Saga of the Ortegids: Inspirational Art, Part 1

A bit of a filler post, yes, but I’ve decided for the purposes of The Saga of the Ortegids, it would be helpful to compile a visual guide to the look and feel I’m going for for this setting. To start off, a collection of art pieces from box art, manuals, magazine advertisements, and other western materials put out to promote Dragon Warrior I through IV on the Nintendo Entertainment System. There’s a lot of this, actually – Nintendo of America really wanted Dragon Warrior to be their next big hit. I cannot oversell how helpful Dragon’s Den has been for this – they have probably the biggest library of Dragon Quest material online.

This is an image-heavy post, so check under the cut.

I’m focused on the imagery here, but how could I not include that flavor text?