Yes, there are. For the player's very first battle, you fight with former Guardian Aquila.
Warning: spoilers follow.
There is a time later on, during the Angel Falls part of the game, where the innkeeper Ivor joins you in the field, but at no other point does a character other than ones you create join you in battle.
Yes, because it relates to other quest stories. Shrek is going on 'quest' with Donkey to kill the dragon and rescue the princess. It is a quest story, but a parody of a classic one.
get the starflight exspress do story missions and grottos
well, to advance the story, talk to SPOILER DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU ARE THIS FAR AND WANT THIS TO BE SPOILED Greygnarl. fight and defeat greygnarl, drop off all your party members at the quester's rest, equip all the dragon warrior gear (after defeating another monster, an aggrosculpture, i believe) and talk to him. there will be a scene. now, you DON'T actually fight the black dragon, Barbarus, until you get to the final dungeon. END SPOILER
Because it is the 9th story chronologically in the Dragon quest saga, the Monsters, Swords, and Heroes titles are kind of like side quests in a main plot, fun but holding no real value in terms of story. Usually.
no.you get it about 2 weeks after you complete the story quest
there isn't a flying boat, but you can obtain a ship after completing the Bloomingdale story and the starflight express after completing a post-game quest
You can go do quests or kill monsters or if u are lazy go party quest.
The nether portal is unlocked by completing the "Aether Sprint" quest. In order to do so you must breed an athletic dragon and complete 6 evolutions.
You can get the Amorian Loveseat chair from the APQ (Amorian Party Quest). The Ariant Party Quest needs you to get 200 points for the Palm Tree Beach Chair. That's all I got so far.
After completing the main story, return to Porth Llaffan and talk to Jona Jones. She will offer you Quest 39. Listen carefully to what she tells you; it's important to the quest.
you can kill monsters or go ing a party and pick the mesos that your party members drop
you have to do some of the main quest not far in the story mode you will come across your first dragon