Suikoden II(幻想水滸伝II) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation video game console and the second installment of the Suikoden video game series.
The story takes place years after the events of the original Suikoden and centers around an invasion by the Kingdom of Highland of the City States of Jowston. The player controls a quiet protagonist, who is the adopted son of Genkaku, a hero who saved the City-State of Jowston in a war against Highland years ago. The protagonist and his best friend, Jowy Atreides, each gains one half of the Rune of the Beginning , one of the 27 True Runes of the Suikoden setting and become caught up in the intrigues of the invasion and the dark fate of those who bear the halves of that Rune.

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