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''Heroes of the Seasons'' is a 2024 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MZ game developed by Starmage as a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed spinoff]] to her ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series.
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''Heroes of the Seasons'' is a 2024 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MZ game developed by Starmage as a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed spinoff]] to her ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series.
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* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
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* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but despite their size, they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
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* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
* VillainDecay: King Frinch initially leads the war on Utania, but when Aldwol shows up, he's reduced to a poorly treated minion. The same thing happens to Aldwol when Matria takes charge of the war and forcefully turns both Aldwol and Frinch into her minions. However, even when [[spoiler:Gobi takes center stage as the boss of Cameo mode, Matria doesn't end up having her presence as a villain reduced, since she already realized that Gobi was manipulating the previous bosses from the start and only played along because of their shared goal]].
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
* VillainDecay: King Frinch initially leads the war on Utania, but when Aldwol shows up, he's reduced to a poorly treated minion. The same thing happens to Aldwol when Matria takes charge of the war and forcefully turns both Aldwol and Frinch into her minions. However, even when [[spoiler:Gobi takes center stage as the boss of Cameo mode, Matria doesn't end up having her presence as a villain reduced, since she already realized that Gobi was manipulating the previous bosses from the start and only played along because of their shared goal]].
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* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
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* VillainDecay: King Frinch initially leads the war on Utania, but when Aldwol shows up, he's reduced to a poorly treated minion. The same thing happens to Aldwol when Matria takes charge of the war and forcefully turns both Aldwol and Frinch into her minions. However, even when [[spoiler:Gobi takes center stage as the boss of Cameo mode, Matria doesn't end up having her presence as a villain reduced, since she already realized that Gobi was manipulating the previous bosses from the start and only played along because of their shared goal]].
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* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: Gobi appears to be King Frinch's right-hand goblin at first, but it turns out he's was using Frinch for his own vendetta against Christmas and he starts contacting stronger Christmas-hating villains when Frinch proves to be insufficient for the task.
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* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: Gobi appears to be King Frinch's right-hand goblin at first, but it turns out he's was using Frinch for his own vendetta against Christmas and he starts contacting stronger Christmas-hating villains when Frinch proves to be insufficient for the task.
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* EntitledBastard: In Invasion mode, Lord Aldwol is introduced threatening King Frinch into abdicating his position of leadership in the war on Utania, only to lose anyways. In Invasion+ mode, Aldwol threatens Frinch into helping in the rematch against Utania's mercenaries, and has the gall to push all the responsibility for their loss on the latter.
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* EntitledBastard: In Invasion mode, Lord Aldwol is introduced threatening King Frinch into abdicating his position of leadership in the war on Utania, only to lose anyways. In Invasion+ mode, Aldwol threatens Frinch into helping in the rematch against Utania's mercenaries, and has the gall to push all the responsibility for their loss on the latter. In Divine and Armageddon mode, Matria pulls the same routine on Frinch and Aldwol, [[spoiler:going as far as to blame them for their failed WolfPackBoss fight and non-lethally drain their power to achieve her OneWingedAngel form]].
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Gobi is Frinch's right-hand man who helps him manage his army in preparation for attacking Utania Village. However, he's willing to side with different Christmas-hating villains if he thinks they're more capable of getting the job done. Even before he called upon the other villains, he was secretly in contact with Lord Ciceri, his true master, behind Frinch's back.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Gobi is Frinch's right-hand man who helps him manage his army in preparation for attacking Utania Village. However, he's willing to side with different Christmas-hating villains if he thinks they're more capable of getting the job done. Even before he called upon the other villains, he was secretly in contact with Lord Ciceri behind Frinch's back.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Gobi is Frinch's right-hand man who helps him manage his army in preparation for attacking Utania Village. However, he's willing to side with different Christmas-hating villains if he thinks they're more capable of getting the job done. Even before he called upon the other villains, he was secretly in contact with Lord Ciceri Ciceri, his true master, behind Frinch's back.
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* CosmeticAward: Benjamin sells Christmas decorations, but they exist solely to fill up dead space in Mayor Nelly's house. Fortunately, they are much cheaper than higher-end equipment, meaning the player won't be set back too much when purchasing them.
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* CosmeticAward: Benjamin sells Christmas decorations, decorations and expands his inventory when the player completes new campaigns, but they exist solely to fill up dead space in Mayor Nelly's house. Fortunately, they are much cheaper than higher-end equipment, meaning the player won't be set back too much when purchasing them.
