I was supposed to finish this ages ago....I apologize for the late last part I still had it. Just needed some things to go with it. After this I will post up the side quest part as well.

Dragon Quest 8 Journey of the Cursed King Walkthrough Part 5

Tryan Gully

This place will be hard to find so here is a picture showing you where you need to go. When you have found the place explore.





You need to find an elf called Raya when you do speak to her. After that she will allow you to go to the treasure chamber. That is if you found it before during your exploring. You will get an item that will help aid in your quest to find Rhapthorne. When you have taken what is needed from the treasure chamber use the leaf so then on the map you will be shown where to go next. Use the soul bird stone to follow Rhapthorne he will go to Savella Cathedral. Enter you will find him up stairs this will trigger another boss fight.

Boss fight 13
Evil Sir Leopold
His attacks and Spells
Intimidating scream
Cold breath
Critical attacks
Tail attack

Start off with the usual using to raise your party's defense and attacks as well. He can attack twice on you, so watch out for that. He is annoying to deal with make sure to be careful.

After you have beaten him Marchello will come in with some guards and frame you and the Lord high priest. Typical Marchello, that's why I never liked him in the first place. Later on he will pick up the sceptre and Rhapthorne will control him. After you get in prison with the others you have to talk to everyone to trigger the next scene it will take a while to trigger other scenes it's the most annoying part too in the game to do. A plan will finally be made for when you to escape. When the plan works go to neos that's where Marchello will be.

Showdown At The Lord High Priests House

Head back to neos and enter the cathedral and a cutscene will happen. You will see Marchello giving a speech. Then he will order the guards to attack you. Now being cornered by them the soul bird will help you to escape. Then the next boss will happen.

Boss fight 14
Marchello
His attacks and Spells
Disrupted wave of energy
Kafrizzle
Wind sickles
Midheal
Normal attack
Prays and opens a portal to the heavens

Marchello isn't a really hard boss just an annoying one to deal with. Use the normal methods to beat him all I can say is watch out for the attack when he prays and uses a special attack on you, this will attack all of your party members.

After the battle Rhapthorne will possess Marchello another cutscene will happen, and he will restore his castle. The only way to follow Rhapthorne is to use the soulbird. I really do recommend that you train first, and be well prepared before heading to the Black Citadel.



Encounter With The Lord Of Darkness

Black Citadel

There will be many paths to take, you will need to find switches to unlock a path you need to go as well. I cant go into details with this one. Once you have done the puzzles to figure out where to go you will find Rhapthorne . The first time you face him it would be the first stage.

Boss fight 15
Rhapthorne
His attacks and Spells
can have 2 turns
desperate attack
casts Kafrizzle
casts Kaboom
Cold Breath
Dazzle
puts a party member to sleep
removes all positive status changes


He will be pretty easy to face. That is if you have done so much grinding to that point. After not long you will beat him.

What you do next now is leave the area you are in, as it starts to crumble. When you get back to certain areas there will be times that enemies will come out from places to ambush you. Just be ready at times for when it happens. When you get back to that area which looked like a small town before. You will need to revert it back to for the stairs to appear to you. When the stairs appear go then you will be fully back outside the Black Citadel. Then something else happens.

Boss fight 16
Ruin
His attacks and Spells
Normal attacks his punches can hit 200 hp out!

Like I said before if you have trained and grind your party well then you will have no problem on this boss fight. But if you are under leveled then you will have a really hard time.


When you have defeated ruin use the Goldbird Soulstone because the stairs you used before to reach the top would be destroyed. Then a cutscene will happen you will see Rhapthorne in a big state. As you try to escape by air something will happen causing the Goldbird Soulstone to disappear which will make you fall from the sky. Then help will arrive. Empyra somehow breaks through the portal to get back into the world of light she will save you. Then some more cutscenes will happen. She will explain now that Rhapthorne has shielded himself in a way you can't attack head on. Meaning your party needs help. She will go on explaining about how the seven sages somehow came back and want to help. So what you do next is find their souls, and bring them back to her.



The Seven Sages Orbs In Different Colour

So to find the orbs you need to remember where they died so here is a reminder in case you have forgotten.

