History VisualNovel / LongLiveTheQueen

* DoesNotLikeMagic: The King Dowager specifically, [[spoiler: [[BoomerangBigot who is, in fact, a Lumen]]]], and most of Nova to a lesser extent. Lumen are by and large feared, though the Queen's use of Lumen is by and large accepted.

A viciously evil game about the cutthroat world of politics and intrigue, with you in charge of a woefully underprepared princess facing dangers on every side, frantically trying to train up her skills while [[EverythingTryingToKillYou absolutely everything is trying to kill her.]] '''Rule the world or die trying.'''

* AChildShallLeadThem: Elodie is only fourteen when the game starts, and the age of majority is fifteen.
* AdultsAreUseless: Despite supposedly being available as an advisor, Elodie's father, the King Dowager, never provides help to his daughter with any of the problems that get dropped on her. [[spoiler: Until the end.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Duchess of Lillah's family and various stepfamilies. Featuring [[spoiler:sexual abuse, incest, incestuous sexual abuse, killing the perpetrators of the above...]]
* BondOneLiner: If the [[spoiler: Earl of Io]] challenges Elodie to a duel and she is already a [[MagicalGirl Lumen]], she can burn him to death and then reply "I decline."

* CharacterPortrait: Given to named characters with dialogue (which means a number of characters, including several love/marriage interests, don't get one). Elodie's is one of the few whose portrait differs according to mood (as well as according to what she's wearing).

-->'''Elodie''': Throw her into the castle dungeons and let her rot!
-->'''Joslyn''': Well. I suppose she won't be a problem anymore.

* TheEvilPrince: [[spoiler: Lucille is trying to get you out of the way so her daughter can inherit your throne and your PowerCrystal. You can, however, buy her off.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. [[spoiler:You can recruit Lucille as your Lumen Minister, after which she stops trying to kill you unless you try to harm her daughter, though it's unlikely if not impossible to both do this and realize she's the culprit in one playthrough.]]
* HeirClubForMen: Averted; inheritance in Nova is gender-neutral.

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:Shouted by the audience once you actually make it to the coronation, to which Elodie replies "Thank you! I will!"]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Togami murdered Queen Fidelia before the beginning of the game so that her inexperienced daughter would inherit her Lumen crystal and make it easier to take in a WizardDuel. However, you only discover this in the ending where he taunts Elodie after killing her father as well, and in this path you're in no position to do anything about it.]]

* EveryoneIsRelated: A number of the duchies of Nova are ruled by people who are directly related to each other (to say nothing of the numerous cousins), i.e. Caloris and Mazomba (brothers Joslyn and Armand), Hellas and Maree (siblings Brin and Banion), Mead and Lillah (daughter Corisande and mother Arisse).

* GayOption: The Duchess of Hellas can send Elodie flowers after dancing with her, and Elodie can later choose to marry her brother to be closer to her. Also, Briony falls for her if they both survive the forest adventure and Elodie can reciprocate, though it doesn't stop their eventual marriages.

* RageAgainstTheMentor: The Duchess of Ursul tends to dispense information on a need-to-know basis; she doesn't even tell Elodie that the palace priestess is also a Lumen.

* MayDecemberRomance: Appears in the backstory between the Earl of Titan, who dies of old age during the story, and the late Duchess of Elath, who suffered DeathByChildbirth while not much older than Elodie in order to provide for the succession as soon as possible.

* FourthDateMarriage: Since many of her prospective marriages are arranged, Elodie doesn't interact much with many of them onscreen. However, one UpToEleven case is Talarist, the Duke of Sedna. At the beginning of the game Elodie doesn't even know which country Sedna is in; a few weeks, a letter of condolence, and a pretty necklace later he visits in person, flirts, and suggests marriage. Elodie can promptly accept, much to her father's shock.

A viciously evil game about the cutthroat world of politics and intrigue, with you in charge of a woefully underprepared princess facing dangers on every side, frantically trying to train up her skills while [[EverythingTryingToKillYou absolutely everything is trying to kill her.]] '''Rule the world or die trying.'''

* GambitPileup: Everyone has something they want out of you, and everyone can potentially be your enemy or ally depending on the circumstances.

* MistakenForCheating: If you both marry [[spoiler:Thaddeus]] and talk down [[spoiler:Togami]], the former will assume you're having an affair with the latter, though he doesn't accuse you so much as storm off to brood.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:Subverted--the BigBad is already married and has no interest in a fourteen-year-old]].

