History VideoGame / TearsToTiara2

** Though not a traditional crowning [[at the end the signal flares from the remaining legions of TheEmpire shows they acknowledge Hamil's ''Imperium'' as the new ruler of the HegemonicEmpire]]

Atlus released the English localization in North America on October 14th, 2014, with a European released planned in November 7th.

* StoryBreakerPower: [[spoiler: [[GeniusLoci Tartessos]]. Its warship is effectively a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleass Galleass]] in an age of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic-era_warships#Quinquereme Quinqueremes]], capable of taking on Krakens without trouble. It can also teleport dragons in for its own defense.]]

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Kleito has teleport spell with a pretty low success rate. In Story she can also teleport at will within bounds of Tartessos. [[spoiler: [[GeniusLoci The city]][[StoryBreakerPower can also teleport in dragons.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Turning Izebel's rant at Hasdrubal about the foolishness of people into a rant about the foolishness of Hasdrubal/]]

* TransferableMemory: [[spoiler: The Sword of Melqart holds the memories of all its past users. Not being strong or mature enough to use the sword would cause a memory wipe on the user.]]
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Everyone can see that the attack on Tamar is an attempt to lure the main Hispanic forces out of Tartessos for battle. As the undefended village is where the families of many of the party members live, they sally forth anyway.

** [[spoiler: It ends with her mother Ishtar leading all the Ba'al gods in saving her.]]

* CallBack: [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly The Ba'al gods is powerless without people's worship]] is brought up in Chapter 1. [[spoiler: It comes back to save Tarte's life in the ending.]]

** [[Spoiler: Turning Izebel's rant at Hasdrubal about the foolishness of people into a rant about the foolishness of Hasdrubal/]]

* LevelGrinding: Players can grind levels on free maps. While the experience gained decrease the higher the difference in level. But there's always "Apple Throwing".

* CallBack: [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly The Ba'al gods is powerless without people's worship]] is brought up in Chapter 1. [[Spoiler: It comes back to save Tarte's life in the ending.]]

* BookBurning: Mentioned as part of the Millenarius plan.

* CallBack: There's no shortage of nods to [[TearsToTiara the first game]]. [[LaResistance The Barcid Party]] says themselves they have been given hopes of launching a successful rebellion by the imperial defeats at Albion.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Millenarius

** The elves before Arawen showed up. [[spoiler: Millenarius involves in part of turning humans into this.]]

* IHaveComeTooFar: [[spoiler: One of two reasons Abraxas turned to the Millenarius plan. The other is DemonicPossession.]]

* YouShallNotPass: Monomachus [[spoiler: stays behind as the party prepare to teleport out of Tartessos to buy time for their teleportation.]]

* Reincarnation: Hamil is the reincarnation of Eshmun

The period is some time in the near future after the events of the first game. In the town of Tamar in central Hispania, the Canaanites are being oppressed by [[TheEmpire the Holy Empire]]. They are heavily taxed, treated as slaves, and forced to use stones from their temple to build a new church to the Almighty Watos. All because the previous governor of Hispania, Hasdrubal Barca, had revolted against the empire seven years ago and failed.

[[TheHero Hamilcar "Hamil" Barca]], son of Hasdrubal, is now leader of the Canaanites. However he is dumb, has no skills in magic or sword, and willingly allow imperial soldiers to beat him and laugh at him. All of the Canaanites are disappointed at their leader, and [[TheEmpire the Holy Empire]] thinks he's a joke. Behind the scenes, [[LaResistance The Barcids Party]] are planning a rebellion. Unbeknownst to everyone, [[ObfuscatingStupidity Hamil is an incredibly cunning youth]]. He wishes to prevent a rebellion at all costs, and does it by playing dumb. He hears to cry of a girl and finds her somehow having tangled her foot underneath the roots of a tree. She calls herself the goddess of harvest and war Ashtarte, but is unable to use any magic, to her surprise.

Hamil realizes a rebellion is planned, and on the way home that day [[CruelToBeKind harshly gets Tarte to leave town]] to prevent her being persecuted by [[CorruptChurch The Holy Church]] for calling herself a goddess. He is then approached by [[KnightTemplar Zaras]] who plan on using him to bait out and destroy the Barcid party. Hamil continues to play dumb and goes along with Zaras' plans in order to prevent the destruction of war falling on Hispania.

