Now, grown and in full force, Arus is ready to accept the fate tied to his lineage and, sword in hand, he is about to fight against Imajin and his followers. She and Tarkin raise Arus in secret for ten years. The only survivors of this tragedy are Prince Arus, heir of Roto, and Lunafrea, the daughter of the General-in-chief of Carmen's army.
The King of Carmen has been possessed by a demon and has ruined his own kingdom in a plot hatched by the Demon King Imajin. After 100 years of peace and prosperity, a new threat looms over the World.Įvil armies are besieging the last human bastions. Taking a fragment of the mystical emblem of their grandfather, the two brothers founded their own kingdoms, Loran to the north and Carmen to the south. Many years have passed since Loran and Carmen, the descendants of the legendary Roto, defeated the evil forces. The story takes place between Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest I.
The series was collected in 21 tankobon volumes originally.Įmblem of Roto (manga) was very successful in Japan, to the point of spawning a drama CD, an animated film and several books related to the series.
It was first serialized in the magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan by Enix from issue #4 of 1991 to issue #8 of 1997. It was written by Chiaki Kawamata for the setting and by Junji Koyanagi for the script, while the art was done by Kamui Fujiwara. The comic tells the story of Arus Roto, a direct descendant of Arel, the hero of Dragon Quest III, and his efforts to restore peace to the World. Emblem of Roto, fully titled Dragon Quest Saga: Emblem of Roto (ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章, Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monsho, translated as Dragon Quest Biography: Emblem of Roto) and also known as - Dragon Quest: Emblem of Roto or Emblem of Roto: Dragon Quest Saga, is a Japanese comic series based on the Roto trilogy of the Dragon Quest series.