In the aftermath of Duke Diese's attempted coup, Ray Dawn reflects on his past. When it was still standing, Suna was considered a "Fairy Village", where all of the residents were capable of seeing Fairy primordials. As a young man, Ray was one of the village's guardians along with his father and his brother Jurgen before leaving to fight in the War of Unification. At the same time, another guardian, Marlya's father, dies luring a dangerous Fairy called the Esteemed One away from the village while Marlya's mother dies giving birth to Marlya...