History VideoGame / EnderLiliesQuietusOfTheKnights

* DeadlyGas: Most of Verboten Domain is covered by Blight in the form of a red mist that drains your life at a very fast pace. This can be mitigated by equipping a protective mask. [[spoiler:The mist in the Abyss drains your life at a fast rate even with the mask and will usually cause instant death without it, forcing you to navigate through it on a time limit before your prayers and HP run out.]]
** Several enemies can also make clouds of damaging gas to attack you. Notably, the aforementioned gas mask does nothing to protect against them.

* DiscOneNuke: Dark Witch Eleine. She's fought and purified early in the game, and her ranged attack with plentiful amount of use allows you to take out enemies and bosses in relative safety without getting close to them.

* GratuitousGerman: "Verboten" Dungeon is this, the word meaning "[[MeaningfulName Forbidden]]" in German.

* LimitBreak: After a certain point, the player will unlock Last Rites, which will allow some spirits to unleash a single powerful attack after the SP gauge is completely filled.

* FallingDamage: Uniquely inverted compared to most games. Lily can fall however far she pleases and won't even take a same point of fall damage, but ''enemies'' sent falling a far enough distance will take massive damage. This is especially evident with flying enemies, as staggering them out of the air will usually make them fall to their deaths.

* GuideDangIt: Achieving OneHundredPercentCompletion on several maps can come across as this, as quite a number of discoverable objects are hidden in most unlikely places. One of the most notable examples is the Bottom of the Well respite, in which one of the discoverable objects requires a specific set of spirits to reach.

* LadyAndKnight: The Umbral Knight and Lily form this dynamic.

** [[BittersweetEnding Ending A/Benevolence]] - Truth Remains in the '''A'''byss[[note]]obtained by the player reaching the Land's Edge respite and go to the rightmost area where red and white lilies grow, and purify the gigantic white lily at the edge[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily collapsed after taking in so much Blight before the spirit of the White Priestess of the Fount appears before her and takes in all of the Blight within Lily in her stead, pleading with Lily to leave and live a normal life. With the Blight gone from her body, Lily is relieved from her duties and the Umbral Knight encourages her to go beyond the Kingdom's borders and follow Fretia's advice, but they themself cannot leave the land due to their Deathless Pact, which Lily reluctantly accepts after giving the Umbral Knight a farewell hug. Despite this, the truth of what actually happened to the Kingdom remained unknown, and the Blight remains in full force along with Fretia's suffering.]]
** [[DownerEnding Ending B/Journey's End]] - '''B'''ound as One, We Shall Never Be Apart[[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss without Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily attempts to purify the White Priestess/Blight Lord despite her protests that it is not her burden, with the two merging and never to be parted once more. The implication being that they are both bound as the new Blight Lord but it is ambiguous as to whether or not they both could contain it all within their new form.]]
** [[GoldenEnding Ending C/Dawn Prayer]] - Amidst a '''C'''ollapsed World, her words echo out, "Thank you for finding your way to me." [[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss with Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily, with the Aegis Curio, manages to successfully purify the Blight Lord without it overwhelming her, allowing her to end the Blight and Rain of Death once and for all. The White Priestess thanks her for it and fades away in peace, stating that Lily is her own person, and the Spirits will protect her as she can now leave the ruined kingdom in search of a new life.]]

* HeroicMime: Lily says nothing at all throughout the game, only expressing herself through motions at certain key points. The Umbral Knight provides brief commentaries on the places they visit and the memories Lily recovers from those whom she purifies. The ApocalypticLog notes left behind by former inhabitants of Land's End give much of the backstory.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The king of the Land's End tried to find a way to become immortal using the Blight, which is one of the key factors in the kingdom getting overrun by the Blight.

* BittersweetEnding: Ending C, which is also the GoldenEnding. [[spoiler:The kingdom of Land's End is no more, and with the king and all important figures dead, there is virtually zero chance of restoring it to what it once was. Many people have died or become corrupted, including noble warriors and innocent civilians. However, the soul of the White Priestess is freed, the Rain of Death stops, ending the Blight once and for all, and Lily is able to leave the kingdom for a new life with the spirits watching over her.]]