Aka list here
You find the orbs where the sages were killed:

1. Farebury in Master Rylus' burned house his colour is the purple orb.
2. Tower of Alexandria on the top floor where Alistair met his death his colour is the blue orb
3. Maella Abbey in the Abbot's home where he died his colour is the gold orb.
4. Baccarat in Golding's Mansion where he was killed in his room his colour is the yellow orb.
5. The one in Arcadia is where Sir Leopold's cage is where he died his colour is the green orb.
6. Outside in the cave behind Marta's cottage is the red orb
7. Lord High Priest's Residence for the last orb.



The Final Battle
Ok when you have seen the last cutscene before battle you will have your final battle with Rhapthorne.

Final battle boss 16
Rhapthorne
His attacks and Spells
Can have 2 turns
Uses one of his arm with an attack to hit all party members.
Bursts out in laughter, with this he doesn't hit you he just laughs.
hits 2 random targets when he flings the ball from the top of his staff.
Casts Kaboom.
Casts Kafrizzle.
Removes all positive status changes on all party.
Meditates to heal himself of 500HP. This will tell you he is almost dead.
his eyes gleam eerily and puts a party member to sleep.
Smashes the party with his arm.
Belches Blazing Fire at the party.
hits 4 random targets when he raises his weapon and calls forth the anger of the gods.
Damages all party members when he chants and meteors fall from the sky.
Releases all magic power at once to damage the party.
Can rapidly recover all magic power.
he exhales a Cold Breath and uses it at the party

So his shield will be up. What you need to do is that have hero, yangus and Jessica on defense while Angelo uses kabuff. When you have Angelo reach to the point that there will be no need to use kabuff. Now have everyone pray on the sceptre so then one soul appears. You will need to do this 7 times. You can't have 2 or 3 people doing it because it won't work it has to be all party members praying on the sceptre for a soul sage to appear. Also when your health is quite low have everyone on the next turn to defend while hero uses onmiheal that is if you have it. If not then have Angelo use multiheal or use the sages stone to restore health to your party. When you have done what is needed the seven sages their souls will kill off Rhapthorne shield. Another cutscene will play out. After, this will be the last battle ever with Rhapthorne. Then afterwards will be a few things left to do then the ending credits would roll. Congratulations you have completed the game!!!! Or have you? You need to look till the very end of the credits for something really important.


Hidden Secret Storyline
Now if you saw the credits to the end and saw beyond when it said the end you will see a blurry vision of a place then you will be told what to do next. After you save the game then you can restart. You will be in Argonia. Use the Goldbird Soulstone to reach your next destination. DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT GO AND FACE RHAPTHORNE AGAIN! You will need to go through to do the hidden storyline of this game. Remember the place you got shown at the end? You need to go there. Fly around until you have found it. Actually the place you need to go is not far off from Argonia. When you have reached the place go up to the stone and press x. You will be transported to a place called Dragovian Path.

Dragovian Path
Monsters found in this cave
Liquid Metal Slime
Metal King Slime
Hell Hopper
Dark Devildog
Heavy Hood
Hellstalker
Silhouette
Pandora's Box - Can use *Drain Magic* so make sure you check that one of your party's MP is not drained too much.
Wight King -
Invisible Swordsman
Belial

Ok now this is where you will die a lot if you haven't trained your party enough. I suggest you only enter this place if you are lv 70 or higher. I also recommend for your hero and Angelo to use lightning storm as that takes out multiples of enemies, and also use holy protection to stop random enemy encounters. The cave is pretty straightforward. When you get to this split path



The left will lead you to a path that you will find a treasure chest, while the right path leads to the way you need to go to. When you have gotten the treasure chest head back to take the other path.




When you have crossed the bridge you will come to the second split path.





The left leads you to a treasure chest while the right leads you to the path you need to take. After sometime you will come to the third split path.






The left leads you to you where you need to go, while the right path leads you to a treasure chest. Head back and keep going straight forward. You will get to the next place in the cave. You will now see bit of the outside keep going forward when you get into a cave with poisonous river you will see another treasure chest on the right this will be Pandora's box. It will be up to you if you want to fight it or not. Keep going if you don't want to. Again you will come to a split path.




The left leads to a short path to outside while the right leads to the long way round. Once outside you will be able to clearly see where you need to go next. The first left of a path has a treasure chest, and the second path to the right has a treasure chest as well. When inside again and at the end you will see a panel to step on. This will transport you. You will see a path before you keep going until you get back outside shortly you will see a gravestone read it then carry on. In the cave you will comes to see a path on the right ignore it and keep on going you will then finally reach the Dragovian Sanctuary.

