The Cube’s Journey from Cargo to Burden

Gunsoul

The stolen Cube of Natho grows from an unexplained delivery into a world-threatening responsibility Yuan refuses to surrender.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Mysterious Package A Mysterious Package from "Gunsoul". A Mysterious Package Yuan’s team carries a small black cube whose significance is hidden from them.

A Mysterious Package from "Gunsoul". A Mysterious Package Yuan’s team carries a small black cube whose significance is hidden from them.

A Mysterious Package Yuan’s team carries a small black cube whose significance is hidden from them. The Ambush’s Prize Slash’s warband kills the couriers and takes the artifact, showing that the delivery has attracted powerful interests. Unanswered Stakes Yuan initially thinks of the cube as lost cargo, not as a danger capable of reshaping the future of the Unmade World.

The Client Revealed The Client Revealed from "Gunsoul". The Client Revealed Yuan finds Manhattan waiting at the Eastern Express office after discovering its staff have been killed.

The Client Revealed from "Gunsoul". The Client Revealed Yuan finds Manhattan waiting at the Eastern Express office after discovering its staff have been killed.

The Client Revealed Yuan finds Manhattan waiting at the Eastern Express office after discovering its staff have been killed. A Dangerous Commission Manhattan identifies the stolen object as the Cube of Natho and calls it salvation in the right hands, without explaining its mechanism. A Promise Takes Shape Yuan leaves knowing that the artifact matters to both his employer and the Yinyang Khan, while still lacking the knowledge to judge either claim.

The Nuke Inside The Nuke Inside from "Gunsoul". The Nuke Inside Mordiggian explains that the cube contains an imprisoned avatar of the Nuke, a demigod of nuclear annihilation.

The Nuke Inside Mordiggian explains that the cube contains an imprisoned avatar of the Nuke, a demigod of nuclear annihilation. A Weapon of Control The cube may let its holder influence sleeping nuclear weapons, making it more than a single destructive relic. A New Obligation Yuan understands that delivering or losing the artifact could expose the whole world to catastrophe, and accepts responsibility for keeping it from ambitious powers.

The Khan’s Prize The Khan’s Prize from "Gunsoul". The Khan’s Prize The Yinyang Khan uses the History Road competition to promise the winner a target for nuclear destruction.

The Khan’s Prize from "Gunsoul". The Khan’s Prize The Yinyang Khan uses the History Road competition to promise the winner a target for nuclear destruction.

The Khan’s Prize The Yinyang Khan uses the History Road competition to promise the winner a target for nuclear destruction. Public Terror His demonstration proves that the threat is real and that the cube’s power has already become part of his political spectacle. Competing Claims The Khan, Manhattan, and the Moonlight Sect all have reasons to seek or contain the artifact, leaving Yuan with no easy custodian to trust.

A Prison Without a Master A Prison Without a Master from "Gunsoul". A Prison Without a Master Yuan and his allies retain the cube after Manhattan’s core is destroyed.

A Prison Without a Master from "Gunsoul". A Prison Without a Master Yuan and his allies retain the cube after Manhattan’s core is destroyed.

A Prison Without a Master Yuan and his allies retain the cube after Manhattan’s core is destroyed. Refusing the Sects Yuan rejects handing it to the Moonlight Sect, believing that no organization should control such a threat. Long Custody He chooses containment and seeks a safer place for the artifact, while acknowledging that future seekers may continue the struggle.

Before the opening ambush

Early in Fleshmarket

During the refuge stop at Neko Station

During the History Road announcement

After Manhattan’s defeat