RPGs can immerse us in more ways than one, especially when it comes to romance. The best outcome of a romance is a wedding, so here are all Dragon Quest XI Marriage Options.
How Romance Works in Dragon Quest XI
Marriage in Dragon Quest XI isn't available until the postgame, and it's more or less completely optional. In the postgame, you have to rebuild Cobblestone and turn it into a bustling village. It involves a lot of tricky battles and a lot of running around the world doing quests. Once the village has been fully restored, you need to complete The Disciple's Trial.
After you beat the trial, you can make a wish, and one possibility is to live with one of the Dragon Quest XI characters forever. According to the game's dialogue, you can only truly marry your childhood sweetheart, Gemma.
All Characters you can marry in Dragon's Quest XI
You can choose to "marry" any other of your party members, and we mean any, but this is more "cohabitation" than marriage, especially with the male party members. The script is more flirty with the female members, and it seems more than "cohabitation." Of course, in their dialogue, they talk about companionship, and they'll always be there, but nothing along the lines of love, being a wife, or marriage as Gemma does.
All the characters you can marry in Dragon Quest XI are as follows:
- Gemma
- Jade
- Rab
- Erik
- Hendrik
- Serena
- Veronica
- Sylvando
How Cohabitation works in Dragon Quest XI
Basically, cohabitation is where you live with that person for life, but you are not necessarily in a relationship. When you return home, you'll find the person you "married" sleeping in a separate bed. It's like living with a best friend. As Rab is the main character's Grandad, marrying him is weird, but cohabitation is completely acceptable. Living together as two people who love each other as a family is perfectly fine.
The game leaves it wide open to interpretation of what you choose to believe, which is honestly the way it should be. It's cleverly written in a way that could be marriage, something less, or even something more. Interpret it however you wish, which is the key factor of any RPG. Let us give you some examples:
- Veronica: "We've got the rest of our lives ahead of us, after all! The Amazing Veronica will be with you to the end!"
- Jade: "You know, I get the feeling there's nothing we can't overcome as long as we're together. Lucky we're going to be together for a while then, eh?"
- Rab: " I'll never leave ye all alone like that again, my boy. I promise ye."
- Sylvando: "And when I do, I know you'll be there, cheering me every step of the way. We make a great team, you and I! The Great Sylvando and the even greater Luminary!!
If you want to, save on a new separate file, and after the trial, pick each person you can marry. Then watch it and see who gives off the best scene or dialogue. Reload your save, and do it again. This might take a while, but it's the best scenario if you're unsure who to pick!
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Published: Apr 1, 2024 05:53 am