Mordecai (Dragalia Lost)

Mordecai
First Appearance	Dragalia Lost
Year Created	2020
Created by	Cygames
Voiced by (English)	Dylan Sloane
Voiced by (Japanese)	Takehito Koyasu

Mordecai is a playable character in Dragalia Lost. He is a life-form given a body by the alchemist Ilia.

Official Description

A life-form summoned from the otherworld and given a body through Ilia's alchemy. Pure and innocent, he absorbed what he was taught at such frightful speeds that he soon grew into a good man who adores his creator, Ilia, above all.

Adventurer Stories

Adventurer Stories Episode 1 Thirst for Knowledge Ilia's Hideout Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai? Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat. Mordecai: Intro...downpat? Ilia: Yeah, it means you've gotten better. It's a good thing. Mordecai: Goodthing. Happy then. Thank you, Ilia. Zethia: Hee hee! Ilia and Mordecai almost sound like mother and son. Zethia: It's giving me flashbacks to when I was a little girl living with my own mother. Meene: I'm glad to see Ilia forming relationships with others, but... Zethia: But his being an otherworldly life-form still worries you. Meene: Yes. There's no telling what influence an organism removed from this world's laws might have. Ilia: What should we work on next, Mordecai? I'm happy to teach you whatever I know! Mordecai: Whatever? Meene: That is a dangerous offer, Ilia. Mordecai: Danger...russ. Ilia: What do you mean? Meene: You know dragons dislike creatures who are not of this world. Meene: Offering one knowledge is tantamount to inviting it to dinner and giving it a bed. Meene: You risk drawing the dragons' ire. Ilia: If you worry about the worst-case scenario, you'd never get ANYTHING done! Sheesh! Besides, if they get mad, I'll deal with it. Meene: Why must you ALWAYS be like this?! Do you not understand how much I worry about you?! Ilia: And why must YOU constantly forget that I'm a grown woman who doesn't need protecting all the dang time?! Mordecai: Ilia. Meene. Zethia: Now, now! Let's all take a deep breath, calm down, and attempt to— Meene: What was that?! Ilia: Are we under attack?! I'll go check! Meene: Ilia, no! Get back here! Mordecai: That sound... I know... Zethia: Huh? Meene: What IS that charred and blackened thing? Ilia: Yeaaah, this is one of my tools for experiments. Or it was, anyway. Meene: Have you been doing dangerous experiments again? Ilia: No! Do you seriously think I'd mess something this basic up? Meene: Then who is responsible for it? Mordecai: It...me. Ilia: Mordecai? Mordecai: Try to imitate Ilia. But then... Ilia: Wait, you tried to perform alchemy?! Mordecai: Just wanted know more about what Ilia does... Mordecai: But...broke. Scared everyone. Mordecai: Meene right. Danger russ for me...learn. Ilia: Mordecai, you're— Mordecai: I sorry! Ilia: You're AMAZING! I can't believe you started experimenting all by yourself! Mordecai: ...Not angry? Ilia: Why would I be angry? This is a HUGE milestone in your growth! Mordecai: Growth goodthing. But if I didn't want learn, not break thing. Ilia: I think you've got the wrong idea, buddy. Ilia: Gaining knowledge isn't a bad thing. All that matters is what's in the heart of the person who learns it. Mordecai: Heart... Ilia: You said you conducted that experiment because you wanted to know more about the stuff I was doing, right? Ilia: Well, there's nothing bad about that. It's just pure curiosity! Ilia: You've done nothing wrong, and no one is blaming you for anything. Mordecai: Even if not from world? Ilia: Knowledge belongs to everyone, my man. We all have equal right to learn. Ilia: Where you were born or what race you're from don't matter—no one's right to learn should EVER be denied. Meene: Ilia... Ilia: Mom, you crossed the barriers between faeries and humans and taught me all sorts of things. Ilia: So how is that different from me teaching Mordecai? Meene: True, but still... Ilia: Plus, teaching him about this world will help PREVENT more accidents! Ilia: You should know after raising me that there's no limit to curiosity. Meene: *sigh* Very well. You win. I leave Mordecai's education to you. Ilia: Thanks! ...See, Mordecai? Now you don't have to feel bad about learning! Mordecai: What if break Ilia things again? Ilia: Every success is built on a failure, buddy. That's just how you learn. Ilia: But if you seek out the reasons for your failures and let them lead you to success, it's all worth it in the end. Ilia: So let's