The Book of Avan is a book of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. The book is the only one he handwritten, for posterity's sake. It was kept in a treasure chest in a library in The Kingdom of Carl, Avan's native country, but was recovered by Matoriv after the kingdom of Carl was destroyed and passed to Dai.
- Chapter of the Earth (All About Martial Arts), which contained his secret techniques for six weapon types: sword, spear, axe, bow, whip and claw. It would take 30 years to master them. They have the Earth, Sea, and Air techniques.
- Chapter of the Sea (All About aura techniques and spells),
- Chapter of the Air (All About the Heart),
Trivia[]
- Although it is stated that Dai can't read the Book of Avan, he has been show writing and reading the Fake Heroes weaknesses he got by interrogating Zurbon, and was able to read and sign the contract of Avan's training course, implying that he can read, but not the alphabet (kanji) that was used in that book while Nova could.
Other languages[]
| Other languages | |
| French | Le Recueil d'Avan |
| German | Buch Avans |
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| Italian | |
| Dutch | Unknown |
| Norwegian | Unknown |
| Greek | Unknown |
| Portuguese | Unknown |
| Russian | Unknown |
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