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** "Euclase" is a crystalline mineral. The name comes from Greek, and means "[[spoiler:easily fractured]]."
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* LastMinuteReprieve: In the "Sacrificing Myself" ending, [[spoiler:Adage]] is mere seconds away from being executed for [[spoiler:killing Glissade]] when Ines intervenes and convinces Sachsen to hire the prisoner on to work for the HOUNDS instead. [[spoiler:With Glissade gone they're in need of a medic and no doctor from the Heights is likely to take the job voluntarily, so Sachsen agrees to spare Adage in return for his services]].
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* ParentalAbandonment: Adage's father, [[spoiler:Glissade]] abandons his son when he was a child to bring life back to his [[spoiler:[[FrankensteinsMonster daughter]]]].
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** Adage'sfather, father [[spoiler:Glissade]] abandons abandoned his son when he was a child to bring life back to his [[spoiler:[[FrankensteinsMonster daughter]]]].daughter]]]].
** Ulrik's father [[spoiler:sold him to the leader of Verräter to pay off his debts]] when Ulrik was eight years old, contributing no small amount to his trust issues.
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** Ulrik's father [[spoiler:sold him to the leader of Verräter to pay off his debts]] when Ulrik was eight years old, contributing no small amount to his trust issues.
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* MadDoctor: [[spoiler:Glissade Roselite]]. One may get the sense in early encounters with him that he's a bit off; just ''how'' far off the deep end he actually is becomes clear in Adage's path. [[spoiler:He's obsessed with creating life, in particular via his 'daughter' Priscilla, and is having the HOUNDS murder residents of the sanctuary district to provide him with parts]]. Two different bad endings on Adage's path, "Recessive" and "Flickering, Fading," result in [[spoiler:Glissade murdering Adage and draining Cyrus's blood to use in reviving Priscilla]].
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* OnlyOneName: Exiles from the Heights sentenced to the sanctuary district are stripped of their family name, so Adage, Rielith, and Merlot are only known by their given names. In Adage's case, his former family name is also a spoiler - it's [[spoiler:Roselite]].
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* EmbodimentOfVirtue: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues Cardinal Virtues]] as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Their particular virtues are not, notably, depicted as wholly positive. Cyrus's unwavering sense of justice sometimes gets her and those around her into more trouble than it solves, Eltcreed has devoted himself to giving to others so much that he's losing his sense of self, and Adage's policy of not using up his limited supplies on patients he knows he can't save, while pragmatic given the conditions in the sanctuary district, leaves him racked with guilt.
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* EmbodimentOfVirtue: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues Cardinal Virtues]] as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Their particular virtues are not, notably, depicted as wholly positive. Cyrus's unwavering sense of justice sometimes gets her and those around her into more trouble than it solves, Eltcreed has devoted himself to giving to others so much that he's losing his sense of self, and Adage's policy of not using up his limited supplies on patients he knows he can't save, while pragmatic given the conditions in the sanctuary district, leaves him racked with dogged by guilt.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Adage's usual manner is very dry, and he spares no one his sarcasm.
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* {{Frameup}}: Cyrus gets framed for the murder of her parents and is immediately exiled from the Heights.
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* SonOfAWhore: Merlot's mother, Rielith, could only make ends meet by selling herself when her former lover left her soon after both were exiled from the Heights.
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* TakingTheBullet: Cyrus shields Ulrik from Vice's gun near the end of one of the branches of Ulrik's path, taking a bullet to the abdomen in the process. In the "My Own Story" ending, [[spoiler:Eltcreed shows up with a first aid kit and Ulrik is able to stop the bleeding]]. In the "Ferrie" ending, [[spoiler:she's not as fortunate and dies from the blood loss]].
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** Cyrus shields Ulrik from Vice's gun near the end of one of the branches of Ulrik's path, taking a bullet to the abdomen in the process. In the "My Own Story" ending, [[spoiler:Eltcreed shows up with a first aid kit and Ulrik is able to stop the bleeding]]. In the "Ferrie" ending, [[spoiler:she's not as fortunate and dies from the bloodloss]].loss]].
