Legacy is a duology of RPG Maker games, consisting of Demon Legacy and Phantom Legacy. They take place in a world ruled by gods, and focus on the struggle between the gods and humanity, and between balance and disparity. Both games focus on a Kid Hero—Slade in the original, Nero in the sequel—as they fight against Shadar, the Malevolent Shadow, and the other threats to the world.
The Legacy duology provides examples of:
- Big Bad: Shadar, the Malevolent Shadow, is the ultimate antagonist in both games who seeks to kill hundreds and become the god of the world so he may balance it. He has competition in both games, but always comes out on top.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: Zigzagged. On the one hand, humans, especially the humans of old, are shown to have been cruel and abusive towards the Demi-Gods and Proteus. Apollo and his Co-Dragons, Arianna and Narik/Abel, certainly believe this. Quite a bit of humans are mean in the present day as well, with Malakai from the sequel embodying human evil. On the other hand, there are also a lot of good humans in the series, the human heroes among them, and aside from Malakai, even the worst of the human villains have redeeming qualities, while Apollo, Arianna, and Narik/Abel are presented as lunatics for wanting to Kill All Humans. Haizum in the sequel is a literal monster who is shown to be just as much of a metaphorical monster as his human boss Malakai.
