After a soaring connection with Eris Boreas Greyrat, Rudeus Greyrat is overjoyed. Yet, his happiness is fleeting when Eris abruptly leaves to pursue her own path. Convinced of Eris losing interest, a desolate Rudeus heads to the Northern Territories. Striving to find his mother in this expansive land, Rudeus questions the point of enduring each day's ache, falling into a mechanical existence fixated on his lost love. The perils of the North quickly prove that a numbed mind cannot survive. Amid an expedition with the newly met group Counter Arrow, Rudeus faces mortality, a moment that jolts him from his desolation. Bonding with his newfound companions, Rudeus rediscovers the joy of daily quests and recommits to embracing his second chance at life to the fullest.