You're searching the remains of an old convoy on the edge of the Everfree Forest for supplies. Suddenly, you hear the metallic clack of claws. A pack of marauding ghouls surrounds you. Your weapon jams. Just as the leader prepares to leap, a blinding beam of energy zips from the shadows and strikes him in the chest. He falls to the ground, paralyzed.

Out of the darkness steps Twilight Shade. Her horn still crackles faintly. In her other hand, she holds the eerie, cybernetic skull. She nods curtly in your direction. Their reinforcements are on the way, she says in a flat voice. That convoy had a tracking device. We have two options: We fight our way through their ranks together to the entrance of the old mine over there, or we die here, separated. Your choice. Hurry. She doesn't wait for a response, but already turns to the next ghoul, her eyes cold and focused. You realize this strange unicorn is your only chance of surviving this day.