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|image = [[Image:Zenithia_artwork.jpg|right|thumb|400px]] | |image = [[Image:Zenithia_artwork.jpg|right|thumb|400px]] | ||
|caption = Zenithia, | |caption = Official art of Zenithia, circa 2001 | ||
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|romanji= Zenith castle | |romanji= Zenith castle | ||
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'''Zenithia''', also called | '''Zenithia''', also called ''Zenith Castle'', is the name of a fictional sky castle from the video game series ''[[Dragon Quest]]''. The first appearance is in ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'', and the castle is one of several elements from ''[[Dragon Quest IV|IV]]'', ''[[Dragon Quest V|V]]'', and ''[[Dragon Quest VI|VI]]'' which connects the three games as a distant trilogy; this group was often called the ''Tenku'' (Japanese for ''Heaven'', or ''Sky''), or the ''Tenkuu no Shiro'' (''Castle in the Sky'') trilogy until Square Enix branded them as the [[Zenithia Trilogy]] in 2008. | ||
Zenithia is home to a powerful [[Zenith Dragon|dragon]], lord of the skies, and the winged, angel-like Zenithian people. Zenithians are an insular culture who avoid contact with those on the ground if at all possible, but there have been instances where they have fallen off the clouds by accident or descended to earth of their own volition. | Zenithia is home to a powerful [[Zenith Dragon|dragon]], lord of the skies, and the winged, angel-like Zenithian people. Zenithians are an insular culture who avoid contact with those on the ground if at all possible, but there have been instances where they have fallen off the clouds by accident or descended to earth of their own volition. | ||