Talk:Bitterblack Isle/@comment-24.16.106.244-20131218132212

Alright, so I got bored. My brother proposed a challenge to me. Had to get into Bitterblack Island immediately after starting a game and restarting it in Hard Mode. You need to beat at least the first quest to create your pawn for Olra to appear in Cassardis.

Throw your pawn away so that you're totally alone with whatever starter class you had, and go to Bitterblack Island. From there, you need to make your way to Daimon and beat him with just your wits and the items you find lying around the dungeon. I made a child Arisen named Nathanael for story purposes and set him off into the dark Limbo/Ico style. He was out to find his sister who had also been chosen by the dragon, but was lost to the halls...

My entire playthrough was extremely reminiscent of a survival horror game at that point. It was incredible how different the pacing is there when you're so weak. I entered at level 4 and beat Daimon at level 40, only defeating the Gazer and Undead Bishop along the way.