Line #85 VideoGame/GrimTales


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3	''Grim Tales'' is a series of {{Hidden Object game}}s made by Creator/ElephantGames. It stars Anna Gray, a time-traveling detective, as she solves mysteries involving her family. It's also one of the three game series whose characters appear in the CrisisCrossover series ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited.''
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5	Not to be confused with ''Webcomic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow''.
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9	[[folder:Games in the series]]
10	The series consists of:
11	# ''The Bride''
12	# ''The Legacy''
13	# ''The Wishes''
14	# ''The Stone Queen''
15	# ''Bloody Mary''
16	# ''The Vengeance''
17	# ''Color of Fright''
18	# ''The Final Suspect''
19	# ''Threads of Destiny''
20	# ''The Heir''
21	# ''Crimson Hollow''
22	# ''Graywitch''
23	# ''The White Lady''
24	# ''The Time Traveler''
25	# ''The Hunger''
26	# ''The Nomad''
27	# ''Guest from the Future''
28	# ''The Generous Gift''
29	# ''Heritage''
30	# ''Trace in Time''
31	# ''Echo of the Past''
32	# ''Horizon of Wishes''
33	# ''Dual Disposition''
34	# ''All Shades of Black''
35	# ''Light in the Darkness'' (currently in beta)
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39	[[folder:Tropes for the entire series]]
40	* AlliterativeFamily: The main character is Anna, whose mother was Anastasia; Anna names her own daughter Alice. It's eventually revealed that her mother also had a sister named Alexandra.
41	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins:
42	** Played with regarding Anna and her twin sister Luisa. When they were younger, they were definitely identical. However, in the games which take place late in the series, photographs show that Anna and Luisa no longer look very much alike, which is at least partly because of the ritual performed in ''The Heir''.
43	** Played straight with[[spoiler:Anna and Luisa's elder half-sisters, Evelyn and Dorothy, their father's daughters from his first marriage]].
44	** Played straight with Mike and Jack, August Nash's sons.
45	** Averted with Jared and Jackie, the twin children of Luisa's brother-in-law Alexander, who are fraternal (and don't even qualify for HalfIdenticalTwins). However, for most of the first two decades of their lives, the family believes Jared died at birth.
46	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: None of the games have any specific dates to them. They seem to be set during the early 21st century (and this is also true of ''Detectives United''), but exactly when is unclear. Averted with some of the time traveling, however, as it's sometimes indicated at least approximately when in the past some scenes take place; for example, in ''Horizon of Wishes'', Anna explicitly travels to feudal-era Korea.
47	* CallBack: Most of the later games in the series contain references to at least one previous game in the series. The games which were released after the ''Detectives United'' series debuted also frequently include some minor reference to events in those games, such as Anna locating a newspaper with a headline about a case they solved.
48	* TheClan: The Grays qualify, given how many there are and how many branches have splintered.
49	* DeadPersonConversation: Anna has one of these any time she interacts with the ghosts of her father Richard or, in later installments, her mother Anastasia.
50	* HappilyMarried: Anna and Luisa are happily married to Dorian and John, respectively. It's indicated that Richard and Anastasia were also this when Anastasia was alive.
51	* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]: Anna only has one nephew, Brandon, the son of her sister Luisa. But several members of the extended family, including those related to Luisa by marriage, nevertheless refer to her as being their aunt, suggesting that she's this to them.
52	* InconsistentSpelling:
53	** Anna's twin sister's names have ranged from Luisa to Louisa to Louise.
54	** Natalia is the wife of Luisa's husband John's brother Alexander, and her name has been spelled as Natalya and Natalie.
55	* NoNameGiven:
56	** Until the eighth game, Anna's name wasn't officially given, and she was simply known as Miss Gray or Aunt Gray.
57	** The names of Anna and Luisa's elder twin half-sisters are never given; they are only ever identified as "the twins".
58	** Richard's first wife, the mother of "the twins," goes unnamed all the way until the 25th installment, which reveals that her name was Agatha.
59	* OlderThanTheyLook: After ''The Heir'', Anna Gray regains her youth and (possibly) gains immortality thanks to her father's actions.
60	* SesquipedalianSmith: Although Anna Gray averts the trope herself, many of the names on her family tree qualify for it. This includes her mother, Anastasia Gray; her great-grandfather, Alister Gray; and her husband, Dorian Gray. Dorian gets bonus points for originally having been Dorian Black, meaning he fit the trope ''twice''. (He took his wife's name when they married.)
61	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Anna often uses time travel to change the past for the better.
62	* SharedUniverse: These games exist in the same universe as several other Elephant Games properties, including ''VideoGame/MysteryTrackers, VideoGame/HauntedHotel, VideoGame/DetectivesUnited'', and ''VideoGame/ParanormalFiles''. They also are revealed to exist in the same universe as the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'', owing to the fact that Richard Gray once studied at a black magic school run by Alister Dalimar. (Elephant Games was the developer for two of the MCF games.)
63	* StableTimeLoop: Completely averted. Anna changes the past in at least one way (usually multiple ways) in every installment, thereby averting present-day tragedies.
64	* TangledFamilyTree: The Grays are impossible to accurately chart. For one thing, Anna's sister Luisa married John Gray -- yes, that was his name before they got married, and no, he's not related to his wife except by marriage. Roughly half of the Grays whom Anna assists in the games are actually related to ''him,'' and not to her. Additionally, John's extended family includes the [=McGray=], Maxwell, and Nash branches, although beyond the term 'cousin' (which is largely ambiguous) it's not clarified exactly how they're related.
65	* TimeTravel: Anna Gray's main talent is her ability to time travel mostly to the past by using objects, mostly photographs, as a focus. Her daughter, Alice, inherits the ability to time travel without needing objects to focus, but she can't change the past; she can, however, bring other people with her into the past or future and can also send other people through time. Some members of the extended family have similar abilities as well, though the scope and limitations of their powers have not been specified.
66	* TimeStandsStill: When Anna travels into the past with her powers, everything seems to be frozen in time with some exceptions here and there.
67	* WesternZodiac: It's mentioned that Anna's birthday is August 29th, which makes her a Virgo. She embodies some of the traits associated with that sign, such as being intelligent, logical, organized, and attentive to detail.
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70	[[folder:''The Bride'']]
71	* CelestialDeadline: In the bonus chapter, if Anna doesn't return the souls of the Taylor family back into their bodies by dusk, five demons will possess their soulless bodies and become unstoppable.
72	* CharacterTitle: The bride in question is the player character's twin sister.
73	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that Luisa is still alive, but she's being held captive by the "demon," who is really Anna and Luisa's father.]]
74	* DealWithTheDevil: Anna makes a deal with the "demon" to travel through Luisa's memories to find out what happened to Luisa. If she fails, her soul belongs to the "demon."
75	* DemonicPossession: What would have been the Taylor family's fate in the bonus chapter if Anna didn't return their souls to their bodies as the demons were planning to possess their empty bodies when dusk falls.
76	* DisappearedDad: Anna's and Luisa's father disappeared soon after their mother's death. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that their father is the antagonist of the main game.]]