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* SavingChristmas: The premise of the game is that Utania Village needs to hire mercenaries to protect them during Christmas Eve, due to Gobi's anti-Christmas coalition declaring war on them.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: In a postgame skit, Frinch, Aldwol, and Matria admit that they like Braith's cover of "Jingle Bells," though they still hate Christmas as a holiday.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: King Frinch, Lord Aldwol, and the demoness Matria are the nominal leaders of a Christmas-hating alliance because they find the holiday annoying. In a postgame skit, Frinch, Aldwol, and Matria the three admit that they like Braith's cover of "Jingle Bells," though they still hate Christmas as a holiday.
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''Heroes of the Seasons'' is a 2024 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MZ game developed by Starmage as a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed spinoff]] to her ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series.
Mayor Nelly is the leader of the humble Utania Village, but on Christmas Eve of year 242 AR, Goblin King Frinch suddenly declares war on the village because he hates their Christmas festivities. Fortunately, a trio of mercenaries show up to drive off the initial wave of enemies. Nelly and her friends proceed to hire several mercenaries to help defend the village against further attacks while using the spoils of battle to supply the mercenaries with gear and consumable items. However, the Christmas-hating forces keep sending increasingly stronger bosses after the village.
The gameplay consists of campaigns with consecutive enemy waves and bosses. However, the game is also "roguelite" in that levels are reset after each campaign, but consumables, equipment, and money are carried over. Additionally, the most basic consumables are refilled for free at the end of a campaign, though the more premium consumables must be manually restocked. Finally, players can only choose three mercenaries to use in a campaign, which means they'll have to consider the utility of the [[GlassCannon Nuker]], [[SupportPartyMember Support]], and [[StoneWall Tank]] roles as well as the [[TacticalRockPaperScissors Physical, Arcane, and Force types]].
Has pages on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782260/Heroes_of_the_Seasons/ Steam]] and [[https://starmage.itch.io/heroes-of-theseasons itch]].
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!This game contains examples of the following:
* AliensAreBastards: The boss of Invasion mode is Lord Aldwol, a [[StarfishAlien tentacled and grotesque]] alien conqueror who answers Gobi's call to destroy Utania. Even outside of his hatred of Christmas, he [[TeethClenchedTeamwork disrespects]] his supposed allies Frinch and Matria.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The player party can only contain three mercenaries, which forces the player to plan around the three combat roles and the three damage types. Enemy formations can have up to eight in their numbers.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Gobi sees the various leaders of the Christmas-hating coalition as mere pawns. He is only loyal to Lord Ciceri, [[spoiler:who took him in after Vyena's Holy Order slaughtered his family]].
* BigBad: Goblin King Frinch hates Christmas and attacks Utania Village with his army of like-minded minions in order to stop their celebrations. Unfortunately, he's overshadowed by his henchman, Gobi, who uses his connections to call upon stronger Christmas-hating villains when Frinch proves too incompetent for the task. In the final stage, [[spoiler:Gobi himself subverts his NonActionBigBad status and becomes the FinalBoss]].
* BoringButPractical: DrawAggro skills that don't also attack the enemy may seem underwhelming, but this also means they won't trigger counterattacks and are therefore safer to use. Plus, Tank characters are generally inefficient at damage anyways.
* ChristmasEpisode: The game is a spin-off of Starmage's ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series and takes place in the year 242 AR of Vyen. Instead of focusing on the overall worldbuilding of Vyen, the game focuses on Utania Village's battle to protect their Christmas festivities from various Christmas-hating factions.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy:
** King Frinch is obviously based on the Grinch, but while most adaptations of the Grinch are thieves who use subterfuge and stealth instead of direct violence, Frinch [[DisproportionateRetribution declares war]] on Utania Village because he hates their Christmas festivities and finds them annoying.
** Gobi turns out to be a darker take on the Grinch's [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 2000 film]] incarnation, since [[spoiler:his race was not only ostracized by Vyena's worshipers, they outright slaughtered his people on Christmas day. As a result, he is much more vengeful than that version of the Grinch]].
* CosmeticAward: Benjamin sells Christmas decorations, but they exist solely to fill up dead space in Mayor Nelly's house. Fortunately, they are much cheaper than higher-end equipment, meaning the player won't be set back too much when purchasing them.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If Cameo mode's final boss is defeated on any variation of Nightmare, [[spoiler:Gobi will attend Utania's Christmas celebrations and sell overpowered items to the mercenaries. While he can be challenged again in Cameo mode, the dialogue is changed so that he'll treat his boss fight as a friendly match]].
