Dragonlord

Dragonlord (formerly King Dragon and DracoLord) is the main antagonist and final boss of Dragon Quest. Before the game starts, he steals the Ball of Light to bring forth monsters and unleash his forces of darkness upon Alefgard; he also kidnaps Lady Lora for reasons unknown.

Appearance

Personality

Biography

Games

Main Games

Dragon Quest

The Dragonlord resides in Charlock castle, which is located to the southeast across the water from Tantegel castle. Within the castle, the Dragonlord resides on the bottom-most level. Throughout the game, the Dragonlord never leaves the castle, similar to Hargon in Dragon Quest II.

When confronted by the Hero, the Dragonlord offers him a chance to rule the world by his side. The Hero is then presented with an opportunity to answer 'yes' or 'no'. Answering 'yes' causes the screen to fade to black as if the Hero had been fainted/killed in battle (in later versions, answering 'yes' sends the Hero back to Rimuldar as he awakens from a bad dream). Answering 'no' results in the start of the battle with the Dragonlord.

In battle, the Dragonlord appears as a humanoid sorcerer who possesses the skill of magic but is fairly weak, physically speaking. After receiving enough damage, the Dragonlord transforms into a more powerful, dragon form (his "true" form). The music also changes to the final battle theme.

II

The grandson of the Dragonlord resides in the same location in Dragon Quest II. He is a character of core importance as he informs the heroes of their need to collect the Crests and contact Rubiss.

III

Although not specifically mentioned, the Dragonlord inherits the castle once inhabited by Zoma, sometime after Zoma was defeated by Erdrick at the end of Dragon Quest III. Also, according to the Emblem of Roto manga, the Dragon Queen's egg is most likely Dragonlord.

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Battles

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	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
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	Exp	Gold	Drop	Multiple
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	Description: Lizard lord who ravages all with great gusts of flame, and whose fire-retardant scales stop any such scorching in return. This proud and mighty beast rules over all the dragon clans of the world with a high and haughty hand.
Encountered at:
Grotto

Dragonlord appears as a Legacy Boss, obtained as a rare drop from Greygnarl in grottoes.

Treasure

Level Range	Secondary Drop	%	Orb	%
1-3	Alefgard boots	15%	Red Orb	5%
4-8	Alefgard helm	15%	Red Orb	5%
9-15	Alefgard armour	15%	Red Orb	6%
16-25	Psaro's Map	10%	Red Orb	6%
26-40	Psaro's Map	15%	Red Orb	7%
41-56	Psaro's Map	20%	Red Orb	7%
57-68	Psaro's Map	25%	Red Orb	8%
69-80	Psaro's Map	30%	Red Orb	8%
81-90	Psaro's Map	35%	Red Orb	9%
91-99	Psaro's Map	40%	Red Orb	10%

In addition, he will always drop a Mini Medal.

Skills

Level	Abilities
Initial	Attack, may attack twice per turn, Blazing Fire
5	Always attacks twice per turn
10	Party Pooper
16	Hellfire
41	Stops Blazing Fire, attacks three times per turn, stops attacking twice per turn
49	Dark Breath
57	Disruptive Wave

Battle Strategy

You should have a Priest and/or a Sage in your party. Equip that character with Minstrel's Manual to enable Gritty Ditty. The other three characters can be Warriors and/or Paladins. Equip these with Falcon Blades or Uber Falcon Blades. One of your fighters needs to have learned Fource abilities, equip that character with Armamentalist's Album to use Fources on all party members. Equip your healer and Fource caster with Meteorite Bracers or at least Agility Rings.

1st Turn: Cast Gritty Ditty and Gale Force on your party while the fighters use Falcon Slash.

2nd Turn: Cast Gritty Ditty a second time and have the 3 fighters using Falcon Slash.

Remaining Turns: Continue to Falcon Slash with fighters. Healer can either attack to drain MP or heal as needed.

If the boss uses Disruptive Wave, start the above steps over.

Side Games

Monsters

The Dragonlord (DracoLord at the time) acts as the boss of the Gate of Ambition and will attempt to draw Terry over to his side in the same way he attempts to bargain with the Hero in the original Dragon Quest. but even if the player replied Yes, he would laugh and still challenge Terry.

Monsters 2

Caravan Heart

Joker

Game Description: This monarch was once bested by the Legendary Dragon Warrior in the days of yore.

Joker 2

Dragonlord and his sorcerer form, Dracolord, are synthesizable monsters in this spin-off game; the former is a special case since it's one of two monsters which forcefully require a Captain Crow for its synthesis, the other being Dr. Snapped.

Dracolord can be obtained by synthesizing a Great Dragon and a Demon-At-Arms. For Dragonlord, it requires the two resulting monsters of a Dracolord, an Alabast Dragon, a Gem Slime and a Captain Crow.

Joker 2 Professional

Terry's Wonderland 3D

Super Light

Monster Battle Road Victory

Fortune Street

He is an unlockable playable character in this with Square-Enix game collaboration with Nintendo.

Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken

Stars

Builders

Anime

Captain N: The Game Master

The Dragonlord appear as an antagonist to The N Team, and worked with Mother Brain in his first appearance. He appeared in:

Episode 7: "Three Men & A Dragon"
Episode 23: "Trojan Dragon"
Episode 24: "I Wish I Was a Wombatman" (Robotic replica)

The Dragonlord is the only character from a Dragon Quest game to appear in both episodes, with a Blue dragon appearing in Episode 7, and an Axe knight appearing in Episode 23.

Bestiary

Bestiary
Dragon Quest	039* 040*	Unknown
II	-	No appearance
III	-	No appearance
IV	-	No appearance
V	-	No appearance
VI	-	No appearance
VII	-	No appearance
VIII	-	No appearance
IX	295	Lizard lord who ravages all with great gusts of flame, and whose fire-retardant scales stop any such scorching in return. This proud and mighty beast rules over all the dragon clans of the world with a high and haughty hand.
X	-	No appearance

Sprites

Other languages

Other languages
French	Lordraco/Lordragon
German	Unknown
Spanish	Unknown
Italian	Unknown
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	Unknown

Trivia

In the American manual to Dragon Warrior, the Dragonlord's origin is told as part of the story. He was originally a mortal man who shunned the power of the Ball of Light and retreated into the mountains where he encountered a dragon. Anticipating his death, the man instead discovered that the dragon would obey his every command, and he would in time use this power to raise an army and attack Alefgard as the Dragonlord.

Gallery

Related monsters

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v · e · dDragon Quest
Playable Characters	Hero
Antagonists	Dragonlord • Golem • Green dragon • Knight aberrant
NPC's	Erdrick • King Lorik • Princess Gwaelin • Galen • Magog
Towns and Cities	Alefgard (continent) • Tantegel • Galenholm • Kol • Damdara (formely) • Cantlin • Rimuldar • Rain Shrine • Sanctum
Dungeons	Craggy Cave • Damdara • The Dragonlord's Castle • Erdrick's Cave • Galen's Grave • Quagmire Cave
Key Items	Sphere of Light • Erdrick's tablet • Faerie flute • Princess Pledge • Mark of Erdrick • Lyre of Ire • Staff of Rain • Sunstone • Rainbow Drop
Lists	Armor • Bestiary • Shields • Spells • Weapons • Items • Locations
Other	Beta and Unused elements