The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War

In the years after the North Ambrian Disaster, North Ambria is left with a lasting stigma—and a shattered economy. The mysterious Salt Pale turned people and even buildings into salt, and the region has struggled to recover ever since, becoming the poorest corner of Zemuria. To survive and attract foreign investment, its former state military has reinvented itself as a mercenary force known as the Northern Jaegers.

Lavian “Lavi” Winslet, a talented newcomer, joins their ranks hoping to prove herself within the continent’s largest mercenary group. Though only six months into the job, the quiet but dependable Lavi has already earned the trust of her teammates. Assigned to gather intelligence on Erebonia’s “Imperial Hero,” a figure viewed as a growing threat to North Ambria, Lavi begins to see that the continent’s political currents are far more tangled than they first appeared.