A boy appears in the back woods of vale nearly dead and his quest to find out why will change Remnant forever because of where he walks hell comes with him.

Mantle has just surrendered after 10 years of the most savage warfare in history. It is teetering on the brink of total social and economic collapse, and the Mantle's people now lie at the mercy of new, liberal politicians who despise everything Mantle once stood for. The Faunus are rioting in the streets, threatening to topple the new government in Atlas.