"You were always a good person." In a world overrun by a secretive, cowardly government, shy Armin Arlert and his eccentric best friend Annie Leonhardt lived a simple and quiet life. They went to a normal school in a normal town. They were normal kids, as normal as you and I. Well, that's what Armin thought. Never did he imagine he'd end up where he was, alone, without her. But that was the least of his worries. One day, everything changed. Important secrets are revealed, new people are introduced, and Armin finds himself being dragged down a dark and horrible path, with only one direction. For everybody feared the Element Shifters. Can Armin really handle the truth of the situation, or will the whole prospect drive him to the brink of insanity?