There's a forest that I'll never be able to pronounce, and the Wind Dragon's priestess resides here. It's a fairly quick trek through the dense underbrush, but there are two gimmicks! One is a simple damage floor, thorns, but they're easy to avoid. The second, and more meaningful, are rolling logs. The party has to pretend to be lumberjacks and take their downed trees downriver. It's more across a small pond, but you get the idea. It's a little tricky if you're trying to get all the treasure and/or are dumb and don't realize the last log is pretty much already at the target. Fun, easy puzzle. In the back is the ancient woman who tells us to return to Wyndia. There's a Wind Flute in the basement, which'll allow us to access the Wind Dragon's house, Pung'tap. Back at the camp, Cray realizes that Scias is gone. He can't be reporting us to Ludia, can he?
Go back to Nina's house and talk to the King, who'll give us access to the basement. The wind priestess has more power than royalty. Wyndia Dungeon's thing is the wind gusts that blow you back. For the first part of the area, the weathervanes guide you. The second part, though, prevents you from advancing. You'll need to time it correctly or find the safe places where the gales won't throw you back. There is no boss here, and we'll have to walk our way out after picking up the flute.
As we leave, we (the player) see Scias reporting us to Ludia. They know Ryu is a dragon, and they even state his name. I don't remember it... Scias is given his money, and his bosses leave the room. They're coming for us.
We enter Pung'tan and automatically play the Wind Flute. An elevator drops to let us in. Most of this tower involves letting the wind take us higher up. If the breeze blows, then we're thrust to a platform higher. Sometimes it's several floors above. If it doesn't, we usually fall to the nearest wooden plank. The angle of our jump is important, and there was a room I couldn't reach. At the top is a gondola that'll take us to the dragon. But... Heal up first
Ludia is here. The guy in charge reiterates that Ryu is a dragon and wants to turn him over to the Empire. He assumes Nina and Cray will do the same, but he's their friend! It doesn't matter because they're gonna fight us.
If you're not fully healed, this battle will start rough. Assassin C seems to begin the fight with Sleep, which has annoyingly high success rates. I spent too much time trying to heal while fighting a nap that I had to run defense for far too long. I went after C to make sure that wouldn't happen again once I could fight. But Ludia isn't done. Three more assassins emerge, ready for round two. I am not ready.
But we have backup! Scias has returned, and he drops the money his boss gave him. He's breaking the contract. When asked why, he says, "I don't know." What fantastic character growth!
Technically, round two has us fighting Scias as well. He's targetable, but he acts as an ally. So don't use spell combos. He attacks them or heals us, so he's pretty invaluable. C is still the worst. I don't know what happens if Scias dies... I wonder if the King saw this from the castle in the distance?
Ludia leaves, and the teams all together. Despite being upset at Scias' betrayal, Cray says nothing, but Nina thanks him. To speak to god, the group climbs into a basket. Physics be damned because the windmill we're on spins all the way around the clock radial twice, and it launches the basket into the air. A paraglide wing deploys, and we sail further into the sky. We're above the clouds, and sky dolphins start to jump out. Can everyone see this from the ground? Is this just a common thing?! After them, P'ung Ryong appears. Compared to the dolphins, he definitely looks like a whale.
Ruong gets terrifyingly close, but he speaks to us. He confirms what the Ludia guy said but goes into more detail. Whatever type of dragon Ryu is, he's the Endless of Time/Future and appears once every several hundred years. Dragons might be gods of this world, but it is still the humans' realm. It is they who summon the Endless, and it is the summoners who decide the alignment chart of the dragon. So who summoned the whale? Ryu is still young, so his fate is still to be found. If we want to find more, we'll need to discover Evocation. One such is near us, so Ryong smacks us down to the surface. We crash land on a mountain that's enduring a blizzard. The "human" form of Ryong tells us there's a town nearby we should visit. And we'll do that...
...tomorrow!
One of my fairies died...
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