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The Legend Of Heroes / Kiseki / Trails Series Megathread

Sept Terrion Of Nothing · 2025-09-10T11:24:48+00:00

Ok, before going to the essentials I need to give some notes. As per discussion from another thread, I wanted to create a thread both for newcomers and existing fans. These informations are not special or something, I just gather them here and put them altogether. You can also find similar ones on internet. Please note that Trails subserie is a huge one, which is going on for 21 years and I may miss some information here and there. Also please note that there will be spoilers for each game below, therefore you have been warned. Trails/Legend of Heroes serie belongs to Nihon Falcom. There are some LoH games before Trails in the Sky but they aren’t related to Trails subserie. Please note that “The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails” game is also unrelated to the Trails serie. So to make this as simple as possible I’ll pass them. Note: First game’s remake “Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter” will be omitted in this post as well because, well, it is a remake. Let’s start with the games. As of today there are total 13 games of Trails games. 12 of them has been released in West. The latest game, “The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon” will be released on January 16/2026. Each of these Trails games are interconnected as storywise. Which means that there are lots of lore and story references to previous games, characters and NPC’s returning or mentioned in each game. That also means that there is a big story going on for 21 years. Each arc is building on that front and as I’ve said above, each game is serving for that purpose. You can see each arc and total game list below: Liberl Trilogy Arc: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky --> (Ingame Year 1202) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC --> (Ingame Year 1202-1203) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd --> (Ingame Year 1203) Crosbell Duology Arc: The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero --> (Ingame Year 1204) The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure --> (Ingame Year 1204) Erebonia Tetralogy Arc: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel --> (Ingame Year 1204) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II --> (Ingame Year 1204-1205) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III --> (Ingame Year 1206) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV --> (Ingame Year 1206) Intermediate Arc: The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie --> (Ingame Year 1207) Calvard (Seemingly) Trilogy Arc: The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak --> (Ingame Year 1208) The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II --> (Ingame Year 1209) The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon --> (Ingame Year 1209) Before we go on to very brief summary for each game, I need to comment about “Can I start from the last game?” or “Should I play previous games?” questions. As I’ve said above that these games are interconnected. Each plot of every Trails games are connected. I’m not a gatekeeper so you can play whatever game you want, whenever you want. But (and it is a very big BUT) your understanding of these games’ stories, characters, lore and the world will be very limited. You will also lose all of the emotional build up from previous games. Remember, the biggest point of Trails serie is it’s interconnected stories, it’s lore, it’s characters and it’s world. Each game serve purpose for these aspects. If someone says “No you don’t need to play them”, that person couldn’t get the core feeling for these games. Like I said, I’m not a gatekeeper but I'd really want everyone to experience this huge saga in full and that road goes through from each game. I’m not saying it isn’t time consuming or easy to start this serie. But believe me that there are very few series in the gaming industry that give Trails serie satisfaction. 21 years of continuation is not for nothing. It is the very blood of this serie. Now, lets give very brief introduction for each game. I’ll be using Steam Store Page introductions for quick browsing. I can’t go into synopsis for each game because it will really take a long time to make. If you want, you can find these on internet. Again, skipping previous games will hugely diminish your Trails saga experience. Note: I’ll omit The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon below because it’s not yet released in West. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II Now comes the latest part: Which order should I play these games? Actually it is quite simple but comments differ at some specific section. First of all Liberl Arc should be finished. At this point there are 2 roads to follow. I’m saying 2 roads to simplify things because if we delve too deeper it will just confuse a lot of people. First Road --> Just follow the release dates and play Crossbell arc and continue with Erebonia arc. Second Road --> Play the first and second Cold Steel games (Trails of Cold Steel and Trails of Cold Steel II). After that, play Crossbell Duology arc. Continue that with the The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III and Cold Steel IV. I personally recommend the second road. I played the games this way, way back when by accident at that time, because I was unaware that the Trails games are interconnected. But later I saw that it is much better this way. Some fans prefer the first road and claims it is much better that way. There is no wrong way here. I think both side are correct in their own terms. Just know that whichever road you take, you’ll get some degree of spoilers for another arc. Let’s continue. After playing Cold Steel IV, the road is straightforward. The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie comes next. After that, Calvard arc, starting with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. So here we are at the end for now. I’ll try to update this post after each release. For newcomers, hope that this will help you understand the basic things. For the hardcore fans, hope that this will at least jog your memories and spark a new conversations in this thread. My only humble request is that if you’re gonna discuss some deep level story parts please state which game and use spoiler tags to not to spoil other people who didn’t reach that game yet. Thanks in advance and have fun gaming.

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