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** It's even a viable strategy! To compare: a spear might be able to do 21 damage to an enemy for 5 AP. Throwing a Redshield corpse at him, on the other hand, will deal around 30 damage for 2 AP. Which means if you can get 4 characters to stand around a mook and take turns chucking a corpse at him, [[FridgeLogic you will be able to deal far more damage than if you stab him with swords and knives.]]
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** To put it into perspective: At the beginning of Chapter 3, the most powerful spear item and the most powerful fist item you can buy in store both have +28 Attack. If you can equip the Foreman's Claws, your fist attacks will become even more powerful than your spear attacks. (Though with that said, do keep in mind that this doesn't include special spear attacks or take into account that spear attacks have more mobility and can injure two units at once.)
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** To put it into perspective: At By the beginning of Chapter 3, way, those claws are the most powerful spear item and the most powerful fist item you can buy Knuckle weapon in store both have +28 Attack. If you can equip the Foreman's Claws, your fist attacks will become even more powerful than your spear attacks. (Though with Chapter 3... but [[DiscOneNuke you'll also need to complete Chapter 2]] to carry them over. Ysabel actually lampshades this for anyone who decided to keep them.
--> '''Ysabel:''' Is this gonna be like thatsaid, do keep in mind stupid claw ya picked up last time we were down here? Tell me you still ain't still haulin' that this doesn't include special spear attacks or take into account that spear attacks have more mobility and can injure two units at once.)old thing around.
--> '''Ysabel:''' Is this gonna be like that
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* SexForServices: Ivan slept with Oksana in exchange for trying to use the red jewel that is the source of her powers.
--> '''Ivan:''' God knows I tried to use one of those things. "White Bolt! Holy Storm! Light Cheroot!" None of it worked worth a damn!\\
'''Ysabel:''' And whose stone exactly were you usin', and how the hell'd that come to pass?\\
'''Ivan:''' Look, that's not important, okay?! ...There certainly wasn't any touching involved if that's what you're thinking.\\
'''Oksana:''' Ohohohoho! I thank you for wonderful gift. Oksana has seen how fiery rug blazes strong as curtains!
'''Ysabel:''' I feel sick.
--> '''Ivan:''' God knows I tried to use one of those things. "White Bolt! Holy Storm! Light Cheroot!" None of it worked worth a damn!\\
'''Ysabel:''' And whose stone exactly were you usin', and how the hell'd that come to pass?\\
'''Ivan:''' Look, that's not important, okay?! ...There certainly wasn't any touching involved if that's what you're thinking.\\
'''Oksana:''' Ohohohoho! I thank you for wonderful gift. Oksana has seen how fiery rug blazes strong as curtains!
'''Ysabel:''' I feel sick.
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** Episode Eleven, besides bringing the gang face to face the Tiervan Triumvirate of Lords, reveals that [[spoiler: Aizu is still alive and more powerful than ever]].
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** Episode Eleven, besides bringing the gang face to face with the Tiervan Triumvirate of Lords, reveals that [[spoiler: Aizu is still alive and more powerful than ever]].
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--->'''Tevoran:''' And so you all see at last the true danger of these dens of assignation! I hope you've learned an invaluable lesson today.
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* MagikarpPower: The Foreman's Claws. At first it appears that nobody can use them. But if you [[spoiler: wait until Chapter 3]] Ivan will be able to equip them and get a whopping +35 Attack! ...you didn't sell them off, right?
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* MagikarpPower: The Foreman's Claws. At first it appears that nobody can use them. But if you [[spoiler: wait until Chapter 3]] Ivan will be able to equip them and get a whopping +35 Attack! ...you Attack! You didn't sell them off, right?
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--->'''Tevoran:''' And so you all see at last the true danger of these dens of assignation! I hope you've learned an invaluable lesson today.
--->'''Tevoran:''' And so you all see at last the true danger of these dens of assignation! I hope you've learned an invaluable lesson today.
