History VideoGame / FireEmblemCodeOfTheBlackKnights

** Should Lillia get KO'd in Chapter 17 before defeating Gilbert, [[spoiler:she comes back, saying "[[Creator/ProZD Good thing I always carry two staves]]."]].

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Schwarze and Noir don't receive their 3rd tier classes until around 2 chapters until the endgame.

* DemonicPossession: Should the Black Knights kill too many units in Chapter 14: Judgement, [[spoiler:Noir goes insane from her powers, and gets a +10 buff to her stats while the objective is changed from stopping Blaise to killing everybody. Judging from the fact that it shares the same objective text with The Lost Chapter, it heavily implies that Layton is possessing her]].

** All of the endgame recruits are these. [[spoiler:Elias is only playable in Route A, Kayleth (and by extension Annabel) are only playable in Route B, Kelly and Celia are only playable in Endgame C at the expense of Iris, and ''none'' of them are playable in Endgame D.]]

* KillEmAll: Ending E: [[red:E]]nemy of Mankind. [[spoiler:Almost the entirety of the Black Knights are killed including [[TheHeroDies Noir and Schwarze]] due to Weissholdt discovering the truth behind the botched attempt to resurrect the Black Weapon and immediately killing it to undo the damage, and the fates of [[UncertainDoom the remaining survivors are unknown]].]]

** Ending B: ~[[red:B]]eyond Peaceful Seas~: [[spoiler:With the help of Kayleth and the Order of Ouroboros, not only is Layton completely killed, the Black Weapon is destroyed thanks to their efforts, and a new Lumite Federation can be built with them. However, in exchange for this, they have to cover up a tragedy that the Black Knight and the Order of Ouroboros made that resulted in the deaths of 50,000 people, Elliot included.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: Aside from being a usual ''Fire Emblem'' game where anyone who gets killed in battle [[FinalDeath stays dead]], a few {{Plotline Death}}s can occur to some units.

** Much like the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'' games, there are multiple instances of altered dialogue depending on which units died. The creator also encourages ironman playthroughs to see those scenes.

--> [[spoiler:'''Umbra''']]: Excuse me, what the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]? How did this even happen? Could you report this to the forum or something? I wasn't supposed to die this early in the game! Oh well. RIP me I guess...

* GuideDangIt: Sometimes, there are certain mechanics that require explaining from certain characters. Those info are color-coded in [[red:red]], and can be easily missed if the player skips the conversation.

*** Ending E: ~[[red:E]]nemy of Mankind~: [[spoiler:Same as Ending B, but the truth behind the Tragedy of Fifteen Thousand leaks out, depending on whether Weissholdt learned about it if Schwarze tried to reassure Elias without support from the Council or if Schwarze stayed silent while Rose was around, resulting in her leaking the information to them. Regardless, the Lumite Federation is created albeit [[GenghisGambit with them united against the Black Knights]], and in a LastStand, the Black Knights manage to take down a untold number of Weissholdt troops, and can potentially take down Layton for real with them, but eventually fall to their numbers.]]

--> '''Sei''': I can. I know to whom you belong, shade of [[spoiler:Kalm]].

--> My name is [[spoiler:Kayleth]]. (Cue [[spoiler:Kayleth, albeit with a somewhat darker skin tone, appearing]])

** The ROM Hack's page notes that you probably should not try to A-support anyone until Chapter 18. This is because most of them occur after the TimeSkip, and can result in pre-timeskip characters having their post-timeskip character portraits, along with referencing certain spoilers way too early.

** Ending D: ~[[red:D]]o not look upon my grave and cry~: [[spoiler:Even though either Schwarze or Noir dies thanks to Layton's machinations, with their friend's soul powering their weapon enough to finish off Layton, they managed to prevent massive untold casualties that would have caused massive tragedy, at the expense receiving on themselves. Eventually, the surviving Lord departs to destroy Layton's research and plans to prevent an incident like this from ever happening again.]]

* {{Nerf}}: Compared to the ''insane'' stat boosts that Master Knight got in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', in contrast, the only significant stat boosts upon promotion are Strength, which was likely to compensate for the fact that they're instead a 3rd tier class. Their stat caps are also middling, having no particular standout trait, though thankfully, with the exception of certain bosses, no 3rd tier classes are ever fought in the game, and can even take on the {{Final Boss}}es with the exception of [[spoiler:White Weapon]] without getting doubled, at, of course, the expense of being unable to double as well.

** Using Chaos Counter to disable Luxterra and thus, weakening Lillia, obviously renders it unobtainable.

** Getting the S-rank for Chapter 4: The King's Tears is ''much'' harder than it sounds. [[spoiler:You have to get Oliver to talk to his father Helman- good luck trying to do that while under attack from Zoylan troops or Mercer! Thankfully, Helman will be temporarily stunned after he talks to him.]]

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: [[spoiler:The Aum Staff, said to revive anyone from the dead... is actually a simple staff.]]