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|Name=Sage of Rain
|Game={{DQ1&2HD}}
|Image=[[Image:DQ Smash Grow Sage Of Rain Shrine.jpg|250px]]
|Sprite=
|Japanese name=雨の賢者
|Roumaji=Ame no kenja
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The '''Sage of Rain''' is the one who dwells in the [[Shrine of Rain]] to guard the [[Staff of Rain|eponymous staff]] from ne'er do wells, ensuring it would only come into the hands of the worthy.
==Appearances==
==={{DQ}}===
The Sage of Rain before the [[treasure chest]] holding the [[Staff of Rain]] and demands that the {{Hero 1}} provide evidence of his claim of being of the bloodline of [[Erdrick]], only handing over the [[Staff of Rain|staff]] when shown the [[Lyre of Ire]] to prove his courage. Interestingly, in the {{NES}} version he will vanish when spoken to and the [[Lyre of Ire|Lyre]] will disappear from the {{Hero 1}}'s inventory, only for him to reappear when the {{Hero 1}} exists and reenters the shrine. This was altered in ''[[Dragon Quest I & II]]'' so that he simply steps aside for the player to open the {{Chest}}.

==={{DQ1HD}}===
The Sage has been given his own distinct sprites in the HD version, and more personality as well. The Sage initially refuses the {{Hero 1}} until he is told the wanderer is on orders from [[King Lorik]] to speak with him, but he nevertheless states that it is the duty of his long line of sages to test those who would bear the mark of the {{Hero 1}} and that the staff will not be his until he returns with the [[Lyre of Ire]]. 

Much later, near the finale of the game, the Shrine of Rain is under siege by the [[Dragonlord]]'s forces with the Sage nowhere to be found. It is not until the {{Hero 1}} reaches the summit of the shrine that he sees the old man being confronted by the leader of the assault, the [[Goregoyle]], who demands the Sage hand over the [[Staff of Rain]]. The old man taunts death in face as he tells the [[Goregoyle]] off, giving the {{Hero 1}} the time needed to intercept a fatal blow. Once the villain is slain the Sage thanks the {{Hero 1}} for his timely rescue, and is astonished to see he has {{Faerie}}s in tow. On the {{Faerie}}s' insistence the group enters the inner-most sanctum of the shrine and the Sage witnesses the two fair folk use the [[Faerie Flute]] and [[Lyre of ire]] to summon [[Rubiss]] back into [[Alefgard]]. Besides himself in awe, he declares the [[Staff of Rain]] belongs to the {{Hero 1}} and accompanies him to his living quarters on the shrine's first floor, where he reveals the {{Chest}} housing the [[Staff of Rain|Staff]] was right in under everyone's noses the whole time thanks to the invisibility granted by rubbing [[Fading Jenny]] oil on it.

{{DQI&IIHD}}

[[Category:Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake characters]]