#Dragon quest builders 2 orichalcum series#

On the journey, there are accounts written in stone slabs across the entire devastated battlefield that explain how The Watchers of the Battleground sacrificed everything from their once prosperous community to defend the sacred Orichalcum from the forces of Darkness. The party is somber over the implications of how much the forces of darkness devastated the entire area and the journey is just as much about finding clues about what happened as it is about obtaining the Orichalcum.

#Dragon quest builders 2 orichalcum series#

(Note: This is Rubiss’s “True” Form according to Enix’s old Manga series about her.)ĭuring the main story of Act II of Dragon Quest XI, the party journeys to the Battleground to find the Orichalcum to re-forge the Sword of Light in order to vanquish Mordegan. I had thought it was referencing one of them, but the Watchers being their NPC counterparts make more sense given the True Ending. I checked the previous games of the Erdrick Quadrilogy to find that the NPCs in Dragon Queen’s Castle are typically labeled as faeries in some versions or not really described with much detail. There is a peculiar NPC that has no explanation whatsoever and placed in a bizarre and arguably impossible area Act III of the game only has your party members comment that she might be an angel. However, I’d speculate that she was indeed in the game, but in disguise to keep faithful to the chronology of only appearing in Dragon Quest 3 with the others only having subtle hints and because showing her off would have ruined the shock of the True Ending. At best, the Goddess statues seemed to be the only indication that she was acknowledged. Rubiss had always been a fairly basic feature as a goddess and so it was surprising that there wasn’t even a slight mention of her in passing within the Erdrick Saga that she is most well-known in. Since then, she was in Dragon Quest VI serving the Goddess of Dragon Quest VI while that Goddess was seemingly incognito, she was part of a Dragon Quest side-game featuring Keifer that never made it overseas, and she is the main driving force of Dragon Quest Builders, a alternate universe of Dragon Quest 1 that answers the question of what would have happened if the DQ1 Hero chose to join the Dragonlord. Rubiss had been added through passing mentions within the dialogue of latter remakes and ports of Dragon Quest 1 and 2 from what I’ve read, after her story focus in Dragon Quest 3 where she had the clearest story relevance. Recalling the ending with Yggdragon, I began to wonder whether Rubiss had any possibility of being in Dragon Quest XI itself. Of course, that isn’t to say the main game doesn’t do a stellar job in making the player want to see them reunited with Morcant’s flashbacks, but it helps that the side missions further expand and solidify the message. The Post-game ending containing Serenica and Erdwin reuniting feels less bizarre and out of the norm for the Luminary and his party when you realize much of the side missions were about Serenica’s feelings, finding her poetry, and her lamentations about never seeing Erdwin again. So, after just completing an extra 17 hours to do side missions and collect the remaining alternative costumes for my party, clocking at 140 hours in total so far I began to notice a lot of the side missions in the latter-half seem to center around Erdwin and Serenica’s tragic love story. Purely fun guesswork instead of concrete clues within the game. This’ll also be much shorter than other analyses as its fairly innocuous and based on circumstantial evidence. Note: This’ll contain massive spoilers for the story of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of An Elusive Age.