#etrian odyssey v

[scyanako]

Jenetta, the innkeeper from Etrian Odyssey V 🌿✨

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Found the color version of what was the inner cover to EOV’s art/concept book

[frobby]

** both in town npcs and in the labyrinth npcs count, the party in etrian odyssey untold and 2 untold do not count

[definitelyimportantpost]

Etrian Odyssey V: Primeval Forest Ring - Piano Arrangement by Verdegrand

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I had to immediately draw out my thoughts the moment I saw this creature and its lovely image and Percival had to be the one to say it. The Empyreal Bridge is a wonderful place indeed.

[ragnar0c]

⚡️Sana used Thunder Fist!⚡️-Oc belongs to Crispies.

First Artfight attack!

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[ID: six digital paintings of the etrian odyssey 5 stratums.

first image, tutelary forest -- it is a limited palette of yellow, green, pink, grey, and blue. it is a lush area with plants and water, with small stone statues with faces in the foreground.

second image, jagged reach -- it is a limited palette of pale yellow, yellow orange, orange, brown, and blue. it is an open, rocky area with sparse flora and clouds in the sky.

third image, fetid necropolis -- it is a limited palette of yellow, pink, red-violet, violet, and lilac. it is a rocky, cavernous area with iron fencing and bones, remains of war.

fourth image, lucent hollows -- it is a limited palette with cyan, light blue, medium blue, dark blue, and red-violet. it is a branching cavernous area with crystals of varying sizes.

fifth image, untamed garden -- it is a limited palette of yellow-green, cyan, green-blue, blue, and dark grey. it is a lush area enclosed in a ring, with a view of outer space beyond the greenhouse-like boundary. there is a detailed glowing device on the left side.

sixth image, empyreal bridge -- it is a limited palette of red, black, dark blue, dark purple, and pink. it is an area of space, floating rocks in the foreground, red molten planets in the middleground, and a ring of light in the background. end ID]

Pursuing an Old Legend >>> The Dawn of a New Myth

I / II / III / IV / V / bonus

[lepospondyl]

there's a part in the empyreal bridge bgm where there's a few piano notes in reverse. this is what it sounds like played backwards. (would that just be forwards again?)

[barbaracleboy]

Etrian Odyssey Series: Compilation of Archetypal Town Characters

I really love the NPCs that show up in each Etrian Odyssey game, in the town you keep coming back to between dungeon visits. Unironically, I'm always excited to see the new shopkeeper, innkeeper, barkeeper, etc. of any given EO game. Because of that, just for fun, I decided to gather official art for all characters of the archetypes: guildmasters (whom you speak to when growing and organizing your guilds), innkeepers (whom you speak to when resting at an inn or storing/taking back items), shopkeepers (whom you speak to when buying goods and armor/weapons), barkeepers (whom you speak to to get and report sidequests), and...mission givers? (officials whom you speak to to get or report important story missions).

Now, some of this art was a bit tough to find, mainly for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 and the Mobile game, since neither was released outside of Japan and the latter is more or less lost. For EMD 2 I went to some Japanese articles on 4gamer talking about it (https://www.4gamer.net/games/375/G037512/20170720039/ and https://www.4gamer.net/games/375/G037512/20170622014/) and for the Mobile game I went to this Japanese Article that that talked about playing it a little (http://dihyhi.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-47.html), which to my knowledge is one of the only documentations of that game, so credit to those sources for the art. I also machine translated those sites for info on the Characters' names and whatnot, so take it with a grain of salt. I know machine translations are rarely very helpful but it's all I had right now, sorry.

It should also be noted that there will be light spoilers for some of the games here, mainly Etrian Odyssey 3. Nothing too egregious, at worst it's for something you find when you beat the second Stratum, but I still feel I should mention it.

One last thing, I will be listing most games as EO plus their respective number (so the first game will be EO1), the Mystery Dungeon games will be listed as EMD and EMD2, for the first and second respectively, the Mobile game will written EOM, and even though in America it's called Etrian Odyssey Nexus I will write that game as "EOX", simply because that's more distinctive as an acronym. I've seen others on here do that so it's probably not so weird but I still felt I should clarify.

But enough talk! It is time to meet the guildmasters, some of the most important NPCs in any Etrian Odyssey game! Mostly rather well-armored looking (except for in EO3, EMD2, and Mobile), these tend to be pretty cool characters, and while we don't always get to see them fight much it's welcome when the chance does arrive.

My favorite of these is probably Marion, with Asuka and Egar as runner ups.

[The rest will be under the Keep reading, otherwise this post would just be way too long by default]

And now, for the group that, to be real, is a big part of why I wanted to make this post: the Innkeepers! Friendly, helpful folks that run the inns where your characters can rest, healing up and saving progress. As some likely remember, I already listed most of these characters in that meme I made some time back, featuring characters I like that have constantly closed eyes (https://barbaracleboy.tumblr.com/post/722662911985778688/forgive-me-if-ive-posted-this-here-already-but-i). I intentionally tried to list every Innkeeper from the Etrian Odyssey series (minus some whose eye aren't closed all the time, whom I will get into later), and I largely succeeded!...except it turns out that there's a unique innkeeper in the Etrian Odyssey Mobile game. Granted, I can't really get on myself for that, it's a Japan-only mobile game that barely anyone seems to have played or heard of and is also not available anymore. Still, that was a slight bummer for me. But look! They're all here now!

