He was ordered to investigate the Healing Church and find out what they knew about the growing monster problem, but he ended up being wrapped up in events that he wasn't prepared for. What is the fire and why do the knights and new types of monsters seem to be so put off by the Sacred Blood.

Instead of a flying castle with fantasy and swordplay, Kayaba Akihiko's masterpiece is a hyper-realistic Lovecraftian nightmare.

Kayaba had had a dream once. It'd been childish and innocent, and with jaded eyes he did everything in his power to warp and destroy it. And so the Nightmare begins.