Man was not always the dominating intelligent species on Earth. There was a time when animals that could walk, think, and speak were in control. These were the days where the Mobians ruled. They built great cities and monuments, engaged in the various sciences and arts, and even waged war on each other and forged empires from their victories.
The race who managed to conquer it all was the race of hedgehogs, a race that believed it was specially blessed by the planet. By forging alliances with other races, including the technologically-advanced kitsunes and magically-adept echidnas, the hedgehogs put all the other races into submission, and under their rule the world was united. And for two long millennia, the hedgehogs ruled unopposed, aided by the kitsunes' technology and the echidnas' magical relics. They thought it would last forever.
But nothing in this universe is permanent, not even the shining sun. The unopposed rule bred corruption, backstabbing and general immorality. Empires were stretched too far and discontent was always bubbling just beneath the surface. As the ruling hedgehogs struggled to keep their eternal empire from crumbling from within, a terrible force swept in and ruined it all in a matter of months. Anarchy reigned and that great empire was soon reduced to a shell. Many Mobians fled to the wilds to try and regain their connection with the planet, while others stayed behind in what was left, hurrying to rebuild.
At the same time, mankind, viewed by the Mobians as nothing more than "stupid hairless apes", began to build their own civilizations. As the Mobians struggled to rebuild, mankind began to overtake them. Fueled by an ambition that dwarfed even the most power-hungry of hedgehogs, they began to spread and advance.
The Mobians that still dwelt in the ruins sealed their cities from the world of mankind, while others opted to live amongst the race of men, who proclaimed to be guided by the heavens, not the earth.
Fast forward over four thousand years, give or take a century. Mankind has spread across the planet, while Mobians generally live in isolation or within the confines of human society. Those living amongst humans have taken to their ways, while those living in isolation cling to the ancient ways.
Lurking beneath are ancient evils, some older than civilization itself, waiting to sunder the planet and bring an end to the world. It will take the powers of the ancient ways to combat them.
This is the story of how four Mobians, born under the society of mankind, would rediscover the ancient ways…and defeat the ancient evils.