My favorites of these is probably Hanna, with Jenetta and Dalla as runner ups.

And now, I can truly have them lined up together.

Look! They're friends!

Next up are various shopkeepers! Fun fact! Napier is not only the Shopkeeper to have run the shop in two separate games (not counting remakes), but one of, if not the only one of these NPCs to have hosted a facility in two separate games.

My favorite of these is probably Shilleka, with Edie and Wynne as runner ups.

This group consists of characters in similar, if not identical roles to the prior group: if I'm correct, in Etrian Odyssey One medicines and equipment were sold at different shops, and at medicine shops you could also revive characters and cure petrification (EO2 brought medicine at the main shop but kept the revival at the hospital). Hoffman, Stiles, and Muse(?) here ran their respective games medicine shops/hospitals, Angie supported Dr. Stiles, Don Chano supported his daughter, Elizabeth (from the prior group), and Lizley and the Merchant of Darkness(?) acted as merchants you coukd run into within the dungeon itself. Also, apparently Hoffman, Stiles, and Angie are (based on) characters from Trauma Center, which is neat.

My favorite of these is probably Don Chano, with Lizley and the Merchant of Darkness as runner ups.

Another big favorite of mine, the Barkeeps! It's always fun chatting with these friendly types, hearing them cheer you on before many quests and compliment you for having completed one. They're so pleasant!...Though. yeah, Kvasir can be quite suspect with some of the things he says.

My favorite here is probably Kirtida, with Niralda and...either Missy or Mukkoran as runner ups...I love them too much, ha.

I don't know what to call this group really but they give the story missions and are about all in some position of power. Some are more involved in the story than others, but overall you will be seeing them often...Also, for some reason I couldn't find anyone that fills this role for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2? Maybe I just did a bad job at looking but I don't know, I just couldn't find anybody. It's odd.

My favorite here has GOT to be the Outland Count (massively fond of his face, his moustache, and his dog), with Flowdia and Persephone as runner ups.

Last group here, being a variety of characters that act as alternatives or support for some of the other ones. This also has spoilers for Etrian Odyssey 3 (the thing being spoiled is discovered after you beat the second Stratum but still).

Visil is a character you'll occasionally see during tbe story of EO1, Quona is Hannah's daughter who will sometimes greet you at the inn instead of or in addition to her mother, Gradriel is someone you'll see a bit throughout EO2's story, Gutrune is the Princess of Armoroad whom you'll see and/or hear about throuought EO3's story, Seyfreid is the Abyssal King whom you'll speak with and get Subclasses from in the Deep City of EO3, Napier's Sister (who, unfortunately, seems to have no confirmed name) runs the shop of the Deep City in EO3, Angie (who I would presume isn't the same one from EO2 but is based on the same Trauma Team character? I think?) runs the inn of EO3's Deep City, and finally, Yobo is Traoré's brother in Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2, and I...think he assists Mukkoran in giving out quests?...Him being a recolor is pretty lame, tbh.

My favorite here is probably Visil, with Napier's Sister and Seyfreid as runner ups.

HOO! THERE WE GO! Hope you guys liked this little trip down memory lane I guess, ha. I love many of these characters, and if and when EO6 happens I can't wait to see who it introduces that'll enter my heart just like many of these have!

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

arken from etrian odyssey 5. chuck her in the blender please

Arken from Etrian Odyssey V is being blended!!

You cannot save her.

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[shuruzy]

Saurian (the race that was gonna be playable in EO5 but was somewhat scrapped, & only became enemies) sketches. I also wanted to draw Punk Harbinger a bit.

[burningfestivalpersona]

The Impeding Tengu might just be the best FOE in EOV because of how it's characterized.

You find a bunch of rocks. You push a bunch of rocks. The rocks save you from a war elephant. And then you go into the next room, and it turns you that you're not the only thing in the Labyrinth that can push rocks.

They like pushing rocks. Specifically, they like pushing rocks at you. "There's no doubt this was on purpose, and it'll do it again!" Truly diabolical.

The fact that its face looks stupid is just icing on the cake, really.

[art-of-azalea]

The Etrian Odyssey Remaster is releasing soon! I celebrated by getting new photos of my hound cosplay I made when V released. I Hope everyone enjoys the adventures ahead!

[hoenniswheretheheartis]

Fun thought, these are both Dragoons:

one's light and jumpy, the other is a tank class with a gun.

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Buncha sketches of Masuru with his children, Charvet and Taffeta, that he literally found one day and decided to keep. He taught both of them how to fight with swords and both of them are pretty good at it.