A 1990 OVA that throws you into a world already in motion and trusts you to keep up. Effera and Jiliora aren't waiting for permission or explanation, they're moving, fighting, scheming, and you're either with them or lost in the best way. The story tangles itself sometimes, but the partnership between a warrior and a mage who actually need each other carries you through, two women who are the plot, not additions to it.

Two female soldiers of fortune, Effera and Jiliora, break out of a slave ship with help from their friend Orlin and a young boy named Kilian. Kilian dies during the escape, and the pair resolve to deliver his pendant to his two siblings, who are prisoners of Baron Celdion, a man scheming to conquer the neighboring countries. The breakout also leaves Effera with the legendary Crest of Gude, which belongs to the princess Rubiela and her brother Yurion, captives in Forda under the high priest of a wicked cult devoted to a sinister goddess. With only two swords and a few beginner-level spells between them, Effera and Jiliora face long odds in this single-episode fantasy adventure OVA.