

Diego, Ash and Clint assault a church, and meet up with Kane, the leader of Hel Spite's elite Crimson Guard. This is a slum where the former nobles who lived the rich life under the Ashah Dynasty still live. Clive wants to know more when the meeting is interrupted by a citizen reporting a riot in the Dover District. Ash reports on what they found in the valley to their boss, Clive Beckett. Despite Diego wanting to end Zoot's life at that point, the three companions head back to the capital Shumeria. Ash, Diego and Clint dispatch Zoot Gach and his thieves. A group of thieves comes to rob them, only to find out that Ash is a member of the Security Forces. In Chapter 1, we meet Ash, Diego and Clint, who are posing as merchants.

Ash's attempts to draw attention to the situation, though, only draw the ire of the conspirators themselves, leaving only Ash and his allies to foil their plans and restore order to the nation. Meanwhile, Ash Lambert and his colleagues at the third battalion of the Ishtarian Security Forces begin to suspect a conspiracy at the highest levels of government.

Today, the fledgling republic is in increasingly dire straits: the autocratic Minister of Defense, Hel Spites, and his elite anti-terrorism squad, the Crimson Guard, are using ever-increasing force to stamp out the last vestiges of resistance to Ishtarian rule, while they allow outlaws to roam the countryside and pirates to sail the seas. The leaders of the revolution naturally assumed leadership positions within the new republic: all, that is, except for Arris himself, who suddenly disappeared and has not been seen of, nor heard of, ever since. From the ashes of the Holy Ashah Empire emerges the Republic of Ishtaria. With the monarchy dissolved, the rebels establish a ruling council founded on the principles of democracy and popular sovereignty. Under the cunning leadership of Arris, this Liberation Army managed to outwit and outmaneuver the Royal Army, and finally smashed through to the palace of the Ashah Dynasty itself, and burnt it to the ground. The kings and queens of the Holy Ashah Dynasty, however, did not always rule wisely or justly, and, as time passed, the citizenry began to resent the power of their leaders.įifteen years ago, this growing discontent found its ultimate expression in the person of Arris the Sage, who united the desperate and resentful anti-royal factions throughout Sostegaria and shaped them into a powerful guerrilla army. After his death, his descendants and heirs assumed absolute political power over the region, forming the basis of the Holy Ashah Dynasty and ruling through a combination of religious doctrine and military power for millennia. Thousands of years ago, the holy man known to history as Toroah the Messiah traveled far and wide across the continent of Sostegaria, spreading his teachings throughout the land.
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There was also a Microsoft Windows version developed and released in South Korea. The Saturn version was only released in Japan.

The PlayStation version was distributed in Japan, North America, and Europe. Vandal Hearts (ヴァンダルハーツ) is a turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo for the PlayStation and later ported to the Sega Saturn by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya.
