Three years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, Waver is brought before Reines, who asks him why he borrowed a huge sum of money to buy and take over the El-Melloi Class at the Clock Tower. Waver explains that after the War, he traveled to Babylon in Iraq to follow Iskandar's footsteps, but was kidnapped by a rogue Mage named Barzan. Waver is then reunited with Melvin Weins, a classmate who also ended up as one of Barzan's victims. Together, they escape their cell and discover that Barzan is attempting to dig up Iskander's tomb. Enraged, Waver disrupts the magical leyline underneath the tomb, causing numerous evil spirits to attack and kill Barzan...