The Legend of Heroes IV
| The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion |
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| Developer(s) | Falcom, MiCROViSion (PSP) |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Series | The Legend of Heroes |
| Platform(s) | NEC PC-9801, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable |
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NEC PC-9801
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion, known as Eiyū Densetsu IV Akai Shizuku (英雄伝説IV 朱紅い雫? Eiyū Densetsu Fō Akai Shizuku) in Japan is a role-playing game originally developed by Nihon Falcom Corporation. It is the fourth game in the The Legend of Heroes series, and the second in the "Gagharv Trilogy". This game is a remake of the original game released for the NEC PC-9801 in 1996. It was also released in 1998 for the PlayStation and a 1999 release for Microsoft Windows PCs. This game was the first US-released Legend of Heroes game since Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes for the TurboGrafx-16. The US release dropped the number from the title, and was known as simply "The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion".
Some confusion was caused by the US release of this game. While the remake of The Legend of Heroes IV was the first to be released in the US, the PSP remake of its predecessor, The Legend of Heroes III, had been released several months before it in Japan. The Legend of Heroes III was eventually released in the US in 2006, with its title changed to The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch.
The setting for the fourth Legend of Heroes game and the first in the Gagharv Trilogy takes place in the fictional land of El Phildin, fifty-six years before the events of "Moonlight Witch." The story begins with an insight to the past. Avin and Eimelle are orphaned children, ages 10 and 8 respectively, who are living in the city of Cathedral after being taken in by Supreme Priest Esperius. Avin is seen bringing milk for the kitten Eimelle snuck into the chapel. They both watch it drink to its heart's content. Before long, Oracle Ollesia appears. The children panic at being caught with the smuggled kitten, but Ollesia doesn't seem too concerned with that, yelling at them to take cover. Cathedral is under attack.
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