* DeadlyGas: Most of Verboten Domain is covered by Blight in the form of a red mist that drains your life at a very fast pace. This can be mitigated by equipping a protective mask.
** Several enemies can also make clouds of damaging gas to attack you.

* DifficultButAwesome: Defensive maneuvers such as using the Headless Defender or parrying have very short active time, necessitating the player to learn enemy movements and find the right time to activate them before they can get hit. However, successfully pulling them off will cause one hit from the enemy to be nullified, and in the case of Headless Defender, he will launch a powerful CounterAttack in return after blocking.

** [[BittersweetEnding Ending A/Benevolence]] - Truth Remains in the '''A'''byss[[note]]obtained by the player reaching the Land's Edge respite and go to the rightmost area where red and white lilies grow, and purify the gigantic white lily at the edge[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily collapsed after taking in so much Blight before the spirit of the White Priestess of the Fount appears before her and takes in all of the Blight within Lily in her stead. With the Blight gone from her body, Lily is relieved from her duties and the Umbral Knight encourages her to go beyond the Kingdom's borders, but they themself cannot leave the land due to their Deathless Pact, which Lily reluctantly accepts after giving the Umbral Knight a farewell hug. Despite this, the truth of what actually happened to the Kingdom remained unknown.]]

* MysticalPlague: The Blight, which is a primordial force that swept over the land. [[spoiler:The Ancients used Priestesses to keep it contained but the First King's war ended up killing the majority, and so with no means of keeping it in check eventually it began to spread. The Rain of Death happens to be a more potent and uncontrollable form.]]

* AndIMustScream: In general, this is the fate of many of those consumed by the Blight, becoming immortal shells who perpetually suffer but are unable to die without being purified. The bosses make this more explicit, as defeating them has the boss lament whatever abomination they've become.

* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:In the FinalBoss' second form, not only will it periodically stop to cough or sob, once it has been brought to low enough HP, its body will break apart and it will collapse in tears, unable to harm Lily at all for the rest of the fight.]]

* KingMook: The secondary spirits are all souped up versions of regular enemies. Cliffside Hamlet Youth is a stronger version of the leaping slugs, Fungal Sorcerer is a stronger wizard enemy, and so on.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: After [[spoiler:purifying the Dark Witch Eleine,]] Lily gets the Witch's Bubble ability, that allows her to freely move underwater with no risk of drowning.

* WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler:Ending C has an epilogue wherein Lily smiles at the camera. While most of her body is still partly corrupted by Blight, she's free to do as she chooses.]]

** [[BittersweetEnding Ending A]] - Truth Remains in the '''A'''byss[[note]]obtained by the player reaching the Land's Edge respite and go to the rightmost area where red and white lilies grow, and purify the gigantic white lily at the edge[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily collapsed after taking in so much Blight before the spirit of the White Priestess of the Fount appears before her and takes in all of the Blight within Lily in her stead. With the Blight gone from her body, Lily is relieved from her duties and the Umbral Knight encourages her to go beyond the Kingdom's borders, but they themself cannot leave the land due to their Deathless Pact, which Lily reluctantly accepts after giving the Umbral Knight a farewell hug. Despite this, the truth of what actually happened to the Kingdom remained unknown.]]
** [[DownerEnding Ending B]] - '''B'''ound as One, We Shall Never Be Apart[[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss without Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily attempts to purify the White Priestess/Blight Lord despite her protests that it is not her burden, with the two merging and never to be parted once more. The implication being that they are both bound as the new Blight Lord but it is ambiguous as to whether or not they both could contain it all within their new form.]]
** [[GoldenEnding Ending C]] - Amidst a '''C'''ollapsed World, her words echo out, "Thank you for finding your way to me." [[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss with Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily, with the Aegis Curio, manages to successfully purify the Blight Lord without it overwhelming her, allowing her to end the Blight and Rain of Death once and for all. The White Priestess thanks her for it and fades away in peace, stating that Lily is her own person, and the Spirits will protect her as she can now leave the ruined kingdom in search of a new life.]]

* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:In the FinalBoss' second form, not only will it periodically stop to cough or sob, once it has been brought to low enough HP, its body will break apart and it will collapse, unable to harm Lily at all for the rest of the fight.]]

* DeadlyGas: Most of Verboten Domain is covered by Blight in form of a red mist that drains your life at a very fast pace. This can be mitigated by equipping a protective mask.

* DifficultButAwesome: Defensive maneuvers such as using the Headless Defender or parrying have very short active time, necessitating the player to learn enemy movements and find the right time to activate them before they can get hit. However, successfully pulling them off will cause one hit from the enemy to be nullified, and in the case of Headless Defender, he will launch a powerful CounterAttack in return after blocking.

* DropTheHammer: Gerrod and Silva fight with big hammers.

* AbandonedLaboratory: The Verboten Domain is this. [[spoiler:All kind of unholy experiments were conducted in the Domain in order to stop the Blight. The White Priestess of the Fount was used as a test subject, and Fadden the Heretic lost his sanity trying to find a cure for his beloved Miriel.]]

* AndIMustScream: It's hinted that several souls are trapped by Furious Blight by the time you find them. In general, this is the fate of many of those consumed by the Blight, becoming barely-conscious shells consumed by hate. The bosses make this more explicit, as defeating them has the boss lament whatever abomination they've become.

* AndIMustScream: It's hinted that several souls are trapped by Furious Blight by the time you find them. The bosses make this more explicit, as defeating them has the boss lament whatever abomination they've become.

* BodyHorror: The Blight transforms people into vicious monsters, horribly mutating and rotting their flesh and sometimes even [[BodyOfBodies merging multiple bodies into a single monstrosity]]. [[spoiler:Not even the White Priestesses themselves are immune to this - as the player purifies more of the Blighted heroes, Lily also starts to grow tentacle-like ''things'' on her body, and the same goes for the White Priestess of the Fount when you find her. You can also equip the Blighted Phantom after clearing Ending B, which makes Lily's form as corrupted as possible.]]

* SoulsLikeRPG: It's more of a {{metroidvania}}/search-action game than an RPG, but ''Ender Lilies'' still ticks most of the boxes. Story-wise, there's a CrapsackWorld, a HopelessWar, a hero that's LateToTheTragedy, enemies that are [[TheCorruption corrupted by a dark force]], and a gloomy atmosphere that permeates the entire game. Gameplay-wise, there's an emphasis on dodging to avoid damage, restricted healing in the form of prayers, respawning enemies upon saving, [[CallingYourAttacks visual cues that an enemy is about to strike]], and [[NintendoHard a very high difficulty]].

* BreakMeter: All enemies have stamina meter which, when depleted, causes them to be knocked down and open to attacks. Some skills such as Floral Sorceress and Siegrid are designed for this purpose.

* BodyHorror: The Blight transforms people into vicious monsters. [[spoiler:Not even the White Priestesses themselves are immune to this - as the player purifies more of the Blighted heroes, Lily also starts to grow tentacle-like ''things'' on her body, and the same goes for the White Priestess of the Fount when you find her. You can also equip the Blighted Phantom after clearing Ending B, which makes Lily's form as corrupted as possible.]]

* HatePlague: Another effect of the Blight is that it makes anyone it touches insanely violent. And since it spreads through a constant Rain of Death that covers the entire countryside, no one in Land's End has managed to avoid it.
* HeroicMime: Lily says nothing throughout the game, only expressing herself through motions at certain key points. The Umbral Knight provides brief commentaries on the places they visit and the memories Lily recovers from those whom she purifies. The ApocalypticLog notes left behind by former inhabitants of Land's End give much of the backstory.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The king of the Land's End tried to find a way to become immortal using the Blight, which is one of the key factors in the kingdom's getting overrun by the Blight.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: As Lily takes more of the Blight, her hair begins to turn brown. [[spoiler:By the final boss fight, her white hair has been completely turned brown, though the GoldenEnding has her recover some of her white hair.]]

