Captain Geddoe of the Twelfth Unit, of the Holy Harmonia Kingdom's Southern Frontier Defense Force, leaves for Grassland to seek information about the Fire Bringer who is said to have surfaced recently. In the Great Hollow of the Lizard Clan, he witnesses the assassination of the clan chief, Zepon, by Chris. Next he visits Karaya Village, set ablaze by the Zexen Knights. No clues are found in either village to aid him in his search for the Fire Bringer. Geddoe and his party return to Caleria, but soon they hear a rumor about Harmonian forces preparing to advance into Grassland in a hunt for the true Runes.