![]() Castles and villages are filled to the brim with NPCs waiting for the hero to strike up a conversation, yet even here, there isn’t a great amount of depth given to the story or main characters. One must keep in mind that this is a 30 year old game, and storytelling in console games specifically was in its infancy at the time. The plot in Dragon Quest is a fairly cut and dry fantastical tale in which the hero defeats the darkness, but that is okay. Thankfully, a stranger comes to Tantegel whose lineage dates back to the legendary Erdrick, and he takes it upon himself to save the princess, defeat the Dragonlord, and return the Sphere of Light from whence it came. ![]() ![]() On top of that, the Dragonlord has locked Princess Gwaelin away behind one of his most fearsome dragons, further straining the inhabitants of Alefgard as a result. He succeeded in intercepting the Sphere of Light – a holy artifact that has kept the darkness at bay since the days of Erdrick, the original wielder of the relic – and now rules Alefgard through widespread fear. The kingdom of Alefgard has been ravaged by the Dragonlord – an evil being of pure darkness.
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