Auron Vale was once a man of the earth, a ranger whose days were spent beneath the canopies of ancient forests and whose nights were guided by the constellations. In the final peaceful years before the Reckoning, his devotion to nature was matched only by his compassion for people. But when the cataclysm struck and the balance of the world shattered, Auron made the ultimate sacrifice—giving his life to shield his village from a monstrous, mage-born stormbeast.

The wilds, unwilling to lose one of their truest guardians, bound his soul to the breath of the wind and the roots of the soil, rebirthing him as a Spirit Ranger. Now he walks as both man and more-than-man—his form shifting between a grounded ranger’s body and a spectral shape that rides the air like a hawk in flight. His flight is effortless and unbound, his healing and regeneration a gift from the eternal cycle of the wilds, and his shapeshifting allows him to become the very beasts he once tracked.

Guided by Liberation, Cooperation and Legacy, Auron's mission is to heal both land and people. Yet the heart that beats within him is not without flaws. A fear of irrelevance gnaws at him—will his deeds truly matter in the centuries to come? His obsession with protecting others can drive him into reckless danger, and his over-trusting nature makes him vulnerable to betrayal by those who wear the mask of good.

Still, those who fight alongside Auron Vale speak of his unwavering empathy, his boundless kindness, and his quiet perseverance. He is the ally who will shield you with his body, the friend who will never abandon you, and the spirit who will return again and again, no matter how many times he falls.

Across the scattered lands, the people call him the Heart of the Wild—not just for his protection of the forests, but because his loyalty, compassion, and courage are as much a part of the earth as the roots of the oldest trees. In the days of the Reckoning, when the lines between hero and villain blur and the fate of humanity teeters, Auron Vale will fight to ensure that the wilds endure, the people remain free, and the bonds between them are never broken.