StoryWhen the aque blastia core is stolen from Zaphias's lower quarter, denying water to the lower class that lives there, Yuri attempts to chase down the thief, but is arrested and jailed in the castle. During his escape, he meets a young girl named Estelle who is searching for Yuri's close friend and rival Flynn. Along with Yuri's faithful dog Repede, the three leave the safety of Zaphias' barrier to chase after both Flynn and the thief. On their way they encounter Karol- a young boy who joins them to catch up with his guild, the Hunting Blades- and Rita, an eccentric blastia researcher who takes great interest in Estelle's healing magic. On their journey, Yuri learns about the state of the world and the philosophy of the guilds, who gave up their citizenship in order to live free from the rule of the Empire.
Along with Raven- a high-ranking guild member- and Judith- a mysterious Krityan woman who is hunting and destroying blastia- the group stop the machinations of an evil guild leader named Barbos and recover the aque blastia. Yuri turns the aque blastia over to Flynn and announces his intention to form a guild with Karol, later christened Brave Vesperia.
Estelle discovers that she is known as the Child of the Full Moon, an omen of the end of the world. Unlike the rest of the world, who require a blastia in order to reconstitute aer into magic, Estelle can reconstruct aer on her own: this is how she uses her healing artes. Unfortunately, this method of conversion is so inefficient that it puts a great strain on the aer resources of the world, threatening to bring forth a disaster known as the Adephagos, a being that feeds off aer and would convert all life on the planet back to pure aer. The party also learn that the excessive blastia culture of the world is also threatening to strain the aer resources to breaking point, and that Judith's mission was to destroy the blastia that were causing the most damage to the environment.
Meanwhile, Yuri- seeing how the laws of the Empire are powerless against the corruption within its officials- takes matters into his own hands and murders two corrupt officials: Ragou, a conspirator in Barbos' plot; and Captain Cumore, a high-born knight who was using his power to commit atrocities. This brings him into conflict with Flynn, who joined the Knights in order to change the system from within instead of rebelling against it from without like Yuri is doing.
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Estelle is suddenly kidnapped by Raven, who is revealed to be Imperial Knight Schwann Oltorain. Commandant Alexei is revealed as the mastermind who funded Barbos' schemes in order to create a replica of the legendary sword Dein Nomos, an aer-manipulating treasure of the royal family that can open the way to a powerful weapon known as the Enduring Shrine of Zaude. Chasing after Estelle, Yuri and the party are forced to fight Schwann, who has been blackmailed with his life by Alexei for ten years. Taking back control of his life, Schwann sacrifices himself to allow Brave Vesperia to escape a trap set by Alexei, and they pursue the Commandant. However, Schwann is rescued by his loyal subordinates and rejoins the party, shedding his previous life as Schwann to pledge his new life to Brave Vesperia as Raven.
Alexei takes control of Estelle's aer-manipulation powers and, along with his False Dein Nomos, succeeds in reviving Zaude. Yuri rescues Estelle and they pursue Alexei to Zaude, where the Commandant- tasked with saving a world that he knew was killing itself through excessive blastia use- intends to use Zaude to re-write the natural laws of the world, destroying and recreating it. Despite the best efforts of Brave Vesperia, Alexei succeeds in activating Zaude. But to everyone's surprise, it is revealed that Zaude is not a weapon but a giant barrier blastia that Alexei has inadvertently de-activated, allowing the Adephagos to seep through into the world. Realising that his fatal mistake has doomed the world, Alexei commits suicide.
Rita researches a way to stop the Adephagos, and discovers a method to transform apatheia- which make up the cores of blastia- into spirits, which can convert aer into a safe substitute called mana. By converting every blastia core in the world into a spirit and using it to power a massive weapon, she theorises that it would have enough strength to destroy the Adephagos. Realising that such an action would irreversably change the entire world, Brave Vesperia meet with the leaders of the Empire and Guilds in order to ask permission to carry out such an act, and to discuss ways to prepare the world to survive without blastia: most notably, without the barrier blastia that have been protecting the major centres of population from rampaging monsters.
During this time, Flynn- who has been promoted to Acting Commandant- confronts Yuri in order to settle the outstanding issue of Yuri's double homicide and Yuri's willingness to let Flynn take credit for all of his accomplishments (such as retrieving the aque blastia). Their swords and beliefs clash in a fight to resolve these issues. Yuri tells Flynn that he is the leader that the world needs right now, and that Yuri is happy to be a criminal in the shadows to achieve that end. Flynn accepts this, but warns that if Yuri continues to break the law then Flynn will have no choice but to stop him; an ultimatum that Yuri gladly accepts.
Brave Vesperia receive the blessing of the worlds' leaders to carry out their plan. Unfortunately, Duke- a veteran of the Great War who has lost his faith in humanity- has revived an ancient weapon called Tarqaron with the intention of sacrificing the lives of every human in the world in order to power the weapon and destroy the Adephagos. Brave Vesperia confront him at the peak of Tarqaron, but neither can stand down due to their shared desire to save the world in their own ways. Duke and Brave Vesperia fight to resolve this, and Yuri manages to convince Duke that humanity is willing to give up their blastia to save the world. With the aid of Duke and the power of every blastia-core-turned-spirit in the world, Yuri forms a giant sword that allows him to cleave the Adephagos in two, converting it into a spirit itself and revitalising the world.
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