The Legend of Podcast: Trails through Trails
Welcome to The Legend of Podcast: Trails through Trails, a weekly recap show for the long-running Trails series of RPGs. Join us as we explore the series chapter by chapter, game by game… from the very beginning!
BONUS - Liberl Zagat (with Autumn Wright!)
Food! It's important, and sometimes tasty. But which is the MOST importantly tasty?
Well, this week that's what we're here to figure out. With returning guest, the delightful Autumn, we're gonna categorically grade and rank every dang restaurant in the entire country of Liberl. Welcome to the officially unofficial Zagat guide to Liberl!
And if you'd like to see more from Autumn, check out their website!
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BONUS - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Impressions (with Stephen Hilger!)
Technically this episode is about the early hours of the new Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake, but you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d woven something else in.
For this extra special bonus episode we’re joined by Into the Aether and Memory Card Manuscript’s own Stephen Hilger! We all hung out to chat about 2C, Fortune’s Weave, the voice cast of 2C, Fortune’s Weave, Zelda, fishing redemption, Fortune’s Weave and 2C. It’s hard to stay focused, there’s lots of good games out right now!!
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...BONUS - It's OVA! (with Mischa Stanton!)
Never forget - it's not over 'til it's OVA!
For a bit of fun between seasons, we sat down to watch Trails in the Sky: The Animation, the 2011-2012 Original Video Animation made to celebrate Falcom's 30th anniversary. But that's not all! We also invited Mischa Stanton, co-host of the Simple & Clean podcast and audio editrix extraordinaire with the Multitude podcast collective, to watch it with us as their very first exposure to the Trails series.
Does this movie make any sense? Does it tell the story of (some of) Trails in the Sky accurately?? A...
Sky 3rd Finale Pt 2 - Three Cheers for Laserbird
🎵 As we go on, we remember
All the doors we did together 🎶
It's ovah! Sky 3rd! The Sky Trilogy! It's ovah!!
One final push to the Lord of Phantasma, then it's time to go home to Liberl. Are we forgetting anybody?
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The end of the Finale of Trails in the Sky the 3rd!
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Marvelous USA's Trails localisation blogs
"The Post-Persona Void" on Flow State, by Lex and (Other) Matt!
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Sky 3rd Finale Pt 1 - The Nigel No-Friends Bench
It's almost time to sail off to the big big bad of the game! Now's your last chance to level up, kit out the party, dive into the literal depths of Hell, and explore magical memory doors that dive into some seriously hardcore business.
CW: this week's Star Door 15 is pretty heavy stuff, listener beware!
This door will discuss/reference childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking and self-harm. Please take care of yourself, and feel free to skip this chapter of the episode if that's the right choice for you xoxo we love you all
Sky 3rd Sun Doors - The Sunnary
We've been enjoying all the delicious goodness that Sky the 3rd has to offer for the last few months, and now? It's time to eat our vegetables.
It's the Sum Door Sunnary! I mean, the Sun Door Summary. Yeah, that one.
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All five Sun Doors!
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Sky 3rd Chapter 7 - Post-Traumatic Stigma Dominion
It's time to look to the past, where everything was fine and nobody has a traumatic backstory that informs their personality or personal motivations.
It's fine!! Welcome to Literal Hell.
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Chapter 7! Just the whole dang thing.
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big_thumb.mp3 - Into the Aether's Nintendo Direct episode
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Sky 3rd Chapter 6 Pt 2 - The Boxman Prophecies
This week, Lex and Matt put everything on the line to answer the age-old question: how long can you talk about the Trails series on-mic for, before you kinda just absolutely lose your mind?
(Turns out it's about three hours and forty-four minutes.)
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The end of Chapter 6!
Star Doors 10, 11 and 12. Make sure to do them before finishing the chapter!!
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Heaven's Vault, by Inkle
Why Does Tupac Shakur’s Inclusion in Stranger Than Heaven Feel So Much Worse Than Other Post...
Sky 3rd Chapter 6 Pt 1 - Give Me Fifty Thousand Dollars
It's busy busy busy this week in Sky the 3rd! We've got multiple dungeons, of varyingly clear rule sets! We've got party control in a Trails game at a previously unknown level!! AND we've got a bunch of new magical memory doors, who won't let us through without their bizarre demands being met.
Totally unrelated, but how's your bank balance looking these days?
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Chapter 6, until we reach a boss fight past a red door, on the roof!
Star Doors 8 and 9
Moon Door 5
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Sky 3rd Chapter 5 - My Bracer, My Bracer and Me
Things are heating up in the Hermit's Garden! The star of the show is finally here and aren't we glad to have her. But wait, there's more to come - both those and this week's Memory Doors are some real curveballs, let me tell you.
