Dragon Quest IX's second story-related quest has now emerged. And, as expected in retrospect, but as was welcome in the moment, it's another quest pulled straight out of the 16-bit RPG playbook.
A town (aptly named Coffinwell) is imperilled by a terrible disease - but, this disease turns out to be a curse! The twist is that the curse is simply to be resealed rather than the usual vanquished or destroyed (as was the case in Phantasy Star IV's Reshel and Breath of Fire's Romero). However, flattening things out after this welcome shift from the conventional is the fact that once more a female character close to those involved in this plot point is in danger! We didn't have to save any princesses in the matter with the Wight Knight, hopefully it turns out that we don't need to save the wife of the archaeologist visiting Coffinwell, either.
Both the matter of the Wight Knight and the curse of Coffinwell seem to have been triggered by the earthquake that somehow lead to the game's lead falling from heaven. So, my guess right now is that after five more quake-related quests, the big bad will reveal itself and the game will shortly thereafter end. Just how accurate a guess that is remains to be seen however.
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