Horun, town of beginnings

The first scene is the voice of Brand's mother telling him to wake up. Brand wakes up, and heads down. His mother then tells him that he's needed in the castle because the king has summoned him.

Now, I suggest not going to the castle yet. You've got lots of places to explore, just to get yourself accustomed to the game.

If you want to save your game, look for the guy that always has a fox near him. Yeah, he's an adventurer and he's in charge of saving your game for you. Plus there are shops! If you see a sign that has some sort of potion picture on it, that's the item shop. You buy items such as potions, antidotes, flares for dark dungeons. Sword on the sign means weapons and/or armor shop. Chest is your item storage, which comes really REALLY handy later throughout the game. Lastly, is the sign that has a cane on it. This is the magic shop. You buy magic such as Fire, Cure, Aero, Water, etc etc here. Then there's a place that has the DS wireless connections sign on it. I have no idea what that does at all, so don't ask me.

Now, a little thing for the shops. If you want to buy something, you pick the first option. To sell things, you pick the second option. Once you pick the second option, you'll have two more options to choose. The first option is the item （アイテム） and the second is the jewels (宝石） option. The item option has your potions, phoenix downs, etc etc. While the jewels option has the jewels you get from monster drops.

For your storage, in order to store items, you choose the あずける option. This means you're going to store things in your storage. Choosing ひきだす means you want to take something out. When you do take something out, you have to choose the character who is going to carry the item.

OK moving on... Now you're done exploring the whole town, you head northwest in town to reach the castle. Once you're in another screen, you have two choices you can go to. Going east will bring you to a locked building. I don't know what that place does yet so don't bother going there yet. Go west, and you reach the castle.

Once you get to the castle, just keep heading straight until you see the king. Lots and lots of talking ensues. Once the talking is over, I suggest exploring the castle for some hidden items. They'll be useful.

Finished exploring the castle? Head on out and back to town. SAVE YOUR GAME and head out. Before going on with the story of the game, I suggest levelling up a little bit. Once you're done levelling up, go back to town, sleep in your house, go to the item shop and buy some flares, SAVE, and head out once more.