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What is this:
Legend of Dragoon is a game with a very poorly translated script which, regardless, shows hints of being very interesting. Without any knowledge of the original Japanese version, this is my attempt to interpret it. The first post is a bit dry, since the game actually takes the opening scene seriously, once they reach Hellena Prison the floodgates open wide. Not sure how far in I'll actually get.
Ch. 1 - 01 - Prologue & Beginning Scenes
[The game opens with an FMV, showing fireballs in a sleepy, mist-filled town.
Enemies on their steeds lay waste to the buildings. Eventually, the commander
arrives at the site.]
Soldier: "Commander, this way."
[He's taken to a girl.]
Commander: "This is the girl, is it?"
[He takes out a dull ball and holds it above her forehead. It glows and the
light shines into her, then fades.]
Commander: "I see. 'Put her in custody'... Is this really necessary?"
Man in Hood: "It is his majesty, Emperor Doel himself, who made the command to take the
girl into custody."
Commander: "Just who is she?"
Man in Hood: "That's not something you need to worry about."
[Elsewhere, a woman stands on a cliff and watches a forest. A gigantic
green creature pokes its head out.]
Woman: "The Green Tusked Dragon, Feyrbrand."
[She starts to jump down into the forest. Meanwhile, in the woods, a man
in red armor sits on a log, taking a rest during his journey.]
[The sound of enemies riding by attracts Dart's attention.]
Dart: "...?"
[He goes to see at the road, and two stragglers come upon him.]
Soldier: "Who's there!"
Soldier 2: "Are you a mercenary of Basil?"
Soldier: "Answer!"
[Dart knocks the polearm back with his sword.]
Soldier: "Do you have any idea what you're doing, drawing your sword against us?"
[A roar in the forest ensues.]
Soldier 2: "Wh, What the?!"
[Feyrbrand appears on the road, sending the soldiers retreating.]
Dart: "What the hell is that?! If I don't do something quick, I'll be killed for sure."
[Dart retreats, too.]
Dart: "What a monster! Uh! Here it comes again!"
[A woman drops down and takes Dart behind a rock.]
Dart: "Who- ?"
Woman: "(Shhh. If you don't want to die.)"
Dart: "Thanks for saving me, but do I know you? I'm not sure what just happened here."
Woman: "You came face to face with a Dragon."
Dart: "No way, a Dragon?"
Woman: "But it's strange. A village like that could've easily been destroyed without
a Dragon."
Dart: "A village...? Are you talking about Seles? Then those soldiers
were!"
Woman: "There won't be anything left, by now."
Dart: "Seles is my village!"
[Dart leaves and a strange black-ish glow resonates on the woman.]
Woman: (Oh my god... That man must be... No, it couldn't be?)
Ch. 1 - 02 - Seles
[Dart tops a hill and sees Seles burning.]
Dart: "My god! Where did everybody go?"
[Dart jumps the town fence. He sees some soldiers by a villager.]
Dart: "?!"
Villager: "Look at what you've done. Isn't that enough for you?"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora: "Hee hee hee! If I kill you too, I might be satisfied."
[Another soldier kicks him.]
Villager: "Ah! ...."
Dart: "Stop!"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Oh, a mercenary? If you want to help these poor ********, you missed your cue."
Dart: "Shut your mouth unless you're going to tell me what you're doing here."
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Can't you see? We're takin' over here,
and these worms were in our way. Call it an 'occupation'."
Dart: "Occupation? You were sent by the Imperial Army, weren't you!"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Even if we were, it's none of your business.
Seeing as you're about to die!!"
[Dart defeats the two soldiers, and they flee.]
Soldiers of Imperial Sandora: "****, let's get out of here!"
Villager: "Dart... it's really you?"
Dart: "Yes! It's me! Why is Seles under attack?"
Villager: "Imperial Sandora...attacked us... it's... war"
Dart: "Isn't there supposed to be a truce?!"
Villager: "There was... suddenly... I didn't imagine...they would come to...our little village."
Dart: "If I had come back sooner!"
Villager: "There's something... it's Shana... you have to... rescue Shana, only...
you can..."
[The villager dies.]
Dart: "Wait! What happened to Shana? Hey!! Wait!!"
[Dart walks further into town and sees a man face-down.]
Dart: "Hang on! Ahh"
[The face-down man gets up.]
Plos: "That voice. Dart?"
Dart: "This way."
[He helps him sit down by a wall.]
Dart: "It's only a light wound."
Plos: "I guess I was lucky. But look at the village. If only you had been here earlier..."
Dart: "..."
Plos: "It's about Shana, too."
Dart: "Shana? Is she okay?"
Plos: "She was taken away. They didn't come for the village, they came for Shana."
Dart: "Do you... know where they went?"
Plos: "I don't know."
[A Sandora commander runs over.]
Dart: "I'm gonna make this guy talk!"
