History VideoGame / HeroOfTheKingdom

* HypercompetentSidekick: Turquan, who is assigned by the king to help the hero of the second game, is the main reason he's able to succeed after being captured by the bad guys. He slips him food and a weapon to enable his escape, and protects the ship and its crew in their leader's absence.

* RoaringRampageOfRescue: All three games have this going on as the hero must rescue multiple people.

* {{Seers}}: The hero of the third game becomes one of these during the adventure, having clairvoyant visions which allow him to see how Princess Amelia is effectively seduced by the BigBad into coming to him. It's indicated that he's never experienced this until now, and also implied that this is specifically happening to him because he is TheChosenOne. He has no further visions after Earthquaker's defeat, however, so it seems to have been a temporary power.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: A piece of {{foreshadowing}} in the second game comes when the princess (and later, another character) observes that [[spoiler:the hero and the pirate captain]] look a lot alike. [[spoiler:They are long-lost brothers.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third game removes the need for sacks, baskets, barrels, and empty flasks. The sacks and baskets are required in the first two games for harvesting or purchasing herbs, barrels are for harvesting algae, and flasks are needed to hold the completed potions. In the third game, it's assumed that the hero already has appropriate vessels for ingredients and potions; all he needs to gather the herbs are a sickle and the requisite herbalism skill, all he needs for algae is a fishing hook, and all he needs to brew the potions are the ingredients, the alchemy skill, and a mortar and pestle.

** In the second game, collecting twelve gold starfish (which are ''extremely'' difficult to spot in the water) and bringing them to a fisherman in Trecilia Village will lead him to teach the hero to hunt for pearls.

* InvincibleHero: The hero will ''always'' win every fight. In the first two games, he can't take on certain enemies until he has enough supplies and allies to guarantee victory. In the third game, where combat is a skill that requires leveling, he will simply not be allowed to fight with enemies who are stronger than he is. Overlaps with ImmortalHero, since there is no way to die in these games.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Implied to be the case in the second game, when the hero meets a beautiful girl captured by the pirates (who later turns out to be the princess). He's so in awe of her beauty that he can't even speak, which annoys her. However, when he later decides that "I have to tell her how I feel," she's extremely receptive to it.

* TheManBehindTheMan: In the first game, different parts of the kingdom are being menaced by bandits, lizardmen, goblins, and the undead. It's eventually revealed that the Dark Lord is commanding all of them.
* MayorPain: The island boss known as Baron, in the second game, is basically this.

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Seen in the second game after TheReveal. [[spoiler:Captain Black Rose is the hero's older brother, who went away to seek his fortune when he was twelve and the hero was three. The trope comes in with their younger sister, who hadn't been born yet when her eldest brother left home, meaning that she's at least a dozen years younger than he is, and probably more.]]

* RebelliousPrincess: The princesses in the second and third games both have shades of this, although in the case of the third game, it's indicated to be the influence of the BigBad more than anything. Played completely straight by the second princess, who runs away from home prior to the events of the game.

* WelcomeToCorneria: Occasionally, the [=NPCs=] have dialogue of this nature.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: A non-fatal variant. Your energy is measured in 'heart' points in each game, and the only way to replenish 'heart' is to rest in a camp and eat some of your food supplies. Each action, such as fishing or harvesting herbs, uses up a specific amount of 'heart.' Rather than the character actually telling you he's getting hungry, however, the game will simply not allow him to perform any more activities until he has eaten and rested; a box pops up for each task which shows how much heart is required and whether or not the hero has enough.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In all of the games, the hero encounters at least one thief or smugglerwho is sympathetic to the cause, and who helps in some way.

* LineOfSightName: The former pirate Hobson explains that he was the one who gave Captain Black Rose his unusual name. When he met the young man, he was grieving for his sweetheart, who had been killed in a house fire; his grief rendered him temporarily mute and unable to give his real name. He clutched a charred rose in his hands which had been blackened in the fire, so Hobson dubbed him Black Rose and it stuck.

** The first game has a side quest to gather five golden eggs hidden in specific scenes.

* HeroismWontPayTheBills: In the early part of the games, the thing players invariably need the most (and have the hardest time acquiring) is gold. Paying careful attention to the various merchants lets you find instances where you can purchase a commodity from one merchant and sell it to a different merchant for a slightly higher price.

* LizardFolk: The Scarags, in the first game, are a race of lizard people who serve the Dark Lord. They are mortal enemies of the nearby tribe of friendly FrogMen.
* LongLostRelative: In the second game, the hero's younger sister is kidnapped by evil pirates. As it turns out, [[spoiler:the leader of said evil pirates is the hero's much older brother, who went away to sea years ago and has basically been forgotten by his younger siblings.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: A piece of {{foreshadowing}} in the second game comes when [[spoiler:the princess observes that the hero and the pirate captain look a lot alike. They are long-lost brothers.]]

