Even stranger, once they manage to make it back home, they find the land they've returned from has surfaced as an island off of Estard's coast, but in a state several generations later than when they left it. That's been the prevailing wisdom for as long as anyone can remember, though our hero - along with his adventurous companions, the royal Prince Kiefer and the rambunctious Maribel - has his doubts, thanks to some mysterious shards that look like nothing else on Estard.Īfter picking up a few of these pieces and placing them together to form a tablet, the young friends are quickly whisked off the island and find themselves in an entirely new place.
It's a tiny port on Estard Island, a small isle dotted with only a few hamlets and the eponymous castle town of Estard that's also - as far as its residents are concerned - the only landmass on the planet. At the opening fanfare of Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past, we meet our young unnamed hero in the sleepy fishing village of Pilchard Bay.
