Aspiring young Rider Lute and friends go in search of a Monstie Egg on the eve of the Kinship Rite--a search that takes them into dangerous territory.

It's Kinship Rite time! Lilia and Cheval are uncertain about their futures, while an unexpected attack on Hakum Village sends its Riders scrambling.

A Hunter is headed for secretive Hakum Village. He's sure to have his own way of dealing with all these monsters showing up where they don't belong...

Chief Omna sends the apprentice Riders off in search of the Waterfall of Trials. A visitor to Hakum Village gives Lilia inspiration for her future.

Hakum Village revives the beloved Monstie Races for their four newest Riders, but Lute could still use a lot more practice piloting his powerful pal.

Lute and friends dream about what they'd buy with the proceeds from a rare and valuable golden Gargwa egg, and Cheval decides to try hunting one down.

The mischievous twins Den-Den and Lin-Lin are stirring up trouble in Hakum Village--and run into trouble of their own in the forboding woods at night.

Ms. Pink the traveling merchant stops by the village, and Navirou falls hard for her Felyne assistant Mocha. How far will he go in the name of love?

Dan has doubts about whether he should be leading the Riders in training, and remembers his old friend Silva, who was once a shoo-in to be the leader.

In the latest ill omen, the village's beneficial wind turns violent. Hyoro struggles to live up to the expectations of his demanding brother Genie.

Lilia leads her friends into the woods to investigate the evil changes taking place. There they learn about a legendary Rider--and about Lute's folks.

A Blight-mad Nargacuga attacks the village, leaving a trail of blind destruction in its wake as Riders young and old do all they can to drive it away.

There's no time to clean up after the Nargacuga when it could attack the village again at any moment. Cheval swears revenge and takes a new Monstie.

The apprentice Riders go off on their own to face the Blighted Nargacuga, but it's going to be tough with Lute's Monstie still recovering back home...

The time has come for the young Riders to venture forth beyond Hakum Village, accompanied by excitement, responsibility, and not a little trepidation.

Having started their journey outside the village, Lute and Navirou get separated from the others, and find a girl who is hurt and in need of help.

Lute, Navirou, and Avinia encounter an enigmatic, riddle-loving innkeeper who stands between them and the help Avinia needs for her beloved Monstie.

Lute and friends are dazzled by the big city, but they soon get down to business: finding the Scriveners and a way to keep the Black Blight in check.

It's questing time in the Hunter city of Gildegaran! A task that looks like a piece of cake winds up being more than Lute and Navirou bargained for.

Lute and Lilia stumble across a Felyne village while searching for a Kinship Ore. Navirou is confronted by a strange Felyne who insists they're pals.

Lilia brings the young Riders a request from the Scriveners that sends them through a vast desert in search of a solution to the Black Blight problem.

The group meets with Hunter opposition in the Oasum refugee camp. A desert battle with a Blighted monster gets an unexpected--and unwelcome--assist.

Dan and the other senior Riders meet up with Lute's party in the desert, where Chief Nolma shares some info that changes the course of their quest.

The rift deepens between fellow Riders Lute and Cheval as their attitudes toward rogue monsters drift further apart. Lute reunites with an old friend.