Record of Lodoss War
ロードス島戦記 (Record of Lodoss War)
Genre	Fantasy
Manga: The Grey Witch (灰色の魔女 Haiiro no Majo)
Authored by	Ryo Mizuno, Yoshihiko Ochi
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Other publishers: Carlsen Comics Japonica Polonica Fantastica Norma Editorial CPM Manga
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	3
Manga: The Lady of Pharis (ファリスの聖女 Farisu no Seijo)
Authored by	Ryo Mizuno, Akihiro Yamada
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Other publishers: Éditions Delcourt, Kami Carlsen Comics Planeta DeAgostini Comics CPM Manga
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	2
Manga: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (英雄騎士伝 Eiyū Senshi-den)
Authored by	Ryo Mizuno, Masato Natsumoto
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Other publishers: Carlsen Comics Planet Manga Norma Editorial CPM Manga
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	6
Manga: Welcome to Lodoss Island (ようこそロードス島へ！ Yōkoso Rōdosu-tō e!)
Authored by	Rei Hyakuyashiki, Rei Hyakuyashiki
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Other publishers: CPM Manga
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	3
Manga: Deedlit's Tale (ディードリット物語 Dīdoritto Monogatari)
Authored by	Ryo Mizuno, Setsuko Yoneyama
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Other publishers: Carlsen Comics CPM Manga
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	2
OVA
Directed by	Akinori Nagaoka, Akio Sakai, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Katsuhisa Yamada, Kazunori Mizuno, Shigeto Makino, Taiji Ryu
Studio	Madhouse Studios
No. of episodes	13
Released	November 23, 1990
Runtime	25 minutes
TV anime : Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (ロードス島戦記-英雄騎士伝-)
Directed by	Yoshihiro Takamoto
Studio	AIC
Network	Bandai Visual, Kadokawa Shoten, Marubeni, TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising Inc.
Original run	April 1, 1998 – September 1998
No. of episodes	27
Game: Record of Lodoss War, Record of Lodoss War 2, Record of Lodoss War, Record of Lodoss War, Lodoss War, Record of Lodoss War
Developer
Genre
Platform	(PC Engine) (1992 and 1994) (Mega CD) (1994) (SNES) (1995) (Game Boy Color) (1998) (Dreamcast) (2000)
Released	1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000

French VHS edition.

Promotional poster.

Pirotess in the Legend of Crystania manga.

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Replays

Group SNE pioneered a new book genre called replay. Replays are RPG session logs arranged into prose fiction. The first replay, Record of Lodoss War, is a replay of Dungeons and Dragons that has been published in Comptiq magazine since 1986. Ryo Mizuno was a Dungeon Master (DM) at that time. Replays have proven to be popular, even to those who do not play role-playing games. They are similar to light novels. Many characters and parties in replays have become popular as characters of anime. An example of such a character is the female elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War. Her player is science fiction novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto (playing a character in an RPG who is of the other gender from the player is not particularly uncommon, especially among experienced players). Replay can refer to the following: In sport, the term replay means a second game between two teams after the first tie finishes in a draw. ... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ... A light novel , often abbreviated as ラノベ; ranobe) is a short novel with anime or manga style illustrations, primarily targeting teens and young adults. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Categories: Stub | 1962 births | Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

• Record of Lodoss War （ロードス島戦記） - Parn's party, game system is Dungeons and Dragons.
• Record of Lodoss War II （ロードス島戦記Ⅱ） - Orson's party, game system is Dungeons and Dragons.
• Record of Lodoss War III （ロードス島戦記Ⅲ） - Spark's party, game system is Record of Lodoss War Companion.

The Record of Lodoss War setting was offered to TSR, the owners of D&D at that time (TSR went bankrupt in 1997 and was bought by Wizards of the Coast), but due to the policies of senior management at the time, it was believed that the setting would not sell well and it was not purchased. The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... TSR has a number of meanings. ... Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ...

