Gombe

Gombe is the main protagonist of Dragon & Princess for the PC-88. They are tasked with taking down bandits and retrieving the stolen gold and travel with four companions to do so.

Gombe
Articles About Gombe
Dragon & Princess/Gombe - Goemon - Jirosaku - Tarosaku - Yosaku
Origin
Origin	Dragon & Princess
Creator	Y. Hayase, Locke
First Appearance	Dragon & Princess
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/Him
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Unknown
Status	Alive
Alignment	Lawful Good
Archetype	Wanderers
Occupation	Mercenary
Time Period	Medieval Fantasy
Language	Common Language
Combat Style	Street Fighting
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Goemon, Jirosaku, Tarosaku, Yosaku
Enemies	Bandits, Dragon

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Gombe’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

The party first arrives at the King who tells them of Bandits recently appearing and stealing all of their treasures, asking them to retrieve it back. After defeating the Bandits in the Hideout and the Town, the King asks for Gombe to marry the princess. Gombe marries the princess, however a dragon kidnaps the princess and Gombe must venture to kill it and save her. Gombe ventures by himself to take on the dragon.

Appearance

General Description: Gombe is a humanoid figure.

Facial Features: Has yellow or blonde hair and a yellow face.

Clothing/Outfit: Wears a purple hat or band on his head. A white long-sleeved shirt or tunic featuring a large red star emblem on the chest. A blue belt around his waist. White pants. Green shoes or boots with pointed toes.

Goals

• Stop the bandits and retrieve the stolen gold (Succeeded).
• Defeat the Dragon (Succeeded).

Relationships

Princess

The Princess is who Gombe ends up marrying after stopping the bandits. She is later taken by a dragon and Gombe embarks alone to go and defeat her.

General Information

Name: Gombe

Origin: Dragon & Princess

First Appearance: Dragon & Princess

Latest Appearance: Dragon & Princess

Company: KOEI MICOM

Creator: Y. Hayase & Locke

Actor: N/A

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Handedness: Likely Right-Handed

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: Medieval Fantasy

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Heroes, Main Protagonist

Legacy: City-Wide Legacy (Stopped the bandits and gave the gold back to the King, restoring peace to the city)

Influence: Event Influence

Language: Common Language

Ethnicity: Unknown

Religion: Unknown

Classification: Traveling Heroes

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Mercenary

Combat Style: Street Fighting

Affiliations: Goemon, Jirosaku, Tarosaku, Yosaku

Enemies: Bandits, Dragon

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Good (The Party helps the King deal with entities like bandits that have stolen the treasure of the kingdom)

Protection Level: Metropolitan Protector

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Growth Potential
• Level of Potential: Growth
• Description: Every 50 Exp. gained will grant a boost to stats such as Sp and Hits.
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetype: Wanderers

Codex Statistics

Key: Regular | With Magic Sword

Key Information

• Regular: This key covers Gombe in their regular state when they're traveling with their companions before the timeskip.
• With Magic: This key covers Gombe when getting the Magic Sword in order to take on the Dragon.

Grade: S

Tier

RegularWith Magic Sword

10-A, 9-C with Weapons

9-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Magic (With Magic Sword)

Attack Potency

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human level (Busted down a door at the bandit's safe house. Can take down giant snakes, giant spiders), Bone level with Weapons (Can cut down trees in a single slash)

Room level (Potency) (The Magic Sword is the only way for Gombe to defeat the dragon, allowing Gombe to fight and defeat the dragon)

Durability

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human level

Room level

Striking Strength

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human Class

Room Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human Class

At least Peak Human Class

Travel Speed

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human Speed

Peak Human Speed

Attack Speed

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human Speed

Peak Human Speed

Reaction Speed

RegularWith Magic Sword

Peak Human Reactions

Peak Human Reactions

Stamina: Peak Human

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Swords

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Expert level (Able to take down multiple bandits while getting gold from the burning houses)

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Powers and Techniques

• Peak Human Characteristics
  • Peak Human Strength
  • Peak Human Durability
  • Peak Human Lifting
  • Peak Human Speed
  • Peak Human Reactions
• Weapon Mastery
  • Sword Mastery: All traveling companions use either a long sword or short sword variation in combat.
    • Penetration Damage (Can cut down trees in a single slash)
• Blessed (The Voice of God will appear to talk to the party to tell them to finish combat)
• Accelerated Development
  • Battle
    • Physical Stats: Every 50 Exp. gained will grant a boost to stats such as Sp and Hits.
• Magic (The Magic Sword is the only way for Gombe to defeat the dragon, allowing Gombe to fight and defeat the dragon)
  • Statistics Boost
  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
    • Superhuman Strength
    • Superhuman Durability.

• Resistance to
  • Fire Manipulation (Can take hits from the Dragon's Fire breath)

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Equipment

Short Sword

• Description: The initial Swords the party starts with.
• Usage: Serves as the starting equipment; can be upgraded to a Long Sword at the Weapons Shop 'Hayase'.
• Function: Provides a base power of 15.

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Long Sword

• Description: An upgraded sword purchased at the Weapons Shop 'Hayase'. With one exception, such swords are the only equipment in the game.
• Usage: Bought at the Weapons Shop 'Hayase' for 100K to upgrade the initial short swords. The party must also visit the shop to purchase a new one if a pickpocket steals their sword (pickpockets appear on the streets of Ross-Blue about once every 20 moves).
• Function: An upgraded sword that provides a power of 30.

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Magic Sword

• Description: A magic sword given by a monk along the way to Mount Lu-Fey. It is the one exception to the rule that swords are the only equipment in the game.
• Usage: Obtained by stopping by the monk on the way to Mount Lu-Fey.
• Function: Increases power to 60.

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Notable Techniques

No.	Name	Pw	Sp	Hits	H.P.	Exp.
1	Gombe	15	15	15%	50	0

Sword Attack

There's only one real form of attacking in Dragon & Princess which is the basic attack command.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Gombe utilizes his sword and quick movements.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Explanations

Stats

All characters have a stat spread sheet that shows stats for Pw, Sp, Hits, H.P. nad Exp..

Pw (Power)

Pw is based off how much damage one deals in combat, the higher the Pw stat, the higher damage dealt to an enemy.

Sp (Speed?)

Sp is based off how likely one is to avoid an attack. The higher the Sp stat, the more likely one is to avoid attacks.

Hits

Hits are percentage based off of how likely one is to land a hit with their attacks, the higher the percentage, the more likely they are to land hits.

H.P. (Hit Points)

H.P. is how much health one has.

Exp. (Experience)

How much experience one gains in combat. Exp. is gained based off each time one deals damage in combat. Every 50 Exp. gained will grant a boost to stats such as Sp and Hits.

Trivia

• Gombe is debatably the first JRPG protagonist ever. Though there are some debate of other games at the time being the first ever JRPG.
• Despite being the main character they have no unique properties compared to the other party members.

Battle Records

3 - 0 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Bandits - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Bandits' Hideout

• Bandits - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Bandit Safe House

• Dragon - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Mt. Lu-fey

None.

None.

Versus Threads

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

None.

None.

None.