What Dragons Need by Io

After over fifteen hundred years, the mythical dragons return without any warning and spill across the land, killing all mortals they see for no apparent reason. Any attempts to stop them are, while not total failures, vastly ineffective. It's only a matter of time before the people of the Union of Races all perish. You, however, aren't going to take this laying down. With a bit of luck, skill and fate, you're going to do your best to save humans, elves, and orcs alike...

... or will you defect to the enemy's side, and help them acquire what dragons need?

Version 1.0
-Game is complete. 10 endings available. Like it or hate it, please do leave critique!
-Downloading is recommended for the best playing experience.
Comment archerqueen08
16 Oct 2024
Coming back to this game that I played when I was a young teen and I STILL can't beat the final boss. The timed events lag the game and I have to go through 4 rounds of randomized strike sequences before getting to the end. Its impossible. If the author is still around I would love to be able to finish this game because its truly one of the hidden gems of IF and I can't believe a game of this scope has so few players! I still think about it sometimes 7 years later.

Review longxin
01 Jan 2023
It just stops when typing and i have to wait like forever.

Comment Gosia
04 Oct 2020
I started playing the game and liked it, right until the first mission.
I have to agree with the person who dislikes quick time events.
These are not exactly friendly for screenreader users.
I keep getting killed before I even finish reading the description of the current location, not to mention what is happening.
I would like to play the game, but unless the option to turn off quick time events is added, I am unable to continue.

Review WolfyGirl2077
14 Aug 2020
Quick time events shouldnt be in a story also im on my phone and my keyboard disaperes and appears constantly when a new text comes so i cant get past the dragons attacking the town which frankly makes this one not even worth 1 star since it's so early

10 Nov 2019
I am stuck in MT vulcis pls help I have been there for like a week

31 Oct 2019
Heya I am new here so how do you load from your save?

Comment Kronos2234
11 Jan 2019
Hint: Buckets can hold water, and water is not very good for certain armor. Nudge nudge.

Comment archerqueen08
20 Feb 2018
Just give them to Corona, and go look around the city again. Can't remember where, but somewhere around Bovek there should be a description saying "Press C to continue". MAKE SURE TO SAVE I had to restart because I didn't have the right item.

Review Tolotickbomb
18 Feb 2018
Amazing game. I love it!

Comment Tolotickbomb
18 Feb 2018
So... What are you supposed to do once you collect all the materials in bovek? I talked to Corona and he just told me what materials i needed

Comment archerqueen08
25 Dec 2017
Btw there is a glitch, when you go to sleep and try to go down the background stays black

Comment archerqueen08
25 Dec 2017
Ok, I've decided to make a walkthrough of this game up to where I stopped because its awesome and its so damn hard (for people with no brains like me)
To the the owner of this game: I hope you don't kill me for making this :D If you don't want the game to be spoiled I can take this comment down (I think?)

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Also, just know that theres no way to cheat!!! (Is that a good thing?) I've tried taking rations and stuff into battle but it just doesn't work!

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Comment archerqueen08
25 Dec 2017
~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~ ~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~ ~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~ ~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~ ~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~ ~~~~~SPOILER ALERT!!!!~~~~~

So I decided to join the dragons but then after the battle at Bovek I found all the stuff and now
I'm fighting Arlaka and he has da phoenix armor and I tried to drink the potions and stuff but he kills me. Help?
Also, at the same time I'm playing the part where I escape from the camp. So I figured out the password to the gate in the cave and I found the weapon (whose name I can't spell) and I'm in Bovek dealing like 1000 damage every time but I killed all the enemies and I can't find anymore to kill so what do I do now?

Comment archerqueen08
11 Dec 2017
I seem to be stuck in the barracks?

Comment Io
04 Oct 2017
@Tolotickbomb if you're talking about the mysterious man I remember, then try looking for some item that can give you an edge on him.

Comment Tolotickbomb
30 Sep 2017
Mysterious man so powerful

Comment Io
29 May 2017
645Kitty - Use the bar on stuff.

Comment 645Kitty
27 May 2017
How do you do work at the forge...?

Review archerqueen08
12 Feb 2017
Fantastic game, detailed and very good! Make more!

Comment Pipper
30 Dec 2016
That dragon (I'm an Eragon geek ;P) is called Shruikan. I just had to say that I know I'm weird.

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