Novels

The earliest novels were published by Kadokawa Shoten beginning in 1988. They are paperback series in Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko (角川スニーカー文庫). The first novel, The Grey Witch (灰色の魔女 Haiiro no Majo) forms the basis for the manga series of the same name, and the first eight episodes of the Record of Lodoss War OVA. The second, The Demon of Flame (炎の魔神 Honō no Majin) was also adapted in manga form, and as a 4 CD radio drama. The final five episodes of the OVA series are based on the story told in across the third and fourth novels, Karyū-san no Maryū (火竜山の魔竜 lit. The Demon Dragon of Fire Dragon Mountain). Mizuno continues writing Lodoss novels to this date, in addition to creating other series, including the sci-fi series Starship Operators which has recently been adapted into anime form by J.C.STAFF. Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. ... Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Starship Operators (スターシップ・オペレーターズ) is an anime series made by Ryo Mizuno. ... J.C.STAFF is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1986, their first release was the three episode OVA Sengoku Kidan Yōtōden. ...

Anime

• 1990 Record of Lodoss War (ロードス島戦記 Rōdosu-tō Senki) 13 episode OVA
• 1995 Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture (はじまりの冒険者たち レジェンド・オブ・クリスタニア Hajimari no Bōkensha-tachi: Legend of Crystania) movie
• 1996 Legend of Crystania (レジェンド・オブ・クリスタニア) 3 episode OVA
• 1998 Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (ロードス島戦記 英雄騎士伝 Rōdosu-tō Senki: Eiyuu Kishiden) 27 episode TV series
• 1998 Welcome To Lodoss Island! (ようこそロードス島へ！ Yōkoso Rōdosu-tō e!) 27 parody mini episodes, later compiled into 'movie' form

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Manga

• The Grey Witch (灰色の魔女 Haiiro no Majo) 3 volumes, art by Yoshihiko Ochi
• The Demon of Flame (炎の魔神 Honō no Majin) 2 volumes
• The Lady of Pharis (ファリスの聖女 Farisu no Seijo) 2 volumes, art by Akihiro Yamada
• Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (英雄騎士伝 Eiyū Senshi-den) 6 volumes, art by Masato Natsumoto
• Welcome to Lodoss Island (ようこそロードス島へ！ Yōkoso Rōdosu-tō e!) 3 volumes, four panel manga
• Deedlit's Tale (ディードリット物語 Dīdoritto Monogatari) 2 volumes, art by Setsuko Yoneyama
• Legend of Crystania

CPM Manga are currently publishing translations of several of these series. Volume 1, Part 2 of Fuyumi Onos Twelve Kingdoms novel series, illustrated by Akihiro Yamada. ... CPM Manga is the manga and manhwa publishing division of Central Park Media. ...

Games

• Record of Lodoss War (PC Engine) 1992
• Record of Lodoss War 2 (PC Engine) 1994
• Record of Lodoss War (Mega CD) 1994
• Record of Lodoss War (SNES) 1995
• Lodoss War (Game Boy Color) 1998
• Record of Lodoss War - The Advent of Kardiss (Dreamcast) 2000

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Characters

Parn: Fighter, Paladin. Parn is the main character of the series; a Holy Knight of Lodoss and the son of Tessius, a disbarred Holy Knight. Parn wears his father's armor and carries his father's sword. Parn is an impulsive and angry youth at the start of the series, but grows in age and experience, becoming more wise and mature. Similarly, Parn's swordfighting skills, which are laughable at first, advance to such a degree that he is able to stand toe-to-toe with some of Lodoss's finer swordmen later in the story. The Fighter is a common archetyal character class in numerous role-playing games whose speciaties lie in physical combat. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, paladin is one of the base character classes. ...

Etoh: Cleric. Etoh is a priest of Falis, the supreme god of the Lodoss world, and Parn's friend. Etoh fights with a scepter-like mace. His mature wisdom provides a cool contrast to Parn's hotheaded aggressiveness. A cleric is: A member of the clergy of a religion, especially one that has trained or ordained priests, preachers, or other religious professionals; or A member of a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and similar fantasy role-playing games. ...

