Cantlin is a walled city located in the south central region of Alefgard. Cantlin is most famous for it's heavy fortifications and for being guarded by a golem in the original game. It was recently featured in Dragon Quest Builders as the starting city, followed by Rimuldar.
The city of Cantlin is typically the last city the player visits due to it's distance from Tantegel and the strength of the surrounding monsters. When first approached, the city is guarded by a golem whose battle is triggered when the hero first attempts to enter the ramparts surrounding the city. This battle is a one time event, and is the only place where a golem can be encountered. The weapons and armor shop in Cantlin sells the best equipment the character can purchase in the game.
Dragon Quest Builders
Despite all of this, Cantlin is a not a required location to visit in order to complete the game.
Locked doors
The first game has two doors in southwestern part of town, the first of which leads to man with clues Erdrick's Armor, and the second to the hidden shops.
Informing The Hero and his cousins about the Lighthouse containing 1 of 5 Sigils, the grandson of the Dragonlord points them to an island south of where Cantlin once stood.
The people of Catnlin have given into despair due to Zoma's tyranny, with the shops being left unattended and the merchants languishing in the streets. A family above the unmanaged inn despair as their child is slowly succumbing to his misery of living in such a world, and even withdraws his plea to the Hero to slay the archfiend out of hopelessness. The man in the next room over researches the technique to build an artificial guardian for the town, but with the people seeing the futility in even tending the fields it is a wasted effort. The only person not depressed is Galen the bard, who traveled to the town after a falling out with his parents.
A Monster Arena lies beneath the town, where some citizens go to project themselves into the life and death struggles of the monsters to feel alive. It's just a distraction from the somber reality that surrounds them, and the only one to not dupe themselves into the false furor is a little girl looking for her father.
After the devil is defeated, the people of Cantlin will find new meaning in life and beseech the hero as their savior, with the languishing child becoming active again and the researching tossing away his notes for future generations to pick up instead now that the town no longer needs a guardian.
Treasures
The following are exclusive to the SNES remake and its ports.
Dark robe (it will be available to search for in a grassy area in the center building after getting the second riddle in Cloudsgate Citadel)
Mini medal (search in the building in the top left corner of town)
Party dress (right drawer upstairs in the larger shop on the left side of the town)
Prayer ring (search in the center of the building on the lower left corner of town)
These areas collectively serve as the tutorial for the game, easing the player into the concepts of building, crafting, hunger, and the passage of time.
Etymology
The city takes its name from the Cantlin Stone, which sits near the boarder between England and Wales. The name comes from William Cantlin, a peddler who died under mysterious circumstances between the English Bettws-y-Crwyn parish and the Welsh Kerry parish. An dispute arose over which parish should bury the man who had no family, with Bettws taking the task and claiming the plot of land afterwards. The grave is marked by a cross standing tall in amid the empty field, giving the location it's distinction.
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