History VideoGame / Soulstice

* BloodKnight: Jadon and Jared love themselves a good fight and care very little for anything else. As Transcendent they are absolutely consumed by bloodlust, laughing maniacally and spitting taunts as they rampage. [[They don't even begrudge Briar and Lute when they are slain by thm, because they are so happy the sisters gave them the battle of a lifetime.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Layton is a bona fide FirstPersonSmartass, makes his dislike of the sisters and their condition quite clear, and speaks like he always has a thinly veiled insult under his tongue. He is also [[spoiler: a secret agent of the Triarchy, working in secret to undermine the evil efforts of the real antagonist Lord Dugal.]] He remains your staunch ally through the whole game, saves Briar's life in at least one occasion, and puts a staggering amount of trust on the sisters getting things done.

** Briar cannot stand Layton at first, and the feeling is reciprocated. [[spoiler: They become more amicablewith each other when the truth of his actual role and her memories comes to light.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Layton starts the game very clearly wanting nothing to do with Briar, her sister, and the crisisof the city in general, with the increasingly dire situation further souring his temper. As the story goes on, he softens his attitude somewhat, starts revealing important truths and [[spoiler: becomes genuinely worried for the sisters when the look like they have lost themselves to the Ascension.]]

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: VideoGame/DevilMayCry meets Manga/{{Claymore}}.

* SwissArmyWeapon: Through a special mechanism, Briar's [[{{BFS}} Ashen Vindicator]] can change its shape to become the [[DropTheHammer Ashen Enforcer]] (for strong and slow attacks).

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Hannah caused the tear over Ilden and forced the present Chimera's transcending, but Lord Dugal and the Order of the Ashen Blade is who turned them into Chimeras in the first place.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Briar and Lute saved the day by absorbing the relic after defeating Hannah, and they in turn has become fully Transcended, though thankfully still retaining their sanity. Layton urged them into hiding, but just as they left, Kordelia the Reaper showed up with Lord Dugal. As Kordelia departed to hunt down the Transcended sisters, Dugal looked into the horizon to show Layton the cities of Doran and Rheim, [[{{OhCrap}} with different Tears cracking open the sky just like in Ilden]].]]

* CameraScrew: The player has completely no control over the camera, which wouldn't be too bad if the camera itself didn't often angle itself in such a way as to make it really difficult for the player to judge their distance from platforms and even enemies. This was rectified somewhat in future updates, which adjusted how the lock-on camera worked in addition to giving players customization options for camera distance and field of view during battles.

* CameraScrew: The player has completely no control over the camera, which wouldn't be too bad if the camera itself didn't often angle itself in such a way as to make it really difficult for the player to judge their distance from platforms and even enemies.

* AxCrazy: Both of Jared and Jadon are bloodthirsty and sadistic, but Jadon edges out as being the more deranged of the two halves. Most of his battle chatter is loud and manic proclamations of his desire to kill and crush Briar and Lute. Appropriately, his "half" of their head has its lips peeled back into a permanent snarl. [[spoiler:Demian, Armina's shade, is similarly insane. His first order of business upon being reawakened is to attempt to kill Briar and Lute while laughing maniacally. Even prior to being turned into a shade, he apparently committed mass murder in order to get her attention.]]

* AxCrazy: Both of Jared and Jadon are bloodthirsty and sadistic, but Jadon edges out as being the more deranged of the two halves. Most of his battle chatter is loud and manic proclamations of his desire to kill and crush Briar and Lute. Appropriately, his "half" of their head has its lips peeled back into a permanent snarl. [[spoiler:Demian, Armina's shade, is similarly insane. His first order of business upon being reawakened is to attempt to kill Briar and Lute while laughing maniacally.]]

* AxCrazy: Both of Jared and Jadon are bloodthirsty and sadistic, but Jadon edges out as being the more deranged of the two halves. Most of his battle chatter is loud and manic proclamations of his desire to kill and crush Briar and Lute. Appropriately, his "half" of their head has its lips peeled back into a permanent snarl. [[spoiler:Demian, the being Armina fused with to become a Transcended, is similarly insane. His first order of business upon being reawakened is to attempt to kill Briar and Lute while laughing maniacally.]]

* PapaWolf: Deconstructed; [[spoiler:Donovan underwent the Chimera transformation to keep his dead daughter Hannah at his side. Problem is she ''hates'' her existence as a shade(and it's implied that such an existence causes her immeasurable pain), and lashes out against anything and anyone associated with the Order with dire consequences.]]

* PapaWolf: Deconstructed; [[spoiler:Donovan underwent the Chimera transformation to keep his dead daughter Hannah at his side. Problem is she ''hates'' her existence as a shade, and lashes out against anything and anyone associated with the Order with dire consequences.]]

* GameplayGrading: Similar to Bayonetta, every large encounter ends with a grading on speed, score and damage, with the max score being diamond.

* OccultBlueEyes:Briar's remaining eye is unnaturally blue.

* SwissArmyWeapon: Through a special mechanism Briar's [[{{BFS}} Ashen Vindicator]] can change it's shape to become the [[DropTheHammer Ashen Enforcer]] (for strong and slow attacks).

* JustForFun/XmeetsY: VideoGame/DevilMayCry meets Manga/{{Claymore}}.