*"You’ll be a big, strong grown-up...
Who’ll never lose to a silly mark like that."*

A two-part comic prequel to Fromsoftware's PS2 RPG series, Evergrace.

The Crest. A mysterious bruise that has been on the back of Darius's right hand ever since he was young. Like many others in his village of Solta, he believes it to be a cursed mark - and with good reason. In one swoop, his family was assassinated and his childhood friend disappeared, feared dead. And years down the road when he embarks on a revenge-driven journey to join the Solta army, the Crest's powers drive Darius down another turn for the worse.

But he's not alone. There's the gentle and thoughtful Ruyan, who grew up alongside the orphaned Darius, training in swordplay day in day out. And there's Faeana, a plucky-if-mysterious amnesiac that the two found in mysterious circumstances.

Can these two bring Darius back from the edge of his memories?

**NOTE: We're still looking for the first part of the story, which is in Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, August 2001 issue. If you have it, please let us know over at Twitter/Tumblr under @taptroupe!**