There are three kinds of armor in White Knight Chronicles: heavy, medium, and light. These aren't specifically referred to as such in-game. Heavy armor is usually some kind of plate, and features a. One last thing: this was the outfit—cloak and all—that Eldore was wearing under his suspicious old man robe, which also had a hood on it. The other addition to our party, in a manner of speaking, is the White Knight itself. The ‘Equip Incorruptus’ option, molded here by Leonard, is only available in towns.
By and RPGFan StaffSeptember 2, 2011 RPGFan had a chance to send some questions to D3 Publisher of America's Producer for White Knight Chronicles II, Miki Takahashi. Read on to find out a little more about LEVEL-5's next game!RPGFan: The first game received a somewhat polarizing response.
What kinds of changes are expected in this sequel?Miki Takahashi: The developer, LEVEL-5, listened to the fans' requests from the original to improve the sequel. Many improvements have been made to the sequel by speeding up the battles, fine-tuning weapons and re-evaluating skills. Regarding the graphics in the cut scenes, they have been restructured to the quality level of White Knight Chronicles Il. Even the users who played the original will feel as if they are playing a different title.Also, the multiplayer can now be played with up to six players, instead of four in the original. We believe WKC ll can bring a new experience, even to those who already played WKC1.
In the first title, single player didn't allow you to take any AI characters with you, but now it's possible in the sequel. Leonard and his team will help you clear quests.The new features such as Bounty Quests and Errands have also been added. You can accept a Bounty Hunting quest at the Adventurer's Guide to beat specific monsters. When you beat it and report to the Guild, you can earn money and items. To accept an Errand, talk to any citizens marked with an exclamation icon.
The rewards for Errands include many rare items or guild points. It's a good way to earn Guild Points easily, because some Errands can be completed just by talking to a few citizens.The story continues one year after White Knight Chronicles: International Edition. The battle in the last new level 'Redhorn Isle' is a must-see!
.: Cisna states in the narration for the second game that they are fighting against some sort of cruel fate.The AvatarA character that the player can customize and accompany Leonard and his allies with throughout the game. He or she is also the character used by the player for online multiplay. He or she was a new employee at Rapacci's wineshop and was told to acompany Leonard on their wine delivery to the palace.The Avatar also takes center stage in the 'Avatar Storyline' DLC, and Cyrus even comes along for the ride.: The only character able to use all weapon types.: Can become the mayor of a town which they can customize and populate to their liking through the Georama.: Absolutely everything about the avatar is customizable; hair color, body type, gender etc.: The Avatar in Origins at least. He or she is tasked with finding the lost heir to the kingdom of Marhk by the spirit of its first king.: Never speaks except for a person's name or 'Verto'.: In the sidequests, but most notably the last one of the second game, where only the avatar (and other avatars, should you have an internet connection and some friends with the game) is able to ascend castle Vellgander in order to defeat Madoras once and for all, and then kill the goddess who gave Madoras his crazy powers in the first place in the Avatar Story DLC.
There's also the events of Origins for the PSP, if you count that avatar as the same as this one.: Perfectly content with not taking the spotlight, but still fights to save the world along with the rest of the party despite not being bound by the 'cruel fate' Cisna mentions.: The Avatar killing Madoras atop Vellgander cleared the way for the Biggest Bad of the whole series, the dark goddess Ideya, to finally make her bid to destroy the world. Madoras raised Vellgander and attempted to conquer the world in order to close off the rifts Ideya and her cronies were opening to weaken the fabric of reality. Madoras had failed her 10,000 years earlier, despite being granted control over the Knights, and would be punished for that failure and destroyed along with all the rest. However, the avatar get to work unraveling her scheme very quickly, eventually storming the other world with Framboise to fight and kill Ideya themselves.: Able to ascend Castle Vellgander and finish off Madoras once and for all.: The only feature not customizable is their expression; very little emoting.: Save for the Avatar yelling out party members names when they are HP Critical and battle cries, they don't say a single word during the story. Although during the beginning, he/she is implied to be talking to Leonard.: In-game, the Avatar will shout out the names of party members who are near-death.: In combat, due to the side quests, your Avatar is likely going to be the most devastatingly powerful character. The game makes a clear point of emphasizing your Avatar before the, which becomes even more poignant if you complete the Ark Knight side quest and gain access to the Avatar's own Incorruptus.