Slayn: Magic User. Slayn is a young wizard whose practice as a country wise man is interrupted by his friend, Ghim the dwarf. He focuses his magical powers through his staff. The Magic-User was a character class in early versions of the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. ...

Deedlit: Elf. Deedlit, or "Deed," is the youngest of her clan of Silvan Elves, and a skilled magic user and fighter. Deed fights with a rapier. She is fond of Parn and eventually becomes inseparable from him. A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology/paganism which still survives in northern European folklore. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth, the best known Silvan Elves are the Elves of northern Mirkwood and Lothlórien. ...

Ghim: Dwarf. Ghim is questing to save the daughter of his lover, the high priestess Neese. His weapon is a broad, double-bladed axe. Ghim bickers frequently with Deedlit and belittles Parn's fighting skills, but he is a strong and loyal warrior in a fight. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for play as player characters. ...

Woodchuck: Thief. Wood was saved from a fate of languishing in a prison by Parn's kindness, and because of this, the honorable thief feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the young warrior. He carries a long fighting knife. Zidane Tribal is a thief from Final Fantasy IX Thief, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ...

The party is opposed by Karla the Grey Witch, a powerful and mysterious woman whose goals are known only to herself, and by Ashram, a strong black knight. This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... A black knight is a soldier or knight who either is not bound to a specific liege or does not want his liege, or himself, to be identified and so does not bear any heraldic standards or has blackened them out. ...

Later in the series, Ghim is killed by Karla the Grey Witch and replaced by Leylia, another Cleric (Leylia, the daughter of Ghim's lover, Neese, had been possessed by Karla for five years and was freed by Ghim and Slayn). Meanwhile, Parn and Deedlit befriend two new characters (who incidentally represent character classes from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, rather than the basic version of the game): For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ...

Shiris: Shiris, like Parn, is a Fighter. Like Deedlit, she uses a rapier as her primary weapon.

Orson: Orson is a Berserker whose special ability is a nearly unstoppable berserker rage in which he cannot tell friend from foe. He uses a massive greatsword as his weapon.

Significant locations/entities

Kardis: Dark goddess, also called the destroyer. At the beginning of time she battled Marfa, another Immortal, and the resulting cataclysm formed the island of Lodoss, called the Cursed Island.

Leylia: In the original OAV and manga, she was the host body of the Gray Witch. It was Ghim's quest to free her, and he did so, but died in the attempt. In the second series, she is a priestess of Marfa, and is married to Slayn and has a daughter, Neese.

Lodoss: An island upon which most of the action takes place. Maps can be found either online at fansites, or in the soundtrack leaflets.

Marmo: A dark island south of the island of Lodoss. It is the headquarters of the villains; namely, the Dark Emperor Beld, his lieutenant Ashram, and the evil wizard Wagnard. It is a foul land, desolate and overrun with hordes of goblins and demons.

Beld: Originally one of the Six Heroes, Beld is the evil ruler of Marmo. His Demon Sword, bathed in the blood of the Kardis, allows Beld to use the fearsome Soul Crusher technique. It is said in the Grey Witch manga that Beld's soul was destroyed when he fought Kardis. Additionally, Beld controls the many creatures of Marmo, including Narse, one of the five ancient dragons.

Pirotess: Female dark elf who serves Ashram, dark warlord of Marmo. Although it seems that he has no real emotions toward her, she loves him. She appears to be killed late in the first series, but returns in the second series, as liberties were taken with the plot of the manga series for the shorter OVA as she never died in it.

Wagnard: He is an evil priest that seeks to raise the dark goddess Kardis, also called the Destroyer. In the first series, he seeks to do this by sacrificing the elf, Deedlit, and is thwarted by Parn. In the second series, he tries to summon Kardis into the body of Neese, a young priestess of Marfa, daughter to Leylia and Slayn, and is thwarted by Spark, a young knight trainee of Flaim, and his party of misfits, which includes Parn and Deedlit from the first series.

