In the potion laboratory in the castle, you will find a ladder tothe sewers below the castle. This is the best place to start out yourcharacters. It is larger than it looks. Use all ladders you find until youare familiar with where they lead. On level 2 of the sewers you will findan underground lake.
Phoenix lives to the north of the lake.
After you have spent a little time in the sewers earning gold andexperience, its time to visit the wide world. Your purpose at this point is to free the shrines from the hold of the gargoyles. The shrine ofCompassion east of Britannia is the easiest to free early in the gamehaving fewer gargoyles guarding the shrine. To freea shrine USE the rune on the shrine and chant the mantra. The forcefield upon the shrine will be broken.