Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation: Difference between revisions

''Dragon Quest VI'' opens as the {{Hero 6}}, [[Milly]], and [[Carver]] approach the castle of Murdaw, the demon king. After Milly summons a dragon, the party enters the castle and comes face to face with Murdaw. Overpowering the trio, Murdaw appears to destroy each member of the party. The Hero wakes up in [[Weaver's Peak]], and cannot remember anything before the fight with Murdaw. Tania, a small girl from Weaver's Peak, insists that he is her brother.

On his way to [[Somnia (Upper World)|Somnia Castle]], where information on Murdaw can be found, the Hero stumbles into a strange portal which brings him to [[Wellshire|another unfamiliar town]]. However, no one can see or hear him. After finding a similar portal, the Hero reaches Somnia and meets Captain Blade, the leader of Somnia's army, and Carver, who appears not to remember the Hero. To defeat Murdaw they will need the [[Mirror of Ra]], and the captain sends them forth to find the missing relic. The Hero and Carver discover another portal along their journey, which brings them to [[Port Haven]] where they can neither be heard nor seen. Milly, who does see them, reunites with the two and helps them become visible with the aid of [[List of characters in Dragon Quest VI#Major Characters|Madame Luca]].  

The party discovers a [[Somnia (Lower World)|Somnia Castle]] in the “[[Lower World|Phantom World]]” and learns that the prince is missing and that the Hero looks like him. They also meet Captain Rusty, who bears a striking resemblance to Blade. Gaining entrance to the [[Moonmirror Tower]], the party meets [[Ashlynn]], a woman who was invisible in the “Phantom World” as well and together they find the Mirror of Ra.  

The four of them travel to Murdaw's [[Underkeep|castle]] in the original world. After defeating Murdaw, the Hero uses the Mirror and Murdaw then turns into the king of Somnia, confused and unaware of what happened. The king reveals that the "original" world is in fact the [[Dream World]] and the so-called “Phantom World” is the [[Real World]]. Upon traveling back to the Real World, the King of Somnia thanks the party for defeating Murdaw in his dreams, but that the real Murdaw lives and that the party must travel to [[Ghent]] to retrieve a boat to get to [[Murdaw's Keep|Murdaw's lair]]. In Ghent, [[Nevan]] the devout joins the party and allows them to use the Ghent Clan's sacred ship. Upon exploring the island, Carver discovers a statue bearing his exact likeness and realizes that Murdaw's actions in the opening scene separated his, Milly's, and the Hero's souls from their bodies, trapping them in the Dream World. During the fight with the real Murdaw, the Hero gets sent back to Weaver's Peak like before; however with the Mirror of Ra the Hero warps back into the battle and defeats Murdaw.

After the victory celebration back at the castle, the Queen of Somnia tells the Hero that he is the Prince of Somnia and that his current existence is incomplete--Murdaw's curse still lingers, and his dream-self has not returned to his body. Told to go forth and find himself, the party's journey leads them to [[Arkbolt]], where a [[Lizzie|terrible monster]] is blocking a nearby [[Wayfarer's Pass|tunnel]] to the rest of the continent. The reward for defeating the monster is the famed [[Sunderbolt blade|Sunderbolt sword]], but before the party can confront the beast a warrior by the name of [[Terry]] slays her, winning the sword.  

After travelling both worlds, the party learns that Murdaw was not the only evil in the world, having confronted several other powerful monsters that all seem to be connected. [[File:DQVI DS Ashlynn.png|thumb|100px|right|The sorceress [[Ashlynn]].]]

As the journey goes on, the party saves several towns and kingdoms from supernatural onslaughts and monstrous sieges, hearing legends of a forgotten city of magic known as [[Sorceria]]. Forebodingly, they also hear tales of a dreaded Arch-fiend who controlled Murdaw and the other powerful ringleaders the common monsters obeyed. After slaying a [[Gracos|demonic fish]] at [[Seabed Shrine|a shrine]] in the [[Undersea|depths of the ocean]], the ancient city of Sorceria is restored in the Dream World.  

In Sorceria, the party learns that this is Ashlynn's home. The elders tell Ashlynn that the Demon Lord is watching her and give her the powerful spell [[Magic Burst]] to fight him. The party also learns that the only way to get to the Demon Lord is through a tower known as the [[Pillar of Pegasus]], but to activate the tower they need to collect the sword, armour, shield, and helmet of legend. While doing so, the Hero meets his double in the real Weaver's Peak, who gets spooked, and speaks “Y-You. Y-You're m-m-me!”, and says that he must prove himself to be faithful to his family if he is to join powers. Returning to the real Somnia, the king and queen tell the Hero that he is indeed the prince. When he fuses with his clone, the Hero gains his memory back, much like Milly and Carver had done.

Once Stormsgate Citadel has transformed back into its true form, [[Cloudsgate Citadel]], the party speaks to [[Zenithia|King Zenith]] who informs them of Mortamor's doings and how to reach the [[Dark World]]. Mortamor plans on merging both worlds. The party’s horse fuses with [[Pegasus]], allowing the party to fly to the Dark World. With the help of two brothers, Isaac and Benjamin, the party enters [[Mortamor's Dreadlair]]. After solving many puzzles, they come face to face with Mortamor and defeat him. Isaac reveals that the Dark World is falling apart and Pegasus helps them escape.

