Of Kings, Water Crystals, and Towers
Posted by Mike Blitz on July 12th, 2008
(This next section is a bit vague. I played it right before I went to Japan, but forgot to take any notes on it. I remember the general gist of the experience, but I’ve forgotten some of the details.)
As we head out of town, we notice a large castle to the west of Carwen! We decide to check this out before heading to the tower with the water crystal.
We head inside the castle and promptly gain an audience with the King. (That was easy!) We tell the king to stop using the water crystal’s power, but as this conversation goes on, a huge meteorite lands near the tower that holds the water crystal. This ends the conversation abruptly, as the king grabs his troops and heads off to see what’s going on.
We follow along after a bit of exploring in the castle, and hack our way up the tower. Apparently the king is somewhere above us. And here is where my memory gets a bit vague. I’m pretty sure we fought something big, and we met the king, who was hurt. We also ran into the water crystal, which busted into lots of little pieces. By gathering up the pieces, we can learn all sorts of new jobs. After this, the tower fell apart and we ended up floating around in the middle of the ocean. Doomed to a certain death, we are given a reprieve on life when Faris’ dragon rises up from the depths to rescue us. It carries us safely to shore, where it subsequently dies from the effort.
Again, I’m not sure if I’ve gotten even half of this correct, as it was about a month ago that I played this section. I’ve now pretty much caught up with the previous playing time, so I’m going to be playing and posting as I go along.
Status: Alive!
July 13th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I think you’re right about those things, but I can’t really say, ’cause I played FF V over a year ago. Apparently the humans of FF:s are quite friendly due to the fact that normal strangers can just march up to the king and start babbling about things. I bet that in USA you can’t go to the White House and tell Bush to stop using oil, right?
July 13th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Windark,
Yup. It’s pretty easy to get an audience with the kings and queens in this game. Of course, if you really think about it, it probably makes sense, as there only seems to be about a dozen people living in each town.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
And all twelve of them are guards. Also, the big baddie in that place was the first guy to kill me in Final Fantasy V, but only in the Playstation version. He killed me even after I grinded for hours! I didn’t beat him until I picked up Final Fantasy V Advance.