History Awesome / DragonQuestXI

-->'''Serena:''' We the twins of Arboria swear to protect you. While we live, none shall defeat you.

* Sylvando and Veronica get an early one in Gondolia, when the Luminary and Erik are attacked by [[spoiler:Jasper and his knights]]; Sylvando shouts at the them with Veronica at his side, followed by her shooting a swarm of fireballs at the knights and messing them up.
* Jade gets a big one at the Dundrasil Ruins, before she even joins the party. Hendrik and his knights once again catch up to the Luminary while he's alone with Jade, but the Luminary barely had to raise his sword; Jade is such a badass that she single-handedly beats the tar out of all of them at every single turn, over and over again. And ''then'', after the Luminary falls off a dang ''cliff'', Jade '''jumps after him, grabs him and hold him close, and''' '''''takes him to safety.''''' That's right, this girl literally fought off your attackers, survived a deadly fall off a cliff, and saved you from certain death, all before joining your party. Jade is ''the'' baddest bitch. [[spoiler: Made even better should you choose to marry her, whereupon climbing the Tor with her reveals that Jade is ''acrophobic''. She took a diving leap off an immensely high cliff ''despite her fear'' all to protect the one she'd once lost.]] Incidentally, this is all well after her introduction, which was made by soundly handing [[LightningBruiser Erik]] his ass in the Colosseum.

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place. The rest of the party, Hendrik and King Carnelian included, [[spoiler: had been killed]], and Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'' while Veronica herself had been gravely injured by a falling branch. Despite her injuries, in the mother of all [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica casts Zing Stick [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even though she can't learn it until Act 3]] on eight characters at the same time to [[spoiler: bring them all back to life]]...And ''then'' uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place. The rest of the party, Hendrik and King Carnelian included, [[spoiler: had been killed]], and Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'' while Veronica herself had been gravely injured by a falling branch. Despite her injuries, in the mother of all [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica casts Zing Stick on eight characters at the same time to [[spoiler: bring them all back to life]]...And ''then'' uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]

** And ''that's'' when you realize that ''this is a prequel to the original trilogy.'' All the little things in Act 1 and Act 2 - building the Sword of Light, the Japanese-inspired town that speaks in haiku, the fact the town's leader was a Priestess - finally click in the player's head as they hear a glorious remix of the map theme form ''Dragon Quest III.'' And in combating Calasmos, ''you are becoming the original Erdrick.''

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place. The rest of the party, Hendrik and King Carnelian [[spoiler: had been killed]], and Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'', while Veronica herself had been gravely injured by a falling branch. Despite her injuries, in the mother of all [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica casts Zing Stick on eight characters at the same time to [[spiler:not only bring them all back to life, but to give them all some HP back, despite her abysmal magical mending stat]] ...And ''then'' uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place, and likely what ended up saving the world in the long run. The hero was out cold, Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'' and everyone but Veronica ends up unconscious when more of the tree collapses on them. And then, in the mother of all [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica puts up a barrier just in time that protects her allies...and then uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place, and likely what ended up saving the world in the long run. The hero was out cold, Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'' and everyone but Veronica ends up unconscious when more of the tree collapses on them. And then, in the mother of all [[ChekovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica puts up a barrier just in time that protects her allies...and then uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]

** The HeroicSacrifice was the crowning moment for Veronica in the first place, and likely what ended up saving the world in the long run. The hero was out cold, Yggdrasil was ''blowing up around them,'' and everyone but Veronica ends up out cold when more of the tree collapses pm them. And then, in the mother of all [[ChekovsGun Chekhov's Spells]], Veronica puts up a barrier just in time that protects her allies...and then uses [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Zoom, the spell she taught the Luminary when she first joined his party]] all the way back near the beginning of the game, to get them all to safety. [[FaceDeathWithDignity There's even a small smile on her face when she mouths 'Goodbye.']]