back when the world was young, Norway was protected by the faires of the four elements, water, earth, fire, and air. Queen Aine, meaning god of fairies watched and nourished all living things in life until Aurora, the Queen fairy of the Underworld vanquished Aine in the battle between the two world's. Mysteriously one summer day a baby girl with a strange birthmark shaped like the ancient symbol for "Truth" on her neck was found floating down the creek near the small town of Reine. Picked up by the poor farmer and his wife they named her Ailis. sixteen years later Ailis's hometown gets threatened by the evil Aurora and her underworld species... with the help of her friends Ailis goes on a long journey through the Norway woodlands to the border that leads to the Underworld where Ailis discovers that with the help of friends and having a brave heart, even the most darkest of times a light will always shines through