Dragon Questing V Part XVIII [Game Overview]

This is it, the final confrontation for Dan and his family against the forces of evil that have plagued his entire life. After a brief stop in an underworld town, Dan, Debora, Dave, and Beca all headed for Mount Zugzwang (ridiculous name for the final fortress, I know). The monsters were all at their toughest, but they were no match for the party and they quickly reached the holding place of Dan’s mother, Madalena.

After a tearful reunion, Mada decides to give up her life to weaken the final boss, Grandmaster Nimzo (Grandmaster, get it?). Just before she can finish her sacrifice, the first boss of the dungeon, the man who had tormented Dan for his entire life, Bishop Ladja, appeared to disrupt the sacrifice by murdering Madalena before it could be completed. After finally defeating him, Mada somehow calls upon the light to finish him off before he could escape yet again. With her last bit of life she called upon the Goddess to lend strength to Dan to help him kill Nimzo. She died and Pankraz’s soul appeared. The two of them said goodbye to their family and disappeared into the afterlife.

With a renewed sense of purpose, Dan and his family pressed onward to the Grandmaster to strike him down. Like other characters in the game, Nimzo had an accent, but it was super bizarre to emphasize just how otherworldly he was. Instead of using the normal, in-game font, Nimzo spoke with symbols and custom, super alien-looking script that was actually really difficult to understand. No matter, his words were unnecessary as the party teamed up to fight his two forms and defeat him, ending the underworld threat forever and concluding the Zenithian saga (DQ VI is part of the Zenithian Saga, but it takes place before IV and V).

With Nimzo dead, the Zenithian Dragon, AKA Dr. Agon, carted Dan and his family throughout the world to get some closure with the various people he knew from his travels. They visited Harry, Bianca, Nera, and many more before returning to Gotha and settling down to live happily ever after.

So concludes the epic tale of Dan and his family’s journey. There will probably be one more post for me to address how I felt about this game and conclude this feature.