History VideoGame / WorldsEnd

** Milan's many conspiracy theories include: there are infiltrators in the government trying to ban pornography, the Church of Ecthain is a covert invasion force, the Voronese government is trying reclaim their old empire, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and the undead god of the wastes is going to rise up and kill them all.]] [[spoiler: All of which are revealed to be true in later chapters.]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: During the course of game Tevoran and Company gains such members as a local thug, elderly drug dealer, lewd nun, [[MysteriousWaif axe-wielding mysterious girl]], amateur percussionist brawler, cunning former gang leader and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers an idealistic prince]].

* AntiHero: The protagonists - somewhat justified considering they're illegal mercenaries.
-->'''Ivan:''' Really? You do realize how much destruction we've wrought, right? We [[spoiler:wiped out half a street gang, offed a nobleman and all his servants, spoiler:killed a church full of monks, spoiler:completely trashed that tavern, spoiler:decimated an entire platoon of jail guards]]... need I go on?

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: During battles each side can have up to 8 characters. Though there is one exception to this in between two battles, when the next one starts [[spoiler:Vadim gets killed by a trap.]]

* SexEqualsDeath: Played with. [[spoiler: Many fans were quick to connect Vadim's unconscious romantic evening with Zofia and his untimely demise a few battles later. The fact that Aizu predicted it while he was being dragged to her bedroom didn't help.]]
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 3, the gang is tasked with raiding a brothel [[BlackComedy that turns out to be a human slaughterhouse in disguise.]]]]

* DifficultySpike: The game gets much more difficult in Episode 4, which introduces the Redshields (and afterwards the Tiervan Guards, which have finally caught up to the party in terms of HP and attack power). Episode 6-3 is impossible, as you face a legion of Voronese soliders and a priest that have too much HP and power for you to contend with (it also doesn't help that their Captain can cancel Tevoran's Mockery, which you've been using the entire game save for the previous two fights which had immune spiders).

-->'''Ivan:''' Really? You do realize how much destruction we've wrought, right? We [[spoiler:wiped out half a street gang]], [[spoiler:offed a nobleman and all his servants]], [[spoiler:killed a church full of monks]], [[spoiler:completely trashed that tavern]], [[spoiler:decimated an entire platoon of jail guards]]... need I go on?

** Basically the entire plot of Chapter 1 amounts to this: Tevoran cooks up a new psychotic scheme that no sane person would attempt but that [[GoneHorriblyRight somehow works anyway.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Every character in this game, playable or unplayable, ally or enemy, human or insect has a name. If you click on an enemy, you'll actually see the enemy's name. If you pick up a corpse, the corpse of the enemy appears at the top of the game screen. You're ''not just throwing a corpse'' - you're throwing Bernard or Ysabel or Linus.

** Duriken's Blackened Plate isn't useless per se; just cursed, crappy, and outclassed to the point where as of now, there's never a good reason to put it on.
** As of yet, there's still no known use for the glowing fungus, a consumable item that lowers your hit and evade.
*** If you have Zofia's Medicate skill, it can be used as an injectable poison towards enemies.
* VendorTrash: Mostly averted, as every item you can acquire has at least some function in-game. That said, there are plenty of drops that the player is almost certain to not use and that no rational shop owner should want to buy, such as rotten boar meat, slime residue, putrid ferns, and a filthy dress so dirty it's barely fit for human use.[[note]]You can sell them anyway.[[/note]]

* WorldOfHam: The population of the Valelands is rife with over-the-top lunacy that seemingly pervades every stripe and strata of society. On the "heroic" side, the biggest hams include Tevoran, Oksana, Vadim, and Zofia, while as far as villains go, Boris Beleyav, Father Otis, The Redshields, The Warden, King Oskar, Prince Rudolf, the Sewer Shaman, Gilbrecht Van Arkanad, Jedmesz, and Lord Leithar all easily fit the bill (it'd honestly be simpler to list the enemies who ''weren't'' hams). And let's not forget Volebor, either, leader of a literal ''nation'' of large hams...

* FantasticDrug: The three most common are Jhurukian uppers, Phorian opiates, and [[BraveNewWorld soma]] though these exist alongside real world drugs, such as tobacco and regular opium.

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* FiveManBand: Very briefly played straight during Episode 3, one of the few times there were only five members on the team:
** '''Tevoran''' -- ''The Leader'': Perhaps of the less-than-charismatic variety, but there's no doubt that [[BadBoss as shabbily as he leads his company]], he ''does'' lead them.
** '''Ysabel''' -- ''The Lancer'': An aggressive and hot-tempered foil to Tevoran's more brooding, methodical temperament. She also would probably qualify as his second-in-command, being his adopted daughter.
** '''Ivan''' -- ''The Heart'': Though not in the traditional compassionate sense, he does play the role of peacekeeper as well as providing a much needed [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]] in the insanity. He's usually the first to suggest non-violent alternatives to fighting and the only member to consistently show [[TheConscience a conscience.]]
** '''Vadim''' -- ''The Big Guy'': [[DumbMuscle Dumb muscle]], a [[LightningBruiser lightning bruiser]], and the tankiest member of the team outside Tevoran.
** '''Casimir''' -- ''The Smart Guy'': A drug-dealing [[ScienceHero science anti-hero]], who brews his own chemical cocktails to grant the team a myriad of status boosts.

Unrelated to the third ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]'', or the 2013 movie ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''.

-->'''[[spoiler: Vadim]]''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Aw]] [[FamousLastWords piss!]]

** Episode Three is the first to hint that there is something more going on in Tierva than just drug rackets and petty gang feuds. This is the first time Tevoran and Comapany see magic used, the first official mention of Vorona and the Church of Ecthain, and, in retrospect, contains buried hints to MANY of the events to come in future days. As a bonus, this episode also sees the inclusion of [[WhiteMage Oksana]], considered by many to the most valuable party member in the entire company.