Beadle, Mugen and Estwing set out on the road south to the city of Ulding in search of a mysterious old man that they caught a glimpse of on the crystal screens in Ibras' lab. Does this man hold a shard? Or is he simply involved in a plot of whoever the shard holder may be? Ulding is only a few days travel from the metropolis that is Olde East Vale, but danger hides in the hills and trees along the way.