At the festival, Zaras unveils a surprise. Tarte has been captured and is about to be burnt at the stake for calling herself a goddess. For seven years, Hamil has prepared for this Ba'al festival. He is prepared to die and sacrifice the entire [[LaResistance Barcids Party]] if it meant preventing a rebellion. But with Tarte unconscious, about to be burnt alive before him, Hamil breaks the facade, gives into his anger, and summon forth the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide God of War Melqart]].

** AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: There's a good reason the Barcids rules Hispania and leads the Canaanites.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Justified. [[CorruptChurch The Holy Church]] is actively repressing all non-religious knowledge.

* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: Monomachus, though he didn't let Hamil know until he died.]] Hamil's Aura Plan is part this, though he prefers traveling.

* CorruptChurch: the Holy Church is back, this time adding enslavement and brutal taxation onto its list.

* TheEmpire: the Holy Empire.

* HegemonicEmpire: Hamil's Aura Plan: to recreate the original Empire by forming a HegemonicEmpire centered around Hispania.

* KnightTemplar: Members of the Holy Church. [[spoiler:Even non-human members.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Hamil doesn't remember anything prior to seven years ago. The first thing he remembers is [[YouKilledMyFather his father Hasdrubal being burnt alive in front of him and Izebel laughing like mad behind him]].[[spoiler: His memories were [[TransferableMemory erased and stored in the Sword of Melqart]] to ensure that the secrets of the Barcids family does not fall into the hands of TheEmpire.]]

* LostTechnology: Tartessos has a bunch from the {{Precursors}} and earlier human times. [[CorruptChurch The Holy Church]] is also actively suppressing knowledge, and many characters mention human technology that has recently been lost.

* MilitarySchool: Kademia is actually one posing as a normal village school. It's run by LaResistance, teaches combat, magic, and leadership skills.

* TheParagon: Hamil. His Aura plan is to revive all lost and suppressed knowledge and share and spread them far and wide. [[HegemonicEmpire His empire will be peaceful and rich not by loot, conquest, and military force, but by abundance in agriculture, industry, and trade.]]

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Hamil, the descendent of the Hegemon and the last of the Barcids.

* ProudWarriorRace: Canaanites and the Barcid family are this, exemplified by Monomachus. Subverted by [[TheHero Hamilicar Barca]], the last of the Barcids.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hamil against Izebel and [[TheEmpire the Holy Empire]]. Subverted at Eburon. [[TheHero Hamil]] pretends to fly into one [[YouKilledMyFather on seeing Izebel]] at the beginning of the assault on the bridge of Eburon, but is actually just buying time for the rest of the assault team to destroy the bridge. Once the destruction of the bridge is certain, he almost flies into a real one.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The God of War Melqart, who [[TheHero Hamil]] summon to take possession of his body by promising the blood and destruction of [[TheEmpire The Holy Empire]]. Enneads and Monomack describes the technique as going berserk. At the Ba'al festival, Melqart wipes out an entire squad of Golmes in one blow, [[AxCrazy fights without concern for collateral damage, laughs as he effortlessly deflects fire arrows of imperial soldiers, and forgets all about protecting Tarte]] until she sings. Not that she was actually in any danger by that point.

* TownWithADarkSecret: The unnamed village. The [[PreacherMan priest's]] description of it sounds like Benedictine Monasticism. [[spoiler:Turns out [[KnightTemplar the priest]] is a GiantSpider, the village full of monsters, the [[MassHypnosis inhabitants are brainwashed]] and forced to pray to Watos, and it's all a test for a bigger project by [[TheEmpire the Holy Empire]].]]

* TwoTeacherSchool: Kademia. Justified. It's a run down village school ran by [[LaResistance "retired veterans"]] about to be forcibly closed down by TheEmpire.

* YouShallNotPass: Monomachus [[spoiler: stays behind as the party prepare to teleport out of Tartessos to buy time for their teleportation.]]

** Tamar is roughly Toletum. Eburon is Emporion. Tartessos, a mix of {{Atlantis}} and [[UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations Tenochtitlan]], is named after Tartessus, one of the earliest Phoenician colonies on the Iberian Peninsula. Cemenelum, part of modern Nice, was the capital of the Roman province of Alpes Maritimae. Imperial Capital Alba Longa, based on AncientRome, is named after the real city state that founded the Latin League and was a major rival to Rome. Carthage appears with its Phoenician name of Qart Hadast.

Hamil realizes a rebellion is planned, and on the way home that day [[CruelToBeKind harshly gets Tart to leave town]] to prevent her being persecuted by [[CorruptChurch The Holy Church]] for calling herself a goddess. He is then approached by [[KnightTemplar Zaras]] who plan on using him to bait out and destroy the Barcid party. Hamil continues to play dumb and goes along with Zaras' plans in order to prevent the destruction of war falling on Hispania.

