Final Fantasy V/Northern Mountain

Wilderness
You can now try out the World Map; how you do this depends on platform so see the Controls page. If you didn't get the map, then it's probably a good idea to go back and get it (see the previous page). After leaving the Ship Graveyard, first save, then head to town to rest and purchase supplies. Follow the coast east and south until you find the town of Carwen (aka Kerwin) on a small peninsula sticking out to the northwest.

Kerwin Town
Visit the inn near the entrance where you can rest and heal up for 10GP. To the right of this is the Item shop, where it would be a good idea to get some of each of the status remedies (Maiden's Kisses, Antidotes, Soft, and Eye Drops are all sold here). The remaining shops are in a row on the north side of town. You should already have a Dirk, Rod, and Staff in you inventory, so it's probably not much use carrying around more than one of each. Do get the Long Sword, since it makes the Broadsword obsolete. The armor shop has Bronze armor and Cotton Robes, which will replace your current Leather equipment. Pay close attention to which jobs can equip what items before purchasing. There are three new spells in the magic shop, Sleep, Mute and Protes.

Talk to the people in town to learn that the city of Walz is using machinery to boost the power of the Water Crystal, the same thing that caused the Wind Crystal to break. The party must get to Walz as quickly as possible to save the crystal; but since the wind died down, there are no ships in this town that was once a thriving port. Go to the pub, to the right of the shops, and talk to the man in the upstairs room who tells you that he saw a dragon in North Mountain (his wife just outside the pub supposes he's drunk and therefore crazy). The party interrogates this man further, only to find that he speaks the truth and that the dragon matches the description of King Tycoon's; Lenna starts to worry that something may have gone wrong. Realizing they may be able to reach Walz by air, the party decides to go to North Mountain and find the dragon. With a Thief or someone with Secret, you can easily spot the hidden passage that leads to treasure here. You can also complete the second part of the Pianos subquest as well.

Northern Mountain
When you leave town, go north and bear right when you come to a mountain ridge; bearing left takes you back to the Ship Graveyard. North Mountain is at the end of the valley and the entrance is on the south side. You begin at the foot of the mountain, where a straight path leads into a cave.

Explore a bit in the first cave for treasure, then exit northwest. This takes you to a ledge outside; follow it around clockwise to another cave entrance. Follow the passage in the second cave to another ledge outside. Follow the ridge but avoid touching the purple flowers. If you do touch one, the screen will blur when you move and a chemical beaker (an Erlenmeyer flask if you want to get technical) appears in the character screen to indicate your characters have been poisoned (If this happens, stop, then remove the poison and continue). Cross a bridge to another cave entrance. There is a save point here, and using it is a good idea because there is a boss coming up. Exit west to another ledge and start to follow it for a cutscene.

Lenna spots the king's helmet in the path and goes to investigate. At that moment, she is struck by a poison arrow. There is an earthquake and part of the ledge falls away to you can't get to her. Magissa appears, recognizes Lenna and is planning to kidnap her. Then Faris leaps over chasm, starts to slide down the far side, but manages to pull herself out. Then she and Bartz quickly build a rope bridge so the rest can cross. A battle begins.

Lenna thanks Faris for coming to her rescue and you continue on. Follow the ledge with leads to another hole, but this time it goes through a wall to another ledge. Go north to start another cutscene.

You see a wounded dragon up ahead. Lenna heads through the poisonous flowers to collect the dragon grass, which has curative properties for dragons. She's poisoned in the process though and has Faris give it to the dragon while Reina falls to the ground. In gratitude, the dragon licks her to revive her.

You can now use the dragon to fly around. Press the confirm button to land or mount again; you can only land on clear lowlands, not water, forests or deserts. You can't fly high enough to get over mountains, and there is a ring of mountains surrounding the area, so your movement is still pretty restricted, but you can now get back to the sea west of Torna Canal in case there are Blue spells etc. that you missed earlier. Your next destination is Walz.