** In the ending "Goodnight, Assistant," Cyrus shields Adage from a bullet during a robbery attempt. [[spoiler:He has no way to stop the bleeding or save her life, and can only give her a sedative so that she dies without pain.]]
** Cyrus shields Ulrik from Vice's gun near the end of one of the branches of Ulrik's path, taking a bullet to the abdomen in the process. In the "My Own Story" ending, [[spoiler:Eltcreed shows up with a first aid kit and Ulrik is able to stop the bleeding]]. In the "Ferrie" ending, [[spoiler:she's not as fortunate and dies from the blood
** In the ending "Goodnight, Assistant," Cyrus shields Adage from a bullet during a robbery attempt. [[spoiler:He has no way to stop the bleeding or save her life, and can only give her a sedative so that she dies without pain.]]
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* TheTalk: Cyrus has been extremely sheltered even by the standards of the Heights, and furthermore had no interest in her impending marriage so she's mostly avoided finding out much about the specifics of what's involved. Adage nearly hurts himself laughing on his path when he realizes he's going to have to educate her about where children come from.
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* MeaningfulName:
** "Euclase" is a crystalline mineral. The name comes from Greek, and means "[[spoiler:easily fractured]]."
** Before Eltcreed took power and renamed it, the Liberalitas district was instead known as "Verräter," which is the German word for "betrayal."
** "Euclase" is a crystalline mineral. The name comes from Greek, and means "[[spoiler:easily fractured]]."
** Before Eltcreed took power and renamed it, the Liberalitas district was instead known as "Verräter," which is the German word for "betrayal."
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* ParentalAbandonment: Adage's father, [[spoiler:Glissade]] abandons his son when he was a child to bring life back to his [[spoiler:[[FrankensteinsMonster daughter]]]].
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* {{Tsundere}}: Ulrik is prickly, sarcastic, and very easily flustered. Eltcreed takes a particular delight in teasing him, and you can expect a lot of blushing, awkward mumbling, and exasperated "''baka''"s if you play his romance path.
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* EmbodimentOfVirtue: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues Cardinal Virtues]] as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Some of the various districts of the Depths are also named for classical virtues, such as Temperantia.
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* EmbodimentOfVirtue: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues Cardinal Virtues]] as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Some Their particular virtues are not, notably, depicted as wholly positive. Cyrus's unwavering sense of justice sometimes gets her and those around her into more trouble than it solves, Eltcreed has devoted himself to giving to others so much that he's losing his sense of self, and Adage's policy of not using up his limited supplies on patients he knows he can't save, while pragmatic given the various districts of conditions in the Depths are also named for classical virtues, such as Temperantia.sanctuary district, leaves him racked with guilt.
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* EmbodimentOfVirtue: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues Cardinal Virtues]] as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Some of the various districts of the Depths are also named for classical virtues, such as Temperantia.
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* SevenHeavenlyVirtues: In their character profiles, each of the major characters is associated with one of the Cardinal Virtues as their "character theme" - Cyrus is Justice, Eltcreed is Charity, Ulrik is Prudence, Adage is Temperance, Ines is Fortitude, Yune is Hope, and Fin is Faith. Some of the various districts of the Depths are also named for classical virtues, such as Temperantia.
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** The police force administering the sanctuary district is called the HOUNDS, and they are frequently compared to hunting dogs in their tenacity and viciousness. The nobility of the Heights also regard them dismissively as dogs - unimportant and disposable.
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** The police force administering the sanctuary district is called the HOUNDS, and they are frequently compared to hunting dogs in their tenacity and viciousness. Sachsen and [[spoiler:Fin Euclase]] in particular are frequently described in these terms. The nobility of the Heights also regard them the HOUNDS dismissively as dogs - unimportant and disposable.
