The playable opening and Princess Tera rescue

On the road to Battleon

Zorbak had news from the road. A dragon was attacking Battleon, and he had heard it had the Princess. He reckoned the King would reward whoever went after her.

The Hero met a Horc called Dogear who claimed to own the bookstore. He liked to eat the books and thought one tasted like beef jerky. A book begged the Hero to keep it out of his mouth, then urged them to go along with his demands.

The real bookseller

A voice called for help from behind the bushes. The woman there said she was the real bookseller and Dogear was an impostor. The Hero freed her, but Dogear ran straight into the bookstore. Maya, the owner of Book Wyrms, asked the Hero to go inside and defeat him.

After Dogear was defeated, Maya offered the Hero the book he had been eating. Dogear had eaten some of its pages, and Maya found slime on it.

The Loremasters knew it as the Lore Grimoire. It was said to seek out a chosen hero and give them knowledge and power to save the world. The Hero now had the Book of Lore, even if their new guide hated reading.

A plan to reach Bloodtooth

Robina identified the dragon as Bloodtooth. Artix warned that shooting it down would send the Princess falling with it. Robina asked how Artix could smile when the Princess was in danger. Artix was sure they could help if they found a way to reach her.

The Hero rode a giant arrow fired from a ballista. It carried them up to Bloodtooth, where they made their way along the dragon toward the Princess.

Princess Tera and the Ring of Dragon Control

Princess Tera insisted the dragon was hers. Tired of getting ponies for her birthday, she had accepted a ring from a blue Moglin who told her it would let her play with any dragon she wanted.

The Ring of Dragon Control carried the curse of the Green Dragon Gorgok. Its wearer could control a dragon, and the ring controlled its wearer in turn. The Hero had to face the Princess herself to free Bloodtooth.

After the dragon fell

The dragon came down near Battleon. Robina described the rescue as beating up a princess and crashing a dragon. Artix said the Hero had broken the cursed ring and that the Princess would be fine.

Artix wondered what the King might give the Hero for the rescue. Battleon lay ahead.