However, it is revealed that Dredge weren't invading the kingdoms of Varl and men - they were running, trying to save themselves from the Darkness. They murdered thousands during the second Great War third one put Varl on the brink of extinction and reduced human civilization to a single desperate holdout in Arberrang. Always Chaotic Evil: The Dredge, silent and alien.

There's also a lot of information only accessible at the godstones.

All There in the Manual: There's a lot of lore and worldbuilding on the in-game map, and characters' pages on the roster contain their backgrounds.

It's only when they realize some of them have children strapped to them that they realize the Dredge army comprises both sexes and are actually Invading Refugees. Alien Gender Confusion: The stone-like Dredge have such incomprehensible biology compared to the setting's other, mammalian races that they initially assume every combatant they encounter is male.Action Girl: All of the female characters, of course.This video game provides examples of the following tropes: Stoic has also said that if the trilogy is successful, they might make more games in the setting. The final game in the trilogy, The Banner Saga 3 was Kickstarted and was later released on July 26, 2018. There is also a free-to-play spinoff named The Banner Saga: Factions focused entirely on player-versus-player combat.Ī sequel, The Banner Saga 2 has been released as of April 19, 2016. Although the focus is on RPG elements, the choices the player makes (including difficult moral ones) can have a large effect on the story. The game can be described as a mixture of Western RPGs, tactical RPGs and The Oregon Trail. One day, the Dredge attack again, threatening all of mortal civilization. They live in the shadow of a race of armored beings known as the Dredge, forcing them into an uneasy alliance. It is a series of tales set in a fantasy north, where humans struggle to coexist with the varl, a race of horned giants. The Banner Saga is a tactical RPG developed by Stoic Studios.

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