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A fox cub awakens on a shore with only a scrap of the Game Manual guiding him to find the Sword, although he can not comprehend the language it's written in with the exception of a handful of words. The fox comes across the Temple, discovering the spirit of a larger fox (referred to as "the Heir") trapped in an enormous crystal prison, and the fox leaves to collect the three Crystal Keys which can be found within various dungeons across the land. Most of the local life has been driven mad and are obsessed with a toxic glowing purple fluid that powers a variety of ancient technology and various war machines. Additionally, the land is filled with many statues and monuments paying tribute to a fallen Hero. Every time the fox is killed by an enemy, he is revived by the Heir at one of the statues he'd stopped to pray at. He can also visit the imprisoned Heir on a spiritual plane known as the Far Shore.

During the fox's travels, he explores an underground factory where the souls of other foxes are forcibly confined into the boxes that are used to power the technology around the game world. After collecting the Keys and freeing the Heir, the Heir unexpectedly attacks and kills the fox. (In the unlikely scenario that the player is able to defeat the Heir on first attempt, the first ending immediately occurs.)