"Even when the blade is held at your heart, faith shall be your shield."

Words of House Azelheart

It was ten years ago….

A young girl had witnessed her father struck down by three men in fear. They bared the mark of the crow, one on his left, one on the right, and one on his neck. The girl, having witnessed it all, swore revenge against all three. They killed her father, and one day… she would avenge them.

Now, after so many years...her revenge would soon begin.

"Ugh...it's so hot." Ty said as he trudged the desert. "Why did...I agree...to this?" he panted before seeing a town ahead. "A...a town? Yes! Maybe I can get some water or something." Ty said as he ran to the town while entering the local tavern where he sat for a drink. "Not a bad place."

Ty then noticed some of the attendees chatting amongst themselves. He was curious as to what information he could gather, so he listened in.

"I'm telling the truth here mates, she was the biggest girl I've ever laid eyes on! And she was wanderin the Sandlands with a War Hammer almost as big as her!" an attendee rambled.

"You've had one too many a drink there, mate. Y' must've saw a mirage. A giant in the Sandlands? Ridiculous." Another scoffed.

"It's true, I tell ya! Last I saw her, she was headed north or someplace." he said.

"Hmm...excuse me sir but...did you claim to see a giant?" Ty asked.

"Aye. I did. You believe me?" the attendant said.

"Did she happen to have pigtails, wear orange, and brandish a hammer of sorts?" Ty asked.

"Aye. No missing that. And if that wasn't enough, I think I saw a small boy flying by her." He said.

"Diane and King...and they were headed north?" Ty asked.

"Aye, that's true. I overheard the giantess sayin she was goin' back to someplace called Megadozer or somethere." he said.

"Megadozer? But that's back on her world. She's looking for a place not even on this world? Somethings wrong here." Ty thought.

"Y'know there lad, if there was any place that this Megadozer might be and that girl may be headed if it existed, I would try the Highlands." he said.

"Diane...you're looking for a place not even on this world. I gotta snap you outta…" Ty said before the room darkened. "Now what?"

"Ladies and gentlemen...our entertainment for the night." the tavern keeper said as a light shined on the stage as a woman with long brown hair dressed in dancers garb walked onstage as she began to dance on it.

"It's Primrose!" A patron said as the others cheered.

"So that's the Dancer...her movements...they're beautiful." Ty said. "Maybe...I can stay for a bit.' He said sitting back down.

As Primrose danced, Ty noticed a fat man in his chair smiling as he sipped his wine.

"I can only guess he's the one who owns this place… so that means…" Ty said looking back at Primrose. "As I thought, she's a slave to that fat bastard. But why?"

"I think I'm in love!"

"How about a private show there, darling?"

"These guys, they're only here for the entertainment, the effect of beauty and style. Nothing more than kicks." Ty said. "This is no way for a girl to live. No way."

After the dance ended, Ty exited the bar and had a chance to walk around Sunshade. He purchased some water and food, and by chance overheard another conversation.

"Word out in the other lands say the dead are rising from the grave… people say its a sign of bad times." A citizen said.

"Nothin' a few cleavings won't fix, I don't think. For the dead there's only one rule… stay dead." another said.

"So it's here too." Ty thought. "But what's causing it? Could it be Grimoire again? No...he lost his power over the dead when the Olympos XII and Gaia took back their gifts from the titans present in Korra's world. Besides, he's in prison."

"There ain't no doubts about this, though, I tell ya. They say there's something out there wanderin Orsterra. A strange young thing it was. Looked like something from a fairytale it did." one of them said.

"A wandering thing? Could it be the source of the dead rising?" Ty thought. "So now I know where Diane and King are headed, and some mystery thing. I'd better get going to find em. But first…. There's something that needs taken care of."

Ty watched as Primrose continued her work, until the night she saw the chance she had been waiting for. A man came by, bearing the Mark of the Crow on his left arm.

"(That Mark… at last. This is the chance that I've waited for. After so many years, justice will be served.)" Primrose thought.

