In case it wasn't clear, Alefgard was the setting in the first three Dragon Quest games on the NES back in the 80s. In time, the player appears as a new hero to re-take the realm back from the Dragonlord's evil rule. This being an obvious trap and the hero is killed, leaving Alefgard to be overrun by monsters. In a cunning narrative move, the world of Builders is the result of the player accepting the Dragonlord's offer to rule half the world at the end of the first Dragon Quest. The game has you take on the role of your own hero as you try to liberate the realm of Alefgard from the Dragonlord.