I was wearing a shirt and slacks!
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All of Chapter 5!
Moon Door 4
Star Doors 6 and 7
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Matt's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book review at Stevivor
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Sky 3rd Chapter 4 Pt 2 - A Wife to Guy For
Wife Guy (noun): A masc-presenting individual, who builds his goals and choices around adoring his femme-presenting romantic partner. Prioritises her needs above his own with a sense of great satisfaction.
Example: "Men will leave on a solo, continent-spanning Depression Tour to fight a clandestine organisation rather than admit they're a wife guy who needs therapy."
Look a lot of other stuff happens this week, but let's be real: the BRIGHTest moment happens right at the end ;)
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The end of Chapter 4
Moon Door 1, Part 2
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Sky 3rd Chapter 4 Pt 1 - Orbaissance Man
Some dude in a weird hat told me to go to the path of beasts, but where are all the beasts? I just keep finding doors full of my friends' character development...
Does anyone have a map? A diagram? Something Vitruvian, maybe?
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Sky 3rd Chapter 4, until we receive and hatch a new sealing stone
Moon Door 3
Star Doors 4 and 5
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Sky 3rd Chapter 3 - We Can Say The M Word
New friends silver, old friends gold - or are they just two kinds of road?
It's time to split the party! You love to see it. Plus, some truly wild reveals about one of our hosts that you WILL not see coming (excpet for the chapter marker about it).
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Sky 3rd, Chapter 3
Star Door 3
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Lex's review roundup on Pika - covering Lost Wiki: Kozlovka, A Case of Fraud and Utter a Name
Lex's review of The Ratline on Pika
Sky 3rd Chapter 2 - There's That Devil Stank
What's that, Riessie the wonder nun? Timmy's stuck down the well??
Oh-- no? Not that. You're.... smelling "devil stank"?
... Huh.
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Sky the 3rd Chapter 2
Star Doors 1 and 2
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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/
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Sky 3rd Chapter 1 - PS, I Have A Bazooka
Geez, this space-library place is wild! The only things that would make me feel safer right now are a map, an explanation, and a portable rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
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Trails in the Sky the 3rd, Chapter 1
Moon Door 1
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Matt's Monster Hunter Stories 3 review at Stevivor
Lex's Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse review
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Sky 3rd Prologue - Okay Now We Can Talk About Kevin (with Ashley!)
We're back, baby!
It's a new season, new game, new protgaonist and new cover art as we begin Trails in the Sky the 3rd! And yes, the main character now is Cube. All hail Cube! (Also Kevin is there with a hungry nun)
We also take some time to chat with 3rd sicko (respectful) Ashley, to clue us in on how the Trails recipe is changing this time around and why that makes it extra delicious!
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All of 3rd's prologue!
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The 2025 Gourd Boar Annual Excellence Awards
Oh, you thought we were DONE with this season?
Welcome to the inaugural Gourd Boar Annual Excellence Awards! It's time to honour the best (and worst) of the year, as they compete to take out the trophy across a range of totally legit categories.
Put on your best fit, smile for the glambot camera and try not to down too many cocktails before the show begins... It's the Gourdies 2025!
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What's going on with Trails Beyond the Horizon in Australia? via Vooks.net
Matt's Dragon Quest VII Reimagined revi...
Sky SC Final Chapter Pt 2 - Slappable Behaviors
Wow wow wow, it's the end! The end of the video game!
It's time to put a stop to Gossip Georg's nonsense, once and for all. Are there revelations in store, triggered by undisclosed means? Absolutely. Is there one final, cheap enemy type waiting to just mess up all our plans? Of course! Are we going to fight a comedic number of bosses, one after the other? Bet your bottom mira we are!!
And that's it for the show in 2025! Thanks so much for joining us on another season of recapping the Trails series. We'll...
Sky SC Final Chapter Pt 1 - XOXO, Gossip Georg
Gossip Georg here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the Liber Ark's elite! Rumour has it there's big things happening in the floating city... one blue-haired freak is defending an ugly airship, while another blue-haired freak is unsuccessfully defending a different airship!
Apparently, there's also some bracing invaders making their way through the blocks of the city... I wonder where they're headed?
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Trails in the Sky SC: Final Chapter, until you arrive at the Axis Pillar!
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Sky SC Chapter 8 Pt 3 - Hold My Series of Beers
Do you find yourself balking at the thought of your daily tasks including genocide and terrorism?
Does your boss sometimes tell you, "Just go make people's lives worse for a while!"?
Are you tired of yeeteporting into and out of dangerous situations?
At the Cassius Bright School for Radicalised Youth, we believe it's never too late to throw in the towel on your extremist lifestyle and just like, be chill, man. With our award-winning team of brilliant teacher, you'll have one-on-one time with Brigadier General Dad himself, to really figure out how NOT...
Sky SC Chapter 8 Pt 2 - Obsessive Fishing Disorder
The hits keep on coming! And by 'hits', I mean 'crowds of people who can't function without their magic electricity'.
We stop by both the most and least impacted cities in the country, clear the dramas at their tourist destinations, and then get a standing invitation from Kloe's mother to come visit. We also get ALL of our steps in this week, thank you sidequests
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SC Chapter 8, Zeiss and Rolent!
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Possessor(s) knows who the real demons are by Lex!
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Sky SC Chapter 8 Pt 1 - The Non-Murder Option
Freedom! A wide-open map! This would be even more exciting if the whole country weren't in crisis right now.
It's time to start sweeping the nation, fixing everyone's problems during the power outage - plus a guest appearance from our very own warrior cat! We've bettered Bose and repaired Ruan, so the rest of Liberl is probably fine. Right?
This week we also have a lil mini-review of Possessor(s), a new gatepunk game that we were lucky enough to play ahead of release! Thanks again to Devolver Digital for setting us up to check...
Sky SC Chapter 7 - Gooned to Death
Dungeon run! Dungeon run!!
We're doing so many dungeons this episode, with occasional breaks to decode some of the most poorly-redacted documents in Liberl history. Weissman's got some stuff going on too, but that's probably not gonna matter next chapter.
... Right?
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SC Chapter 7!
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Sky SC Chapter 6 - Weissman von Ganondorf
For two games, it's all been leading to this moment.. THE BEACH EPISODE! Ok it's more like the LAKE mini-sode, followed by a bunch of critical story moments... But still!
It's a race to have the most dramatic reveal in Chapter 6, and everyone wants that prize. Do you have any idea how much he spent on that pipe organ??
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SC Chapter 6!
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Matt's review of The Outer Worlds 2 at Stevivor
"We Fixed Twilight", episode 1
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Sky SC Chapter 5 Pt 2 - Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Wyrm?
Would you still love me, if I was a wyrm? It's ok, answer truthfully - I promise I won't get mad! 🐉
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The end of Chapter 5!
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Sky SC Chapter 5 Pt 1 - That Kid Dead, Right?
The experiments in game format continues in SC's fifth chapter, as we do a metric shit-torim of sidequests across two different cities before any major story beats! We're very community-minded in Rolent and Bose this week, and we get a blissful breather from meeting any new Society weirdos for a little bit.
That said - if I find one more embossed note in the Kingdom of Liberl I am going to scream and scream and scream until I pass out. Find something else to do, B!!
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Sky SC C...
Sky SC Chapter 4 - And That's on Diegetic Tea, Sis
A whole chapter? In one episode?? Are we mad?
We deliver on the premise of the show for once, and go chapter by chapter! Seems easy enough for a chill visit back home in Rolent, right? Probably.
Hey what's that sound? And also what about that low-hanging cloud of tiny water droplets that's rolling in crazy fast?
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Sky SC Chapter 4 - the whole thing!
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Lex's video with Matt Horton about the game Consume Me, on the Flow State Youtube chan...
Sky SC Chapter 3 Pt 2 - Wanna See My Fish Print? (with Autumn Wright!)
Polish the cups and set the table, it's time for a tea party! And we're joined at the table by critical writer and fellow Trail sicko (affectionate), Autumn Wright!
I mean... We've gotta run out to find this one missing kid up to seven times in a row first, but then we can relax with some Earl Gray and these delicious home-made cookies. Cheers!
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The end of SC Chapter 3!
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Sky SC Chapter 3 Pt 1 - Cross-Disciplinary Pigeon
It's busy busy busy in Grancel for Estelle Bright! We've gotta protect the peace (treaty), AND hunt down some totally normal missing kid? Also: can you really call yourself a "Phantom Thief" if you literally show up all the time dude.
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Chapter 3, until you go to sleep and then end up at Erbe Royal Villa!
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Sky SC Chapter 2 Pt 2 - Dadquake!
Hold on to your butts everyone, things are still rattling about in Zeiss! We've got a plan though. Just as soon as we place these gadgets powered by magical rocks, it's over for that tinted-lens-wearing beefcake.
We also mention it in the episode but we'll be taking a break next week, then returning the following week with Chapter 3. Take this time to reorganise your orbments and update your Bracer notebooks, and we'll see you in two weeks!
