The main premise of Rudra no Hihou is that every 4,000 years, a being called a “Rudra” awakens and eradicates the current race living on the planet, ushering in a new race that survives for 4000 years until the next Rudra repeats the cycle. This cycle has been going on for 20,000 years, and the next Rudra will awaken and wipe out all of humanity just 15 days from now. 4 individuals are in possession of a “Jade”, which seems to hold some sort of magical powers. An ancient prophecy foretells that the Jade bearers are the only ones who might have a chance at ending the ongoing cycle of destruction.

Can mere mortals find out who or what is creating a new Rudra every 4,000 years? Even then, can they somehow put an end to the destruction of humanity, even though they’re human themselves? Could they possibly accidentally cause the eradication of their own people whilst trying to save them?

The overall story of Rudra no Hihou is basically that – humanity is going to be wiped out in a matter of 15 days. The Jade bearers don’t understand their roles in helping to end the apocalyptic cycle at the beginning of their adventures, so each one initially sets out of personal reasons, but eventually comes to understand their purpose as their story progresses.

I’m kind of at a crossroad here – since the fan translation seems to suck at god-like levels, I kind of want to clear a lot of stuff up for people who are looking forward to playing the game. The problem is, the story in this game is structured so that most events that happen in the game have a huge impact on the story. Instead of the typical “This is the bad guy – follow him around the world until you beat him” story with a lot of in-between filler that you can talk about without spoiling anything, Rudra no Hihou’s story is structured so that almost each thing you do has a huge impact on the world, and is usually followed by some sort of speech or character interaction that reveals a huge part of the story.

Not only that, but the game has 3 separate scenarios, which are basically happening at the exact same time. If I were to talk about one character’s story and something that happens during their scenario, that would spoil things that will happen in the other 2 scenarios, since things are directly related (for example, the party in one scenario doing something that alters the world will be seen “in real-time” when you play another scenario).

So, instead of going deep into each character’s story, I think i’ll try to explain what their main goals and purposes are in the grand scheme of things. I’ll talk about the scenarios in the order I cleared them in during my playthrough. Let’s start with Sion’s scenario!