Dragovian Sanctuary

Go up to the gate but it won't open. Munchie will then hop out of heros coat pocket. He will open the gate and disappear on you. Now with the gate opened you will be greeted by Chen Mui a Dragovian elder. He will then go ahead and explain what the village is about. After that is done go ahead into the village. But then something is off. Go and talk to one person you see sitting on the ground. That person will go ahead and explain about what happened. He will say something has happened to the village and the Lord of the Dragovians. Chen Mui says to go to the council. To find it, it's straightforward go up the slope and talk to the person who is blocking the way. After the cutscene he will allow you through. The council would be in session. A lot of talking and things will happen. They will go on explaining about a ritual that happened but then failed.

After that Chen Mui will ask you to talk to the members of the council. When that has happened another cutscene will happen. You will then have a new mission face the Lord of the Dragovians in his dragon form who is in the Heavenly Dais. You will then have to go to Chen Muis house to rest up. When you have done that head to the Heavenly Dais. To get there go back to where the council is go inside and to the right you should see some stairs descending down. You will see another path to the right go through there and talk to the person blocking the way.

Heavenly Dais
Monsters found in this dungeon:
Metal King Slime
Democrobot - can easily jump and shake the ground causing this move to hit all party members.
Head of State
Body Politic
Right Wing
Left Wing
Invisible Swordsman
Hellspawn
Belial
Solaris
Great Troll
Unholy Bishop
Hell's Gatekeeper
Crocodog
Servant of Darkness

Now this place is a real annoyance to get through. So you be confused as to where to go so you will need to go through here



if you take the right path keep going straight ignore other path to the right, and you will come to seeing a treasure chest. After head back onto the correct place.

You will get to a small looking place and descend down the slope you will then see a treasure chest, collect what's inside and go out. There will be two spit paths go to the one the right, as the left one leads to nowhere.





You will then see stairs you are to climb up on. This will lead you to an upper floor you should be here



There will be 3 paths the middle path leads to treasure chest and the right pathway. The right leads to a dead end. So the left path leads to a treasure chest and a dead end. In the middle path the treasure chest is on the left also there will be another path to take. On the right again you will see another treasure chest next to the dragon skull. This next part will get you confused there are some hidden stairs I should say on the right side. It takes you downward then go up another pair of stairs at the end you will see a large gate. Go up and press x you will be the Lord of Dragovian domain make sure your party is ready to face the next boss which won't be easy to deal with.

Boss fight 17
The Lord Of The Dragovians
His attacks and Spells

I am not going to lie this boss was no trouble at all if you go with a good method you can easily beat him.

So after a cutscene will happen the Lord of the Dragovians will return back to normal after the fight also something very surprising will be revealed about hero and his past.

And then the Lord of the Dragovians will say since you had beaten him in battle, you are allowed to undergo The Dragovian Trials. With this would come in as a challenge I suggest doing this before you complete the game again, as you will gain something really special for only hero. After that you will return back to the village to talk to the elders about your success. You can go back and take on the trails or go and face Rhapthorne and complete the game again but with a different ending.


The Dragovian Trials

The Lord of the Dragovians will start off as himself, and then will turn into a dragon as soon as you beat him.

Attacks and spells
can have 2 turns per round
Tension
paralyze all party members (only affects hero) with Dragovian Seal
crouching thrust attack on a party member
Thin Air attack
calls forth bolts from the blue
meditates to heal 500HP
removes all positive status changes when envelope in a wave of ice

Vermilion Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have 2 turns per round
desperate attack
belches Scorching Flames at the party
intimidating scream
uses Gigaflash to damage all party members and try to inflict Dazzle

This will be the first dragon he transforms to as you saw before. So you won't have any time to heal your party. What I suggest you do is stock up really well to be able to beat the challenge. What I did was I did a little of something. I had hero doing dragon soul, that is obtained which you reach 100 of courage skill. I kept having hero doing that while the others were using defense magic such as magic barrier, insulate, kabuff, oomph. Make sure to heal your party from time to time having Angelo using midheal, and while hero at times can use onmiheal. Whatever you do don't not die to him. Its ok to have one member down, but be quick to get whoever was killed back up and alive again. It will take sometime, but the method works. People have their own method as of how to do something. Once you have beaten him again he will congratulate you and say you earned a reward you get to choose of the following

