YMMV / Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

• Complete Monster:
  • Galbalan/Demanicus is a cruel, powerful demon with a tyrannical god complex. Once holding cruel reign over the entire world and brutally slaughtering any hint of resistance, Galbalan was sealed away into four statues by the legendary hero Genos. Striving to break free, annihilate the world, and rule over the ashes, Galbalan's name is spoken in dread by the ancestors of his reign in Felgana before he is eventually broken out by his servant Garland. Galbalan kidnaps Adol's friend Elena with the intent to slaughter her as a sacrifice to regain his full power, and once confronted by Elena's brother Chester, Galbalan cheerfully decides to murder both Elena and Chester within arms reach of each other purely to amuse himself.
  • Lord Garland himself, although a mere pawn of Galbalan's influence in the canon remake The Oath in Felghana, is possessed of complete agency in the original game and manages to become just as bad as his dark master. The last remaining follower of Galbalan, Garland manipulates the corrupt Lord McGaya into becoming a oppressive and brutal tyrant to the town of Redmont, spurring him into leading a full-out massacre on Genos Island for the purpose of eliminating Genos's descendants. Garland takes a significant portion of Redmont's people hostage with threats to murder them all if Adol doesn't turn in one of the statues sealing Galbalan and eventually leaves McGaya, Ballacetine Castle, and Redmont to be torn apart by the incoming wave of monsters summoned by Galbalan upon his resurrection. A madman truly worthy of being the malevolent demon's chief servant, Garland's only wish was the see the entire world devastated and enslaved by his dark master.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: Count McGuire becomes a Karma Houdini even though he's partially responsible for Galbalan's resurrection (and a few other terrible actions of his own), and still gets to reign Felghana in the ending. All players have is a vague promise from him that he'll be a better person - are we supposed to rest assured upon hearing that? The The Oath in Felghana remake rectifies this by having him show a more sympathetic side and giving him a backstory that many of the atrocities done under his name weren't really intentional.

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