Eons ago, the once loving sun had turn hostile. Beneath her rays animals and humans turned into monsters. Humans carved out their civilization into the earth and constructed a shield around earth to spare the surface from the sun's wraith.

Ares is a bounty hunter who hunts the scorch, monster born from the corrosive sunlight. After years of hunting, he retires and head to the Capitol to pursue his dreams of being an alchemist. Unknown to him though, the shadows of civilization were in turmoil, and he would be engulfed in their wars.