History VisualNovel / LongLiveTheQueen

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Elodie is a young girl who has just had the responsibility of ruling an entire country thrust upon her well before anyone expected her to be ready for the task, least of all Elodie herself. The mood swings she experiences are important for players to consider, given that her attitude affects how well she does in her weekly classes.

* MegaTwintails: Elodie has large spiral ringlets.

* NonstandardGameOver: While getting Elodie killed is the most obvious way to end the game, there are a few situations where she can get away with her life but not her crown. These include [[spoiler:being forced to abdicate by a peasant revolt and fleeing the country in the face of a foreign invasion]].

* PuppetKing: Puppet Queen: The Duke of Maree and/or the Duchess of Lillah can try to make Elodie into one.

* AgeGapRomance: 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. In-game, Elodie's oldest marriage prospects are in their thirties, as is one GayOption--literally old enough to be her (thirty-three-year-old) father--or, for that matter, she can literally marry an appalled ''[[spoiler:Briony's]]'' father. On the reverse side, Elodie's youngest marriage prospect is six years younger than her, resulting in her only marrying a few years into her reign.

** The "Evil Lumen Elodie" ending takes the cake, in which [[spoiler:she willfully betrays her nation and kills her own father, then becomes Togami's enforcer]], resulting in much of Nova [[UnPerson trying to pretend that she never existed]]. This already bleak ending is [[FromBadToWorse even bleaker]] if Charlotte is Elodie's heir at this point, [[spoiler:as the fears towards another unstable underage magical monarch lead to a civil war that will forever devastate Nova.]]

* AgeGapRomance: 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. In-game, Elodie's oldest marriage prospects are in their thirties, as is one GayOption--literally old enough to be her (thirty-three-year-old) father--or, for that matter, she can literally marry an appalled ''[[spoiler:Briony's]]'' father. On the reverse side, Elodie's youngest marriage prospect is six years younger than her, whose she will marry only after years into her reign.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Just lost your mother? Been subjected to numerous assassination attempts? Had several people attempt to coerce you into marriage? Fended off two foreign invasions, and possibly a civil war? Have been ''extremely'' poorly prepared for the task of running a country? Well, too bad. You're the heir to throne, and now you have a Queen's responsibilities, like it or not. Considering the medievalish setting and state of healthcare available in Nova, this is hardly surprising.

* AgeGapRomance: 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. In-game, Elodie's oldest marriage prospects are in their thirties, as is one GayOption--literally old enough to be her (thirty-three-year-old) father--or, for that matter, she can literally marry an appalled ''[[spoiler:Briony's]]'' father.

''Long Live The Queen'' is a viciously evil UsefulNotes/RenPy-based game where you, as a woefully-unprepared princess, must manage Elodie's weekly schooling to teach her the skills she needs while [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything is trying to kill her]]. Will you nurture her into a [[EvilOverlord cruel warlord]] who [[OffWithHisHead executes anyone and anything]] that could pose a threat? Or a MagnificentBitch wielding an extensive intelligence network in one hand and a web of alliances and funding accounts in the other? Or maybe even a badass MagicalGirlWarrior with a ''[[CoolPet personal attack falcon]]''?

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Depending on choices, Elodie can end up executing everyone who looks at her sideways and cackling about it. She even occasionally gets to shout "OffWithHisHead".
** And even better? With enough training, she can personally kill any threat to her life. Assassin jumps her? She stabs him. Enraged noble challenges her to a duel? She immolates him.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: While the game is prone to suddenly requiring a so-far useless skills to be at a high level, there are a few skills that are consistently an obvious good investmet:

* AgeGapRomance: 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. In-game, Elodie's oldest marriage prospects are in their thirties, as is one GayOption--literally old enough to be her (thirty-three-year-old) father--or, for that matter, she can literally marry an appalled ''[[spoiler:Briony's]]'' father.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: While the game is prone to suddenly requiring a so-far useless skills to be at a high level, there are a few skills that tend to consistently be an obvious good investment:

** Reflexes is often checked when it comes to physically doging things that might be otherwise lethal. Even in runs not relying on it, getting it at 30 by Week 3 will accomplish the triple duty of keeping the milk viper from biting anyone in Julianna's absence, not bumping into Alice on a later week and unlocking the only means of making Elodie angry that isn't reliant on story events.

** The Steam achievement for poisoning a chicken is called "An Ex Parrot", after the Creator/MontyPythons sketch that uses the same terminology while talking about its titular dead parrot.

* ShoutOut: The Steam achievement for [[YetAnotherStupidDeath getting your very first death]] is [[VideoGame/SpaceQuest Congratulations on your Recent Demise]].

** Reflexes is often checked when it comes to physically doging things that might be otherwise lethal. Even in runs not relying on it, getting it at 30 by Week 3 will accomplish the triple duty of keeping the milk viper from biting anyone in Julianna's absence, not bumping into Alice on a later week and the unlocking the only means of making Elodie angry that isn't reliant on story events.

** Reflexes is often checked when it comes to physically doging things that might be otherwise lethal. Getting it at 30 by Week 3 will accomplish the triple duty of keeping the milk viper from biting anyone in Julianna's absence, not bumping into Alice on a later week and the unlocking the only means of making Elodie angry that isn't reliant on story events.

** The entire Conversation skillset, as lacking it can make Elodie be unintentionally rude to the wrong people, get into compromising situations without realizing it (and any eventual option to get out of them gracefully requiring even higher Conversation skills) or look incompetent enough to have to face a rebellion.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: While the game is prone to suddenly requiring a so-far useless skills to be at a high level, there are a few skills that tend to consistently be a good investment:
** The entire Conversation skillset, as lacking it can make Elodie be unintentionally rude to the wrong people, get into compromising situations without realizing it (and any eventual option to get out of them gracefully requiring even higher conversation skills) or making herself look incompetent enough to have to face a rebellion.

** Enough Flattery allows to mediate between Elodie's best friend and her mother without taking a side. It doesn't solve their tensions, but it does help take the heat off you, since the rest of the nobility is watching ''very'' carefully to see where Elodie's sympathies lie.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The title screen music is "God Save the Queen." [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Because no one else will.]]

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: While the game is prone suddenly requiring a so-far useless skills to be at high level, there are a few skills that tend to consistently be a good investement:

** The entire Conversation skillset, as lacking it can make Elodie be unintentionally rude to the wrong people, get into compromising situations without realizing it (and needing even higher Conversation skills to get out of them gracefully) or making herself look incompetent enough to have to face a rebellion.
** The Military skillset, especially in no-magic runs. There are three different major events that can be dealt with if Elodie's Military skills are good enough, with the last one being inevitable. Military skills not quite good enough to win it may still be enough to KnowWhenToFoldEm.

** The entire Conversation skillset, as lacking it can make Elodie be unintentionally rude to the wrong people, get into compromising situations without realizing it (and needing even higher Conversation skills to get out of them) or making herself look incompetent enough to have to face a rebellion.
** The Military skillset, especially in no-magic runs. There are three different situations that can be dealt with if Elodie's Military skills are good enough, with the last one being inevitable. Military skills not quite good enough to win it may still be enough to KnowWhenToFoldEm.

** The Military skillset, especially in no-magic runs. There are three different situations that can be dealt with if Elodie's Military skills are good enough, with the last one being inevitable. Military skills not quite good enough to win it may still be enough to KnowWhenToFoldThem.

** The Military skillset, especially in no-magic runs. There are three different situations that can be dealt with if Elodie's Military skills are good enough, with the last one being inevitable.

** The Military skillset, especially in no-magic runs. There are three different situations that can be dealt with if Elodie's Military skills are good enough.