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'''Alefgard''' is | [[Image:DQI_Sprite_Overworld.gif|thumb|250px|right|Alefgard, as it appears in the first {{Dragon Quest}} game released in North America, {{Dragon Warrior}}.]] | ||
'''Alefgard''' (アレフガルド ''Arefugarudo'') is both a land and a [[List of Kingdoms in Dragon Quest|kingdom]] featured prominently in the first three games of the {{DQSeries}}: {{DQ}}, {{DQ2}} and {{DQ3}}. | |||
Alefgard is also found in {{DQSeries}}, {{DQB}}, ''[[Itadaki Street Special]]'', and ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''. | |||
Alefgard is a series of continents connected by bridges and caves, making it easily traversable on foot. | |||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
Alefgard is the original "overworld" in the | [[Image:Alefgard_Guards.png|230px|right|thumb|Typical Alefgard guards]] | ||
Alefgard is the original "overworld" in the {{DQSeries}}. It is akin to [[Torland]] in {{Dragon Quest II}}. However, in later {{Main Series}} games, the concept of giving a name to the overall world map was dropped with Alefgard, [[Torland]], and [[Erdrea]] in {{Dragon Quest XI}} being the only exceptions. | |||
Although Alefgard is a set of continents divided by water, generally the divisions are quite small, requiring only bridges to connect the various land masses. The exception to this is the southeastern continent, which can be reached only via the [[Quagmire Cave]]. Rather than identifying areas by geographical location, it is easiest to identify regions by the names of towns/villages in the vicinity (i.e. the [[Kol]] region). | |||
==={{DQ}}=== | |||
Alefgard is the geographical setting of the original {{Dragon Quest}}. It contains every component of the game and must be fully explored in order to reach [[Dragonlord's Castle|Charlock Castle]] and defeat the [[Dragonlord]]. Towns featured include [[Tantegel]], [[Galenholm]], [[Kol]], [[Rimuldar]], [[Damdara]], and [[Cantlin]]. | |||
==={{DQ2}}=== | |||
Alefgard has been severely minimized in order to fit within the game due to hardware limitations, with much of the game taking place in the surrounding lands known as greater Alefgard. Almost all of the Alefgard locations have been removed with the exception of [[Tantegel]], [[Dragonlord's Castle|Charlock Castle]], and the [[Sanctum]]. Overall, Alefgard plays no significant role in {{Dragon Quest II}}. | |||
==={{DQ1&2HD}}=== | |||
Several new locations have been added to Alefgard in the HD-2D remake of ''Dragon Quest I'', including the [[Faerie Village (Dragon Quest I)|Faerie Village]], [[Weirdwood]] and [[Citadel of the Monarch of Medals]]. | |||
In ''Dragon Quest II'', while Alefgard is still somewhat compressed, every major location from the original {{Dragon Quest}} is now fully represented. However, the new locations added to its HD-2D version do not return, with the faeries and medal monarch having moved to different locations. Visiting [[Tantegel]] and the [[Dragonlord's Castle]] is now a mandatory part of the story. | |||
=== | ==={{DQ3}}=== | ||
Alefgard | Alefgard is the 'underworld' or 'dark world' of {{Dragon Quest III}} and is reached late in the game by leaping into the [[Great Pit of Giaga]]. This game features a full Alefgard, including some locations which did not appear in the original {{Dragon Quest}} such as the [[Tower of Rubiss]]. It also featured [[Damdara]] as a regular town, whereas the first game has it as a deserted town consisting of random monster encounters. At the end of {{Dragon Quest III}}, Alefgard is sealed off from the [[Overworld (Dragon Quest III)|overworld]]. | ||
=== | ==={{DQ3HD}}=== | ||
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=== | ==={{DQMCH}}=== | ||
Prince [[Kiefer]] of {{Dragon Quest VII}} adventures through a version of greater Alefgard set several centuries after the conclusion of ''Dragon Quest II''. | |||
===Dragon Quest | ==={{DQB}}=== | ||
The first ''Builders'' game is set in a corrupted version of Alefgard where the {{Hero 1}} accepts the [[Dragonlord]]'s offer of half the world, leading to a century of despair. The [[Builder (Dragon Quest Builders)|Builder]] is tasked by [[Rubiss]] to restore the land, bringing knowledge of construction and crafting to the people after the century of darkness has left them ignorant and vulnerable. | |||
