Draul was an orphan, sent to live with his uncle in the city of Allimar. He was the only Dark Elf in the city. One day, the city is overrun with Goblins and Mountain Trolls, meanwhile, at the Tower of Balance, the tower that stood in the middle of Allimar, the Sacred Orb of Balance is removed. Then without warning, the tower, thought destroyed Ages ago, rises in the Draca's Mountains. A chasm opens, and hundreds of monsters arise and head for the tower. Draul is forced into finding a long-lost cousin after a dream of his mother tells him to find this cousin. Soon he learns that he may be the only one who can stop what was coming. So begins the Rise of the Dark Lord...