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** Gilbert has referred to ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' as a huge inspiration for the game, as it came about after he unsuccessfully tried to acquire the license for an official game adaptation of the novels, and then he decided to StarMyOwn when it fell through.
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** Gilbert has referred to ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' as a huge inspiration for the game, as it came about after he unsuccessfully tried to acquire the license for an official game adaptation of the novels, and then he decided to StarMyOwn StartMyOwn when it fell through.
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* SincerestFormOfFlattery:
** Dave Gilbert openly admitted that the game, at least in the story structure department, was heavily inspired by Creator/BioWare's modern titles, such ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ''Franchise/DragonAge''. You similarly choose either a male or female protagonist and then choose their origin story (like in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', it is actually playable). You also have a cast of companions to join you on missions, with you starting out with two, but then you recruit some more and then get to choose which of them join you on your missions, with the different choices resulting in different dialogue and interaction options during said mission; ''Unavowed'' can even be said to take this idea a logical step further, as different companions offer different solutions to some of the puzzles encountered along the way.
** Gilbert has referred to ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' as a huge inspiration for the game, as it came about after he unsuccessfully tried to acquire the license for an official game adaptation of the novels, and then he decided to StarMyOwn when it fell through.
** Dave Gilbert openly admitted that the game, at least in the story structure department, was heavily inspired by Creator/BioWare's modern titles, such ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ''Franchise/DragonAge''. You similarly choose either a male or female protagonist and then choose their origin story (like in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', it is actually playable). You also have a cast of companions to join you on missions, with you starting out with two, but then you recruit some more and then get to choose which of them join you on your missions, with the different choices resulting in different dialogue and interaction options during said mission; ''Unavowed'' can even be said to take this idea a logical step further, as different companions offer different solutions to some of the puzzles encountered along the way.
** Gilbert has referred to ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' as a huge inspiration for the game, as it came about after he unsuccessfully tried to acquire the license for an official game adaptation of the novels, and then he decided to StarMyOwn when it fell through.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: Logan and his spirit guide [=KayKay=], the latter being the ghost of ten-year-old girl.
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* AscendedExtra: Logan's spirit guide, [=KayKay=], is all but outright confirmed to be [[spoiler:Kendra Pierro]] from ''The Blackwell Series''.
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* EvolvingTitleScreen: The title screen changes as the player progresses through the game, showing all the members of the Unavowed as they either met or recruited. That even includes at the beginning, where only Mandana and Eli are visible; the PlayerCharacter first appears once the prologue is completed.
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* EvolvingTitleScreen: The title screen changes as the player progresses through the game, showing all the members of the Unavowed as they either met or recruited. That even includes at the beginning, first game the is started up, where only Mandana and Eli are visible; the PlayerCharacter first appears once the prologue is completed.
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* EvolvingTitleScreen: The title screen changes as the player progresses through the game, showing all the members of the Unavowed as they either met or recruited. That even includes at the beginning, where only Mandana and Eli are visible; the PlayerCharacter first appears once the prologue is completed.
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* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: {{Implied|Trope}}. When Eli opens up to PlayerCharacter about his family, they can ask him if his children are Fire Mages like him. Eli will reply that neither of them are, and he is very relived by that fact, implying that he was worried about it in the past.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Downplayed. Eli, being Fire Mage, and is therefore destined to live much longer than a normal human, have already outlived his wife and is well aware of of the fact that, barring some accident on "the job", he will probably [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlive his children too]]. He has or more or less made peace with the idea, but is evident that still bothers him on some level.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Neither the male nor the female PlayerCharacter appear to be of Caucasian descent.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Upon investigating the Eddings' house, the PlayerCharacter discovers through a vision that [[spoiler:their demon-self talked one of the Eddings into having a homosexual tryst with them]]. One of the possible responses to this revelation is tell your companions who witnessed it, never to talk about it again.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Upon investigating the Eddings' house, the PlayerCharacter discovers through a vision that [[spoiler:their demon-self talked one of the Art Eddings into having a homosexual tryst with them]]. One of the possible responses to this revelation is tell your companions who witnessed it, never to talk about it again.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Upon investigating the Eddings' house, the PlayerCharacter discovers through a vision that [[spoiler:their demon-self talked one of the Eddings into having a homosexual tryst with them]]. One of the possible responses to this revelation is tell your companions who witnessed it, never to talk about it again.
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* CannotTellALie: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is compelled to always tell the truth if she is asked a direct question.
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* CannotTellALie: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is compelled to always tell the truth if she is asked a direct question. She says that all Jinns feel unbearable physical pain if they attempt to tell a lie, but they are still capable of trickery and subterfuge through the use of ExactWords, and laments that the latter is why many people doesn't fully trust Jinns.
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* LivingLieDetector: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is able to instinctively tell when people are lying or telling the truth.
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* LivingLieDetector: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is able to instinctively tell when people are lying or telling the truth. She explains that hearing lies makes Jinns very physically unconformable.
