Veil of Time

A missing brother, a borrowed swordCastra has always lived in the shadow of its clock tower. When a simple bounty with his friend Gill turns into a fight, Raine is summoned to Castra Castle, where his uncle Gale hands him the family sword and a writ. His brother Asperitas has vanished along with the outpost soldiers, and the trail leads into the forest. What Raine finds out there is older than Castra, and his brother may not be the same man who left.

Two ways to fightOn the field, Raine fights in real time. Slash, charge a heavy swing that throws a sword beam, and read each enemy's wind-up. Swing into the white flash and you parry: the world drops to a pencil sketch for a heartbeat while Raine and his foe stay in color, then you riposte. Let an enemy reach you and the fight becomes a turn-based battle for the whole party. A watch-hand ring sweeps on every attack and every block; stop it in the gold for a PERFECT hit or a PERFECT guard.

Enemies carry guard pips you can break to Shatter them open, they hold grudges about who hurt them, and allies can team up for dual techs.A world that keeps its own hoursDay turns to dusk and dusk to night. Lamps come on in Castra, the forest gets darker and less friendly, and some things only hunt after sundown.…