With that in mind, she could be considered the real Big Bad, manipulating The Bard into going a treacherous quest to free her and plunge the world into chaos though this is averted if he takes her offer to join her and finish off Fionnaoch anyway. Fionnaoch's a Good All Along Hero Antagonist while it's actually the seal weakening on Demon Princess Caleigh's prison that's causing the dead to rise. Princess Caleigh later reveals that he's also the one behind the Zombie Apocalypse that begins ravaging the land about halfway through the game. He leads the fanatical druids willing to slaughter any who threatens to free Princess Caleigh including The Bard, and he makes contact with all of the guardians of the towers that maintain Princess Caleigh's prison, warning them of The Bard and sending in druids to aid them.
The two unique weapons (The Shadow Axe and the Ego Sword) share the same animation and techniques. At high levels they're enchanted with lightning, and he can hit multiple enemies. BFS: The Bard can also learn to fight with two-handed weapons, mostly claymores and axes.Being Good Sucks: The good guys don't quite get the fact that the Bard likes to be paid, and doing the right thing doesn't leave him with anything gained for the adventure.You have to get him angry enough to attack some other respawning Draugrs, allowing him to fight enough people to get his afterlife. Barred from the Afterlife: The Viking Jarl is struck inside the Frozen Tombs and cannot enter Valhalla.If you didn't, the one coming back is The Nuckelavee. Back from the Dead: If you befriend him early enough, the dog is eventually killed but then comes back as a zombie.Automatic Crossbow: Anachronistically enough, both the Heroine and the old Farmer Bill in Kirkwall have one of these.The village is burned and the taverns are missed and the beer is all gone and the elders are pissed. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The consequences of the Nuckelavee's return, according to " The Tale of the Nuckelavee " song:.
However, their arrangement differs a little from Real Life, mostly as if they were roughly clustered together in a smaller island.
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Artistic License Geography: Though not openly stated, the game has a location based on the Orkney Islands and even cities corresponding to real locations.Apologetic Attacker: The Bodyguard actually apologize as he punches enemies in melee.As it turns out, The Bard doesn't make to be any sort of hero or villain at all, and the undead apparently make great bar buddies (and definitely good dancers, too). Anti-Hero: Played for laughs in the neutral ending, wherein the Bard leaves and gets drunk with some zombies.
Ancient Grome: Lugh, his automaton and the tower itself all have a distinctive, graeco-roman look on them.Anachronistic Soundtrack: The drunk guys in the first pub can be heard singing a real life drinking song from the 19th century.The Haggis monster boss may be a nod to a real hoax which jokes that haggis is made from the flesh of an actual animal, the " wild haggis ".The Nuckelavee isn't a monster made up for the game but an actual mythological creature from the Orkney Islands' folklore.All Men Are Perverts: How did Caleigh get the bard to go on the quest when lures of money and power weren't enough? She offered sex.Berating her for the huge rat in the basement actually gets the Bard some nookie. All Girls Want Bad Boys: In the Starter Inn, being nice to the Innkeeper would get you nothing.Affectionate Parody: While on one hand the game features some nice celtic settings, it doesn't take himself seriously at all.Added Alliterative Appeal: Fnarf loves to talk like this.
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