The Volunteer Brigade are an important gameplay element in Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song. The Brigade act as a tutorial for various aspects of gameplay from eploration and the basic UI, to proficiencies and tempering equipment. These ingame tutorial topics also act as a good guide to the players current Event Rank. The ending features a cutscene with the members of the Brigade, however should one beat the game without having ever talked to one of them, a different cutscene is shown.