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* MagikarpPower: The Foreman's Claws. At first it appears that nobody can use them. But if you [[spoiler: wait until Chapter 3]] Ivan will be able to equip them and get a whopping +35 Attack! ...you didn't sell them off, right?
** To put it into perspective: At the beginning of Chapter 3, the most powerful spear item and the most powerful fist item you can buy in store both have +28 Attack. If you can equip the Foreman's Claws, your fist attacks will become even more powerful than your spear attacks. (Though with that said, do keep in mind that this doesn't include special spear attacks or take into account that spear attacks have more mobility and can injure two units at once.)
** To put it into perspective: At the beginning of Chapter 3, the most powerful spear item and the most powerful fist item you can buy in store both have +28 Attack. If you can equip the Foreman's Claws, your fist attacks will become even more powerful than your spear attacks. (Though with that said, do keep in mind that this doesn't include special spear attacks or take into account that spear attacks have more mobility and can injure two units at once.)
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* OrganDrops: Quite often with non-human opponents, allowing you to rack up a questionable array of spider glands, pigman horns, boar meat, cactus juice, and minion ichor.
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* UselessItem: Played with with the Foreman's Claw, [[spoiler: which was genuinely useless in Chapter 2 but was able to equipped by Ivan in Chapter 3.]]
**As of yet, there's still no known use for the glowing fungus, a consumable item that lowers your hit and evade.
**As of yet, there's still no known use for the glowing fungus, a consumable item that lowers your hit and evade.
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* LadyInRed: [[spoiler: Zofia.]] She wears so much red, even her hair is pink! She also has "Lewd Glance" as an upgradeable skill. And to top it all off, she's also got a touch of ActionGirl for good measure.
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* OneWingedAngel: Played with a bit in Chapter One.
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* OneWingedAngel: Played with a bit in Chapter One.several times.
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-->'''Ivan:''' The one with a big head looks a little tough.
-->'''Tevoran:''' Let us just hope that is its final form.
-->'''Tevoran:''' Let us just hope that is its final form.
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'''Tevoran:''' Let us just hope that is its final form.
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**Finally played completely straight with [[spoiler: King Oskar, who resurrects twice in battle, each time becoming more powerful than the last.]]
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** And ''then'' lampshaded in this neat little exchange in Chapter Two:
-->'''Ivan:''' The one with a big head looks a little tough.
-->'''Tevoran:''' Let us just hope that is its final form.
-->'''Ivan:''' The one with a big head looks a little tough.
-->'''Tevoran:''' Let us just hope that is its final form.
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* EvilIsHammy: There are a few truly sinister villains, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[AristocratsAreEvil Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestosteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCarryingVillain Glibrecht Arkanad]].
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* EvilIsHammy: There A few of the villains are a few truly sinister villains, sinister, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[AristocratsAreEvil Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestosteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCarryingVillain Glibrecht Gilbrecht Arkanad]].
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* FictionalCurrency: The entire known world uses "zloteks", gold coins with a black letter Z on them. Several times it comes up in bribes, debts, and purchases.
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* FictionalCurrency: The entire known world uses "zloteks", gold coins with a black letter Z stamped on them. Several times it comes up in bribes, debts, and purchases.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Tevoran has a tendency to pull these on occasion, although his delivery is so [[RefugeInAudacity deadpan and outrageous]] that it's hard to tell if he actually expects to be believed or [[IShallTauntYou or he's just mocking the listener.]]
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** His decision to relocate the team to [[PoliceState Vorona]] in Chapter 2. As he put it himself, "Half-wrought plans can only be half undone". [[note]] And they were. The gang was thrown off the train to Vorona halfway there after the guards didn't buy their crudely forged tickets [[/note]]
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** His decision to relocate the team to [[PoliceState Vorona]] in Chapter 2. As he put it himself, "Half-wrought plans can only be half undone". [[note]] And [[note]]And they were. The gang was thrown off the train to Vorona halfway there after the guards didn't buy their crudely forged tickets tickets.[[/note]]
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** And then there's trying to complete the entire game without [[SaveScumming Save Scumming]]. Good luck with that.