*{{Hero 6}}: A lad with blue hair who lives in the mountain village of Weaver's peak with his sister [[Tania (Dragon Quest VI)|Tania]].

*[[Carver]]: A wandering martial artist first encountered in the kingdom of Somnia, where he enlists alongside the hero in the military.

*[[Milly]]: A mysterious waif who apprentices under the famed fortune teller Luca Luminesta, and aids  the hero and Carver in Port Haven.

*[[Ashlynn]]: An amnesiac girl who forces herself into the party at Moon Mirror Tower who's a dab hand at spell casting. She warms up the hero rather quickly.

*[[Nevan]]: The prodigal grandson of the head priest of the Ghent tribe. It takes a moment of divine intervention to motivate him into joining the group.

*[[Terry]]: A wandering swordsman with a smug attitude and skills to match. Doesn't speak much to the party at first, but he always leaves Milly speechless.

*[[Amos]]: The local hero of a backwoods burg who joins the party after an optional sidequest.

*[[Lizzie]]: A prehistoric powerhouse who nests in the wayfarer's pass near the kingdom of Arkbolt, putting local travel on lockdown until she is evicted. Less brutish than her appearance lets on, she has a soft spot under her scales for Terry.

As the sixth installment to the ''Dragon Quest'' series,  the graphics and sound presentation were improved significantly from {{DQ5}}, which was criticized for being too similar to the 8-bit installments and not taking advantage of the {{SNES}} hardware.  

Changing vocations will not cause a character to lose any spells or skills from the old class, but special powers such as the Thief's [[Thievery|ability to steal items]] will be lost when the character is not in the appropriate vocation.

If a character masters two or three of these occupations by increasing their rank to the maximum of eight, they may upgrade to a second tier vocation that far exceeds the sum of its parts. For example, mastering the warrior and the martial artist vocations allows a character to become a gladiator. Not all characters are suited to every class, as their natural stats may be too low to be effective even after the increase from joining the class.

*[[Mage]]: Most attributes go down, except wisdom and MP. {{Attack}} and debilitating spells are learned.

*[[Priest]]: Many attributes decrease, but the priest is less frail than the mage. Restorative, support, and woosh spells are learned.

*[[Dancer]]:  All attributes save for style and agility drop significantly, and a variety of status inducing dances are learned

*[[Thief]]: Agility goes up, but most other stats go down, and skills that help outside battle, such as Eye for Distance, are learned. The thief may also steal an item from an enemy at the end of a battle.

*[[Monster Master]]: All stats go down except for agility, wisdom and style. Several breath skills are learned, as well as the puff spell. In the original {{SFC}} version, monsters may join the party when there is a monster master present, and in the remake there is a chance that enemies will be asleep at the start of battle.

*[[Merchant]]: Wisdom goes up, but most stats go down, and a random assortment of skills are learned. At the end of battle, a small portion of extra money is added to the party's income.

*[[Pegasus]]

The scenario designer, like always, is [[Yuji Horii]]. As in all other ''Dragon Quest'' games, the art work and design are made by [[Akira Toriyama]] of ''Dragon Ball'' fame, who also worked on ''Chrono Trigger'', ''[[Tobal No.1]]'', and ''[[Blue Dragon (series)|Blue Dragon]]''. This is the last game in the series to belong to the [[Zenithia]] or the Tenkuu no Shiro (Castle in the Sky) trilogy.

After the release of ''I + II'' in 1993 development of ''VI'' began in earnest, with a goal of returning to the more adventurous, less on-rails structure of the [[Erdrick trilogy]] and also parodying the ''very'' common trope of the "hidden world" scenario that RPGs and adventure games employed in the 90's. By introducing the concept of the Upper and Lower worlds within the first ten minutes of gameplay, Horii avoided the cliche of the late-game introduction of a hidden area where the cast would be forced to explore before confronting the final evil, and allowed ''VI'' to carry an air of genuine mystery from beginning to end.

In July 2007, Square Enix announced a series of remakes of {{DQ4}}, {{V}} and ''VI'' for the Nintendo DS. This marked the first time the game was available on another console and outside of Japan. Prior to this, it had only been available through [[fan translation|fan translations]].  ''Dragon Quest VI'' was the final game of the subseries to be released, following {{Dragon Quest IV}} in 2008 and {{Dragon Quest V}} in 2009.   

*A prequel, {{DQM}} (''Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland'' in Japan), was released in 1998. This game featured Terry and Milly years before the events of ''Dragon Quest VI''. It was released in North America the next year, even though ''Dragon Quest VI'' was never released in North America. Along with Terry and Milly, several of the main enemies, including Mortamor, reappear. However, their previous roles have been eliminated, making them appear as just normal enemies. Mortamor and Murdaw (Mudou in the game) do appear as very challenging, very late in-game bosses, though.

|Akira Toriyama, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru