Breath of Fire III: Of Gods and Dragons

Afterword

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Author’s Musings:

So, here we are, at the end of the novelisation. How was it? Fun? Epic? Disappointing? While I’ve been writing stories for years (unless you don’t count that horrible, emotionless drivel in 2000 that I called a story…), this is actually my first novelisation.

What? The first novelisation?! Whaaaaaaat?!!

Yep, it’s my first. I used to write original fantasy / adventure stories before my two-year-long hiatus before the start of this novelisation, but I had to warm up my writing skills again, so I decided to write novelisations for a while since the storyline is already, uh, all portrayed out for me to use.

But you know what? I love writing this Breath of Fire III novelisation; so much in fact I don’t think I want to go back to original fiction for a while!

So much for being an original novel writer. xP

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Why choose Breath of Fire III for a novelisation? Why not other games?

The first reason; I love Dragons. I’ve always loved Dragons being the really powerful legendary avian creatures, with power that could shake the world; this trait really showed in my completed original novel. While I’m normally tolerant of them, I dislike stories that describe Dragons as evil beings, like how they’re normally described in western lore (the whole prince-rescues-princess-from-evil-Dragon thing).

I also love azure-haired, good-looking male protagonists, being the silly female I am. Ryu fits the requirements!

Of course, I didn’t pick BoF3 just because it has Dragons and a good-looking azure-haired hero… in that case, why wouldn’t I choose BoF, BoF2, BoF4 or even BoF5? Well, it’s pretty simple… I love BoF3 the most among the BoF series, one reason is because it’s the first of the series I played. Nostalgia played an important role in my choice. I’m sure you feel nostalgic if you’ve played the game before you read this story, right? xP

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Will there be other novelisations in future?

Of course. Maybe not another BoF game novelisation so soon, since I’ve just finished BoF3, but there will be another game novelisation in near future.

The title I’ve chosen for my next novelisation is Alundra, which is an action RPG also on the PS1. It has a storyline involving the rise of a demon god, who seems to be able to create chaos by making the villagers of Inoa go to sleep, get lost in days-long nightmare and never wake up… it’s pretty scary. Alundra (the good-looking-but-sadly-not-azure-haired protagonist) has the ability to enter dreams, and he has to figure out how the god manages to get into these people’s souls before they all die.

It does seem I like gods / goddesses stories, doesn’t it? o_o

So far, I’ve only finished prologue… I hope to finish it by end year so I can start posting it here for you guys to read, but don’t count on it. I’m starting work soon, and I may not be able to finish it in time. Still, one can hope, right? xP

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Special thanks to all readers and reviewers out there!

In no particular order:

Thanks to Nina Windia, Airess Byrd, Lord Kain, RedemptionWarrior, Jonathan Priest, Ferane, drake202, zRISC, Winged Golden Tiger, Hubert, Adanedhel (DT), Ageant, Vergil 69, eddy, mikefoxcerano, Zero, Windscreen Wipers, BaneHaven, Mega Edgar and VictimofVirtue for your reviews! It’s really heart-warming to see feedback on this novelisation, to know that people are actually reading it!

Thanks to other readers even if you didn’t review! I’m just glad you’re reading my novelisation. :D

Thanks for your support, everyone!

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Review Replies for Epilogue and Afterword:

To Lord Kain:

Thanks! Very much a Ryu-Nina supporter, aren’t you? Don’t worry, me too. xP

I didn’t put a Ryu-Nina ending because… well, I wanted each one of them to go through their unfinished challenges, such as Nina doing her princess duties (which she tried to run from), or reflect on changes that our travellers’ journey created, such as Beyd and Shadis’ happy ending, the Machine Guildsmen being able to smack the Angler on their own, etc, so that it eventually leads on to the last phrase; “Life begins again.”

If I were to put those single scenes, and then a Ryu-Nina scene, it might feel repetitive, since they have already confessed in Chapter 27. Besides, leaving out the Ryu-Nina scene might actually lead on to a (possible) sequel. :D

Thanks for your reviews all this while!

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To Ageant:

Great to see you loved reading my novelisation! There were parts that went a bit fast, as mentioned by other reviewers in the later chapters too, so I tried to fix them as I go along. But I’m glad it still went at a good pace for you, at least. :D

The Nue scene was really sad. When I wrote the scene, I wanted to listen to the soundtrack they played when our trio found the dead cubs, but couldn’t find one to download. And it didn’t occur to me then to search for videos on YouTube. Silly me. x_x

I’m going to write a novelisation for Alundra next (you could read a brief, non-spoiler description of it in the Afterword), but I’m not sure when it’ll be done, since I try to finish everything before I start posting, like this BoF3 novelisation. I plan to finish by end of this year, but no promises. T_T

Thanks for reviewing!

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To Zrisc:

Thanks! It’s great to know someone shares my views on great Dragons rather than evil ones. xP

Though to tell you the truth, I’ve never played BoF2… I’ve only finished BoF3, 4 and 5, and played maybe a third of BoF1, so my knowledge of BoF2 is quite limited. That’s why you don’t see many BoF2 references in this novelisation. x_x

Haha, my PS1 doesn’t work anymore, so now if I want to play PS1 games, I have to use a PS1 emulator… which, I guess, it’s not wrong as long as we have the original copies. It makes writing easier too, since I can have the game on half a screen and Microsoft Word on the other half. :D

Thanks for the review, and hopefully I’ll get Alundra done soon!

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To drake202:

Yeah, it’s really sad to see it come to an end… but as you’ve said, it has to happen one day. At least it’s been a fun time writing it (and reading the reviews I’ve gotten!), and I’m glad you like the ending. :D

It’s been great to have you here reading my story, hopefully I’ll see you around reviewing again! Thanks for all your reviews thus far!

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To Airess Byrd:

Pure Again is a really nice song, it gives the feel of a happy ending! I felt some of the people were getting forgotten, like the Dauna miners and the McNeil villagers, so I decided to do that. :D

Haha, it’s great that you caught up in the end, but you weren’t really that far behind either. xP

Thanks for reading this all the way to the last chapter, and for all your reviews, I really appreciate them!

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To Eddy:

Ack, one whole month since you reviewed, and only now I’m replying… bad internet provider. Hopefully you’ll see this message. T_T

But it’s great that you’ve finished reading, thanks for checking in again and reading all the way to the end!

I like to do novelisations, since they already have a set storyline so I don’t have to think of what’s happening next (lazy me… haha), but original fiction is fun on its own too. I don’t intend to go and sell books though, I don’t think I’m quite at that level yet… but it’s nice to know someone would buy if I do. xP

Thanks for the compliments and for reviewing!