Where do i start?

[salvantis]

Everything looks so interesting and in depth, i'm so intrigued. But where would an idiot start? One of the first books? With the Demo?
Sorry for the dumb question, just unsure of how this works and where i should dive in.

 

[Shar Dundred]

Not a dumb question at all!
If you want to get the "definitive" Arkain experience, I recommend starting directly with
the True Story of Arkain/its demo.
It already covers the entirety of all First Books as well as a good chunk of the Second Books.
Playing the "original" Books allows you to see what changed but might confuse you from a lore
perspective since there quite a lot of differences/nuances.

The original books are also no longer maintained while the True Story is.
Personally I consider the First & Second Books more of a "Legacy Edition" at this point.