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Matria is the demoness of illusions and artificial light, and takes the appearance of the goddess Vyena: a beautiful woman with angel wings. Her campaigns' battlefields also look like the inside of a holy temple, but is filled with demons and false angels. In Armageddon mode, [[spoiler:she transforms into a grotesque monster and the battlefield transforms into a hellish location]].
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Gobi is Frinch's right-hand man who helps him manage his army in preparation for attacking Utania Village. However, he's willing to side with different Christmas-hating villains if he thinks they're more capable of getting the job done. Even before he called upon the other villains, he was secretly in contact with Lord Ciceri behind Frinch's back.
* EarlyGameHell: The initially available equipment in the stores is good enough to beat the early modes, but even with good preparation, the first few versions of King Frinch can be tanky to take down. Starting with Invasion mode, better equipment and consumables will be unlocked, making it easier to min-max characters to finish off enemies faster while still staying alive.
* EntitledBastard: In Invasion mode, Lord Aldwol is introduced threatening King Frinch into abdicating his position of leadership in the war on Utania, only to lose anyways. In Invasion+ mode, Aldwol threatens Frinch into helping in the rematch against Utania's mercenaries, and has the gall to push all the responsibility for their loss on the latter.
* EvilerThanThou: The moment Lord Aldwol shows up, he intimidates the weaker King Frinch into abstaining from the Invasion campaign, and then forcefully conscripts him in the Invasion Plus campaign. The demoness Matria proceeds to do the same to Aldwol and Frinch in the Divine and Armageddon campaigns, going as far as to mentally torture Aldwol into submission. In Armageddon mode, [[spoiler:Matria non-lethally absorbs the life force of her comrades to achieve her OneWingedAngel form]].
* FreudianExcuse: At the end of Cameo mode, if the player chooses to listen to Gobi's backstory, he reveals that [[spoiler:Vyena's Holy Order slaughtered his goblin people on Christmas day, leading to him hating Vyena and Christmas. He knows vengeance won't satisfy him, but he's devoted so much of his life to his rage that he doesn't know what else to do. After his defeat, he's willing to hang out with the villagers, but [[SparedButNotForgiven he still can't completely forgive]] Christmas because he associates it with the genocide of his people]].
* GenocideBackfire: In Cameo mode, [[spoiler:Gobi reveals that the Holy Order of Vyena murdered his fellow goblins on Christmas. After training with Lord Ciceri and making contact with various Christmas-hating villains, Gobi orchestrates a war on Christmas itself, starting with Utania Village]].
* GlassCannon: Nuker characters have the best offensive capabilities, but have little defense or ways to protect themselves from damage.
* HazyFeelTurn: If any variation of the Cameo Nightmare challenge is cleared, [[spoiler:Gobi will make peace with Utania Village, but he's still loyal to Lord Ciceri, whose agenda is unknown. Gobi is also recruited by the equally mysterious Time Deity, who claims to side with neither Vyena or Matria]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: In a postgame skit, Frinch, Aldwol, and Matria admit that they like Braith's cover of "Jingle Bells," though they still hate Christmas as a holiday.
* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
* VillainDecay: King Frinch initially leads the war on Utania, but when Aldwol shows up, he's reduced to a poorly treated minion. The same thing happens to Aldwol when Matria takes charge of the war and forcefully turns both Aldwol and Frinch into her minions. However, even when [[spoiler:Gobi takes center stage as the boss of Cameo mode, Matria doesn't end up having her presence as a villain reduced, since she already realized that Gobi was manipulating the previous bosses from the start and only played along because of their shared goal]].
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite everyone treating King Frinch as an unintelligent meatshield, he's at least perceptive enough to see through Matria's disguise as Vyena, since he knows the real Vyena celebrates Christmas.
* StoneWall: Characters with the Tank class have abilities to DrawAggro or increase the defense of themselves or the party, but they tend to have weaker offensive capabilities than Support and Nuker characters.
* SupportPartyMember: Characters with the Support class focus on skills that heal and buff the party. However, they are between Nukers and Tanks in terms of offensive and defensive stats.
* SupportingProtagonist: Mayor Nelly is the one the player controls inside the house and is the one to interact with the mercenaries during camping segments, but she never takes part in combat.
* SympathyForTheDevil: In Cameo mode, [[spoiler:Crampax and Yvaine break free of Gobi's mind control, but fight alongside him in Nightmare mode because they want to help him move on from his hatred of Christmas]].
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Physical damage is good against Force, Force damage is good against Arcane, and Arcane is good against Physical. However, some bosses don't have a type and take normal damage from all types.