77	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Anna's father falls to his death when the ground he was standing on collapses.]]
78	* EmptyShell: The Taylor family ended up being like after their souls were stolen and sealed into mysterious jars.
79	* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Anna and Luisa's father intends to sacrifice them to gain power. He had already sacrificed their half-sisters years before they were born, for the same purpose.]]
80	* LoveAtFirstSight: Luisa told Anna such was the case between her and John.
81	* MissingMom: Anna's and Luisa's mother died several years before the events of the game.
82	* OffingTheOffspring: The "demon" is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Anna's and Luisa's father, who was planning to sacrifice them to gain more power when they came of age. Their older half-sisters were sacrificed for the same thing]].
83	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Luisa begged Anna not to leave her soon after their mother's death and their father's disappearance, but Anna chose to leave Luisa with their nanny while she went to boarding school, saying she had no choice in the matter.
84	* RedHerring: While traversing Luisa's memories, Anna begins to think that John was an abusive jerk to Luisa and suspects that he might be involved in Luisa's death. [[spoiler:It is later revealed to be the "demon" trying to manipulate her to think so.]]
85	* SoulJar: The bonus chapter has the Taylor family's souls being sealed into mysterious jars.
86	* TreehouseOfFun: Anna and Luisa had a treehouse in which they often played; Anna revisits it through Luisa's memories.
87	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Anna's and Luisa's father sacrificed their half-sisters for power years earlier and tried to do the same to them. The demons in the bonus chapter were also willing to suck out the soul of the Taylors' son so his body could be used as a vessel for them.]]
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90	[[folder:''The Legacy'']]
91	* BabiesEverAfter: Luisa and John now have a son, Brandon. It's his christening which kicks off the plot, as Anna goes to their family home for the event and finds things are very wrong.
92	* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Seen in the bonus chapter. Thanks to Isabel cursing a portrait of Caine, he couldn't rest in peace.
93	* BigFancyCastle: John, for some reason, has a castle in which he, Luisa, and Brandon are currently living.
94	* BrokenBridge: The wolves broke the bridge leading across the moat into the front of the castle, forcing Anna to find another way to get across.
95	* FrameUp: In the bonus chapter, a famous artist was framed for an arson attack on the city's storage. This would lead him to be eventually thrown in jail and eventually die, with the artist's daughter, Isabel, deciding to curse Lord Caine in revenge.
96	* HereditaryCurse: [[spoiler:John inherited a curse from his grandfather to become a mindless wolf. Years earlier, his grandfather had been bitten by a wolf that was infected.]]
97	* LateToTheTragedy: When Anna arrives at John's and Luisa's castle, it is devoid of human life with wolves stalking its hallways, [[spoiler:which are later revealed to be a transformed John and Luisa]].
98	* LockedUpAndLeftBehind: [[spoiler:When it was realized that no one could help Caine and he was losing his humanity, he was locked in a dungeon and left to die.]]
99	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Lord Caine got bitten by an infected wolf that caused him and his descendants to transform into wolves, with John also infecting Luisa and Brandon.]]
100	* SavageWolves: Wolves stalk Anna throughout her time in the castle. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that these are actually John and Luisa, who have transformed into wolves thanks to a curse.]]
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103	[[folder:''The Wishes'']]
104	* AnimateInanimateObject: Brandon's puppet comes to life thanks to the power of the old lady. The puppet becomes a constant companion to Anna throughout the game.
105	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It's explained that John is missing after an attack by a rabid polar bear. While it's technically ''possible'' for a polar bear to contract rabies (most mammals can), it's [[https://www.quora.com/Can-a-polar-bear-get-rabies extremely unlikely for such a thing to happen]]; rabid animals are rare in the Arctic Circle and, moreover, would have a difficult time attacking a polar bear to give it rabies in the first place.
106	* BearsAreBadNews: A rabid polar bear attacked John while he was in Siberia and knocked him off a cliff.
107	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Subverted. It is not the wish itself which presents the danger, but rather the price for the wish to be granted. Every wish that Brandon makes drains his lifeforce.
108	* DamselInDistress: Luisa gets captured by Volos and trapped in a snow globe. In the bonus chapter, Luisa and her family are trapped in their house by Volos after he turns the area into a swamp.
109	* DealWithTheDevil: Brandon unknowingly made one with Volos with every wish that he made; Volos will grant the wish in exchange for Brandon's lifeforce.
110	* DemonicPossession: What Volos tries to do to Brandon.
111	* MissingDad: John went missing in Siberia before the start of the story, and one of Brandon's wishes is to bring him home safe and sound.
112	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Luisa accidentally knocks over one of the totems protecting her son from the demon, thus allowing Brandon to be possessed.
113	* TheOrder: A special order used to exist in the area where the Gray property is who use the power of the Atlases to destroy demons.
114	* SwampsAreEvil: Volos is a swamp demon who is the master of the swamp near the Grays' property.
115	* TreehouseOfFun: There is a treehouse on the Gray property where Brandon sometimes plays.
116	* UndyingLoyalty: The puppet towards Brandon.
117	* WeakenedByTheLight: Volos, the swamp demon, doesn't like light.
118	* WouldHurtAChild: Volos is willing to take advantage of Brandon and prey on his innocence to get what he wants.
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121	[[folder:''The Stone Queen'']]
122	* AndIMustScream: The victims of the titular Stone Queen's petrification are shown to be still conscious, and some are still able to move their eyes.
123	* AntagonistTitle: The Stone Queen is an adversary for part of the game.
124	* AntiVillain: The Stone Queen is technically the BigBad, in the sense that she's the one who turned all the people to stone, but she's not actually evil.
125	* AssholeVictim: Nobody has much sympathy for what happened to Mayor Sheldon after what he did to Stoneville and the Stone Kingdom.
126	* ClassicalElementsEnsemble: The petals of the Flower of Life become creatures of the four elements (fire, water, earth, wind) when separated from their stem.
127	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Rather than using his scientific knowledge to help others, Mayor Sheldon uses his knowledge to gather wealth and power regardless of what happens to others around him.
128	* DamselInDistress: In the bonus chapter, the Stone Queen gets kidnapped and imprisoned by her possessed brother.
129	* DeathByDespair: It is revealed in the bonus chapter that after her son attacked his father and was sealed away, Queen Harmony couldn't handle the betrayal and she eventually died from her grief.
130	* DemonicPossession: The Stone Queen's brother was possessed by Orokh, the demon of anger and envy, after coming in contact with its stone prison.
131	* DisproportionateRetribution: Mayor Sheldon was the one who actually shot Brandon. In revenge, the Stone Queen turned ''everyone'' in Stoneville into stone, despite the fact that most of the townspeople disapproved of his actions. The only one she spared was the previous mayor.
132	* HiddenElfVillage: The Stone Kingdom exists deep within the mine near Stoneville.
133	* IOweYouMyLife: After Anna releases the little goblin from the cell outside the Stone Queen's castle, he becomes her "humble servant" and can be employed to take on certain tasks.
