Echoes Of The World (Game)

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**Echoes of the World** (世界のエコー, *Sekai no ekō*) is a Role Playing Game developed by Shuriken Games. It's the first title in the Echoes series, a group of RPGs developed in Enterbrain's RPG Maker software, with this game being made in RPG Maker VX Ace specifically. While announced on April 4th, 2020, the game doesn't have a concrete release date.

Being the first game in the series, it revolves around the story of a recently crowned Venturer named Naoto Taonaka, and details his quest to prevent the summoning of a dangerous beast that threatens to destory the planet of Lumin. He meets multiple allies and rivals along the way, and gets hired by the Guardian of Balance to go to 8 different Temples, and collect special items to aid them in their battle against the monstrous Zetto.

Due to being the first game in the series, Echoes of the World is often named other ways to differate it from other games of the series. Popular names include Echoes 1, EOTW, and just World.

## Characters

### Party Members

* **Naoto Taonaka** - A boy who becomes a Venturer after the passing of his parents. After being transported to another part of the world by a strange monster and befriending the Guardian of Balance, he comes the leader of the Zetto Fighters, and goes to find the 8 corrupted Elemented Temples.
* **DeNette "Nettie" Yojima** - A girl who is Naoto's childhood friend and became a Venturer alongside him. She is a decesendent of a long family of White Mages, however, she doesn't accept the way her family lives and does things, even using a Spear instread of Wands.
* **Sukie Maegis** - A silent and strange girl who is the daughter of a Wicked. Due to her mother often leaving, she is often by herself, studying and looking for ways to create new spells and items. She meets Naoto and DeNette and goes to assist them with their first Quest before being transported by the strange monster.
* **Eldrick Ulrin** - A young man who is training to be one of his town's religious guardians. Due to his background, he is very religous in nature, and tends to dislike those who don't follow his Lord's rule. He meets Naoto, DeNette and Sukie, later agreeing to help them get back home.
* **Hikari** - A girl with no last name. She works at a music shop, and is very into music, often making her own songs and learning multiple instruments, both as a defending mechanism and a hobby. She seems to have a hurtful past, and struggles with her painful memories, agreeing to help out the party when her town is attacked by strange Slimes.
* **Fusei Azuma** - A purple haired boy that impede's the Zetto Fighter's adventure multiple times. Alongside his partner, Nishi, he too is on a quest to stop the evil Zetto from being summoned, however, his way of doing things tend to cause him to bump heads with the main party.

### Allies

* **Etsa, the Guardian of Balance** - The Guardian that balances all of the other Elemental Guardians of the world. She has recently started to become violent, causing the creatures in her area to become violent towards others. She asks the party members to assist her in stopping her other fellow guardians and collecting the broken Jewels.
* **Elmi**- A small angel Naoto sees in his dreams, and meets in Eldrick's hometown. She serves as the player's "Navi" in the game, and can be useful by giving the player buffs in game.
* **Atma** - A demon girl who comes from the Underworld. She assists the party by being a sort of mobile store.