David is a character in Dragon Quest VIII. He was a servant who worked for Dominico in the town of Arcadia, but was actually a descendant of Kupas, one of the Seven Sages who sealed away Rhapthorne.
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Some time after Kupas and the other sages defeated Rhapthorne and sealed him away in the sceptre, Kupas transferred his magic powers to Dominico's ancestor, Cletus Diakonos. who was his apprentice. This made him a normal man who could no longer use magic and Dominico's family would use his sage powers instead. He disappeared and Cletus never saw him again, but he cast a spell that linked their family together so that one day their descendants could share some sort of connection.
David was born in Tryan Gully and he began traveling the world for six months, eventually reaching the city of Arcadia. He was penniless, starving, and tired when he arrived in Arcadia, but Dominico saw him and gave him a job at his mansion as a servant, which made David grateful. However, Dominico constantly humiliated and bullied David, but despite all of this, David was still grateful to him, even looking after Dominico's dog, Sir Leopold.
When Evil Jessica came to Arcadia, she began searching for Kupas's descendant, eventually locating David. The Hero, along his comrades, were able to stop her from attacking David.
After Evil Jessica's defeat, she returns back to her normal self but the sceptre was lost during the confusion. Furthermore, Sir Leopold had disappeared so David began looking for him, while Dominico fell into a deep depression. While visiting Dominico's mansion, The Hero and the others hear some commotion from outside and they go outside to see David getting attacked by Sir Leopold, who had found the sceptre in the aftermath of the fight with Evil Jessica, and is possessed by Rhapthorne. He mortally wounds David and jumps from building to building, escaping town now that he has killed the fifth descendant of the Seven Sages. David talks to the Hero and before dying, he tells them to find Sir Leopold because he is "the only thing that makes Master Dominico happy". Dominico goes outside to see this and finds David dead, he then finally realizes that he was the descendant of Kupas and feels bad for everything he has done to David. He realizes he has made mistakes and is depressed by David's death. He tells the Hero to find Sir Leopold who is "no longer my Sir Leopold" and kill him, to avenge David's death.
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Dragon Quest Walk[]
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Trivia[]
- In the original PS2 release, Dominico was much more cruel towards David, leading to an infamous scene where, under the pretense of him trying to poison Sir Leopold's food, Dominico ordered David to eat it to prove it has not been poisoned, greatly humiliating the youth in a dehumanizing manner. In the 3DS re-release, the scene was changed into a much more tame by comparison scolding for delivering said dog food late, possibly in order to make Dominico's subsequent change of heart and remorse towards his mistreatment of David more believable.
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| German | David |
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