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* DrugsAreGood: That said, many of the games' "heroes" are shown using drugs in a neutral or positive light. [[TheStoner Tevoran is infamously addicted to opiates,]] [[SmokingIsCool Ivan smokes tobacco,]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Zofia can chugs booze as a combat power,]] Casimir is just a flat out drug-dealer, and anyone can take drugs during battle to boost their combat abilities.
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* DrugsAreGood: That said, many of the games' "heroes" are shown using drugs in a neutral or positive light. [[TheStoner Tevoran is infamously addicted to opiates,]] opiates]], [[SmokingIsCool Ivan smokes tobacco,]] tobacco]], [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Zofia can chugs chug booze as a combat power,]] power]], Casimir is just a flat out drug-dealer, and anyone can take drugs during battle to boost their combat abilities.
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* 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]]
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** Late in Chapter 3, the Voro soldiers start taking [[FantasicDrug Jhurukian uppers]] to boost their combat power, but after a few turns they start hallucinating and attacking each other.
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** Late in Chapter 3, the Voro soldiers start taking [[FantasicDrug [[FantasticDrug Jhurukian uppers]] to boost their combat power, but after a few turns they start hallucinating and attacking each other.
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* DrugsAreGood: That said, many of the games' "heroes" are shown using drugs in a neutral or positive light. [[TheStoner Tevoran is infamously addicted to opiates,]] [[GoodSmokingBadSmoking Ivan smokes tobacco,]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Zofia can chugs booze as a combat power,]] Casimir is just a flat out drug-dealer, and anyone can [[CombatDrugs take drugs during battle to boost their combat abilities.]]
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* DrugsAreBad: Many of the series' vilest antagonists, such as Boris Beleyav, Prince Rudolf, and Jedmesz, are chronic abusers of drugs or drug like substances, and it's never pretty. Boris in particular looks like he walked straight off an anti-drug PSA.
* DrugsAreGood: That said, many of the games' "heroes" are shown using drugs in a neutral or positive light. [[TheStoner Tevoran is infamously addicted to opiates,]] [[GoodSmokingBadSmoking Ivan smokes tobacco,]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Zofia can chugs booze as a combat power,]] Casimir is just a flat out drug-dealer, and anyone can [[CombatDrugs take drugs during battle to boost their combat abilities.]]
* DrugsAreGood: That said, many of the games' "heroes" are shown using drugs in a neutral or positive light. [[TheStoner Tevoran is infamously addicted to opiates,]] [[GoodSmokingBadSmoking Ivan smokes tobacco,]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Zofia can chugs booze as a combat power,]] Casimir is just a flat out drug-dealer, and anyone can [[CombatDrugs take drugs during battle to boost their combat abilities.]]
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* 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]]
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**This gets even more ridiculous when you consider that none of these shops appear to have any kind of fixed inventory. What kind of place sells weapons, dresses and sardine tins side by side? One of the "shops" in Chapter 2 is just a creepy looking drug addict in the back of the train car. It gets even worse in Niendam, where the only "store" around appears to be a bar. That buys weapons. Figure that one out
**This gets even more ridiculous when you consider that none of these shops appear to have any kind of fixed inventory. What kind of place sells weapons, dresses and sardine tins side by side? One of the "shops" in Chapter 2 is just a creepy looking drug addict in the back of the train car. It gets even worse in Niendam, where the only "store" around appears to be a bar. That buys weapons. Figure that one out
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* EvilisHammy: There are a few truly sinister villians, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[AristocratsAreEvil Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestosteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCarryingVillian Glibrecht Arkanad]].
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* EvilisHammy: EvilIsHammy: There are a few truly sinister villians, villains, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[AristocratsAreEvil Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestosteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCarryingVillian [[CardCarryingVillain Glibrecht Arkanad]].
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* EvilisHammy: There are a few truly sinister villians, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[EvilAristocrat Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestoteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCaryingVillian Glibrecht Arkanad]].
