Let's Play Dragon Quest V!

Okay so we are off to rescue Michael's mother with our flying carpet!

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Did I already use that screen? Oh well

Anyways, I use my carpet of magical flying to find the Zenithisomething tower, where I find this old man

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Unfortunate

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Well thank you, how very generous!

He then tells me to seek out a cave and he vanishes, ghost like.

I then find the cave and use the magma staff which does this

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And gets rid of the mountain blocking the entrance.

I go in to a weird trolly system and I eventually meet a strange man claiming to be Zenthinian

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He says he has been trapped in that cart for 20 years before I came along

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I agree

So more carting around

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Oh dear :erm:

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So as you can see, I have arrived at the now underwater city of floating castle place

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What an odd expression.

So there is a gold orb missing, which he thinks fell from that giant hole in the ground. He then decides to meditate to find out where it went

This is what meditating looks like

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The fact that the orb fell is why the castle fell. It apparently needs 2 orbs and now it only has one.

So here we see his vision

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There's the castle, tralalalala

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Those clouds look concerning :erm:

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Aaaaaand there goes the orb

It lands here (somehow without shattering)

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Look familiar?

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Then the game does a tl;dr version of our hero's entire childhood up until this point

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And the orb is broken.

Oh well, its now an underwater castle I guess

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But apparently we aren't giving up that easily

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So now we have our next destination! Time to go see the fairies again~

Tune in next time!

"Dr Agon". Subtle. I wonder why the DrAgon would be looking for gold orbs. I'm sure that Dragon is well known for donating to charity and acting for the good of the kingdom.

So I find the fairy forest place thing

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I can't see the fairy, but my kids can!

So I head to fairy land and Millie is loving it.

I have to admit, the water walls are pretty amazing

So random fairy tells me I need to find the fairy palace

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:|

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Oh thank you :jess:

Honey is doing just fine, btw

So I find the lake surrounded by forest surrounded by mountain and I blow the horn and this happens:

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A wild castle appears!

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Logan and Millie both kind of wish that Millie was also a legendary hero because... well let's face it, she's a good deal more competent and together

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One of the best thing in the game so far

Anyways I find the Queen

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But apparently they no longer have that power

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So she thinks I must somehow have the power. I'm not some kind of magician, people. Plus, my son is the legendary hero, not me.

Anyways, I am instructed to take the bauble and show it to a paining upstairs.

I dunno, ask the fairies.

So I show it to the painting and this happens:

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And I am brought to the past! Remember when we were little and we met the man who looked suspiciously like me?

Yep

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:cry:

So I find younger me, who is a good deal more talkative than I remember

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Oh ho ho, I see what's going on here

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And now we get to head back to castle water place thing! Tune in next time :monster:

Time to bring the gold orb back!


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Which means

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WHOOO

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Zenthinia rises again out of the water

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Very pretty, but Dr Argon is still not happy

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Ugh

But the Zenthinians are back and giving me some info

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Turns out I can fly this castle around!!!

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Well I have my next destination

Also, turns out some people don't remember Dr Agon

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Surely

Also, in case you were wondering like me what happened to all of the Zenthinians and why they are back suddenly

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That's why

So I head over to the place and have to climb on top of a tower and jump down

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I suspect a boss fight coming my way

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That name sounds familiar....

So I defeat him and get the chest behind him containing a dragon eye.

Then I go through more of this long annoying dungeon

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Ah yes, this guy. Did he always talk this oddly?

So, sure enough, boss fight.

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Nimzo is a very threatening name :|

So I bring the two dragon eyes I got from defeating the two baddies and I put them back in the dragon statue and a new path opens and other typical RPG like things

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YAY A DRAGON ORB

I WONDER WHAT DR AGON THINKS OF THIS

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You don't say

So I go speak to Dr Agon the imposter and he takes the dragon orb

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What's this :erm:

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:|

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:|

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Well, he says he will help me because I'm cool :monster:

Where do I go from here? What will he help me with? WILL I EVER FIND MY WIFE?!!?!?! :stare:

Tune in next time!

Okay sorry guys for the slow updates, been busy irl and also was doing some item collecting and such

First thing of note is that I finally beat Bjorn much more easily since the twins had gained about 15 levels. This gave me the key to unlock everything ever, hence the item collecting

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Yay!

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Indeed. Next i take my dragon friend and find some shrine on top of a mountain, on which I also find the Zenthinian Armor for my son

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I say no, we fight, I win, I get armor

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I enter the temple and find these people worshiping Michael's mother

And yes, that is my wife's statue behind her :omgomg:

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Apparently they are soulless people.

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Hi mom :jess:

Why are you working with the enemy?

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Well that's awfully rude :erm:

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All the time with this stuff :|

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So I defeat Ferz, Nera is still a statue, and I find a secret staircase.

It leads through one of the less annoying dungeons in this game. It also leads through the place where I used to be a slave!

