Prelude:

Long ago, Humans and Monsters ruled the world together. One day, for a reason all have forgotten, war shattered the peace between the races: the Humans, thanks to their Determination which had given them a clear advantage over the Monsters, had emerged victorious. After decimating them without mercy, seven mages sealed the rest of the vanquished underground, in the Mt. Ebott. Deprived of their freedom and their house, the monsters had long-lived in despair.

Centuries later, under the benevolent reign of the Dreemurr royal family, a miracle had occurred that everyone had been hoping for: thanks to the prince of the monsters and a human child, who had fallen from the surface of Mount Ebott and befriended each other. Through them, the Underground had regained hope that peace between their people and humans might once again be possible. Time passed, with joy and hope filling their hearts as the two friends grew closer, becoming inseparable.

One day, however, a terrible tragedy struck: the human had become seriously ill, and no one had been able to cure him of the mysterious disease. At the end of his life, he asked to see the golden flowers of his village again. However, unless a Soul was powerful enough to cross the Barrier, no one could fulfill this impossible wish because of the spell that held them all prisoner.

The next day, the child breathed his last.

Upon his death, the prince took hold of his Soul, acquiring the power to cross the barrier that held the monsters prisoner and return his friend's body to his home. But the humans in the village had seen him, and immediately thought wrongly that he had killed the child; blinded by fear and without mercy, they had slaughtered the monster. Instead of retaliating and annihilating them, the prince had managed to retrieve his friend's body, before returning in a final effort to the palace and collapsing, turning to dust as his parents watched helplessly.

In just one night, everyone's dreams had been torn away and grief inflicted once again by the humans: devastated by sadness and rage at the loss of their only son, the king had declared war on mankind and sworn that every human who fell would be killed, then their Souls used in order to break the Barrier, free his people, and annihilate the civilization responsible for their misfortunes. With this speech, the Underground nation had regained hope. Only the queen had rebelled; disgusted by her husband's actions, she had fled, never to reappear for decades, her fate unknown to all.

Since, six other human children had fallen into the Underground and, in accordance with the king's orders, had been killed. Their souls were handed over to him and sealed in a safe place within the fortress walls. A Soul for every magician: Patience, Courage, Integrity, Perseverance, Kindness and Justice.

One day, the eighth human and the last necessary Soul appeared. After many adventures, fighting and triumphing against monsters without ever fighting back, he arrived unharmed at the king's castle. Before either could clash, the exiled queen, who had lived in seclusion in the Ruins all those years and taken in the child, stepped in to stop the fighting. One by one, the friends the child had made joined them, putting a definitive end to the senseless conflict.

Just as the battle was finally forgotten, something strange happened: a golden flower, the same as the one lining the throne room, appeared out of nowhere.

Then everything went white, and when everyone came to their senses, with no memory of what had happened, the Barrier disappeared.

But the human child was gone...