With the five Yshrenian Knights absorbed into the Demon Knight, the Ark Knight is the only useable Incorruptus left to take on Ledom and Madoras—a fact that both Ledom and Madoras, if you pay attention to their in-battle dialog. Your Avatar is also the only one able to ascend Castle Vellgander and defeat Emperor Madoras once and for all. Then they go on to kill the dark goddess who empowered Madoras in the first place.
Not too bad for the newbie wine seller whom no-one gave a second glance, huh?.: The only character in the game that has no obligation to help out whatsoever, but it still there the entire way.Leonard. Voiced by: Daniel Taylor (English)The protagonist, and pactmaker of Wizel, the White Knight. Originally an apprentice wineseller, he was on a delivery and chose to sneak into the palace with his friends. When the Yshrenians attack, he takes matters into his own hands and takes up the White Knight in order to rescue Princess Cisna. He was found as an infant in some ruins which had been uncovered 17 years earlier.: If what Madoras said is any indication. Thankfully, it only takes one boss fight to free him.
Kara:.: Dispite being the protagonist of the story, he will eventually become the of any player's party thanks to him falling into a coma for half of the second game and returning to the party at the same level he left it at, while everyone else has leveled up significantly in the intervening time.: The White Knight's chosen pactmaker.: Because he wears the White Knight, he goes through this by Madoras before the. You have to defeat him to free him.: Thanks to his inability to plan ahead or consider the consequences of his actions, Leonard repeatedly fails at his goals and gets manipulated by the villains often. By the end of the second game, he's become a significant liability to the rest of the party thanks to insisting on diving into a critical battle despite being in no condition to fight and is used by the to become the final boss.: At the start of the first game, he becomes this trope. Miss bimbo detergent coupon. As the pactmaker of the White Knight, he accepts the mission of rescuing his kingdom's princess from the Magi, presumably for her sake and the kingdom. There is no reward mentioned. That's the theory, at least. In practice, he usually defers to Eldore or Caesar.
He falls out of this trope in the second game due to a.: Goes through one in the second game due to overuse of the White Knight. It's temporary and is actually a side-effect of Madoras slowly taking over his body. Once the only necessary factor to facilitate the possession is the Knights being together for a bit, he temporarily returns to normal.: In a way, seeing as the Knights and those capable of using them were originally Yshrenian weapons. Origins also states that Mureas had been captured by the Yshrenians during the original Dogma War and the White Knight was supposed to publicly execute her, but chose to free her and run off instead.: Rarely plans ahead, considers the consequences of his actions, or moves to countermand incredibly obvious actions of the villains.
Gets possessed by Madoras at the end of the second game because he forgot about that whole 'never put all five Knights in one place, ever' thing.: Taking advantage of their chance to sneak into the palace was really his idea, and he needs zero convincing to go on the rescue arc.: Steadily falls out of focus in terms of character development and plot relevance mid-way through the first game, culminating in him literally falling into a coma and not even appearing on screen for half the second game. Shortly afterward, he is possessed.: Leonard is, simply put, an incredibly blunt instrument, Knight or no Knight.Yulie. Voiced by: Dannah Feinglass (English)A girl who comes from the same village as Leonard and was Leonard's childhood friend. She decides to come along for the latter half of that fateful wine delivery. Hints in the story indicates that she could be the pactmaker of Luthia, the Moon Maiden.: She admits to Miyu that she basically 'fell into' the quest instead of choosing it, but she's managing.: The Moon Maiden's pactmaker.: One her quotes, while exploring a dangerous areas, is 'This has bad idea written all over it.' .: Her desire to help and defend her friends is what endears her to Luthia, and enables her to become a pactmaker.: Shades of it in the second game as she struggles with accepting the fact that Leonard will never love her, and feelings of uselessness over the quest.: In the first game, she had little to no involvement and is basically there to support Leonard.