Strengthen the alchemy pot
Receive a dragovian sword
Receive some dragovian armour
Receive a dragovian shield
Receive a dragovian helm

Emerald Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have 2 turns per
desperate attack
tries to paralyze the party with Burning Breath
Sweet Breath to try to put party members to sleep
Venomous Mist

The dragon will be a green colour. Now you don't face this one until the second round. As in when you go and first challenge the lord of dragovians with the trails, the Emerald dragon doesn't appear. But when you fully complete the trails and want to do it again. You will see him in this form in the second time you do the challenge. Be very careful this dragon is viscous with his attacks. Also desperate attacks will be more used.

Silver Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have 2 turns per round
desperate attack
eyes gleam eerily and puts a party member to sleep
body shakes and spews F-f-frightfully C-c-cold Breath
casts Fizzle
meditates to heal 500HP
removes all positive status

Ok so....once you have gotten back to the heavenaly Dais to face the lord of dragovians face him again and he will start in his human form once again. When you defeat him this time he will transform into the sliver dragon. Which I can say was a bit tougher to deal with. This dragon uses ice breath on the party and can do a real damage so watch out for it.

Golden Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have up to 3 turns per round
casts Kaboom
casts Kasizzle
casts a strange glow that makes party members more vulnerable to spells
builds Tension sometimes can instantly get to Super High Tension
uses Gigaflash

This is another dragon he can transform into, it gets more annoying as you face this dragon. Make sure your party is well equipped. This dragon is just a 3rd step I am sure there is more to come, it will be even more annoying to endure.

Darksteel Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have 3 turns per round
casts Kasizzle
attempts to inflict Dazzle on all party members when his entire body flashes brightly eyes gleam eerily and puts a party member to sleep
chants ominously and meteors shower from the sky

When facing this dragon his appearance kind of scared me. '-'
This dragon is really annoying to beat.



Divine Dragon
can have 3 turns per round
desperate attack
removes all positive status
he spews a F-f-frightfully C-c-cold Breath
builds Tension
violently grabs a party member's head with its claw

Now this dragon was a real doozy to beat. With each dragon that you face....gets stronger attack wise.



Ultimate Dragon
Attacks and spells
can have up to 3 turns per round
builds Tension
Cold Breath at the party
removes all positive status
releases all magic power at once to damage the party
rapidly recovers all magic power
lets out an intimidating scream
belches Scorching Flames at the party

Now this is an all in one dragon as in the ones you have faced before. This dragon has all of their abilities so make sure to be ready to face a battle that is so fierce.

True Ending
Ok so after you have done beating the whole Dragovian trail restore health to your party in the mystical springs. After that save and go and beat Rhapthorne again for the true ending. When you have beaten him some things of the ending are the same I'll tell you when a part comes in differently. When you get to the cutscene Charmles comes in and gushes over Medea. Another cutscene will play after that as you know about. Then Angelo will then say go to King Clavius to show the Argonia ring. You will be instantly in the main place where he is staying at, so it saves going there on foot. Go to the main room and open the door that leads to outside and then talk to him. Hero explains as of what happened to his father and mother as well. This leaves King Clavius baffled. He believes hero, but then something else bothers him. So he will ask you to leave. Go through the double doors then morning will come. Go in and crash the wedding like was done before. Again Medea won't be in the cathedral. When Charmles comes he will summons the guards. King Clavius stops it and has a change of mind allowing his nephew to marry Medea instead of his son. More things happen but I won't say. And that basically ends the whole game.

Now when you compare the game again the ending will be different to the first one I won't say what happens as this is for you to find out on your own.

I hope you enjoy reading this walk-through also I hope this helps you in any way as well.

Nice end to your Walkthrough Enii, really good quality! I love it when people are creative with text colors and screenshots. Also better late than never haha.

Are you planning on writing another one? I always enjoy your work.

Furret : Omg furret thank you so much...I had to come and reply right away when I saw your post on this thread it really warms my heart as of what you said. I didn't know you really enjoyed reading my walkthroughs a lot, and because of this? You have given me more reason to write up another one. Yes I will be doing more I have a next one planned. Its a hack Pokémon game. After that I will do one for a ps2 game called champions of norrath.

Wow this looks really good and it is super easy to understand too! :o Great work Eniitan I hope that I will be able to read more of your work in the future, I loved reading it!