The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk

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The Great Tower of Druaga Apr 3, 2008 The legendary Tower of Druaga is resurrected eighty years after the hero Gilgamesh has taken it down. In order to destroy the evil deity Druaga, the Kingdom of Uruk dispatches its troops to the tower, but the expedition repeatedly fails in its efforts. A young man named Jil who has been blessed by the goddess Ishtar, is awarded a set of brilliant golden amour and a sword from Gilgamesh as tokens to defeat the maumet.Sent off by the cheering crowd, our young hero Jil confidently sets out to confront the evil deity inhabiting the tower. Helped by great friends such as the archer Neeba and a Mage called Fatina, he heads for the uppermost floor of the Tower!

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Meskia, City Within the Tower Apr 10, 2008 Because of a blunder during his first battle, Neeba is forced to fire Jil from the group. Though disheartened by the humiliating dismissal, his desire to conquer the evil deity does not wane. As Jil wanders the city of Meskia which is filled with anticipation for the third season of expedition to the Tower, he meets a mysterious girl named Kaaya and a close-mouthed young woman called Ahmey. When Jil learns of the great hero King Gilgamesh's visit to the city, he takes his new friends to watch the procession. There he accidentally comes upon the figure of Neeba in the bustling crowd.

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Before Departure Apr 17, 2008 Jil barely escapes from the scene of the King's assassination thanks to the quick-wit of Neeba. The next day, the review of troops by the King goes on as scheduled. At the ceremony, Jil is dumbstruck; before him is none other than King Gilgamesh who he saw murdered the night before! Meanwhile in the city of Meskia, a giant slime that suddenly appeared was causing much havoc. A young girl named Coopa is embodied by the slime but is quickly rescued by Ahmey. When Coopa learns that Jil and the others are "Climbers", she insists on allowing herself and her master, a mage named Melt, to joint their party.

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Band of the Hand Apr 24, 2008 Jil and his party set out on their expedition among the other Climbers and face their first battle. However, their struggle against the powerful foe Kusarakk is harder then they had expected as their teamwork has not yet been refined to say the least. Ahmey is the only member who has experience as a Climber and they follow her confident guidance. They listen to her advice regarding battle strategies and numerous rules of thumb about Climbing. Now equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills, they resume to confront the Kusarakk again.

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Ziusudra's Trap May 1, 2008 On their journey Jil and the others pass a signboard indicating a shortcut. But the "shortcut" turns out to be a series of different traps that hinder their efforts to go forward. While one of the traps causes their gender to switch, the other forces them to wear animal costumes. Subsequently they arrive at the final gate. But getting through that exit door turns out to be harder they had ever imagined!

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Bridge of Lightning May 8, 2008 Jil and his party encounter another party that has practically been wiped out in a fierce battle against the ogres. There they manage to rescue an aged warrior called Gigi who was an acclaimed Guardian of the past. They take Gigi to a camping area on the way but are unable to take a moment of rest as they are plagued by one jam after another. One of the party members has a wallet pick-pocketed while a heated argument erupts between Coopa and Melt. In the end, reconciliation seems out of the question as Coopa, disgusted by her petulant master, decides to leave the party to be on her own!

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Dance with the One-Winged Dragon! May 15, 2008 The Uruk Army led by General Kelb is unable to move forward as a single-winged dragon suddenly appears before them. Inside the Tower, there is an unprecedented militant atmosphere as the Uruk Army's anger reaches a crescendo at the total annihilation of the Scout Regiment by the dragon. Jil's party and Neeba's party observe the army as they prepare for the upcoming battle against the dragon. Jil tries to persuade Neeba, who is also known by some as "Neeba the Dragon Slayer", that the Climbers need to work closely with the Uruk Army to defeat the dragon. Will he succeed in getting his party and Neeba's party to join the Uruk Army in their quest to slay the dragon...?

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Episode 1 Jan 7, 2009 Six months have past since the defeat of Druaga, with King Gilgamesh falsely claiming all credit for the act and the tower being renamed the Tower of Gilgamesh. Jil, Fatina and the other surviving Climbers have been living in Meskia and while most of them have moved on with their lives, with Fatina becoming a tour guide, Kelb running a tavern, and Utu becoming a wrestler, Jil is still burdened with the betrayals of Neeba and Kaaya. In an effort to cheer him up, Fatina invites him out to see a play and then to see a wrestling match, only for the pair to run into trouble when a mysterious little girl comes to them after being chased by the King's soldiers. With Utu's help, Jil and Fatina escape with the girl, who reveals herself to be Ki, the first priestess of Ishtar and Gilgamesh's queen, and demands that Jil take her to the top of the Tower, or Kaaya will suffer a terrible fate.