* PimpedOutDress: Onscreen, Elodie's Royal Coronet outfit.

* [[spoiler: BrotherSisterIncest]]: [[spoiler:Between the Earl of Io and the Duchess of Mead.]]

* WickedStepmother: Arisse, the Duchess of Lillah, is implicated in the deaths of several people and is also the stepmother of the young Duke of Elath. [[spoiler:However, it's ultimately subverted--his aging father would much rather leave him in the custody of Arisse than the boy's grandfather, and Arisse is also much more likely than the grandfather to keep him alive.]]

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:Subverted--the BigBad is already married]].

** If you survive the game without becoming engaged or expressing interest toward anyone, Elodie may decide to wait for ''romance'' and winds up with an unnammed Earl who's good at baking.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Starting with RoseHairedGirl Elodie.

* AllThereInTheManual: There's a lot of background information in the flavor text for Elodie's classes, which may or may not come up in game depending on skill checks. There's more information (such as names) in the character reference biographies. Many names only appear in the biographies, like the Duke of Kigal's children besides Linley and the Duchess of Lillah's second-oldest son.

* AllThereInTheManual: There's a lot of background information in the flavor text for Elodie's classes, which may or may not come up in game depending on skill checks. There's more information (such as names) in the character reference biographies.
** AllThereInTheScript: Many names only appear in the biographies, like the Duke of Kigal's children besides Linley and the Duchess of Lillah's second-oldest son.

** If you survive the game without becoming engaged or expressing interest toward anyone, [[spoiler:it's likely Elodie will end up in a love match with an unnamed earl who's good with pastry.]]

* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:In the latest update, if the Earl of Io challenges a Lumen Elodie to a duel she can burn him to death and then reply "I decline."]]

* CallBack: When the Earl of Io arrives at court with a woman he accuses of trying to poison his sister, Elodie asks "Which sister?" [[spoiler:When that sister later arrives looking for her daughter Briony, if Briony's there Elodie asks "Which daughter?" even though--as subsequently pointed out--she only has one.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: [[spoiler:If the relevant skill is high enough, Elodie's dog may show hostility toward a box of poisoned chocolates.]]
* FieryRedhead: Kevan, the Earl of Io. This may extend to [[spoiler:challenging Elodie to a duel and chasing her down with a sword when she refuses. Depending on how you play things, he might even try to kill you at your wedding. The one where he was supposed to marry you, that is.]]
* FissionMailed: [[spoiler:A small case with the "evil minion" ending a few weeks before the normal end of the game, as the screen irises out like Elodie's death scenes and then goes straight into the epilogue.]]
* GayOption: [[spoiler:The Duchess of Hellas can send Elodie flowers after dancing with her, and Elodie can later choose to marry her brother to be closer to her. Also, Briony falls for her if they both survive the forest adventure and Elodie can reciprocate, though it doesn't stop their eventual marriages.]]

* GuideDangIt: If [[spoiler:Briony dies on her search for adventure, her uncle the Earl of Io will blame Elodie and try to kill her at the tournament. He doesn't elaborate much on his motives and his rationale is... not all that rational, so depending on how far you got with Briony's subplot it's quite possible to have no idea what he's talking about.]] It doesn't help that [[spoiler:Elodie has a chance to make him obviously angry with her much earlier in the game, which actually has nothing to do with this occasion]]. Also, [[spoiler:it requires several high skill checks to survive, so it's often simpler to give the tournament a miss.]]

* LoveMartyr / LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Invoked with the Duchess of Lillah's desire to marry off her troubled son Thaddeus, believing the right marriage would be good for him; Elodie notes there's nothing about it being good for ''her''. There's also a hint of this in the ending where you successfully marry her ''other'' troubled son Kevan (which necessitates knowing about his incestuous relationships), in which you eventually successfully shift his fanatical loyalties from his family to you]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:If you refuse to duel the Earl of Io and dodge his first subsequent attack, he will be promptly filled with arrows by the skilled archers attending the tournament]].

* WickedStepmother: [[spoiler:Arisse, the Duchess of Lillah, is implicated in the deaths of several people and is also the stepmother of the young Duke of Elath. However, it's ultimately subverted--his aging father would much rather leave him in the custody of Arisse than the boy's grandfather, and Arisse is also much more likely than the grandfather to keep him alive.]]
* WizardDuel: [[spoiler:One possible endgame.]]