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* LivingLieDetector: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is able to instinctively tell when people are lying or telling the truth.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: As this takes place the same universe as ''The Blackwell Series'', there are quite a few ghosts hanging around here and there due to this. Logan is the only who can talk to them and get a clue to what these business are about though.
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* {{Glamour}}: To help the PlayerCharacter hide from any authority on the lookout for them, the Unavowed places them under a so-called "Veil", which makes normal people unable to recognize them. The Veil, however, doesn't work on the so-called "Void-touched", that is people who have been in close contact with magic and the supernatural.
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* {{Glamour}}: To help the PlayerCharacter hide from any authority on the lookout for them, the Unavowed places them under a so-called "Veil", which makes normal people unable to recognize them. The Veil, however, doesn't work on the so-called "Void-touched", that is people who have -- for some reason or another -- been in close contact with magic and the supernatural.
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* {{Glamour}}: To help the PlayerCharacter hide from any authority on the lookout for them, the Unavowed places them under a so-called "Veil", which makes normal people unable to recognize them. The Veil, however, doesn't work on the so-called "Void-touched", that is people who have been in close contact with magic and the supernatural.
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* CannotTellALie: As a half-Jinn, Mandana is compelled to always tell the truth if she is asked a direct question.
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* TheMaster: It appears your demon-self went under this title for a while.
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* TokenHuman: One would at first think that the PlayerCharacter fills this role, amongst the other members of the Unavowed, which includes a HalfHumanHybrid, a [[PlayingWithFire Fire Mage]], and a guy who [[ISeeDeadPeople can talk to the spirits of the departed]], but it turns out that having been possessed by a demon has marked them as being more special than one would think at first. In fact, it turns out that the hotheaded Staten Island cop, Vicki, actually fits the bill better.
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-->'''PlayerCharacter:''' ''(to Kalash)'' You're blue.\\
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-->'''PlayerCharacter:''' ''(to Kalash)'' You're blue.[[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue]].\\
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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Mandana's mother appears to have been one.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Mandana's father, Kalash, being a full-blooded Jinn, is blue-skinned.
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* CaptainObvious: PlayedForLaughs early in the game, where the PlayerCharacter, still adjusting to the existence of the supernatural can respond like this to the strange sights they are confronted by. It almost always elicits a funny response from the other characters:
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'''Kalash:''' No, I'm Kalash.
-->'''PlayerCharacter:''' ''(to Kalash)'' You're blue.\\
'''Kalash:''' No, I'm Kalash.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Mandana has them, being the most obvious sign that she is half-Jinn.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Mandana has them, being the most outward and immediately obvious sign that she is half-Jinn.
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* ActionGirl: Mandana might be [[HalfHumanHybrid a half-magicial being]], but she is a skilled fighter and much prefer physically confronting both her foes and her problems head on with her sword.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Mandana has them, being the most obvious sign that she is half-Jinn.
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* SinisterScimitar: A heroic version with Mandana, who wields one as her WeaponOfChoice.
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* ConsummateLiar: Choosing the Actor background for the PlayerCharacter opens up dialogue choices about using your acting talent to deceive and distract people with tall tales.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Mandy Mandana is half-Jinn.
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** Mandy is 419 years old, but looks like she is in her late twenties. It comes with being a half-Jinn.
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: As Mandy explains, the correct term is "Jinn", not "genie", and she might live in a bottle and have access to certain magic powers, but she doesn't fulfil wishes.
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: As Mandy Mandana explains, the correct term is "Jinn", not "genie", and she might live in a bottle and have access to certain magic powers, but she doesn't fulfil wishes.
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* TheBartender: A possible background for the PlayerCharacter. Appropriately, this choice of background means that dialogue is based more around being sociable person and making people trust you, leading them to open up about their problems to you.
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* TheBartender: A possible background for the PlayerCharacter. Appropriately, this choice of background means that you can access dialogue is choices that are based more around being a trustworthy and sociable person and making people trust you, leading them to open up about their problems to you.
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* CharacterCustomization: Downplayed. You first get the choice of whether you want to play as a male or female protagonist, but their looks is set from the beginning. You do, however, also get choice of defining who your character was before the demon possessed them, by choosing from three different origins stories, that further varies depending on what gender the protagonist is.
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* TheBartender: A possible background for the PlayerCharacter. Appropriately, this choice of background means that dialogue is based more around being sociable person and making people trust you, leading them to open up about their problems to you.
* CharacterCustomization: Downplayed. You first get the choice of whether you want to play as a male or female protagonist, but their looks is set from the beginning. You do, however, also get choice of defining who your character was before the demon possessed them, by choosing from three different origins stories, that further varies depending on what gender the protagonist is.
* CharacterCustomization: Downplayed. You first get the choice of whether you want to play as a male or female protagonist, but their looks is set from the beginning. You do, however, also get choice of defining who your character was before the demon possessed them, by choosing from three different origins stories, that further varies depending on what gender the protagonist is.