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The end of Chapter 2!
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BONUS - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Demo (with Brendon Bigley!)
Surprise, it's an extra episode! We caught up with our friend Brendon Bigley (Into the Aether, Wavelengths, Next Portable Console and more) for a "quick" chat about the 1st Chapter demo that dropped last week. And also to talk about other interesting news!
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The Trails in the Sky 1C demo! (So, spoiler warning for all of Sky's prologue.)
If you'd like to see more from Brendon...
Wavelengths: Brendon's website/YouTube channel, featuring video game news for the rest of us!
Into the A...
Sky SC Chapter 2 Pt 1 - Plato's Cave of Hotties
Welcome to Chapter 2 of Second Chapter! We heard you like sidequests.
This one's real top-heavy with optional content, everybody! We're here to support community this week, not advance the plot! And as usual, supporting community means... fighting the Army, I guess?
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Sky SC Chapter 2, until you're told to go to Sanktheim Gate!
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Sky SC Chapter 1 Pt 2 - Waiting for Go(Dort)
When there's something strange
In your neighbourhood
Who you gonna call?
Us, Bracers! 👻
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The end of Chapter 1!
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Trails in the Sky SC Quartz/Arts Guide from Neoseeker
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Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Sky SC Chapter 1 Pt 1 - Two Cuck Chairs, Three Kinds of Dead
Are you listening to this on an Apple Watch? It's ok if you are, we're not mad! Just deeply curious.
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Sky SC Chapter 1 - until you return to the city you flew into, with a third party member in tow!
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Sky SC Prologue - We Need To Stop Talking About Kevin
It's time to begin a NEW Trail in the Sky, Second-Chapter-ly! We pick up right where we left off with Estelle, and everything is totally fine.
Welcome back for season two of the show! It's very exciting to be diving into an all-new adventure with our favourite crew. We'll be breaking up the game one chapter (or half-chapter) at a time, so this week we're starting with the whole prologue. The whole thing! In one episode!
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The whole prologue of Sky SC!
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Matt's r...
Sky FC Season Finale - Oh No Stepbro, I'm Stuck in the Bracers (with Chase & AJ!)
We've officially finished Trails in the Sky First Chapter! Hell yeah! We invited Chase Allhart (dotzip, Video Game Podtimism) and AJ Fillari (dotzip and podcast editor extraordinaire) to join us and talk about our overall experience with the game,how we felt about it, and do a (sorta) quick recap of the whole game. Spoilers ahead! We also answer some great questions sent in by listeners of the show, thank you so much to everyone who submitted!
We'll be back in a few weeks to start Trails in the Sky SC, beginning with the whole prologue for...
Sky FC Final Chapter Pt 3 - Floaty Dog, Stumpy and Squidward
When we started this journey into the life of a bracer, it was all about finding mushrooms and fighting the army. After a trip around the entire nation of Liberl, it's changed to be about... well, uh. Storming the capital. But in a good way!! We're fighting AGAINST the misogynists. We also have to fight our way through one of the most devious dungeons in all my years of RPG playing, my goodness. Get ready for about eight and a half minutes about that!
It's time to finish the fight! And then immediately start the next fight...
Sky FC Final Chapter Pt 2 - A Casual Pivot to Democracy
It's really ramping up in Grancel. The Martial Arts tournament is coming to a climax, and the winners get a dinner invite to the castle! With mail to deliver and a queenly conversation to be had, Josh and Estelle better get themselves hyped. Also, along the way Lex unveils the thesis of the whole dang thing!
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Final Chapter, until the party splits into two groups!
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Trails in the Sky FC Maps from Crimson Tear
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Sky FC Final Chapter Pt 1 - New Nun Just Dropped
Oh boy we're here, a real metropolis! The Big Acerbic Tomato! Culture, festivities, shops, and... huh! A surprising military presence, actually.
Welp! Never mind that, there's a Martial Arts Tournament calling Joshua and Estelle's names.
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Final Chapter, until you're told to go to the Cathedral at night.
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Trails in the Sky FC Maps from Crimson Tear
Trails in the Sky FC Quartz/Arts Guide by KholdStareMud from GameFAQs
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Sky FC Chapter 3 Pt 2 - The Bad Airship
They just keep putting more chapter in every chapter of this game! There's so much to do this week. From the highest tower to the deepest cavern, to straight-up just giving the military-industrial complex the finger - you know the Brights have it covered.
Can we be honest with each other, it's kind of aspirational! Be the Bright you wanna see in the world.
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The end of Chapter 3!
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Trails in the Sky FC Maps from Crimson Tear
Trails in...
