When the city-state of Marito falls on hard times, it submits to annexation by the expansive Vanderland Empire. But not all in Marito are pleased by their new overlords, and dissent is brewing. Felicia Arde, a stoic and accomplished imperial knight, is given an important task: go to Marito and win the support of the people by any means necessary. Leaving behind her fiance, she travels to unfamiliar shores to carry out her duty...