History VideoGame / MariAndTheBlackTower

** Although Morgoth went his separate ways from Keller after getting the idea to destroy humanity, [[spoiler:Morgoth dies while thinking of Keller, showing that even in his corrupted state, he thought of Keller as a friend]].

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Morgoth supports the idea of the greater good of the greatest number, but Matthew points out that utilitarianism isn't so simple when considering the morality and long-tern consequences of actions. This is deconstructed because [[spoiler:Lilith's master fed him visions of humans releasing enough chaos energy to destroy the world, causing him to believe that he needs to use the Black Tower to absorb all that energy even if it means wiping out humanity]].

* ZeroEffortBoss: In the first encounter with the clumsy thief, Angoma, he'll miss with all of his attacks. He becomes more accurate in his rematch, and he turns out to be a fighter on par with Strife.

* WolfPackBoss:

* TookALevelInBadass: Angoma was initially an UnskilledButStrong boss who had terrible accuracy. In the endgame, his attacks are more accurate and he has a high evasion rate, showing that he can now live up to his boasts of being a great thief.

* {{Superboss}}: Tiamat guards the Raganarok sword in the ROGUE magma area, and is stronger than the FinalBoss.

* SoleSurvivor: Abbie is the only survivor of the BadFuture where miasma wiped out humanity, since the last two scientists sent them back in time. Later, it turns out [[spoiler:Ned was also sent back in time, and that he's the son of the scientist, Mary]].

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Morgoth supports the idea of the greater good of the greatest number, but Matthew points out that utilitarianism isn't so simple when consideringt the morality and long-tern consequences of actions. This is deconstructed because [[spoiler:Lilith's master fed him visions of humans releasing enough chaos energy to destroy the world, causing him to believe that he needs to use the Black Tower to absorb all that energy even if it means wiping out humanity]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: The nymphs become suspicious of Abbie and Mari for being immune to the miasma, so they exile the duo instead of heeding their warning to leave the forest. Later, it turns out Abbie can cure miasma poisoning, which means the nymphs doomed themselves by kicking them out.

* JerkassToOne: Morgoth is normally AffablyEvil even towards his enemies, but he shifts to a condescending attitude towards Abbie, who he considers an abomination for being an ArtificialHuman.

* {{Irony}}: According to Keller, he and Morgoth were working on a device that could [[AntiMagic neutralize rogue wizards]], but thanks to a curse, Morgoth went rogue himself.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ned is rude to the party and mocks them for their lack of knowledge of technology and dank memes. However, it later turns out that he intentionally revised his first map to exclude the dangerous magma area, showing that he does care about the party to some extent.

* InSpiteOfANail: In the ending, Ned points out that in Timeline 0, [[spoiler:Matthew's book about the Black Tower vanishing is still mostly the same, and that it's possible that the Black Tower may resurface again to wipe out humanity]].

* GuideDangIt: Some quests, like the quest to find Amanda's lover Chad, requires the correct dialogue choices to get the best reward, but it's hard to tell which ones those are.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Jondar forbids his daughter Sera from practicing magic, so she goes off into the Black Tower in order to find research material.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Morgoth reveals that [[spoiler:he wasn't aware of the existence of the Golden Essence in the Black Tower or its healing properties. This is a hint that he's ultimately the pawn of the true ruler of the tower, Lilith's master]].

* TheExile: Mari and Abbie were exiled from the nymph village because the latter blamed them for the Miasma.

* TheCorruption: Some monsters in the tower are infected by Miasma, which causes them to inflict the Miasma ailment with their normal attacks.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Morgoth, like Typhus before him, [[spoiler:has been influenced by Lilith's master into plotting the destruction of humanity. Unlike Typhus, who was corrupted by the Vulcan Stone, Morgoth was DrivenToMadness by Lilith's master directly due to visions of the world's destruction. Additionally, Typhus has his own DoomsdayCult while Morgoth has to use the miasma to brainwash Vera and the nymphs into helping him. Finally, Typhus is defeated because of a combination of the Sylvanaras and his former clan attacking him while Morgoth is defeated because Abbie was specifically created to resist the miasma]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although Keller didn't join Morgoth in his plan to destroy humanity, [[spoiler:Morgoth dies while thinking of Keller]].

* BrutalBonusLevel: Once the player obtains Ned's updated Floor 1 map, they can find a new section of that floor that contains mostly damage tiles, the strongest enemies, and the strongest boss.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Once the player obtains Ned's updated Floor 1 map, they can find a new section of that floor that contains the strongest enemies and the strongest boss.

* BadFuture: At the start of the game, the world reached the year 2000, but the Black Tower from the past reappeared and released a plague that wiped out most of humanity. The Scitech scientists send Abbie back to the past in order to investigate the Black Tower and prevent the plague from ever happening. This leads to the creation of Timeline 1.

* TheAssimilator: The Black Tower somehow contains [[spoiler:the nymph forest and Halonia, despite how Morgoth already destroyed those locations]].

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown if Morgoth was ever defeated in the original Timeline 0, since Ned points out the the Black Tower vanished after its first appearance and failed to wipe out humanity, only to succeed in its second appearance. Adding to the ambiguity is that in ''VideoGame/CelestialHearts'', a game in Timeline 2, [[spoiler:Ruth, Gwen, Stray, Uno, and Lissandra somehow defeated Morgoth without Abbie's anti-miasma abilities, which were necessary in timeline 1]].

''Mari and the Black Tower'' is a 2017 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MV game developed by Joshua Keith and Team Bewitched. It's the second entry in the first timeline of the ''Knights of Ambrose'' series and the sequel to ''VideoGame/KnightBewitched'' in that timeline.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown if Morgoth was ever defeated in the original timeline, since Ned points out the the Black Tower vanished after its first appearance and failed to wipe out humanity, only to succeed in its second appearance. Adding to the ambiguity is that in ''VideoGame/CelestialHearts'', [[spoiler:Ruth, Gwen, Stray, Uno, and Lissandra somehow defeated Morgoth without Abbie's anti-miasma abilities]].

* InSpiteOfANail: In the ending, Ned points out that in the original timeline, [[spoiler:Matthew's book about the Black Tower vanishing is still mostly the same, and that it's possible that the Black Tower may resurface again to wipe out humanity]].