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The BigBad of the third game wants Princess Amelia to be his queen. The fact that she's human and he's [[spoiler:a sentient wall of rock]] does not seem to deter him in the slightest.

* RebelliousPrincess: The princesses in the second and third games both have shades of this, although in the case of the third game, it's indicated to be the influence of the BigBad more than anything.

* TokenRomance: Between the hero and princess in the second game. Overlaps with DesignatedLoveInterest, since there isn't much of a build-up.

* TapOnTheHead: How the hero of the second game gets captured by the pirates.

* SomethingAboutARose: The leader of the pirates in the second game is known as Black Rose.

* BrokenBridge: In the second game, there's one leading to the lighthouse in the capital city. Repairing this is necessary for the princess to request aid from her friend who is a wizard.

* SomethingAboutARose: The pirates in the second game are known as the Black Rose crew.

In [[http://www.lonelytroops.com/hotk2/index.htm the second game]], the hero and his younger sister have been orphaned in a fire and take refuge in a seaside town, where they are given shelter by a kindly fisherman. It isn't long before the sister is kidnapped by pirates, and the hero begins his quest to bring her back safely - encountering many adventures along the way, of course.

* GottaCatchEmAll: You can gather eggs, herbs, and wild mushrooms out in the world. There are also abandoned crates and barrels containing random loot, pearls at the bottom of bodies of water, and other treasures to be gathered. Achievements are connected to finding particular numbers of these. In the first game, there is also a side quest to gather five golden eggs hidden in specific scenes.

** Also played straight in the first game with treasure. After building the house for the jeweler's son, he will purchase any jewelry, pearls, or treasure chests you find in the course of your adventure. Once this happens, several of the scenes will have subtly glinting treasure piles hidden within them, which will contain either gold coins or items to sell to the jeweler.

* PlayableEpilogue: You can continue to play the games after beating their main quests, in order to try to earn the remaining achievements. Some of the [=NPCs=], especially in the third game, have side quests that they will ''only'' give you after you beat the main quest.

* TryAnything: Since there's no penalty for clicking on the wrong item, you can always resort to clicking on anything if you run out of ideas.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third game removes the need for sacks, baskets, barrels, and empty flasks. The sacks and baskets are required in the first two games for harvesting or purchasing herbs, barrels are for harvesting algae, and the flasks are needed to hold the completed potions. In the third game, it's assumed that the hero already has appropriate vessels for ingredients and potions; all he needs to gather the herbs are a sickle and the requisite herbalism skill, all he needs for algae is a fishing hook, and all he needs to brew the potions are the ingredients, the alchemy skill, and a mortar and pestle.
* ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity: Vaguely. The series doesn't explicitly describe the in-game religion as being Christianity, but it does have a lot of the trappings, including crosses on graves, characters who are monks, and villains who are demons.

* DarkIsEvil: The BigBad of the first game is known as the Dark Lord.

* FetchQuest: Several of the various side quests fall into this, occasionally including a short ChainOfDeals.
* FishingMinigame: Three variants. You can fish with a rod and reel to catch single fish, use a net for multiple, or pull up algae (an alchemy ingredient) with a hook.

* GameHuntingMechanic: Hunting wild game is one way to keep the character fed.

* GottaCatchEmAll: You can gather eggs and wild mushrooms out in the world. There are also abandoned crates and barrels containing random loot, pearls at the bottom of bodies of water, and other treasures to be gathered. Achievements are connected to finding particular numbers of these. In the first game, there is also a side quest to gather five golden eggs hidden in specific scenes.

* InvincibleHero: The hero will ''always'' win every fight. In the third game, where combat is a skill that requires leveling, he will simply not be allowed to fight with enemies who are stronger than he is. Overlaps with ImmortalHero, since there is no way to die in these games.

* KleptomaniacHero: In the third game, there are literally dozens of chests and other vessels outside of NPC homes and businesses, marked with the padlock icon that means the lock can be picked. Not only will the hero ''never'' get in trouble for helping himself to the people's valuables, but it's actually ''required'' for one side quest - a girl in Azure Valley has lost the key to her chest and needs the lock picked for her.

* MoneyMultiplier: The third game adds a form of this. In the first two games, once you have collected a resource (e.g. taken eggs from a specific nest), the resource is depleted. However, in the third game, the resources will respawn indefinitely once you have stayed away from a scene for a long enough period of time, enabling them to be farmed slowly for cash. This is especially useful when the hero learns the mining skill and is able to mine for salt, then iron ore, then silver ore, then sulfur, then crystals.

