Based on the homonymous RPG, this animated show of the 80's is still recorded by sighing fans, despite the fact it has remained unfinished (or maybe because of this, too).
On a sunny day, six youngsters are having fun in an amusement park until they decide to try a new toy, a mix of roller-coaster with ghost train called Dungeons and Dragons. Suddenly, the coaster vanishes away and Hank, Eric, Sheila, Diana, Presto and Bobby are transported to a world known as the Realm, where they bump down dressed as figures from RPG (mage, warrior, etc).
A few seconds later, one small unicorn runs into them with a hungry dragon (Tiamat) on her heels. The kids join her in the run, but they end up cornered in a cliff. When everything seems lost, the mysterious Dungeonmaster, who's been watching the whole scene, gives them magic weapons, according to their RPG types. Thanks to him, the kids escape from the dragon, just to run into the evil wizard Venger. He sends them a blast that is barred by Eric's shield and flies away. Then, the Dungeomaster presents himself to the kids as their guide in that world.
During the series, the kids walk through the less-than-hospitable lands of the Realm after a way back home, guided only by the Dungeonmaster's puzzles. They never succeed om it, however. Usually Venger, who wants their weapons at any cost, destroys their hardly won ticket back home; when that doesn't happen, the kids themselves are forced to sacrifice their new chance, in order to help the friends they made in the Realm. They never give up, however, and bravely proceed in their search without realizing that each misadventure they go through make them more mature and wiser (well, a little).
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Main Characters:
Hank-the
Ranger
Va:William Aames
The leader and the eldest member of the gang. His weapon is a bow
that
throws energy arrows. By afar the wisest of the group(along with
Diana), he rarely acts without thinking, but constantly questions his
own decisions.
Eric-the
Cavalier
Va:Don Most
A buffoon type would suit him better than a cavalier. He is a spoiled,
snobbish rich boy who tries at any cost to be the center
of attentions, but his attitudes always put him - and his cohorts - in
trouble. He is also a cowardly lot; no wonder that instead a weapon he
has a magic shield for protection. However, when you less expect, he
might surprise you.
Presto-the
Mage
Va:Adam Rich
A clumsy and humble apprentice wizard. His unsureness manages to
control his magic hat, from which you can extricate from a
cow to a juggernaut. Along with Eric, he composes the comic relief in the
gang.
Diana-the
Acrobat
Va:Tonia Gail Smith
The only one of the group without emotional problems. A high-skilled
gymnast, she loves practicing acrobatics with her weapon, a retractile
staff. She is bright, cheerful and knows how to put Eric on his place.
Sheila-the
Thief
Va:Katie Leigh
She's not a real thief, tough her weapon, an invisibility cloak, is
very useful to get objects(or people) from dangerous places.
Sensible and with a tendency for depression, she is very protective of
her little brother Bobby.
Bobby-the
Barbarian
Va:Teddy Field III
Despite being the youngest member of the gang, he received the most
powerful of the weapons: a club that crashes down trees and causes
earthquakes. Hot-tempered, he's overprotective of Sheila and Uni and
poises as a tough guy because he fears to behave as the child he is.
Uni
Va:Frank Welker
A whining baby unicorn that was fleeing from the hungry Tiamat
when she ran into Bobby, and was by him instantaneously adopted. Her
horn gives her the power of teleporting, but due her extreme youth she
can't do it more than once by day. Asides Bobby, her favorite seems to
be Presto.
Dungeonmaster
Va:Sidney Miller
The kind and patient guide of the kids, and by far the most mysterious
character of the serie. He is much more powerful than he appears,
but he almost never helps his pupils directly. His
confusing hints, however, always lead the kids to the right path.
Venger
Va:Peter Cullen
A former disciple of the Dungeonmaster that become evil. He wants to
take over the Realm, but has his goal barred by Tiamat. Eventually,
he's always trying to slay the kids to steal their weapons, whose
power he believes that'll make him strong enough to defeat the dragon.
Tiamat
Va:
A terrible dragon with five heads and the only thing that Venger
fears. It's not clear how evil Tiamat really is; she whether pursues
the kids or help them, but she actually doesn't give a damn about
anything besides eliminating Venger. The white head spits freezing
blasts, the blue one lightnings, the green one poisonous gas, the
black one acid and the big red one talks and spits fire.
Shadowdemon
Va:Bob Holton
An spy, he's the most faithful and efficient of Venger's servants.
Orcs
The most abundant as well the most inneficient of Venger's servants.
They are rude, cruel, greedy and very stupid
Episode Guide
Season One: 1983-1984
Night of No Tomorrow
The Eye of the Beholder
The Hall of Bones
Valley of Unicorns
In Search of the Dungeonmaster
Beauty and the Bogbeast
Prison Without Walls
Servant of Evil
The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior
Garden of Zinn
The Box
The Lost Children
PRESTO Spells Disaster
Season Two: 1984-1985
The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow
The Treasure of Tardos
The City at the Edge of Midnight
The Traitor
Day of the Dungeonmaster
The Last Illusion
The Dragon's Graveyard
The Child of the Stargazer
Season Three: 1985-1986
Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn
The Time Lost
Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman
The Citadel of Shadow
Winds of Darkness
The Cave of the Faerie Dragons
Something Different
Requiem, or The Real End of Dungeons and Dragons
There are lots of rumors about how the end of the show would be. The
most famous -and absurd-one is that the kids are actually in Hell
because they died in a coaster-crash. Both Dungeonmaster and Venger
would be the devil toying with them, Uni would be a demon in charge
to keep them from going back home and Tiamat, an angel sent to tell
them the truth and comfort them.
Actually, the real end of Dungeons and Dragons was wrote by Michael
Reaves, one of the best writers of the serie. However, D&D was
cancelled at the middle of the season, so the script, untitled as
Requiem, has remained untouched. Some fans believe that this script
would be the end of a trilogy composed by the episodes The Dragon's
Graveyard and Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn.
Because of a wager between Venger and the Dungeonmaster, the kids
loose their trust on DM as well the rest of their hope. Venger shows
up then and proposes to take them back home, in return of a delicate
task: to reach the Edge of the Realm and to throw a key in the abyss.
Half part of the gang (Eric, Sheila, Presto)feels temptated by his
offer, while the rest(Hank, Bob, Diana, Uni)keeps distrusting him.
Eventually they split into groups; however, after almost dying into a volcano,
they stick back together and find the key in a coffin. Eric
is about to throw it away when Hank stops him and says this might be
the key that opens this world (which would be in fact nothing but a
very big dungeon). Just that moment, they're attacked and swallowed by
a giant amoeba, which gets even the Venger himself. Eric escapes and
turns the key in a keyhole carved on the wall. That frees all the
creatures imprisoned in the Realm and transforms Venger back into his
original form: a knight, who reveals himself as the son of the
Dungeonmaster. Then, a very grateful and moved to tears DM opens a
portal back to the kids' world.
~ Silver Lady
Favorite Links:
Requiem-the Script
http://www.mindspring.com/%7Emichaelreaves/Requiem.htm
Zak's Realm
http://www.zaksrealm.net/The_Realm.html
The most complete site I found out. Has everything you can imagine,even the
storyboard of the original opening. The only thing missing
are the fanfics.
Cavern of Tiamat
http://www.geocities.com/Television
City/2599/nikicavern.html
Has some good fanfics, including another (and good)version to DD's
end, in script format.
Welcome to Cavern
A Brazilian site.
http://welcome.to/caverna/
In Portuguese and English
~ Silver Lady
Favorite images:
~ Silver Lady