Join Vaan on his epic emotional struggle to escape his past: After only a few days on his journey of personal discovery, everything he imagines he was searching for, his very reason for leaving FreePort, begins to fall apart. The people he thought he could trust betray him and he is soon forced into a situation where coming to terms with his childhood is the last thing on his mind. Life or death is no longer a distant concern but a real and immediate battle. An escape from his past becomes an escape from a brutal death at the hands of a mysterious group. Vol. One begins the grand journey during an average birthday of Vaan's humble life, and sets the foundation for a future he never would have imagined.