Editing Dragon Quest III (section)

== Manga ==
The [[manga]] series, {{nihongo3|Dragon Quest Saga: Roto's Emblem|ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章|'''''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō'''''}}, was written by [[Chiaki Kawamata]] and Junji Koyanagi with artwork by [[Kamui Fujiwara]] and was published in''[[Monthly Shōnen Gangan]]'' from <!-- September --> 1991 through <!-- July --> 1997.<ref name="saga" /> The series was later compiled into for 21 volumes published by Enix;<ref name="comic" /> in 1994 it was released on [[CD]] and was released on December 11, 2009 on the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of manga distribution library.<ref name="animenews" /> In 1996 an [[anime]] movie based on the manga was released on [[video cassette]].<ref name="VHS" />

A sequel series, {{nihongo3|Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō - To the Children Who Inherit the Emblem|ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章 ～紋章を継ぐ者達へ～|''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ~Monshō o Tsugumono-tachi e~''}}, published by [[Square Enix]] started in 2005 and is still ongoing; as of December 2012, fifteen volumes have been released.<ref name="Roto9" /> The first four volumes were written by Jun Eishima and all the rest volumes written by Takashi Umemura. All of them have been supervised by Yuji Horii with artwork done by Kamui Fujiwara.<ref name="children" /> ''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō'' is meant to take place between ''Dragon Quest III'' and ''[[Dragon Quest (video game)|Dragon Quest]]''.

After monsters possessed the Carmen's king for seven years, the kingdom fell to the hordes of evil. The only survivors were Prince Arus and an army General's daughter, Lunafrea. Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Loran, a child by the name of is born with the name Jagan per the orders of Demon Lord Imagine. As [[Dragon Quest#Loto/Edrick|Loto]]'s descendant, Arus, along with Lunafrea, set out to defeat the monsters and restore peace to the world.

''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ~Monshō o Tsugumono-tachi e~'' takes place 25 years after the events in ''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō''. The world is once again in chaos and a young boy, {{nihongo|Arosu|アロス}}, sets out gathering companions to once again save the world from evil. ''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō'' was popular in Japan, it has sold 18 million in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=スクエニ，PSP向けコミックコンテンツ配信事業に参入を発表|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/085/G008539/20090924079/|publisher=4Gamer.net|accessdate=24 April 2013|language=Japanese|date=September 24, 2009}}</ref> Its sequel ''Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō - To the Children Who Inherit the Emblem'' has also sold well in Japan. For the week of August 26 through September 1, 2008, volume 7 was ranked 9th in Japan having sold 59,540 copies.<ref name="animenet2" /> For the week of February 24 through March 2, 2009, volume 8 was ranked 19th in Japan having sold 76,801 copies.<ref name="animenet" /> For the week of October 26 through November 1, 2009, volume 9 was ranked 16th in Japan having sold 40,492 copies for a total of 60,467.<ref name="Roto9" />