* NoticeThis: Usually averted. The items you can collect (eggs, mushrooms, barrels, etc.) are all in plain sight in each scene, and the player is encouraged to sharpen their observation skills by hunting for them. Played straight with pearls, however, which are inside of oysters which periodically open and close in order to draw your attention; this is justified in that the pearls are usually underwater, and would be much more difficult to spot otherwise.

** Prince Edmund, in the first game, was captured by the bandits while trying to help the royal army defend the people from their tyranny. After he's rescued by the hero, he takes something of a back seat to the main character, but it's implied he's still involved in the protection of the realm.

* VendorTrash: Pearls and other kinds of treasure fall into this, as they serve no other purpose. It's also the case for certain food items, like crayfish in the first game, which the hero can't eat himself.

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** Played relatively straight in the second game. As the kingdom is celebrating the hero's victory and the safe return of their princess, the princess remarks that they also need to celebrate "our engagement!" This is the first time them getting married been brought up in the entire game, but the hero isn't opposed.

* HundredPercentCompletion: All three games feature unlockable achievements which are their way of measuring this. It's particularly notable in the third game, which ramps up the RPG factor by having you level skills through hunting, fishing, and crafting. They are strictly {{Bragging Rights Reward}}s, though.

* DesecratingTheDead: Certain graves in the first game can be desecrated for treasure. (Doing so costs the hero a bit of his 'fame' rating, suggesting that he briefly becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity.)

* AllSwordsAreTheSame: To simplify the artwork, all swords, shields, and other weapons of the same type are depicted as completely identical.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third game removes the need for sacks, baskets, and empty flasks. The sacks and baskets are required in the first two games for harvesting or purchasing herbs, and the flasks are needed to hold the completed potions. In the third game, it's assumed that the hero already has appropriate vessels for ingredients and potions; all he needs to gather the herbs are a sickle and the requisite herbalism skill, and all he needs to brew the potions are the ingredients, the alchemy skill, and a mortar and pestle.

** In the third game, there is an achievement earned by catching a golden fish while fishing. It's a completely random loot drop, it appears to serve no particular purpose, and the valuables merchant is only too happy to take it off your hands. But if you continue playing the game after the main quest is finished, the fisherman on the island in Green Valley is among the [=NPCs=] who has a quest for the hero... he wants one of those golden fish. It's extremely unlikely (if not downright impossible) that you will catch another one, so if you've already caught one and sold it, you won't be able to complete that quest.

* MoneySink: Several of the side quests require the hero to spend his hard-earned gold on items that other characters need. Broken tools and weapons need to be replaced. In the first two games, the hero has to continually buy supplies of sacks and baskets in order to gather herbs for potions, and flasks in which to store the finished potions. You get the idea.

* PlayableEpilogue: You can continue to play the games after beating their main quests, in order to try to earn the remaining achievements. Some of the [=NPCs=] even have side quests that they will only give you ''after'' you beat the main game.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Although you first meet her as a DamselInDistress, once she's rescued, the princess in the second game does take an active hand in helping the hero save her kingdom.

* {{Seers}}: The hero of the third game becomes one of these during the adventure, having clairvoyant visions which allow him to see how Princess Amelia is effectively seduced by the BigBad into coming to him. It's indicated that he's never experienced this until now, and also implied that this is specifically happening to him because he is TheChosenOne.

** In the third game, there are inns, but the hero has no option to stay in them, and can only go there to purchase food; but instead of searching for wilderness camps, an icon in the lower right corner allows him to set up camp wherever and whenever he wants. As he acquires the skills to do so, the camp becomes the place where he cooks food, brews potions, and smiths weapons.

* KilledOffForReal: Forms a bit of a PlayerPunch in the third game, when Uncle Brent's house is destroyed by an earthquake. Unlike the previous games, in which the missing relatives eventually turn up alive and safe, Uncle Brent is gone for good.

** In the third game, there is an achievement earned by catching a golden fish while fishing. It's a completely random loot drop, it appears to serve to particular purpose, and the valuables merchant is only too happy to take it off your hands. But if you continue playing the game after the main quest is finished, the fisherman on the island in Green Valley is among the [=NPCs=] who has a quest for the hero... he wants one of those golden fish. It's extremely unlikely (if not downright impossible) that you will catch another one, so if you've already caught one and sold it, you won't be able to complete that quest.