I really feel bad I never went back to rescue those people :/

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So I find that guy who engages me in a very difficult battle. After a while, I win

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He says he will open the underworld for me, but something goes wrong!

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So Ladja kills him and then mocks me and leaves. Once he is gone, I find a ring called The Circle of Life

As I start to leave when

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Is this my actual mother this time?

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I'm getting some conflicting directions here :-/

She says I should chill with my family and not worry about her

In the meantime

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:jess:!!!!!!!!

We are brought back to Gotha, my family reunited!!

Tune in next time to see what happens next! This LP is almost over actually :(

shion totally isn't predicting the massive plot twist that occurs at the midway point of the game.

:eek:

Small update

Now that I am reunited with my whole family, Albert wants to see me

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I tell him I am and he discourages me from doing so. He says to listen to my mother who spoke to me through the ring.

Everyone knows everything in this game

Meanwhile, my Spanish friend tells me he will support me since my father wanted me to find my mother. My wife of course says she will support me no matter what

So we head out on our journey and find a shrine with three angel statues.

The three angel statues want the three rings I've obtained throughout the game

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When they get them, a weird portal opens up and I go through it and end up in the underworld like place

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She gives me an item that I can't remember what it is and gives me her blessing to proceed

I find this pretty town

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Very interesting

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Turns out that my mother has purified the monsters which has made them turn human!

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And now I have my new destination~

Tune in next time!

Ooh, goody. I wonder what twists and turns await us in the underworld.

Update time!

I find the evil lair of evilness, head inside, and then run in to some goons

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I doubt that. So I defeat them of course and am surrounded by a shiny warm light

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Yes?

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Oh is that what's going to happen?

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She tells me she is going to sacrifice her life and such

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Before she can continue, a giant fireball, much like the one that killed our hero's father, strikes her down.

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This of course leads to a boss fight. Not super difficult, but not easy, either

Afterwards, the shiny warm light from before surrounds Ladja

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Apparently it is possible

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She then gets struck by lightning. This poor woman just can't catch a break

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A mysterious voice suddenly appears!

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Pankraz comes down to get Mada

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Aww :cry:

That's all for today! I think I'm almost at the last boss fight, so stay tuned~

Wow. Michael's parents are kind of awesome.

Epic boss theme music next?

Its time, are you ready? The finale of Dragon Quest V. I'm so sad :cry: I'm going to miss Nera

So we head through the underworld some more and find some things and eventually come to this pool of lava

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Apparently it isn't recommended I step through lava, so instead I am told to use an item full of water I just found 5 seconds earlier. How convenient!

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Uh oh, this is it, almost time. But not before a long annoying puzzle dungeon of course. After about an hour, I clear the things and find none other than

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:eek:

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It's nice that he's trying to learn English so we can understand him.

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I figured as much

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A bit full of himself isn't he?

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Little bit

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Boo, can't we just resolves this with our words instead of our fists :(

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Apparently not.

So we fight and things and then I defeat him yay :jess:

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Why is that never the end of it :|

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Hey, ease up, he's a child :onoes:

Then he merges in to this ugly thing and I have to fight him AGAIN

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Ew :stare: Why can't final villains be more attractive

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Apparently you can

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Oh dear, that doesn't look healthy. So he explodes and some weird stuff happens

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Like that and I am brought to the... upper... world...

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Yes, we've been acquainted

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then he apparently gets tired of his stuffy speak and chooses to go back to the way he spoke as the wily and cleverly disguised Dr Agon. The Zenthinians are not super pleased

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Let's see what everyone has to say about us saving the world!

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Yep Millie, it is

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Insight from Logan

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Nera being a sweet mom

The Dragon then flies me around the world so I have a chance to talk to people now that I saved it! I think this is really neat!

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D'aww. The children also express happiness at being related to her

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:cry:

Then we go see Harry and co. and Harry says something about Logan being a chip off the old block and his wife says not to forget to mention Nera

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D'aww :jess:

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Yeah remember when you were a jerk and then when we were slaves for like 10 years. Haha good times

Also, I talk to the lady about her brother who was at the slave place

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More people:

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And the inlaws:

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Aww so touching

Then we go see Bianca

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Do you ever not bring that up? :stare: How about, "Hey, remember that time you saved the world?" YEAH

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Me too

And time to head home

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Aww Sancho

Soon there is much rejoicing and celebrating, when suddenly, some voices can be heard in the wind

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The feels :G

Some rose petals come down as everyone dances in joy and laughter and then the credits role. I save the game and apparently there are sidequests for me to complete, but I'll leave it at this for now. I hope you all enjoyed! I really loved this game and I would recommend it to anyone who liked RPG's. I had a lot of fun

Thanks for reading :monster:

Awesome run. I'm glad that you included visiting people after you won. Such great stories (and the inspiration for my beloved Rune Factory).

Sorry that it had to end. Only, what, nine other games to go?