Eight centuries ago-The Imperial Capital had fallen into the darkness of political corruption but thanks to the Legendary Assassin guild known as Night Raid, order was restored and the world experienced an age of peace that lasted hundreds of years. But peace doesn't last forever. After eight centuries of peace the capital has once again fallen under the control of a new Emperor and now its up to a new generation of assassins to form a new Night Raid in order to save the capital from its Mad Emperor.