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Episode 2 Jan 14, 2009 After taking shelter at Kelb's place, Jil agrees to take Ki up the Tower in order to learn Kaaya and Neeba's fate. Fatina is opposed to the idea and refuses to join Jil, feeling that Jil only needs her skills as a mage, much like how Neeba used her. After Kelb tries to learn more about how the child-like Ki could be Gilgamesh's queen, Jil and Utu set off to ascend the Tower with Ki and a new party member, a mage named Henaro. However, the royal forces led by Uragon continue to hinder them from taking the Dingle Ladder, the newest form of transportation up the Tower, until Fatina arrives to aid them. The group is able to enter the transport thanks to Ethana allowing the gate to remain unlocked. Jil thanks Fatina for joining them, but she asks that he must give up if he finds nothing at the top of the Tower and that he, as a Guardian, must protect her.

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Episode 3 Jan 21, 2009 Jil's party quickly ascends to the higher levels of the Tower and are reunited with Melt and Koopa, who now run a lucrative resort in a frigid area. When Jil asks for their help, Melt reveals that he has already made a deal with Uragon and the Golden Knights capture Ki while everyone else is imprisoned. When Uragon accidentally steps on one of Melt's Roper employees, the ensuring chaos allows everyone to escape and Melt is financially ruined. Jil and his group continue up the Tower while Melt is forced to go with Uragon.

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Episode 4 Jan 28, 2009 Jil's party reaches the point where they fought Druaga last time and find they have to fight Druaga, though a weakened version, again. When Jil is hit by a beam from Druaga, he loses consciousness and awakens in a world where Ki begins to explain her history. Though Ki had been tasked to help him to the top of the tower, but neither she nor Kaaya had wished to half a year ago. Ki reveals that Gilgamesh has been cursed with immortality by Druaga and exists as two entities: the tired old king in Meskia and another at the top of the Mythical Tower. To prevent him from becoming a tyrant, Kaaya and Neeba seek to kill Gilgamesh, but must kill the entity at the top of the tower to do so. When Jil regains consciousness just as Druaga is defeated and obtains the key to the second half of the Tower, Henaro and Ki are taken hostage by a woman named Gremica, who heads up the Tower with her party. Despite Ki's warning that there is not return from this point, Jil, Fatina, and Utu advance, unaware that Uragon, Melt, Coopa, and the Golden Knights are still following them.

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Episode 5 Feb 4, 2009 Jil, Fatina, and Utu continue to pursue Gremica, but wind up in a barren landscape, where they find Henaro. However, the field is filled with monsters and the only safety in the shadows. When Gremica forces Ki to cast a spell revealing Neeba's footprints, Jil's party is able to find and make their way to the floor's exit. However, without any shadows near the exit, they are unable to leave until they topple a pillar and Melt, still with the Golden Knights, uses his magic to create a dust cloud to block out enough light to destroy any attacking monsters. Meanwhile, in Meskia, Gilgamesh struggles with his erratic behavior and tries to kill himself, only to be stopped by a phantom of his other self, and wishes that Ki would save him.

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Episode 6 Feb 11, 2009 Kaaya and Neeba make their way across a vast expanse of water, unaware that four assassins are watching them, and realize the area's instability reflects Gilgamesh's own heart. The duo are eventually attacked by two of the assassins, which happen to be the soul-less artificial soldiers released from Pazuz's coffins, but manage to escape to the next floor through a whirlpool. Both Jil and Gremica's parties make their way through a jungle environment and everyone is separated when two assassins suddenly attack. When Gremica's assistant Acra takes out the young girl assassin, Gremica's party is able to flee while Jil and his party is left to finish off the other before they move on to the next area. In the jungle, Coopa, Melt, and the Golden Knights find the unconscious girl assassin. In Meskia, Kelb and Ethana separately witness Gilgamesh's increasingly cruel behavior as he plans to invade neighbouring countries.

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Episode 7 Feb 18, 2009 Near a mansion in a green field, Jil's party finds Coopa and Melt, separated from the Golden Knights, and are inexplicably reunited with the deceased Ahmey and Kally. Everyone, including the Golden Knights, end up finding someone who has died that they wanted to see again, except Uragon. Henaro winds up meeting Pazuz, her father, who tries to discuss the four knights who went berzerk after his death, but ends up upsetting her by telling her to kill Jil and the others. When the three remaining knights appear and attack the mansion, Utu reveals that he has a key required to escape and Ahmey gives Jil the headband Kaaya left behind to remind him as his resolve. The young girl knight, Might the Fool, awakes and sees Kally, the person she wanted to see as she recognizes him as her mother, and he asks that she protect everyone before he disappears. Obeying his wish, Might attacks her comrades and ends up leaving for the next area with Uragon, who is left out of the Golden Knights when his subordinate, Cumu, chooses to remain behind with the illusion of his sister.