Last update on 1 September. Please look for Seaside posts about the new Seaside update and quests if you need those.
This is NOT a post about Family Farm Seaside. Every other post is about Seaside and I have extensive posts about the Cloud Farm amd its Garden.
Last updated on 1 September with the events leading up to the Heavenly Banquet.
Post in progress... for a friend and any one else who wishes to explore a fabulous world and tale. It is the latest release in the Rune Factory series and was made for the Switch and new Switch 2. One can play it on the small handheld Switch Lite as well.
What is interesting to me and I understood this when I wrote strategy guides for this series long ago, is how starting a new game after playing for awhile shows how it all works. This is a beautifully crafteed multi-layered game. Advancing in one aspect affects other aspects. In my original gqme, I just accepted progress without really investigating it. Now I actively study how to raise Village levels. This is first noted by me in early Summer in the Summer Village where Matsuri's quests dovetail now with Village level. I will start another game at some point for more detail but what occurred first was an announcement that I could organise contests. I was unable to do it, however initially. In the Summer Village I was able to choose a Contest and a date for it only a few days ago. Matsuri now wants to organise a Bon Festival. The Village Level now can be raised to 6 with an announcement finally that I can place a Chemist in the Volcano Chemist Shop. I am paying more attention to the villagers who come after levels are raised. In my first game, I just forged ahead rather blindly. I can state, with honesty, however, that even without knowledge, matters progressed. The game is as complex or as simple as you want it to be! You will get there in the end no matter what you do or fail to do.
Organising Contests:
Strangely enough, there is a separate little board for this at every God Shrine. It is NOT the same wooden board where you call the God for help nor the Request Board.
To make matters more complex, you cannot raise the Village Level by calling the God to appear at the Shrine. You must encounter the God naturally anywhere in the Village when the Village Level gauge at the top right of the screen is full and he or she then will declare more power has been restored and raise the Village Level then.
At the same time Matsuri's personal quest brought up the idea of the Bon Festival, I activated the Main Quest of the second meeting of the gods. Kurama, by the way, would have preferred I answered his invitation with the second option, a question about what refreshments I should bring rather than telling him I always would be happy to attend any event if he were part of it. He actually accused me of 'empty flattery'. I do not think his friendship level decreased hut I saved in a different file in case I wish to confirm that.
THE NATURE OF QUESTS:
Real progress runs on the Quests. There are three different types of Quests. The Main Quest is what creates true progress. The Gold Pin will show you where you need to be for the Main Quest and sometimes it requires simply that you go to bed!
The second type of quest is the Personal Quest of any character. This is a story in itself. The personal quest can be part of the background or even progress in the main narrative. It is the second page in the Quest Menu.
The third type of Quest appears on the Request Board as Emu Quests. Completing these can give you all sorts of items and points. Some appear temporarily and involve defeating specific monsters or trading specific trophies from Monsters for specific rewards.
Many of these give you materials like Lumber and Material Stone that always are needed for construction.
INTRODUCTION
This is a brief introduction to the new 'Guardians of Azuma' Rune Factory game for the Switch.
Although this is my site for Family Farm Seaside, I wanted to give a quick guide here for any one interested in a splendid game that combines farming with combat and some of the most beautiful graphics in any virtual world. Also friendship and romance!
It may become my favourite game. I always loved Rune Factory but found the versions made for the Switch difficult in terms of navigation. This game is very user friendly and offers more helpful information within the game itself than others that preceded it.
PHILOSOPHY OF RUNE FACTORY
The entire Rune Factory series is founded upon two fundamental premises:
1. Friendship
2. Restoration of the Land
Both drive the narrative forward. Both are requirements in terms of Quests.
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is advanced by daily or at least regular interactions with the characters. In older games, heart or friendship levels were raised by giving gifts the individual liked or loved. In this game, when you choose the option to interact further by choosing 'Hang Out', giving a gift is the first option but there always are three others.
If it is the individual's birthday, you obviously should choose to celebrate the occasion. Other options, however, can prove to be negative or positive. For example, for the swordsman Murasame, taking him to visit the Waterfall reminds him of a bad event from his past. For most others, however, it results in a pleasant bathing event and a bathing costume will be added to that character's wardrobe.
Even the negative options will give you insight into the character, and the effect will be added to his or her profile.
Note that, in the first couple of days, you only option after bring introduced to a character is to 'Talk'. You must interact repeatedly with the little girl Suzu to unlock the gift-giving option as well as the interaction Menu that offers four choices.
