I just finished playing Octopath Traveler,
a game unlike any other I have every played for, rather than a single
plotline, the tale is the eight journeys of eight very remarkable, very
different people – all traveling for their own reasons. Olberic, a
traveling swordsman seeking to regain the reason for swinging his blade;
Primrose, a bewitching dancer out to avenge her father's murder; Alfyn,
an apothecary chasing a man from his youth, traveling for the aid of
others; Therion, a lone thief seeking to recover the Dragonstones and
his pride; H'aanit, a brave and beautiful huntress searching for her lost
master; Ophelia, a kind cleric inheriting her friend's journey, and duty
of the Kindling; Cyrus, a sagacious scholar pursuing the mystery of a
lost forbidden tome; and Tressa, an innocent merchant traveling a world
replete with treasure.Each
of course getting caught up in affairs somewhat larger than
anticipated, becoming friends and learning much about the world and
themselves even as a dark threat, a Black Flame, a Fallen God, ties it
all together. It was a joy getting to know and traveling with them across the vastness of Orsterra, bearing witness to their triumphsand tragedies alike, unto the journey's end.
"If believing in future makes one a fool, then call me a proud fool. Let this be a lesson to you.... the future of mankind is bright!" - Ophilia Clement
"There is no shame in not knowing an answer, so long as you're willing to learn." - Cyrus Albright
"Lives entwined, a tapestry woven anew each dawn, every thread a part of the whole." - H'aanit
"I need your stage no longer. I dance for myself." - Primrose Azelhart"Easing people's suffering is what I do." - Alfyn Greengrass
"When you look to the future, who gazes with you over the bleak landscape that your might has seized?" - Olberic Eisenberg
"I'd prefer to work on my own, but if you really need me... I'll think about it." - Therion
"From the next chapter on, this will be my story." - Tressa Colzione