History VisualNovel / LongLiveTheQueen

* ButchLesbian: [[TheMentor Duchess Juliana]]. She's got a short haircut, a sword, and a beautiful priestess girlfriend.

* SuccessionCrisis: A two-stage one occurs regarding Elath. First, the Duke of Elath dies a natural death of age, and Elodie has to determine who should raise his heir (and, just incidentally, who becomes effective regent for one of the most important duchies in Nova). If you screw this decision up, then the young Duke will be assassinated. His next of kin is Talarist, the Duke of Sedna in Talasse, and agents of Talasse are likely responsible for his death as well as the earlier deaths of the rest of his family in Nova. Elodie may choose to give the duchy to a Novan instead, whereupon Talarist sends in an army.

* MandatoryMotherhood: Motherhood is one of Elodie's duties; if she's a lesbian and refuses to marry, [[spoiler: she'll sleep with an unknown male to produce an heir]].

* SuccessionCrisis: Possible if the Duke of Elath is assassinated. His closest relative is Talarist, the Duke of Sedna in Talasse, [[spoiler:and agents of Talasse are likely responsible for his death as well as the earlier deaths of the rest of his family in Nova]]. Elodie may choose to give the duchy to a Novan instead, whereupon Talarist sends in an army.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Among other things, you can [[spoiler:force a woman into marriage, abuse the servants, ramp up punishments in hopes of discouraging assassination attempts, order your uncle executed on highly circumstantial evidence, reduce the Duchess of Mead to tears by blaming her for her daughter's death, and feed your cousin to a kraken.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since nearly all of the characters are nobility, there tends to be an according contempt for commoners as well as suspicion of those who rise above their original station--i.e. the Duke-Consort of Lillah and the King of Shanjia. [[spoiler:Those two do turn out to be genuine pieces of work.]]

* MeaningfulName: A beautiful young countess named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirin Sirin]] tries to move in on Elodie's father, much to her displeasure.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: With enough Conversation skills, Elodie can engage in this. For example, when driving off a woman making a move on her father, she can compliment her on a brooch--saying that it reminds her of one [[MissingMom her mother used to wear]]. Banion, the Duke of Maree, is also a practitioner; the toast he gives at the ball if he's unhappy with the handling of the Ixion situation drips with so much sarcasm that an insufficiently composed Elodie may be spurred to kill him.
* PimpedOutDress: Onscreen, Elodie's Royal Coronet outfit. In one ending, [[spoiler:Elodie can assert her dominance at her wedding to the Duke of Maree by wearing one while dressing ''him'' in a ballet outfit]].

* HairDecorations: Brin, the Duchess of Hellas, is thirty-three and still wears a flower in her hair.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: With enough Conversation skills, Elodie can engage in this. For example, when driving off a woman making a move on her father, she can compliment her on a brooch--saying that it reminds her of one [[MissingMom her mother used to wear]].

* 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). Indeed, part of Arisse's power derives from being the mother, wife, and mother-in-law to the rulers of three other duchies besides her own. Also, Briony is the Duchess of Ursul's niece [[spoiler:and possible heir to her Lumen crystal]], and Brin and Banion's brother Bennett is the stepfather of Elodie's friend Gwenelle (as well as the father of her youngest marriage prospect, eight-year-old Anciet).

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Among other things, you can [[spoiler:force a woman into marriage, abuse the servants, ramp up punishments in hopes of discouraging assassination attempts, reduce the Duchess of Mead to tears by blaming her for her daughter's death, and feed your cousin to a kraken.]]

* 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.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Elodie's mother was one of the few remaining magic-users, and Elodie can inherit her Lumen crystal in turn. [[spoiler:Her father, the King Dowager and a duke in his own right, is also one. At the height of Nova's power, all of the dukes and duchesses were Lumen along with the royal family.]]

** The King Dowager, [[spoiler: [[YouAreWhatYouHate who is, in fact, a Lumen]]]], forbids his daughter to have anything to do with Lumen, and enforces it with armed guards who Elodie has to force her way past.

* RegentForLife: Inverted--Elodie isn't technically queen until her fifteenth birthday, but her father still leaves nearly all major decisions to her, the major exception being access to her mother's Lumen crystal.

* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:Elodie's father blames magic and Lumen for her mother's death, but in one ending it's revealed that he's also a Lumen when he duels Togami in his daughter's place]].

* CallBack: When the Earl of Io arrives at court with a woman he accuses of trying to poison his sister, Elodie asks "Which sister?" If 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.

* 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). Also, Briony is the Duchess of Ursul's niece [[spoiler:and possible heir to her Lumen crystal]], and Brin and Banion's brother Bennett is the stepfather of Elodie's friend Gwenelle (as well as the father of her youngest marriage prospect, nine-year-old Anciet).

* 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, or even [[spoiler: refuse to marry and take her as a companion]]. Depending on the choices made before the ball, Elodie can also dance with Julianna or Arisse, but this doesn't lead to a relationship. Also, Briony falls for her if they both survive the forest adventure and Elodie can reciprocate, making her "Lady of the Royal Bedchamber," though it doesn't stop their eventual marriages.

* RescueRomance: Rescuing [[spoiler:Briony from a tentacle monster]] can lead to this.

* 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, or even [[spoiler: refuse to marry and take her as a companion]] (depending on earlier choices the same option could also lead to dancing with the Duchess of Lillah or Ursul, though that doesn't lead to anything). Also, Briony falls for her if they both survive the forest adventure and Elodie can reciprocate, making her "Lady of the Royal Bedchamber," though it doesn't stop their eventual marriages.

* 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, or even [[spoiler: refuse to marry and take her as a companion]]. Also, Briony falls for her if they both survive the forest adventure and Elodie can reciprocate, though it doesn't stop their eventual marriages.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since nearly all of the characters are nobility, there tends to be an according contempt for commoners as well as suspicion of those who rise above their original station--i.e. the Duke-Consort of Lillah and the King of Shanjia. [[spoiled:Those two do turn out to be genuine pieces of work.]]

* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler: Arisse, the Duchess of Lillah, is the only sane member of the catastrophe that is the Lillah family.]]

* 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. The technical heir presumptive is Laurent--the late queen's brother, Lucille's husband, and Charlotte's father--but it remains ambiguous how much he knows about his wife's plans.]]

* 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.]]

** Novans in general to a lesser extent. Lumen are by and large feared, though the Queen's use of Lumen is by and large accepted.

* DoesNotLikeMagic: The King Dowager specifically, [[spoiler: [[YouAreWhatYouHate 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.