study all sorts of things together. What do you say? Mordecai: Thank you! Want learnmore about world! Muchmuch more! Episode 2 A World of Beauty and Horror Mordecai: ...... Meene: ...... Mordecai: ...... Meene: Er, Ilia? Did I perhaps do something to offend Mordecai? Ilia: I don't think so. Why do you ask? Meene: Because lately he has been very busy simply...staring at me. Ilia: Well, let's ask him. ...Hey! Mordecai! Ilia: Why are you watching Meene, bud? Mordecai: Because she is pretty. Meene: What?! Ilia: Do, uh...do you have a thing for her? Mordecai: Meene's wings are very pretty. I want to look at them all the time. Ilia: Oh, THAT'S what you meant. Whew! I thought you had a crush or something. Mordecai: Crush? Ilia: Actually, don't worry about it. Do you like pretty things, Mordecai? Mordecai: Oh, yes. Meene, can I take off your wings so I can see them more closely? Meene: My wings are NOT removable! Mordecai: Oh. Then can Ilia make faerie wings with alchemy? Ilia: Hmmm... Synthesizing faerie wings sounds like an interesting challenge, honestly. Mind if I look into it, Meene? Meene: Don't YOU start in with the crazy talk! Ilia: Ha ha ha! Sorry. I was only kidding. Ilia: You know, Mordecai, there are lots of pretty things besides faerie wings. Mordecai: Really?! Ilia: Really. Here, lemme show you. Come with me, everybody! Mordecai: Wow! Ilia: Yeah, this lake is one of my favorite hang-out spots. Super pretty, right? Meene: A lakeside picnic is a wonderful idea! Zethia: It truly is gorgeous here. Mordecai: Does water always light up like this? Ilia: That isn't the water lighting up, actually: It's sunlight reflecting on the surface. Mordecai: Reflecting... Ilia: That's right. When light touches a surface, it bounces and scatters in a bunch of different directions. Ilia: And THAT is what makes this scene so beautiful! Pretty cool stuff, huh? Mordecai: Ah! Ilia! Was that a faerie in the sky? Ilia: In the sky...? Oh! No, that wasn't a faerie. That's an animal called a bird. Mordecai: Birds fly in the sky like faeries? Ilia: That's right. They have wings just like faeries that let them fly. Mordecai: That must be nice. Ilia: Hmm... Maybe I should have synthesized a body with some wings attached to it. Meene: A good parent knows not to spoil her child. Zethia: Hee hee! ...Hmm? Oh dear! The mana flow is starting to warp! Meene: Everyone, get down! Ilia: Whew! The sound was pretty far off. And since it was just once, it was probably just a test round. Meene: Still, it gave me quite a start. Why would the army be doing training exercises here? Mordecai: Ilia, let's go to the sound right now! Ilia: What's the hurry? Mordecai: The bird fell down. We have to help. Ilia: What?! Ilia: ...Looks like the soldiers have cleared out. Mordecai: Why are you hiding, Ilia? Ilia: If someone from the army saw us, it would get...complicated. Let's look for that bird. You're worried about it, aren't you? Mordecai: Yes. I hope it isn't hurt.  ???: *ch-chirp* Mordecai: There! Ilia: Mordecai, wait! Mordecai: I found it! Over here! Zethia: It's badly injured... I shall treat it at once. Ilia: That's a wound from a manacaster. It must have gotten caught up in the military exercise. Mordecai: Why is the army exercising? Ilia: 'Cause us humans are fighting a war with the dragons at the moment. Mordecai: War...? Ilia: Yeah, war. It means killing each other. Mordecai: Killing... Why? Meene: Because the civilization the humans have built is eating away at dragonkind. Meene: And humans would rather fight than surrender what they have made. Ilia: Both sides are fighting for their survival, and the ripples from that fight keep reaching further and further out. Mordecai: This war is between humans and dragons? Mordecai: Then why was the bird shot? Ilia: I'm afraid that's how war is, buddy. Ilia: Once it breaks out, everything around it gets swept up in the fighting. Ilia: Heck, this whole beautiful scene around us could all get turned to ash soon. Mordecai: That isn't fair. It's too sad. Ilia: Yeah, it's an ugly truth for sure, but that's what's happening right now. Ilia: I wish the world were full of nothing but pretty things, but it's not, and it sucks. Mordecai: ...... Meene: The bird has been healed. Mordecai: Really?! Bird: *cheep* *cheep* *cheep* Zethia: Fit as a fiddle, this one. Mordecai: Thank you, Zethia. I'm very glad. Mordecai: This world isn't just pretty things... Episode 3 A Life's Purpose Zethia: Ilia, where did you want me to put