As a matter of fact, your first encounter with a character often is part of a Main Quesr event. When that is complete, the character actually will introduce himself or herself to you again. That is when friendship becomes an option.
As far as gifts are concerned, every one accept cherry blossoms happily. Once you restore any cherry tree to life with your sacred drum dance, you can stand in front of it and press A to knock cherry blossoms and lumber from it. What you receive ftom any tree is random so it is a good idea to collect as often as possible.
Friendship levels also determine the different interactive options you are given. Going to lunch together at Iroha's teahouse is a favourite with many, but it is a Level 3 option. If you try to invite the character before Level 3, you can raise friendship sonetimes but may actually meet with a curt refusal for your arrogance in assuming the bond you have is close enough. In other words, it is a bit of a gamble.
There are no time limits in this game. By talking to the individual as often as posdible and giving cherry blossoms when you unlock the option to give a gift, increase in friendship may be slow with some but it will be steady.
MOST FAVOURITE GIFTS
If cherry blossoms are a favourite gift, a little red heart will appear on the item in your inventory so you need not write everything down as I once did. I will include here a list of the Easiest Favourite Gifts for quick reference. Give that gift once and the heart icon will be added whenever you have that item in the future.
LIST OF EASIEST MOST FAVOURITE GIFTS
There is more than one item any character loves rather than merely likes but some are easier to obtain than others. Here are some of the easy gifts that will be displayed, once given, with a red heart icon:
Murasame: Onigari
At Level 4, he gives you Murasame's Pauldron Recipe.
Mauro: Cherry Blossoms
At Level 3, he gives you the Adventurer's Cap Recipe
Kurama: Sandwich, all types of Mochi
Cuilang: Iron
Fubuki: Grilled Salmon, all Meats
Ikaruga: Although you may find him in the grounds outside the Spring God Shrine, he will be nameless (???) until you fight and defeat him. Once you unlock the Second Meeting of the Gods Quest, you can find him seated on the deck that surrounds the Shrine and he will accept a gift.
After that, you initiate events in the Autumn Village where he has a conflict with Kotaro, then a fight with a huge bear. This takes you to the Autumn Fields where you fight by his side.
Note of warning: I was unaware there would be a real fight rather than merely an event and the Bear is very powerful. Do not activate the event unless you have the means to restore energy in your Inventory. Mind you, the bear laid into me a few times before I roused myself to fight back!
For Tempura Udon: Many thanks. I'm rather fond of these.
Kai: Azuma Sake
Ulalaka: Cherry Blossoms
Matsuri: Hibiscus Flower
Pilika: Honey
Iroha: Dango, Tri-colour Dango
She gives you the Maid Headband Recipe at Level 3
Hina: Strawberry Milk was given a Red Heart icon
Yachiyo: For Preserved Bonito on her birthday: How did you know I loved these? You are such a peach!
Suzu: Dango
Speaking to her will unlock the ability to interact four different ways
Zaza: Blade Shard, Iron
Sakaki: Pickled Turnips
Takumi: Iron
Kusatsu:
Strawberry Milk
On 10 Summer: 'Today's my birthday. I hope folks at least acknowledge my existence for once!'
And then celebrating his birthday with Strawberry Milk as a gift: 'I've never ever gotten this much attention before!' He then kind of ruins it with a lame joke to the effect that I must be 'head over heels' in love with him but quickly adds that is a joke. Poor, awkward chap.
GOLD PIN AND QUESTS
As far as the Story is concerned, the game is linear for the most part. Follow the Main Quest prompts and access the Map in the upper right corner of the screen by pressing the + button and then move your character towards the gold pin to make progress.
I lost valuable time initially by trying to move instantly towards the gold pin. It can be far more useful to use the round control on the right side of the Switch to be able to stand still but look in all directions before moving anywhere. My other mistake was not using the Map! The Map always appears in the upper right corner of the screen but when you actually open it, you can see all characters currently near you as well as many other helpful details including Dragon Save Points, Frogs, Wayside Shrines and important buildings. The current location of your character is displayed on the map by an arrow. Make certain you are turned in the right direction before you actually move towards the gold pin!
FORAGING
Even on the first day, wherever you see something glittering on the ground, press A to collect it. Whenever you see a wooden crate, press X to smash it and collect the contents. In Rune Factory, every item, from Weeds and Withered Grass to Diamonds, has its value and uses. There are many construction projects that require Weeds and most medicines require the coloured Grasses you find everywhere.
I therefore advise players neither to ship nor sell construction materials or basic ingredients. You will need vast quantities of Lumber and Material Stone.