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* RunningGag: On Adage's path, neither Cyrus nor Adage himself ''ever'' stops harping on Adage's terrible cooking.
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* AnimalMotifs:
** The police force administering the sanctuary district is called the HOUNDS, and they are frequently compared to hunting dogs in their tenacity and viciousness. The nobility of the Heights also regard them dismissively as dogs - unimportant and disposable.
** Ulrik is frequently compared to a cat for his lithe and quiet way of moving, and for his habit of raiding Eltcreed's house for food whenever he wants.
** The police force administering the sanctuary district is called the HOUNDS, and they are frequently compared to hunting dogs in their tenacity and viciousness. The nobility of the Heights also regard them dismissively as dogs - unimportant and disposable.
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* WardensAreEvil: Sachsen Brandenburg, the commander of the HOUNDS, is effectively the warden of the sanctuary district. He's also a sadist who goes out of his way to brutally break down new recruits in order to shape them into merciless hunting dogs in his own image, and hands out viciously disproportionate punishments to the people of the sanctuary district and the HOUNDS under his command alike.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Cyrus is vaguely aware that love exists, but thanks to the restrictive culture of the Heights and her own youth and sheltered upbringing, she's utterly clueless about what being in love with someone means or how romantic love works. On Adage's path she actually worries that she's getting sick and describes her "symptoms" to him, whereupon he delivers the blunt diagnosis that she's in love with him.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cyrus's hair is pink, Fin and Ulrik both have green hair, and Sachsen's hair is purple.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cyrus's hair is pink, Fin and Ulrik both have green hair, and Sachsen's hair is purple. Adage has streaks of pale green in his black hair, and a flashback CG shows he had them even as a child, suggesting that they're natural rather than dyed.
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* PoliceBrutality: The HOUNDS, being essentially prison guards of the [[PenalColony Sanctuary]], have been seen to be rather abusive.
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* PoliceBrutality: The HOUNDS, being essentially the prison guards of the [[PenalColony Sanctuary]], have been seen sanctuary district]], freely abuse the people who live there. On various different occasions Cyrus witnesses or hears about the HOUNDS extorting their charges for "side income," brutalizing them for petty infractions, or simply tormenting them for amusement. They mostly seem to be rather abusive.take their cues from Sachsen, the current commander; on Adage's path a shopkeeper comments that things weren't so bad under the previous commander.
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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fin]].[[spoiler:Fin Euclase]]. Sanity shattered by his experiences with [[spoiler:the HOUNDS and Glissade]], he fixates on Cyrus as the only light remaining for him in the darkness. He reacts violently to any real or perceived threat to her well-being, and he takes seeing her together with any of the game's love interests very, ''very'' badly.
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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fin]].
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* BodyguardCrush: If Cyrus falls in love with Eltcreed and he with her, it happens while she's working as his personal bodyguard.
* TheGreatFlood: The divided society of the setting is the result of a catastrophic flood some 400 years in the story's history. The Heights were built as a shelter from the flood, but only for a select group of people; their descendents make up the current population of the Heights, while the Depths are populated by the descendents of those who survived the flood on the surface. The two "Extra Stories" available from the menu tell the story of the flood as the people of the Heights and the Depths respectively understand it.
* LadykillerInLove: Eltcreed is very popular with women and has an active social life of casual romance, until he finds himself falling for Cyrus. Her complete innocence regarding love and sexuality causes him some inner conflict, as he finds he's restraining himself much more than he usually would.
* ObliviousToLove: Between her own overly-serious nature and the fact that the Heights forbids romance outside of one's government-arranged marriage, Cyrus is completely clueless about romantic love and has a hard time even understanding the concept, let alone recognizing when someone has romantic feelings for her. [[spoiler:She's managed to go two full years without ever recognizing that Fin is in love with her, for starters.]]
* OnlyFriend: Ulrik doesn't like or trust people, to the point that Eltcreed is the only actual friend he has. Even their relationship is complex, going back to the connections between their respective families, but Ulrik likes and trusts Eltcreed more than he's willing to admit.