==Culture== | |||
In modern localizations, the people of Alefgard speak Elizabethan English, while the people in the world above introduced in {{III}} speak various modern English dialects in a variety of accents. In the original localizations, people of both worlds spoke a grammatically incorrect attempt at early modern English. The {{GBC}} localizations eliminated archaicizing language entirely. | |||
As an illustration of the dialect difference, the original [[Robbin' 'Ood]] comes from the overworld and speaks a sort of Cockney English. But his descendent, introduced in the HD-2D remake of {{I}}, is a native Alefgardian, so he speaks Elizabethan English. | |||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
Alefgard has its own specific world music which is used | Alefgard has its own specific world music which is used in the first 3 {{Main Series}} games. This musical theme is one of the most well known in the series. | ||
The {{NES}} versions of {{II}} and {{III}} would only use the overworld music from the first game while [[Tantegel]] for example would use the castle music of {{II}} and {{III}}. The remakes of both games would incorporate more of the first game's music into the appropriate areas | |||
==Connection to the world above== | |||
The nature of the connection between Alefgard and the world seen in ''Dragon Quest III'' is explained in the finale of {{DQ2HD}}, when [[Ramia]] escorts the [[Scions of Erdrick]] to [[Aliahan]] by flying them into a dimensional portal high in the sky. The Great Pit of Giaga houses such a dimensional portal within its depths that also connects to the open sky of Alefgard, creating the in-universe misconception that the two dimensions are physically linked in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth hollow earth] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_spheres celestial spheres] arrangement of stratum on a cosmic scale. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Torland]], the invented English name for greater Alefgard used during the {{NES}} era | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery | <center><gallery> | ||
DQI_Sprite_Overworld.gif|Overworld | Dragon Quest Alefgard map production document 1985.png|Concept sketch of Alefgard, 1985 | ||
DQI_Artwork_Overworld.jpg|Overworld Artwork Map | DQI_Sprite_Overworld.gif|Overworld sprite map in {{I}}. ({{NES}}). | ||
</gallery> | Alefgard map 1986.png|The first published map in {{I}}, 1986 | ||
DQI_Artwork_Overworld.jpg|A second map from the late 80's | |||
Dragon Quest II Greater Alefgard map production document 1986.png|Concept art of Greater Alefgard, 1986 | |||
Greater Alefgard map 1987.png|Grater Alefgard map, 1987 | |||
Greater Alefgard map 1993.png|Grater Alefgard map, 1993 | |||
DQIII_Sprite_DarkWorld.gif|{{DQ3}} Dark World sprite pap in {{III}}. ({{NES}}). | |||
DQI 25th Anniversary Artwork Overworld.jpg|Artwork for the 25th anniversary of {{I}}. | |||
DQ Android Alefgard Map.jpg|Overworld map in {{DQ}}. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQ III Android Alefgard Map.jpg|Overworld map in {{III}}. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQB-Alefgard Map.png|Map of Alefgard for {{DQB}}. | |||
DQ Smash Grow Wandering Swordsman In Alefgard.jpg|Alefgard citizen who meets the [[party]] of another world in ''[[Dragon Quest Smash/Grow]]''. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQ Smash Grow First Alefgard Secret Spot.jpg|Secret treasure spot which is east of [[Quagmire Cave]]. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQ Smash Grow Second Alefgard Secret Spot.jpg|Secret treasure spot which is west of [[Damdara]]. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQ Smash Grow Third Alefgard Secret Spot.jpg|Secret treasure spot which is west of [[Cantlin]]. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
DQ Smash Grow Fourth Alefgard Secret Spot.jpg|Secret treasure spot which is west of the [[Shrine of Rain]]. Opened [[Princess Gwaelin]] during the epilogue of the {{Dragon Quest}} event. ([[Cell phone]]) | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
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