In most Rune Factory games, you should ship one of each item to complete your 'collection'.
There are achievements as well that are based onnthe total number of any specific item, especially crops, that are shipped. Early in the game, you may wish to hold back some of the crops you harvest for use in cooking.
RECIPES AND COOKING
Recipes are obtained in a few different ways. Primarily, you will obtain most of your recipes when you stand in front of any Frog Statue or Wayside Shrine and perform the Dance of Bonds. Less often, a new Recipe may be given when you reach a certain Friendship Level with a character.
Note that completing quests early in the game unlock important new shopping options as well as new locations and Sacred Treasures.
Note also that when you receive the Fire Sword in a dream, you immediately can return to the Spring Region to clear a large blight with your Fire Dance to reach the Wayside Shrine area
With a Dragon Save and a Wayside Shrine that gives you the Exorcism Earring Recipe. Every blight is associated with an Element and you need the right elemental force to clear it.
When you receive the Sacred Fan, you can clear the Blight in the Spring Village that opens a second and larger development area.
SAVE POINTS AND DANCE OF BONDS
All Save Points are in the form of Dragon Statues. There is one in every Dragon Shrine and one at the entrance to a new area on the Map. A dragon statue must be activated by performing the Dance of aBonds before you can use it as a Save Point.
Activating every Dragon Statue you encounter becomes even more vital after you have the power to warp from one location to another. A Dragon Statue always exists as a Warp Point on the map. If it is not activated, you cannot return to it using your warp power.
Energy is denoted by HP and RP. HP is ordinary energy and RP is the sort of energy required to heal or perform other sacred actions. Sleep restores both. Go to sleep by midnight, however, or you will lose energy at an alarming speed. None of this is that evident until you begin to fight 'monsters'.
Eating also restores energy and every irem you can eat has unique values in terms of energy.
Before you go into the wilds, it is a good idea to place one or two of your items that offer the hoghest Energy Recovery in your Inventory. Now, it is importsnt to understand that although this game gives you access to your Storage in certajn circumstances, like choosing a gift, youbwill not have that access when you engage in combat. There are cooking fires next to most Save Points. Not only can you cook there, but you can access your storage there as well. One of the Menu options there will take you to your storage.
VILLAGE LEVEL
The basis of the plot is the desolation of the lands caused by the loss of its runes. When crops and trees die, villagers abandon their homes to move elsewhere. One of your tasks is to increase the Level of each Village. Planting Crops and shipping them, constructing buildings and decorations and placing those all encourage the return of the villagers. Go to the Goddess to receive an official increase in the Level of the village.
You also need to build shops and hire experts to run them.
Here is an important tip: Village Levels, even if you add buildings and decorations amd clear blight, will not increase until you speak to the local Goddess. I forgot about this briefly when I was trying to reach the end of the Autumn Mechsnical Maze. I had built more buildings and placed more decorations in the Summer Village, but did not speak to Matsuri afterwards. When I finally spoke to her, it unlocked more items as well, including a larger menu at the Flower Cart. Some of the items unlocked included the seasonal flowers with elemental associations, and the Hibiscus that is one of her favourite gifts.
I discovered, however, that these items only became available in the Summer Village Flower Cart. It was only when I experienced the Sakaki devastatiom of Crops event with Ulalaka and then went to the shrine for her blessing, raising Spring avillagw to Level 6 that the items were added to the Spring Flower Cart and Emery Flower as well.
QUESTS
This game has such helpful menu options that it basically is not necessary to create a step by step quest guide. Be that as it may, however, understanding where a quest fits in the general scheme of things sometimes helps determine which task to complete first.
Rescue Takumi the Carpenter. He has become a boss monster at the Abandoned Shrine.
The next rescue is the Blacksmoth. You will be given a recipe to build a smithy. He was transformed into an ordinary monster so easy to defeat.
After you see the request, place a total of 5 buildings in the Development area.
Go see Takumi and he will fix the broken bridge and you will offer to go to the Guardian Shrine for special lumber. You now have unlocked the ability to add three characters to your party.
After crossing the repaired bridge, you will see some trees that need to be restored. There you can rescue a villager by talking to him.
You will be asked to investigate broken homes that are abandoned. You need to perform this act and trigger a little eveny before you can go to Sakuraya Construction to find a new option in the menu: Repair Broken Buildings and then: Repair the Dragon Shrine. This will not occur either until you have defeated the truly horrible Tree at the Guardian Shrine to collect a piece of Guardian Timber, one of the materials needed for the repair.