Escaping the tavern with help from her fellow dancers and pursuing the man, Primrose followed him out of Sunshade and up to the surface.

(Cue-Yakuza 0 OST - Kuze Theme Full Version)

"He's going to get away… I won't let that happen!" Primrose said continuing to run.

"And where do you think you're going, Kitten?" a voice said as Helenglish and his men appeared on a cliffside.

"Master Helenglish…" Primrose said. "I was…"

"You wouldn't think of abandoning the stage and leaving so many people disappointed would ya? Don't forget...I own you, kitten." Helgenish said. "Back to work, Primrose."

"She doesn't belong to you." A voice said as Ty came up in a ragged cloak.

"Oh? Tell me, why doesn't she? She is my property. Were it not for me, she would still be a rat on the streets. For ten years, she's been under my care, like the good little kitten she is."

"You only use people like Primrose for profit, and throw them away when they're no longer of use to you. People like you take advantage of anything to get them money that you can keep to yourself. She doesn't need you to keep her aloft." Ty said.

"(Is he marked with a crow as well?)" Primrose thought suspiciously.

"I'll say it again, she doesn't belong to you." Ty said tossing his cloak off. "And I intend to make it that way."

Primrose then noted the mark on Ty's arm which went under his clothes and gasped. "(A dragon?!)"

"Kill him!" Helgenish ordered his man as they all ran him through, but Ty was still alive as the wounds were healing right up. "Impossible!"

"For me? Nah." Ty said breaking free of the guards and kicking Helgenish down the cliff and right in front of Primrose, who had a dagger ready.

"No! You can't do this! I raised you! You need my stage!" Helgenish begged.

"I only dance for myself." Primrose said as she ran at him and stabbed the dagger right through his heart. "Before you die, tell me...I know you know that man with the crow mark...where is he headed?"

"S-Stillsnow." Helgenish said. "Dance for...me? One last...time?"

"No." Primrose said removing her dagger as Helgenish fell to the desert sands dead.

(Shift- Yakuza 0 Opening: Bubble)

Ty pulled the last sword out of his back and jumped down to Primrose.

"You… I saw you in the tavern." Primrose said.

"I gotta be honest, the bastard had this coming." Ty said. "I had to help free you from this guy."

"You needn't have done that. It was about time I was finished with him anyway." Primrose said. "I've waited for ten years...now my time has come...for revenge."

"You're looking for that guy in the bar, right? The man with that crow mark on his left arm?" Ty asked.

"Yes. why ask?" Primrose asked.

"I'm looking for a couple people myself. Friends of mine. A few of the people in Sunshade gave me info about a mysterious girl, and two people I know all too well, but they've got marks of the Snake and Bear. They were headed for the Highlands, and well, since your man is in Stillsnow in the Snowlands, I figured maybe we could help each other find our -" Ty said before she rose a dagger to his neck. "Oh god."

"Listen...I distrust men like you. But I don't fully hate you so here's how things will work. You and I will head north to Stillsnow and deal with the man with the mark of the crow. As for your friends...we can always do so after I've killed all the men with the crow mark." Primrose said. "Since I know you won't die, I can't just silence you...so you'll either help me with my revenge...or you can wander in the desert with no sense of where you are going. How does that work?"

"Lady, you drive a hard bargain. But you've got a deal. I don't wanna be wandering the Sandlands one more goddamn second." Ty said.

"Then I suggest you switch to a coat then. We're headed north, no questions asked." Primrose said.

"This woman...I could tell she wasn't lying when she said she didn't trust me...but I do feel like she could open up to me. But I also feel...sadness. Whatever these crow guys did to her...it must have been something awful." Ty thought.

And so Primrose sets out from the land of shifting sands to swirling snow, accompanied by a unkillable dragon to go slay three foul crows.

Where this dance will take them both, none can say. But…

What is the cause behind Diane's unusual behavior? And who is this mysterious girl out of a fairytale?

On the chase for crows, perhaps the Dragon's Dance will reveal the truth…