The dark knight Cecil, stripped of his command of the Red Wings, set out for the distant Valley of Mist.  Together with Kain, commander of the Dragoons, he would pursue a faceless quarry―and a chance for redemption.  The advent of the airship had marked the realization of mankind's most ancient dream.  But man is a creature seldom sated, and he was quick to dream anew.  With the unparalleled might of the Red Wings, Baron's military soon reigned supreme.  Why, then, does its king now seek the Crystals?  And why have fearsome monsters suddenly begun to overrun the once calm land?  If the Crystals know, they share no answers―only their pure and silent light.