STRATEGY TIPS:
In early Spring, when money is tight and you need to earn enough to pay your villager employees and support their needs, it is helpful sometimes to ask the Blacksmith and Carpenter to make items and then sell them back to the maker immediately. You do need the materials required, but it will give you sufficient profit to make the item again and have a bit of cash left afterwards.
Where the Blacksmith is concerned, however, instead of selling weapons or equipment you yourself no longer need, look at the weapons and equipment of other Characters to see if they could use them. They actually can be helpful to you in battles but only if powerful or protected sufficiently to withstand damage. Remember also that you can use your Drum Dance to heal even in the midst of battle.
EASY MISTAKES TO MAKE
First, it is best to activate a quest before you perform any new action. Murasame's abirthday is on 4 Spring. If you have unlocked the option to celebrate birthdays, you still ought to wait for the Quest to appear on the board, go to the board and accept it BEFORE you interact with Murasame on that day. Every one will tell you it is his borthday. I found him at once and chose the celwbration option. It was only afterwsrds that I saw the Quest on the board. I had to wait for Tsubame's birthday to complete it.
This brings up another easy mistake to make. When any Quest appears on the board, you actually need to accept it and make certain the box is ticked before you perform the action or it will not count towards completion of that Quest.
Another mistake I made was to think I could do better where a Quest asked me to place a General Store and Teahouse in the Simmer Village. Instead of of building and placing those specific items in one of the rather small Development areas, I thought I could open existing abandoned shops on the High Street instead. The quest remained incomplete. Completion of this Quest is the key to progressing to the Autumn Village, so that was delayed.
No mistakes really prevent anything ultimately. There are no time limits, so you can make an error and simply learn from it.
BLIGHT AND SACRED TREASURES
Blight is elemental and the cplour if the Blight shows the element that both generated and continues to power it.
Your Saved Treasures are used to destroy Blight but it is important to understand that even the right Sacred Treasure will be ineffective if it has not reached a high enough Level or been empowered by the right skill. This is where the Skill Nodes are vital. If the icon of a red flower appears nect to a Skill Node, you should activate whatever new nodes are available.
Autumn Village:
After chasing the huge bird and defeating it, you will be asked to take on the duries of chief. You are given the ability to tame monsters and a barm ecists that will house four. You are told to tamr a Buffamoo. They like Crops. I gave a Potato. I then tamed a Wooluly with an Apple and a Cluckadoodle with Rice.
Return to the Autumn Village and speak to Kotaro. You now are given recipes to create waterways, paddy fields and some rice to plant. Do all of this and Lord Kurama gives you new Recipes, including the Windmill Recipe.
Kotaro has a quest on the board to tame a Cluckadoodle. One of the rewards is Sandwich Recipe. This is a favourite gift for Kurama.
Restoring Winter Village:
You receive the Chemist and Udon Cart recipe from Zaza after you agree to act as Village Chief
Autumn Village Level 5
Recipe for Large Barn, Support 18 Villagers, 30 buildings, 90 Decorations
Taming Monsters:
You cannot tame any Monster until you experience an Event wherein Kitaro misses the Monsters who once were his playmates and his mother tells you there is an empty barn and you can tame monsters to fill it again.
To tame a Monster, forst use your Plum Branch to pergorm the Dance of aBonds in fronr of it. A smiley face icon will appear above the Monster's head. You then need to defeat the Momster before you can Interact it.
Note that a Party can interfere with the process. If any member of your Party defeats the Monster instead of you, it will be dispatched instantly to the Forest of Beginnings without any option to Interact with it. It therefore can be helpful to disband your Party and go in alone. Note that a Party cannot be disbanded once you enter the wilds.
Rules of gifting: what is odd is that the most effective gift might be something the Mpnster drops or akin to that rather than the logical real life item. I have noticed that you have a total of three potential interactions before the Monster simoly goes off back to the Forest of Beginnings, so even if it show a little liking for the gift, but then is not happy, you can get it wrong only twice.
Buffamoo: Milk, Weed, Withered Grass
Cluckadoodle: Rice, Sticky Rice, Corn
Horse: Strong Fur
Wolf: Strong Fur
Bee: rejected Honey but loved and accepted an Emery Flower
Blights
Windmill Area in Autumn Fields: Climb the various platforms to hit the Blight Targets. In one case, you can leap over the Blight and hit it from the inside.
