Zed meets Dumas and Robès, the top non-sage Shard Casters in Templar. Robès is a snobby playboy aristocrat, while Dumas is a hard-working farmer who is training a young student named Mikki to be a shard caster. Dumas currently holds the title of Shard Champion of Templar, which he earned in a Joust where he battled other shard casters. This title means he is regarded as the strongest shard caster in all of Templar. Robès clearly dislikes Dumas and at a party he announces that he plans to defeat Dumas and take his title of Shard Champion. It is also revealed that Robès is secretly a thief called "No-Face" who steals both spirits and objects from townspeople.