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'''Cloudsgate Citadel''' is a central location in {{DQ6}} and a [[bonus dungeon]] in the remake of the third. In both titles it is a flying castle ruled over by a wise monarch known as [[King Zenith]].

Cloudsgate Citadel was added to the game in the {{Super Famicom}} remake released in 1996, and has been included in every port since. The layout of the castle is very different from how it is seen in the sixth game, being found at the end of a long [[bonus dungeon]] that makes up the floating firmament that it sits upon. The purpose of the location is to serve as the home of the dragon [[Xenlon]], a divine being who is capable of granting wishes to any who can defeat her in battle--these wishes vary depending on the version of the game being played but reviving [[Ortega]] and being able to flip through a [[Guns'n'Buns|certain book]] are always present.

A former location in the [[Upper World]], Cloudsgate Citadel was sealed away by the Dread Fiend [[Dhuran]] prior to the beginning of the game, and a giant hole (Referred to as '''Chasm Where Cloudsgate Was'''<ref name="auto">Name given when [[Storeyteller]] is used in the [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Cell phone]] version.</ref>)is left behind in its place. Rather than being fully sealed in suspended animation as the areas target by the other [[Dread Fiend]]s were, [[Dhuran]] merely sealed the souls of the inhabitants of the citadel and used the castle as his personal abode, where it becomes corrupted by darkness and takes to the air as a flying fortress. The {{Hero 6}} must gather four [[Zenithian Equipment|legendary artifacts]] and complete a ceremony at a '''Shrine of Legend'''<ref name="auto"/> south of [[Madame Luca's House]] and east of [[Felonia]]--this will cause the castle to descend as a boss battle known as [[Stormsgate Citadel (boss)|Stormsgate Citadel]]. The {{Party 6}} will need to defeat the castle itself in battle in order to explore it.  

Inside the castle, the {{Hero 6}} and his companions will need to engage Dhuran in battle to lift the darkness and restore the castle to its proper place. Once restored, the castle returns to its proper place on the ground and is once again inhabited by humans, although a [[Slime]] loitering on the balcony has been turned into a little boy during the purification process. There is a large dragon egg tended to by the castle gardener is found in the lowest floor, which is said to be able to change the fate of the world for the better after hatching. After [[Mortamor]] is defeated and the upper world begins to fade away, Cloudsgate Citadel remains as the only part of it that can still be seen and, floating above the real world, it becomes the fabled [[Zenithia]] seen in {{IV}} and {{Dragon Quest V}}. At some point between {{VI}} and {{V}}, the castle's inherent ability to float will fade away, making two [[Gold Orb|golden orbs]] necessary for the castle to remain in the skies.

====Nearby {{MFamilies}}s====

*[[Damned ram|Battering ram]]

 

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==Map & Gallery==

===<small>Shrine of Legend/Stormsgate Citadel</small>===