Norvik
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| Japanese | ノアニール |
| Romaji | Noanīru |
| Game | Dragon Quest III Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |
| Old localization | Noaniels |
Norvik is a town in the overworld of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.
It is located north of Khoryv, and is approximate to Scandinavia in the real world. Appropriately, the village has trouble with the Fair Folk.
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit]
Several years before the beginning of the game, a young man from Norvik had fallen in love with the daughter of the Queen of Faeries, Aniseed. Though the maiden reciprocated his affection, their love was scorned by the faerie law and the two fled together. The Queen loathed humans, and assumed that the young man kidnapped her daughter―in her fury, she placed a curse upon the village that sent the townsfolk into a permanent slumber save for the man's father and an elderly man whom were both outside of the village at the time. It is unknown exactly how long the village slept, but a woman in the church of Romaria frets that she has not received any letters from her relatives in Norvik for many years.
The lad's father goes to their village and pleads with the Queen to lift the curse, as the villagers knew nothing of the affair and that his son would never kidnap a faerie, while the old man remains behind and explains the situation to the Hero. The curse is lifted by returning the dreamstone from the Underground Lake to the Queen. The Hero also passes along the final words Aniseed left behind, explaining that the couple chose to end their lives together in the underground lake rather than be separated. The Queen is devastated to learn that she unwittingly brought her daughter to suicide, and gives the party the wakey dust to end her curse.
Once revived, life in the village returns to normal―though none of the townsfolk get tired, not even at night. The villagers wonder at the sudden changes their home has undergone, from their perspective, while the father of the young man cannot bear to tell his wife what has happened to their boy. Adding to the tragedy is that the lad's parents planned on blessing their son's union with Aniseed when the coupled returned to his home, and later in the game his mother asks the player to tell the two of them to return to Norvik if they're encountered, already seeing Aniseed as her daughter-in-law. Going off of this exchange and the dialogue from the woman on the first floor of the village inn, Aniseed's nature as one of the fair folk was negligible to the villagers and the young couple's romance was celebrated.
Treasures (Remakes only)[edit]
Shop & services[edit]
Item shop | Item | Price | Attributes |
 Steel broadsword | 1,300 | Defense +33 |
 Wizard's staff | 1,500 | Attack +15 |
 Cloak of evasion | 2,900 | Defense +23 |
 Holy water | 20 | ? |
 Chimaera wing | 25 | ? |
 Moonwort bulb | 30 | ? |
 Tangleweb | 35 | ? |
Nearby monsters[edit]
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit]
Norvik is now overrun with weeds and tall grass, and until the curse is lifted the overworld icon is shrouded in mist. When the curse is lifted there remains a masked thug slumbering behind the inn, but this is in fact a disguised rockbomb who happened to stroll in to the village. He requires Ra's mirror to be exposed, and the faerie curse does not need to be lifted before recruiting him.
One of the villagers will mention that a traveller from Aliahan briefly rested at the village and departed just one day before the Queen's curse was laid.
Shops & services[edit]
Item Shop | Item | Price | Attributes |
 Medicinal herb | 8 | Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally |
 Antidotal herb | 10 | Cures poison from one party member |
 Holy water | 20 | Wards off weaker monsters |
 Chimaera wing | 25 | Can be used to return to previously visited locations |
 Moonwort bulb | 30 | Cures paralysis |
 Tangleweb | 35 | Casts Deceleratle on one group |
 Boomerang | 540 | Attack +11 Smacks all foes |
 Wizard's staff | 620 | Attack +21 Casts Frizz |
 Steel broadsword | 2,000 | Attack +32 |
 Cloak of evasion | 1,200 | Defence +28 Evasion +12.5% |
 Fur hood | 510 | Defence +15 |
Treasure[edit]
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Mini medal | x1 | N/A |
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Special medicine | x1 | N/A |
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Coagulant | x1 | N/A |
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Moonwort bulb | x1 | N/A |
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Sage's elixir | x1 | N/A |
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Seed of agility | x1 | N/A |
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Seed of strength | x1 | N/A |
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The Saddest Story Ever Told | x1 | N/A |
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Wizard's staff | x1 | N/A |
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Leather kilt | x1 | N/A |
Nearby monsters[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
- "Norvik" is a portmanteau derived from Norway and viking.
In other languages[edit]
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español castellano | Nórvik | Likely from Old Norse norðr and vík |
 Español latinoamericano | Norvik | Likely from Old Norse norðr and vík |
 Français | Norvik | Likely from Old Norse norðr and vík |
 Deutsch | Norvik | Likely from Old Norse norðr and vík |
 Italiano | Norvik | Likely from Old Norse norðr and vík |
 한국어 | 노아닐, Noanil | Transliteration of Japanese Noanīru |
 简体中文 | 诺尼尔, Nuòní'ěr | Transliteration of Japanese Noanīru |
 繁體中文 | 挪尼爾, Nuóní'ěr | Transliteration of Japanese Noanīru |
Gallery[edit]
Artwork & maps[edit]
The slumbering curse[edit]
The wakey dust is scattered
The awakened villagers, initial dialogue[edit]
The mother of Aniseed's lover wonders where her son has gone...
...blessing their union, contrasting the hateful Faerie Queen
A woman reveals she was saved by Ortega before she was cursed
A swordsman recognizes the Hero as Ortega's son
The awakened villagers, later dialogue[edit]
The old man laments the loss of his son, unable to tell his wife the truth
The other old man thanks the party...
...and wonders if he can, or should, break the news to the villagers
The other old man's grandson enjoys the boundless energy afforded by many years of sleep
The woman rescued by Ortega...
...bemoans the lack of men living up to his example
...and finds his son lacking
A woman approves of the elopment of Aniseed & her lover
...despite their unreliable nature
