According to an old legend, when the end of the world comes, Paradise will appear; however, only wolves will know how to find it. Although wolves are believed to have been hunted to extinction nearly two hundred years ago, they still exist, surviving by taking human form.

Wolf's Rain is set in a futuristic earth after an apocalypse has come and has sent earth into an ice age. Humans have begun to live in domed cities and it is common knowledge to humans that all wolves are extinct. Many people scrounge for food by stealing, begging, or doing certain unpleasurable jobs. Not many people really have homes. Those who are homeless generally live in abandoned buildings which are abundant in the cities.

Freeze City: A northern human city in a world where the majority of people live in poverty and hardship. This is the city where every player MUST start.

Dying Island: From Freeze City, one must travel south across a bridge to get here. There is a train that travels across this bridge, but it is used solely for transporting provisions to the Nobles. This city is in even worse condition then then Freeze City. A pack of wolves live in this city and earn food by hauling provisons for the nobles.

In both cities food is hard to find. Wolves can go a while without food, but still need to eat eventually. The best ways to get food are by holding large scale raids of the Nobles' provisions that pass through the cities, stealing from vendors, or doing jobs. (On the Dying Island if you're a wolf you can work at a train station where you can haul provisions across the city for the Nobles. It is a degrading and hard job, but it gets you food.)

These are two cities that you can visit. After these cities, you can make up your journey on your own.