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{{quote|''They were warned...not to mistake grace for weakness.''}}
'''Aion''' is a Korean [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] from NCSoft, the publisher of ''[[Lineage 2|Lineage II]]'', ''[[City of Heroes]]'', and ''[[Guild Wars]]'', published in English in late 2009.
The game is based on the conflict between two factions of humans which live on opposite halves of a shattered world; the [[Light Is Not Good|noble but arrogant]] Elyos and the [[Dark Is Not Evil|brave but bitter Asmodians]]. As well as an ongoing war with each other, the two factions must contend with evil [[Our Dragons Are Different|Balaur]], a race created to protect and watch over the world, but now...[[Gone Horribly Wrong|not so much]]. This makes up the games unique PvPvE system, as the designers call it. Other than this, it's also notable for the fact that all characters possess the ability to fly, amongst other things.
Not to be confused with [[Aion (manga)|the manga of the same name published in the same year]], or the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''.
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* [[After the End]]: Although so far afterward that almost no one remembers it.
* [[Alien Sky]]: Besides the fact the Tower of Eternity is visible from anywhere in the world, the sky has a shattered moon, three total moons, and the other half of the world floating ominously overhead.
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* [[Breast Plate]]: Hell yes, but at least more modest than most, considering some of the female armor model have [[Zettai Ryouiki|skirts and metal/leather stockings]] instead of pants. While [[Magic Skirt]] is present to some extent, it doesn't prevent you from *those*, since you can adjust the camera angle in such a way in the first place, EVEN TO YOUR OWN CHARACTER! By the way, the chain armor series is probably the most modest looking of the lot, so don't roll a priest if you want those kind of armor.
* [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]: To a limited extent. Most of the purchasable items are cosmetic, but a few grant tangible bonuses.
* [[Cast
** A few spells in game consume health instead of mana as well, such as the Cleric's Thorny Skin and the Sorcerer's Soul Absorption.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: The purchasable "Cataclysm's Jaws Weapon Skin" cosmetic item reskins a sword to look like a chainsaw.
* [[Character Customization]]: The character creator allows for incredible diversity. You can make your character look like an Elf, a Dwarf, or even an Orc just by messing with the sliders, to the point where not having any separate and distinct playable races doesn't matter one bit. People have even made their characters into clones of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-2BzE4fqsU Obama], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9STbPLjzkI Micheal Jackson], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCHLyqcY18 Cloud Strife], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj8gpcxnICw Rambo], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218183000/http://www.aionsource.com/forum/images-art-video-sound/34704-rl-character-creation.html Many Others] including [[Harry Potter (film)|Dobby the house-elf]] and [[Warcraft|Arthas]]. Some ''other'' people, however, use the character creator's powers [https://web.archive.org/web/20100217022703/http://www.aionsource.com/forum/images-art-video-sound/29476-1-2-allows-even-more-ugly.html for evil]...
* [[Cool Airship]] / [[Cool Starship]]: It's hard to classify exactly what they are, but the Dredgion Battleships the Balaur use in the Abyss are undoubtedly cool. Scary as hell, too, as they can blast Daevas right out of the sky and carry thousands of troops to be deployed throughout the Abyss as the Balaur see fit. They also serve as instanced dungeons, with the ultimate goal to kill the captain.
* [[Council of Angels]]: The Empyrean Lords, even though they started out as ordinary humans, and have never lived in any kind of heaven or any other higher plane of existence.
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* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]: Averted with the Elyos and Asmodians - they have angel wings and black angel wings respectively and are about the same in terms of good and evil. Played straight with the Balaur, who have the bat "Devil" type of wings. Note, however, that the Asmodians did have bat-like devil wings in pre-release demonstration versions of the game which can still be found on a few Asmodian enemies.
** Looks like the Elyos will have glowing neon blue bat/dragon wings in next releases, as seen in the Vision Trailer.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: According to the Aion website's [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414234659/http://powerwiki.na.aiononline.com/aion/ official wiki], {{spoiler|the Empyrean Lord Israphel's jealousy of Siel, plus a desire for greater power, led to his eventual corruption. It seems to be implied that this is what led him to call for peace with the Balaur, which in turn led to the destruction of the Tower of Eternity.}}
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Neither side is traditionally good or evil, but things are [[Shades of Conflict|much more complicated]] than it might seem at first.
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: You'd think the Elyos, living lives of comparative ease and comfort to those of the Asmodians, would be naturally more fragile, right? [[Muscles Are Meaningless|Wrong.]]
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Kromede in the Trial Of Kromede.}}
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Shaga, a gladiator who fought in the Impetusium wooed many women who gazed into his eyes, and became the greatest champion who ever participated in the colosseum... until it was eventually discovered that he was a she.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Even at launch the game was considered one of the prettiest [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s on the market, but from the looks of what's shown in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAM0wr7cZ8 Aion Vision trailer] this looks like it's going to be ramped up to eleven.
* [[Shattered World]]: Atreia was split into two chunks, Elysea and Asmodae.
* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: Kromede was considered so beautiful that people thought Aion itself sculpted her face. She was constantly showered with marriage proposals, politely turning them all down. She later became a Shadow Judge, but was eventually investigated for corruption. Her downfall was caused by the people hurt by her not returning their love giving the court evidence against her. {{spoiler|However, the Kromede's Trial dungeon seemed to show that most of the latter part was inaccurate at best.}}
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