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No! My beloved peasant village! : The hero's home town, city, slum, or planet will usually be annihilated in a spectacular fashion before the end of the game, and often before the end of the opening scene. — The Grand List of Console RPG Cliches The town the hero first appears in is often his hometown. There is a very high chance said town will be demolished by evil forces, prompting him to quest, although sometimes the town is inaccessible for other reasons (banishment, for example). This is not strictly limited to hometowns.…", "dramatic_functions": [ "escalation", "relationship change", "resolution" ], "story_phases": [ "setup", "aftermath" ], "tones": [ "tragic", "ominous", "intimate", "triumphant" ], "mundane_fit": "compatible", "related_tropes": [ "A Worldwide Punomenon", "All There in the Manual", "Alternative Character Interpretation", "Angst? 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