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* HundredPercentCompletion: All three games feature unlockable achievements which are their way of measuring this. It's particularly notable in the third game, which ramps up the RPG factor by having you level skills through hunting, fishing, and crafting.
* TwentyBearAsses: Some of the side quests fall into this, with various characters requesting animal pelts or teeth.

* LostForever: Usually averted, but played straight in one particular situation in the second game. The hero's sister wants a number of colorful seashells so she can make herself a necklace, and asks him to find them. If he doesn't do this before she gets kidnapped, he loses the opportunity to do so; this will cost you the "Careful" achievement. (The trick is to delay completing one specific quest until after the shells are given.) You can't save the shells and give them to her after she's rescued, either. There is no indication in the game that this will happen, leading [[GuideDangIt a number of players to seek help in various forums]].

* StatGrinding: The third game introduces this feature. The first two games simply have the hero learn skills as he goes and his ability level is merely implied to increase. In the third game, each of the skills - fishing, alchemy, herbalism, cooking, smithing, mining, lockpicking, archery, and combat - must be utilized in order to improve them. As the stats level up, he becomes able to do things like make rarer potions, kill larger wildlife, mine for more valuable resources, and cook more complicated recipes. There are achievements earned by leveling each of these skills to 100.

** In the third game, there are inns, but the hero has no option to stay in them, and can only go there to purchase food; instead of searching for wilderness camps, an icon in the lower right corner allows him to set up camp wherever and whenever he wants. As he acquires the skills to do so, the camp becomes the place where he cooks food, brews potions, and smiths weapons.

* UnfinishedBusiness: There is an achievement in the second game for helping two different ghosts who each have some of this.

* LoveIsAWeakness: Earthshaker, the third game's BigBad, invokes the trope by name.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Earthshaker, in the third game, sends legions of orcs and trolls to assault the human world, which he wants to destroy (apart from Princess Amelia). Earthshaker himself is never actually faced and only appears in the hero's visions. Justified by what Earthshaker ''is''.

* PlayableEpilogue: You can continue to play the games after beating their main quests, in order to try to earn the remaining achievements.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Earthshaker, the BigBad of the third game, has malevolent red eyes.

* RuleOfThree: The hero of the third game must slay three "cursed demons," who are the guardians of Earthshaker's power.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third game removes the need for sacks and baskets, which were a minor source of annoyance in the first two games. These were required for harvesting or purchasing herbs, but in the third game, it's assumed that the hero already has appropriate vessels and all he needs to get those herbs is a sickle (and the requisite herbalism knowledge).

* MoneySink: Several of the side quests require the hero to spend his hard-earned gold on items that other characters need. Broken tools and weapons need to be replaced. In the first two games, the hero has to continually buy supplies of sacks and baskets in order to gather herbs for potions. You get the idea.

''Hero of the Kingdom'' is a trilogy of {{Point and Click Game}}s from [[http://www.lonelytroops.com/ Lonely Troops]]. These adventure [=RPGs=] follow the classic format of following a man from humble beginnings all the way to him emerging as the hero of the kingdom in which he lives. Along the way, each hero acquires skills, discovers new parts of the map, gathers resources, performs side quests for his neighbors, and battles the forces of evil.

[[http://www.lonelytroops.com/hotk3/index.htm The third game]] features an orphaned hunter who has been reared for the past decade by his loving uncle. As the hunter becomes more proficient in his craft, a strange evil takes possession of the kingdom and its princess, and the hunter receives strange visions which guide him on the way to saving both.

* BrokenBridge: In the second game, leading to the lighthouse in the capital city. Repairing this is necessary for the princess to request aid from her friend who is a wizard.

* DueToTheDead: A few side quests in these games include putting flowers on graves.

* LostForever: Usually averted, but played straight in one particular situation in the second game. The hero's sister wants a number of colorful seashells so she can make herself a necklace, and asks him to find them. If he doesn't do this before she gets kidnapped, he loses the opportunity to do so; this will cost you the "Careful" achievement. (The trick is to delay completing one specific quest until after the shells are given.) You can't save the shells and give them to her after she's rescued, either. There is no indication in the game that this will happen, causing [[GuideDangIt a number of players to seek help in various forums]].

** Played relatively straight in the second game. As the kingdom is celebrating the hero's victory and the safe return of their princess, the princess remarks that they also need to celebrate "our engagement!" This is the first time it's been brought up in the entire game, but the hero isn't opposed.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: A non-fatal variant. Your energy is measured in 'heart' points in each game, and the only way to replenish 'heart' is to rest in a camp and eat some of your food supplies. Each action, such as fishing or harvesting herbs, uses up a specific amount of 'heart.'