Rayden Storke

I finally remember everything! Just when we thought all hope was lost, a stranger came out of the fog. His words lifted our spirits. I was one of those who heard his words about the Mystery Solver. This person lives somewhere near City Hall and can help us. As soon as the airship based on the Collector's blueprints was ready, I learned to fly it and volunteered to be the pilot. I just wanted to save the City.

- **Rayden Storke**

Rayden Storke is the pilot of the airship that was sent to the Lower City on a mission to find the Mystery Solver.

## **Plot**

Rayden is introduced alongside Kira Woodville when they are found inside the airship that had suddenly crash-landed into the Airship Dock. The pilot and his bodyguard had lost their memories because the fog had entered the cockpit during the crash, but they manage to recover their memories thanks to the information cache found on the airship. Rayden reveals that he's been sent to the Lower City to find the Mystery Solver (i.e. the player) who can save the Upper City from the fog. The player then agrees to travel back with Rayden and Kira to the Upper City.

Back in the Upper City, Rayden assists Mr. Black in his investigation on the theft of the anti-fog crystals that was stolen from the Head of the Security Service's office while he and Kira were away. At some point during the investigation, a burglar broke into Rayden's home and ransacked his belongings but didn't steal anything. After tidying up his scattered belongings, Rayden finds an apple locket left to him by his grandmother, which seems to possess magical properties. He surmises that this locket is what the thief was after.

Rayden is featured in Guest from the Past, where he investigates an attempted robbery on his grandmother's house, the Old Cottage. The robbery was stopped by Mr. Goodman before Rayden and Kira arrives, but this turns out to be a ploy by Goodman to use Rayden to get past the protective enchantments around Clarissa's house in order to steal an artifact - the apple locket that was previously almost stolen. Wishing that Mr. Goodman would disappear, Rayden unwittingly unleashed the locket's powers to banish the villain. He then finds Clarissa's letter inside the locket, which tells him of the great powers he apparently possesses, and advices him to use it wisely.

## **History**

Who would have thought that the grandmother of the airship pilot Rayden was a witch?

- In-Game Factoid

Rayden's parents died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandmother, Clarissa. Unbeknownst to him, Clarissa is a powerful mage. She was the head of a powerful sorcerer clan, but ultimately abandoned her old life to marry an ordinary person and settled in the Old Cottage. Rayden lived a mostly normal life, and eventually grew up to become a lamplighter, becoming good friends with his colleague, Carlos Light and his family.

Rayden was affected by the fog when the Distortion afflicted the Upper City. One of his friends, Jay, went mad after the disappearance of his family, while Rayden's own grandmother was also lost in the fog. Because of this, when he heard a stranger talk about a Mystery Solver who purportedly can save the Upper City, Rayden volunteered to pilot the airship to the Lower City to find this saviour despite the risks.