** Siegrid and [[spoiler:her sister Silva]] do this during their boss fights, as well as if their Last Rites are unleashed.
** The FinalBoss of the game is [[spoiler:the White Priestess of the Fount, who had taken so much Blight from purifying the Blighted Lord that she transforms into a Blighted Lord herself by the time Lily reaches her]].
* PowersDoTheFighting: An interesting take for a SoulsLikeRPG. As a timid child, Lily cannot fight, and any skills she derives from her guardian spirits are for evasion and exploration. Actual combat is conducted by the spirits themselves, requiring Lily to be in the thick of the action to channel them there.

* SavePoint: Respites serve as this. Resting in them, however, will also cause previously defeated enemies to return.

* AbandonedLaboratory: The Verboten Domain is this: [[spoiler:All kind of unholy experiments were conducted in it in order to stop the Blight, we also learn that the White Priestess of the Fount was used as a test subject, and Fadden the Heretic lost his sanity trying to find a cure for Miriel.]]

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The level cap is 100, with a game that cam be beaten at around level 50. Even then, finding Amulet fragments will do more to increase your maximum HP than leveling up will, and upgrading spirits with Blight is more of a boost than XP is. Gaining levels is far from a bad thing, but the items you find for Lily provide more of a boost.

* AfterTheEnd: The game begins after the Blight has destroyed the entire kingdom of Land's End and turned all of its inhabitants into the Blighted.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: For a majority of the spirits, you need to defeat them as bosses before they join you.

* DifficultButAwesome: Defensive maneuvers such as using the Headless Defender or parrying have very short active time, necessitating the player to learn enemy movements and find the right time to activate them before they can get hit. However, successfully pulling them off will cause one hit from the enemy to be completely nullified, and in the case of Headless Defender, he will launch a powerful CounterAttack in return after blocking.

* GratuitousGerman: "Verboten" Dungeon is this, the word meaning "[[MeaningfulName Forbidden]]."
* GuideDangIt: Achieving OneHundredPercentCompletion on several maps can come across as this, as quite a number of discoverable objects are hidden in most unlikely places. One of the most notable example is the Bottom of the Well respite, in which one of the discoverable objects requires a specific set of spirits to reach.

* HatePlague: Another effect of the Blight is that it makes anyone it touches insanely violent.
* HeroicMime: Lily says nothing throughout the game, only expressing herself through motions at certain key points. The Umbral Knight provides brief commentaries on the places they visit and the memories Lily recovers from those whom she purifies and the notes left behind by former inhabitants give much of the backstory.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lily wakes up with no memory of how she came to be in a ruined church. [[spoiler:Given what her origins are, she likely has no past to recover.]]
* LimitBreak: After certain point, the player will unlock Last Rites, which will allow some spirits to unleash a single powerful attack after the SP gauge is completely filled.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Once everything has been found in a room, it will change color on the map from blue to gold. Also, unexplored doors in any room appear as red dots in the general area of the room where they can be found, letting you know that you've still got more paths to explore.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Obtaining [[GoldenEnding Ending C]] will earn you Lost Heirloom Relic, a zero cost Relic that restores Lily's appearance to her uncorrupted self.

* ApocalypticLog: The notes and diaries the player can unearth throughout the game will give more insight on what exactly happened to the Land's End.

* BodyHorror: The Blight transforms people into vicious monsters. [[spoiler:Not even the White Priestesses themselves are immune to this - as the player purifies more of the Blighted heroes, Lily also starts to grow tentacle-like ''things'' on her body, and the same goes for the White Priestess of the Fount.]]

* CueTheSun: [[spoiler:Ending C has the sun finally shine down after the Blight is finally purged once and for all, signaling that the Rain has stopped for good.]]