At the festival, Zaras unveils a surprise. Tart has been captured and is about to be burnt at the stake for calling herself a goddess. For seven years, Hamil has prepared for this Ba'al festival. He is prepared to die and sacrifice the entire [[LaResistance Barcids Party]] if it meant preventing a rebellion. But with Tart unconscious, about to be burnt alive before him, Hamil breaks the facade, gives into his anger, and summon forth the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide God of War Melqart]].

* AccidentalMarriage: Hamil thought the religious ritual he performed meant he's married to Ashtarte. Tart didn't. Not that she's complaining.

** Hamil and Tart takes turns declaring their love for each other [[spoiler: as [[WarGod Mel]][[AxCrazy qart's]] BloodLust begins to take over Hamil.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Tart. The only female to do so. And she's a [[GlacierWaif melee tank]]. Probably has something to do with the Goddess thing.

* BatmanGambit: Izebel's plan for the Tartetos campaign. It requires both Hamil and Laelius to act exactly as she planned. And they do, because they both believe very strongly in protecting the innocent. And in the case of Hamil [[spoiler: because he told her all his battle plans when he was a young child before he lost his memories.]]
* BattleCouple: Hamil and Tart. Daphnis and Elissa.

* {{BFS}}: The Greatsword of Tanit. Tart probably wouldn't be able to even lift it if she wasn't the ''Goddess of War''.
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Tart to Hamil. [[spoiler: She was also Eshmun's mentor]].

* BoobsOfSteel: Subverted for Tart, who's a goddess. Played straight for the other female characters.

* TheCavalry: Tart summons one in the form of Elven elephants and Taros.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: In the beginning Hamil is clearly unable to bear the pressure of command any longer, though he only shows it to Tart and Tanit. [[SuperPoweredAlterEgo They both]] [[YouAreNotAlone say they'll help carry the burden]].

** TookALevelInBadass: Dion the LovableCoward stops advocating for surrender at every turn about a third of the way in. [[spoiler: Later on he saves everyone from CompellingVoice by engaging in a music duel. He then saves Tart and Hamil in the Pantheon.]]

* CityOnTheWater: Tartetos

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[TheHero Hamil]] raises the battle cry of Ashtarte, and all Canaanites at the Ba'al Festival follows suit. This empowers Tart, which prevents both her and Hamil from being burnt alive.

* ConstantlyCurious: Tart, being a God/Elf, has not had the chance to experience the world much.

* CruelToBeKind: Hamil's attempt to get Tart to leave town. It kind of backfires in that his harsh words lead to her capture.

** Also discussed. Monomachus suggests drumming up religious fervor to turn the entire thing into a war of religion to solve their manpower shortage, with the people of Hispania warshipping Ashtarte and the Ba'al gods fighting against TheEmpire who worship Watos. Despite frequently voicing her desire for followers, Tart says she will not go along with the plan, as people so forced and/or brainwashed are not true believers. Hamil agrees, and decides to form TheAlliance to solve their manpower shortage.

* GeniusLoci: Tartetos.

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Ba'al gods do [[spoiler: as people's beliefs are the only thing that ties them to earth and prevent them from going into a coma.]] Tart at first could not cast even a single heal spell and is no different from a teenage girl because her people are forced by [[TheEmpire the Divine Empire]] to worship Watos, and her temples are torn down to build churches. Only by [[TheHero Hamil]]'s desperate pleas for guidance was she even able to take form. Her powers come back to her on the Canaanites' battle cry of Ashtarte, and prevents both of them from being burnt alive.

* TheHeart: Hamil and Tart are TheHeart to the Canaanites, while Charis is TheHeart of TheParty.

** [[spoiler: Tart luring Melqart with her own blood, preparing to die to satisfy Hamil/Melqart's BloodLust. Hamil will have none of it and runs himself through with his sword to prevent Melqart from taking over and killing Tart.]]
** [[spoiler: Monomachus and [[LaResistance the old Barcid Party]] stay behind to defend Hispania to buy time for Hamil to take out the Holy Emperor, then lures the Kraken to Tartetos to buy a few more days time for the rest of Hispania, then dies defending Tartetos.]]

* {{Hologram}}: Kleito's form of a little floating girl. Her magic is supplied by Tartetos. The range seems unlimited, but she can teleport only within the city walls.

* KissOfLife: Hamil drinks lots of water after their ship sinks. Heal spell has no use and Tart is getting desperate. Kleito and Charis says he needs proper care, hardening Tart's resolve. Subverted when she gives him a full force punch to his stomach instead.

