The THIEVES' FOREST isn't exactly the first place that comes to mind when trying to find trustworthy people. However, GUILD MASTER HAIROI is the exception, rather than the rule. For twelve years, HAIROI watched over SANYA, teaching her valuable survival skills, and showing her the ways of the THIEVES' GUILD. When SANYA'S mother died, HAIROI made a promise to SANYA'S father, RYOSUKE. He vowed to take care of SANYA if anything were to happen to RYOSUKE, and he kept that promise. Assuming RYOSUKE was dead, HAIROI took SANYA in as if she were his own daughter. For a time, everything went well. That is, until the dawn of the MANA REPLENISHMENT CYCLE...