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Yes We Kandar

I’m sure I’ve brought up Kandar, the thief from Dragon Quest III, in the past. I have somewhat of a strange fondness for the character, despite the fact that he killed so many times when I played the game. Interestingly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Language, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, aliahan, baharata, bakor, brecconary, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, erdrick, femiscyra, great pit of giaga, kandar, kirk buzzer, nasi kandar, robbin' 'ood, romaly, thieves, zoma |

Earth to Erdrick

I’ve mentioned before how the world of Dragon Quest III is modeled on our own Earth, although there are some strange differences. One of them is the lost continent of Aliahan, although that presumably refers to legends of Atlantis and … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Exploration, Colonization of America, Dragon Quest, History, Japan, Roman Empire, Video Games | Tagged aliahan, baharata, baramos, cleopatra, dragon quest iii, edinbear, elves, greenlad, himiko, isis, lancel, liamland, luzami, navel of the earth, necrogond, noaniels, portoga, samanao, simon bolivar, spice trade, zipangu |

Ready, Abel, and Willing to Dai

While the Dragon Quest series is only moderately popular here in the United States, it’s huge in Japan, so it’s not too surprising that there would be spin-offs. Occasionally there are official translations of these as well, but most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Dragon Quest, Monsters, Television, Video Games | Tagged abel, abel yuusha, akira toriyama, aliahan, avan, baramos, chiu, crocodine, dai, dai no daibouken, daisy, demon lord vearn, demons, dodonga, dragon ball z, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon warrior, dragons, estark, janack, legend of the hero abel, manga, marm, marquis de leon, moko, pop, princess leona, tiala, wolves, zoma |

March of the Archfiends

I’ve been meaning for some time to write a post on the main villains in the Dragon Quest series, but I had hoped I might finish at least one more game before going ahead with it. I haven’t done that … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Dragon Quest, Television, Video Games | Tagged aamon, aliahan, aron nimzowitsch, barmos, castle charlock, chess, crests, demons, dragon queen, dragonlord, emblem of roto, estark, evil statue, eye of malroth, ganon, grandmaster nimzo, hargon, healmore, hyrule, malroth, mirudraas, monsters, mortamor, necrosaro, orgodemir, psaro, radimvice, rosaly, rubiss, saro, secret of evolution, sidoh, sphere of light, starkers, sword of erdrick, the trojan dragon, three men and a dragon, zenithia, zoma |

The Ghostly Romance of Errol and Olivia

An interesting thing about Dragon Quest III (originally released as Dragon Warrior III here in the States, and that’s how I played it) is that its world is modeled on our own Earth. Yes, there are some significant differences, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Music, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged aliahan, atlantis, cleopatra, dragon quest iii, dragon warrior iii, eric, errol, greenlad, himiko, locket of love, lorelei, mu, necrogond, olivia, promontory of olivia, shrines, yamata no orochi |