* OnlyFriend: Ulrik doesn't like or trust people, to the point that Eltcreed is the only actual friend he has. Even their relationship is complex, going back to the connections between their respective families, but Ulrik likes and trusts Eltcreed more than he's willing to admit.
* ThePowerOfTrust: Trust is an important theme of Ulrik's romance. Ulrik doesn't trust easily; Cyrus showing trust towards Ulrik earns affection with him even as it confuses him, and earning even a little of his trust is a signficant development in their relationship. ''Breaking'' his trust, meanwhile, has very serious consequences.
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* StoryBranching: The storyline forks in several places, beginning with a split into the "Bodyguard Route" and the "Prisoner Route." The Bodyguard Route in turn splits off into Eltcreed and Ulrik's paths, while the Prisoner Route divides into Ines and Adage's paths, and each love interest's path has at least one more significant fork based on your decisions before finally splitting off into the various possible endings.
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* StoryBranching: The storyline forks in several places, beginning with a split into the "Bodyguard Route" and the "Prisoner Route." The Bodyguard Route in turn splits off into Eltcreed and Ulrik's paths, while the Prisoner Route divides into Ines and Adage's paths, and each love interest's path has at least one more significant fork based on your decisions before finally splitting off into the various possible endings.endings.
* SweetTooth: Ulrik prefers sweets, especially chocolate, highlighting his tendency to be somewhat childish.
* TakingTheBullet: Cyrus shields Ulrik from Vice's gun near the end of one of the branches of Ulrik's path, taking a bullet to the abdomen in the process. In the "My Own Story" ending, [[spoiler:Eltcreed shows up with a first aid kit and Ulrik is able to stop the bleeding]]. In the "Ferrie" ending, [[spoiler:she's not as fortunate and dies from the blood loss]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Much of Eltcreed and Ulrik's friendship consists of Eltcreed intentionally winding Ulrik up and Ulrik complaining about it.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cyrus's hair is pink, Fin and Ulrik both have green hair, and Sachsen's hair is purple.
* SweetTooth: Ulrik prefers sweets, especially chocolate, highlighting his tendency to be somewhat childish.
* TakingTheBullet: Cyrus shields Ulrik from Vice's gun near the end of one of the branches of Ulrik's path, taking a bullet to the abdomen in the process. In the "My Own Story" ending, [[spoiler:Eltcreed shows up with a first aid kit and Ulrik is able to stop the bleeding]]. In the "Ferrie" ending, [[spoiler:she's not as fortunate and dies from the blood loss]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Much of Eltcreed and Ulrik's friendship consists of Eltcreed intentionally winding Ulrik up and Ulrik complaining about it.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cyrus's hair is pink, Fin and Ulrik both have green hair, and Sachsen's hair is purple.
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* AerithAndBob: A few characters have names that are completely ordinary to English-speaking sensibilities, such as Edward Valentine or Fitzgerald and Warner Evans. Others are recognizable but just slightly askew, like Fin, Ulrik, [[GenderBlenderName Cyrus, and Ines]]. And then on the far end of the scale we have characters named things like Eltcreed, Adage, Glissade, and ''Keef''.
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* AerithAndBob: A few characters have names that are completely ordinary to English-speaking sensibilities, such as Edward Valentine or Fitzgerald and Warner Evans. Others are recognizable but just slightly askew, like Fin, Ulrik, [[GenderBlenderName Cyrus, and Ines]]. And then on the far end of the scale we have characters named things like Eltcreed, Adage, Glissade, and ''Keef''.''Keef''.
* EngagingConversation: Cyrus has met Eltcreed all of twice the first time he proposes marriage to her, at a point where the sum total of their acquaintance might possibly add up to about twenty minutes. He suggests it several more times over the course of his path, well before serious romantic feelings have grown between them.
