Main article: The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero Trails in the Sky / Liberl arc Trails in the Sky The Trails of Cold Steel story arc consists of four games set in the Erebonian empire and follows Rean Schwarzer and Class VII, a specialized group of students at a military academy. The Trails in the Sky games are set within the Kingdom of Liberl and follow Estelle and Joshua Bright, a pair of "bracers" which are an international guild of hired help that help citizenry in need.
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The series is broken into several distinct story arcs: the Trails in the Sky trilogy, the Crossbell duology, and the Trails of Cold Steel tetralogy. As opposed to many other RPGs, every non-playable character in the series has a name and their own minor character arcs, with changing dialogue and varying degrees of importance to the main plot. Trails features political and social elements, such as war, secret societies, and organized religion, as a part of its setting. The series was conceived by Falcom as part of a goal to create a narrative lasting decades. The majority of the games take place within a few years of each other and follow an overarching narrative, with plot elements being foreshadowed across several earlier games. Trails is set on the continent of Zemuria, with the games taking place across several nations, including the Kingdom of Liberl, the city-state of Crossbell, the Erebonian Empire, and the Republic of Calvard. Despite that, it had no narrative connection with prior Legend of Heroes games and has since been considered its own distinct franchise. The series originally began as a numbered entry in The Legend of Heroes series with the release of The Legend of Heroes VI: Trails in the Sky in 2004.
Later entries in the series, such as the Cold Steel games, introduced more social simulation elements, akin to the Persona series. Trails is a series of fantasy turn-based role-playing video games by Nihon Falcom.
By late 2021, Trails series had sold over six million copies. The series has been noted by critics for its emphasis on character arcs and worldbuilding. Trails began with the release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky in 2004 and was released exclusively in Asian markets until the 2010s, with Xseed Games handling its English localizations until NIS America took over in 2019. It is a part of their larger The Legend of Heroes franchise and itself consists of several story arcs, including Trails in the Sky and Trails of Cold Steel. Trails, known as Kiseki ( 軌跡) in Japan, is a series of role-playing video games by Nihon Falcom. Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5