningGag: Maxos!

In the land of Rivellon, the Divine, the hero of ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', was betrayed and murdered by his former allies, the dragons, shortly after his victory. As a result, almost all of the dragons have been exterminated by Dragon Slayers. The player starts the game as a new Dragon Slayer being given their powers, before news of a dragon comes and their squad leaves to track down the dragon. Through a turn of events, the new Dragon Slayer is instead made into a Dragon Knight, which the Slayers have sworn to kill, and is told that the true danger to Rivellon is not the dragons, but the evil which the dragons had been fighting: a man named Damien.

The expansion, ''Flames of Vengeance'', picks up immediately after the main game. Through the manipulations conducted by his NotQuiteDead girlfriend, Damien has returned stronger then ever and the player is trapped in diamond. The player is eventually freed, and must now fight undo the damage they unwittingly caused by taking vengeance on Damien's lover who used and misled them and finally defeating Damien once and for all.

* BittersweetEnding: ''Flames of Vengeance''. [[spoiler:The player kills Ygerna, taking their vengeance for her using them as a pawn in ''Ego Draconis''. As a result, the Divine Hero is freed from his prison and the Dragon Knights are exonerated for his supposed murder. However, Damien is still out there...]]

* HesBack: The Dragon Knight at the beginiing of Flames of Vengeance.

* JerkAss: Richard, the arrogant, stuck up Defender of Aleroth. [[spoiler:Refreshingly, he dies, either by you when he [[MoralEventHorizon tries to murder some Seekers so Rivertown will starve]], or by Damien when he attacks Broken Valley.]]

* LostForever: [[spoiler:Once you get your Battle Tower, Damien razes the Broken Valley, so it's ''kinda'' impossible to complete any quests there you missed.]]

** The Divine, Lucian himself, was somewhat prone to this as well. The guy had way too much of a soft spot for his adopted son Damien, first refusing to kill him as an infant in ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', and then despite fighting him later in life, he dumped him in Nemesis to keep him out of Rivellon instead of killing him outright. Needless to say, his inability to kill Damien has been criticized even by his companions.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Very much averted by Damien, who doesn't even seem to ''have'' a throne. He often goes out of his way to chat with you and taunt you in person (before throwing a bunch of mooks at you after he leaves on a few occasions), and he's ''very'' prompt when showing up after the Dragon Knight hits certain points in their quest. He's even seen participating in the razing of [[spoiler:Broken Valley, after you get your Battle Tower]]. And the moment he finds out that someone is trying to thwart his plans? Show up alone in person, kick the Dragon Knight around a few times while they're down, and tell him/her that while it's nothing personal, he will kill him/her if they continue on their quest. Sure, for some reason, neither he or the Dragon Knight attack each other for some reason despite often getting rather close and personal, but still.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:After spending literally the entirety of ''Ego Draconis'' as Damien and Ygerna's pawn, you manage to turn the tables on them in ''Flames of Vengeance''.]]

* TokenEvilTeamMate: Your Necromancer choices. One is a sadist and openly admits being a member of the Black Ring ([[BigBad Damien's]] cult), or his fanatically loyal assistant.

** Reading the lore makes it clear that Damien's life ''sucked'' before he ultimately snapped.
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:Talana and Behrlihn.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:This seems to be a popular trend for this series.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment

* BittersweetEnding: ''Flames of Vengeance''. [[spoiler:The player kills Ygerna, taking their vengeance for her using them as a pawn in ''Ego Draconis''. As a result, the Divine Hero is freed from his prison and the Dragon Knights are exonerated for his supposed murder. However, Damian is still out there...]]
* BossRush: [[spoiler: Most of the Hall of Echoes]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: At the end of the main game, you fight and kill [[spoiler: the Divine, the first game's main character who's pretty much become the world's CrystalDragonJesus (granted, it's just a living memory rather than the actual Divine himself). As it turns out, this does ''not'' improve the situation, contrary to the claims made by certain invidivuals who you really shouldn't have trusted.]]
* ExtremeOmnivore: Markthum, from the Dragon Terror Squad, is a human who is eager to eat you, and who previously crafted an artefact to keep nearby dragons in human form, which he ate for safe keeping.

* JerkAss: Richard, the arrogant, stuck up Defender of Aleroth. [[spoiler:Refreshingly, he dies, either by you when he [[MoralEventHorizon tries to murder some Seekers so Rivertown will starve]], or by Damian when he attacks Broken Valley.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: You meet someone in the first area of the game who wants money to help buy a house for you--which never materializes. When you meet him in Aleroth, a group of assassins are trying to take his house from him, and you can side with them.
* LostForever: [[spoiler:Once you get your Battle Tower, Damian razes the Broken Valley, so its ''kinda'' impossible to complete any quests there you missed.]]

