The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a role-playing game set in the Erebonian Empire, where tensions between the Noble and Reformist Factions reflect a deep divide between nobles and commoners. You play as Rean Schwarzer, a 17-year-old student starting at Thors Military Academy, and join Class VII as its students become caught up in political conflicts that threaten the Empire. For the first time in the academy’s history, rank means nothing in Class VII; skill is what matters. Its nine hand-picked students come from varied backgrounds and have different abilities.

The Erebonian Empire

Set on the Zemurian continent, the story explores the internal politics of the Empire, a nation that has asserted its power militarily while conflict between its upper class and rising commoners grows. Rean’s crimson uniform sets him apart from the green uniforms typically worn by commoners and the white ones worn by nobles. The game takes place in the same continent as Trails in the Sky and expands on the series’ lore through the Empire’s opposing social classes and the events that could change what they stand for.

School life and combat

You experience life at the academy and build bonds with fellow students to gain new abilities in battle. The Combat Link System rewards these bonds with benefits such as healing and guarding. Combat is speedy and tactical, with turn-based battles and the ARCUS system, which updates the series’ Orbment magic system: ARCUS units give you more direct access to abilities and faster customization.

Key features

• Story: The events are presented for longtime Trails players and newcomers alike, with a detailed, nuanced narrative.
• English voice-over: The PC release adds 50% more lines of English voice-overs.