1
Position the game board
Place the game board in the center of the playing area with the side showing the large castle in the upper left face-up
2
Place large tokens
Take 7 large blue rectangular tokens and place them on the game board with the blue side facing up as shown in the rulebook image
3
Set hero time tokens
Each player places one round token on the "Sunrise" field - these are the heroes' time tokens
4
Position hero figures
Place heroes on their starting spaces: dwarf on 43, warrior on 25, archer on 53, and mage on 9
5
Prepare gold coins
Place gold coins next to the game board
6
Set up narrator
Place the narrator figure on space "A" on the legend scale
7
Organize legend cards
Sort the introductory legend "Arrival of Heroes" cards in alphabetical order (A1, A2, B1, etc. at top, card N at bottom), place face-down near the legend scale
8
Separate special cards
Place "End of Battle" and "Team Battle" cards near the game board for later use
9
Prepare event cards
Separate cards with silver backs (including the green triangle card) and place near the board, return all other event cards to the box
10
Assemble game pieces
Insert 29 game pieces into matching colored stands
11
Select hero components
Each player takes a hero sheet, figure, all dice of matching color, 1 square token, and 2 round wooden tokens
12
Set starting attributes
Each hero begins with 7 willpower points and 1 strength point, marked with wooden tokens on the hero sheet
13
Place wells
Put 1 well token gray-side up on spaces 5, 35, 45, and 55
14
Prepare X token
Place one red "X" token near the game board
15
Add parchment token
Place one parchment token near the board
16
Mark legend scale
Place star tokens on legend scale spaces B, C, D, F, H, and N
17
Shuffle event deck
Shuffle event cards and place the green triangle "Start" card on top
18
Arrange legend deck
Ensure card "B1" is on top of the legend deck
19
Set creature stats
Place red square token on "2" of creature strength scale; place red round token on "4" of creature willpower scale
20
Place red dice
Put two red dice near the creature characteristics
21
Prepare creature figures
Place Gor and Skral figures near the board
22
Distribute fog tokens
Remove 4 specific fog tokens (2x Gor, 1x Water Skin, 1x Witch's Brew), shuffle remaining 11 and place face-down on round-framed river spaces not occupied by heroes
