Vanguard S1 E01

The Story follows Reynard as he attempts and fails at the biggest heist yet, stealing from the artifact room at the castle, which he is caught leading to a chase, leading to his incarceration. While incarcerated and awaited execution, a man calling himself 'the stranger' offers him a chance to break out on the condition that he steals the greatest treasure in the world, the items mentioned in the books at the artifact room. After Reynard breaks out and eventually returns to his gang of thieves, he is confronted by the usurper in the group who openly claims leadership over Reynard, after a confrontation, Reynard wins, with his competitor leaving in scorn. After everything calms down, Reynard tells his best friends Parnell and Gavin about the job they will get at the 'Knight's edge' pub. Upon Arriving at the Knights Edge Reynard and his friends Gavin and Parnell sit at the corner promising Reynard that they will not draw attention, Reynard slips outside to Meet with the stranger and talk about the details of their operation to acquire the 'world slayer'. When Reynard gets back inside the Knights edge, Gavin is drunk and in the middle of a fight with a drunken knight, where Gavin swings at the Knight and hits a bar maiden who was trying to break them up, after being thrown out, they rejoice at the fact that they didn't have to pay the tab. Meanwhile on the outskirts of town, Reynard's rival and his gang use magic weapons and magic powers to stop a caravan of wagons, only to discover that it was a trap, and then powerful magic knights slay the thieves one by one until the remainder of them surrenders. Reynard's Rival, Edward is interrogated by a royal psychopath, and alchemist who finds out that the person who stole his book and broke out of the royal prison are one and the same, Reynard. The alchemist cuts off Edward's hands then he attaches shape-shifting enchanted gauntlets which makes it impossible to attack someone from the kingdom, and will cause him immense pain if he disobeys the alchemist, who tells him to find Reynard and bring him in along with the stolen book. After Edward returns to his former hideout where Reynard has taken leadership, he asks for Reynard, then he is met with confrontation from Reynard's gang of thieves until they are slaughter one by one by Edward and the castle knights who join him, until finally learning that Reynard has left with the book. Back at the Castle, the King himself strips the head of his royal guard of his title for failing to catch Reynard when he broke out the castle, and he is told that he will only get his honor back when Reynard is back and awaiting execution. Leaving the former captain to pursue Reynard with a Vengeance. In the End Reynard and his Friends Parnell and Gavin are leaving the city when they are confronted by a knights patrol and are drawn into a confrontation which ends in their favor, with no possibility of returning, they resolve to save the city from the evil empire when they have the world slayer.