** The Divine, Lucian himself, was somewhat prone to this as well. The guy had way too much of a soft spot for his adopted son Damian, first refusing to kill him as an infant in ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', and then despite fighting him later in life, he dumped him in Nemesis to keep him out of Rivellon instead of killing him outright. Needless to say, his inability to kill Damian has been criticized even by his companions.

* ObviouslyEvil: Behrlihn in ''Flames of Vengeance''. Its not a matter of ''if'' he'll double cross you, it's ''when''. [[spoiler:If you don't side with Bellegar, "when" turns out to be the final battle.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Very much averted by Damian, who doesn't even seem to ''have'' a throne. He often goes out of his way to chat with you and taunt you in person (before throwing a bunch of mooks at you after he leaves on a few occasions), and he's ''very'' prompt when showing up after the Dragon Knight hits certain points in their quest. He's even seen participating in the razing of [[spoiler:Broken Valley, after you get your Battle Tower]]. And the moment he finds out that someone is trying to thwart his plans? Show up alone in person, kick the Dragon Knight around a few times while they're down, and tell him/her that while it's nothing personal, he will kill him/her if they continue on their quest. Sure, for some reason, neither he or the Dragon Knight attack each other for some reason despite often getting rather close and personal, but still.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire point of the Dragon Slayers. [[spoiler:Also you in the aptly named ''Flames of Vengeance''. Considering [[UnwittingPawn what]] [[AndIMustScream happened]] to you in ''Ego Draconis'', its highly justified.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:After spending literally the entirety of ''Ego Draconis'' as Damian and Ygerna's pawn, you manage to turn the tables on them in ''Flames of Vengeance''.]]

** Don't spend too much time laughing at it though, because no matter how big a bunch of losers they are in the cutscene, they can kick your ass once the cutscene ends.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: In the above mentioned Dragon Terror Squad fight, you can kill the one enemy who ate an anti-dragon device, which makes you able to transform--and it just so happens that the Dragon Terror Squad are the only ground units you can hurt in your dragon form.
** That's what everyone, including some of the developers apparently, seems to think, but there's actually one other enemy you can attack. Charlie, that otherwise relatively unimportant goblin you need to kill for Yggdrasil is a good bit easier to deal with in dragon form. Helpful when you're seriously under leveled.
* TokenEvilTeamMate: Your Necromancer choices. One is a sadist and openly admits being a member of the Black Ring ([[BigBad Damian's]] cult), or his fanatically loyal assistant.

** Reading the lore makes it clear that Damian's life ''sucked'' before he ultimately snapped.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: This seems to be a popular trend for this series.]]

** XP granted from killing enemies and bosses scales based on the difference between the enemy's level and your own, rewarding you more for killing enemies that are more powerful than you. Min/max through the game and you'll be about level 35 when you get to the final encounter. Play the game without bothering to complete all the sidequests and you'll be about level 35.

''Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga'' is the sequel to the Belgian [[WesternRPG RPGs]] ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' by Creator/LarianStudios. Originally released as ''Divinity II: Ego Dragonis'' (2009), it was bundled with its own ExpansionPack ''Flames of Vengeance'' (2010) in a 2011 UpdatedRerelease under the title ''Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga'', and has been marketed as such ever since (especially since the game and the expansion are basically [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two halves of the same story]]). ''Divinity II'' was developed for the PC and Xbox 360, and released in German first before the international release a few months later.

** The Divine, Lucian himself, was somewhat prone to this as well. The guy had way too much of a soft spot for his adopted son Damian, first refusing to kill him as an infant in DivineDivinity, and then despite fighting him later in life, he dumped him in Nemesis to keep him out of Rivellon instead of killing him outright. Needless to say, his inability to kill Damian has been criticized even by his companions.

''Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga'' is the sequel to the Belgian [[WesternRPG RPGs]] ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' by Creator/LarianStudios. Originally released as ''Divinity II: Ego Dragonis'' (2009), it was bundled with its own ExpansionPack ''Flames of Vengeance'' (2010) in a 2011 UpdatedRerelease under the title ''Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga'', and have been marketed as such ever since (especially since the game and the expansion are basically [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two halves of the same story]]). ''Divinity II'' was developed for the PC and Xbox 360, and released in German first before the international release a few months later.