It's the second game that gives her character development and a knight.: A good portion of the second game is devoted to displaying her go through this because she wants to be more useful. Her resolve earns her a Knight.: It's too bad for her that Leonard only has eyes for the princess.: Thigh-high boots variety.Eldore. Voiced by: Catherine Cavadini (English)A dancer from the desert village of Albana She is the pactmaker of Dinivas, the Black Knight. She is one of many warriors to don the armor of Dragias. She was found as an infant at the same time as her older brother Grazel, Caesar and the other pactmakers. She is shown getting killed by Shapur after turning her back on the Magi, but is resurrected by Father Ygdra in the second game.: She's introduced trying to kill Leonard as part of a dance.: After she is given a second chance at life by Father Yggdra, she's determined to right the wrongs she's done.: in the second game she is revived by Father Ygdra but spends most of it as Scardigne.: Scads of passionate bickering with Caesar. Ultimately resolved after her second disguise is revealed.: Played with.
She is the contractor of Dinivas, the Black Knight, but when it comes to her double-life as Dragias, she is only one of several Yshrenians to don his armor.: The Black Knight's pactmaker before it was stolen from her by Shapur.: It's insulting how she's able to get away her act for about 80% of the first game, including transforming into the Black Knight (repeatedly!) without anyone noticing, and even slipping off a bus-sized gondola mid-flight to go report back to Grazell. Eldore was suspicious of her, but didn't do anything. Caesar knew she was the Black Knight immediately from his Dragon Sight, but wanted to redeem her intead of exposing her.: It's a weird one to be sure; when she was evil and a mole, she was the black knight General Dragias.
When she becomes good and a protector of Miu, she wears the blue armor of General Scardigne.: Starts off bad but that was because she was being coerced and so she turns good, but then turns out to have been all along. Then towards the end she becomes through affection for the group and doubt in her purpose. Unfortunately, and she attacks the party outright. Then she is good again in the second game.: As General Scardigne, she is a valiant knight dedicated to the protection of the benevolent princess Miu. It's ironic as she would be a White knight by the trope, in contrast to her previous possession of the Black Knight arc.: Throughout the first game, she can act rather hostile to the other party members at times.: She does this twice.
Once as the Black Knight and once as Scardigne. Albeit, anyone paying attention to the latter's figure could have guessed that this trope was going to manifest at some point.Caesar. Voiced by: Vince Corraza (English)Leonard's questmate and friend, originary from the Free City of Greede and pactmaker of Larvayne, the Dragon Knight.
He was adopted by the Mayor of Greede as a boy and, after hearing their story, decides to help out Leonard and co.: His preferred weapon of choice is a spear.: When Kara turns out to be alive again in the second game, all he can bring himself to say is that he owes Father Ygdra for bringing her back to him. 'Please don't ask me to get mushier than that.' She doesn't; she just leans against him so he can put his arm around her.: Interestingly, his question about how 'hot' Cisna is elicits a disinterested shrug from the Avatar. A lot of his other, more biting jokes, land conspicuously flat with the likes of Yulie, Kara, and Eldore.: The Mayor of Greede is not his birth father but someone that Medius entrusted him with when he was an infant in the hope of a happy life.
The relationship is rocky when the party first meets him but it is solid father-son bond.: While initially coming across as an airheaded fratboy, Eldore quickly points out not just his skill at crafting to create a near-perfect replica of his father's goddess statue, but also his courage to fight a boss-level monster not once, but twice, to obtain the gemstones needed for its eyes.: He forges an incredibly rare statue, but this was just because he wanted to make his sick father feel better. He also puts up an aloof and blase front to mask his various emotional insecurities and traumas.: Downplayed. He doesn't seem to be lonely, but he doesn't seem to have any friends besides the main party.: pactmaker of Larvayne, the Dragon Knight.
