His armor heavy with rain, trudged through the dense forest. The echoes of a lost war haunted him as a sharp pain in his side throbbed with each step. He stumbled, the world spinning, until he fell to his knees.

Clutching his wound, blood seeped through his fingers as he collapsed onto the muddy ground.

Hours later, Eiren awoke to the welcoming warmth of a crackling fire. His side was tightly bandaged, and a mysterious figure tended to the flames.