Rosencrantz reveals that the city is the Gran Grimoire and its power lies at the city center: the Grand Cathedral. While discussing the Gran Grimoire, a powerful source of magic, Guildenstern and Samantha discover ancient Kildean letterings carved throughout the city walls. With her powers, she learned of Sydney's intentions and Hardin's reason to join Müllenkamp and his closeness to Joshua.Sydney left them to stop the others from advancing taunting Guildenstern and Samantha, and provoking Ashley to follow him as he intends to succeed his powers to Ashley.Ashley was not interested in inheriting the powers of Darkness seeing that Callo had been captured, his only intention is to rescue her. She begins to develop the powers of 'heart-seeing', a form of telepathy, as they continue their escape deeper into Leá Monde. Callo learned that Hardin was skeptical of Sydney's plans. Sydney had captured Callo earlier and brought her with them. Ashley's guilt over their deaths was manipulated by the VKP to turn Ashley into a loyal Riskbreaker.Ashley recalls his hidden battle skills and experiences 'clairvoyance', seeing the progress of the Crimson Blades, which leads him to the Great Cathedral. Meeting Rosencrantz again, Ashley learns that they were not his family, but mistaken targets during their mission. In his encounters with Sydney, Ashley is shown visions of his past, where his wife Tia and his son Marco are killed by rogues, who later turned out to be Ashley himself. He encounters Guildenstern and his lover Samantha, and learns of the condition known as incomplete death and the Cardinal's true intention for his pursuit of Sydney: immortality.The Crimson Blades confront Ashley and reveals his presence to Guildenstern.Įscaping unharmed, Ashley encounters Rosencrantz who intends to join him, though Ashley declines.Rosencrantz tells him of the VKP and the Parliaments' knowledge of the dark powers of Leá Monde, and that the hidden powers deep within a person can be unleashed with the help of the Dark. Along the way, he learns of objects holding magical power known as Grimoires and the city's power to spawn the undead and mythological creatures. This event was dubbed the 'Graylands Incident'.Īshley Riot faces a wyvern during the opening sequence.Ashley and Callo arrive in Leá Monde and a lone Ashley infiltrates the city through the underground wine cellars. Ashley infiltrates the manor and encounters Sydney, witnessing his powers first hand.Sydney escapes with his accomplice Hardin and the Duke's son Joshua, leaving Ashley with a clue to his whereabouts. Vagrant Story begins in the Graylands, where Ashley and Callo are sent by the VKP to Duke Bardorba's manor to investigate the Duke's involvement with Müllenkamp and the Cardinal's interest in Sydney Losstarot. Only his efforts can reveal the truth and clear his name. Ashley's involvement in the intrigues at the manor makes him a prime suspect in the duke's assisanation.Ī Riskbreaker with a tragic past, Ashley must now face an uncertain future. When Millenkamp cultists entered the Graylands and seized Bardorba's manor, a chain of events was set into motion ending with the assasination of Duke Bardora. Ashley, always maintaining his calm in all situations, has succeeded in mission after mission. Many lose their lives during their assignments the survival rate stands at less than 30 percent. Riskbreakers conduct their investigations alone, infiltrating into and investigating foreign crime syndicates over long periods of time, which always puts the individual at high risk.

'Riskbreaker,' the most danger-ridden post at VKP, where he remains today. Following the tragic death of his wife and child at the hands of a ruffian, he transferred to the Dangerous Criminal Task Force, a.k.a. Vagrant Story is unique as a console action/adventure role-playing game because it features no shops and no player interaction between other characters instead, the game focuses on weapon creation and modification, as well as elements of puzzle-solving and strategy.Īfter graduating as valedictorian from VKP Academy, Ashley worked as an elite soldier. In the prologue, Ashley was blamed for murdering the duke, and the game discloses the events that happened one week before the murder. The story centers on Ashley Riot, an elite agent known as a Riskbreaker, who must travel to Leá Monde to investigate the link between a cult leader and a senior Valendian Parliament member, Duke Bardorba. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Valendia and the ruined city of Leá Monde.

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