Voiced by: Dana Snyder (English)Early antagonist that deters Leonard and his friends. He seems to be at least in his late 40s and his nationality is unknown. He seems to be the lowest in command hierachy amongst the Magi.: Not content with the two concurrent beatings he receives in the first game, when the heroes travel back in time to the start of the first game, they gladly take the opportunity to make it a hat-trick and beat the crap out of him a third time.: Grazel kills him for failing to often.: His boss fight is rather tough, and topped off with his becoming a particularly powerful Gigas.: His eyes look gold in-game, but his official bio states that they are red.: Surprisingly averted. Despite his less-than athletic appearance, be prepared for a gruelling boss fight.: Grazel quickly kills him once he is no longer necessary.
Besides, he was incompetent. The whole arc in the second game has him make a brief return.Grazel. Voiced by: (English)Magi Organization Leader, Pactmaker of Aldomaea, the Sun King. His goal was to unite all the Knights together to bring forth the ancient prophecy, which was said to cause the Dogma War to begin anew. His reasons for doing so aren't clear. To meet his goal however Grazel has proven ruthless, willing to sacrifice even his more valuable pawns to succeed.: Magi Organization Leader, emperor of the new Yshrenian and thus the cause of all the story's troubles. At least, that is what he appears to be.: Fond of calling the heroes 'friends' when threatening their lives.: Played with.
It's averted in the first fight with the Sun King, thanks to Cisna's magic restraining him, but when fighting him with Yulie and Ceasar, the Sun King is at it's full potential and cannot be severely damaged. The player just has to survive until the cutscene where Leonard shows up with the one sword that can actually damage him starts.: Without Cisna's magic, or a special sword she creates, the heroes can barely scratch him even as Knights.: Claims to be brother to the other pactmakers. They don't care.: Spent half of the first game on the sidelines, only to be an at the end. He becomes a legitimate threat as of the second game.: His armor in the second game is covered in spikes and shiny metal.: Gets a brief one once he realizes that he isn't the reincarnation of Emperor Madoras.
However, he still firmly believes that he's the Emperor even after said Emperor is revived.: Is very fond of offering the other pactmakers chances to join the Yshrenian cause.: His original personality, Setti, has black hair. Grazel, the artificial one created to be nasty, has white hair.: Madoras kills him at the end of the second game because he's no longer of use; that use was gathering the knights.Shapur. Voiced by: Joe Smith (English)A Magi warrior and Farian. He kills Kara and steals the Black Knight from her, becoming far more of a major antagonist in the second game.: Traitors rile him up.: Kills Kara and becomes Ebonwing's pactmaker in the second game.: He's killed by the very being he was serving, even when said being wasn't even trying to kill him.: Of the first game, technically speaking, by mutating the Black Knight into the Black Usurper.: Notable because most male Farians have antler-like horns, whereas his are a shorter, more curved variety closer to that of female Farians. This only adds to his creep factor.: little is known of his backstory because he killed everyone who would reveal such information.: A straighter example to Leonard in the second game, possibly due to the Black Knight's influence on his mind.: He'll do anything for the Yshrenian cause.: Downplayed. The trope only really manifests after Madoras begins to awaken and the Black Knight falls dormant.
Then he goes batty.High Priest LedomPriest of the Yshrenian Empire who plots Madora's resurrection. Later revealed to be Sarvain.: Wields a big swod when you fight him.: The reasonable chancellor is actually the evil emperor's priest.: Manipulates both sides to further his goals to revive Emperor Madoras.: Summons several Assassins to attack you.: Provides some when he's concerned about how Leonard wasn't with the main party. His plan wouldn't work if that happened.: A spy inside Balandor for the Magi.: Ledom aka Sarvain manipulated Grazel to seek the Knights and declare war on the world by convincing him that he was Magoras' reincarnation.: He takes offense at Cisna's notion that he is 'wasting' lives with his.
