The Tale of a Grand Adventure's Beginnings!!

The Tale of a Grand Adventure's Beginnings!!
Series	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Chapter	15
Volume	2 (Tankoban) 1 (Bunkoban) 1 (Kanzenban)
Official English title	The Tale of a Grand Adventure's Beginnings!!
Japanese	大冒険への旅立ち!!
Romanized	Daiboken e no Tabidachi!!
Story arc	Birth Arc (Bunkoban) Avan's Disciples (Kanzenban)
Released	8 January 1990 1 March, 2022 (English)
Magazine	Weekly Shonen Jump #3-4, 1990
Adapted into	1991: 9 2020: 5
Chapter chronology
← Previous	The Tale of the Explosive Strash!!
Next →	The Tale of the Maam of the Dark Forest

The Tale of a Grand Adventure's Beginnings!! is the fifteenth chapter of Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada's Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. The English localization of this chapter released in volume 1 of the Perfect Edition by Viz Media on 1 March, 2022.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Brass
• Popp
• Dai
• Gomechan
• Sovereign Rock Castle
• Hadlar
• Vearn
• Gargoyle C
• Gargoyle E
• Avan (dream)

Monsters

The manga not being in full colour, it is impossible to know the specific species if not named. At the time, Magus sprites had no sceptres as opposed to other members of the mage family:

• Elite guard
  • Archdemon (mention)
  • Gargoyle
  • etc

• Undead legion
  • Skeleton family
  • Zombie (mention, does not correspond to a bestiary monster although "Zombie" is the used for the Undead family in Japanese)
  • Undead family
  • etc

• Blizzblaze legion
  • Dancing flame
  • Frostburn
  • Magmalice
  • Firn fiend
  • Rockbomb (mention)
  • etc

• Mystic legion
  • Mage family
  • Lump wizard
  • Madusa
  • Muddy hand
  • Heyedra (mention)
  • etc

• Furfang legion
  • Beast family
  • Plant family
  • Bug family
  • etc

• Shadow legion
  • Dark skeleton (mention)
  • Shade
  • Restless armour
  • Smog
  • etc

• Dragon legion
  • Green dragon
  • Ethereal serpent
  • Orochi family
  • etc

• Whackolyte (unnamed)
• Funghoul (unnamed)
• Mummy boy (unnamed)
• Armful (unnamed)
• Bewarewolf (unnamed)
• Prestidigitator (DQI design; unnamed)
• Prestidigitator (DQIII design; unnamed)
• Treeface (unnamed)
• Ghost (unnamed)
• Badboon (unnamed)
• Jackanape (unnamed)
• Slime (unnamed)
• Cumaulus (unnamed)
• Cobra king (unnamed)
• Bunicorn (unnamed)
• Hoodie (unnamed)
• Shaman (unnamed)
• Ratscal (unnamed)
• Ursa minor (unnamed)
• Infanticore (unnamed)
• Killerpillar (unnamed)
• Goodybag (unnamed)
• Healslime (unnamed)
• Terrordactyl (unnamed)
• Gigantes (unnamed)
• Golem (unnamed)
• Sabrecat (unnamed)
• King squid (unnamed)

Trivia

• Titles and pages 1 to 3 were in full colour and the rest used a limited palette.
• Shadow of the legion commanders appear but do not correspond to their eventual design.
• In recent editions, the "six-pointed star of evil" (邪悪の六芒星) was redrawn to keep only the star outer boundary and retitled the "six stars of evil" (邪悪の六星) most likely to avoid any religious interpretations. The full colour page used the following color. The one shown purple is not among the three defeated legions in chapter 73 but chapter 235 revealed the Undead Legion Commander to be purple.
• It is the last chapter of the Birth arc and of the original serialization deal before it was prolonged or stopped. Sanjo, conceived it as an endpoint in case the serialisation was not renewed.

Pink
Orange	Purple
Yellow	Blue
Unknown

Navigation

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Story Arcs

Birth Arc
Chapters	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15
1991 Episodes	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
2020 Episodes	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Films	The Adventure of Dai • The Adventure of Dai - Avan's Disciples (partial)

Halo Arc
Chapters	232 · 233 · 234 · 235 · 236 · 237 · 238 · 239 · 240 · 241 · 242 · 243 · 244 · 245 · 246 · 247 · 248 · 249 · 250 · 251 · 252 · 253 · 254 · 255 · 256 · 257 · 258 · 259 · 260 · 261 · 262 · 263 · 264 · 265 · 266 · 267 · 268 · 269 · 270 · 271 · 272 · 273 · 274 · 275 · 276 · 277 · 278 · 279 · 280 · 281

Blood Fight Arc
Chapters	282 · 283 · 284 · 285 · 286 · 287 · 288 · 289 · 290 · 291 · 292 · 293 · 294 · 295 · 296 · 297 · 298 · 299 · 300 · 301 · 302 · 303 · 304 · 305 · 306 · 307 · 308 · 309 · 310 · 311 · 312 · 313 · 314 · 315 · 316 · 317 · 318 · 319 · 320 · 321 · 322 · 323 · 324 · 325 · 326 · 327 · 328 · 329 · 330 · 331 · 332

Flash of Light Arc
Chapters	333 · 334 · 335 · 336 · 337 · 338 · 339 · 340 · 341 · 342 · 343 · 344 · 345 · 346 · 347 · 348