The first half of the War of Darkness had ended, and the Church was the first to fall .. resetting the war to where it began: Empire versus Ultras.
The Church had been an entirely unforeseen variable, wielding colossal weapons that could have tipped the conflict decisively in its favor.
But its fall was swift and brutal.
It took only three imperial fighters to bring it down. What the world at large didn't know, however, was that the battle on Noctera had far surpassed imagination.
The dead were counted in the millions .. the highest toll yet.
Powers that had lurked in the shadows began to step forward, one after another, and the rate at which the balance of power climbed was becoming alarmingly dangerous.
Liora, the Saint of Dawn, was the first to fall after Geppetto's sudden appearance. He had been actively hunting those like her ... figures who had hidden themselves in the dark .. and this was only the beginning of the tragedy.