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* EvilisHammy: There are a few truly sinister villians, but quite a few of them come off as over the top hams, notably: [[EvilAristocrat [[AristocratsAreEvil Boris Beleyav]], [[FatBastard the Redshields]], [[TestoteronePoisoning [[TestosteronePoisoning the Warden]], [[RoyalBrat Prince Rudolf]], [[CrazyHomelessPeople the Sewer Shaman]], [[MoralGuardians Lord Leithar]] and of course [[CardCaryingVillian [[CardCarryingVillian Glibrecht Arkanad]].
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**Not that the heroes themselves are [[WorldOfHam that much less hammy.]]
**Not that the heroes themselves are [[WorldOfHam that much less hammy.]]
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** Completing a battle without any of your characters dying earns you [[NoCasualtiesRun a flawless victory bonus]] and extra skill points.
** And then there's trying to complete the entire game without [[SaveScumming Save Scumming]]. Good luck with that.
** And then there's trying to complete the entire game without [[SaveScumming Save Scumming]]. Good luck with that.
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** And then there's trying to complete the entire game without [[SaveScumming Save Scumming]]. Good luck with that.
** And then there's trying to complete the entire game without [[SaveScumming Save Scumming]]. Good luck with that.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: At the beginning of Chapter 2, after butchering dozens of Tiervan citizens, Ivan is thrown into prison...for loitering. Tevoran and Vadim have also been locked away for trafficking human remains and lewd conduct, respectively.
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**[[spoiler: In Chapter 3, the gang is tasked with raiding a brothel [[BlackComedy that turns out to be a human slaughterhouse in disguise.]]]]
**[[spoiler: In Chapter 3, the gang is tasked with raiding a brothel [[BlackComedy that turns out to be a human slaughterhouse in disguise.]]]]
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* ColorCodedArmies: Tiendai thugs have dark green singlets, bandanas, and masks; while their Bronoi counterparts are decked out in dark red ones. Boris's guards have uniform colors that [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority get further up the rainbow hierarchy the more experienced they are.]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Red]]shields have armor that's mostly red. Voronese soldiers have red-orange clothing, and their Hrvaincais counterparts wear dark green. Hillmen have cowboy-style clothing with mustaches, and anyone that breaks these patterns is either a boss, party member, or both. The color codes are pretty much there to tell you who you're fighting. Of course Tevoran and Company don't have a particular color, indicating that they're of many different backgrounds but no general affiliation, further emphasizing their mercenary identity.
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* ColorCodedArmies: Tiendai thugs have dark green singlets, bandanas, and masks; while their Bronoi counterparts are decked out in dark red ones. Boris's guards have uniform colors that [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority get further up the rainbow hierarchy the more experienced they are.]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Red]]shields have armor that's mostly red. Voronese soldiers have red-orange clothing, and their Hrvaincais counterparts wear dark green. Niendans typically wear brown and earthy tones. Hillmen have cowboy-style clothing with mustaches, and anyone that breaks these patterns is either a boss, party member, or both. The color codes are pretty much there to tell you who you're fighting. Of course Tevoran and Company don't have a particular color, indicating that they're of many different backgrounds but no general affiliation, further emphasizing their mercenary identity.
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**A minor example. During an interval, Aizu requests that the party stock up on steaks, [[ImAHumanitarian which she's developed a taste for]]. Tevoran tells her that she can have one, and sure enough, when you go to shop, there is exactly one steak available for purchase. [[note]]As if this wasn't cute enough, a certain piece of promo art shows the company lounging around Uncle Milan's parlor, with Aizu gleefully going to town on a literal pile steaks sprawling across the parlor floor. No one else seems to mind. [[/note]]
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**In Chapter 3, you start gaining non-party allies during certain fights. Keeping them alive yields no tangible reward, but some players do anyway, out of principle.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In what could be considered a rare heartwarming moment, the common citizens of Vorona will join you in the final assault on the palace of Vorona and fight back against the soldiers at your side. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from [[YouBastard killing your allies yourself to take their belongings]], as some players undoubtedly have.
**Bonus points if you use Martin or Vera to deliver the killing blow, forcing them to be murderers and hypocrites. That is just cold.