134	* LiterallyShatteredLives: Mayor Sheldon's final fate after being turned to stone and falling into the ocean, shattering when his petrified body hits the rocks.
135	* LoveAtFirstSight: This is what happened between the Stone Queen and Brandon.
136	* MayorPain: Mayor Sheldon, who is the true antagonist of the main game.
137	* MissingDad: The Stone Queen's father decides to abdicate the throne to the Stone Queen and go to the surface to live the rest of his life as an ordinary man.
138	* MissingMom: The Stone Queen's mother died before the story started from heartbreak over what happened with her son.
139	* RapidAging: The Stone Queen experiences this when the Flower of Life is removed. Only when the Flower of Life is restored does she revert back to normal.
140	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Brandon is shot and near death, the titular Stone Queen appears and starts turning the inhabitants of Stoneville into stone for what happened to him.
141	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Stone Queen personally goes and petrifies each of her victims.
142	* TakenForGranite: The Stone Queen turned the inhabitants of Stoneville into stone in revenge for what happened to Brandon. Anna can only save them by finding special flowers.
143	* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Despite being a very competent scientist, Mayor Sheldon uses his expertise to gain wealth and power instead of using it to help others.
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146	[[folder:''Bloody Mary'']]
147	* AdultsAreUseless: Somewhat averted by the headmaster, who managed to figure out what was going on and tried to stop Bloody Mary; unfortunately, he was killed by one of the possessed children before he could act.
148	* AntagonistTitle: Albeit one who deserves some SympathyForTheDevil.
149	* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Mary pleads with Anna in the bonus chapter to help her move on to the afterlife. It is only when Anna restores the tree that symbolized Mary and Richard's love that Mary can finally move on and be reunited with her husband.
150	* BoardingSchool: The main setting of the game and also the bonus chapter.
151	* CreepyChild: The children act very creepily and display strange powers.
152	* DemonicPossession: The children are possessed by demons, and Anna needs to expel the demons in order to save the children. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that Jackie had been possessed by Bloody Mary's spirit the whole time also.]]
153	* EldritchLocation: The world beyond the mirrors is twisted and disturbing.
154	* HappilyMarried: Mary and Richard were this in life.
155	* InsistentTerminology: Jackie addresses Anna as "auntie." However, Jackie isn't related to Anna at all, except distantly by marriage; Anna's sister Luisa is married to John, whose brother Alexander is Jackie's father. As noted above, it's most likely a case of [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]].
156	* KarmaHoudini: There is no indication that Richard's mother ever got her comeuppance for killing her son and ruining Mary's life.
157	* ObnoxiousInLaws: To the extreme. Richard's mother ''hated'' Mary for being a commoner and thought that Mary bewitched her son to marry him. She went as far as trying to kill Mary, but ended up killing Richard instead. After his death, she spread nasty rumors about Mary, causing Mary to become a pariah in the community.
158	* OffingTheOffspring: Purely by accident; Richard's mother intended to kill Mary by poisoning the tea, but Richard drank the poisoned tea and died instead.
159	* OneSteveLimit: Mary's husband in this game is named Richard, just like Anna's father.
160	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Richard's mother ended up outliving her son Richard who she accidentally killed. According to the the info unlocked when you collect the collectibles, Mary also outlived her children.
161	* TogetherInDeath: After Anna restores the tree that symbolizes their love, Mary and Richard are finally reunited.
162	* UptownGirl: Gender flipped. Mary was just a farm girl before she married Richard, who was from a wealthy family.
163	* WeakenedByTheLight: One of the methods to defeat the demons and eventually defeat Mary's spirit is using light.
164	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Mary was originally a kind and shy young woman who was happily married to her husband Richard. Unfortunately because of her commoner background, her mother-in-law hated her and thought Mary bewitched Richard to get him to fall in love with her and marry her. Her mother-in-law tried to kill her by poisoning her but the poison ended up killing Richard instead. Then her mother-in-law spread nasty rumors about her, causing Mary to be belittled and scorned by everyone around her, leaving her alone and bitter. Finding a spell book, she used it to get revenge and became the Bloody Mary we see today.
165	* WouldHurtAChild: Bloody Mary and her minions aren't afraid to use the children to cause havoc to the school without regard for their safety.
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168	[[folder:''The Vengeance'']]
169	* ArtifactOfDoom: The mysterious good luck charm in the bonus chapter. While it brings amazingly good luck to its owners, the owners will always lose it and experience extremely bad luck soon after, often leading to their death.
170	* BastardBastard: Edward Maxwell, the main antagonist of the story, was the illegitimate son of Charles Maxwell; he not only tried in life to kill his cousin/brother-figure so the Maxwell branch could prosper, but his ghost also tries to frame James for the death of James's sister, Elizabeth.
171	* ChildhoodFriends: Catherine has been friends with Elizabeth and James since they were children, and they were delighted to discover that they were related.
172	* ClearMyName: James is accused of murdering his sister, Elizabeth, for her inheritance, and it's up to Anna to clear his name and discover the truth.
173	* FrameUp: It is eventually revealed that Edward had framed James for the murder of James's sister Elizabeth in revenge for being banished by his family.
174	* PreciousPuppy: Elizabeth owns one.
175	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The judge presiding over James's trial is open-minded enough to allow Anna to involve herself in the situation, and although he's skeptical about what she tells him regarding the facts of the case, he does accept it. If nothing else, he recognizes that he can't very well charge James with Elizabeth's murder when Elizabeth is alive.
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178	[[folder:''Color of Fright'']]
179	* BigFancyCastle: The main story is set in the castle that John and Luisa own.
180	* DisproportionateRetribution: Thomas drags Elizabeth, James, and Jackie into his revenge simply because they're members of the family. This is despite the fact that none of them had even been ''born'' yet when Thomas was sent to the mental institution; even if they had been, they certainly would not have been responsible for his going there.
181	* EldritchLocation: The worlds created by Thomas's paintings are creepy and messed up.
182	* GreenEyedMonster: Platonic version. Thomas was very jealous that his sister Luisa was spending more time with John than him, which led him to isolate himself and create disturbing paintings.
183	* HappilyAdopted: Zig-zagged. Thomas was well loved by the Gray family, who adopted him, but the happiness was destroyed when he had to be institutionalized, and he never forgave them.
184	* JerkassHasAPoint: Thomas is a terror to his sisters and Luisa's extended family, and they don't deserve what he does to them in the course of the game; however, he likewise did not deserve to be forgotten in an institution and never visited. The bonus chapter ends with both of his sisters putting in a greater effort to keep him in their lives.
185	* LongLostUncleAesop: Anna and Luisa's brother Thomas was never mentioned in any of the games before this one, nor has he been mentioned in any of the games released since then. He appears this one time, apparently to give readers the moral that they shouldn't abandon loved ones just because they've been hospitalized.
186	* PortalPicture: Each of Thomas's paintings is a portal to a twisted world he created based on his victims' fears.
187	* PreciousPuppy: Elizabeth brings hers to the reunion; part of the first cinematic after the game starts shows Jackie lying on the floor cuddling with the dog.
