An ancient prophecy says that there will be Elven Warriors that shall push back the Borderland Evils. Adain, a young warrior enters a competition for who will lead the warriors. Raglar, an evil and ancient monster, sends an assassin to kill the leaders of the warriors, as well as Adain hiself. By a quirk of fate, Adain and the assassin, Arryn, end up working together to survive the challenges. They are joined by a human, Shedor, and a dwarf, Olotho, adventurers both, who owe Adain to their knowledge of the world. As they try to survive, Raglar moves in to destroy them, and rule all of creation. It is a time of darkness, betrayal, and glory

There are many dimensions. One is known as Thazguz; from Thazguz come the demons, evil monsters intent on conquering them all. All of the dimensions are more primitive than Earth, and only technology that every dimension shares can transported to a dimension. From Earth comes a magical group known as simply, the Guardians. They transport between the dimensions to protect against the demons. Caspar Lancaster is introduced as the demons prepare to launch and assualt.

The City Of Dawn is the capital of the Empire of Dawn. Inside the Empire are five nations. The Human, the Unag, the Elthien, the Ragnar, and the Ligni. The Unag people are a bloodthirsty people, with a strict caste system: the nobles, the priest/magi, the warriors, the craftsmen, and the peasants. The Unag love the desert and are attached to the element of fire. The Elthien people are proud and noble artisans and sculptors. They take civilization to a whole new level. They live in grand palaces. They can be quite warlike, but they prefer peace. They live at the cold tops of mountains and they are tied to the element of ice. The Ragnar are larger than most of the other races and are much rarer. They live in cave homes built into the mountainside. They are more coarse in their manners than the other races, but they can be quite refined if they are taught. They are tied to the element of stone. The Ligni are a wild and free people, roaming the forests of their kingdom. They have an affinity to animals and are often seen riding on panthers. They are great healers but also know many poisons. They live in tents and never have set cities. The Ligni revere Mother Nature, their god, and they believe that all life has meaning. They are attached to the element of life. Tensions are boiling over in the Empire Of Dawn, and the City suffers the most. The Ligni and the Elthien ally against the Unag and Ragnar. The Humans are split. The Emperor, Quin, tries to restore peace by appealing to the Five Rulers while four young warriors appeal to their people to end this new war. In the midst of this comes the Order of Dusk, a cult determined to rule the Enpire of Dawn. Will the Empire hold firm or will it collapse into inter fighting.