this book you lent... Oh. She's not here. Mordecai: She's out with Meene. Zethia: Oh. Well, I shall have to come by at a different time to drop this off. Mordecai: What is the book about? Zethia: Alchemy. I'm nowhere near as well-versed as she is and wanted to study up. Zethia: Were you reading as well, Mordecai? Mordecai: I was. Would you like to try these next? Zethia: Hmm, let's see. You have history... A bit of philosophy... Zethia: These are rather advanced tomes! Did you really read them all? Mordecai: This surprises you? Zethia: I mean no offense, but it was only recently that you even learned how to introduce yourself properly. Mordecai: Ilia is a very good teacher. Mordecai: But there are still many things I do not understand. I wish to learn more about myself. Mordecai: I bear a human's appearance, and thought I might learn more of myself if I studied them, but... Mordecai: ...... Zethia: Er, Mordecai? Is something on my face? Mordecai: Zethia, you ARE human, yes? Zethia: What?! Y-yes, of course I am. Mordecai: I see. At times you give off the same feeling that I do, so I was curious. Zethia: (Ah, I suppose I do technically come from another world. In that regard, I am not so different from him.) Mordecai: But you are not from this part of the world, so where do you come from? Zethia: I come from...a place very, very far away. Mordecai: Do humans fight there as well? Zethia: Yes, we also engage in war. Mordecai: It seems humans love nothing more than to declare war and fight. Mordecai: Zethia, is that the purpose of mankind? Is your kind born into the world to kill? Zethia: What makes you think that? Mordecai: Humans can speak to one another, and are rather swift learners. Mordecai: Yet instead of understanding each other, they choose to fight. Mordecai: Is it so strange to wonder if that is the purpose for which they are born? Zethia: I suppose I can't blame you for thinking that when you see the horrors of war. Zethia: But human life is about more than battle. Zethia: Ask a person what they were born to do, and each individual will answer differently. That holds for more than just humans. Mordecai: What were you were born to do, Zethia? Zethia: Heh. That is a rather difficult question. But if I had to choose one thing to call the meaning of my life... Zethia: As the Auspex, my purpose is to pray for a safe and prosperous future for the world, as well as all the people within it. Mordecai: To pray for the future? Zethia: That's right. My body is host to holy mana. Zethia: This mana responds to prayer by granting blessings and prosperity to the world. Zethia: So I pray for everyone to be happy. Zethia: This is surely the reason I was put here. Zethia: (Not to mention my other duties...) Mysterious Girl: The Other is a foe beyond your strength, yet you alone can purify this evil. Zethia: A feat that only I can manage, yet one I cannot manage alone? We are doomed if this is so! Mysterious Girl: But you have me...and I have your power. Mysterious Girl: With the two of us together, your power doubles—which means we may yet dispel his foul presence! Both Zethias: HaaaAAAH! Zethia: BEGONE FROM THIS WORLD, OTHER! Zethia: (...No. That story is not for his ears.) Mordecai: That is rather remarkable. Zethia: How do you mean? Mordecai: You think of others beyond yourself. Zethia: It's nothing so special... Mordecai: I have my hands full worrying about me. Mordecai: Even there, I barely understand who I am. Mordecai: I am not human, nor of this world. Zethia: ...... Mordecai: But I am ALIVE here in this world, so what meaning does that hold? Zethia: What do YOU think, Mordecai? Mordecai: I fear thinking has not led to an answer, nor has a veritable pile of books. Mordecai: Until I met Ilia, there was no meaning. Mordecai: Do you suppose there COULD be meaning to someone like me being born? Zethia: (He is an otherworldly being, just like the Other.) Zethia: (But he, too, has his own hopes and worries...) Zethia: I believe there is meaning, yes—even if it is something you cannot see or understand at the present time. Zethia: No life in this world is without purpose. Mordecai: Then I can only hope the day will come when I will know mine. Episode 4 The Shadow of Truth Mordecai: Ilia, what is the meaning of my life? Ilia: PFFFFFT! *cough* *wheeeeze* Mordecai: Are you all right? Ilia: Yep! I'm good! Just did the ol' spit take with my herbal tea just now. Ilia: I didn't think you'd be whacking me over the noggin with a lead