* VillainCred: Gobi merely pretended to be Frinch's underling while manipulating him. Despite that, Frinch actually respects Gobi and is proud of him [[spoiler:for becoming the boss of Cameo mode]].
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Mayor Nelly is the leader of the humble Utania Village, but on Christmas Eve of year 242 AR, Goblin King Frinch suddenly declares war on the village because he hates their Christmas festivities. Fortunately, a trio of mercenaries show up to drive off the initial wave of enemies. Nelly and her friends proceed to hire several mercenaries to help defend the village against further attacks while using the spoils of battle to supply the mercenaries with gear and consumable items. However, the Christmas-hating forces keep sending increasingly stronger bosses after the village.
The gameplay consists of campaigns with consecutive enemy waves and bosses. However, the game is also "roguelite" in that levels are reset after each campaign, but consumables, equipment, and money are carried over. Additionally, the most basic consumables are refilled for free at the end of a campaign, though the more premium consumables must be manually restocked. Finally, players can only choose three mercenaries to use in a campaign, which means they'll have to consider the utility of the [[GlassCannon Nuker]], [[SupportPartyMember Support]], and [[StoneWall Tank]] roles as well as the [[TacticalRockPaperScissors Physical, Arcane, and Force types]].
Has pages on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782260/Heroes_of_the_Seasons/ Steam]] and [[https://starmage.itch.io/heroes-of-theseasons itch]].
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!This game contains examples of the following:
* AliensAreBastards: The boss of Invasion mode is Lord Aldwol, a [[StarfishAlien tentacled and grotesque]] alien conqueror who answers Gobi's call to destroy Utania. Even outside of his hatred of Christmas, he [[TeethClenchedTeamwork disrespects]] his supposed allies Frinch and Matria.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The player party can only contain three mercenaries, which forces the player to plan around the three combat roles and the three damage types. Enemy formations can have up to eight in their numbers.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Gobi sees the various leaders of the Christmas-hating coalition as mere pawns. He is only loyal to Lord Ciceri, [[spoiler:who took him in after Vyena's Holy Order slaughtered his family]].
* BigBad: Goblin King Frinch hates Christmas and attacks Utania Village with his army of like-minded minions in order to stop their celebrations. Unfortunately, he's overshadowed by his henchman, Gobi, who uses his connections to call upon stronger Christmas-hating villains when Frinch proves too incompetent for the task. In the final stage, [[spoiler:Gobi himself subverts his NonActionBigBad status and becomes the FinalBoss]].
* BoringButPractical: DrawAggro skills that don't also attack the enemy may seem underwhelming, but this also means they won't trigger counterattacks and are therefore safer to use. Plus, Tank characters are generally inefficient at damage anyways.
* ChristmasEpisode: The game is a spin-off of Starmage's ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series and takes place in the year 242 AR of Vyen. Instead of focusing on the overall worldbuilding of Vyen, the game focuses on Utania Village's battle to protect their Christmas festivities from various Christmas-hating factions.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy:
** King Frinch is obviously based on the Grinch, but while most adaptations of the Grinch are thieves who use subterfuge and stealth instead of direct violence, Frinch [[DisproportionateRetribution declares war]] on Utania Village because he hates their Christmas festivities and finds them annoying.
** Gobi turns out to be a darker take on the Grinch's [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 2000 film]] incarnation, since [[spoiler:his race was not only ostracized by Vyena's worshipers, they outright slaughtered his people on Christmas day. As a result, he is much more vengeful than that version of the Grinch]].
* CosmeticAward: Benjamin sells Christmas decorations, but they exist solely to fill up dead space in Mayor Nelly's house. Fortunately, they are much cheaper than higher-end equipment, meaning the player won't be set back too much when purchasing them.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If Cameo mode's final boss is defeated on any variation of Nightmare, [[spoiler:Gobi will attend Utania's Christmas celebrations and sell overpowered items to the mercenaries. While he can be challenged again in Cameo mode, the dialogue is changed so that he'll treat his boss fight as a friendly match]].
* DivinelyAppearingDemons: Matria is the demoness of illusions and artificial light, and takes the appearance of the goddess Vyena: a beautiful woman with angel wings. Her campaigns' battlefields also look like the inside of a holy temple, but is filled with demons and false angels. In Armageddon mode, [[spoiler:she transforms into a grotesque monster and the battlefield transforms into a hellish location]].
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Gobi is Frinch's right-hand man who helps him manage his army in preparation for attacking Utania Village. However, he's willing to side with different Christmas-hating villains if he thinks they're more capable of getting the job done. Even before he called upon the other villains, he was secretly in contact with Lord Ciceri behind Frinch's back.