188	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: For having put him in a mental institution and then kind of forgetting about him, Thomas decides to punish the Grays by throwing them into paintings that have worlds within them based on their greatest fears.
189	* UnPerson: The rest of the series basically does this to Thomas -- not only does he never appear in the games again, but he's never even mentioned.
190	* WouldHurtAChild: Thomas is willing to endanger Jackie, who is still a teenager.
191	* TheXOfY
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194	[[folder:''The Final Suspect'']]
195	* DeathOfAChild: In the original timeline, Sophie was killed by the witch.
196	* DemonicPossession: Whoever possesses the villain's amulet will be slowly possessed by him.
197	* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: The main villain was hoping to possess Anna Gray to use her abilities to go back in time to prevent his death and kill his archenemy, William Light.
198	* SoulJar: The main villain uses an amulet to contain his soul to possess his victims.
199	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: In the beginning, Anna wakes up in the hospital after being attacked by Howard with no memory of what happened. Traveling into the past eventually helps her to remember.
200	* WickedStepmother: Subverted. In the bonus chapter, the legends portray Sophie's stepmother as a wicked woman who sent Sophie into the woods to gather snow lilies in the middle of winter without regard for her stepdaughter's safety; Sophie would eventually be captured by a witch and eventually perish by the witch's hand. In reality, though, the stepmother was cursed by the same witch to die if she didn't receive those snow lilies, and Sophie went into those woods of her own free will to gather them to save her stepmother. When Sophie returns safely thanks to Anna's intervention, it is shown that she and her GoodStepmother care for each other deeply.
201	* WorthyOpponent: The main villain saw William Light as a worthy opponent, as he was impressed by William's persistence.
202	* WouldHurtAChild: The witch in the bonus chapter.
203	[[/folder]]
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205	[[folder:''Threads of Destiny'']]
206	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The company knew there were flaws with the plane that crashed, but they still sold it to the airline. After witnessing the accident, Alexander dedicated part of his time to exposing them and taking them down.
207	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Anna basically says screw it to Atropos, a goddess of fate, for trying to tell her that she can't save Natalia and Alexander, and refuses to back down.
208	* DisappearedDad and MissingMom: Alexander and Natalia, Jackie's parents, were killed by Greg Duffy in the original timeline and later killed by a house fire in the first revised timeline.
209	* EldritchLocation: For her interference, Atropos decides to put Anna through several trials in the bonus chapter based on the three disasters she helped prevent, with each dimension being just as twisted as the last.
210	* HouseFire: What killed Natalia and Alexander in the first revised timeline.
211	* {{Nephewism}}: It is revealed that Jackie was taken in by John, her father's brother, and Luisa.
212	* ScrewDestiny: Anna travels through time in attempt to save Alexander and Natalia from their deaths which she would succeed to do in the main chapter.
213	* SerialKiller: Greg Duffy, the Roadside Killer, was a serial killer active many years ago and was responsible for Alexander and Natalia's deaths in the original timeline.
214	* TheXOfY
215	* YouCantFightFate: That is what Atropos is trying to tell Anna as Anna tries to save Natalia and Alexander, telling her that they were supposed to die on that plane and all she was doing was to push back their deaths for another year every time she prevents their deaths. When Anna stops the plane from crashing altogether, they are finally allowed to live.
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218	[[folder:''The Heir'']]
219	* AmicableExes: Even though they're no longer a couple, the Stone Queen and Brandon still keep in touch, with the Stone Queen telling Brandon that she will help him if he asks.
220	* TheAtoner: Richard returns in this game, for the first time since ''The Bride'', and seems to be this to judge by the way he helps Anna.
221	* BabiesEverAfter: It is revealed in this game that Brandon is now married and has a son of his own.
222	* BigFancyCastle: The setting of the game and bonus chapter.
223	* CharacterTitle: The 'heir' in question is actually [[spoiler:Anna herself, in the sense that she's the heir to her father's powers]].
224	* ClearMyName: A variant. Anna goes into the future, where she learns that if she doesn't figure out what's happened to Elena and Billy, Brandon will be convicted and sentenced to death for poisoning his wife. She has to clear his name before he's actually accused of a crime.
225	* ContinuityCameo: The puppet that helped Anna during the third game appears in Brandon's study when Anna travels to the past.
226	* DeepSleep: Elena mysteriously fell unconscious one day and nobody can wake her up, nor can the doctors figure out what is wrong with her.
227	* GoIntoTheLight: Anna is able to help [[spoiler:her elder twin half-sisters]] do this by severing their connection to the mortal realm.
228	* OffingTheOffspring: It turns out that the BigBad of this game is [[spoiler:Anna's grandfather, Samuel Gray, who wants to use Billy (his great-great-grandson) in a ritual to regain his power]].
229	* OffscreenBreakup: While the end of the fourth game has the Stone Queen and Brandon happily together, by this game they have long since broken up and Brandon has moved on with Elena. The Stone Queen explains in a letter that they live in different worlds with different responsibilities and it would have made their relationship too difficult, but they still keep in touch and remain friends.
230	* SecondLove: Elena to Brandon.
231	* SelfMadeOrphan: Richard killed his father in the past, and in this game helps Anna to defeat his ghost.
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234	[[folder:''Crimson Hollow'']]
235	* BoardingSchool: Rosette runs a boarding school and Stacy is one of her students.
236	* CreepyChangingPainting: When you look at portraits of the Black Family on the collectibles screen, they change from a normal portrait to a gruesome illustration of the subjects' fate and back again.
237	* DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: Anna and Dorian both get kidnapped by the villain of the bonus chapter.
238	* DeathOfPersonality: The Darkwoods are famous for brainwashing their victims and controlling them. Rosette refined the method so that it will completely destroy her victim's personality, leaving them empty shells that can be easy to manipulate.
239	* DisappearedDad: Stacy's father disappeared when she was incredibly young and she had no memories of him, with her commenting the only thing she got from him is his last name. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he was kidnapped by Rosette and brainwashed into her puppet.]]
240	* EmptyShell: Rosette's victims, after she uses her special techniques to destroy their personalities to make them more easily manipulated.
241	* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rosette was planning to sacrifice Stacy to resurrect her ancestor; when that doesn't work out, she uses herself as a sacrifice instead.]]
242	* KillingInSelfDefense: All the girls that went to Dorian's mansion and disappeared there tried to murder him, forcing Dorian to kill all of them in order to defend himself.
243	* LukeIAmYourFather: The main antagonist of the bonus chapter is revealed to be [[spoiler:Stacy's missing father, Alex Gray, who was twisted by Rosette's experiments]].
244	* MissingMom: Stacy's mother was murdered when she was young.
245	* ThePlace: Crimson Hollow is the name of the house where most of the game takes place.
246	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Dorian is revealed to be at least 100 years old, but looks like he's in his twenties.
247	* RedHerring: As many missing girls were last seen at Dorian's mansion and his fiancée disappeared years ago, Anna suspects that Dorian was involved in their disappearances and possible deaths. While she's not entirely wrong, it is revealed that all those women were trying to kill him, and he only killed them in self-defense.
