Joshua
| Joshua | |
| Dragon Quest V | |
| Japanese name | ヨシュア |
| Romaji | Yoshua |
| Race | Human |
| Family | Maria (sister) Kendrick (nephew) |
"You see, it's just a rumour but...
Well, there are whispers that all of the slaves will have to be killed when the temple is finished to keep what happened here a secret.
The thought of that happening to my beloved Maria!"
—Joshua, in Crocodilopolis (DS, Cell phone)
Joshua is a minor character in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. He is a guard for the Order of Zugzwang and the older brother of Maria.
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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[edit]
Like his sister, Joshua was once a true believer in the doctrine of the Order of Zugzwang, but he became disillusioned with the cult after his sister fell out with them and was enslaved. After Harry and the Hero try to intervene when Maria is publicly whipped for disobedience and are locked up, Joshua visits their cell and helps them escape with his sister in the barrels the Order uses to dispose of the bodies of dead slaves. Joshua remains behind to face his fate.
Maria prays for her brother's safety, but when the party visits the completed Crocodilopolis later in the game, Joshua's skeleton and his last message to his sister can be found.