Magna Carta

A South Korean RPG series by Softmax which began life on PC. There are three games in the series, with the latest, Magna Carta 2, available on the Xbox360. The series is mainly known for its sharp (and Stripperiffic) character design, provided by Hyung-Tae Kim.

Not to be confused with the document signed in 13th century England ceding certain rights from the monarchy to the nobility.


 * Action RPG
 * Amnesiac Dissonance (In Magna Carta 2)
 * Animals Hate Him (Juto, in the third DLC Live Drama)
 * Arc Words ("Absolutely don't die")
 * As Long as It Sounds Foreign (In Magna Carta 2, several names are ridiculously German-sounding, such as Big Bad Schuenzeit and the world called Lanzheim.)
 * Big Bad (In MC2, we have )
 * Cloning Blues (. For that matter, .)
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Design Student's Orgasm
 * Fallen Hero
 * Glass Cannon (Crocell has a ridiculous level of offensive ability, especially if you use his Fist-Fighting style. This is off-set by his low defence and low HP.)
 * Green Aesop
 * Hey, It's That Voice! (Magna Carta 2's English Dub features a veritable who's who of American Voice Actors, including Full Cast Reunions of the American dubs of both Cowboy Bebop and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.)
 * Improbable Weapon User (Celestine uses a bag of incense to fight with.)
 * Hero with Bad Publicity (Your party gets this treatment after .)
 * Hidden Elf Village (Cota Mare. Subverted in that while everyone knows about it, very few people go there since the Mare are wary of other races.)
 * Human Resources
 * Interspecies Romance (Celestine and Argo)
 * It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY" (Mare is pronounced "mahr-ray", Trewa is "tray-wha", Huaren is "hue-are-ren")
 * Kill It with Fire (Crocell, Eonis)
 * Lethal Chef (Zephie, if the DLC Live Drama is to be believed)
 * Lightning Bruiser (Rue. Literally)
 * Love At First Sight (Celestine, for Argo. Note that Argo is a massive Dragon/Hawk creature)
 * Love Freak (Celestine)
 * Malaproper (Celestine, in the third DLC Live Drama)
 * Mad Scientist (Huaren)
 * Male Gaze (the first shot we see of Celestine is of her boobs)
 * Our Elves Are Better (the Mare civilization: Humans with crystal ears that live half as long as normal humans. And, of course, they hate normal humans)
 * Parental Abandonment (Not one member of your party has a known living parent. )
 * Pimped-Out Dress (everyone)
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy (Argo, although most other Trewa you meet hate his guts, either for letting his Bluemoon village get sacked, or BECAUSE he's a Bluemoon)
 * Redemption Equals Death (A mild inversion. In Magna Carta 2,
 * Skunk Stripe (Juto)
 * Super Prototype
 * The Atoner (Notably Juto, though both Zephie and Argo show traits of this as well).
 * The Lancer (Crocell and Argo, to Zephie)
 * Kinda, sorta. Argo fits more as The Big Guy. Crocell or Rue make the most apparent Lancers.
 * Claire, Huaren, and Elgar serve as Schuenzeit's dragons.
 * The Stinger
 * The Stoic (Rue, though she's largely changed during the ending.)
 * The Very Definitely Final Dungeon
 * Time Skip (The ending is set 3 years after slaying the final boss)
 * Tragic Monster
 * Wake Up Call Boss (Several of the later bosses in 2 are capable of killing you in a few combos, though Belial is likely the first one that will give you trouble, as it spams heal when low on life, and the only way to finish it is to skill rush him (provided you've been upgrading them), or equip the DLC weapons).
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist (Schuenzeit  and his cronies want to keep Lanzheim prosperous, but seem to have no problem with committing countless atrocities to keep it that way).
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy