Marcus Dryden

Pals can be interacted with in multiple ways:

Petting: You can pet Pals to make them happy. Feeding: You can feed Pals manually, or they will eat from a Feed Box. Partner Skills: You can use partner skills your Pal has. Some are passive, some are weapons, and most are unlocked through crafting something at the Pal Gear Workbench. There's also Rideable Pals.

Fighting You can fight Pals by using weapons and other Pals. Some wild Pals are aggressive and attack when approached.

Some Pals can also wield a weapon of their choice.

Capturing You can use Pal Spheres to capture wild Pals. This is recommended, as you get much more XP from capturing rather than killing, and you also get all drops that normally comes by defeating the pal. You are granted an EXP bonus on each capture for the first 12 times you catch a specific pal. The higher tier of Pal Sphere, the higher the chance of catching a Pal.

Killing The developers have said that killing Pals will be illegal within the world. Most likely, if the player character kills a Pal and is witnessed by an NPC, a bounty will be placed on the player character, who then will be pursued as a criminal. But there are no consequences if the player character manages to kill a Pal without being witnessed.

Breeding When Pals breed, the children can inherit the parents' characteristics or create completely new ones. Mixing rare species of Pals creates stronger Pals.

The whole archipelago is divided into many named regions, with each region offering various Pals to encounter and points of interest to explore. Among them the 6 major biomes are Grass, Forest, Volcano, Desert, Snow and Sakurajima; each one corresponds to a specific Factions. Each biome is further divided into distinct regions, each has its own set of Incidents, offering a chance to encounter a fascinating array of Pals.

Grass Biomes:

Windswept Hills Small Settlement Desolate Church Plateau of Beginning Flying Fish Coast Marsh Island Marsh Island Church Ruins Eastern Wild Island Sea Breeze Archipelago Sea Breeze Archipelago Church Ice Wind Island Forgotten Island Forgotten Island Church Ruins

Forest Biomes:

Moonless Shore Ancient Ritual Site Mount Flopie Bamboo Groves Investigator's Fork Ascetic Falls Twilight Dunes Verdant Brook Mossanda Forest Frostbound Mountains Scars of War

Volcano Biomes:

Foot of the Volcano Ruined Fortress City Mount Obsidian Dry Sandy Beach Fisherman's Point

Desert Biomes:

Dessicated Desert Duneshelter Sand Dunes

Snow Biomes:

Astral Mountains Abandoned Ruins Foor of the Abandoned Ruins Land of Absolute Zero Pristine Snowfield No Man's Trail

Sakurajima Biomes:

Southern Sandbar Dancing Sakura Shrine Northern Rock Field Mushroom Wetlands

Feybreak Biomes:

Scorched Ashland Withered Seaside Stone Pillar Cave Scorched Hill Crystalized Ancient Tree Emberstone Plateau Deserted Ash Plateau Hidden Plateau of the Oculus Gate The Oculus Gate, Tower in Sight Loess Plains Feybreak Shipwreck Frozen Coral Hill

Others:

Wildlife Sanctuary:

No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary No. 3 Wildlife Sanctuary

Oil Rig:

Rayne Syndicate Barge Oil Rig Rayne Syndicate Oil Rig Rayne Syndicate Platform Oil Rig

Island Biomes:

Sealed Realm of Terraria Sunlit Isle Oasis Isle Frostbitten Isle Isle of the Glacial Core Phantom Isle Isle of Decayed Treasures

The world is full of dangers such as food shortages, harsh weather, and illegal poachers.

The only one who Marcus genuinely cares about is his partner, Faleris. He has a close relationship with Faleris that is built on mutual trust, as they both view each other as partners and watch out for each other's backs. Marcus enjoys Faleris' company, keeping him out of his Pal Sphere to talk to him. Marcus and Faleris are not different from each other, as they both view the island as a playground and both like playing in their own way. Faleris is free to roam around and if he spots an intruder, he will attack, kill, and eat them without Marcus even being around to give the command. Since he is under Marcus’s protection, he does not face any consequences for his actions. For instance, when Faleris ate a Rayne Syndicate thug early that day, he looked at Marcus expecting a treat, but Marcus had none on him and instead told Faleris he could eat the white sand if he wanted, which he always provides for his partner and which Faleris enjoy greatly.

Duneshelter has a severe issue with people using stims and because of how severe it is, Marcus give up on even trying to control it and instead decided to exploit it for his benefit by selling stims. These stims would be sold to those addicts and the Palapagos Islands Defense Force (PIDF) would be sent to arrest and fine them. They confiscated the stims, which then go back to Marcus, who sells them again. He doesn’t allow anyone to sell stims without his permission and anyone who is caught are dealt with.

Despite Marcus exploiting the stims issue to increase his wealth, his intervention benefited the area greatly, allowing the villagers to live more safely. Before his arrival, the place was crawling with criminals, who made the life for the villages a daily struggle between life and death. One of the villagers mentioned that they couldn't go about their daily lives without the constant fear of being mugged or killed until Marcus arrived and got the PIDF involved. The villagers are grateful to him for that. The PIDF are also dispatched to protect settlements from the Rayne Syndicate’s raids on them around the islands, and they investigate their activities, such as the operation they run on their oil rig.

Marcus does not have issue working with other faction leaders. Lily, the Free Pal Alliance (FPA) leader, after discovering the Wildlife Sanctuary’s islets, made a contract with Marcus so that the PIDF will protect these areas. This contract also made Lilly aware that some of her followers might be involved in suspicious activities she was not aware of, because of how they were able to bring large amounts of money for the contract, claiming it was from raiding Rayne Syndicate poachers’ camps. Marcus honored the contract with Lily and stationed the PIDF officers there to guard the Wildlife Sanctuary’s islets as per the contract.

Marcus Dryden is a proud, arrogant, and intelligent man who is also a master manipulator and schemer.

Marcus is a tall, handsome, well-built man with light tan skin, brown eyes and brown hair with blonde streaks. He has a two-toned beard that is brown with black streaks.

He wears a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up underneath his black vest, which has a thin chain hanging on it on his right side along with a badge.

His black pants have two chains hanging from both sides of his belt and he wears black chain-embellished shoes. A long scarf with a geometric pattern is draped on the sides under his long, dark military coat with a fur collar. There are two stripes on the sleeves of the coat.

He wears two ring earrings in his left earlobe. All his fingers have rings on them and he wears a single bracelet on his left arm and three on his right arm

Palapigos Island Defense Force.

He is leader of the Palapagos Islands Defense Force (PIDF) and owner of the fire Pal Faleris. His tower is located in the Desiccated Desert in the northeast.

The Palpagos Island Defense Force (PIDF) acts as the self-proclaimed law enforcement of Palpagos Islands, aiming to maintain order and safety. The PIDF represents a complex and morally ambiguous faction. The enigmatic Colonel Marcus leads them, accompanied by his powerful Fire icon Fire-element Pal, Faleris menu Faleris. While they might claim to uphold the law, their methods and motives are often questionable. Consider their actions and reputation carefully before choosing how to interact with them during your adventures.