Drakengard
Drag-On Dragoon (or Drakengard in the United States) is a Sony Playstation 2 game published in Japan by Square Enix on September 11, 2003 and in North America on March 5, 2004. It would be published in Europe by Take Two Interactive. The U.S. name is sometimes spelled "Drakenguard."It is a real-time strategy game staring Caim and his best friend Inuart and others. It is a war between The Union and The Empire. Every playable character makes a pact with a powerful beast, and pays a price for joining the pact. The parents of Caim and his sister Furiae were killed by a black dragon sent by the The Empire. Caim did not only lose his Kingdom to The Empire, but, in order to join the pact with a red dragon, he also gave up his voice. He now has a pact emblem located on his tongue. Inuart's price of joining the pact, with a black dragon, was the loss his ability to sing, and an emblem appeared on his neck. Leonard's pact price, with a faerie, was that he became blind, with an emblem on his eyes. The price for Arioch's pact with Undine and Salamander was that she lost ability to bear children. Her pact emblem was located on her abdomen. Seere, a young boy, exchanged his ability to grow older for a golem's strength. His emblem covers his body. Verdelet, an old man, exchanged his ability to grow head of hair for the pact with the Petrified Dragon. His pact emblem is located atop his skull. In Drakengard, the fighting takes place both in the air and on foot.