Commander: "Those were privates you bested before. That's no reason to be confident."
Dart: "Tell me where you took Shana."
Commander: "Shana... Don't worry about her, she's being taken care of. By now she's receiving the courtesies of Hellena Prison."
Dart: "Hellena Prison!?"
Commander: "Surprised, are you? She is our special guest. I'm afraid you're not invited."
Dart: "You've got to be kidding!? You attacked our village just for a girl like her?"
Commander: "Exactly, but don't worry. I will let you follow them, but not
to Hellena. You'll meet again in Hell!"
[Dart defeats the Commander in battle.]
Plos: "Dart, you're planning to go rescue Shana, aren't you? I won't stop you, but be careful. You've been gone a long time, but your journey isn't over yet, is it?"
Dart: "... No."
Plos: "You can count on us to deal with what's happened here in Seles. Not everyone's wounded, there are enough here to help."
Dart: "Thank you. When everything's settled, I'll be back. And I'll bring Shana with me."
[As Dart leaves the village, a scene in Hellena Prison plays. Shana is thrown
into a jail cell by a guard.]
Hellena Warden: "Be good in there!"
[Elsewhere, on a wooden walkway, an enormously fat man confronts the hooded
man from the beginning video.]
Fruegel: "You can tell me, you know. Who the heck is the girl?"
Man in Hood: "The world's future rests on her."
Fruegel: "... That all you're going to tell me?"
Man in Hood: "This is enough information for you. Those of you who can't grasp the value of what we're doing should stick to following orders."
Fruegel: "I don't take orders from you. Only His Majesty, Doel, gives orders to me!"
Man in Hood: "If you say so. Just remember this."
[He whips out a sword and Fruegel falls back.]
Man in Hood: "If you make a scratch on her, it'll cost more than your life.
Consider this a message from Emperor Doel."
Fruegel: "Argh! Fu-... Fine then."
[Out of frustration, Fruegel throws a guard off the side of the walkway. The guard screams as he's falling, and the scream lingers for some time.]
Ch. 1 - 03 - Forest
[Dart enters the forest and a dog barks at him.]
"I have no time to deal with you right now! (But it reminds me...)"
[He has a flashback of himself and Shana when they were little.]
Shana: "This way! This way!!
[A dog barks at them.]
Dart: "Cut it out! Leave Shana alone!!"
[The flashback ends.]
Dart: "'Leave Shana alone!'
Hang in there, Shana, I swear you'll be out of there soon."
Legend of Dragoon is a game with a very poorly translated script which, regardless, shows hints of being very interesting. Without any knowledge of the original Japanese version, this is my attempt to interpret it. The first post is a bit dry, since the game actually takes the opening scene seriously, once they reach Hellena Prison the floodgates open wide. Not sure how far in I'll actually get.
Ch. 1 - 01 - Prologue & Beginning Scenes
[The game opens with an FMV, showing fireballs in a sleepy, mist-filled town.
Enemies on their steeds lay waste to the buildings. Eventually, the commander
arrives at the site.]
Soldier: "Commander, this way."
[He's taken to a girl.]
Commander: "This is the girl, is it?"
[He takes out a dull ball and holds it above her forehead. It glows and the
light shines into her, then fades.]
Commander: "I see. 'Put her in custody'... Is this really necessary?"
Man in Hood: "It is his majesty, Emperor Doel himself, who made the command to take the
girl into custody."
Commander: "Just who is she?"
Man in Hood: "That's not something you need to worry about."
[Elsewhere, a woman stands on a cliff and watches a forest. A gigantic
green creature pokes its head out.]
Woman: "The Green Tusked Dragon, Feyrbrand."
[She starts to jump down into the forest. Meanwhile, in the woods, a man
in red armor sits on a log, taking a rest during his journey.]
[The sound of enemies riding by attracts Dart's attention.]
Dart: "...?"
[He goes to see at the road, and two stragglers come upon him.]
Soldier: "Who's there!"
Soldier 2: "Are you a mercenary of Basil?"
Soldier: "Answer!"
[Dart knocks the polearm back with his sword.]
Soldier: "Do you have any idea what you're doing, drawing your sword against us?"
[A roar in the forest ensues.]
Soldier 2: "Wh, What the?!"
[Feyrbrand appears on the road, sending the soldiers retreating.]
Dart: "What the hell is that?! If I don't do something quick, I'll be killed for sure."
[Dart retreats, too.]
Dart: "What a monster! Uh! Here it comes again!"
[A woman drops down and takes Dart behind a rock.]
Dart: "Who- ?"
Woman: "(Shhh. If you don't want to die.)"
Dart: "Thanks for saving me, but do I know you? I'm not sure what just happened here."
Woman: "You came face to face with a Dragon."
Dart: "No way, a Dragon?"
Woman: "But it's strange. A village like that could've easily been destroyed without
a Dragon."
Dart: "A village...? Are you talking about Seles? Then those soldiers
were!"
