The team goes to the Trading Town of Lohan, a merchant run, independent city, and makes a B-line to the doctor to treat Shana. She’s unconscious from the Dragon’s Poison she contacted in The Nest of the Dragon. As Dart places her on the hospital bed, the doctor says he can do nothing. The poison is beyond human knowledge, but he does believe there is a way to treat her. If we can find a Dragoni Flower, he may be able to make something if the old legends are correct.
We wander around town looking for the plant, and we come to the merchant we saved in the volcano, Dabbas. Dart asks him if he has the Dragoni, and he does not. The merchant says one might exist in the area beyond the Nest. Someone reminds us of a plant we were unable to pass in the Nest behind where Shana ran off to in order to regain herself. If we were to use the healing water from before the Greham fight, it’ll function as the other plants down there did and wither. Before leaving the city, I continue to walk around and upgrade my gear. Lavitz has the highest attack, while Dart falls to the bottom. He still hits the hardest when the numbers show up on screen, so I’m not sure how correct the menu numbers are.
Before leaving, we get ambushed by a shady merchant trying to sell us a container for 10000000000 gold. Obviously, I don’t have that much, but he’s able to be talked down to 100g. You can go lower, but I’m a nice guy. I wonder if you get anything special if you sell in his favor. As is, he gives an evil laugh as we head off. With cup in hand, I head to the pool, get some high-quality H2O, kill the plant, and continue on to The Shrine of Shirley.
I hate empty treasure chests, and this place is full of them. Not only that, but each chest has a snarky message telling us to leave. There are also signposts scattered about, telling us the same. As we enter, Rose informs us there is Dragoon power here. At the entrance, the three take out their gems, and one of the dragon statues shines a bright white along with the obtained stones. The dungeon itself is relatively empty because there's no reward for exploring. Instead, we should just make our way to the top of the shrine. As we open the chest up there, we fall into a hole. We’re dropped into a roller coaster that takes the s around the shrine and back to the entrance. As we travel, we see three signs with the numbers 3, 5, and 2 written on them. Back at the entrance, I wander around and take notice of two statues telling us the direction they’re facing. So I guess there is a reason to explore, but it's a puzzle reason, and I want gold! Before returning to the top, there’s a dais to input numbers just below it. Putting in the only numbers I know of drops a ladder to a new area just above us. Climbing the ladder takes us to a set of stairs that, when we reach the top, turn into a slide, forcing us back to the bottom of them. There are two statues on either side to turn, as indicated by the earlier statues. Turn them correctly, and the stairs now function as they should.
We come to a courtyard, and we’re attacked! The man who’s looted my stuff says he’s protecting what lies within. Undaunted by one black mage looking thief, we do battle. Drake is an odd one. He fights with traps, none of which I fall for. His first trap is placing three bombs in front of my characters. I assume they blow up when they get close enough to a character, but I destroy them before they do damage. He also uses a net, which I don’t know anything about. I was spamming Dragoon magic when he used that and never saw what it did. His attacks aren’t too bad, so just use your magic items again. I really don’t like how the strat in LoD is to use magic. Physical attacks aren’t cutting it, and Dragoon magic just seems weak. Maybe if the items were more reliable and readily available, but you have to buy them in town before leaving for a dungeon you know nothing about.
After the fight, we meet what he’s been protecting when the spirit of White Dragoon Shirley comes out and asks why we’ve come. Dart says to save Shana and asks for a Dragoni Plant. Shirley says none are here, and Rose asks if she remembers her. Shirley does. How does Rose know a hero from 11000 years ago? Shirley says that, while no Dragoni Plants are here, her White Dragon Gem can remove the poison if coupled with another's gem. In order to get it, though, she tests us in battle.
Battle is the wrong word here. I’ve read this is a good place to grind Additions, but I’m behind in time, so let’s speed through this. This “battle” consists of our opponent asking us questions. Answer them in a fashion that isn’t selfish, and we win. Shirley can’t be defeated and heals back up to full HP if she is downed. She also counters every attack, so you’re only hurting yourself if you beat up the dead girl.
After the conversation, Shirley gives us the gem, but only if we heal Drake. He’s been protecting her for so long and doesn’t deserve to die here. We do, and she disappears. Drake is confused and distraught with his life’s mission now over. Before heading back, I walk into the shrine chamber and find a bunch of gold and a new weapon tor Rose. I don’t know what happens to Drake going forward, but I hope to see him again. He seems like a good guy and deserves some character growth and a good ending.
We then return to Lohan to save Shana. Dart places the gem on Shana and turns to the party for confirmation. Before combining his gem, the white gem begins to glow. Shana wakes up on her own and is fully healed. Rose assumes she’s the heir to the White Dragoon. The doctor doesn’t know what happened and doesn’t ask. He’s just happy he saw a miracle.
He also tells us about the arena for some reason, which I’ll get to tomorrow!
Before ending it, I do some exploring around old places. I don’t find anything, and I'm disappointed. The fort we were supposed to save is empty with the chest looted, so I regret again tonight. Kaiser in Hoax tells us we’re fired, as does Albert. Lavitz is now free to do whatever, so we have no choice but to go to the arena. Will Dragoon Shana be useful? Let’s see where this goes!
Headache update: Doritos are bad for me. I feel mostly fine, and I’d be willing to to go school tomorrow if I were younger. Editing still sucks with how white everything is, though. Damndable whiteness.
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