** [[BittersweetEnding Ending A]] - Truth Remains in the Abyss[[note]]obtained by the player reaching the Land's Edge respite and go to the rightmost area where red and white lilies grow, and purify the gigantic white lily at the edge[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Lily collapsed after taking in so much Blight before the spirit of the White Priestess of the Fount appears before her and takes in all of the Blight within Lily in her stead. With the Blight gone from her body, Lily is relieved from her duties and the Umbral Knight encourages her to go beyond the Kingdom's borders, but they themself cannot leave the land due to their Deathless Pact, which Lily reluctantly accepts after giving the Umbral Knight a farewell hug. Despite this, the truth of what actually happened to the Kingdom remained unknown.]]
** [[DownerEnding Ending B]] - Bound as One, We Shall Never Be Apart[[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss without Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Lily attempts to purify the White Priestess/Blight Lord despite her protests that it is not her burden, with the two merging and never to be parted once more. The implication being that they are both bound as the new Blight Lord but it is ambiguous as to whether or not they both could contain it all within their new form.]]
** [[GoldenEnding Ending C]][[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss with Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Lily, with the Aegis Curio, manages to successfully purify the Blight Lord without it overwhelming her, allowing her to end the Blight and Rain of Death once and for all. The White Priestess thanks her for it and fades away in peace, stating that Lily is her own person, and the Spirits will protect her as she can now leave the ruined kingdom in search of a new life.]]

** [[DownerEnding Ending B]][[note]]the player has to defeat the FinalBoss without Aegis Curio equipped[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Lily attempts to purify the White Priestess/Blight Lord despite her protests that it is not her burden, with the two merging and never to be parted once more. The implication being that they are both bound as the new Blight Lord but it is ambiguous as to whether or not they both could contain it all within their new form.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Once everything has been found in a room, the box for it on the map will change color from blue to gold, letting you know that you've found everything.

* LimitBreak: After certain point, the player will unlock Last Rites, which will allow the spirits to unleash a single powerful attack after the SP gauge is completely filled.

* ZombieApocalypse: What the Blight does to people in a nutshell with hefty dose of BodyHorror.

[[caption-width-right:300: The key visual of the game, featuring Lily and the Umbral Knight]]
'''ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights''' is a dark fantasy {{Metroidvania}} action-adventure RPG from ''Binary Haze Interactive'', developed by ''Adglobe'' and ''Live Wire'', released on June 22, 2021. In it, you play as a Lily, the last surviving priestess in a land devastated by an endless and oppressive rain that transforms living things into undead. Awakening in a church with no recollection of recent events, Lily turns to exploring beyond the safety of the sanctuary to find the source of the rain. Along the way, Lily can summon the spirits of purified undead to protect her.

* BodyHorror: The Blight transforms people into vicious monsters. [[spoiler:Not even the White Priestesses themselves are immune to this - as the player purifies more of the Blighted heroes, Lily also starts to grow tentacle-like ''thing'' on her body, and the same goes for the White Priestess of the Fount.]]

* ActionSurvivor: Lily is a young girl and it shows with her flailing evasive maneuver and lack of attack. She relies entirely on spirits she can summon to defend herself.

* BittersweetEnding: Ending C. [[spoiler:The kingdom of Land's End is no more, and with the king and all important figures dead, there is virtually zero chance of restoring it to what it once was. Many people have died or become corrupted, including noble warriors and innocent civilians. However, the soul of the White Priestess is freed, the Rain of Death stops, ending the Blight once and for all, and Lily is able to leave the kingdom for a new life with the spirits watching over her.]]

* CueTheSun: [[spoiler:Ending C has the sun finally shine down after the Blight is finally purged once and for all.]]

* FusionDance: The Blight can cause people to be fused with other animals as shown by Cliffside Hamlet Elder(a bovine) and Castle Town Maiden (a dog).
* GrayRainOfDepression: Fitting as that rain doubles as the medium through which the Blight spread itself throughout the Land's End.

* GuideDangIt: Achieving OneHundredPercentCompletion on several maps can come across as this, as quite a number of discoverable objects are hidden in most unlikely places. One of the most notable example is the Bottom of the Well respite, in which one of the discoverable objects requires specific set of spirits to reach.

** The FinalBoss of the game is [[spoiler:the White Priestess of the Fount, who had taken so much Blight from purifying the Blighted Lord that she transforms into one herself by the time Lily reaches her.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Once everything has been found in a room/screen, the box for it on the map will change color.

* CueTheSun: Ending C [[spoiler: has the sun finally shine down after the Blight is finally purged once and for all.]]

* HatePlague: Another effect of the Blight.