248	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Yes, Dorian killed all the girls (except Stacy) that disappeared into his mansion, but that was because ''they'' all tried to kill ''him''. He was forced to kill them in self-defense, not out of some malicious intent.
249	* SerialRomeo: Dorian wants to find true love and went through at least four possible brides before Stacy came into the picture. Unfortunately, he was forced to kill them all in self-defense after they tried to kill him.
250	* SoulJar: Dorian uses a painting to hold his soul to gain immortality. Unfortunately, that means if anything happens to it, it will affect Dorian -- as we see when Rosette Darkwood sets the painting on fire. He likely would have died if Anna didn't restore the painting in time.
251	* SuicideAttack: One of Rosette's minions blew itself up in an attempt to take Dorian and Anna with it.
252	* WeddingFinale: The bonus chapter, set an indeterminate amount of time after the main game, ends with Anna and Dorian getting married.
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:''Graywitch'']]
256	* DamselInDistress: Stacy accidentally went back in time, and was captured by guards and thrown in jail because they thought she was a witch. Anna has to follow her back into the past to rescue her.
257	* EnemyMine: The demon whom Victor summons to help him in the bonus chapter explains that even other demons don't want the Unspeakable One to be revived, which is why it agrees to help him.
258	* MurderTheHypotenuse: Abigail was in love with Victor and was furious when he chose Emily, her sister, so she pushed Emily off a cliff to her death.
259	* ImmortalityImmorality: Abigail, in the bonus chapter, intended to sacrifice the townspeople in order to gain eternal youth and beauty.
260	* ThePlace: Graywitch is the village where the game is set.
261	* SiblingMurder: Abigail, Emily's sister, killed Emily by pushing her off the cliff.
262	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Emily strongly resembles her distant relative, Stacy.
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	[[folder:''The White Lady'']]
266	* BoardingSchool: The setting of the main story and the bonus chapter.
267	* CharacterTitle: The character in question is a ghost haunting the school. She's not evil, however.
268	* ContinuityCameo: Richard's first set of twins, Anna's elder half-sisters, and their mother are seen briefly at the end of the bonus chapter.
269	* DeathOfAChild: Gabriel sacrifices his and Laura's children to his machine to gain immortality through Anna managed to prevent the tragedy in the end.
270	* HumanSacrifice: Gabriel sacrificed his own children to power a machine to gain immortality.
271	* ImmortalityImmorality: Gabriel sacrificed his own children to power a machine to gain immortality.
272	* {{Irony}}: In the bonus chapter, it was shown that in the past, Richard was against using dark magic; needless to say, this didn't last.
273	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In exchange for Alessia being revived, Richard loses his memories of his time at Evermoore and much of his past.
274	* LoveIsAWeakness: In the bonus chapter, Gabriel views love as a weakness and sees Richard falling for Alessia as him becoming distracted and weak.
275	* MamaBear: Laura threatened to stab Gabriel if he tries to sacrifice their children, though this didn't stop him from sacrificing them in the end.
276	* OffingTheOffspring: Gabriel sacrifices his and Laura's children to gain immortality.
277	* SharedUniverse: The school which Richard attends in the bonus chapter was co-founded by Alister Dalimar, one of the major antagonists of the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' series of games. (Elephant produced two of the games in the MCF series.)
278	* StartOfDarkness: The bonus chapter shows Richard's time at Evermoore, where the events started fueling his desire for dark magic.
279	* TimeSkip: The end of the bonus chapter is explicitly stated to take place ten years after Richard performs the ritual to save Alessia.
280	* UnseenNoMore: At the end of the bonus chapter, the player gets their first and (thus far) only look at Richard's first wife, albeit briefly and only from behind, as she sits outside with their daughters.
281	* WouldHurtAChild: Gabriel sacrificed his own children to gain immortality and plans to use Billy and Sarah for some nefarious purpose.
282	[[/folder]]
283
284	[[folder:''The Time Traveler'']]
285	* BabiesEverAfter:
286	** It is revealed in some photographs that Elizabeth has two sons, and James has two daughters, though their spouses remain unseen and unidentified.
287	** It is revealed in the bonus chapter that August has become a father of twin boys who are the focus of the chapter, though his spouse also remains unseen and unidentified.
288	* CharacterTitle: The title refers to another member of the family who can travel in time much like Anna.
289	* EvilMentor: Ralph became a mentor to August and manipulated August into believing that the [=McGrays=] were the ones responsible for the loss of his family so Ralph's brother, Edward, can be avenged.
290	* LateToTheTragedy: Anna arrives at the [=McGrays=]' home for their annual barbeque to find Elizabeth and James dead.
291	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: August was manipulated to believe that the [=McGrays=] were the were the ones who killed his parents and grandfather, thus he vowed revenge on all of them.
292	* UnexplainedRecovery: Rosette appears in the bonus chapter after kidnapping Michael three years in the past to lure Anna into a trap. It is unknown how she is still alive after what happened in Crimson Hollow.
293	* UsedToBeASweetKid: August was a kind boy who lost his entire family and was manipulated by Ralph to get revenge on those who supposedly caused it.
294	* YouKilledMyFather: August believes the [=McGrays=] are to blame for the deaths of his parents and grandfather.
295	[[/folder]]
296
297	[[folder:''The Hunger'']]
298	* DamselInDistress: Natalia gets kidnapped in the bonus chapter.
299	* FrameUp: Martin, the villain of the main game, tries to frame Chris Lewis for the murders he had committed after Chris got on his trail, forcing Chris to quit the police force.
300	* ImmortalityImmorality: In order to maintain his immortality, Martin has to devour the souls of seventeen young women every seventeen years.
301	* ImperiledInPregnancy: Natalia was kidnapped while pregnant with Jared and Jackie by the main antagonist of the bonus chapter who wanted to raise Jared for nefarious purposes as it was foretold that Jared would be born with dark powers.
302	* OutlivingOnesOffspring
303	** During the main chapter, Jackie gets killed by the serial killer, leaving Alexander in distress. Fortunately, Anna is able to prevent it from happening.
304	** Natalia and Alexander believed that Jared had died soon after birth in the bonus chapter though it was revealed that he was mysteriously simply taken away without their consent or knowledge.
305	* SeparatedAtBirth: The bonus chapter ending has Jared mysteriously taken from his parents and twin sister and given to someone else, with most if not all of his biological family believing that he perished soon after birth.
306	* SerialKiller: Martin is one as he murders and devours the souls of seventeen young women every seventeen years to maintain his immortality. This has been going on since the 19th century.
307	* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: The twins Natalia is carrying in the bonus chapter are male and female fraternal.
308	[[/folder]]
309
310	[[folder:''The Nomad'']]
311	* AnimalMotifs: Overlapping with SigilSpam, the emblem of the Outcasts appears everywhere and resembles an origami elephant head. Anna finds a note which says they chose the elephant because they are powerful animals and often associated with royalty.
312	* CharacterTitle: The nomad is Jared, as he's never been able to settle down and feel at home anywhere.
