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Once again, credits to shockinblue of Gamefaqs, thanks to her walkthrough and the summaries she does about the story! I also added some things about what I can understand, but as they may be wrong, don't take it at face value. I'm also using the Prima Official Guide.

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Hidden near Godojin and thanks to Pope Masedra's help, the party is able to enter Igraine, the Temple of the Fire Trial, to begin the first Trial of the Shepherd. All Temple's themes are made by Go Shiina, and the game knows the themes are soooo good they even play during battles!

Igraine is a rather straight forward dungeon but kinda long. Thankfully, enemies aren't tough and using Water Kamui helps a lot in this place. The main way to advance is to light torches with Lailah's Silver Flame but you have to light them in order based on the number of markings on their bases. The main floor has two statues, one on the right and the other on the left, that can spill lava to the chamber below so you can access the last floor.
You can reach the right statue from the get-go but for the left one you'll have to explore downstairs first. Do note that some torches need to be lit from a certain direction, look at their bases to know it!

Once the lava is high enough, you can use the center elevator and reach the last chamber.

This is the shrine of Musiphe, one of the Five Lords. Mikleo and Sorey read the black tablet, which instructs them to touch them all the other tablets in order to obtain a great power. Suddenly, a Hellion appears with a domain strong enough to block Sorey’s connection to the Seraphs!

Due to the heat, Sorey and Rose will be inflicted with the Burn ailment. The first half is easy, just run around and touch all four black tablets to get the Seraphs back. Your burns will be healed and if anyone died, they'll be revived with 1 HP. And boy, this is when things go downhill...

Salamander appears along with 4 Blaze Wolves and he has infinite Penetrate until you left him with 70%~80% HP. Use Water Kamui again, defeat the wolves and set everyone to Defend while you deal chip damage to Salamander until you can stagger him. Still, given how... smart the AI is, you can expect a lot of deaths lol

Sorey is unable to purify the Hellion because it’s actually a Seraph in disguise! Ekseo, the protector Seraph of Fire, tells Sorey he has passed the test of strength and is worthy of the power of Muphise. However, he must brand either himself or Lailah on the face in order to receive it. When Sorey begins to struggle, Lailah will grab the sword to prevent Sorey from burning himself and she will tell him not to shoulder the burden by himself. Sorey apologizes for not being himself. They use Kamui and enter battle again, neither willing to let the other be branded. Follow the tutorial to use your first Kamui Mystic Arte, Flamme Brave.

Ekseo is satisfied that Sorey has passed both his tests, power and heart, and Sorey acquires the spiritual power of Fire, a strength which allows him to withstand more powerful domains than he was previously able to.
Turns out Salamander was also a human once. Edna will explain that there are two types of Seraphs. Those born Seraphs, and humans that become Seraphs. While the boys try to reason that puzzle out, Ekseo will talk to Lailah. Sorey won't hear what they say about him, though.

They’ll need all four spiritual powers in order to confront Heldarf, so it’s time to search for the other shrines.
Back in Godojin, Masedra tells Sorey that Forton wasn’t always the way she’s now. The elder mentions that Forton used to be very dedicated and hardworking but he doesn't understand how she came to be like she is now. Sorey wants to find a way to save hearts one day but for now, Sorey needs to report back to Sergei in Pendrago.

As the group leaves, they’re watched from afar by Heldarf and a young girl…

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