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The Sacred Texts
These are to be considered in broad strokes canon to Saga.
- Dragon Warrior (1989), Dragon Warrior II (1990), and Dragon Warrior III (1992) (NES)
- Specifically the NES versions, including art and literature included in game manuals.
- The promotional art of Katsuya Terada (1963-) and Kensuke Suzuki (1964-2018)
- This art is the reason this project exists. If Dragon Quest canon is "Akira Toriyama's Dragon Quest," then The Saga of the Ortegids is "Katsuya Terada's Dragon Warrior."
Artists
- John Buscema (1927-2002)
- Clyde Caldwell (1948-)
- Larry Elmore (1948-)
- Ron Embleton (1930-1988)
- Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)
- Greg (1939-2024) and Tim Hildebrandt (1939-2006)
- John Howe (1957-)
- Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874 - 1925)
- Moebius (1938-2012)
- Earl Norem (1923-2015)
- Boris Vallejo (1941-)
Comics
- 300 (1998)
- Arak: Son of Thunder (1981-1985)
- Beowulf: Dragon Slayer (1975-1976)
- Claw the Unconquered (1975-1978)
- Marvel's Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993)
- Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick (1991-1997)
- Not canon to Saga, in large part because it wasn't translated until last year, but a good example of how you can expand on the lore of the Erdrick Trilogy while taking it in a grittier direction.
- Red Sonja (1977-1983)
- The Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995)
- Vinland Saga (2005-2025)
Film and Television
- The 13th Warrior (1999)
- The Beastmaster (1982)
- Captain N: The Game Master (1989-1991) - S1E7 "Three Men and a Dragon" and S2E10 "The Trojan Dragon"
- Thankfully not canon to Saga, but it does at least give you a sense of how Western audiences perceived Dragon Quest when it first came out.
- Cleopatra (1963)
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Deathstalker series (1983-1991)
- Dragonheart (1996)
- Excalibur (1981)
- Fire and Ice (1983)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Hawk the Slayer (1980)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
- House of David (2025)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- Legend (1985)
- The Legend of Zelda (1989)
- Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978)
- The Northman (2022)
- The Odyssey (1997)
- Primal (2019-)
- Red Sonja (1985)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- Samurai Jack (2001-2004; 2017)
- The Scorpion King (2002)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The Thief of Baghdad (1940)
- Vikings (2013-2021)
- Almost anything by Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)
- Mostly his sword-and-sandal output, but even something like One Million Years BC could be taking place in the Worldforest.
Literature
- Beowulf
- Lin Carter (1930-1988); various
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Ferdowsi; The Shahnameh
- Gustave Flaubert; Salammbo (1862)
- Homer; The Illiad and The Odyssey
- Robert E. Howard (1906-1936); various
- Elias Lonrott; The Kalevala (1835)
- Fritz Leiber (1910-1992); various
- The Old Testament
- Orlando Furioso
- The Saga of the Volsungs
- Yes, that's where the name came from.
- JRR Tolkien; The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955)
- Valmiki; The Ramayana
- Virgil; The Aeneid
- Vyasa; The Mahabharata
- Wu Cheng'en; Journey to the West (1592)
Video Games
All entries include North American promotional art and manual materials, if applicable.
- Assassin's Creed series (2007-)
- Dragon Warrior I & II (2000) and Dragon Warrior III (2001; Game Boy Color)
- This is after the series started embracing its ties to anime in the international market, but they are in my opinion the best versions of the games, and some content added for these releases found their way into Saga.
- Dragon Warrior IV (1992; NES)
- Faxanadu (1989; NES)
- Final Fantasy (1990; NES)
- The Legend of Zelda (1987) and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988) (NES)
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