After Preparations for the Dragon Quest is finished, and the Dragon Oracle has named the hero or heroine Challenger of the Dragon Quest, and said what the first mission is, speak with Dorion. He will tell you that the Oracle wants you to go to Moorbridge and find and help Archmage Rakorium. Kill the undeads, and the Necromancer, and return to Rakorium. He is making a brewery, but needs your help to find the ingredients. Find them, and he will reawaken the Lizard King Valonion. Kill Valonion, and return to Ferdok. This is the first Dragon Quest. The next is The Stolen Knowledge.