Forgotten Grove: Making a note of this because I did it once before and forgot! Trying to find a way to clear the blight on the main path is useless. The traget point is in the path to the far right! Destroy that without any complicated gymnastics and you can race up the main path to fight the most tenacious Monster so far: the Cursed Tree.
For the hell of it, my game journal:
Internal dialogue:
Kurama loves Sandwiches. I know OlI made multiple sandwiches late last night but cannot find them. 'And I suppose of I marry you, I will have to make a Sandwich for you every day. Not exactly elegant dining. He wears that gorgeous robe but lives on sandwiches and commercial white bread at that! It is hard enough putting out dinner for real people every day. Now I have all this cooking going on for all these characters. I find all the Sandwiches finally but they are not grouped together. I surmise they are separated by level and think: 'I'll give him a Level 1 Sandwich. They are the oldest and no doubt out of code now. Probably going rotten so best use those first.'
To restore Energy:
One of the earlier recipes that restores a significant amount of Energy is Cheese Risotto. It restpres 2000 HP with 10 VIT.
In my first game, I found it early exploring the Autumn Fields. If you go to the Pampas Plains Save Point, you will find a Frog Statue to the northeast Statues. You also can find a horse to tame should you wish to add one to your barn. What is really great is you do not need to but any ingredients. It requires only Rice, Milk, Cheese and Onion.
Earlier in the game, with less powerful monsters, Milky Rice Porridge is a great option, worth 850 HP, 12 RP.
You need only Steamed Rice and Milk for this.
Tempura Udon is worth 1300 HP but requires Udon and Shrimp Tempura. Shrimp Tempura requires Flour and Shrimp. Easier to make two Milky Rice Porridge!
The Udon Recipes are high energy value but you need an Udon Cart to buy the Udon.
Worker's Udon is a recipe you obtain after Kai becomes an active participant.
2500 HP, STR 10
It requires Udon and Grilled Mochi
CONTESTS
Although I was told I could organise contests, I was unable to choose any date until Summer. I think it may have been unlocked by an increase in Village Levels. Will try to confirm. I had a choice between various types of contest and I chose Harvests for 13 Summer, a Holiday.
Now I think they realised what players like myself were doing and wanted to put a stop to it.
In earlier games, I would show up right before the Contest time ended so as to waste the least amount of the day. You cannot do that here!
With notifications that the contest would begin at 8 a.m. and end at 7 p.m., I went to the Spring Village and had some interactions with people. Kai weirdly exclaimed sotto voce that I was late and had not appeared for the contest. Little did I know!
A little after 9.00 a.m. I tried to find the contest venue. No one was at the shrine and no one spoke of the Harvest Contest.
You must go to the shrine as close to 8. am. as possible or it will not take place. 8.05 a.m
I found the area outside the shrine filled with people. Ulalaka and Sakaki were at the Shrine. He officiated.
I submitted a giant Level 6 Turnip and won. Got fields and a medal. Unfortunately every one dispersed almost instantly. I had hoped to hang out with a few.
Fireworks Festival, Year 1:
In my first game, Kai had not become an active participant yet. Near the end of Summer is a Fireworks Festival. In my second game, I prpgressed far enough wirh characters and their evwnts to trigger an event with Matsuri where she desires to organise a specacular Festival. This is a personal quest sequence thqt comes after the sequence of ghpst events. Kai is part of the Bon Festival Evwnt sequence. One is directed to the 'Summer Village Square' for an event. Basically a pin between the Village main street and the beach but I could nor see one nor activate anything until close to 1.00 p.m. Many quests give the time limits for activation but this one did not.
In fact, what follows at this point are a series of brief and disappoinring events. There is no new tower or rath. Characters speak of the fireworks but we do not see the display and Iroha serves her dango to every one.
FIREWORKS FESTIVAL
This is the first romantic festival in the game. From the 17th, I believe, you have a prompt to invite eligible characters to watch the fireworks with you. This is an important point: you can decline an invitation freely and still be asked again. Also you can choose to invite some one whenever you talk to that peraon or simply perform the usual 'Hang out' options.
It is a complicated business, though. Inviting some one is not sufficient.
I jumped forward to the 20th without inviting any one. You still can invite some one on the day og the Festival. Don the Festival Yukaka that has been added to your wardrobe and make certain you visit Matsuri before 5.00 p.m. oe there will be no festival for any one!
I was unable to trigger the event before 9.00 a.m. where she asks me to give material for fireworks. Interesting that ahe told me then there still was time to invite some one, although in this file I had asked Kai early that morning. I made a deluxe purple firework for his pleasure.
