Yamato is burning. The Legends, ancient beasts of unfathomable power, have awoken after slumbering for millennia. Unable to cope with the sudden rise in Legendary aura, a potent form of the life force in every being, the land of Yamato becomes stricken with an affliction called Primal Madness, turning humans and Pokemon weak to it into violent killing machines. The demons of the past, once locked away to avoid tainting the land, are free to wreak their destruction once more.

At the heart of this terrifying conflict is the most powerful Trainer of this lifetime: Red Hearthfire. Whether he is the source of the chaos, the solution to it, or both at once, is anyone's guess.

While Yamato rages, Red Hearthfire leads his team of Pokemon up the slopes of Mt. Coronet to put an end to the conflict. At the top of the mountain lies a battle that will forever change the course of history.

The God-Titan Arceus, after all, has never been challenged before.

The battle atop Mt. Coronet cannot be understood alone, nor how the world changed thereafter. To comprehend its effect, to prevent history from repeating itself, we must go back before that fateful battle. In the years leading to the fight, four Trainers and their teams worked to alter the course of history. Their motivations differed, but their endgame was similar.

This story can only start a decade before the battle, when Red Hearthfire was not a fearsome warrior with an army, but an eighteen-year-old boy with delusions of grandeur and a lust for power. Would his quest to sit over Yamato as its strongest Trainer doom the land, or save it?


This Pokemon novel is a multimedia project. Cutscenes expanding on the characters and background will be uploaded to YouTube as they become available. Yamatoan lore and art will also be featured on the War of the Fables website when it goes live. Stay tuned to Second Wolf's profile for links and updates.

Artwork by bramhistory.