The mercenarys meet a young woman who claims to be the Princess of Crimea who's identity was kept secret for retaining order in her family's throne. The game follows Ike - a citizen of Crimea who joins as an official member of his father's mercenary group known as the Greil Mercenaries. The king of Daein: Ashnard is planning to invade the neighboring nation of Crimea and engulf the region in war as well as enslaving the beast tribe of the nation of Gallia. The game takes place on a continent named Tellius. It is the 9th game in the Fire Emblem series, but has no story relations to any of its predecessors. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance is a tactical RPG developed by Nintendo's Intelligent Systems, it was released in 2005.