* GenderBlenderName:
** The heroine's default name, Cyrus, is traditionally a male name.
** "Ines" as a given name is traditionally female, a form of "Agnes." They may have been aiming for "Innes," a surname sometimes used as a male given name.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted on the Bodyguard Route - Cyrus continues to use her sword once she's retained as Eltcreed's bodyguard, while both Elt and Ulrik use handguns. On Ulrik's path, Cyrus tries to learn how to use a gun and Ulrik later asks her to train him with a sword, only for each of them to discover that they have absolutely no aptitude with the other's weapon and are better off sticking with what they know.
* InMediasRes: The story begins with Cyrus regaining consciousness and discovering the bodies of her murdered parents. It then skips back two days to cover the events leading up to this moment.
* LoveIsACrime: The government of Heights strictly controls the population, and all marriages in the Heights are arranged by the government. As a result, romance or sex with anyone other than one's designated spouse is a crime that can get you sent to the Depths. This is how Rielith ended up in the sanctuary district, and why [[spoiler:poor Fin]] can't admit his feelings for Cyrus until it's far too late.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Cyrus is arrested for murder, confined overnight, and the very next day is hauled out for her sentence to be carried out without even being officially questioned, let alone receiving anything resembling a trial.
* MultipleEndings: Eltcreed, Ulrik, Ines, and Adage each have five endings; Yune has six. There are also four "Other" endings, for a total of thirty possible ends to the story.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Firearms are widespread in the Depths, making swords obsolete, and on the occasions when Cyrus ends up fighting opponents with guns she's usually at a disadvantage thanks to their range and speed of use as compared to her sword. Guns aren't a guaranteed win, however - in the "My Queen" ending, the HOUNDS are able to suppress several groups of firearm-toting enemies thanks to being overall better-trained and organized, making use of the fact that they're fighting in an urban area to force their quarry into close quarters where they can't make effective use of their weapons' advantages.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A lot of the trouble in Ulrik's path is caused by Ulrik carelessly telling Vice that Cyrus is from the Heights. He realizes almost as soon as the words are out of his mouth that he probably shouldn't have shared that particular information, but his low estimation of Vice and the rest of Rafale's capabilities causes him to severely misjudge just how much damage his carelessness is going to do until it starts blowing up in his face.
* PenalColony: The sanctuary district of the Depths serves as a penal colony where the government of the Heights exiles their criminals.
* ReplayValue: There are five possible love interests and thirty possible endings, and the degree of StoryBranching means that a single run through the game from beginning to ending will have only scratched the surface of the available content. In addition, the second playthrough onward adds scenes explaining what happens to Fin in Cyrus's absence, and Yune's route is only unlocked once you've completed the "Ferrie" ending of Ulrik's path.
* ShipperOnDeck: If you end up on Ulrik's path, Eltcreed is thrilled to see Ulrik and Cyrus growing closer and takes every opportunity to play wingman, on several occasions essentially forcing the two of them to spend time together.
* StoryBranching: The storyline forks in several places, beginning with a split into the "Bodyguard Route" and the "Prisoner Route." The Bodyguard Route in turn splits off into Eltcreed and Ulrik's paths, while the Prisoner Route divides into Ines and Adage's paths, and each love interest's path has at least one more significant fork based on your decisions before finally splitting off into the various possible endings.
* EngagingConversation: Cyrus has met Eltcreed all of twice the first time he proposes marriage to her, at a point where the sum total of their acquaintance might possibly add up to about twenty minutes. He suggests it several more times over the course of his path, well before serious romantic feelings have grown between them.
* GenderBlenderName:
** The heroine's default name, Cyrus, is traditionally a male name.
** "Ines" as a given name is traditionally female, a form of "Agnes." They may have been aiming for "Innes," a surname sometimes used as a male given name.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted on the Bodyguard Route - Cyrus continues to use her sword once she's retained as Eltcreed's bodyguard, while both Elt and Ulrik use handguns. On Ulrik's path, Cyrus tries to learn how to use a gun and Ulrik later asks her to train him with a sword, only for each of them to discover that they have absolutely no aptitude with the other's weapon and are better off sticking with what they know.