Woman: "There won't be anything left, by now."
Dart: "Seles is my village!"
[Dart leaves and a strange black-ish glow resonates on the woman.]
Woman: (Oh my god... That man must be... No, it couldn't be?)
Ch. 1 - 02 - Seles
[Dart tops a hill and sees Seles burning.]
Dart: "My god! Where did everybody go?"
[Dart jumps the town fence. He sees some soldiers by a villager.]
Dart: "?!"
Villager: "Look at what you've done. Isn't that enough for you?"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora: "Hee hee hee! If I kill you too, I might be satisfied."
[Another soldier kicks him.]
Villager: "Ah! ...."
Dart: "Stop!"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Oh, a mercenary? If you want to help these poor ********, you missed your cue."
Dart: "Shut your mouth unless you're going to tell me what you're doing here."
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Can't you see? We're takin' over here,
and these worms were in our way. Call it an 'occupation'."
Dart: "Occupation? You were sent by the Imperial Army, weren't you!"
Soldier of Imperial Sandora 2: "Even if we were, it's none of your business.
Seeing as you're about to die!!"
[Dart defeats the two soldiers, and they flee.]
Soldiers of Imperial Sandora: "****, let's get out of here!"
Villager: "Dart... it's really you?"
Dart: "Yes! It's me! Why is Seles under attack?"
Villager: "Imperial Sandora...attacked us... it's... war"
Dart: "Isn't there supposed to be a truce?!"
Villager: "There was... suddenly... I didn't imagine...they would come to...our little village."
Dart: "If I had come back sooner!"
Villager: "There's something... it's Shana... you have to... rescue Shana, only...
you can..."
[The villager dies.]
Dart: "Wait! What happened to Shana? Hey!! Wait!!"
[Dart walks further into town and sees a man face-down.]
Dart: "Hang on! Ahh"
[The face-down man gets up.]
Plos: "That voice. Dart?"
Dart: "This way."
[He helps him sit down by a wall.]
Dart: "It's only a light wound."
Plos: "I guess I was lucky. But look at the village. If only you had been here earlier..."
Dart: "..."
Plos: "It's about Shana, too."
Dart: "Shana? Is she okay?"
Plos: "She was taken away. They didn't come for the village, they came for Shana."
Dart: "Do you... know where they went?"
Plos: "I don't know."
[A Sandora commander runs over.]
Dart: "I'm gonna make this guy talk!"
Commander: "Those were privates you bested before. That's no reason to be confident."
Dart: "Tell me where you took Shana."
Commander: "Shana... Don't worry about her, she's being taken care of. By now she's receiving the courtesies of Hellena Prison."
Dart: "Hellena Prison!?"
Commander: "Surprised, are you? She is our special guest. I'm afraid you're not invited."
Dart: "You've got to be kidding!? You attacked our village just for a girl like her?"
Commander: "Exactly, but don't worry. I will let you follow them, but not
to Hellena. You'll meet again in Hell!"
[Dart defeats the Commander in battle.]
Plos: "Dart, you're planning to go rescue Shana, aren't you? I won't stop you, but be careful. You've been gone a long time, but your journey isn't over yet, is it?"
Dart: "... No."
Plos: "You can count on us to deal with what's happened here in Seles. Not everyone's wounded, there are enough here to help."
Dart: "Thank you. When everything's settled, I'll be back. And I'll bring Shana with me."
[As Dart leaves the village, a scene in Hellena Prison plays. Shana is thrown
into a jail cell by a guard.]
Hellena Warden: "Be good in there!"
[Elsewhere, on a wooden walkway, an enormously fat man confronts the hooded
man from the beginning video.]
Fruegel: "You can tell me, you know. Who the heck is the girl?"
Man in Hood: "The world's future rests on her."
Fruegel: "... That all you're going to tell me?"
Man in Hood: "This is enough information for you. Those of you who can't grasp the value of what we're doing should stick to following orders."
Fruegel: "I don't take orders from you. Only His Majesty, Doel, gives orders to me!"
Man in Hood: "If you say so. Just remember this."
[He whips out a sword and Fruegel falls back.]
Man in Hood: "If you make a scratch on her, it'll cost more than your life.
Consider this a message from Emperor Doel."
Fruegel: "Argh! Fu-... Fine then."
[Out of frustration, Fruegel throws a guard off the side of the walkway. The guard screams as he's falling, and the scream lingers for some time.]
Ch. 1 - 03 - Forest
[Dart enters the forest and a dog barks at him.]
"I have no time to deal with you right now! (But it reminds me...)"
[He has a flashback of himself and Shana when they were little.]
Shana: "This way! This way!!
[A dog barks at them.]
Dart: "Cut it out! Leave Shana alone!!"
[The flashback ends.]
Dart: "'Leave Shana alone!'
Hang in there, Shana, I swear you'll be out of there soon."
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