* EarlyGameHell: The initially available equipment in the stores is good enough to beat the early modes, but even with good preparation, the first few versions of King Frinch can be tanky to take down. Starting with Invasion mode, better equipment and consumables will be unlocked, making it easier to min-max characters to finish off enemies faster while still staying alive.
* EntitledBastard: In Invasion mode, Lord Aldwol is introduced threatening King Frinch into abdicating his position of leadership in the war on Utania, only to lose anyways. In Invasion+ mode, Aldwol threatens Frinch into helping in the rematch against Utania's mercenaries, and has the gall to push all the responsibility for their loss on the latter.
* EvilerThanThou: The moment Lord Aldwol shows up, he intimidates the weaker King Frinch into abstaining from the Invasion campaign, and then forcefully conscripts him in the Invasion Plus campaign. The demoness Matria proceeds to do the same to Aldwol and Frinch in the Divine and Armageddon campaigns, going as far as to mentally torture Aldwol into submission. In Armageddon mode, [[spoiler:Matria non-lethally absorbs the life force of her comrades to achieve her OneWingedAngel form]].
* FreudianExcuse: At the end of Cameo mode, if the player chooses to listen to Gobi's backstory, he reveals that [[spoiler:Vyena's Holy Order slaughtered his goblin people on Christmas day, leading to him hating Vyena and Christmas. He knows vengeance won't satisfy him, but he's devoted so much of his life to his rage that he doesn't know what else to do. After his defeat, he's willing to hang out with the villagers, but [[SparedButNotForgiven he still can't completely forgive]] Christmas because he associates it with the genocide of his people]].
* GenocideBackfire: In Cameo mode, [[spoiler:Gobi reveals that the Holy Order of Vyena murdered his fellow goblins on Christmas. After training with Lord Ciceri and making contact with various Christmas-hating villains, Gobi orchestrates a war on Christmas itself, starting with Utania Village]].
* GlassCannon: Nuker characters have the best offensive capabilities, but have little defense or ways to protect themselves from damage.
* HazyFeelTurn: If any variation of the Cameo Nightmare challenge is cleared, [[spoiler:Gobi will make peace with Utania Village, but he's still loyal to Lord Ciceri, whose agenda is unknown. Gobi is also recruited by the equally mysterious Time Deity, who claims to side with neither Vyena or Matria]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: In a postgame skit, Frinch, Aldwol, and Matria admit that they like Braith's cover of "Jingle Bells," though they still hate Christmas as a holiday.
* UndefeatableLittleVillage: Downplayed. The village itself has no playable characters among its citizens, but they somehow have the funds to hire and outfit powerful mercenaries. Said mercenaries are capable of fighting off Frinch's army, Aldwol's alien invasion, and Matria's hellspawn army.
* UpliftedAnimal: Nestlei was once an ordinary sheep, but gained humanlike intelligence after drinking from an enchanted river.
* VillainDecay: King Frinch initially leads the war on Utania, but when Aldwol shows up, he's reduced to a poorly treated minion. The same thing happens to Aldwol when Matria takes charge of the war and forcefully turns both Aldwol and Frinch into her minions. However, even when [[spoiler:Gobi takes center stage as the boss of Cameo mode, Matria doesn't end up having her presence as a villain reduced, since she already realized that Gobi was manipulating the previous bosses from the start and only played along because of their shared goal]].
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite everyone treating King Frinch as an unintelligent meatshield, he's at least perceptive enough to see through Matria's disguise as Vyena, since he knows the real Vyena celebrates Christmas.
* StoneWall: Characters with the Tank class have abilities to DrawAggro or increase the defense of themselves or the party, but they tend to have weaker offensive capabilities than Support and Nuker characters.
* SupportPartyMember: Characters with the Support class focus on skills that heal and buff the party. However, they are between Nukers and Tanks in terms of offensive and defensive stats.
* SupportingProtagonist: Mayor Nelly is the one the player controls inside the house and is the one to interact with the mercenaries during camping segments, but she never takes part in combat.
* SympathyForTheDevil: In Cameo mode, [[spoiler:Crampax and Yvaine break free of Gobi's mind control, but fight alongside him in Nightmare mode because they want to help him move on from his hatred of Christmas]].
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Physical damage is good against Force, Force damage is good against Arcane, and Arcane is good against Physical. However, some bosses don't have a type and take normal damage from all types.
* VillainCred: Gobi merely pretended to be Frinch's underling while manipulating him. Despite that, Frinch actually respects Gobi and is proud of him [[spoiler:for becoming the boss of Cameo mode]].
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