“The land of dawn can be beheld past the shining blade, at the far end of the azure sky...”
— Trails through Daybreak's slogan
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak (英雄伝説
It was released on September 30, 2021 on PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 5 version release was released on July 28, 2022.
Synopsis[]
Setting[]
The game marks the second half of the Trails series, set in Calvard. The story is set in S.1208, a year after Trails into Reverie. Thanks to postwar reparations, the multinational state of Calvard experiences unprecedented economic growth while continuously dealing with public unrest caused by immigration and the new president's radical reforms. In a corner of Edith, a young man working as a Spriggan receives a peculiar job that will result into something larger, affecting the entirety of the Republic.
Spriggan――a back-alley job born from the melting pot that is the Republic of Calvard.
They can accept requests from anyone and everyone, serving as detectives one day, negotiators the next, and bounty hunters the day after.
A spriggan may be called to handle jobs the police can't, to consult with people about topics they don't want getting out, and sometimes even to do above-board jobs for criminals and underground groups.
They do all this because it is the spriggan way.
The year is 1208 of the Septian Calendar.
In the Old Town district of the Republic's capital city, a girl wearing the prim-and-proper uniform of a well-respected school approaches a door in the hallway of a run-down building.
"Arkride Solutions," she reads the words on the door.
Gathering her nerve, she fixes her gaze ahead, clears her throat, and knocks three times.
...
She's answered by a long, lazy yawn. "First thing in the morning...?" A voice can be heard grumbling from the other side of the door. Its owner is a bit slovenly and laid back, but with a grizzled air about him that belies his youth. Languidly, he turns the doorknob.
...And it's with this that a new trail begins.『
カルバード共和国という多様性の
ある時は
警察では扱い切れない依頼の下請け、市民からの“表沙汰にできない”相談事、さらには犯罪者やアンダーグラウンド勢力の"真っ当な”依頼も。
それが、『裏解決屋』と呼ばれる彼らの流儀であった。
時に、七耀暦1208年――
共和国首都・旧市街にある古ぼけた雑居ビルを名門校の制服に身を包んだ、いかにも育ちの良さそうなひとりの女生徒が訪れていた。
『アークライド解決事務所』 素っ気ない文字で書かれたそのプレートを、凛とした眼差しで見つめる少女。
コクンと喉を鳴らし、意を決してノックを３回。
…………
『～ふわああっ、昼前に珍しいな……』
だらしないようで落ち着いた、大人びているようで意外と若い男の声が響き、ドアノブがゆっくりと回り出す。
――ここから、新たな “Story[]
- Main article: /Story
Characters[]
Artwork for Daybreak's protagonist, Van Arkride.
- Van Arkride
- Agnès Claudel
- Feri Al-Fayed
- Aaron Wei
- Risette Twinings
- Quatre Salision
- Judith Lanster
- Bergard Zeman
- Elaine Auclair
- René Kincaid
Development[]
Nihon Falcom announced Trails through Daybreak, alongside The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails and Trails of Cold Steel IV for Switch, on 17 December 2020. The character for "kuro" (黎, black) is taken from the Japanese word for dawn (
Trivia[]
- Daybreak marks the second time the first game of an arc did not end on a cliffhanger, the first being Zero.
- Also similar to Zero, the game does not contain Olivert within its story, with his only appearance being a brief cameo in the ending credits.
See also[]
- Story Recap
- Technical Information
- Image Gallery
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