313	* FamilyOfChoice: Jared somehow found out about his birth family and even developed a close relationship with his twin sister Jackie; despite this, he considered the Outcasts to be his true family.
314	* HappilyAdopted: When he was six, Jared was adopted by a retired Navy captain, who was lonely and wanted a child. The captain loved Jared and gave him a good home; their life together was happy until Jared's powers manifested.
315	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Tinman's main issue, as he was often teased for his studious ways and his glasses, which is what drew him to the Outcasts in the first place.
316	* NoNameGiven: The name of Jared's adoptive father is never revealed.
317	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never learn the real names of Thunder, Firegirl, or Tinman.
318	* POVSequel: The bonus chapter, which takes place an unspecified amount of time after the main game, features Jared as the player character.
319	* PowerStrainBlackout: Using his powers can cause Jared to suffer nosebleeds; if he uses them too much, he will collapse.
320	* SeparatedAtBirth: As shown in the bonus chapter of ''The Hunger'', Jared and Jackie were split apart from each other after being born, with Jackie raised by their biological parents and Jared given up for adoption. In this game, Jackie explains that because of this, they both always felt something was missing from their lives, until they finally met a few years before the events of the game.
321	* SeriesContinuityError: Richard, at one point, refers to Jared as his grandson. Jared is not related to Richard or Anna at all, except distantly by marriage -- he is the son of Anna's sister's husband's brother.
322	* ShoutOut: In his first piece of dialogue, Richard tells Anna that she's "a real [[Series/MurderSheWrote Jessica Fletcher]]".
323	** Later, he briefly wears a helmet similar to that worn by ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.
324	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Outcasts consist of three boys and one girl.
325	* SupernaturalTeam: Thunder assembled the other three because they all had special powers that would make his criminal ambitions easy to achieve.
326	** MasterOfIllusion: Jared
327	** MindOverMatter: Tinman
328	** PlayingWithFire: Firegirl
329	** ShockAndAwe: Thunder
330	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Firegirl seems to have been a happy and normal girl before losing her parents in a horrible car accident.
331	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
332	** Who took Jared away when he was born, separating him from his birth family? [[TheUnreveal It's never explained in the end]].
333	** Also, what happens to Jared's adoptive father after [[spoiler:Jared reunites with the Grays? Do they adopt him into the fold]]?
334	[[/folder]]
335
336	[[folder:''Guest from the Future'']]
337	* BabiesEverAfter: The end of the main game shows Anna getting the confirmation that she's pregnant with Alice.
338	* CharacterTitle: The title refers to Alice, Anna's daughter, who travels back in time from a BadFuture in which Anna and several of her relatives have been murdered.
339	* DamselInDistress: Anna gets kidnapped in the bonus chapter by a witch, and her teenage daughter Alice has to rescue her.
340	* DisproportionateRetribution: For Elena marrying Brandon and breaking Daniel's heart, Isabella decides to take revenge on EVERYONE in the Gray Family. It also didn't help that Daniel drilled into her that everyone in the Gray family was their enemy.
341	* HappilyAdopted: Isabella dearly loved Daniel and wanted to do anything to get revenge on the Grays for what "they did" to him.
342	* HeelFaceBrainwashing: This is what Alice did to the witch in the bonus chapter.
343	* HonoraryUncle: Alice explains that Anna was absent from Billy's wedding due to being away on a case with the VideoGame/DetectivesUnited. She refers to Anna's partner [[VideoGame/HauntedHotel James Blackthorne]] as "Uncle James."
344	* KidFromTheFuture: Alice, Anna's daughter, comes from the future to find Anna in the hope that she can avert the tragedy which befalls the Grays.
345	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Alice and Anna decide to erase Elena from Daniel's memories. This allows Daniel to move on, without being held back by his memories of Elena, and prevents Isabella from feeling the need to seek revenge on his behalf.
346	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Daniel was deeply in love with Elena, but when he found out that Elena was marrying Brandon, he grew to hate her and the Grays, leading to the events of the story. The only solution that Anna and Alice can find is to remove his memories of Elena in the hope that he can move on with his life.
347	* LoveTriangle: Elena ended up in the center of one with both Brandon and Daniel being in love with her. Elena ended up falling in love with and marrying Brandon, leaving Daniel bitter and angry at her and the Grays in general.
348	* RaceAgainstTheClock: In-universe, Anna is on one of these to solve the mystery before the same ailment which killed her (and most of her family) in the future also kills Alice.
349	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: For Elena slighting Daniel and marrying Brandon, Isabella decides to take revenge for Daniel by cursing the Grays with an incurable fever.
350	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Alice knows that she is running out of time before she dies from the same illness which killed Anna and other members of the family. As the game progresses, she grows steadily sicker.
351	[[/folder]]
352
353	[[folder:''The Generous Gift'']]
354	* CallBack: During the adventure, Anna finds a newspaper with a cover story about her and her partners in the Detectives United.
355	* CoolBike: Dorian rides a motorcycle.
356	* FindTheCure: In the bonus chapter, Floyd's wife Ethel suffers from an illness that can't be cured in their time, so Floyd is desperately trying to find a cure by traveling through time.
357	* GoodParents: Anna's inner monologue observes that her husband is a doting parent to Alice; after she rescues their daughter, he comes to take her home, and Anna is able to focus on resolving the mystery because she knows that Alice is safe with Dorian.
358	* MyGreatestFailure: Dr. Oliver in the past failed to remove an individual's powers before that person was taken away by the military to be used as a tool against their will.
359	* TimeCrash: Richard Gray reveals in the bonus chapter that while freezing time is fun, it causes time itself to become unstable and it will eventually collapse, signaled by the various mysterious cracks that appear during the bonus chapter.
360	* TimeSkip: There's a skip of almost seven years between the events of the previous game and this one. At the end of ''Guest From the Future'', Anna is confirmed to be pregnant with her daughter Alice; this game takes place on Alice's sixth birthday.
361	* TimeStandsStill: The bonus chapter has Anna experience this after Floyd freezes time in an attempt to find a cure for his wife. Unfortunately, as Richard explains, if time stays frozen too long it will eventually collapse, as shown by the cracks appearing during the bonus chapter.
362	* TookTheWifesName: It's mentioned at one point (when Anna finds the relevant documents) that after they married, her husband Dorian took her last name rather than the other way around, and she appreciates it because her name is synonymous with her work. And yes, this means that his name is [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]], which becomes even more amusing if one has played ''Crimson Hollow'' and knows that he has a SoulJar painting.
363	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr. Oliver wants to take empowered individuals' powers away, as he fears they might end up being a danger not only to people around them, but also to themselves. He never intends for them to get hurt; he just wants to take their powers away and have their memories erased about the experience.
364	* WouldHurtAChild: Averted by Dr. Oliver, who merely wants to use Alice as bait to lure Anna (whom he also has no intentions of harming). Unfortunately, the same can't be said of his partner.
365	[[/folder]]
366
367	[[folder:''Heritage'']]
368	* BabiesEverAfter: It is revealed that Maureen is pregnant with her and Emmett's first child during the bonus chapter.
