Between the end of the Millennium War and the beginning of the coming Great War, other tales came to be told. Other battles, other hidden wars. Other heroes were born, and they faced many tests, some more than others, and some less shining of a knight than those the people came to know.
The Astral Matrix, an ancient and mysterious relic with origins long lost to time itself, has at last been unearthed, and those who have been seeking its power finally make their move to claim it, chief among them the Aldezian consortium lord Asmador. Where Dreygon failed, he seeks to succeed, and should he obtain the Matrix, a Rider War unlike any before will ignite. But where fate may have determined his success, something has changed. Something has broken the Wheel, and whether it be the greater design of Destiny, or the true power of choice, the effects are the same.
The Rider has been reborn, and a young boy named Derek Matthews shall never again be who he was before. The terrible legacy of the Astral Rider is now his, and the consequences of his choices will forever be his to bear, as will be the the power of the Matrix. But with the dark legacy may come a light of hope, and the cycle may perhaps at last be broken.