* InMediasRes: The story begins with Cyrus regaining consciousness and discovering the bodies of her murdered parents. It then skips back two days to cover the events leading up to this moment.
* LoveIsACrime: The government of Heights strictly controls the population, and all marriages in the Heights are arranged by the government. As a result, romance or sex with anyone other than one's designated spouse is a crime that can get you sent to the Depths. This is how Rielith ended up in the sanctuary district, and why [[spoiler:poor Fin]] can't admit his feelings for Cyrus until it's far too late.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Cyrus is arrested for murder, confined overnight, and the very next day is hauled out for her sentence to be carried out without even being officially questioned, let alone receiving anything resembling a trial.
* MultipleEndings: Eltcreed, Ulrik, Ines, and Adage each have five endings; Yune has six. There are also four "Other" endings, for a total of thirty possible ends to the story.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Firearms are widespread in the Depths, making swords obsolete, and on the occasions when Cyrus ends up fighting opponents with guns she's usually at a disadvantage thanks to their range and speed of use as compared to her sword. Guns aren't a guaranteed win, however - in the "My Queen" ending, the HOUNDS are able to suppress several groups of firearm-toting enemies thanks to being overall better-trained and organized, making use of the fact that they're fighting in an urban area to force their quarry into close quarters where they can't make effective use of their weapons' advantages.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A lot of the trouble in Ulrik's path is caused by Ulrik carelessly telling Vice that Cyrus is from the Heights. He realizes almost as soon as the words are out of his mouth that he probably shouldn't have shared that particular information, but his low estimation of Vice and the rest of Rafale's capabilities causes him to severely misjudge just how much damage his carelessness is going to do until it starts blowing up in his face.
* PenalColony: The sanctuary district of the Depths serves as a penal colony where the government of the Heights exiles their criminals.
* ReplayValue: There are five possible love interests and thirty possible endings, and the degree of StoryBranching means that a single run through the game from beginning to ending will have only scratched the surface of the available content. In addition, the second playthrough onward adds scenes explaining what happens to Fin in Cyrus's absence, and Yune's route is only unlocked once you've completed the "Ferrie" ending of Ulrik's path.
* ShipperOnDeck: If you end up on Ulrik's path, Eltcreed is thrilled to see Ulrik and Cyrus growing closer and takes every opportunity to play wingman, on several occasions essentially forcing the two of them to spend time together.
* StoryBranching: The storyline forks in several places, beginning with a split into the "Bodyguard Route" and the "Prisoner Route." The Bodyguard Route in turn splits off into Eltcreed and Ulrik's paths, while the Prisoner Route divides into Ines and Adage's paths, and each love interest's path has at least one more significant fork based on your decisions before finally splitting off into the various possible endings.
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There are two kinds of people: the rulers and the ruled. The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn.
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There are two kinds of people: the rulers and the ruled. The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn.turn.
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* AerithAndBob: A few characters have names that are completely ordinary to English-speaking sensibilities, such as Edward Valentine or Fitzgerald and Warner Evans. Others are recognizable but just slightly askew, like Fin, Ulrik, [[GenderBlenderName Cyrus, and Ines]]. And then on the far end of the scale we have characters named things like Eltcreed, Adage, Glissade, and ''Keef''.
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* AerithAndBob: A few characters have names that are completely ordinary to English-speaking sensibilities, such as Edward Valentine or Fitzgerald and Warner Evans. Others are recognizable but just slightly askew, like Fin, Ulrik, [[GenderBlenderName Cyrus, and Ines]]. And then on the far end of the scale we have characters named things like Eltcreed, Adage, Glissade, and ''Keef''.
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There are two kinds of people: the rulers and the ruled. The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn.
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There are two kinds of people: the rulers and the ruled. The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn.
