Story Progression

The story that comprises Drakengard (and its subsidaries) splinters in many directions as the plot proceeds.

The canonical end of Drakengard leads to Drakengard 2.
 * In this ending, Caim and his party have destroyed the Empire and shattered the gods hold on Manah. Bound by deep friendship, the red dragon volunteers herself to become the goddess so that humanity, and her pact-partner, may live peacefully. Hierarch Verdelet proceeds with the sealing ceremony.


 * The party splits off. Leonard retreats back into solitude, Verdelet returns to his duties as hierarch, taking Seere in to study as a priest. It is likely that he imprisoned Arioch and executed her soon after.


 * They neglect to find Inuart, who had fled to the Imperial City with Furiae's corpse in his arms. It seems that, before a Seed of Resurrection, the black dragon evolved. The blue dragon gave Inuart guidance, and the once-betrothed pair entered the seed together. From its center was birthed Nowe.


 * Immediately following their farewell, Caim decides to take Manah on a journey so that she never forgets her sins. However, Verdelet fears the power of the pact-partners and modifies the seals so that the dragon is bound to the earth; the dragon slowly goes mad from suffering. Caim, momentarily distracted by the pain his pact-partner shares, is stabbed in the eye by Manah. Manah flees off a cliff and, when she awakens in a nearby town, has lost her memory and lives peacefully.


 * Meanwhile, Caim sets out destroying the seals to release Angelus. Twelve years after their farewell, the former prince is awarded the opportunity to slay the cowardly Verdelet, taking out the general as well. Seere became hierarch, as Verdelet had wished, and the seals were re-established. It was at this point that Urick became guardian of the District of Precious Light and fled the Knights of the Seal.


 * The Knights of the Seal quickly reorganize themselves around a new general. Many mourn the loss of General Oror, and none more so than Nowe. In believing the path of the knights, Nowe continues to fight for them, as the savior. Yet his notions of the world's good are about to be challenged as he sets out on a journey...

The fifth end of Drakengard leads to Nier.
 * Caim and the dragon entered a chasm between time and did battle with the queen-beast in the land of the gods (Tokyo). Severely hampered by this new world, the duo struggle to emerge victorious.


 * As they watch the queen-beast crumble, missiles ram into the saviors. Caim and the dragon slowly fall to the earth, Angelus's corpse impaled on the Tokyo Tower. The weapons Caim has gathered scatter across the world, along with a virulent poison.