Final Fantasy V/Wind Shrine

Starting cutscene
At dawn, Princess Lenna (aka Reina) bids farewell to her father the King as he sets off on his dragon for the Wind Shrine. They both have sensed something wrong about the wind lately. Shortly after, the pirate Faris, an old man in a cave, and Lenna in her castle all notice the wind has stopped. The King arrives at the Wind Shrine only to see the Wind Crystal shatter, scattering crystal shard all around. Later, Bartz is sitting by a campfire with his trusty chocobo and hears a noise like thunder in the sky. A meteor appears and crashes into the ground not far away. Bartz saddles up to investigate.

Tycoon Meteorite
After the cutscene, our mysterious hero and Boko, his mighty steed (well, chocobo at any rate), are off to investigate the meteor. Don't bother going north, it just leads to a dead end. Instead, go east (right), where you'll see the meteor. Step into it to investigate further.

Follow the path east and north, eventually you'll leave Boko behind for safety. Continue until you see a young lady being carried off by a pair of goblins. A fight between you and the two goblins commences. This isn't difficult, basically it's just an introduction to the battle system. Keep selecting 'Fight' on the menu and you should defeat the Goblins in a few moments. A cutscene occurs afterwards where the young lady introduces herself as Lenna (or Reina depending on platform). You can then choose a name for our hero, and for the sake of everyone's sanity in this walkthrough he will henceforth be called Bartz. You examine the meteor, but Lenna is in a hurry and starts to leave. Then you hear some groaning.

Go northeast to find the old man seen earlier. Another cutscene starts where he wakes up and remembers is name is Galuf but nothing else. Lenna still wants to get going to find the Wind Shrine and Galuf joins her, but you decide to keep following your own path.

When you regain control of Bartz, you should go southeast and keep exploring the walls until you find the hidden corridor that will lead you to a chest with Phoenix Down. It's hidden amongst the leaves, but it isn't that difficult to find. Now get out of the passage and go out the way you came in. Speak to Boko to ride again, follow the path out of the meteor area.

Continue west to the forest where you started. You can save your progress now and it's a good idea to save often from now on in case your party is wiped out in battle.

Head north, between the mountains, and you'll enter a valley where a cutscene takes place. Boko stops suddenly and you are thrown off. The ground starts to shake, probably aftershocks from he meteor and you hear Lenna and Galuf calling in the distance. You get back on Boko.

Ride north to the rescue, you automatically hop over chasms which have formed in the path. At two points you have encounters with goblins, these are carbon copies of the battle near the meteor. You will get enough experience points for Bartz to reach level 2. When you reach Lenna and Galuf you grab them. Continue north for another cutscene.

You keep watch from a small ledge as Lenna and Galuf regain consciousness. There is a short reunion where you announce that you've decided to join them and mention something about your father's dying wish for you to see the world. Galuf says what everyone is thinking though, namely that the real reason is you have the hots for Lenna. The road is out but you decide to find a way through somehow.

Continue north on Boko to find a cave opening that wasn't there earlier. Step in to enter another valley.

Approach the cave entrance, you remark that the opening was probably made by the recent quakes. Chocobos don't like enclosed spaces so you leave Boko behind and enter the cave proper.

The Hidden Cave and the Pirates Hideout
This cave is very linear, you don't really need directions. Random battles start here, mostly with Steel Bats and Stropers. Bartz' default weapon is fairly good considering the level, Lenna's is mediocre, and Galuf is unarmed making his attacks pretty useless. Despite this, the battles should be easy enough to handle. There is a healing spring not that far from the entrance, making it ideal for training. Unfortunately you can't save here, the best you can to is backtrack out of the cave if you want a save.

Continue north to the next room, there is a small scene where a pirate is seen pressing a button and opening the door. There is also a chest containing a leather cap here. When you reach the button, press it like the pirate did and you can enter the Pirates Hideout.

Leap out into the corridor in plain site and Galuf and Lenna start wondering if you're in your right mind. Doesn't matter, the guard is asleep, and there's a ship! Lenna wonders if you can get a ride on it, and Galuf wonders if they could steal it. Either way, jump aboard the ship, go to the steering wheel, 'yo-ho and stuff!' start sailing. As if a Final Fantasy game could be that easy...

Watch the cutscene and you then get access to the Pirate Ship.

Tule
When you gain access to the ship, one of the crew will ask if you'd like him to steer you towards the wind shrine. If you have no faith in your navigation ability or you just want to finish off this game quick, say yes. If you want to go and get some loot for the battles up ahead (ie, a sword or staff for Galuf as he hasn't got any weapons), go west (left on the screen), where you'll find the village of Tule. Tule has weapons, armour, magic and item shops, and the pirates will draw your attention to a pub and the 'grog' or 'rum' (depending on which version you're playing) within. There is also the Beginners House, where people new to the game can learn stuff. Old hands should go there anyways, as there are a few cool items (gil, potions, tents and a leather cap. also the chest upstairs contains a goblin, which eventually yields the running shoes after you defeat it) hanging around - most of them are hidden, but are easy to find.

Once you've finished your shopping and looking around, head east towards the Wind Shrine.

The Wind Shrine
Once you're in the wind shrine, head up and then left to find a bunch of people fretting over Lenna's father, the king. Talk with the people to learn about the situation, there's also a healing pot here and make sure you talk to the guy on your lower left, if you speak with him you get 5x Tonics.

Go up the stairs that are on the other side of the room, on the left side is a chest with a Tent. Continue through the door to get to a Save Point (you have to access the menu to save your game), you can use a Tent or Cottage here to heal up, but it's a better idea to just use the healing pot on the floor below. The next room, when you head right and up the stairs will have a room with a chest containing a Leather Cap. Get back down again to go up the other staircase on the eastern side, follow the hall and go into the room that's near that nasty-looking monster, there's a Broadsword hanging around here somewhere. Go up to the nasty looking monster to start your first boss fight!

After this you get a little cutscene, which will lead to events that allow you to take on a certain role or 'job'. The 'Job' command is now available in the party menu, so watch the tutorial and choose yourself a job (Thief, Knight and White Mage classes are recommended, and having all your people have the 'Learning' ability on them, which is gained by having your character as a level 2 Blue Mage is a real bonus, as there are 3 possible Blue Magic abilities to be learned from monsters nearby).

Your next destination is Tule.