As far as Ikaruga is concerned, I chased him from Autumn to Winter and then it said Autumn Fields but unable to find him that same say. Gold pin this morning near my development field in Autumn, but it was the event with Hina and Cuilang... after that, the event at the god shrine with Kurama and Kai and confession about the devastation caused by Kurama long before.
At 11.30 a.m. triggered event with Cuilang, and this leads to Collecting Materials for Cuilang.
The Underworld: This is a little tricky. You must activate fans and climb buildings to clear all the Blight. To open the two faced door, have Fubuki, Kurama in your party. I had Hina as well but I think it was Kurama and Fubuki who were essential.
The Heavenly Realm: Use the Staff to navigate.
Discover Lady Kanata's absence. Rin explains. The Divine Severance is explained by Kai.
Proof of Wisdom in a Chest here.
As always, the game can be mysterious and a prompt mqy not be executqble until you have completed another action.
For example, I was told that Ulalaka would be in charge of the Banquet preparations but speaking to her elicited nothing until I received the Orochi Killer recipe from Kai, made it and gave the drink to him. Not yo mention how difficult it was to find him! The Map showed him basically at the same location as the Frog Statue near Dilummer Crilosdroads. In fact, he was standing higher, near the Summer Dragon Shrine, past the shipping shed on a little cliff area that overlooks the Village. Annoying he vanished instantly after telling me to see Ulalaka. And he spoke quite rudely to me after telling me to make the drink! Yet sometimes he is the most protective oni, and quick to compliment and empower!
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Cooking with Some One: unlocked at Bonding Level 6
So I never understood this before. It is the dishes that display the Chef Hat icon. Choose that dish then find the character wearing the chef hat icon.
With Cuilang, made Iron Heart, with Mauro made Taste of home and with Yachiko made Paw Print Fried Rice. With Matsuri, Greatest Grilled Onigiri.
Game Journal:
On 23 Summer, many events coincided. Odfly enough, I was able to trigger all of tgem even though some were 6 to 9.
First, I had an event with Cuolang and Kai wherein he is injured trying to sort our a drunken villager at Yachiyo's place.
Went to his house and he conessed his true nature and secret ambition.
I then went yo the Autumn Fields and found the beast with Ikaruga near the Windmill. More detail later.
That event occupied only a few minutes. I had the oprion to experience the event with Karuma wherein qe sqve the children from the Cursed Tree. Told it would end at 9. 00 p.m.
I thought this would nullify my ability to trigger the Heavenly Party Event at the Summer Village, but Matsuri still waited at 9.15 p.m. and the event occurred, ending at 11.00 p.m.
Now I am told most of the characters will be unavailable until I progress in the Main Story. Perhaps that means simply going to the Spring God Shrine... save in a different slot just in case!
Summer 24: Lost all the gods after that drunken party on the beqch. So I must move forward if I want to see Kai and the others again. Foolishly the ragtag bunch of those characters who remain have not been treated well in twrms of weapons and armour. I did 5he best I vould and made the old lady a memver of my party. Wrnt to her shop. With great glee, she speaks of profits and laughs, little predicting she will be conscripted to fight with me...
The Mother of all Battles awaits us!
As I sell rare items to be able to make the Holy Twrra Talisman, she joyfully cries out: 'Finally, a decent challenge!' Yes, you are wearing that and coming with me, you old bag of bones. One last challenge? I hope not! I recall some one telling me she once was a great beauty.... feel rather sad about time and age, how all of us are diminished.
Actually, the composition of my party made no difference. It was my duel with the Black Dragon. It is a very emotional and heartstirring event. You must decide whom to sacrifice. Will it be the rider of the Black Dragon or yourself? Summom 5he courage and fairh to offer yourself and you thwn will be given the chance to choose a substitute. Will you sacrifice the friendship you have built with every one or will you sacrifice your wealth?
I went to the event with virtually no gold, having spent it on weapoms and armour for the members of my new non divine party... so I lost nothing in my sacrifice.
For me personally, the timing was bad, however. It was close to the end of Summer. I had scheduled a contest for the 25th. As the gods were not in evidence, licking their wounds now and unavailable, the contest was cancelled.
More steessful was the thoufht od my upvominh birthday wirh most of my friends (and potential prospective husband) absent.
I am trying to move forward as quickly as possible...I want Kai at my party. What is any party without Kai?
What follows are a series of dungeons filled with blight puzzles and difficult boss fights. I have managed to restore the gods of Spring and Summer... but Summer had ended.
