Anal and jovial bard Cum encounter Ariel, the legendary Boar Rider, on a vast, windswept flat where her glowing boar, Thunderhoof, paws the cracked earth. Ariel reveals that her power stems from embracing the storm within, not merely drinking its essence, and challenges them to follow her to the Eye of the Maelstrom to unlock their own potential, spurring them to race after her across the endless plain as storm clouds gather overhead.