You start on the side of a big snowy mountain, there are dragons ontop of the mountain, the bottom of it is the canyon where the monsters live. you kill monsters and dragons, to get gold and materials like dragonsteel for killing dragons, and other things for killing monsters, you can check your inventory by asking to. you can also head to the forgery and use up some of your materials to make various items, weapons, and armors, you start with a stone sword and a shield