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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The initial impetus behind invading the Infernal Abysses in ''Raising Hell'' is because your peasants in Spree are running off to escape your "horrible and tyrannical reign", and their dialogue is constantly talking about how oppressive your rule is and how terrified of you they are... this is even if you're been firmly a AntiVillain 0% corruption Overlord who is basically just holding a domain he conquered without abusing or harming the locals at all. Granted, it is made very clear that the peasants of Spree are both incredibly stupid yet surprisingly progressive and they probably think that any amount of exerted control at all is horrific tyranny.
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** {{Lust}}: William forsook every oath and virtue he had a paladin and dove head over heel into every flavor of hedonism you could think of, with a particular focus given on sex, starting a cult devoted to it [[spoiler: and unleashing a Succubus Queen onto the city who caused a ZombieApocaylpse via a magical STD she gave the people that slept with her.]]

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** {{Lust}}: William forsook every oath and virtue he had a paladin and dove head over heel into every flavor of hedonism you could think of, with a particular focus given on sex, starting a cult devoted to it [[spoiler: and unleashing a Succubus Queen onto the city who caused a ZombieApocaylpse ZombieApocalypse via a magical STD she gave the people that slept with her.]]

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* BigBad: The Wizard is the leader of the corrupted Seven Heroes and leading them in terrorizing the land, [[spoiler:though he is possessed by the previous Overlord]].

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The Wizard is the leader of the corrupted Seven Heroes and leading them in terrorizing the land, [[spoiler:though he is possessed by the previous Overlord]].Overlord]].
** [[spoiler:The Forgotten God]] is the main villain of the expansion.
* BittersweetEnding: In the expansion the Overlord [[spoiler: successfully saves the world from the Forgotten God but is separated from his mistress Rose and his unborn son. All of his accomplishments will also be undone by the Glorious Empire's Emperor.]]



* BrokenBridge: Each Abyss opens up as soon as the relevant boss is defeated, but it's not necessarily possible to complete them. The biggest stand-out is Melvin's abyss, which contains the cutscenes that set up the abysses in general, but you can't accomplish anything worthwhile until you have the Blue minions - which become available a good five hours and three bosses later.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Sort of. The Forgotten God is a LoadBearingBoss. When you kill him he destroys the portal leading out of Hell.



* CuttingOffTheBranches: The "Raising Hell" expansion assumes that the Overlord took the [[NobleDemon Path of least corruption]] and that he chose [[spoiler:Rose]] as his mistress.



* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: At the end of the "Raising Hell", you [[spoiler: kill the Forgotten God]].



* GracefulLoser: Sir William seems to be the only Hero to accept his IronicHell, most likely this is due to him being a Paladin.



* HellHasNewManagement: Upon defeating the boss of the DLC, [[spoiler:the denizens of that fiery pit swear their allegiances to you - you have successfully taken over hell! Which is probably a good thing, considering that you're STUCK there.]]



* InfinityMinusOneSword: ''Five'' of them, one for each category: Armour, Helmet, Sword, Axe and Mace. They're all very nice, but especially in the case of the armor and helmet, they're unlikely to compete with fully upgraded Arcanium equipment although the helmet in particular is useful for getting enough lifeforce to upgrade your Arcanium equipment since it doubles your lifeforce gains.
* IronicHell: All of the Abyss-levels are ironic hells, targeted at the races in general, and the heroes you killed in particular. So the gluttonous Halflings ends up in a hell of exploding sheep and killer pumpkins, the lecherous Paladin and his cronies end up in LadyLand, etc.



* KarmaHoudini: The Jester gets away scot-free for betraying the Overlord twice. Although considering that he's replaced in the sequel, he may have gotten his comeuppance offscreen.

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* KarmaHoudini: The Jester gets away scot-free for betraying the Overlord twice. [[spoiler:The last thing the Overlord sees is his Jester teleporting out of the Abyss just before its destruction, having successfully woken the Forgotten God AND sealed his master away forever.]] Although considering that he's replaced in the sequel, he may have gotten his comeuppance offscreen.



* KarmicDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler: The Overlord's death in the expansion actually makes him ruler of Hell.]]



* TheLegionsOfHell: In the Raising Hell expansion, you fight them, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slay their god]], and [[spoiler:[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu get stuck in Hell]]. [[HellHasNewManagement As their ruler, thankfully]].]]



* [[NoCanonForTheWicked No Canon for the Really Wicked]]: The Overlord canonically chooses Rose and spares the lives of the Elven Race. It seems you did not take the corrupt route.
** Or at least not 100% corruption. You can get up to 80% without contradicting the sequel.

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* [[NoCanonForTheWicked No Canon for the Really Wicked]]: NoCanonForTheWicked: The Overlord canonically chooses Rose and spares the lives of the Elven Race. It seems you did not take the corrupt route.
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route. Or at least not 100% corruption. You can get up to 80% without contradicting the sequel.sequel.
* NoNameGiven: We never do learn the [[spoiler:Forgotten God's name, which kinda is the point since the Mother Goddess cursed him so that no-one could remember him, thus removing [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly source of power]].]]



