Timekeeper
| Timekeeper | |
| Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | |
| Japanese name | 時の番人 |
| Romaji | Toki no ban'nin |
| Race | Human |
| Voice actor | Hōko Kuwashima (Japanese) Phoebe Fox (English) |
"To lose time is to lose much..."
—The Timekeeper, at the Tower of Lost Time
The Timekeeper is a mysterious entity in Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age who resides at the top of the Tower of Lost Time, guarding Time's Sphere.
AppearancesEdit
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive AgeEdit
The Timekeeper is a tall and slender Tockle-like being. She has a tube-shaped torso without legs, and long arms that stretch nearly to the ground. She wears gold bracers decorated with green gems, and a diamond-shaped green stone is embedded in her chest.
The party seeks out the Tower of Lost Time after obtaining the Wheel of Time, the cog-shaped key that unlocks the tower. A book that Rab had read hinted that it might be possible to use the tower's power to restore their lost companion Veronica to life; upon reaching the Timekeeper's perch at the top of the tower, the party asks the strange being if such a thing is truly possible. The Timekeeper explains that what they desire can be done, but only by destroying Time's Sphere, the crystallized collection of history assembled by the Spirits of Lost Time. Only the Luminary can destroy the sphere using the Sword of Light, and he will be taken back to the time of the "last intact memory", before the destruction of Yggdrasil. After some deliberation, the party agrees to try this in order to save Veronica and spare the world from the catastrophe caused by the World Tree's fall, so the Hero strikes the Sphere with his sword, destroying both and sending him into the past.
In Act 3, the party visits Yggdrasil's seedlings all across Erdrea and receives several visions of Erdwin's party in the long-ago Age of Heroes and discovers the Timekeeper's true identity: she was once Serenica, Erdwin's lover. After Erdwin was murdered by his comrade Morcant, Serenica sealed the body of the Dark One Calasmos within Erdwin's Lantern, then visited the Tower of Lost Time and attempted to break Time's Sphere herself, but failed. She collapsed in front of the Sphere, expecting to die, but was transformed into the Timekeeper instead. Since then, she has remained at the top of the Tower, watching over the flow of time and destiny.
After being shown all of the seedlings' visions and meeting the Seer, the party returns to the Watcher elder Eegoltap, who knew Serenica and her companions in the Age of Heroes. Eegoltap provides them with the Wheel of Time and directs them to the Tower of Lost Time to meet the Timekeeper once again. The Timekeeper awakens the full power of the Calamus Flute, cladding Cetacea in golden armour that will allow the party to penetrate Calasmos's barrier and challenge the Dark One.
In the aftermath of Calasmos's defeat, the party returns to the Tower of Lost Time. The Hero uses the mark of the Luminary to restore Serenica to her true form, then gives her the Sword of Light and passes the mark on to her. She is finally able to use the sword to shatter Time's Sphere as she once desired; the Sphere is destroyed, but the Sword of Light remains intact and there is no effect on the party or apparent change to history, even some time later during the game's epilogue. During the game's credits sequence, Serenica is shown reuniting with Erdwin.
TriviaEdit
- Veronica and Serena are stated to be twin reincarnations of Serenica, but it is unclear how that could be possible if Serenica's spirit continued to exist into the present day in the form of the Timekeeper.