King Kashue: The King of Flaim, Kashue fights to save his people and Lodoss from falling under Marmo's control. He also assists Parn and his party on their quest and is a pivotal character in Parn's development. Spark from the second series idolizes him.

Bramd: A white dragon, one of the five ancient dragons that had one of the governor's treasures. His curse was broken by Neese, and in turn he gave her the Staff of Life. However, the Staff of Life was sent to the Temple of Falis to be protected. Bramd is speculated to be the dragon counterpart of Marfa. Chinese dragon, color engraving on wood, Chinese school, 19th Century The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile with magical or spiritual qualities. ...

Abram: A blue dragon, one of the five ancient dragons that had one of the governor's treasures. Abram resides on "Blue Dragon Island", where he leisurely swims from to attack and destroy sailing vessels. Abram protects the Soul Crystal Ball, an artifact that can restore life.

Narse: A black dragon, one of the five ancient dragons that had one of the governor's treasures. Narse resides underneath Marmo itself, where he sleeps awaiting the proper day to awaken. Narse protects the Ferronierre of Knowledge, however his artifact still lays unclaimed and unfound under Marmo. Narse is the dragon counterpart of Kardis.

Shooting Star: A red dragon, one of the five ancient dragons that had one of the governor's treasures. The most powerful of the dragons, Shooting Star protects the most powerful artifact, the Scepter of Domination. Shooting Star resides in Flame Dragon Mountain, not far from the city of flame.

Mycen: A golden dragon, one of the five ancient dragons that had one of the governor's treasures. She resides in Moss, guarded by a fortress of dragon rider knights. Mycen's treasure is the Mirror of Truth, the least powerful of the treasures. However, she is by no means the least powerful dragon.

Spells

• bIllumination spell: “O Great spirit of the light, mother that nourishes plants come to me”

• Levitation spell: “Sylph, Spirit of the wind, let the currents guide us to the surface"

• Healing spell: “O great Falis, bring the healing forces to the wound”

• Demon spell: “You whose spirits are controlled by evil, set free your hearts and answer me”

OVA (1990) Episode Guide

Central Park Media has released the anime in America on a two disc set entitled "Record of Lodoss War." It contains episodes 1-13. The episodes are: Central Park Media is a distributor of East Asian cinema, television, and comics. ...

• 01. "Prologue to the Legend"
• 02. "Blazing Departure"
• 03. "The Black Knight"
• 04. "The Grey Witch"
• 05. "The Desert King"
• 06. "The Sword of the Dark Emperor"
• 07. "The War of Heroes"
• 08. "Requiem for Warriors"
• 09. "The Scepter of Domination"
• 10. "The Demon Dragon of Fire Dragon Mountain"
• 11. "The Wizard's Ambition"
• 12. "Final Battle! Marmo, the Dark Island"
• 13. "Lodoss, the Burning Continent"

Chronologically, episode 1 fits between episodes 5 and 6.

It should be noted that the second Lodoss anime, "Chronicles of the Heroic Knight", overwrites the final five episodes of the OVA. The proper chronological order of the two series is OVA episodes 2-5, OVA Episode 1, OVA Episodes 6-8 (omitting Shiris' and Orson's appearance in the beginning of episode 8), and finally the entirety of the "Chronicles" series. After the two Lodoss series, the Legend of Crystania series further chronicles the adventures of Ashram and Pirotess as they travel to find a new home for the warriors of Marmo. The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ...

The comedy manga/anime series Rune Soldier, also created by Ryo Mizuno, is set in the same world as the Lodoss and Crystania series, on the northern continent of Alecrast; this is only made explicit in the manga, however, and the series is otherwise unconnected to the story of Lodoss. Rune Soldier is an anime and manga series, which features soldier Louie as its hero. ...

External links

• Kadokawa page on the novels (Japanese)
• Extensive fan site on the franchise
• Fan site of Ashram & Piro Images