* OutOfCharacterMoment: You're introduced to the expansion's content by a group of peasants finding a gate to the Abyss and believing it divine salvation from the Overlord's rule. Their dialogue remains unchanged even if you've freed the slaves from the Halfing Camp, killed Melvin and given the food back to the villagers, which has everyone in town stating you're a hero.



* PragmaticVillainy: Gnarl justifies the good choices as such (feeding a village for regular sheep for more minions, staying faithful to Rose to exploit her planning abilities, etc.). This is also Rose's whole schtick, to the point that most of her relationship scenes (including the consumation scene) involve going over spreadsheets or otherwise discussing resource effeciency off-camera.

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* PlanetHeck: The expansion adds several "Abyss" levels for you to explore and conquer, including a boss fight at the end.
* PragmaticVillainy: Gnarl justifies the good choices as such (feeding a village for regular sheep for more minions, staying faithful to Rose to exploit her planning abilities, etc.). This is also Rose's whole schtick, to the point that most of her relationship scenes (including the consumation scene) involve going over spreadsheets or otherwise discussing resource effeciency off-camera.efficiency off-camera.
* {{Satan}}: The Bonus Boss, [[spoiler:The Forgotten God]] is essentially Satan. [[spoiler:You then kill him and take over hell.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper''. The general design aesthetic and quintessientially British humor can also evoke comparisons to ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}''.
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** {{Pride}}: [[spoiler:The wizard/old overlord, and the player character with 100% corruption]].

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** {{Pride}}: [[spoiler:The wizard/old overlord, overlord shows his pride constantly, bragging about his power and how flawlessly his plan went off, taunting you about how he corrupted the player character with other six heroes. At 100% corruption]].corruption, the Overlord will have had to have gone out of his way to commit every sin that the heroes fell to as well as massacring thousands of people just for the hell of it]].
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** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: Melvin

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** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: MelvinMelvin has let his status as the hero of the halfling go to his head and has turned his kingdom into a massive serving line of food funneled right to his chambers, becoming a horrific, disgustingly obese boulder who's [[WeightTaller bigger than the Overlord]]



** {{Sloth}}: Oberon

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** {{Sloth}}: OberonOberon was simply so tired of ''everything'' that he fell asleep until a massive living tree enveloped and fused with him. He did nothing to stop the Dwarves from raiding his forest and massacring his kin, spending his days in apathetic and despair-driven slumber that spawns hostile living nightmares.



** {{Lust}}: William

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** {{Lust}}: WilliamWilliam forsook every oath and virtue he had a paladin and dove head over heel into every flavor of hedonism you could think of, with a particular focus given on sex, starting a cult devoted to it [[spoiler: and unleashing a Succubus Queen onto the city who caused a ZombieApocaylpse via a magical STD she gave the people that slept with her.]]



** {{Greed}}: Goldo

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** {{Greed}}: GoldoGoldo decided to pillage the Elven forest driven by his greed, ransacking the sacred temples, stealing every bit of loot he could get away with and making off with the elves he didn't kill, the men to be slave workers in Dwarven gold mines, and the women as his consorts.



** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: Jewel

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** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: JewelJewel's consumption by envy lead her to start a tribe of bandits who are focused on stealing everything that matters to someone. It doesn't even matter if it has any pragmatic or monetary value, if it's something that someone has a measure of value in, she wants to take it from them.



** [[RevengeBeforeReason Wrath]]: Kahn

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** [[RevengeBeforeReason Wrath]]: KahnKahn is so lost in his wrath he has almost no characterization or reasoning besides living for Jewel and going along with her schemes. The slightest setback or offense (real or imagined) can send him into a murderous rage that not even his own men are safe from.
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** {{Envy}}: Jewel

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** {{Envy}}: [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: Jewel



** {{Wrath}}: Kahn

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** {{Wrath}}: [[RevengeBeforeReason Wrath]]: Kahn

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* ButThouMust: You have to choose between saving the elves or taking the dwarf gold. However, at this point in the game you almost certainly have a high enough minion cap that there's no mechanical reason not to do both.



* ButThouMust: You have to choose between saving the elves or taking the dwarf gold. However, at this point in the game you almost certainly have a high enough minion cap that there's no mechanical reason not to do both.



* CripplingOverspecialization: The Reds are your ranged combat troops, and if you have summon a horde of nothing but them, there are very few non-boss enemies that can handle having dozens of fireballs being thrown at them without dying quickly. But though they ''will'' engage in melee combat if enemies get close enough, they are extremely vulnerable to it (with only the Blues being weaker) and often die in one hit from even minor enemies.

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* CripplingOverspecialization: The Reds are your ranged combat troops, and if you have summon a horde of nothing but them, there are very few non-boss enemies that can handle having dozens of fireballs being thrown at them without dying quickly. But though they ''will'' engage in melee combat if enemies get close enough, they are extremely vulnerable to it (with only the Blues being weaker) and often die in one hit from even minor enemies.

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