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* HeroicMime: The PlayerCharacter isn't voiced, with their dialogue being entirely in text-boxes.
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''Unavowed'' is a 2018 UrbanFantasy AdventureGame, developed by Creator/WadjetEyeGames. It takes place in the same universe as the developer's previous games, ''VideoGame/TheShivah'' and ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'', though with a remarkably sharper focus on said universe's fantastic and supernatural elements.
One year ago, your life was changed forever. As you were going about your rather mundane life in New York City, you had a chance encounter with the supernatural, resulting in you getting possessed by an especially insidious demon. The demon has been in control of your body for all that time, using it to spread death and horror around the city. Fortunately, you were finally tracked down by the secret organisation known as the Unanvowed, a ragtag bunch of experts in the supernatural sworn to protect the innocent against the forces of evil from beyond, and they were able to exorcise the demon leaving you in control of yourself again.
Unfortunately, your old life is in tatters. You have no home, no friends, and are wanted by the police for all the gristly crimes the demon did while wearing your skin. The Unavowed, desperate for support in a time where hostile supernatural actively is sharply on the rise for unknown reasons, and seeing your potential after the up-close look you have had at what lies beyond, decides to recruit into their organisation, putting their trust in you to help turn the tide.
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* CharacterCustomization: Downplayed. You first get the choice of whether you want to play as a male or female protagonist, but their looks is set from the beginning. You do, however, also get choice of defining who your character was before the demon possessed them, by choosing from three different origins stories, that further varies depending on what gender the protagonist is.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Eli wears a classic suit and tie ensemble, and it is noticed by the PlayerCharacter that due to his fire powers it never gets wets in rain.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Mandy is half-Jinn.
* InsistentTerminology:
** Mandy quickly explains that her people are not "genies" but "Jinns".
** Eli doesn't like to be called a "wizard", explaining that doing so is a serious faux pas around people like him. He is a "Mage with a capital 'M'."
* ISeeDeadPeople: This is Logan's speciality, with him being [[VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries a Bestower]].
* OlderThanTheyLook:
** Mandy is 419 years old, but looks she is in her late twenties. It comes with being a half-Jinn.
** Eli is actually 92 years old, having joined the Unavowed in years of the Nixon administration, but looks like someone in his early thirties. He explains that being a Mage tends to prolong both your life and your youth.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: As Mandy explains, the correct term is "Jinn", not "genie", and she might live in a bottle and have access to certain magic powers, but she doesn't fulfil wishes.
* PlayingWithFire: This is Eli's speciality, being a Fire Mage.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Unavowed is a secret society that deals with supernatural threats against civilian society at large.
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One year ago, your life was changed forever. As you were going about your rather mundane life in New York City, you had a chance encounter with the supernatural, resulting in you getting possessed by an especially insidious demon. The demon has been in control of your body for all that time, using it to spread death and horror around the city. Fortunately, you were finally tracked down by the secret organisation known as the Unanvowed, a ragtag bunch of experts in the supernatural sworn to protect the innocent against the forces of evil from beyond, and they were able to exorcise the demon leaving you in control of yourself again.
Unfortunately, your old life is in tatters. You have no home, no friends, and are wanted by the police for all the gristly crimes the demon did while wearing your skin. The Unavowed, desperate for support in a time where hostile supernatural actively is sharply on the rise for unknown reasons, and seeing your potential after the up-close look you have had at what lies beyond, decides to recruit into their organisation, putting their trust in you to help turn the tide.
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!!Tropes:
* CharacterCustomization: Downplayed. You first get the choice of whether you want to play as a male or female protagonist, but their looks is set from the beginning. You do, however, also get choice of defining who your character was before the demon possessed them, by choosing from three different origins stories, that further varies depending on what gender the protagonist is.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Eli wears a classic suit and tie ensemble, and it is noticed by the PlayerCharacter that due to his fire powers it never gets wets in rain.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Mandy is half-Jinn.
* InsistentTerminology:
** Mandy quickly explains that her people are not "genies" but "Jinns".
** Eli doesn't like to be called a "wizard", explaining that doing so is a serious faux pas around people like him. He is a "Mage with a capital 'M'."
* ISeeDeadPeople: This is Logan's speciality, with him being [[VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries a Bestower]].
* OlderThanTheyLook:
** Mandy is 419 years old, but looks she is in her late twenties. It comes with being a half-Jinn.
** Eli is actually 92 years old, having joined the Unavowed in years of the Nixon administration, but looks like someone in his early thirties. He explains that being a Mage tends to prolong both your life and your youth.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: As Mandy explains, the correct term is "Jinn", not "genie", and she might live in a bottle and have access to certain magic powers, but she doesn't fulfil wishes.
* PlayingWithFire: This is Eli's speciality, being a Fire Mage.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Unavowed is a secret society that deals with supernatural threats against civilian society at large.
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