Doku is the Lord of the Greater Fiends and is sent by the Holy Vigoor Emperor to retrieve the Dark Dragon Blade. Doku attacks Hayabusa Village with his samurai army consisting of infantry, cavalry, archers, mages and one Cavalry Captain, Masakado. Ryu arrives in the village and solemnly discovers the corpses of many of his colleagues. Ryu discovers Ayane nearly unconscious in a building. She warns him of a dark Samurai, and tells him that he must find Kureha, the village Priestess. She presents him with a bow after she stabilizes.