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Princess Daphne is a fictional character from the ''Dragon's Lair'' series of video games. She was created and designed by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth and introduced in the original ''Dragon's Lair'' in 1983. ==Appearances== In the games, Princess Daphne is the beautiful daughter of King Aethelred and an unnamed queen. She serves as the series' damsel in distress, a beautiful maiden coveted by many princes and knights, her heart belongs to the kingdom's champion, Dirk the Daring. In the original ''Dragon's Lair'' game, Princess Daphne is taken by the dragon Singe and imprisoned in a large crystal orb. Singe commanded King Aethelred to surrender his kingdom before sunset or the princess would die. Daphne appears in the final level of the game, giving Dirk directions to use the magic sword and slay the dragon.〔 The story has been described by ''Crash'' as "a cross between an Arthurian romance and ''George and the Dragon''." In ''Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle'', the just-rescued Daphne has been cursed and falls asleep but Dirk brings her back to life with a kiss, only to see her vanish. Then a figure known as the Shape Shifter appears to tell him that Singe was only guarding the gold of the wizard they are serving and Daphne belongs to him. It vanishes among smoke, and Dirk sets off to save the princess. In ''Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp'', 10 years have passed after her adventure with Singe. Daphne and Dirk are married and have 13 children. However, she is again abducted, this time by the evil wizard Mordroc, who moves her through time and wants to enslave her with the Ring of Death (the same ring as in ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''〔). At the end of the game, the Ring transforms her into a monster, but Dirk saves her by removing it from her finger and then revives her with a kiss. The game also features Daphne mother, who is shown as a fat and furious woman chasing Dirk at the start of the game. In ''Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread'', Mordroc's evil witch sister Mordread captures Dirk's homestead into an orb on her staff. Dirk was not in the house, so he begins pursuing Mordread to restore his home, and Daphne inside it.〔 ''Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair'' follows a similar story as the first two games, as Daphne is captured by Singe commanded by Mordroc and taken through a portal, but leaves behind an amulet that allows her to talk to and guide Dirk as he works his way through the castle withholding her. She is imerpsonated by Dirk's dark alter-ego and later it is revealed that the Daphne speaking to Dirk up to this point was Mordroc impersonating her. Dirk eventually defeats Mordroc and saves the princess. In the cartoon series, her character and role are far more developed. She is an adventurous character, often eager to abandon her princessly pose and joins Dirk and Timothy in their adventures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Princess Daphne (character)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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