Etrian Odyssey V – Beyond the Myth

Etrian Odyssey V – Beyond the Myth is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in Japan in August 2016, in North America in October 2017, and in the PAL region the following month. The player, arriving in Iorys, meets Edgar, the heavily-armored Guildmaster, and assembles an adventuring party. They also meet Ramus, the Earthlain prince of Arcania, who gives orders from the city’s Council Hall.

Delving into the Labyrinth and exploring the First Stratum, Tutelary Forest, the player meets Lili, a female Celestrian necromancer with pink hair and pale blue skin. She is assisted by Solor, a scythe-wielding female Earthlain mercenary with purple hair and Gothic Lolita-style attire. The player eventually defeats an ancient Celestrian guardian golem blocking passage to the next Stratum.

After defeating the Hippogryph and entering the Third Stratum, Fetid Necropolis, Ramus expounds more on how it was tainted by an ancient ruler known as the Despot. Ramus orders the player to help Solor and Lili complete their mission on that stratum. Together, the player’s party and the duo encounter the Undead King, a monstrous being that was formerly Lili’s partner, Crow, until he stole the Ring of Undying. Felling the Undead King, the ring is retrieved. The game is set on the new continent of Arcania, which has its own Yggdrasil Tree.

There are four races inhabiting the continent: Earthlain (human), Celestrians (elves), Therians (beast-like humans), and Brounies (dwarves/hobbits), each one being able to take on different classes when creating party members. In addition, the player will be able to change their chraracters’ hair, skin, and eye colour (for each eye separately), and all party members now feature partial (and customizable) voice acting, which was previously exclusive to Story Mode parties in the Untold remakes.