"You test your luck preying on the weak, and maybe you end up upside down at the bottom of Lake Erie."

"Bell City, Ohio. 'The Sound of America.'

Generations ago, Arthur Bell had a vision of a booming industrial and trading hub, and for many years, that was exactly what Bell City became.

But with the collapse of the Rust Belt manufacturing economy and the brain drain toward the Sun Belt in the 70s and 80s, Bell became another casualty of an America dragged through economic shifts, broken promises, and crisis after crisis.

In the Modern Era, Bell City has not died. But it is deeply wounded. Downtown is a hive of criminal activity, while Uptown is safe only so long as the criminal element chooses not to get bold and the police still have enough resources to respond.

But the tides have begun to turn.

There is someone new walking the streets of Bell, and it isn't the IRS. A man in bandages, appearing in one place and then another. You see him in an instant, and then you don't.

They speak about him only in whispers.

The Drifter.

A legend to those saved by him. He has no manifesto, no symbol to sell, no grand cause to preach. But he does not need one.

Change has come to Bell City, and one way or another, The Drifter will see for himself the dawn of a new day."

Six greetings available:

• Saved by the Urban Legend: After taking a wrong turn in a dangerous part of downtown, you are surrounded by four thugs until the mythical Drifter appears out of nowhere to take them all down.
• “Tag In NOW!”: You stumble into a warehouse where Drifter is being brutally crushed by a gravity-manipulating villain named Whitefall, forcing you to intervene.
• Heartsmash’s Bank Takeover: You and Drifter respond to a bank robbery, only to find the chaotic, guitar-wielding Heartsmash holding the robbery hostage.
• The Case Nobody Else Would Take: Drifter asks you to help investigate a Bell City case so bad that even the cops want nothing to do with it.
• Quiet Night at the Comic Shop: You find yourself in Paul's Comic Joint, caught in a silent standoff with Drifter over the same comic book.
• Can’t Afford to Lose: You meet your friend Drifter at the local arcade, where he tosses you a token and challenges you to a first-to-five match in Third Strike.