369	* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Charles Egerton can't move on till the bones that were stolen by Sandro Black are returned to their rightful place.
370	* FreudianExcuse: Chantal lost her biological father at a young age in an accident which she witnessed and believed, mistakenly, was Emmett's fault. Later in life, she lost her mother, and Emmett seemed to move on quickly after her mother's death and seemed to care more about Maureen than his family.
371	* FeudingFamilies: It is revealed in the bonus chapter that the Egertons and Blacks had a longstanding feud after Sandro Black stole some of the bones of Charles Egerton for the power they possessed. Because of that, they refused to allow Maureen and Emmett to be together. It's only by returning the bones to their rightful place that Maureen and Emmett are finally allowed to be together without issue.
372	* MarriageOfConvenience: Emmett only married Amy, Chantal's mother, to fulfill his promise to Chantal's father that he would take care of Chantal and her mother.
373	* MisplacedRetribution: For Emmett's affections towards her and leaving everything to her, Maureen was hated and later killed by Chantel in one future. It is unclear if Maureen was even aware about Emmett's affections towards her let alone know about being the sole inheritor of Emmett's assets and estate.
374	* OminousMessageFromTheFuture: Maureen finds a newspaper clipping from one year of the future talking about her death that was placed there by Mike.
375	* OneWordTitle: It's the only game in the series with a one-word subtitle.
376	* PassedOverInheritance: Emmett left all of his money and assets to Maureen instead of Chantal, his stepdaughter, which made Chantal hate Maureen even more.
377	* RememberTheNewGuy: Dorian has a younger sister, Maureen, who is a major character in this story; she even attended Alice's sixth birthday party in the previous game. This is despite the fact that there was no mention or scene of her in any previous games, and ''Crimson Hollow'' explicitly stated that Dorian was the only known survivor of his family. The bonus chapter eventually clarifies that she should not currently exist, as she was supposed to have died in the pursuit of immortality like the rest of the family, but Anna's time-traveling shenanigans allowed her to live.
378	* SelfMadeOrphan: Chantal kills her stepfather Emmett, her only surviving parent, with slow-acting poison.
379	* WickedStepmother: Stepfather in this case, in Chantal's eyes. Chantal blames him for her biological father's death, and he seemingly moves on too quickly from her mother's death by getting too attached to Maureen. Then he dies and leaves everything to Maureen in his will instead of Chantal, which only cements her opinion.
380	* YouKilledMyFather: Chantal believes it was Emmett's fault that her biological father died, despite both Emmett and her mother telling her it was just an accident. Anna eventually learns that the ladder Chantal's father was using was faulty, which caused him to fall with Emmett unable to save him. Chantal witnessed the whole thing, leading her to believe it was Emmett's fault her father died. [[spoiler:Anna is able to go back in time and fix the situation so that Chantal's father survives, thereby removing the cause of Chantal's resentment so she never kills Emmett.]]
381	* YoureNotMyFather: Chantal refuses to see Emmett as her father after he marries her mother and sees her biological father as her only father.
382	[[/folder]]
383
384	[[folder:''Trace in Time'']]
385	* AnimalMotifs: It's revealed in this game that the emblem of the Gray family is a fox.
386	* CallBack: During the course of the game, Anna finds a newspaper article which prompts her to recall the events of ''Detectives United: Phantoms of the Past.''
387	* FreudianExcuse: Peter, the founder of Omen, lost his sister Martha to a mysterious time traveler (later revealed to be Richard), thus he began to think that all time travelers were trouble and founded the organization to stop them.
388	* HeroicSacrifice: In the original timeline, Richard gave up his own heart to be transplanted to Anna to save her.
389	* IHaveYourWife: Jasper led Anna to a trap because Omen took his daughter, Aubrey, hostage.
390	* PsychicPowers: Aubrey has the power to see to see danger before it happens which helps her protect her family.
391	* TimePolice: Anna gets targeted by a group known as Omen, who go after people who interfere with the timestream too much.
392	[[/folder]]
393
394	[[folder:''Echo of the Past'']]
395	* FantasyForbiddingFather: Mother in this case. Eleanor, Lars's mother, didn't approve of Lars's hobbies as a puppeteer (though she did let him do it) and didn't like him hanging out with the Quarte Troop. She went so far as to hire Richard to keep Lars away from the troupe.
396	* FreudianExcuse: Lars loved being a puppeteer, but he was often mocked for it; after being mocked too many times, he started using the magical cane to get back at the people who mocked him.
397	* HeroicSacrifice: Alexandra threw herself in front of Lars to prevent him from hurting Anastasia, leading her to be turned into a puppet.
398	* HumbleHero: Anastasia decided to let Alexandra get all the glory of their adventures together; she arranged to delete any references to her in the records of Alexandra's exploits, instead choosing to honor and keep the memory of Alexandra alive..
399	* IHaveYourWife: Anna's daughter Alice gets kidnapped again. It's a much different scenario than the last time, however, and ultimately it turns out she's not in any actual danger.
400	* KidFromTheFuture: Anastasia ends up on the receiving end of this after Anna goes into the past to talk to her mother about what happened to Alexandra. She later gets to see her granddaughter, Alice.
401	* LostLenore: The death of his wife Anastasia seemed to hit Richard pretty hard.
402	* MommasBoy: Despite Eleanor disapproving of his hobbies and being very overprotective, Lars still seems to have loved her deeply.
403	* MoralityPet: Richard claimed that Anastasia helped keep his urge to use dark magic at bay.
404	* MyBelovedSmother: Eleanor is very protective and controlling of Lars. She was the one who gave him the magical cane that can turn people into puppets to get back at the people who mocked him; in the bonus chapter, she even went far as to hire Richard to form a magical bond with Lars so he can see and hear what Lars does and thinks in order to keep an eye on him.
405	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lars seems to have had a revelation after turning Alexandra into a puppet and realized he went too far to get back at those who hurt him. He tried to reverse what he did but to no avail.
406	* {{Retcon}}: The bonus chapter has Richard being a recent graduate of Evermoore and still with ties to the institution, whereas the ending of the bonus chapter of the thirteenth game has him lose his memories of time there and most likely never graduated.
407	* ShoutOut: Alexandra's 'adventuring' outfit bears a strong resemblance to the attire worn by Ciri in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt.'' (There are indications in certain other Elephant games that the developers are fans of the series.)
408	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Alice is almost identical to her great-aunt Alexandra.
409	* TitleDrop: This is the game in which we finally learn why the series is called ''Grim Tales''. Grim was the maiden name of Anna's mother Anastasia. Her sister Alexandra was a famous adventurer, and her experiences were published in a series of stories called ''Grim Tales''.
410	* UnseenNoMore: This is the first time we've ever seen so much as a picture of Anna's mother.
411	* WeddingFinale: The bonus chapter ends with Lars proposing to Alexandra.
412	* TheXOfY
413	[[/folder]]
414
415	[[folder:''Horizon of Wishes'']]
416	* BurnTheWitch: In the second arc of the game, Anna travels back to the Middle Ages, where she has to prevent the execution of a witch. However, it's implied that the witch will be beheaded, not burned.