* LiteralMinded: No Tart. Charis can not literately shoulder your weight.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Whenever Tart asks Hamil about his meeting with "her big sister" Tanit, he voice his unending admiration. Leads to punches, blushes, and tears.

* LostTechnology: Tartetos has a bunch from the {{Precursors}} and earlier human times. [[CorruptChurch The Holy Church]] is also actively suppressing knowledge, and many characters mention human technology that has recently been lost.

** Tell Them Your Quest: Tartetos and by extention Kleito. Aemilia. Golyat [[EleventhHourRanger joins much later]]

* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:As [[TheHero Hamil]] is being taken over by [[WarGod Mel]][[AxCrazy qart's]] BloodLust, he pretends that he's already taken over so that Tart would kill him before he's taken over and kills her. She sees through it right away and chooses to be eaten alive rather than kill Hamil. This prompts Hamil to try to kill himself in order to save Tart.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[TheHero Hamil]] pretends to be a dumb, unambitious youth lacking any sword skills, magical powers, or will to avenge his father or frees his people. He did this for seven years to prevent a rebellion by [[LaResistance the Barcid Party]] for as long as he could, and at the same time save up enough magic to give [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Melqart]] enough power to defeat [[TheEmpire the imperial army]] if the rebellion does occur. He throws off the disguise to save Tart.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Tart. Her father fought and died in [[TearsToTiara the Great War as part of Arawn's Royal Guards]] a thousand years ago. She herself remember making a pact with legendary king Eshmun, something that took place hundreds of years ago.

* RefusalOfTheCall: [[TheHero Hamil]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity plays dumb to prevent a rebellion]], and was willing to let the [[KnightTemplar Zaras]] kill him and the entire [[LaResistance Barcid Party]] and enslave all the people of Hispania if it meant preventing the death and destruction of war. Seeing Tart about to be burnt at the stake changes his mind.

* RulingCouple: Hamil and Tart.

** Tamar is roughly Toletum. Eburon is Emporion. Tartetos, a mix of {{Atlantis}} and [[UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations Tenochtitlan]], is named after Tartessus, one of the earliest Phoenician colonies on the Iberian Peninsula. Cemenelum, part of modern Nice, was the capital of the Roman province of Alpes Maritimae. Imperial Capital Alba Longa, based on AncientRome, is named after the real city state that founded the Latin League and was a major rival to Rome. Carthage appears with its Phoenician name of Qart Hadast.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: As a goddess who haven't appeared on earth for a long time, Tart needs to be taught what ''hunger'' is and ''how to eat''.

* SuperPoweredAlterEgo: Goddess Tanit. Tart tells everyone Tanit is her older sister.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The God of War Melqart, who [[TheHero Hamil]] summon to take possession of his body by promising the blood and destruction of [[TheEmpire The Holy Empire]]. Enneads and Monomack describes the technique as going berserk. At the Ba'al festival, Melqart wipes out an entire squad of Golmes in one blow, [[AxCrazy fights without concern for collateral damage, laughs as he effortlessly deflects fire arrows of imperial soldiers, and forgets all about protecting Tart]] until she sings. Not that she was actually in any danger by that point.

* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Everyone can see that the attack on Tamar is an attempt to lure the main Hispanic forces out of Tartetos for battle. As the undefended village is where the families of many of the party members live, they sally forth anyway.

* UnstoppableRage: [[TheHero Hamil]] flies into one on seeing Tart tied at the stake about to be burnt alive. He raises the cry of rebellion and summon forth the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide God of War Melqart]].

* WarElephants: Noa the elephant. Tart and Charis can ride it in battle. Also the other elven elephants Tart summons as part of TheCavalry.

* RecurringBoss: Izebel and Laelius. Izebel is impossible to kill straight up during your first encounter with her on the highest difficulties even with Melqart (though you can still kill her other ways). They both get very gradually easier.

Atlas released the English localization in North America on October 14th, 2014, with a European released planned in November 7th.

The sequel to [[VisualNovel/TearsToTiara Tears to Tiara]], Tears to Tiara II Heir of the Overlord[[note]]Tears to Tiara II Haou no Matsuei[[/note]] released on October 31st, 2013 for PS3 as a TurnBasedStrategy game following the style of the TearsToTiara PS3 port. It follows a similar style of mixing mythology with Roman history, this time mixing [[CanaaniteMythology Phoenician Mythology]] with the [[PunicWars Punic Wars]].