Dragon Quest IV Chapter 5

Chaper 5 of Dragon Quest IV follows the story of the Hero and foretold allies in their quest to eliminate the evils in the world.

The chapter opens in the Hero's Hometown, where the hero's mother gives him a lunch to take to his father. After this is done, he returns home, and before his mother can finish making lunch for him, a cry is heard: "Monsters! The monsters have come!"

The whole town pitches in to move the hero to a hidden storeroom. When all seems lost, Eliza comes in, states that she has no intention of allowing the hero to die, then, using her power, changes herself into an exact duplicate of the hero. She then goes outside and is killed, causing the monsters to believe they accomplished their goal.

Heading out, the hero comes upon Casabranca, where the King is recruiting adventurers to fight against Estark, as he believes the rumours that the chosen hero was slain.

Heading west to Endor, the hero finds Meena telling the fortunes of people she meets. The fortune she sees for the hero reveals that they are destined companions so she becomes the first companion. She then gets Maya to stop gambling in the Casino and join as well.

They find the Inn East of Casabranca, and after a harrowing journey through the Cave of Betrayal, they pick up a new member, Hank Hoffman, Jr., and the wagon, and are able to continue their journey south through a desert to the town of Porthtrunnel.