Wham Episode / Dragalia Lost

Dragalia Lost is absolutely filled to the brim with moments that absolutely destroy the status quo.

All spoilers will be unmarked ahead. You Have Been Warned!

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The Main Campaign

• It’s saying something when the very first chapter sets things up in a big way. It starts out fairly basic, with Euden, Zethia, and Notte going to the forest for Euden to form a pact with Midgardsormer, but things escalate very quickly when they meet an alternate version of Zethia, who warns them that there’s dangers ahead. After that, they meet, Elisanne and Ranzal, who would be some of their most trusted allies for the entire game. Euden forms a pact with Midgardsormer, and his servant, Cleo, also joins Euden and the gang. Zethia ends up getting kidnapped by The Other, and now it’s up to the gang to save her.
• Chapter 5 is another major one. The gang go to the Binding Ruins, and there, they learn all about the history of King Aurelius, as well as meeting his pactwyrm, Zordiark. The Other leaves Aurelius’s body, but ends up possessing Zethia instead. The real Aurelius dies, and Euden and friends barely make it out unscathed.
• In Chapter 10, the gang confront The Other in Clave Loy’elune, and they learn a part of Alberia’s ancient history. It turns out that this was where Alberius initially fought The Other, and in a last-ditch effort, he, along with Cthonius, would seal him up in their own bodies while pactbound. The seal didn’t completely work, which is why The Other is still around, and it turns out that Alberius is still there, still affected by The Other’s Magic. Although he is defeated, The Other isn’t, and all of Euden’s siblings decide to side with it, leaving him to the be only royal who can stop The Other. The end of the chapter also marks the moment when Euden decides to put on his Gala clothes, showing how much he has grown thus far, and he remains in this outfit for the rest of the main campaign (except for Chapter 26, the last chapter).
• Chapter 12 is when Euden finally confronts Leonidas, and their battle will help decide the fate of this corner of Alberia.
• Chapter 14 is when Euden and friends finally confront The Other once and for all in the climactic showdown. There’s just one problem: it gets interrupted. When Euden is about to offer his own body to The Other so that Zethia is no longer possessed, the possession gets interrupted when Beren defeats The Other with ease. Instead, the gang fight Volk instead, who is just there as a distraction, since Zethia ends up getting kidnapped yet again at the hands of the Agito. After this, the other Zethia comes to help. She explains who she is and where she came from, and with the other Zethia, now going by “Zena,” she and Euden agree to work together to help get this timeline’s Zethia back.
• In Chapter 19, the gang reaches the Fairy Kingdom, where they finally get to learn Euden’s origins. Nedrick originally died, and Aurelius, not wanting to lose his son, went to the Fairy Kingdom, where Nedrick would be cloned, thus creating the Euden that we know today. It’s also revealed that Euden’s body was created using The Other’s flesh, which means that he’s not entirely human.
• Chapter 21 is when the gang reaches The World Tree, and they learn about how the whole world was created. It was created by Bahamut and a mysterious figure called “The Progenitor.” The Progenitor wanted people to not have free will, so Bahamut did everything in his power to prevent that, even if it meant destroying worlds. Nedrick is close to forging his full pact with Bahamut, but Zethia finally decides to stand up for herself and forms the pact with Bahamut instead. Together, they are then all confronted by Phares and Beren, and it turns out that Phares is actually The Progenitor, who is controlling Phares’s body. This introduces The Progenitor as being the game’s true Big Bad.
• Chapter 23 is when The Progenitor finally awakens once and for all. The City of Grams is still devastated from the events of “Faith Forsaken,” so The Progenitor is there to add insult to injury. Beren has an internal conflict about what he’s doing, but ultimately decides to go along with The Progenitor’s plans. With his help, The Progenitor is able to leave Phares’s body, and reveals his true form and name, which is Xenos. Despite their best efforts, Euden and friends ultimately lose to Xenos, but thanks to Emile of all people coming in to save the day, they’re able to retreat as Xenos engulfs Grams in his wake.
• Chapter 25 is when Xenos’s plan to destroy the multiverse is finally starting to come into fruition. Even with the Auspexes all powered up, it still isn’t enough. During their battle, Euden and Zena end up in the dystopian future that Zena is from. They confront this timeline’s version of Euden, who is still under The Other’s control. While they free him, it turns out that this Euden was Evil All Along, and was a pawn being used by Xenos. He is the true liege of Chronos. Zena finally confronts her past and kills her world’s Euden, and she agrees to help the main Euden defeat Xenos once and for all.
• Chapter 26 is the very last chapter, and hoo boy, does it live up to that. Now, the stakes are higher than ever, as Xenos actually succeeds in destroying the multiverse, and now, he just needs to create a new world where people don’t have free will. The gang confronts familiar enemy after familiar enemy, and some familiar enemies even help them out. They confront Beren, who unleashes the power of The Other, but in the end, he gets killed. The gang finally reach Xenos, and with the Auspexes power, they actually put up a fight. However, in order to stand a chance, they need a part of Xenos to host all of the magic. It turns out that The Other is Xenos’s heart, and Euden is made up of the part of the the heart that gives to others. He hosts the power of the Auspexes, and by everyone working together, they finally kill Xenos. The Auspexes then create a new world for everyone to live in, one where they can live their lives freely. However, it turns out that Xenos is still alive and is still trying to stop them. In a last ditch effort, Euden decides to confront Xenos all by himself. Using all of the bonds that he has gained throughout his journey, only then is when Xenos is finally killed for good. Sadly, since Euden is a part of Xenos, him dying means that Euden will die as well. He disappears, and everyone is living peacefully in the new world. Zethia begins to think that something is missing, but she is then greeted by a familiar face.

Events

• “Fractured Futures” is the first anniversary event, and it shows. It starts out innocent enough, with Euden in bed, as he encounters a small, kitten-like dragon named Chronos. Things escalate very quickly when Chronos takes Euden to the past, and he’s forced to watch Zethia get kidnapped by The Other yet again. Euden and Chronos end up in a dystopian future, where it’s revealed just what would happen if Euden fails to stop it. This really ups the stakes, as Euden now knows what he must stop in defeating The Other.
• “Forgotten Truths” focuses on Ilia, the Goddess from 1,000 years ago. The event reveals what Zethia has been doing while she was possessed by The Other, and we even learn where it came from. Ilia was once a fairly typical girl who knew alchemy. After being forced to use alchemy for malicious purposes, she accidentally brings home a light. This light would turn out to be The Other, though presented as a friendly man named Mordecai. As the legend goes, Ilia forms a pact with Elysium, but what the legend doesn’t say is that it involves presumably killing Ilia. Ilia’s presumed death enrages Mordecai, turning him into Morsayati, The Other’s true form. While Mordecai gets freed, Morsayati still stands, leaving a climactic battle with the ancient past at stake.
• “Dawn of Dragalia” tells the story of of Alberius, and how he came to be known as Grastea’s greatest hero. He was once an ordinary man, but he wanted to do great things, so he went and befriended Midgardsormer. From there, he would go on many adventures, including recruiting Myriam and Cleo to his cause. He would then go on to shape Alberia into the kingdom that it is today.
• Easily the climatic event to top them all of is none other than “Faith Forsaken.” It marks the climatic conclusion to the Apostles’ arc, and they all must work together to save the world. The Church’s plan to revive Satan is almost complete, and the Apostles are running out of time and options to stop it. They try everything that they can, yet all of it remains futile. 665 innocent souls are sacrificed, and eventually, Satan reawakens. He brings destruction to all of Grams, as he comes close to destroying all of Grastea. The Apostles do all that they can, but even after the Angels sacrifice themselves, it still isn’t enough. It takes everyone, from all over the continent, to band together, and slay him and his fellow demons. With Euden’s help, the Apostles work together to finally seal Satan away once and for all, although, sadly, Origa is unable to be saved.
• Unlike the other events listed here, “Celestial Showdown” doesn’t tie into the main campaign, but that doesn’t make it any less impactful, as Hinomoto must defeat the leader of the Mukuroshu, and save Hinomoto once and for all. After spending a few New Years events antagonizing the Wyrmclan leader, all of them must work together to defeat Tsukuyomi.
• “The Blood That Binds” is the only non-raid event listed here, but it marks the great reunion of the eight scions (barring Beren), as they must finally set aside their differences and defeat a replica of Alberius himself.
• “Advent of the Origin” marks one of the game’s very last conflicts before the final battle. True Bahamut has shown his face, and he is hell-bent on destroying The Progenitor by any means necessary, even if it means destroying every innocent life in existence. Euden and Zethia’s bonds are put to the test, as they must work together to defeat the most powerful foe that they have faced yet. Their bonds ultimately awaken as both Euden and Zethia unlock their Bondforged Forms, and prove to True Bahamut that the world doesn’t need to be destroyed in order to defeat The Progenitor.