SINCE MAN FIRST ORGANIZED RELIGION, WE HAVE EXISTED. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE GONE BY MANY NAMES THROUGHOUT TIME, WE CONTROL THE MONASTERY. OUR ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE SEVEN CITIES, WHERE THE NATION OF VAMPIRES HAS COME TO TAKE CONTROL AND NEST. IN AN AREA KNOWN AS PARADISE CITY, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, SHROUDED IN MYSTICISM, ARE KNOWN AS THE GUARDIANS OF THE EAST. THEY DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO OUTSIDERS. MANKIND'S FATE IS SLIPPING INTO THE INFLUENCE OF DARKNESS AS THE BATTLE RAGES. MANKIND'S NUMBERS, AND THEIR ALLIES, HAVE FALLEN. NOW, THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THE CRUSADE.