**In Chapter 3, you start gaining non-party allies during certain fights. Keeping them alive yields no tangible reward, but some players do anyway, out of principle.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In what could be considered a rare heartwarming moment, the common citizens of Vorona will join you in the final assault on the palace of Vorona and fight back against the soldiers at your side. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from [[YouBastard killing your allies yourself to take their belongings]], as some players undoubtedly have.
**Bonus points if you use Martin or Vera to deliver the killing blow, forcing them to be murderers and hypocrites. That is just cold.
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* CardboardPrison: Played with in Chapter 5, the "Jailbreak" episode. Tevoran & Company's plan for escape appears to an ungodly mix of wishful thinking, Tevoran flying on the seat of his pants, and unadulterated senseless hack and slash. It succeeds only because the Tiervan guards are about as competent as Imperial Stormtroopers with security standards to match. This gets lampshaded by Tevoran.
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**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 [[GoneHorribyRight somehow works anyway.]]
**His decision to relocate the team to [[PoliceState Vorona]] in Chapter 2. As he put it himself, "Half-wrought plans can only be half undone". [[note]] And they were. The gang was thrown off the train to Vorona halfway there after the guards didn't buy their crudely forged tickets [[/note]]
**Most notably when he [[TooDumbToLive presses the self-destruct button]] on the semi-autonomous Helldrill, causing [[spoiler: Aizu to rush in and sacrifice herself to save the team. Ironically, this prevents her from being captured by Duriken a few battles later.]]
**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 [[GoneHorribyRight somehow works anyway.]]
**His decision to relocate the team to [[PoliceState Vorona]] in Chapter 2. As he put it himself, "Half-wrought plans can only be half undone". [[note]] And they were. The gang was thrown off the train to Vorona halfway there after the guards didn't buy their crudely forged tickets [[/note]]
**Most notably when he [[TooDumbToLive presses the self-destruct button]] on the semi-autonomous Helldrill, causing [[spoiler: Aizu to rush in and sacrifice herself to save the team. Ironically, this prevents her from being captured by Duriken a few battles later.]]
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* PaperThinDisguise: Tevoran has a tendency to pull these on occasion, although his delivery is so [[RefugeInAudacity deadpan and outrageous]] that it's hard to tell if he actually expects to be believed or [[IShallTauntYou or he's just mocking the listener.]]
**Later Oksana, Ysabel and Casimir pull one in Episode 5, sneaking into a prison disguised as envoys from the "temple of debauchery".
**Later Oksana, Ysabel and Casimir pull one in Episode 5, sneaking into a prison disguised as envoys from the "temple of debauchery".
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* PoliceState: Vorona. The city has become so authoritarian that soldiers will open fire on citizens just for speaking out against the King.
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* CardboardPrison: Played with in Chapter 5, the "Jailbreak" episode. Tevoran & Company's plan for escape appears to an ungodly mix of wishful thinking, Tevoran flying on the seat of his pants, and unadulterated senseless hack and slash. It succeeds only because the Tiervan guards are about as competent as Imperial Stormtroopers with security standards to match. This gets lampshaded by Tevoran.
--> '''Tevoran''': ''Not to worry! I've rarely found myself in a jail where the prisoners belongings weren't kept in an unlocked chest in the next room.''
--> '''Tevoran''': ''Not to worry! I've rarely found myself in a jail where the prisoners belongings weren't kept in an unlocked chest in the next room.''
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* VillainProtagonist: Tevoran and Co. spends the first 8 chapters concerned with nothing but lining their own pockets, and maintain sympathy mostly by being LaughablyEvil and fighting people who are even worse than they are. Once Tevoran decides to rescue Martin from a Voronese prison, they become {{Nominal Hero}}es.
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* BilingualBonus: A minor example. The in-universe writing system appears to be some sort of runic alphabet, but a closer look reveals that there are actually two separate scripts. Given that both alphabets are used in Tierva but only one in Vorona, the implication appears to be that one is the Tiendai/Khendai alphabet, and the other is the Bronoi.
