Dragon Valor
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release date | JP December 2, 1999 EU June 30, 2000 NA October 15, 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) (13+) USK: 6+ OFLC: G8+ |
Dragon Valor is a video game created by Namco for the Sony PlayStation and released on December 2, 1999. It is an action role-playing game containing platform and hack and slash elements. It is a sequel to Namco's 1984 arcade game Dragon Buster.
In the Dragon Valor world, dragons are monsters with immense power; the player's role as a Dragon Valor is to slay them with a magical sword that is passed down through successive generations of the family. The game differs from other action platform games of the time in that whom the protagonist marries during the game will influence who will lead the adventure in its next phase. There are two choices in the first chapter, and a possible two choices in the second chapter, hence the gameflow has three potential paths and thus three different endings.
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[edit] Story
[edit] Prologue
The player begins in the role of Clovis Barclay, a young man living in the land of Jirat. His sister Elena has been killed by a dragon. After a basic tutorial of the moves and how to use the game's magic, but relatively simple interface Clovis fights and vanquishes the dragon but another dragon emerges from its corpse. Clovis, in a fit of rage, swears vengeance and that he will find and kill this dragon.
[edit] Chapter One: Avenger
Having tracked the fugitive dragon for 5 years, Clovis arrives in the kingdom of Raxis, where he engages in combat with bandits. After the brawl, Clovis is introduced to Carolina, an inventor who was shopping for parts when the bandits attacked, and she informs Clovis of the background:
The Azale Knights are a military force of Jirat led by Volef, the Black Knight. They had turned rogue, attacked Raxis Castle, home of the royal family and taken Princess Celia hostage. Also siding with Volef is Raimun, an alchemist and samurai; both had received their powers from a mysterious source which turns out to be the dragon pursued by Clovis.
After some gameplaying stages, the player may choose to rescue the princess or not, which will determine both the protagonist and the subsequent story of the next chapter. Having made the decision, the player (as Clovis) duels Volef, who runs off when beaten and heads for the alchemist's tower (where Raimun resides). After killing Raimun, Clovis' magic sword reveals that the dragon is hidden west, deep within the catacombs.
Clovis now faces a revived Volef, who now uses lightning based magic. Again, Volef runs away in defeat, only to lead Clovis to the dragon, who considers Volef's usefulness to be at an end and burns him to death just as Clovis arrives. Once the dragon is dead, Clovis realises that his vengeance has left him with nothing to do.
If the princess has been rescued earlier, the following chapter focuses on Arlen Barclay, heir to the throne of Raxis, otherwise it focuses on Kodel Barclay, who makes a living stealing from pirates. These characters have slight variations in fighting style.
[edit] Chapter Two : Arlen
We learn that Clovis found peace with Celia and his wounded heart was soothed. Later, the Kingdom of Raxis split into two factions, the East, which was ruled by the royal family, and the West, retitled Alkemia, led by Lodonya, Volef's son, and commander of the Azale Knights. However, the West Raxis Liberation Army, a resistance movement to Lodonya's rule, wishes to reunite Raxis into one Kingdom.
The whole dispute started because Celia married Clovis, a commoner. After the split between East and West, Lodonya turned up and took control of the West.
[edit] Main characters
- Clovis Barclay is a youth who swears to avenge the death of his sister Elena, a victim of the battle between himself and the Dragons. Although he devotes himself to the pursuit of vengeance, he is good-hearted.
- Carolina is a fledgling inventor, whom Clovis saves from demons at the border of Raxis. She falls in love with Clovis when he avenges the death of her father and later comes to share his life. Eventually, in the land of Kadeli, she follows her father's footsteps and, like him, becomes an inventor.
- Celia of Raxis is the Princess of the Kingdom of Raxis. She is held prisoner by the Azale Knights who killed her parents, the King and Queen of Raxis. Clovis rescues her, and is then invited to join the Raxis Knights. Over time the destinies of the two become entwined.
- Arlen of Raxis, son of Celia, although born Prince of Raxis, young Arlen is forced to fight as a knight due to the fragmentation of the kingdom. He meets a young girl name Shayla and the two eventually become friends. After when he defeats the ice dragon, the two get married and have a son name Filippe.
- Kodel Barclay, son of Carolina and Clovis, supports his family by using the swordsmanship he learned from his now-disappeared father. He has a rough-hewn personality He continues the second series of the game and meets a young pirate girl name Filippa. She does find him quite annoying but enjoys his company at times. At the end of Kodel's story, she announces that she is in love with him. They are soon married and have a son name Phillip, who's appearance takes much after his grandfather, Clovis. Phillip continues the third series and meets a beautiful girl name Jeanne. They both agree to work with each other in defeating the dragon, that is present in their city. When Phillip asks her of the reward, she simply replies that anything he asks for will be his. Immediately he asks for her, meaning having her for the rest of his life. At the end of Phillip's story, they are married and have two children, Michael and Anna.