'Lives spent in service of my master are well spent indeed!' .: Madoras didn't kill him. He's waiting for you in Vellgander.: Sure, he gets a bunch of Yshrenian assassins to help him out in his fight, but he's a very formidable fighter and is even the one who actually killed Cisna's father and mother.: To Emperor Madoras; He spent 10,000 years working towards his resurrection!General Dragias. Voiced by: (English)The wielder of the Black Knight and the one responsible for killing Cisna's father at the beginning of the first game.: As he is created to be an intimidating figure, this is an affection.: He wears a black cape for that knight-officer look.: An evil guy in black armor, and fairly tough too.: Dragias is an identity that more than one Yshrenian has donned. Kara's memories were merely altered to convince her she was the only Dragias.
It was actually Sarvain AKA Ledom who was the Dragias responsible for killing the king. And from, When Grazel needs a powerful soldier to lead his troops, he sends in a warrior named Dragias, who is a master of swordsmanship. When some troops need someone to guide them in the battlefield, a master strategist is given the mask.
There is no telling how many people have performed the role, but in the end, the Magi troops see 'General Dragias' as the perfect leader that Grazel has under his command.: He wields a sword but he is capable of magic as well.: You fight him without his knight only once in the second game, and it's a very grueling fight.: A black-armored guy, with red eyes, and a horned helmet? Definitely evil! It's by design, as 'Dragias' is supposed to be scary to enemies.: The spikes add to his fearsome appearance.: General Dragias is a leader among the bad guys and is always wearing full body black armor in a menacing design because that is his purpose.: It looks like he's guilty of this during the assault on Balandor Castle, however, Leonard is simply seeing two seperate Dragiases, Ledom's (the one who killed King Valtos) and then Kara's (the one leading the actual assault).Madoras. Voiced by: (English)Emperor of the former Yshrenia Empire. Ten millennia before the start of the first game's events, he came to believe that it was his right to rule the world, and waged war for Yhrenian dominance. His technologically advanced army singlehandedly wiped the nation of Marhk off of the map before moving on Athwan. The exact circumstances of his death are vague, but we do know that at the cost of entire nations, he was stopped and the Knights that acted as the keys to his success were sealed away, but not before he could hide fragments of his soul within them and place his consciousness within he White Knight Wizel.
How can mere mortals touch me? I will reduce you to dust!.: The pose he makes right before you fight him is like this. He turns to the side, smiles, and dramatically places his hand in front of his face.: He's like a mix between and but is much closer to the former.: At the end of the second game, he possesses Leonard and fights in the Demon Knight armor.: Pulls this on Leonard before the through the White Knight.: The only explanation ever given for his causing the entire plot and trying to take over the world is simply that he believes that it's his right.: DAMN YOU!.: Lesse. Dark clothes? Creepy pale skin?
Ominous scepter? Incredibly immense dark powers? Practically his signature. Have fun fighting him.: Claims to be one. His is also Dark God of Destruction: MADORAS.: Screams in anguish after the Avatar finally finishes him off permanently.: Good luck figuring out how he's still alive after the final battle despite lacking a host.: He's got a reverb when he speaks, which certainly makes him sound supernatural.: A villainous example towards the Avatar.
His message can basically be summed up as 'I've been waiting a damn long time to take over the world, and you just screwed all of that over! What the hell?'
Albeit, his version is a lot more hammy. Rabble like you have no right! Ten millennia. Ten thousand YEARS I waited! And you have ruined it all!
DAMN YOU!. Yeah.10,000 years of trying and get out of his deal with the devil with his life intact while avoiding punishment for his failure to destroy the Athwani 10,000 years earlier. Avatar inadvertently releasing the REAL big bad, who Madoras was trying to prevent from coming into the world by trying to close the rifts.: Played with. Madoras is impressed at how you managed to make it to the top of Vellgander, but he doesn't think that you'll beat him.