Garr asks forgiveness for his actions against his people centuries ago. He also entreats Ryu to help him discover the true motivation behind Myria's genocide against the Brood. After leaving Dauna Mines, they come across a ferocious Weretiger on Ogre Road. Back in Yraald Region, the pair re-groups with Nina, now a young adult, too, who led a regiment in arresting Mayor McNeil in his involvement with the attempt on Ryu's life as well as the destruction of their home in the woods. They soon discover the Weretiger has moved through the village, and found that Loki was mauled. They track the weretiger to the Cedar Woods to make a shocking discovery that Rei is not only alive, but the beast they encountered, and battling Mikba, the leader of the crime organization responsible for the attack on his friends. Rei then tracks down Mikba to Checkpoint in Dauna Hills, and is severely wounded in the process. Once Rei joins their group, they learn that he has not seen Teepo since the incident, either. While investigating some suspicious activity at the plant institute per Nina's orders, the team reunites with Momo, who has been performing experiments at the plant institute with Peco (who in the intervening years has been frequently visiting the great tree Yggdrasil, overseer of the world's forests) and discover Palet was conducting a grisly experiment in order to resurrect his dead mother. The party manages to stop Palet. They return to Wyndia Castle, and knowing that Ryu has a price on his head, Nina convinced Rei to obtain the passport. Rei was later made after a guard saw him with Ryu. The king ordered his arrest, but Rei and Nina managed to escape via the underground teleport. They soon make their way back to Rhapala Region. The party receives information about Myria's whereabout from a deity named Deis. After traversing the ocean to the forgotten northern continent, the group finds a town littered with advanced technology from a forgotten age, and then proceed to the last known village of the Brood, Dragnier, where they learn of the battle between the heroes from the first Breath of Fire and Myria millennia ago. They learn that the Goddess returned to seek her revenge against the Brood. The party continues by crossing an expansive desert, beyond which they find the ruined city of Caer Xhan, a former haven of technology which