417	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In most Elephant games, the map icon is on the left side of the screen and the hint button is on the right. In this game their positions are switched, which can lead longtime players to accidentally click one when they want the other.
418	* DeadPersonConversation: Since the events of the previous game, Anna is able to use her mother's cameo in order to talk to Anastasia's ghost.
419	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Anna travels to the past in a very different way than usual, and is able to interact with people. The first person she meets knows Richard, so he figures out from her clothes that she's a time traveler like her father and advises her to get a new outfit as quickly as possible so she doesn't attract attention. She learns from the experience, and dresses appropriately before making other trips through time.
420	* GoIntoTheLight: [[spoiler:Richard finally does this at the end of the main game.]]
421	* IGaveMyWord: Subverted. Richard and the 1920s detective Conrad Matthews have a deal, but Conrad goes back on his word because he feels it's more important to involve Scotland Yard. Richard is ''quite'' annoyed, and retaliates by releasing the murderer he's helped Conrad apprehend.
422	* PreciousPhoto: Anna finds that her father treasures pictures of herself, her sister Luisa, and their mother.
423	* PresentAbsence: This game ''finally'' explains why Richard has been absent for the last few installments of both this series and ''Detectives United''. [[spoiler:He's been searching for a way to end his eternal torment of being bound inside the skull. He's finally found it.]]
424	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The medieval king is actually a very good ruler and a kind man, but he's grief-stricken by what happened to his sister and wants all witches put to death. However, upon hearing that Anna has traveled back in time and might be able to help, he's willing to let her try.
425	* TheRoaringTwenties: The first part of the game takes place here, as Anna has to rescue a would-be gangster's family from being murdered in order to prevent his StartOfDarkness.
426	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Anna has to do this repeatedly, as per usual, but it's implied that Richard might also be trying to do the same.
427	* SoProudOfYou: Anna finds a note written by Richard in which he states that he knows he's done well to give Anna greater powers, because she only uses them to help people. When she finally sees her father again, he outright says that he is very proud of her and her daughter Alice.
428	* SpiritAdvisor: Anastasia's cameo takes the spot on the inventory bar where Richard's skull has sat in several past games, and she takes on this role throughout the adventure.
429	* TakenForGranite: In the Middle Ages portion of the game, a spell gone awry has caused the [[BigBrotherInstinct King's sister]] to be turned to stone. Anna has to undo this so they don't execute the witches.
430	* TheXOfY
431	[[/folder]]
432
433	[[folder:''Dual Disposition'']]
434	* AncientKeeper: Anna meets one of these, actually known as "The Keeper." He maintains the magical storehouse, which is a crossroads between worlds where magic is protected, and he needs Anna's help to stop their mutual enemy.
435	* AnotherDimension: Most of the main game's action takes place in one of two alternate realities.
436	* CallBack: The first hidden object scene of the game highlights details from the installment ''The Hunger''.
437	* ClearMyName: Because "Lady A" looks so much like Anna, it's very easy for her to convince people that Anna's the one responsible for the crimes she's committed, and the first part of the plot is Anna proving her innocence.
438	* ContinuityCameo:
439	** Anna's FriendOnTheForce, Chris Lewis, has this; he's only in the game for the first ten minutes or so, and is a returning character from the previous installment ''The Hunger''.
440	** At the very end of the main game, Anna has a brief glimpse of [[spoiler:her father Richard, who apparently still exists in other dimensions]].
441	* CreepyDoll: Anna finds one of these in the storeroom of the ransacked antique shop; it's actually quite nasty, but she removes its malevolence by returning its missing accessories.
442	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Keeper is never called anything except the Keeper, even by himself. Possibly a case of HisNameReallyIsBarkeep, but it's not certain.
443	* EvilTwin: The BigBad of this installment is Lady A, who looks suspiciously like Anna. (Her appearance, particularly the fact that she has red eyes, suggests that this may be [[CrossoverCameo Dark Anna]], one of the recurring antagonists from the ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited'' series. Nothing in the narrative either confirms or denies this, however.)
444	* FriendOnTheForce: Officer Chris Lewis first met Anna during the events of ''The Hunger'', when she helped him solve the case. They have been friends ever since.
445	* LegacyCharacter: The bonus chapter suggests that "the Keeper" is a title handed down through generations, as one of the tasks is to locate a missing figurine of the Keeper, and it identifies him specifically as "the Thirteenth Keeper."
446	* TheMagicGoesAway: Lady A's antics are causing a huge disruption in the flow of magic between all worlds, and the loss of the magic will -- among other things -- remove Anna's ability to communicate with her mother's ghost.
447	* MonkeyMoralityPose: Late in the main game, Anna must collect three skulls which are making these poses.
448	* POVSequel: The bonus chapter, which takes place after the events of the main game, is told from the perspective of the Keeper.
449	* PowerNullifier: The Staff of Absorption, which removes any magical ability a person may have. [[spoiler:Anna uses it in the endgame to remove Lady A's ability to travel between worlds.]]
450	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Not only does Lady A have red eyes, but the pictures Anna finds while visiting her home dimension indicate that everyone in that world has them too. Why this would be is not explained.
451	* RedSkyTakeWarning: The only clue that Lady A's power is wreaking havoc on Anna's world is that the sky has turned red and has a giant weird crack in it.
452	* SealedEvilInACan: How the bonus chapter ends; the Keeper [[spoiler:traps Lady A inside of a magical artifact in order to stop her from continuing to threaten the various worlds.]]
453	* SequelHook: The last frame of the bonus chapter shows [[spoiler:cracks beginning to form in the artifact in which Lady A is sealed, suggesting she may escape in a future game]].
454	* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: Anna (or rather, the player) has no choice but to agree to help Lady A with her goal to use an enchanted goblet to stop her enemies from chasing her. [[spoiler:The enemy in question is the Keeper -- she wants to amass unlimited power, and the goblet will help with that. After she has it in her possession, Lady A mocks Anna for not realizing that she was using her the whole time to get the goblet.]]
455	[[/folder]]
456
457	[[folder:''All Shades of Black'']]
458	* GoIntoTheLight: Anastasia fully moves on after using up all her strength to stop the bad guy which severed her connection to the world of the living.
459	* RapidAging: As Anna watches in horror, Dorian is subjected to this before he virtually disintegrates in to ash; immediately afterward, their daughter Alice also disappears.
460	* RecurringLocation: Anna must return to Dorian's ancestral home at Crimson Hollow in order to figure out what's happened to him and Alice.
461	[[/folder]]
462
463	[[folder:''Light in the Darkness'']]
464	* GoIntoTheLight: Richard's ultimate goal here. He faces judgement for his lifetime of evil (and occasionally good) deeds, and hopes that his spirit will finally be able to rest.
465	* POVSequel: For the first time in the series, the player character is not Anna, but instead is her father Richard.
466	* UnseenNoMore: Richard's first wife, Agatha, the mother of Anna's older half-sisters, full face is finally shown.
467
468	[[/folder]]

Context VideoGame / GrimTales