pipe of a question first thing in the morning. Mordecai: My question is a pipe? Ilia: Just means that it's tough and heavy. Oh, and really unexpected. Meene: Now I KNOW he's learning from you; you used to hit me with so many such questions, it's a wonder my wings didn't fall off in the night. Ilia: Yeah, that sounds like me, all right. Anyway, Mordecai, back to your question. Ilia: You want to know the reason you were born, right? Mordecai: Yes. I was summoned to this world and given flesh, and now I live a life here. Mordecai: What meaning does that hold? Please explain, Ilia. Ilia: Ummmmmmmm... Mordecai: Is this question hard even for you? Ilia: I don't know if I'd say that. It's more like... Hmm, how do I put this? Ilia: No, I should just give it to you straight. You have a right to know. Ilia: Mordecai, the reason you were granted a body here is actually— Meene: Whoa! What's that sound?! Ilia: It's the intruder alert system! Someone's near the hideout! Ilia: We should skedaddle into the woods. Everybody out the back, quickly! Ilia: ...Good. The soldiers moved on. Let's split while the coast is clear. Mordecai: Right. ...Waugh?! Soldier: Noises from over this way, sir! Ilia: Damn! Mordecai: I'm sorry, Ilia. Ilia: It's fine. I'm the one they're after. If I split off, they'll follow me. Ilia: You guys use that time to run. Meene: Absolutely not! It's too dangerous precisely BECAUSE they're after you! Ilia: At this rate, we're all gonna be caught! Take care of Mordecai and Zethia, Meene! Meene: Ilia, wait! Mordecai: I'll go with her. Zethia: Mordecai, now YOU wait! Ilia: *huff* *pant* Well, I managed to get their attention focused on me, but now... Soldier: There! It's Ilia! After her! Ilia: These guys just do NOT let up! Soldier: There's nowhere left to run. Ilia: Oh, come on! Ilia: A pincer maneuver against one little girl? You guys are getting desperate. Soldier: We'll see how long your jokes last when you're dragged before Lord Augus, girl. Soldier: Your research will end this fell war. What nobler end could you wish for your life's work? Ilia: I might buy that if I thought you jokers had any intention of actually ending the war. Soldier: You impudent... So be it! If you'll not obey willingly, I will have you brought to heel by force of arms! Ilia: All right, Ilia. Time for an amazing plan... Mordecai: ILIAAAAAAAA! Ilia: GAH?! Soldier: Who the devil—BLARGH! Mordecai: Ilia, are you all right? Ilia: Mordecai?! Why are you here? Mordecai: We need to run. Now. Ilia: R-right! Soldier: Nrgh... After them! GO! Mordecai: ...Have we lost them? Ilia: I think so. And hey, thanks for that. You saved my buns back there. Mordecai: I now see what you meant when you said the army would spell trouble for you. Ilia: Yeeaaah, they're pretty clingy. Ilia: Let's head back to Meene and Zethia. They must be worried. Mordecai: Of course. ???: ...What's up? You wanted to talk to me? Mordecai: (Hmm? I hear voices.) Meene: They're still trying to make you open an otherworld gate? Mordecai: (Meene and...Ilia? I wonder what they are talking about.) Ilia: They said my work would "end the war." Unbelievable... Ilia: They're clearly still trying to harness the power of other worlds into a weapon. Mordecai: ! Mordecai: (Then she is being chased because of her research into other worlds.) Mordecai: (They made her open a gate so they might create a weapon.) Mordecai: (Then the reason I was born is...) Mordecai: ...... Mordecai: If I truly exist as a mere tool of war... Mordecai: Then Ilia would be safer without me. Mordecai: Thank you, Ilia—for everything. Farewell. Episode 5 A Companion Ilia: Meene! Zethia! We have a problem! Meene: What's got you in such a tizzy first thing in the morning? Ilia: Mordecai is gone. Mordecai: ...I don't know where I am. Mordecai: Which way is it to this "capital" where the army is stationed? Mordecai: I've always had Ilia to lead the way up to this point. Mordecai: I do hope she isn't cross with me for leaving so suddenly. Mordecai: But no, this is for the best. After all, she said the army's plan was to use the power of other worlds in weapon form. Mordecai: If the purpose of my existence is war, I must fulfill that role. Mordecai: ...... Mordecai: To live for war... Mordecai: He...llllo... My...naaaame...Mordecai? Ilia: Aw, that was great, buddy! Nice job! You've got your intro down pat. Mordecai: Did I study all those things for war? Mordecai: It is good to bring war to an end, but to live for that purpose alone...  ???: GrrrrRRRRR! Mordecai: Aaah! Dragon: Otherworlder... Begone. Mordecai: A dragon... Dragon: Unbeckoned life, your mere existence frays the weft of this world's order. Return to the world from whence you came! Mordecai: It seems I have no choice! Dragon: Graaaagh! You fool! Mordecai: Nnngh... Dragon: Return, I say! Return and never come back! You ought never have been called here! Mordecai: Hrgh... Mordecai: (Why did I run? Where am I trying to go?) Mordecai: (Ah, the army. I must go to them. But... where am I?) Mordecai: I don't understand anything anymore. What am I doing? What am I? ...Hrgh! Mordecai: The dragon's wound cuts deep. I am not human, but I feel pain as they do. Mordecai: Ilia crafted this flesh vessel well. Ilia: Your naaame...will beee...Mordecai! Mordecai: Mordecai...? Ilia: Yeah! Mordecai, my beloved masterwork. Mordecai: Ilia... I am... Mordecai: *gasp* *heave* ...It's the dragon! Dragon: You'll not escape, otherworlder! I will not suffer you to live in this world! Mordecai: GWAAAAUGH! Nrgh... Mordecai: (Perhaps it would be better to die here...) Mordecai: (If the alternative is a life meant for war... Then perhaps this is...)  ???: DRIVE BUSTER! Mordecai: Wha—?! *cough* *cough* Such dust... Ilia: Mordecai, this way! RUN! Mordecai: Ilia?! Ilia: *huff* *pant* *gasp* ...Heh. Aaaah ha ha! Ilia: We swapped places since yesterday, huh? Well, glad we got out in one piece! Ilia: Now lemme see that wound— I'll do what first aid I can here. Mordecai: R-right. Thank you. Ilia: ...'Kay, that should last until we can have Zethia patch you up proper. Mordecai: ...... Ilia: You okay, bud? Mordecai: Is it all right for me to return with you? Ilia: Obviously! Why would you even ask that? Mordecai: Because I was born for war. Ilia: Muh?! Mordecai: I overheard you speaking with Meene. Mordecai: I know the army wishes to use the power of other worlds to wage war, and that was the reason you opened the gate. Mordecai: So I thought I ought to fulfill that purpose. Ilia: Is...that what you want? Mordecai: No. Not at all. But what should I do? Mordecai: That dragon before called me "otherworlder." Mordecai: Yet I am here, alive in this world. Mordecai: If a life of war is the only path ahead, then I must walk it, else I will have no right to exist in this world. Ilia: Okay, this is a BIG misunderstanding. Ilia: It's true that I opened the otherworld gate at the army's request. Ilia: But I didn't give you flesh so you could become their WEAPON! Mordecai: Then why did you do it? Ilia: 'Cause I wanted to talk to you. Mordecai: Is that...the only reason? Ilia: That's it, bud. I never had any intentions for you past that. Ilia: That's why you caught me short when you asked what your purpose in life was. Ilia: Because it was just a selfish whim. Mordecai: It wasn't selfish! I've enjoyed every moment I've spent with you. Ilia: Then I guess it's a good thing I whipped you up a body! Ilia: But we need to be clear on this, Mordecai: You don't have to live your life the way I tell you to. Ilia: No one can tell another person what the purpose of their life is supposed to be. You have to find that for yourself. Mordecai: Really? But not knowing is so painful. Mordecai: Is an outsider like me truly allowed to go on living here without a known purpose? Ilia: Meanings and purposes are the sort of things you figure out along the way. Mordecai: Hmm? I don't understand. Ilia: Okay, think of it this way: How many lives do you think exist in this world? Mordecai: I don't know. Ilia: Neither do I, and I'm kind of a genius. But it's gotta be a REALLY big number. Ilia: And there are probably just as many things you can learn by coming into contact with all those different lives. Mordecai: ! Ilia: Right now, you can be living in this world in order to figure out WHY you're living in this world. That works for a purpose, yeah? Ilia: Assuming you still want to live, that is. Mordecai: I do, Ilia. I want to live. Mordecai: I want to live with YOU! Ilia: Then let's get home already. The others are waiting for us! Mordecai: Thank you, Ilia. Mordecai: (If we all must find the meaning in our own lives...) Mordecai: (Then for now, at least, I want to believe I am here to be a companion to Ilia.) Mordecai: (For my world began when I met her...)

Official Profile

Posted by the Dragalia Lost Twitter account on September 6, 2022.

• Hobbies: Reading
• Talents: Being a good listener
• Likes: Ilia's special Salisbury steaks
• Dislikes: Liars