countryside and pirates to sail the seas. Meanwhile, Ash Lambert and his colleagues at the third battalion of the Ishtarian Security Forces begin to suspect a conspiracy at the highest levels of government. Story Chapter 1: Ash, Diego and Clint are posing as merchants when a group of thieves come to rob them, but Ash is a member of the Security Forces. Despite Diego wanting to end Zoot's life, the three companions head back to the capital Shumeria. Ash reports to their boss, Clive, when the meeting is interrupted by a riot in the Dover District. This is a slum where the former nobles who lived the rich life under the Ashah Dynasty still live. Diego, Ash and Clint battle monsters at a church after meeting with Kane, the leader of Hel Spite's elite Crimson Guard. They are confronted by Count Claymore, who instigated the riot. Kane arrests Claymore, simultaneously killing the remaining nobles in cold blood. Ash is about to duel Kane, and Clive stops it. The next day, Dolf, a mysterious man, shows up at Clive's office with a mission. Three months before, General Magnus Dunbar left for Gilbaris Island on a secret mission. He and his companions disappeared, and are presumed dead. Ash is to find out what happened to the general and report back to Dolf. When Ash, Clint and Diego pass through the ruins of the Ashah Dynasty's castle, they fight clay golems created by Eleni Dunbar, the daughter of General Magnus. She and her manservant Huxley Hobbes join up with Ash and an archer named Kira also joins the band. When they make the port to take them to Gilbaris Island, Grog Drinkwater refuses on account of Hassan the Pirate, who killed Grog's sailors and brother. Ash and his companions go to the desert to kill a sand creature that is stopping overland trade with a neighboring nation. Once they slay the beast, Ash confronts Grog, saying that "drinking won't bring back the dead". Grog joins the party and they confront Hassan. After whipping the pirates, they find out that Hassan is actually Grog's brother, and that the life of piracy "killed" the man who was Grog's brother. The party then travels to Gilbaris Island after burying Hassan at sea. Chapter 2: On Gilbaris Island, the party discovers the people are zombies and evil statues. After destroying the statues, the townsfolk revert to their