Takeo Masaki, in his timeline, was a samurai in Feudal Japan who eventually became a ronin, a disgraced warrior, and was exiled from his homeland. Forced to wander the world while carrying the shame of his title, Takeo can only seek akeo had an encounter with forces of the Dark Aether. This created a connection that allowed the Warden, an entity of the dimension, to pull Takeo from his timeline. In the Dark Aether, he allied with three soldiers. Tank Dempsey, Richtofen, and Nikolai.