Dragon Quest X: Difference between revisions

The story begins in the village of [[Tenton]], the home of the [[Hero (Dragon Quest X)|hero]] and [[Hero's sibling|their sibling]], when the hero is looking at the sky at the center of the village. Their sibling calls them, and is shown to be riding the [[Galapogod]] along with [[Lady Abba|Lady Tenda]], the elder of Tenton. When the Galapogod reaches the hero’s location, their sibling offers them a ride, but is immediately interrupted by Lady Tenda, denying the hero the opportunity.

A strange noise awakens the hero from the apparent dream, only to learn that their sibling accidentally destroyed the village's supply of Perky Beans, Lady Tenda's favorite food, in an attempt to multiply them via alchemy. At Tenton's church the hero meets Lady Tenda's grandson, [[Singh]], who instructs the hero to gather various items from the local villagers, so that they can fashion a pillow to serve as compensation for the loss of the [[Perky bean|Perky Beans]]. Upon receiving the pillow, Lady Tenda asks the hero to look for their sibling, and despite being upset at Singh for disturbing her, she still uses the pillow they made, falling into a deep sleep. After locating their sibling in a [[Eteene region|cul-de-sac]] successfully alchemizing a hat, the hero returns to the village, where Lady Tenda announces that the village will surely be destroyed, with no survivors. However, hope remains in the form of a plant known as the Tensu Flower, which blooms in a [[Cave of the Acuatic Trees|cave]] to the [[Unnamed Flowerfield|north]]. The hero, their sibling, and Singh are chosen to retrieve it. Arriving at the cave, Singh mentions that Lady Tenda was worried about the fact that even if the Tensu Flower was successfully retrieved, only one person would survive the destruction of Tenton. The hero’s sibling is shocked at this revelation, but Singh quickly points out the possibility that Lady Tenda was only referring to a worst-case scenario, and the party continues further into the cave.  

The party reaches a large chamber at the back of the cave, where several Tensu Flowers are in full bloom. Unfortunately, they are not alone, as the flowers are immediately attacked by a demonic mage named [[Bedora|Bedorā]]. Singh tells him to stop, but Bedorā has no intention of giving even a single flower to anyone capable of crossing through time. Singh is confused by Bedorā’s words, causing him to cackle at how the people of Tenton allowed themselves to forget something so important. He attacks the trio, but loses. Despite his body at its limit, Bedorā swears to fulfill his master’s orders and unleashes one final attack on the Tensu Flowers, decimating them moments before dying. Singh inspects the ruined flowers, and as he does so, recalls an old text he had read, of how the people of Tenton had a spell to travel freely through time in an age long past. Unfortunately, the number of people able to use the spell dwindled over time, and the spell was lost entirely in the span of several hundred years. As Singh prepares to give up and return to the village, the hero’s sibling notices a glowing light, obscured by smoke. In a stroke of immeasurable luck, one of the Tensu Flowers had survived.

However, by the time the party returns to the village, they find a horde of monsters burning everything to the ground. A stray fireball flies towards the hero’s sibling, causing both the hero and Singh to panic. The hero reaches out to their sibling, who is then immediately surrounded by a bright light, with their surroundings frozen, as if time itself had stopped. The hero had unknowingly cast the ancient spell to cross time. The hero’s sibling immediately disappears, leaving no indication as to where or when the hero sent them. A monster witnessing the event quickly notifies his master, Dread Lord [[Negel|Nelgel]], who was supervising the attack. Nelgel is far from surprised at the fact that there was still someone who could travel through time, as he suspected as such to begin with. He proclaims that no one can escape him, nor death itself, especially not the hero, as he is the lord of the dead. Nelgel immediately kills the hero and every remaining villager in Tenton, although the Galapogod’s innate power manages to protect it.

 

With his goal accomplished, Nelgel retreats to the skies above, and using his scythe, opens a dark portal where an ominous cloud spills out, completely covering the central continent, [[Rendaashia|Rendāshia]]. Five lights appear from the Galapogod’s body, flying over the deceased bodies of Tenton’s villagers, until one of them stops over the hero’s body. The light enters the hero’s body, leaving immediately with the hero’s soul in tow, departing for the [[Heavenly Shrine|Temple of Light]] off in the distance.